Mount Royal cemetery bike ban goes into effect Aug. 1

A ban on bicycles within the confines of Mount Royal cemetery went into effect Aug. 1 in reaction to a series of complaints concerning cyclists who use the National Historic Site for high speed training.
The cemetery has defended the ban saying that multiple warnings to cyclists about respecting the site’s 10 km/h speed limit and not riding in groups of more than four have been ignored.
Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery, also located on Mount Royal, already has a ban on cyclists on its proper