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SOS Vélo makes urgent appeal for bicycle donations
SOS Vélo is urgently appealing for donations of used bicycles to support its production of refurbished ÉCOVÉLO bikes, made using new and recycled parts. The company — which offers a social, ecological...
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Applebaum defence to challenge credibility of crucial witness against him
The police squad that arrested former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum on corruption charges while he was in office in 2013 stopped keeping a written record of its frequent contacts with the key Crown...
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Slander trial looms for Quebec author who criticized Muslim school
MONTREAL — A slander trial is set to begin next month pitting a fiercely secular, feminist author against a private, Muslim school in Montreal she likened to militant Islamic training camps in...
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Group proposes ways to ease burden on Montreal businesses
If Montreal wants to regain its competitive edge and improve its economy, it needs to find new streams of revenue to reduce the tax burden on business owners and make it easier to conduct business...
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Cutting red-tape would spur economic development in Montreal
The head of a Montreal business association supports the recommendations put forth in a report by an independent committee to make the city more business-friendly. “Our reaction to the report is really...
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Bain jury deliberation among the longest in Canadian history
The jury’s deliberation for the Richard Henry Bain trial became one of the longest in Canadian history when it ended after 11 days. It lasted as long as the trial for former Hells Angels leader Maurice...
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Liberals pick businesswoman Naömie Goyette to run in St-Jérôme by-election
ST-JÉRÔME – A 29-year-old businesswoman has been named by the Quebec Liberal Party to run in the St-Jérôme riding by-election. Premier Philippe Couillard presented his candidate Naömie Goyette on...
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Laval police investigating Molotov cocktail attack on ice cream shop
Laval police are analyzing the scene where a Molotov cocktail was launched through an ice cream parlour window late Monday night. Firefighters were called to Crèmerie St-François on Lévesque Blvd....
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Pedestrian hit by car on Wellington Street in Verdun
Montreal police and first responders were on the scene where a man was hit by a car Tuesday afternoon. Officials received a 911 call around 12:40 p.m. about a pedestrian injured by a car on Wellington...
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Bain shows no emotion as jury finds him guilty of second-degree murder
Richard Henry Bain, accused of shooting and killing lighting technician Denis Blanchette the night of the 2012 Quebec provincial election, showed no emotion Tuesday when he heard the verdict: guilty of...
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Boshra: Bain verdict was unlikely to satisfy us all
It was hard not to feel a twinge of dread Tuesday as the jurors charged with determining the fate of Richard Henry Bain worked through an eleventh day — not a jury endurance record by any means, but...
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Bain trial sidestepped political agenda, Quebec sovereignists say
Quebec sovereignists Tuesday expressed relief over the murder conviction of Richard Henry Bain, but there was an undercurrent of frustration the trial outcome eclipsed the killer’s political agenda...
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Montreal adopts plastic bag ban
Montreal city council passed a bylaw on Tuesday that will ban the distribution of thin plastic bags at stores on city territory starting in 2018. The bylaw, which the administration of Mayor Denis...
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Montreal Children's Hospital to undergo extensive repairs a year after opening
Barely a year after the state-of-the-art Montreal Children’s Hospital opened at the Glen site, the facility has to undergo a major $5-million repair job to its ventilation system, causing disruptions...
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Analysis: Rona sale — political crisis, or done deal?
It’s the question on everyone’s lips: Just what did that cryptic “OK” mean? As a committee of the National Assembly prepares this week to dig down into the details of the controversial 2016 sale of the...
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Caisse's light-rail project: No parking lot improvements planned yet for...
Planners of the proposed regional electric light-rail network still have no solutions to chronic parking woes that plague the train stations destined to become part of the new system. The province’s...
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Jurors in Richard Henry Bain case faced tough task: expert
On the morning of Sept. 4, 2012, Richard Henry Bain made his way to a polling station in La Conception to vote in that day’s provincial election. He was turned away for not being properly registered....
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Dave Courage, victim of election night shooting, satisfied with verdict
Four years after being seriously wounded by the same bullet that killed his friend outside the Metropolis nightclub in 2012, Dave Courage says justice has finally been done. “Everyone did their jobs...
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Pauline Marois relieved by Bain verdict
Former premier Pauline Marois is relieved by the outcome of the trial of Richard Henry Bain, who attacked a Parti Québécois rally the night of Sept. 4, 2012. “I had a good conversation with her,”...
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Groups urge parents, drivers to be safe as kids go back to school
The Sûreté du Québec and the Missing Children’s Network are urging parents and drivers to observe safety rules when thousands of Quebec children return to school in the upcoming weeks. Parents are...
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