The real estate appraisal roll is a complex exercise that determines how each real estate owner on the island of Montreal will be taxed on the basis of the next three years. The growth recorded this year is large and varies, among other things, according to the type of building and the district in which it is located. This map shows the appraisal increases applied to the housing stock of the 19 counties and 16 communities of the Greater Montreal area. You can also find the new average residential property value for each area.
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The appraisal list is submitted every three years and reflects the value of residential, commercial and industrial real estate in the 19 boroughs of Montreal and the 16 cities on the island of Montreal, including Montreal.
It is intended to reflect the state of the market on July 1, 2021, i.e. 18 months before it came into force. The role presented yesterday will come into effect on January 1, 2023 and will serve as a tax base until December 31, 2025.
A significant increase in real estate values does not necessarily lead to a comparable increase in the tax burden. The latter largely depends on the tax rate that elected officials will choose. Yesterday, the President of the Montreal Executive Committee indicated that it will be announced in November.
Overall, the value of the 502,789 buildings listed in the agglomeration’s 2023-2024-2025 lists reached US$526.3 billion, a US$141.8 billion increase in the tax base since the previous list (2020-21 -22).
All property valuation lists (including those of your neighbors!) can be viewed online. servicesenligne2.ville.montreal.qc.ca/sel/evalweb/index
Average for Montreal* 34.8%
single family $722,700
apartment $484,900
*excluding demerge cities
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Just a few weeks ago, Irina was working in the Russian occupation administration in Kupyansk, a large city in northern Ukraine that was captured days after Vladimir Putin started his war against the country.
But then, as Russian troops fled the city and the Ukrainian army retook occupied areas in the north of the country, she and her family fled what they expected to be swift punishment for collaborating with the invading Russian force.
Evidence from the newly captured areas suggests that Russian troops regularly used force to quell local dissent and maintain control. At the same time, some said they welcomed and helped the Russians. Others, listening to the insistence of officials deployed in Moscow that they would stay there forever, decided to cooperate or simply try to live quietly under Russian rule.
For Moscow’s local allies, the sudden withdrawal of Russian forces, which ceded some villages and towns without resistance, was a turn that bordered on treason.
“Everyone told us, we are here now, we are here, you don’t need to be afraid of anything,” said Irina, recalling promises made by officials sent from Moscow. She accepted a job in the accounting department of the new local administration set up by Russia, she said. “Five days ago they told us they would never leave. And three days later we were shelled … And we don’t understand anything [about the offensive].
“Then we don’t get the point,” she said of the Russian military operation.
For months, Russia has been telling people in the occupied territories of Ukraine that it will stay there. The ruble was introduced, pensioners were told they would receive Russian pensions, and pro-Russian residents were recruited into the ranks of government employees.
“It is obvious that Russia will never withdraw,” Andrei Turchak, leader of Russia’s ruling party United Russia, said during a visit to Kupyansk in July. “Russia will never leave here. And all necessary help will be provided.”
This vow, along with the threat of violence, was crucial in projecting Moscow’s power into the towns and villages of Ukraine, assuring willing locals that they would never be punished as traitors or collaborators.
Now Russia’s withdrawal has dealt a devastating blow to the image of the Russian armed forces and the Kremlin among some of their most willing supporters in Ukraine.
Ukraine has vowed to capture locals who worked with the Russian army or with Russian-installed governments. Cases can be punished with a prison sentence of up to 15 years. President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said on Wednesday that Ukrainian forces were trying to eradicate “remnants of occupiers and sabotage groups” in the recaptured towns and villages of the Kharkiv region.
In Belgorod, a Russian region bordering Kharkiv, the governor’s office said nearly 1,400 people are being held in a makeshift camp after crossing the border into Ukraine. Many are families with children who have fled fighting. Hundreds more people probably live in rented apartments or with relatives.
At a small aid distribution center in the city, half a dozen Ukrainians who recently fled to Russia said they were baffled by Moscow’s inability to hold the Kharkiv region and resist the successful Ukrainian counteroffensive, which has retaken 8,000 square kilometers (3,100 sq mi). ) territory in just a few weeks.
