A coalition of community groups is fighting the arrival of Wal-Mart, demanding that the city reopen the Saint-Michel issue.

Big-box malls have been the death of local commercial areas all over North America. It would be really stupid if greed got the better of the Tremblay administration and led them to ignore this and gut St-Michel to create another one. Anyone with a car can easily go to Decarie Square or the Marché du Nord or some other mall, but without a car – and a lot of Montrealers do without one – we need lively neighbourhood commercial strips too, to keep the fabric of the city vibrant.
posted at 10:14