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Russell Copeman joins Mayor Denis Coderre's party
Mayor Denis Coderre is hoping to fare better in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce next time. Russell Copeman, mayor of the borough, will run for re-election on Coderre’s team in the Nov. 5, 2017...
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Josh Freed: Here are useful tips on how to survive the U.S. election
I’m feeling pretty jittery. Only two weeks ago I was hopelessly addicted to the U.S. election, but now I’m overdosed, overwrought and badly in need of detox. I’m scared as hell and I just can’t take it...
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Weekend traffic update: Many roads closed all over Montreal
No part of Montreal is immune, as a late push to complete projects before winter sets in appears to be underway on many parts of the road network. Here’s what to look out for during the Nov. 5-6...
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Work on Atwater Ave. delayed till 2017
Two major roadwork projects that have choked traffic in western downtown for months are delayed — one of them until next year. Atwater Ave., between Sherbrooke St. W. and Docteur-Penfield Ave., has...
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Public support pours in for Montreal bagpiper ticketed by police
Montreal bagpiper Jeff McCarthy has been moved by the outpouring of public support he’s received since he went to the media with his story of being ticketed by police for wearing a knife, an accessory...
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Work to render Bonaventure, Vendôme métro stations accessible to start next year
Work will begin next year to resolve two longstanding complaints about the inaccessibility of the city’s métro network. In its capital spending program released this week, the Société de transport de...
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Woman says Public Curator wants to just let her father die
Dominique Brief said she had to mount a court battle against the Public Curator of Quebec whom she says is denying her elderly father potentially life-saving medication for a lung infection at his...
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Quebecers indicted in U.S. ATM fraud could have stolen almost $250K, say...
MONTPELIER, Vt. — Four Canadians facing charges they crossed into the United States to fraudulently skim money from ATM machines in Vermont could have stolen almost $250,000, U.S. court documents say....
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Poll: Quebecers favour English-language university degrees, but not as much...
Quebecers still feel obtaining a university degree from an English-language institution is more promising than graduating from a French-language university, but not as much as before, results from a...
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Montreal police obtained warrant to listen to two journalists' phone calls
Amid calls for his suspension from both provincial and municipal parties, Montreal police chief Philippe Pichet issued a statement on Saturday denying the force ever wiretapped two La Presse...
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Boil-water advisory lifted for Longueuil and Châteauguay
Boil-water advisories have been lifted in Longueuil and Châteauguay. Longueuil has cancelled the boil-water advisories that affected Brossard, St-Lambert, LeMoyne and Greenfield Park. “All test...
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Suspect arrested after three women attacked in Plateau-Mont-Royal
Montreal police have arrested a suspect in the assault of three women overnight Thursday in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. François Dulude, 26, was arrested late Saturday in Montreal. Police had...
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Minister tries to sell her colleagues and public on open government
QUEBEC — Rita de Santis is the first to admit that some of what she’s doing as a minister can be a hard sell, to the bureaucrats, her fellow ministers and to a public in a cynical mood. But when...
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Quebec police investigating after two bodies found in Bécancour garage
BÉCANCOUR — Quebec provincial police are investigating after a man and a woman were found dead in the Centre-du-Quebec region on Saturday. They were found in a garage at the back of an apartment...
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Police surveillance scandal: Montreal mayor stands by police chief
Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has rebuffed calls for police chief Philippe Pichet to step aside, but has asked for an “administrative review” of how police handled surveillance of La Presse reporters....
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Montrealer captured in Libya is safe and sound in Italy, company says
The employer of a Canadian citizen who was kidnapped in September in Libya says he’s doing physically well after his release. A spokesperson for the Montreal-area Aeronav Group added the company...
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They shall not grow old
A Remembrance ceremony was held to honour Canada’s war dead on Sunday at the Monument aux braves de Notre-Dame-de-Grâce in N.D.G. Park. The event was one of many held in Montreal and neighbouring...
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Quebec paramedics give union strike mandate
Paramedics in Montreal, Quebec City, Laval and eight other Quebec municipalities have voted overwhelmingly to give their union a strike mandate. Support for an unlimited general strike was between 98...
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Quebec community groups helping Syrian refugees abandoned by their sponsors
Eight months since arriving in Montreal as Syrian refugees, Dania Saad and her husband, Samir Altabra, continue to receive monthly cheques of $1,000 from their private sponsors. The cash belongs to...
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Quiet Montrealer brokers peace around the world
How do you get people who hate each other — and have even tried to kill each other — to sit down and talk? That’s the central question Adam Kahane has tried to answer throughout his career, whether in...
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