Plan to set up homeless shelter in Ahuntsic is sunk, real-estate agent says

The owner of building the city of Montreal planned to buy is now refusing to sell it to the city, but Mayor Valérie Plante's office says negotiations are continuing.

The city of Montreal's plan to move an emergency homeless shelter that's about to lose its space in Verdun into a building in Ahuntsic is sunk, according to a real-estate agent acting for the building's owner. However, Mayor Valérie Plante's office insisted Thursday that negotiations with the owner are continuing. Read More