“People there believed the Russian troops, they said we won’t leave you, that we lost so many people and we won’t leave you,” said Alexander, 44, who lives with his wife and son in a nearby village escaped. “Then suddenly they withdrew. It took them several months to collect this whole area, and then they left in two days. They don’t understand what happened.”
Alexander, a skilled pipe welder, said he did not work for Russia and has not worked since the war began. He had wanted to leave his village, which quickly fell to Russia in the first days of the war, because he “had neither work nor school and I have to dress my child and send it to school”.
They had planned to join a brother in Poland, but then Alexander was wounded by a shell and they fled to a relative in Russia instead.
They left, he said, not because they opposed a return to Ukrainian rule but because of the danger of war. “It drove us to hysteria,” he said. “We took it as long as we could.”
Like others, he asked not to be called by his last name. He feared being viewed as a traitor for fleeing to Russia. He said he still hopes to return home to visit his parents in Ukraine.
Moscow’s efforts to integrate the territories through public handouts while enforcing a culture of fear in occupied Ukraine have been seen as a prelude to a formal annexation that could take place in some regions as early as this fall.
But the lack of security signaled by Russia’s sudden withdrawal has also shaken the confidence some had, making it more difficult in areas Moscow continues to hold.
“We should have left earlier,” said Sergei, Irina’s friend who worked at the local railway. It is now difficult to find a place to stay in Belgorod, he said, where thousands of people have moved since the war began.
Irina and Sergei both said they still supported Russia in the war but had less confidence that it could protect supporters in Ukraine.
“Now I’m worried about the people in Kherson and Zaporizhia,” said Irina, referring to the areas in southern Ukraine that are also occupied by Russia. “They’re also told, ‘We’re not going.’ But if you look at what happened near Kharkiv, nobody can say what will happen tomorrow.”
Why is Vladimir Putin so obsessed with Ukraine?
By many reports, Russian troops themselves and some of the Kremlin’s key supporters have said that Russia is in danger of losing its supporters in occupied Ukraine.
“People here are waiting for us to start,” Alexander Sladkov, a Russian war correspondent, said in a TV report. “That we hit them so hard they land on their butts. That is, a knockout. It’s very difficult to win by points. We are losing a large number of people, we have wounded.”
Catching himself, he added, “And we’re having great success.”
Russia hasn’t had much success lately. And its problems could only increase as cities held by Russia since the first weeks of the war emerge from isolation and tell tales of life under occupation.
It also triggered an exodus of people to the border. Earlier this week, Yulia Nemchinova, a local activist providing aid to Ukrainian refugees in Russia, shot video of some of the hundreds of cars fleeing the Kharkiv region on the Russian border.
A Ukrainian official described one such convoy from the Luhansk region as collaborators “packing their loot, packing their families and leaving”. Nemchinova, who holds pro-Russian views, confirmed that many insiders fear being labeled collaborators, although she described them as locals who she says are “just trying to live”.
“People have been told that Russia is here forever,” she said. “They were in shock. People were just black. They were literally black in color. I asked people where they were going, they said: to Russia. Just nowhere. Just to cross the border.”
Most at the aid center said they would only return to Ukraine if Russia retakes the territory. Others said they would not return at all even if Russia did return.
“We will never go back,” said Sergei, Irina’s friend, who was carrying a small bag of shoes and sweaters from the aid center. “There is nothing we can fall back on.”
Walmart introduces its latest version of virtual try-on, which allows shoppers to upload a picture of themselves and see what the items would look like.
Walmart
As some shoppers reduce their spending on clothes, Walmart is rolling out a new tool it hopes will persuade them to click the “Buy” button.
Starting this week, customers can use a virtual try-on tool to see how a shirt or other garment would look on their own body. It’s the latest feature the company has added to its website due to its acquisition of Zeekit, a virtual dressing room startup.
The retailer launched its first iteration of the tool in March, which allowed shoppers to select a model that resembled them in body type, skin tone and hair color. Later it was expanded from 50 to 120 models. Other retailers have also experimented with virtual try-on, including Amazon, which has a tool that uses augmented reality to let shoppers see what a shoe would look like on their feet.
