Man dies after renoviction

Jean-Roch Boivin was a retired writer and critic who had been living in a modest building on Carré St‑Louis. After the building was sold, the new owner began a campaign to get the tenants out, offering them a paltry $600 to leave – this was reported by Radio‑Canada last fall.

Le Devoir, for which Boivin used to write, says Boivin has died at age 79 after being forced out when the owner started doing things like punching holes in the roof to bring water down into the apartments. Zacharie Goudreault talks to the last tenant determined to stick around.

Update: CBC covered the story a few days later.