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Protesters denounce 'rape culture' in Montreal demonstration
More than 1,000 people turned out Wednesday evening at Place Émilie-Gamelin in downtown Montreal for a rally to denounce “rape culture.” Other rallies were planned throughout the province. A statement...
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Quebec sticks to plan to welcome 51,000 immigrants in a year
QUEBEC — Dismissing the criticism of the opposition as a lot of hot air, Quebec’s immigration minister has announced plans to allow about 51,000 new arrivals into the province in 2017 and even more in...
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Quebec Liberals pay back $551,400 in illegal donations
The Liberal Party of Quebec has paid back $551,400 in illegal campaign donations collected between 2006 and 2011, party president Gilbert Grimard announced in a statement on Thursday. In July, Quebec’s...
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Research income is down at Quebec universities
While the Maclean’s magazine annual university rankings are all about prestige and reputation, Canada’s Top 50 Research Universities ranking is all about dollars and cents. And while there were lots of...
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MUHC grapples with government-imposed $28-million budget cut
Months after posting a $41-million deficit, the McGill University Health Centre has been ordered by the provincial government to slash $28 million from its operating budget. The Montreal Gazette has...
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Roadwork and traffic: Several hot spots this weekend
Highway 25 and the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Tunnel are best avoided this weekend as Transport Quebec carries out major repair work that is sure to cause congestion. In the southerly direction, the...
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MUHC Reproductive Centre gets new life at downtown location
The world-renowned MUHC Reproductive Centre — whose future lay uncertain amid changes to the clinical mission of the McGill University Health Centre — moved last weekend to a new state-of-the art home,...
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Defence brings up Ghomeshi case in trial of Quebec author
Closing arguments are expected to continue Friday in the trial of a popular author of books for young teens who is charged with sexually assaulting one of his fans while she was a minor. Maxime...
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Montreal discovery: brain enzyme controls body weight — in mice
Seems the body fights real hard against weight loss. Consider TV reality show The Biggest Loser. After intense dieting and exercise training, most contestants had regained the hundreds of pounds they...
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New Quebec report offers unique perspective on why women radicalize
QUEBEC — Young Western women who radicalize think they are doing it for humanitarian reasons and have altruistic motives, new Quebec research shows. They are typically well-educated, well-integrated...
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Striking Old Port workers vote in favour of new agreement
Montreal’s Science Centre will be reopening Nov. 10 after most employees at the Old Port of Montreal voted to accept an agreement in principle for a new contract on Thursday. A strike by roughly 300...
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Minor injuries after plane catches fire at Chicago airport
Seven passengers and a flight attendant reported minor injuries after an American Airlines aircraft caught fire and passengers were evacuated onto the runway at Chicago’s O’Hare International Airport....
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Restaurant owners cry foul over SAQ move to reduce wine prices
An association of restaurant owners is crying discrimination over the Société des alcools du Québec’s decision to slash prices on wine, because they don’t get the same discount as bulk buyers. The SAQ...
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No verdict at Jacques Corriveau fraud trial in Montreal
Jurors failed to reach a verdict on their first full day of deliberations at Jacques Corriveau’s fraud trial on Friday. The judge who headed the commission into the federal sponsorship scandal...
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CEGEP profs call on province to quit stalling on special needs funds
An association representing CEGEP teachers says the government is stalling on a pledge in their most recent contract to spend $10 million to help students with special needs. “The money is to either...
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Boulachanis witness was told Tanguay was 'eating dandelions from the roots'
A witness testifying in the first-degree murder trial of John Boulachanis on Friday left little doubt as to what the real motive was behind the death of Robert Tanguay. Tanguay, 32, was fatally shot on...
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Quebec to launch free flu vaccination campaign on Nov. 1
Public-health authorities across Quebec are launching the annual flu-vaccination campaign on Nov. 1, with nurses visiting long-term care centres to inoculate the elderly and CLSC clinics giving shots...
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Indigenous activists buy $1,503 worth of costumes to keep them out of...
On the eve of Halloween and a weekend of dress-up parties, indigenous groups visited Montreal Halloween stores Friday to ask them to stop stocking culturally inappropriate costumes they say promote...
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International radicalization forum kicks off Sunday in Quebec City
QUEBEC — The word “jihad” isn’t usually associated with comedy. Yet that’s exactly what a play bearing that name promises — laughs. The play will be presented Sunday at the start of a major conference...
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Outpouring of support for impoverished Dionne quintuplet
When children’s author Sarah Miller read that Cécile Dionne is living in poverty, 18 years after the Ontario government awarded $4 million to three surviving Dionne quintuplets, she wanted to help. “If...
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