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Westmount seeks anti-corruption screening for contractors
The city of Westmount passed a resolution Monday night requiring any company bidding on a public construction contract of $100,000 or more be required to pass a background check by the province’s...
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Teachers' letter criticizing comedian Mike Ward goes viral
In a Facebook post that’s gone viral, a Longueuil teacher unloaded on comedian Mike Ward last week, claiming his controversial material emboldens high school bullies. “What kind of Cro-Magnon man,...
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Bain provided detailed description of election night shooting and later...
Richard Henry Bain was able to write out a detailed description of what he did during the election night shooting two months after his arrest, but claimed, three years later, he has no recollection of...
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Bain trial: Forensic psychiatrist doubts he is faking mental illness
A forensic psychiatrist who interviewed Richard Henry Bain shortly after he fatally shot a man following the provincial election held four years ago told the jury hearing his murder trial it would make...
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U.S., European tourists flocking to Montreal, tourism bureau says
Tourists from overseas and the United States are flocking to Montreal, the city’s tourism bureau says. Tourism Montreal credits its more aggressive marketing campaigns in the U.S., and the low Canadian...
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Anarchopanda appealing P-6 protest ruling
CEGEP professor Julien Villeneuve, also known as Anarchopanda, is appealing a Superior Court judgment on Montreal’s anti-protest law that ruled largely in his favour and against the city of Montreal....
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Family of Quebecer shot dead on cocoa plantation in Ecuador seeking answers
Relatives of a Quebec man shot dead on his plantation in rural Ecuador on the weekend say they know little about the suspicious circumstances surrounding his death. Yvan Dionne, 56, was shot in the...
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Festival-goer says Osheaga security didn't care she was drugged
Melanie Doucet didn’t worry when a crowd separated her from a group of friends at the Osheaga Music Festival at Jean-Drapeau Park. However, as the Red Hot Chili Peppers began playing their set Friday...
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Judge maintains sentence for "sexy robber"
Stéphanie Beaudoin, dubbed the “voleuse sexy” (sexy robber), won’t face a stiffer penalty than she was originally given for dozens of armed robberies. Prosecutor Louis-Charles Bal wanted the Quebec...
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Martine Ouellet wants to block Energy East pipeline if elected
Quebec’s blocking of the controversial Energy East pipeline may one day be lead by PQ leadership hopeful Martine Ouellet. If elected leader of the Parti Quebecois (PQ) next October, then Premier of...
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Lachine bread factory employs Syrian refugees as they settle into new lives
He had already been thinking about getting his family out of the city of Aleppo three years ago, but Alfadel Mofti’s tipping point came when he noticed changes in his four-year-old daughter. Always a...
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Julie Snyder's lawyer denies report about identity of John Doe
A Quebec City radio host claimed Tuesday that the person who hired a private detective follow Julie Snyder was not Pierre Karl Péladeau, but rather the wife or girlfriend of the man Snyder is seeing....
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Laval police search for missing 14-year-old girl
Laval police have asked for public assistance in locating 14-year-old Kammy Dubreuil, who has been reported missing. She may be found in St-Michel or the Quartier des spectacles downtown. Dubreuil has...
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Boshra: The weird, sad saga of Pierre Karl Péladeau and Julie Snyder
There they go again: a media tycoon, whose holdings include the province’s biggest private television network, and the producer/star of said network’s most popular programs of the past several years...
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Richard Henry Bain was eager to suggest anti-depressant was to blame for...
Richard Henry Bain appeared eager to suggest an antidepressant influenced his actions during the 2012 election night shooting. That was one element of the testimony on Wednesday of Joel Watts, a...
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Coderre administration, opposition trade barbs on pedestrian safety
With one pedestrian dead, and another fighting for her life, the Coderre administration and opposition engaged in a war of words about pedestrian safety on Wednesday. “We have made repeated demands for...
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MMIW inquiry details met with cautious optimism
Through her involvement with the Native Women’s Shelter of Montreal over the last 17 years, executive director Nakuset says she’s witnessed enormous progress in the city’s aboriginal community. She’s...
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New roving market aims to bring food to St-Laurent's underserved areas
Residents of the St-Laurent borough may see a new face rolling around town. It’s square and green, with shelves bursting with fruit and vegetables unfolding off its sides. You might find it parked for...
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John Abbott student upset after police drop sexual assault investigation,...
A John Abbott College student who says she was dragged into a boy’s bathroom on campus and sexually assaulted by a fellow student in June was horrified to learn the Montreal police department dismissed...
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Parks Canada hopes to link human remains to 1800s shipwreck
Parks Canada will conduct tests to determine whether the human remains discovered in Forillon Park in Gaspésie are those of the victims of a shipwreck in 1847. At the end of July, archaeologists found...
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