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Dionne Quintuplets: Sister penniless, 18 years after settlement
When three surviving Dionne quintuplets won a $4-million settlement from the Ontario government in 1998, Cécile Dionne never dreamed she would end up penniless, in a shabby seniors’ home in Montreal...
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Laval police seek public's help in finding missing teenage girl
Laval police are searching for a missing teenage girl believed to have been last seen Thursday afternoon around 4 p.m. Marilou Mallais, 14, was last spotted in the Pont-Viau area, accompanied by a...
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Montrealers recall Hungarian uprising on 60th anniversary
Sixty years ago this week, Gabor Szilasi began taking photographs in the streets of Budapest of what would become the first theme he ever documented in his artist career. It was the 1956 revolution in...
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Winds, rain and snow cause power outages and flooding across Quebec
Some 20,000 homes in Quebec were without electricity Sunday evening, almost half of them in the Montérégie, as strong winds and wet snow caused branches drooping under the weight to come into contact...
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Monday Calendar: Oct. 24-30, 2016
Monday, Oct. 24 Montreal holds its regular monthly council meeting. A federal byelection is held in the Alberta riding of Medicine Hat—Cardston—Warner to replace Conservative MP Jim Hillyer, who died...
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Squeaky Wheels: Why the STM can't adapt its escalators for wheelchairs
Q: Many of the escalators in métro stations are long past their expected lifetime and need replacement. There is also the need for better access for people with mobility issues. The configuration of...
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Quebec MP Steven Blaney joining Conservative leadership race
QUEBEC — Conservative MP Steven Blaney is joining the party’s leadership race. Blaney, who had already filed his nomination papers on Wednesday, made an official announcement Sunday at the annual...
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One injured in knife attack after Montreal bars close
An early morning fight sent one man to a Montreal hospital with knife wounds to his upper body, but police do not fear for his life. A 24-year-old man was stabbed after bars closed at about 3:30 a.m....
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Quebec government lawyers, notaries begin strike Monday
Working without a contract for more than a year, about 1,100 Quebec government lawyers and notaries begin a general unlimited strike starting Monday with rallies outside courthouses of major cities....
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Quebec pledges $76.1 million over 10 years for preventive health strategy....
More affordable housing, less smoking, more home care for seniors, fewer sugary drinks. Those are just a few of the goals the Quebec government hopes to meet over the next decade through its ambitious...
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Man, 54, arrested after armoured truck robbery
Montreal police have arrested a 54-year-old man in connection with the robbery of a Garda armoured truck Friday in Pointe-Claire. The suspect, known to police, will appear in court on Monday to face a...
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Group presents $15 minimum-wage request to Quebec Labour minister
QUEBEC CITY – The coalition who wants the minimum wage raised to $15 an hour is satisfied with their first meeting with Labour Minister Dominique Vien, after presenting their arguments on Monday. The...
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Sponsorship scandal: Crown makes closing arguments at Jacques Corriveau's trial
With a front-row seat to his trial on charges of influence peddling, money laundering and forgery, Jacques Corriveau, now white-haired and 83, seems somewhat frail and helpless, shaking his head...
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McGill moving toward a smoke-free campus
Students at McGill University may soon have to find a new vice to get them through exams as the university moves forward with a policy banning smoking. The university is inching closer to establishing...
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City planning major road changes in secret, Projet Montréal charges
The city of Montreal is planning major, potentially disastrous changes to the downtown streetscape starting next year that will include reserved bus lanes to be shared with cyclists for the length of...
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Pakistani officials say 41 police trainees killed in attack
QUETTA, Pakistan — Gunmen stormed a police training centre Monday in Pakistan’s restive Baluchistan province and detonated explosive vests, killing at least 41 police trainees, authorities said....
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Man charged in spectacular armoured car heist served time for similar capers
The man charged Monday in connection with a spectacular armoured car heist carried out last week in Pointe-Claire is no stranger to police when it comes to such capers. Joseph Evrard, 54, made a brief...
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Send in the cops: Creepy-clown sightings have spread to Quebec
Caroline Saint-Pierre was at home in Gatineau one afternoon in August when her 11-year-old daughter came tearing through the backyard in a panic. Her daughter swore she was being pursued by a clown....
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Taking notes: Montreal libraries are lending musical instruments
Books are not the only thing you can borrow from the library nowadays. Thanks to the Sun Life Financial Musical Instrument Lending Library program, you’ll be able to bring home a guitar or a set of...
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Hudson’s HR woes deepen
After firing its director general, the town clerk and the director of parks and recreation this year, Hudson’s council terminated and suspended three employees last week. During a specially convened...
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