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Plan Nord: Quebec Innu demand environmental protection
An Innu nation is asking the Quebec government to help protect the river whose salmon stocks are vital to their traditional economy. The request came Tuesday as officials in Quebec City met with the...
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Greg Duncan: Will projects be completed in Île-Perrot in 2017?
He’s making a list, And checking it twice; Gonna find out Who’s naughty and nice. With Christmas just around the corner, it got me to thinking. What will 2017 bring for the towns of Île-Perrot? And if...
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Court overturns conviction in killing of Hells Angel
The Quebec Court of Appeal has acquitted a man who was convicted a decade ago of murdering one of the highest-ranking Hells Angels in Quebec during the biker gang war. Tony Duguay was convicted of...
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What the jury didn't hear: '$20,000 to get rid of an informant'
As he stood trial for murder, John Boulachanis is suspected of plotting to kill someone he thought could hurt his case. This is one of the things the jury didn’t hear over the course of the trial for...
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Pit-bull permit deadline extended to end of March
The city of Montreal announced Wednesday it is extending the deadline to obtain a special pit-bull permit to March 31, 2017. Previously, pit-bull owners had until Dec. 31, 2016, to register their pit...
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Quebec jobs are at stake if asbestos is banned, ministers warn
QUEBEC — As the federal government considers a comprehensive ban on asbestos, two Quebec cabinet ministers say they worry about what it will mean for jobs in the province. Transport Minister Laurent...
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Ricochet will contest Richard Martineau lawsuit over fake obituary
An online publication and firebrand Montreal columnist are inching closer to a court battle that will test the limits of free speech in Quebec. It took just over one week for Ricochet Media to amass...
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Province won't rule out right turns on red lights in Montreal
QUEBEC — Transport Minister Laurent Lessard did not rule out Wednesday changing the highway safety code to allow right turns on red lights in Montreal, saying he will wait until after public...
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Federal government introduces plan to ban asbestos by 2018
OTTAWA — The federal government is moving to ban all products containing asbestos by 2018. The comprehensive ban is designed to include construction materials and brake pads that use the cancer-causing...
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How Montrealers are helping the victims of Syria's civil war
Over the last week, those watching from afar have felt helpless as the Syrian regime continued its relentless attacks on Aleppo, and those trapped in the rubble took to Twitter and Facebook to plead...
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Jury in John Boulachanis murder trial asks judge a series of questions
The jury in the murder trial of John Boulachanis broke from the silence of its sequestered deliberation on Thursday by asking the presiding judge a series of questions. The four questions, asked on...
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Mapping lakes: McGill geographers build database for climate-change experts
When it comes to lake water, some McGill University geographers are in deep. They spent the past three years calculating the most precise estimates yet for the amount of water contained in the world’s...
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Former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt gets six-year sentence
Related 14 accused in Laval corruption case ask to have charges droppedEx-Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt pleads guilty to fraud A Superior Court judge has decided the six-year prison term recommended...
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'Hard to say goodbye': Navarino closing marks end of an era in Mile End
“POP HEARTS NAVARINO.” The sign in the POP Montreal office window jumped out at me as I drove down Parc Ave., Monday morning. An odd but endearing display of affection, I thought, for the landmark...
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Free 'nugs' as Cannabis Culture shops make debut in Montreal
Say what you will about his methods, but Canada’s self-proclaimed “Prince of Pot” knows how to make an entrance. Throngs of admirers stood in the snow Thursday and cheered Marc Emery on as he rolled up...
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Denis Coderre aide fired after video shows him smoking crystal meth: report
An aide to Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre has been fired after a video surfaced reportedly showing him smoking crystal meth, an illegal drug. Jean-François Thibault, who has worked for Coderre since...
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Opinion: Scorn for multiculturalism in Quebec yields troubling results
Last week, news broke that the Parti Québécois had quietly tried to block prominent lawyer Tamara Thermitus’s candidacy for the presidency of Quebec’s human rights commission. Unnamed sources suggested...
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Old Children's Hospital will be razed to make way for towers: Devimco
Developer Devimco Immobilier unveiled its plan Thursday for a $400-million mixed-use residential and commercial development project at the site of the former Montreal Children’s Hospital, which the...
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Man charged with killing two people during Pointe-aux-Trembles shooting spree...
Frédérick Gingras, the man charged with killing two people during a shooting spree in Pointe-aux-Trembles earlier this month has been found fit to appear in court. Gingras, 21, was ordered to undergo a...
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Couture-Rouleau had a kill list: coroner
The man who killed Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent intended to add to his kill list when he hatched a plot against Canadian Forces officers, according to a coroner’s report. Martin Couture-Rouleau ran...
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