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PQ leadership race: candidates scrap in the alley for every last vote
QUEBEC — It’s apparently never too late to tangle and Parti Québécois leadership candidates kept at it Thursday. Even if the campaign is technically over and party members are voting — 53 per cent of...
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Jury told murder suspect was investigated for possible second escape
Authorities at the Montreal Detention Centre had information that murder suspect John Boulachanis was preparing to pull off a second escape from custody only one day after his first. Boulachanis, 42,...
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Former Montreal North mayor will go straight to trial in sex-assault case
Former Montreal North borough mayor Gilles Deguire, charged with sexual assault of a minor, renounced his right to a preliminary hearing on Friday and will go straight to trial instead. Deguire, 67,...
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Police seeking missing Montreal teen
Montreal police are asking the public’s help to find 16-year-old St-Michel resident Julia Angelina Simard. She left her home on Sept. 30 to spend the night at a friend’s house, and communicated with...
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Montreal, Quebec donate $560,000 to Haiti hurricane relief efforts
The city of Montreal and the Quebec government on Friday donated a total of $560,000 to relief efforts in Haiti, which was devastated by Hurricane Matthew this week. They’re also urging Quebecers to...
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Group denounces police ethics committee's decision to drop racial profiling case
The Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations is denouncing a recent decision by Quebec’s Police Ethics Committee to drop a racial profiling complaint against two Longueuil police officers due to...
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Schoolyard property at Sinclair Laird Elementary School won't be sold
Schoolyard property on the grounds of the Sinclair Laird Elementary School in Park Extension will not be sold to a private daycare operator to make room for a new two-storey daycare centre, the English...
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10 highlights of the Parti Québécois leadship race
1. PKP quits Less than one year after being elected leader of the Parti Québécois, Pierre Karl Péladeau resigns on May 2, citing family reasons. His departure launches a period of speculation within...
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Métro at 50: A métro by Montrealers, for Montrealers
First in a four-part series. The idea of a métro on tires came from Paris. The idea of the subway as a showcase for art and architecture came from Moscow. But when the Montreal métro opened on Oct. 14,...
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Cyclist seriously injured after collision with truck
A cyclist in his 30s is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after being involved in a collision with a truck pulling a trailer in Villeray–St-Michel–Parc-Extension on Friday. The incident...
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Deux-Montagnes train line closed Saturday, Sunday and Monday
If you had hoped to take the Deux-Montagnes train downtown to avoid traffic mayhem, think again. The train line will not operate on Saturday, Sunday and Monday so that the Agence métropolitaine de...
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Don Macpherson: What Lisée's ascension means for Quebec
Jean-François Lisée is probably the candidate the governing Liberals least wanted to win the Parti Québécois leadership. But there could be trouble ahead for Lisée before the next general election, due...
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Five immediate priorities for the new Parti Québécois leader
Jean-François Lisée, the new leader of the Parti Québécois, inherits a series of challenges and problems for the aging party that former leader Pierre Karl Péladeau had tackled but not solved. Heal the...
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Analysis: Perseverance pays off as Jean-François Lisée wins PQ leadership
LÉVIS — From journalist to backroom strategist working for the party’s greats to becoming leader himself, Jean-François Lisée has crossed the Rubicon. In a brash come-from-behind win that had péquistes...
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PQ leadership race losers rally around Lisée
LÉVIS — An audible gasp went up in the room, as results were revealed and a crestfallen Alexandre Cloutier conceded defeat. “I really gave it my all in this campaign,” he said, his voice full of...
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Couillard denounces the 'besieged nationalism' of Jean-François Lisée
REYKJAVIK, Iceland — The nationalism advocated by Jean-François Lisée is fuelled by fear and similar to the populist parties of Europe, said Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard hours after the election...
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Longueuil woman missing since telling her family she was checking into a...
Linda Horsfall told her husband Marcel De La Durantaye, she wasn’t feeling well on Wednesday morning and that she was going to check into a hospital for treatment. But now, her family believes she...
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Contest winners seek technological solutions to help save St. Lawrence River
Can artificial intelligence be used to help predict water quality? Could an app for fishermen help signal the presence of invasive species? Technology, and how it can help save one of North America’s...
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Motorist faces charges after death of passenger in St-Lazare
A driver is accused of causing the death of a passenger on Highway 40 in St-Lazare on Saturday. The Sûreté du Québec plans to file charges of dangerous driving causing death against the driver. The...
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Quebec group rallies to save abandoned mine threatened with demolition
A “spectacular” abandoned mine in western Quebec has become so popular with tourists the provincial government is considering demolishing it, says a citizens group. The abandoned Wallingford-Back mine...
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