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We're spied on more often than you think, journalists groups say
Canadians may be used to hearing about police tapping journalists’ phones in China, or tailing them down the street in Turkey. But in Montreal, Canada? Unfortunately, say organizations like Canadian...
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Teen charged with second-degree murder after Nuns' Island stabbing
Friends of a 15-year-old who was fatally stabbed on Nuns’ Island over the weekend crowded into a Montreal courtroom on Monday as a 16-year-old youth was charged with second-degree murder in the case....
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Health minister orders 'productivity study' for Quebec doctors
Health Minister Gaétan Barrette announced Monday that he will order a “productivity study” for Quebec doctors in the face of an impasse in negotiations over their pay. Barrette argued that such a study...
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Bill Tierney: Why aren't all planning studies made public in Ste-Anne?
It’s not hard to understand the principles behind access to information. The people who fund government – people like us that is, you and me – have a right to know what’s going on. You can only be...
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Uber hopes Quebec drivers won't face SAAQ licencing delays
Just three days after a pilot project made Uber operations legal in the province for the first time, the company says it hopes it won’t get penalized for playing by the rules. Uber, which launched at...
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Doctors may be "putting pressure" on MUHC patients: Barrette
Health Minister Gaétan Barrette suggested on Monday that some doctors at the McGill University Health Centre might be “putting pressure on patients” to keep coming back to the MUHC when equally good...
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Montreal police tracked journalist using his phone
Montreal police strongly defended a highly controversial decision to spy on a La Presse columnist by tracking his cellphone calls and texts and monitoring his whereabouts as part of a necessary...
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Radicalization research chair to be created in Quebec, UNESCO conference hears
QUEBEC — Ben vividly remembers the stinging insult when he went trick-or-treating on Halloween not too long ago. A man passing out candy called him a “dirty Arab.” The 19-year-old recounted the story...
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Police find body in car in St. Léonard
Police found a body in a vehicle “of interest to the police” on Paul-Émile Lamarche St. in St. Léonard on Monday morning. The discovery was made at about 9:20 a.m. Police officials said the case has...
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Life on other planets: Quebec scientists listen in
By Michelle McQuigge The science community is keeping a wary eye on a Quebec research team’s claim of finding possible homes for life in outer space. The researchers from Université Laval in Quebec...
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Vaudreuil senior in makeshift home ready for another winter
A Vaudreuil-Dorion octogenarian, who made headlines earlier this year after the city threatened to seek a court order to demolish his makeshift home, says he is ready to brave another winter living on...
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Redirecting patients to other hospitals is 'probably illegal': experts
Health Minister Gaétan Barrette’s insistence that the McGill University Health Centre redirect patients closer to where they live rather than treating them at the MUHC risks violating the Quebec Health...
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Montreal scores slightly higher on performance report card
It seems we have some very pricey potholes. A new report released by the city Tuesday showed the cost of maintaining and repairing roads in Montreal is out of whack with at least some of its...
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Whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks at McGill University Wednesday
The timing couldn’t be better. With many Quebecers in an uproar over police spying on La Presse reporter Patrick Lagacé, McGill University on Wednesday will welcome whistleblower Edward Snowden, who is...
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St-Léonard soccer-camp recruiter charged with threatening competition
A St-Léonard man who has run youth soccer training camps for years has been charged with threatening and trying to intimidate one of his competitors to shut down his recruiting program. Giuseppe...
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Parents want city to address safety issue at Beaconsfield following near miss
Kristopher Parent has four boys at École primaire Saint-Rémi in Beaconsfield, including 5-year-old twins. One of the twins was narrowly missed by an SUV backing out of a parking space in the cramped...
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Trial begins in case of New Brunswick boys killed by python
CAMPBELLTON, N.B. — A 45-kilogram python lunged, snapped its jaws, and made “growling noises” when it was forced back into its pen after killing two sleeping boys, an RCMP officer told a New Brunswick...
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International journalists say Montreal police spying threatens press freedom
International journalist organizations are condemning the Montreal police department’s spying on a La Presse journalist through his cellphone as a violation of freedom of the press and as an...
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Police surveillance scandal: Quebec tightens rules for monitoring journalists
QUEBEC — With the premier saying journalistic freedom is a fundamental right, the provincial government is tightening the rules that allow police to obtain warrants to conduct surveillance of...
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Teenager dies, senior badly hurt in separate hit and runs in Quebec
A teenager died of his wounds after a hit and run Tuesday evening, halfway between St-Félicien and Roberval in the Lac-Saint-Jean region. The young man was found on Main St. in St-Prime around 8 p.m....
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