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Mural honouring Mordecai Richler inaugurated
A mural commemorating Mordecai Richler was inaugurated Monday in the Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood in which he grew up and that he immortalized. It took two local artists 20 days to create the work...
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Meth, cocaine, guns seized in drug raids in Longueuil, Montérégie
Police say they have seized an “important quantity” of methamphetamine, cocaine and marijuana during raids conducted Tuesday in the Montérégie and Outaouais to neutralize suspected drug traffickers. A...
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Man who pleaded guilty in Contrecoeur corruption case to learn whether he's...
One of the men arrested in the Faubourg Contrecoeur municipal corruption case is to be sentenced at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday afternoon. The Crown is recommending a prison sentence of two...
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Dawson holds Peace Garden ceremony to mark tragic anniversary
Dawson College is holding a special ceremony Tuesday morning to mark the 10th anniversary of the fatal mass shooting there and to remember the victims. Eighteen-year-old Anastasia De Sousa was killed,...
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Woman dies in case of apparent domestic violence in Saint-Hyacinthe
A woman in her 30s was killed and her husband was in critical condition in a hospital after police discovered a grizzly scene at their St-Hyacinthe home early Tuesday. Police were called to the home on...
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Sponsorship scandal: Jury selection begins in Corriveau trial
Jury selection in the trial of former federal Liberal Party organizer Jacques Corriveau began at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday morning. Corriveau, 83, faces charges of fraud against the government,...
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St-Lazare school takes bold, innovative approach to learning
In the hallway at Forest Hill Senior, two Grade 4 girls are playing hockey with miniature sticks and a bouncy ball. They laugh quietly and trade whispered jibes as they take turns whacking the ball...
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Brenda O'Farrell: Vaudreuil boom appears on cusp of new wave
If you live in the Off-Island, there are a few things you eventually come to realize. First, like most of the people you know — your neighbours and friends from ‘your area’ — used to live somewhere...
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Montreal this morning: A little more like autumn
You may need an umbrella today. We’re in for mainly cloudy conditions with a few showers this morning. Skies will clear late in the afternoon, Environment Canada is saying, with the temperature steady...
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Abandoned Longueuil church destroyed by fire
An abandoned church in Longueuil was destroyed by fire early Wednesday morning. The building once housed the Catholic Our Lady of Fatima Church at Marie-Victorin Blvd. and Leo St. and faced the banks...
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While you were sleeping: Fish, cakes, pot, and a peeping Sgt. Tom
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. Off the hook, partially: A Quebec waiter arrested in August for serving salmon tartare to an allergic customer will not face criminal...
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Man stabbed in rooming house in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu
An altercation between neighbours in a rooming house in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu ended with a man in the hospital Wednesday morning. The 53-year-old was transported to Montreal in serious condition....
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McGill's proposed sexual assault policy still lacking, say campus groups
Editor’s note: This story has been corrected. Details below. McGill University is moving forward with what it describes as a “survivor-focused” sexual assault policy, but many groups on campus say it...
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UPAC officers descend on Saguenay city hall, tourism offices
SAQUENAY — Officers from the Unité permanente anticorruption spent Wednesday morning at Saguenay city hall. The offices of city’s tourism arm Promotion Saguenay were also the subject of a search,...
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Assessment roll: Montreal home values increase by 5.9 per cent
The housing market appears to have cooled in the last three years, according to the latest assessment roll released by the city of Montreal. The average home on the island saw its value increase by...
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Mulcair insists he's staying, says there's work to do taking on Liberals
Thomas Muclair has brushed aside dissent over his leadership saying the real enemy is the Liberal Party, not fellow party members. “My adversaries are sitting in front of me in the House of Commons,”...
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Employees douse flames after firebombing at Liége
A Montreal restaurant was the target of an attack in the before dawn Thursday, when an incendiary object was launched through a window. Employees were still at Liége at 3:50 a.m., and they extinguished...
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While you were sleeping: Two cases of human rights, and two of the human touch
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. Deaf in the wrong language: Jeffrey Liebman, a Montrealer who is profoundly deaf, was thrilled back in 2011 when the Cineplex Odeon...
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Man shot in Victoriaville home
A 42-year-old man is in serious condition after being shot at least once late Wednesday night at a home in Victoriaville. Around 11 p.m., a man came to the door of a duplex on Fréchette St. with a long...
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Man charged in killing of St-Hyacinthe woman
ST-HYACINTHE — A man was charged Wednesday in the death of Isabelle Lavoie, who died early Tuesday morning. Maxime Labrecque appeared in the St-Hyacinthe courthouse Wednesday, and will be detained at...
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