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Squeaky Wheels: Speed limit on stretch of Highway 20 was reduced for safety...
Q: The speed limit on the westbound Highway 20 is 100 kilometres per hour. The speed limit on the eastbound Highway 20 is 70 kilometres per hour. Both highways are built to the same standards; why the...
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Jury still out in Bain trial
The jury in Richard Henry Bain’s murder trial will continue deliberating on Monday after failing to reach a verdict on Sunday. Bain, 65, is charged with the first-degree murder of stagehand Denis...
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Mercier Bridge deck replacement finally complete
Eight years of work to replace the deck of the federal portion of the Honoré Mercier Bridge has finally been completed, and the bridge will completely reopen to traffic at 5 a.m. Monday. The Jacques...
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Montreal Pride Parade brings out thousands
MONTREAL — Taking part in his third Pride parade as prime minister on Sunday, Justin Trudeau said the world looks to Canada for leadership in the fight for universal recognition of the human rights of...
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CJAD's Dave Fisher signs off, is added to Wall of Fame
Dave Fisher, who announced in June he was retiring as the weekend morning host on CJAD 800, made his final broadcast before retirement on Sunday. As he signed off from 32 years of hosting weekend...
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Quebec Court of Appeal won't hear Uber's attempt to quash Revenue Québec raids
The Quebec Court of Appeal has refused to hear a case by Uber, which was contesting two search warrants executed at the company’s offices by Revenu Québec over a year ago. The searches allowed the...
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Terrebonne mayor steps down indefinitely because of health issues
The mayor of Terrebonne, Jean-Marc Robitaille, is going on sick leave, according to a statement on the city’s website. Robitaille will step down for health reasons, which were not disclosed, on the...
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World Social Forum organizers deem controversial event a success
The controversial World Social Forum came to a close in Montreal on Sunday, with organizers saying that the 2016 edition “has been a successful one.” At first marred by controversy because of its...
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A sovereignist in a hurry, Martine Ouellet pops the referendum question
Parti Québécois leadership candidate Martine Ouellet is charging ahead with a first draft constitution for a sovereign Quebec and it includes the wording of a referendum question to separate. True to...
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Don Macpherson: Quota for female candidates? No thanks, say young Quebec...
To the youth wing of Quebec’s governing Liberal party, quotas aren’t for everybody. The young Liberals themselves owe their influence in party affairs to a quota unique in Quebec politics. The Liberal...
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Mayor puts Biodôme project on ice after contract bids come in at double the...
Mayor Denis Coderre has cancelled a large contract to renovate the Biodôme for Montreal’s 375th anniversary after the bids came in at more than double an estimate of $14.2 million for the work. The...
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Canadian government pledges $35 million to fight radicalization
Ottawa will spend $35 million over five years to fund programs that reach out to vulnerable people open to radicalization in a bid to prevent terror attacks in Canada. The federal government will...
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Quebec funding program for at-risk youth in St-Léonard
The province will be funding a prevention program to help keep at-risk youth out of trouble, officials announced Monday. Quebec Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux said the government will invest...
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American woman might be child who disappeared from Montreal 38 years ago,...
Liliane Cyr has spent close to four decades hoping someone would contact her with news of her daughter Yohanna, who disappeared from her St-Laurent apartment when she was only 18 months old. But she...
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Under construction: the man keeping it all on track on St-Denis
In a summer series called Under Construction, the Montreal Gazette will monitor one project along St-Denis St., with weekly updates on the progress of the work and how merchants are coping, and explain...
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Jury at Bain trial going into fifth day of deliberations
Jurors at the trial of Richard Henry Bain will return for a fifth day of deliberations at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday. Bain is charged with first-degree murder and three counts of attempted...
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Departure of town clerk latest in list of personnel woes in Hudson
Hudson officials have confirmed a candidate will be hired to replace the town clerk who’s employment was recently terminated by council. A resolution tabled at the Aug. 1 council meeting states the...
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Hudson's street repaving plan raises questions but expected to be approved
While Hudson’s $1.5-million loan bylaw to finance the first phase of a five-year plan that will see all the streets in the town resurfaced is expected to pass a register next week, some residents still...
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Ex-Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault gets full conditional release
Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault will officially be granted full conditional release from jail Wednesday, according to documents from Quebec parole authorities. Thibault had already been...
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Heritage gem restored in Ste-Geneviève
For more than 20 years, Alice Khieu drove past the Maison D’Ailleboust-De Manthet on Gouin Blvd. in Ste-Genevieve lamenting how the heritage building — which dates back to 1845 — was being neglected....
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