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32-562: La Presse can refer to the following newspapers or news agencies: La Presse (Canadian newspaper) , published in Montreal, Canada La Presse (French newspaper) , published in the 19th and early 20th century La Presse de Tunisie , a Tunisian newspaper La Presse Porto-Novienne , newspaper published in Porto-Novo, Benin Topics referred to by

64-519: A large majority of the city's skyscrapers — which, by law, cannot be greater in height than Mount Royal in order to preserve the aesthetic predominance and intimidation factor of the mountain. The two tallest of these are the 1000 de La Gauchetière and 1250 René-Lévesque , both of which were built in 1992. The Tour de la Bourse is also a significant high-rise and is home to the Montreal Exchange that trades in derivatives . The Montreal Exchange

96-545: Is Saint Catherine Street , Canada's busiest commercial avenue. The area includes high end retail such as the Holt Renfrew Ogilvy department store as well as Les Cours Mont-Royal shopping centre. Other major streets include Sherbrooke Street , Peel , de la Montagne , de Maisonneuve and Crescent . The skyline may be observed from one of two lookouts on Mount Royal. The lookout at the Belvedere takes in downtown,

128-596: Is aligned with De Maisonneuve Boulevard , serving (west to east): Atwater , Guy-Concordia , Peel , McGill , Place-des-Arts , Saint-Laurent and Berri-UQAM stations. Line 2 (Orange) runs some blocks south of the Green Line, serving (west to east) Lucien-L'Allier , Bonaventure , Square-Victoria-OACI , Place-d'Armes , Champ-de-Mars and Berri-UQAM . Place-d'Armes, Champ-de-Mars and Square-Victoria-OACI stations would usually be considered as in Old Montreal. Berri-UQAM

160-672: Is also home to the main campuses of McGill University and UQAM and the Sir George Williams campus of Concordia University . The Statistics Canada article Defining Canada’s Downtown Neighbourhoods: 2016 Boundaries counted 88,169 people, and 299,245 jobs. The population density was approximately 66 people per hectare, while the job density was 226 jobs per hectare. Most recently, the 2021 Canadian census counted 109,509 people living within Downtown Montreal's boundaries, an increase of 21,340 people. This 24.2 percent increase

192-467: Is also the terminus for Line 4 (Yellow) . Air Canada was formerly headquartered in Downtown Montreal. In 1990, the airline announced that it was moving its headquarters from Downtown Montreal to Montreal-Trudeau Airport to cut costs. Portions of four university-level establishments lie within Downtown Montreal: the main campus of McGill University , on the northern side of Sherbrooke Street;

224-515: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages La Presse (Canadian newspaper) La Presse was formerly a broadsheet daily, considered a newspaper of record in Canada. Its Sunday edition was discontinued in 2009, and the weekday edition in 2016. The weekend Saturday printed edition was discontinued on 31 December 2017, turning La Presse into an entirely online newspaper. La Presse

256-662: Is more strictly in Old Montreal . Notable religious buildings in Downtown Montreal include: Christ Church Cathedral , Church of St. Andrew and St. Paul , Church of St. John the Evangelist , Mary, Queen of the World Cathedral , St. James the Apostle Anglican Church , St. James United Church , St. George's Anglican Church and St. Patrick's Basilica . The Bell Centre , used for ice hockey and other events, lies in

288-643: Is published on its website , lapresse .ca, and its mobile app, La Presse Mobile . The newspaper targets an educated, middle-class readership. Its main competitors are two Montreal print dailies, the tabloid-format Le Journal de Montréal , which aims at a more populist audience, and the more left-leaning broadsheet Le Devoir . La Presse comprises several sections, dealing individually with arts, sports, business and economy and other themes. Its Saturday print edition (now discontinued) contained over 10 sections. The newspaper's archives from 2000 to 2019 are available on its website. The paper

320-547: The La Presse+ business model for other publications in the daily news industry through a suite of publishing software and tools for delivery on both iPads and Android tablets. The newspaper announced in September 2015 that it would end its weekday print edition in 2016 and that thereafter the weekday paper would be available only in digital form. The Saturday edition continued in print until December 30, 2017. On May 8, 2018, it

