Clik here to view.
HEC students pedal into Quebec's economic history
A dozen HEC Montréal students hit the road Sunday to learn Quebec’s business history from the seat of their bikes. Over the course of 12 days they will cycle an average of 50 kilometres a day and make...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quebec targetting illegal medical practices in foot clinics
Quebec’s college of physicians and order of podiatrists filed 78 charges against Clinique du pied MD, its president André Duchesneau and several kinesiologists, for providing medical services without...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Plea made for a green Turcot Interchange
Much of the Sud-Ouest borough is a complex blend of affordable duplexes rubbing shoulders with encroaching condo gentrification whose life is about to get a lot more complicated with the coming of the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City to award contract for signs on Côte-des-Neiges for 375th anniversary
The city is set to award a $993,754 contract for the second phase of its project to install granite rest stops and route markers around Mount Royal for Montreal’s 375th anniversary in 2017. The city...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Suspicious death in Ahuntsic raises questions
The suspicious death of a 55-year-old man in Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough Tuesday has led to a Montreal police investigation. Urgences-Santé called police to an apartment residence on Ranger St. near...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Quebec measures to help inquiry into missing and murdered Native women
To offer its full cooperation to Ottawa, which launched its inquiry on missing and murdered Aboriginal women at the beginning of the month, Quebec adopted a decree to give federal commissioners full...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Health Minister increasing pressure on Quebec's physicians
Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is increasing pressure on medical specialists to reach targets to reduce patient wait times before the January 2018 deadline. Barrette gave an update at a news...
View ArticleClik here to view.
John Abbott College student accused of sexual violence will not return this...
The male student at the centre of a sexual violence complaint at John Abbott College will not return to the school when classes resume next week. “He will not be at John Abbott when classes start next...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Montreal to ban new pit bulls, require microchips and sterilization
Montreal is banning the acquisition of pit bull-type dogs, but will allow current owners to keep their animals under strict new rules that include a short leash for the pets and criminal background...
View ArticleClik here to view.
New hip replacement technique lets patient leave hospital on the same day
Maisonneuve Rosemont Hospital did a total hip replacement — and then sent the patient home the same day. On Aug. 4, at 8:30 a.m., surgeon Pascal-André Vendittoli inserted a new ball-and-socket...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Flower pots, barbecues pose fire risk in dry summer months
When you think of fire safety, the mind often goes to the usual suspects: a stove accidentally left on, a knocked-over candle, an overcooked meal. It probably doesn’t consider the petunias sitting on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Man charged with setting fire to his home causing the death of his wife
A Côte-St-Luc man was in court Wednesday, charged with setting a fire to his residence that caused his wife to die. Salomon Abeassis, 80, was arraigned at the Montreal courthouse on charges of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Double Amputee Jeffrey Beausoleil runs Spartan Races to raise funds for...
Jeffrey Beausoleil was almost halfway through the marathon Spartan Race at Owl’s Head when he felt a panic attack take hold of him. “I started to feel like crying, I stressed out,” the 17-year-old...
View ArticleClik here to view.
City of Côte-St-Luc lobbies Canadian Pacific to move its rail yards off island
The Canadian Pacific rail yards take up about one-third of Côte St-Luc — land that the city would like to re-purpose. Mayor Mitchell Brownstein says owning that land “would be a great boon for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Eighteen-year old stabbed in Montreal North
An altercation between several individuals led to a knife attack in the Montreal North borough, police say. A man was stabbed and sustained upper body wounds in the armed assault which occurred around...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Véronique Hivon temporarily suspends campaign to treat labyrinthitis
Parti Quebecois leadership hopeful Véronique Hivon must temporarily suspend her campaign to cure a case of labyrinthitis, an inflammation of the inner ear. Her press secretary, Pascale Sévigny,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Coalition Avenir Quebec repays $35,450 in illegal donations
Coalition avenir Quebec has repaid illegal contributions received by their predecessors, the Action démocratique du Quebec, in maneuvers revealed by the Charbonneau Commission. The Chief Electoral...
View ArticleClik here to view.
St-Pierre Plamondon promises a new and inclusive Quebec charter of values
Parti québécois leadership candidate Paul St-Pierre Plamondon wants to make Quebec identity “contagious and inviting” by revising his party’s controversial Charter of Values — under a different name....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Brossard man charged with committing terrorism hoax, misleading authorities
A Brossard resident was charged on Thursday with committing a terrorism hoax and misleading both Canadian and American authorities. According to his charge sheet, it’s alleged that on Aug. 11, Hasnat...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Video: A parent speaks out about her child's departure for Syria
Parents of Quebec youths who have gone to Syria, allegedly to join terrorist groups, spoke to the Centre for Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence about why their children left and what it...
View Article