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Could a cougar be roaming the Off-Island?
It was the dogs that tipped Neil Munroe off that something out of the ordinary was skulking around his parents’ four-acre small farm in St-Lazare’s Chanterel neighbourhood. Munroe had come home around...
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Study of CEGEP students shows vulnerabilities to violent radicalization
A survey of students at eight Quebec CEGEPs published Tuesday has led to some surprising conclusions about what makes youths vulnerable to radicalization — and what may shield them from it. For one,...
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Quebecers arrested for cocaine smuggling to appear in Australian court
Two Quebec women arrested on a cruise ship in Australia for cocaine trafficking are due to appear in criminal court Wednesday. Mélina Roberge, 23, and Isabelle Lagacé, 28, are expected in court in...
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Obstetricians suing MUHC over delivery quotas
Imposed quotas on physicians delivering babies at its birthing centre has led to a drop of 600 — or 16 per cent fewer — annual births at the Royal Victoria Hospital’s specialty centre for high-risk...
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Lawyer pleads guilty to charge of attempting to obstruct justice
A Montreal defence lawyer put an abrupt end to his eight-year battle against charges filed against him, following a major investigation into the Montreal Mafia, and pleaded guilty Tuesday to attempting...
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Hearings into Quebec's proposed religious neutrality law resume Tuesday.
QUEBEC — Teachers and daycare workers need clear instructions on how to deal with religious accommodation requests, groups told National Assembly hearings into Bill 62 on Tuesday. The proposed...
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Boulachanis trial: Witness says he feared he was digging his own grave
A 59-year-old man says he began to think he might be digging his own grave one day in 1997, when he and two other men were making a hole in a sandpit in Rigaud. He was testifying Tuesday in the...
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Montreal Gazette reporters Gyulai, Derfel nominated for journalism awards
Two reporters from the Montreal Gazette have been nominated for the top awards in Quebec journalism. The Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec (FPJQ) announced the nominees for its...
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Calls for probe into cost overruns at Pierrefonds water plant
The island suburban mayors and the opposition at Montreal city hall are calling for an investigation into municipal contracts that were awarded during the past decade to upgrade the Pierrefonds water...
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Laval school board ordered to pay $15,000 for student's burns
La Commission scolaire de Laval has been ordered to pay $15,000 to a student for severe burns he suffered after his friend poured a corrosive substance on his head that he found in a chemistry course....
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Quebec loosens the purse strings after two years of austerity
QUEBEC — Say goodbye to that expensive health services contribution tax. Say hello to new spending — a total of $510 million — in health, education and regional development. But in tabling what he...
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Family laments lack of speech therapy for daughter with autism
Five-year-old Charlotte Kühn has spent most of her life on a waiting list. First her parents, Sam Kühn and Lynn Buchanan, waited two and a half years for an official diagnosis of her autism, which they...
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Quebec public sector managers ask to be trained in religion
QUEBEC — Quebec’s alliance of public sector administrators told Bill 62 hearings on Wednesday it needs training and specific guidelines to be able to separate legitimate religious accommodation...
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Cougars in Quebec? No proof, ministry says
Jacques Nadeau chuckled when a reporter told him there had been a cougar sighting in St-Lazare recently. Nadeau is spokesperson for Quebec’s Ministère des forêts de la faune et des parcs. He said there...
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Q&A Dolores Malaspina: 'Most mutations in humans arise in the father'
You can hold fathers accountable for bequeathing onto their babies the most genetic damage, about three time as much as mothers, studies show. “Most mutations in humans arise in the father,” Dolores...
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RCMP launches new "terrorism awareness guide"
With a level of detail unheard of from law enforcement, the RCMP’s new “Terrorism and Violent Extremism Awareness Guide” tackles everything from how to see whether your kids are becoming radicalized...
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Greg Duncan: Local loyalty cards — a way to compete with the chains?
Would you sign up for a loyalty card or program that offers points or rewards for shopping at locally owned businesses or when buying local products in the Off-Island area? Last week I raised the topic...
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Consultations on MUHC mega-merger proposals could take up to a year
It could take up to a year for the provincial government to wrap up its consultations into the merger proposals involving the McGill University Health Centre and two west-end medical organizations — a...
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Undercover police shoot passenger in car in Montreal North
One person was shot at least once by Montreal police following a surveillance operation that led to a police pursuit in Montreal North on Wednesday. Quebec’s independent investigation bureau, mandated...
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Bonaventure Hotel workers reach agreement in principle
Employees at the Bonaventure Hotel accepted an agreement in principle Wednesday to put an end to a work stoppage that had lasted nearly five weeks. The employees voted 86 per cent in favour of...
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