352-525: The Réseau de transport métropolitain (RTM) services. Additional commuter services use Lucien-L'Allier Station . Downtown Montreal also contains two bus stations: Gare d'autocars de Montréal serves mainly longer distance services, while Terminus Centre-Ville is mainly a terminus for services operated by RTL and Exo . Two lines of the Montreal Metro run east–west through Downtown Montreal. Line 1 (Green)

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384-572: The 50th anniversary of the proclamation of the Roman Catholic dogma of the Immaculate Conception . The practice of the time was to have an illustration on the front page, rather than a photograph. Between July 1971 and February 1972, La Presse endured a seven-month labour dispute between its then-owner Power Corporation of Canada and 11 trade unions, prompted by the introduction of new printing technology that could have jeopardized

416-614: The North of Pine Avenue at the edge of Downtown Montreal. Public space in Downtown Montreal includes the following squares: Cabot Square , Chaboillez Square , Dorchester Square , Norman Bethune Square , Phillips Square , Place du Canada , Place Émilie-Gamelin , Place des Festivals , Place Jean-Paul Riopelle and Victoria Square . Two railway stations are in Downtown Montreal: Central Station serves both intercity ( VIA Rail and Amtrak ) and commuter rail services of

448-462: The Quebec television network V (formerly TQS). The division, which had changed its name to LP8 Média , was sold to Attraction Images in 2014. Montreal newspapers: Downtown Montreal Downtown Montreal ( French : Centre-Ville de Montréal ) is the central business district of Montreal , Quebec, Canada. The district is situated on the southernmost slope of Mount Royal , and occupies

480-536: The Sir George Williams Campus of Concordia University in an area identified as Quartier Concordia in the western part of Downtown Montreal; École de technologie supérieure (a part of Université du Québec system) located near the southern edge of Downtown Montreal; and Université du Québec à Montréal , mainly in the Quartier Latin neighbourhood. Four colleges (pre-university) also lie in downtown:

512-601: The central/southern portion of Downtown Montreal. Place des Arts is located in the eastern part of the city's downtown, between Ste-Catherine and de Maisonneuve Streets, and St-Urbain and Jeanne-Mance streets, in an area now known as the Quartier des Spectacles , the complex is home to the Montreal Symphony Orchestra , Les Grands Ballets Canadiens , and the Opéra de Montréal . Percival Molson Memorial Stadium lies just to

544-454: The district of Outremont and the eastern portion belonging to Laurier—Sainte-Marie . All three of these seats are currently held by members of the Liberal Party , with the former two in particular being safe Liberal seats. Provincially, the downtown core is split in three pieces along similar boundaries, being mostly in the district of Westmount—Saint-Louis , with a small northern area in

576-510: The jobs of newspaper typographers. This resulted in La Presse not being printed between October 28, 1971, and February 9, 1972. The dispute culminated in an over-10,000-strong protest in Downtown Montreal on October 29, 1971, resulting in over 200 injuries and arrests, as well as the death of the 28-year-old Michèle Gauthier, a student at Cégep du Vieux Montréal , who was caught up in

608-404: The past 25 years, though individual columnists may freely express less sympathy. The newspaper's editorials endorsed the federalist option in both the 1980 Quebec referendum and the 1995 Quebec referendum which were held on the issue of Quebec's national sovereignism . The editorial board leaves room for the whole spectrum of opinions. It supported same-sex marriage legislation in Canada,

640-458: The point that the paper is now considered a rival to Le Devoir for the title of Quebec's newspaper of record . In 2011, La Presse rebranded its new-media operations from Cyberpresse .ca to LaPresse .ca. In 2013, the newspaper launched La Presse+ , a free digital edition for iPad. Founded in May 2015, Nuglif is a subsidiary of La Presse and the platform aims at replicating

672-610: The protests against the War in Iraq , and criticized both sides in the 2012 Quebec student protests . The paper endorsed the Conservative Party in the 2006 election . This was primarily out of a reasoning that the Canadian government was in need of a necessary change after more than 12 years of Liberal rule. Similarly, with Stephen Harper 's Conservatives having been in power for nine years at