The latest feature for Walmart, Be Your Own Model, uses algorithms and machine learning technology originally used to develop more accurate topographical maps. Shoppers can use it to virtually try on more than 270,000 items from Walmart’s own brands, select items from national brands such as Champion, Levi’s and Hanes, and some sold in the third-party marketplace.
Customers can choose between both options by using their own image or a similar model. With the personalized tool, the site uses a scan of a person’s body to give a more realistic sense of how a fabric drapes, a color looks, or where a sleeve or hem hits – without even setting foot in a store.
Walmart is introducing the new tool at a time when selling new outfits has become more difficult. As inflation drives up the prices of groceries, rent and more, consumers have started making decisions about where to save. The big-box retailer joined a growing list of companies, including Target and Best Buy, that cut their full-year earnings outlook as people buy fewer discretionary goods. Walmart now expects its full-year adjusted earnings per share to fall between 9% and 11%.
For the discounter, however, budget awareness could be a potential silver lining. The company raised its sales guidance in July, buoyed by shoppers looking for budget-friendly groceries and essentials despite purchasing lower-margin items. It’s also attracting more customers with annual household incomes of $100,000 or more, the company said at its earnings call in August.
Denise Incandela, executive vice president of apparel and private label at Walmart US, said she wants to encourage more of those customers to stock their closets at Walmart, too.
Walmart’s virtual fitting room tool uses algorithms and machine learning techniques originally used to create topographical maps to show what clothing items would look like on a shopper.
One way to do this is with virtual fittings, which makes clothing shopping more fun and easier while taking the guesswork out, she said.
Because of this, Walmart has moved beyond basics like socks and t-shirts to more fashionable, higher-priced goods. It has a growing collection of own brands, including Sofia Jeans, which was co-developed with actress Sofiavergara; Free Assembly, a men’s and women’s clothing brand designed by the former chief creative officer at Bonobos; and Love & Sports, an activewear brand co-founded with fashion designer Michelle Smith and SoulCycle trainer Stacey Griffith. The site also features better-known national brands, such as fitness shoe and apparel maker Reebok and children’s clothing brand Justice.
Walmart largely featured these upscale brands on its website, and then added some of these goods to select stores. Its website drives higher average retail prices for clothing items than stores, Incandela said, so the retailer wants to make sure shoppers have fewer reasons to abandon items in their virtual carts — such as shopping carts. B. Difficulty choosing a color or discussions about how a dress might fit.
So far, she said, Walmart has seen a lift from the first version of its virtual fitting room tool, Choose My Model. She declined to reveal the conversion rate for purchases, but said it’s higher for online shoppers who use the tool than those who don’t.
“We’re doubling down on consumer insights,” she said.
Now, she said, thought is being given to where to go next — such as encouraging in-store shoppers to look at the technology as an alternative to the fitting room, or making the feature available for men’s and children’s clothing or eyewear.
Pope Francis meets with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral representatives at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Nour-Sultan, September 15, 2022. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP
The patron of the VII Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, which opened for two days on Wednesday, September 14, in Noursultan, Kazakhstan, in the presence of Pope Francis, is not a religious. It is the country’s president, Kassym-Jomart Tokayev. The successor of Nursultan Nazarbayev – the first president of independent Kazakhstan, who invented this triennial congress – selected the participants, gave the first speech, distributed medals. And received the congratulations of the participants for their contribution to a better understanding between the different traditions and cultures.
Around the Independence Palace’s huge round table, reminiscent of the larger one at the United Nations Security Council, eighty representatives of the main religions, including half a dozen women, were invited to discuss their role in the wake of the Covid-19 pandemic.
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As the Moscow Patriarchate announced at the end of August, Kirill, the head of the Russian Orthodox Church, with whom Pope Francis wanted to speak about the war in Ukraine supported by the Patriarch, was absent. But Kazakhstan belongs to its orthodox “jurisdiction” and has a quarter of ethnic Russians. He could not therefore be entirely absent and was represented by the new President of the Department of Foreign Relations of the Moscow Patriarchate, Metropolitan Antoine. Reluctant to face the Russian offensive, his predecessor Hilarion was ousted before the summer.
