Longueuil agglomeration is dysfunctional and unfair, mayors say
The Longueuil agglomeration is governed in an unfair and dysfunctional way, mayors of merged cities such as Brossard, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and Saint-Lambert say. The mayors are claiming they...
View ArticleWhile you were sleeping: A heart-stoppingly close call on the highway, and...
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. No help for the hose tower: A veteran has stepped forward in the 11th hour with a plan to save the iconic but crumbling hose tower...
View ArticleAboriginal women repeat calls for inquiry into alleged abuse by police
QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard has promised to meet with indigenous leaders to discuss ways to investigate alleged “systemic racism” in Quebec. “We’re aware of the enormous trauma in aboriginal...
View ArticleOpinion: The next frontier for French immersion
Half a century ago, a group of pioneering mothers from St-Lambert succeeded in getting Canada’s first French immersion class set up on Montreal’s South Shore. “We just wanted to make sure our children...
View Article61,004 soccer fans flock to Big O for Impact vs. TFC playoff game
The weather outside the Olympic Stadium on Tuesday evening was more conducive to hockey or curling. But inside the cavernous Big O, more than 61,000 sports fans came to watch playoff soccer. Among the...
View ArticleCAQ inches ahead as sovereignists flee PQ: poll
The Coalition Avenir Québec has inched ahead the Parti Québécois when it comes to Quebecers’ voting intentions, while the Quebec Liberal Party continues to enjoy a comfortable lead, a new poll...
View ArticleAuditor general critical of CEGEP spending in report
The management of contracts awarded by CEGEPs is seriously flawed, according to the auditor general of Quebec. And expenditure accounts produced by their leaders, too. In its 2016-2017 annual report...
View ArticleAnti-fascists plan to protest concert by controversial black metal band
A black metal concert in Montreal this Saturday could draw as many protesters as fans, with anti-fascist militants vowing to disrupt the show by what they call one of the most openly racist bands on...
View ArticleCBC picks group to build new Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal
The Broccolini group has been selected to build a new Maison Radio-Canada in Montreal, while the current building will be acquired by the Mach group, Radio-Canada announced on Wednesday afternoon. The...
View ArticleFive-alarm fire in abandoned building in downtown Montreal
A five-alarm fire tore through an abandoned building in downtown Montreal on Wednesday, causing no injuries but requiring more than 100 firefighters to stop it from spreading to neighbouring buildings....
View ArticleHealth minister offers taste test of new CHSLD meals
QUEBEC — Health Minister Gaétan Barrette wants to know what Montrealers living in long term care facilities like to eat, as part of a charm offensive to improve menus for seniors in the province....
View ArticleMontreal this morning: Cloudy and wet
We’re in for a few wet days, starting with light snow today and rain on Friday and Saturday. Environment Canada says light snow will begin near noon today. The temperature will remain steady at 0...
View ArticleYoung Pointe-Claire dancer takes on trio of challenges in Nutcracker production
Samantha Rivard has dance in her DNA. It will come in handy as the 11-year-old from Pointe-Claire takes on three roles in the Ballet Ouest production of the Nutcracker which opens at Centre Pierre...
View ArticleWhile you were sleeping: Highfalutin art, hot art, and something nice for...
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. The STM has made an amazing discovery: “We have seen that when we invest in adding service, it is the best predictor of an increase in...
View ArticleReprimand Quebec Court judge for hurling insults, inquiry panel rules
A Quebec Court judge acted in a flawed and repetitive manner and deserves to be reprimanded, an inquiry panel of the Conseil de la magistrature du Québec has ruled. During disciplinary hearings held...
View ArticleLet us in on hydro talks with Quebec, N.L. opposition demands
The leader of the official opposition in Newfoundland and Labrador, Paul Davis, is demanding Premier Dwight Ball bring any possible agreement with Quebec on hydroelectricity to a vote in the House of...
View ArticleDrunk-driving charge could cost $6,000 or just call Nez Rouge
As it has for the last 20 years, CAA-Quebec is giving a boost to the annual Opération Nez Rouge holiday safe-ride-home program, which kicks off in Quebec on Friday, Nov. 25. CAA-Quebec estimates that...
View ArticleYouth accused in N.D.G. teen's murder faces additional charges of drug...
More than a dozen friends and family members of Darius Brown were in Quebec youth court Thursday to watch more charges be laid against the young man accused in his death. Brown, a 17-year-old...
View ArticleManhunt underway after killing at monks’ residence in France
PARIS — French police are searching for a masked gunman after an elderly woman was stabbed to death in a retirement home for monks in southern France, the national gendarme service said Friday. An...
View ArticleWeekend roadwork: LaFontaine tunnel among routes affected this weekend
Montreal motorists are facing another weekend of roadwork and road closures. Highway 25: The Louis-Hippolyte-LaFontaine Tunnel will be completely closed from 11:59 p.m. Friday to Saturday at 8 a.m....
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