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Opinion: The story of Fredy Villanueva belongs to his family
In recent weeks, the play Fredy has returned to the news. Originally performed in March, it centres on the police killing of 18-year-old Fredy Villanueva in Montreal North in 2008. In September, it was...
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Pointe-Claire making noise about sound wall along Highway 20, east of St-Jean
Pointe-Claire city council recently fired off a resolution demanding Transport Quebec produce a preliminary study to build a sound-abatement wall along Highway 20 east of the St-Jean exit as well as...
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Lunchtime oddity: Forced to listen to Nickelback if caught drunk driving
Drinking and driving is bad enough but a police department on Prince Edward Island wants to make it extra-bad for those caught by forcing them to listen to Nickelback. The Kensington Police Service...
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Brenda O'Farrell: When Christmas comes to a small town
Thirty-nine years. That’s how long the annual Firemen’s Auction has been held in Hudson. And the latest instalment Monday evening showed the kind of community spirit it continues to generate, as about...
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While you were sleeping: King Louie’s clawback, plus hospitals, bridges, and...
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. The re-orientation of our children: There are too many kids in the children’s ER, Quebec has determined, ordering the Montreal...
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Engineer accused in Lac-Mégantic derailment wants case stayed
The lawyer for an accused engineer involved in the Lac-Mégantic rail disaster says he will try to get his client’s case thrown out because of how long it’s taken to get to trial. Thomas Walsh, the...
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Montreal Children's ER ordered to re-direct some patients to clinics
The Montreal Children’s Hospital has been ordered by the provincial government to reduce the number of kids it treats in its state-of-the-art emergency room, and to “re-orient” low-priority patients to...
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No charges for owner of dog that killed Christiane Vadnais
The owner of the dog that mauled a Montreal woman to death in June will not face criminal charges, the Crown prosecutor’s office confirmed on Wednesday. Christiane Vadnais, 55, was killed in her...
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Christ Church Cathedral, St. James United Church to undergo renovations
The Quebec government plans to spend more than $6 million to restore and repair buildings with religious and cultural heritage in the Montreal area. It announced on Tuesday that $2,702,195 will go to...
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Police search for body in Lac-Beauport linked to missing persons case
Quebec City police spent Tuesday night searching an area in the town of Lac-Beauport, where they believe they might uncover a body. A spokesperson for the force, David Poitras, said searches were...
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Montrealers paying the price for city's lack of planning: opposition
Montrealers pay a high price when the city doesn’t put a hold on land it will need for future parks and schools before it announces large-scale residential development projects that will create new...
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Quebec orders auditor to investigate EMSB and LBPSB: source
QUEBEC — An auditor is being dispatched to the English Montreal and Lester B. Pearson school boards to investigate allegations of irregularities — information that has also been shared with the...
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Montreal budget: Residential property taxes to rise by average 1.7% in 2017
Montreal residential property taxes will rise by an average 1.7 per cent in 2017, slightly less than last year’s hike, Mayor Denis Coderre announced Wednesday. “It’s the smallest hike in the past nine...
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Couillard meeting with First Nations produces nothing definite on how to ease...
A meeting Wednesday between aboriginal leaders, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard and two of his cabinet ministers produced no concrete proposals on how to reduce tensions between provincial police and...
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Montreal's 2017 budget shows 'lowest increase' in taxes in last eight years
Mayor Denis Coderre’s gift to Montrealers in the last municipal budget of his four-year mandate will be the “lowest increase” in taxes in the last eight years. In other words, Coderre’s fourth city...
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Montreal Gazette Christmas Fund 2016: After fleeing Syria, Amira adjusts to a...
In 1988, Amira first moved to Montreal from Damascus with her family. After seven years here, she and her husband moved back to Syria, while their son and two daughters remained in Canada. Amira made...
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Montreal this morning: Wet, but it could be worse
Another wet one, but look on the bright side: There’s no freezing rain or blizzards in today’s forecast. Just periods of rain or drizzle producing about 5 mm — after last night’s 20 to 30 mm. It will...
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Rogers lays off 87 as it grapples with print challenges, unloads French...
Rogers Media has laid off 27 full-time employees in its English-language digital content and publishing division, following the dismissal of 60 full-time employees Tuesday. The telecommunications giant...
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Next steps for medical marijuana: task force hands in first report
On a typical day, Daphnée Elisma will fire up her vaporizer and inhale roughly three grams of marijuana. She can go through a quarter-pound of weed a month, spending about $500 in the process. But...
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While you were sleeping: Robots, #DAPL, a bit of a snooze, and vegans without...
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. Something to declare: First there were automated drive-through carwashes. Then automated drive-through banks. Now, the Canadian...
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