If the word “Ukraine” was not mentioned at this meeting, it is clear that the war started by Russia was the subtext of certain interventions. Metropolitan Antoine read the short text entrusted to him by his guide. He attributed the current “food, energy and economic problems” to “attempts to build a world without reference to moral values”. In his opinion, these “attempts” have “resulted not only in a loss of the concept of justice in international relations, but also in violent clashes, military clashes and the spread of terrorism and extremism in different parts of the world”.
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In fact, after February 24, the Patriarch immediately said that the war in Ukraine had the “metaphysical” dimension of a struggle against “the forces of evil,” which, for example, prompted Western countries to accept gay pride. “The path of dictatorship, rivalry and confrontation chosen by some of the world’s leaders is leading humanity to ruin,” he said again in the speech read by Antoine, which was obviously not aimed at Vladimir Putin. In such circumstances, only faith can do it [ramener] People on the path of dialogue and cooperation, because in traditional religions the basic moral principles of human existence remain unshakable. »
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“Years of effort are wasted,” says the administrator
(ANSA) – PERUGIA, 14 SEPT – Ceramiche noi, the cooperative of Città di Castello dedicated to the production of ceramics struggling with high energy, invites the President of the European Commission Ursula von der Leyen, the company to visit. “There is a great need to show her what is happening in Italy and in Europe, leading to a war that nobody was looking for and wanted. In fact, it is destroying everything that has been created through years of hard work,” he told ANSA Lorenzo Giornelli, commercial director and administrator of the cooperative. “For our families too,” he added. “Even on a personal level – Giornelli pointed out – you can no longer do it. It also gets really difficult to heat up and cook. Things that were taken for granted and taken for granted up until a few months ago. We therefore officially invite the President or one of our delegates to come here and see with his eyes and then bring it back to those in charge of what is happening in the companies, because perhaps there is no real awareness of what is happening and of the enormous crisis that is in where we are, our fear is greater that we still don’t realize the level we’ve reached.” For Giornelli, von der Leyen – “The Europeans face the situation bravely. The workers of the ceramic factories in central Italy have decided to move their shifts to the early morning (as has been done by Ceramiche Noied) in order to benefit from lower energy prices” – these were unexpected words that we with great surprise and joy, but also responsibility.” “Electricity has reached the President of the European Commission,” he added, “means that we are on the right track, or that we are making something happen that we need to act on. We hope that the President’s mention is a hope for the Commission and the European and national Parliaments to ensure that some massive measures are implemented”. (ANSA).
MIAMI — Tropical Storm Fiona, which officially formed as the sixth named system of the season in the Atlantic on Wednesday night, has triggered wakes in parts of the Leeward Islands.
Tropical Storm Fiona was located about 625 miles east of the Leeward Islands with maximum sustained winds of 50 mph while moving west-northwest at 14 mph, according to the National Hurricane Center (NHC) bulletin as of 1 a.m. ET Thursday.
Fiona is expected to produce rainfall accumulations of 3 to 5 inches overall in the northern Leeward Islands, British and US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and eastern Hispaniola, with a maximum total of 8 inches. These rains can cause isolated lightning and flooding in cities, as well as isolated landslides in areas of larger terrain.
NOTICES, CLOCKS AND WARNINGS IN EFFECT
A tropical storm watch applies to:
Saba and Saint Eustatius
San Martin
Antigua, Barbuda, St Kitts, Nevis, Montserrat and Anguilla
The NHC is advising residents of the northern Leeward Islands, Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico and Hispaniola to monitor the progress of this system as additional tropical storm warnings or warnings are issued for parts of those areas on Thursday.
The Dutch government has issued a tropical storm warning for Saba and Sint Eustatius. The St. Maarten government has issued a tropical storm warning for St. Maarten. The Antigua government has issued a tropical storm warning for Montserrat, Antigua, Barbuda, St Kitts, Nevis and the island of Anguilla.
HOW THE SEASON RUNS IN THE ATLANTIC
The 2022 hurricane season was relatively calm, with several weeks without systems, and the few that did occur did not cause major damage.
