Montreal Gazette
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📍 QC
Aug 6, 2026
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Montreal's Village rainbow balls are returning, but a year-round pedestrianized street isn't guaranteed
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MONTREAL NEWS
Montreal’s Village rainbow balls are returning, but a year-round pedestrianized street isn’t guaranteed
Soraya Martinez Ferrada says the changes on Ste-Catherine St. E. will have a "flexible layout."
The art installation known as 18 Shades of Gay, by designer Claude Cormier, will return to Montreal's Village, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has announced. (John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette)
By
Jack Wilson
August 6, 2026 at 11:01 a.m.
Last Updated: August 6, 2026 at 4:18 p.m.
“We’re in the Village, guys, we can say ‘balls,'” Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada quipped Thursday, announcin…
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