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Unstable wall risking collapse shuts down Berri St.
Montreal police and firefighters shut down Berri St. between Ontario St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd. Wednesday afternoon to assess a wall that’s unstable and may collapse. SPVM spokesperson Jean-Pierre...
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Monkland street festival accused of hurting businesses, conflict of interest
Excessive noise, lack of mobility and shady business practices: just some of the problems Notre-Dame-de-Grâce residents and business owners allege plague the Monkland Village’s street festivals. A...
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Petition was started in support of the alleged victim of sexual assault at...
A petition has been launched calling for a more thorough investigation of a John Abbott College student’s claim that she was sexually assaulted and for the school and police to apologize to the young...
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Anime and manga fans converge on Montreal for annual convention
Anyone hanging around the Place d’Armes métro station during the summer recently has probably seen it — a procession of costumed people wearing brightly coloured wigs and carrying props in their hands....
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Former deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau gets rehired to Quebec radio
Former Liberal minister Nathalie Normandeau has found a new home on Quebec City’s radio airwaves after being dismissed by FM93 in respect to some of her legal troubles. Normandeau will host at 102.1...
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Michèle Audette "a fighter" for missing and murdered aboriginal women
From the moment she came screaming into this world, it was clear Michèle Audette wasn’t destined for an ordinary life. At least, that’s the way her mother remembers it. Évelyne St-Onge went into labour...
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Montreal has "No plan B" if major oil spill were to happen, experts say
When up to 250,000 litres of oil spilled out of the Husky Energy pipeline and into the North Saskatchewan River two weeks ago, it forced the city of Prince Albert to declare a state of emergency. The...
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Montreal police make arrest after video posted of teen pouring drink on man's...
Montreal police have arrested a teenage boy after two videos were posted online showing a young man throwing a drink on and slapping what appear to be homeless men. The two recordings were posted on...
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Westmount mayor defends move to prevent corruption
The city of Westmount awarded seven infrastructure contracts in 2016, at a total value of slightly over $6.4 million. Of the seven contracts tendered, six were won by four companies that do not have...
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Montreal is first venue in Northern Hemisphere to host World Social Forum
Another world is needed. That is the slogan for the World Social Forum 2016, starting next week in Montreal – and you’d be hard-pressed to find anyone in disagreement. With the possibility of a Donald...
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Raccoon carcass found skinned, beheaded in children's park in Hochelaga
Montreal police were called to investigate a grisly discovery at Préfontaine Park in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough Thursday morning. An animal carcass was found, skinned and beheaded in a...
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Three young boys reported missing in Terrebonne are found safe
Police in Terrebonne have confirmed three young boys, all under the age of 10 who were reported missing Friday morning, have been found. A woman contacted the force shortly after 10:30 a.m. to say her...
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33-year-old man arrested in elder fraud case
A 33-year-old man has been arrested in relation to a series of “grandparent” scams in the Lanaudière region of Quebec. Yanick Garneau of St-Liguori is accused of defrauding at least 30 victims. He...
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Lacolle border agents seize 65kg of suspected drugs from woman in pick-up truck
Canadian Border Service agents seized 65 kg of a substance they suspect is cocaine when a woman attempted to cross the border at St-Bernard-de-Lacolle this week. The woman was alone and driving a...
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St-Gabriel's Church tries crowdfunding, returning cans as it struggles to pay...
Back in March, construction workers accidentally knocked over a small concrete statue of the archangel Gabriel as they rushed to install protective plastic wrap and scaffolding along the side of the...
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Electronic music fans explain why they love the ÎleSoniq festival
The sound of the bass thuds through the air, shuddering through the crowd and down into your bones. Hundreds of hands are raised to the air, moving back and forth to the beat. The weather is intense —...
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Fewer complaints from residents about concert noise, St-Lambert councillor says
Amid this year’s blitz of weekend music festivals, will St-Lambert residents be up in arms about noise pollution, shaking windows, and pulsating beats from nearby Jean-Drapeau Park? Jean-Pierre Roy, a...
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Quebec salmon tartare allergy case sparks calls for more training of wait staff
TORONTO — There are calls for mandatory training of restaurant wait staff after police said a severely allergic man was served salmon tartare at a Quebec eatery, putting him in hospital for days....
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Teen charged with assault on Montreal homeless man captured on video
MONTREAL — A Montreal teen has been charged in connection with two videos posted online that appear to show a homeless man being slapped and having a liquid thrown in his face. A lawyer for the teen...
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Kirkland man shaken after coyote encounter
Petro Rizos was checking the air pressure in his truck tires Wednesday when he felt something scratch his lower back. He spun around and found himself face to face with a growling coyote. “I had a...
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