Hurricane Earl, which reached Category 2 in the middle of the Atlantic, claimed around 40 lives in various states in Mexico; Danielle became the first Atlantic hurricane of the season.
Forming ahead of them in the current Atlantic hurricane season, which began June 1, are storms Alex, Bonnie, and Colin.
The royal mourning ceremony is over, now the public can go to the queen’s coffin. The queue stretched for miles.
From shortly after 5pm local time (6pm CET), the public had the opportunity to pay a final visit to the late Queen for four days starting on Wednesday. The closed casket had previously been accompanied by Queen Elizabeth II’s closest family from Buckingham Palace in a funeral procession to Parliament. The King’s wife Camilla, Princess Kate, Duchess Meghan, Countess Sophie and other members of the royal family who did not participate in the procession were waiting at Westminster Hall. The royals attended a mass at the site around the coffin.
Huge security measures
Hundreds of people bowed to the coffin immediately after it was thrown. The line already stretched for several kilometers along the Thames through the center of the British capital. The first mourners had already arrived on Monday afternoon to secure a spot. Some estimates put up to two million visitors wanting to pay tribute to the queen. The security precautions are huge, the millions of bereaved need to be controlled and protected by security forces at the same time.
Shortly before: Members of the royal family and their partners left Westminster Hall in London after service for Queen Elizabeth II. But only one couple has joined hands: the Queen’s grandson Prince Harry and Duchess Meghan. On the other hand, not even King Charles III played. and wife Queen Camilla, nor her son Prince William and Princess Kate, or her brother Prince Edward and Countess Sophie. This is mainly due to protocol: holding hands is not intended for active members of the royal family.
Nice gestures and constant guard
Even Queen Elizabeth II did not hold her husband Prince Philip’s hand in public. However, Harry and Meghan have given up their royal duties and are officially civil. But a beautiful tribute to Queen Elizabeth: Princess Kate wore a piece of jewelry from the monarch for the procession – namely the diamond and pearl leaf brooch. And Duchess Meghan also wore earrings that Queen Elizabeth once gave her. The coffin, decorated with the Imperial State Crown, is guarded by royal soldiers 24 hours a day.
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The winning numbers of the last SiVinceTutto Superenalotto competition today, Wednesday 14 September 2022: Tonight the winning Sestina escapes
Here are the latest figures Si Vince Tutto Superenalotto today, Wednesday, September 14, 2022. After the 6th of over 50,000 euros, the focus of the competition on August 17, 2022, This time the six winning numbers are not enough to make the encore and hit the jackpot.
In today’s competition, even without the 6, the 5 points are happy about 1900 euros each. Celebrate for the “4” points, each bringing home 121.79 euros. The “3” get 46.57 euros in their pocket, the “2” points 11.89 euros each.
Overall in today’s competition The game distributed €169,320 in prizes.
The next SivinceTutto Superenalotto draw is scheduled in a week, on Wednesday 21 September 2022.
Here are the numbers drawn. The winnings can be viewed on the game’s official website at the following link: https://www.sisal.it/sivincetutto.
SiVinceTutto Superenalotto draw on 9/14/2022
WINNING COMBINATION
16-29-53-60-70-80
Today’s competition odds
CATEGORY
NUMBER OF WINS
QUOTES
points 6
0
€0.00
points 5
3
€1,918.96
points 4
114
€121.79
points 3
1,327
€46.57
points 2
7,387
€11.89
How to play at SiVinceTutto Superenalotto
SiVinceTutto SuperEnalotto is the special SuperEnalotto competition that gives away the entire prize pool of the competition in a single evening every Wednesday. This means that in the absence of 6, the 5, 4, 3 and 2 share the entire prize pool.
Playing is very simple: with the new formula you play 12 numbers between 1 and 90, but only have to guess 6. The minimum bet costs €5. You can play online every day from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m.: the draws take place every Wednesday.
To play online you must be at least 18 years old and have a gaming account.
Pope Francis meets with bishops, priests, deacons, consecrated persons, seminarians and pastoral representatives at the Cathedral of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Nour-Sultan, September 15, 2022. FILIPPO MONTEFORTE / AFP