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704-488: The protests. The style and presentation of the print newspaper changed immensely during the course of the 20th century. It underwent complete graphic redesigns in 1986 and 2003. From 1984 to 2014, La Presse every year honoured a "Person of the Year", for example, Julie Payette , Daniel Langlois and Gaétan Boucher . In 1984, it also published a commemorative book in order to celebrate its 100th anniversary. A similar book

736-403: The public Cégep du Vieux Montréal on Ontario Street East ; and the private colleges LaSalle College , O'Sullivan College and National Theatre School of Canada , including Monument-National , the venue used for its productions. Downtown Montreal is mostly in the federal electoral district of Ville-Marie—Le Sud-Ouest—Île-des-Sœurs , with some areas in the north around Mount Royal being in

768-598: The river, and the Monteregian Hills . On clear days the Adirondack Mountains of Upstate New York are visible (the great-circle distance between Mount Royal and the U.S. border along a bee line normal to the border being only ~ 56 km, or ~ 35 miles), as are the Green Mountains of Vermont . The eastern lookout has a view of The Plateau neighbourhood, Olympic Stadium and beyond. Downtown Montreal

800-414: The same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title La Presse . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=La_Presse&oldid=915985875 " Category : Disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

832-513: The time, La Presse endorsed Justin Trudeau 's Liberal Party in the 2015 election . Guy Crevier is currently the editor, and François Cardinal is the assistant editor. Noted journalists associated with the paper include Patrick Lagacé , Yves Boisvert , Agnès Gruda and Lysiane Gagnon . The newspaper's television production arm, La Presse Télé , has produced the series Dumont , hosted by former politician Mario Dumont , for

864-465: The western portion of the borough of Ville-Marie . It is bounded by Mount Royal Park to the north, Le Plateau-Mont-Royal to the northeast, the Quartier Latin and Gay Village areas to the east, Old Montreal and the Cité du Multimédia to the south, Griffintown and Little Burgundy to the southwest, and the city of Westmount to the west. The downtown region houses many corporate headquarters as well

896-480: Was announced that La Presse would become a non-profit organization and sever ties with its owner, Power Corporation. This move allowed the newspaper to accept private donations and governmental support. In March 2024, La Presse apologized for posting an anti-Semitic cartoon relating to the Israel-Hamas war The editorial board of La Presse has been consistently supportive of Canadian federalism over

928-505: Was founded on October 20, 1884 by William-Edmond Blumhart. Trefflé Berthiaume took over in 1889. The fledgling newspaper's circulation would soon pass that of its main competitor of the time, La Patrie . In April 1901, the paper organized a cruise to Quebec City ( Croisière de La Presse ). It also organized a charity to give Christmas gifts to poor children ( L'Oeuvre des étrennes aux enfants pauvres ). A front-page illustration on December 3, 1904, issue celebrated

960-640: Was originally a stock exchange and was the first in Canada. In 1999, all stock trades were transferred to Toronto in exchange for an exclusivity in the derivative trading market. Place Ville-Marie is a cruciform office tower designed by I.M. Pei . It was built in 1962, and sits atop an underground shopping mall that forms the nexus of Montreal's underground city , one of the world's largest. It has indoor access to over 1,600 shops, restaurants, offices, businesses, museums and universities, as well as metro stations , train stations, bus terminals, and tunnels extending all over downtown. The central axis for downtown

992-437: Was published by Éditions La Presse to recap the major events of the 20th century. In 2001, with the arrival of news editor Guy Crevier , the newspaper began a radical remodelling. The graphic design was modernized, new sections were created, international coverage was greatly increased, and many new young, up-and-coming journalists were hired. These changes had a significant positive impact on quality and circulation, to

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1024-531: Was the second-fastest growth within downtowns in Canada after Downtown Halifax . The population density increased from approximately 66 people per hectare in 2016 to approximately 82 people per hectare in 2021 . A number of museums can be found in or near Downtown Montreal, including the Canadian Centre for Architecture , McCord Museum , Montreal Museum of Contemporary Art , Montreal Museum of Fine Arts and Redpath Museum . Pointe-à-Callière Museum

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