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STM begins testing phase for electric buses next month
Three new electric buses will hit the road in Montreal next month, but they won’t be transporting any paying customers just yet. As part of the Société de transport de Montréal’s pilot project called...
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Parents charged in death of St-Jérôme infant
A couple is facing criminal charges after their eight-week-old baby was found dead inside their St-Jérôme apartment. Sandra Laverdure, 30, and Mathieu Charles Mongrain, 27, appeared in court Thursday...
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LRT project turns to Bixi, Car2Go for user experience advice
A series of business partnerships announced Friday are fleshing out what the user experience might look like on Montreal’s proposed $5.9-billion commuter train. Quebec’s pension fund — which will fund...
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Couillard, Trudeau announce millions for university building repairs
The province’s university and college network was purring Friday after the federal and provincial governments teamed up to shovel millions into their infrastructure needs. While the Université de...
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Police raids underway at Cannabis Culture marijuana dispensaries
A day after six illegal marijuana dispensaries opened with a big splash in the city, Montreal police have moved in. Raids are underway, Constable Benoit Boisselle told the Montreal Gazette at supper...
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Aboriginal leaders 'optimistic' Quebec will launch police-conduct inquiry
After learning that the Crown won’t press charges against the Sûreté du Québec officers who were alleged to have abused aboriginal women in Val-d’Or, indigenous chiefs say there might be another way...
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Darius Brown's family a court presence for even minor rulings
A relatively minor decision in the case of the youth charged with the murder of Darius Brown was well attended by the victim’s family Friday because they want to make sure the justice system gets it...
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One of Quebec women charged with bringing cocaine into Australia pleads guilty
SYDNEY, Australia — A published report says a Quebec woman pleaded guilty Friday to her involvement in allegedly importing cocaine into Australia. The Sydney Morning Herald says 28-year-old Isabelle...
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Incendiary devices left behind at vandalized Montreal pasta factory
Police are investigating after someone broke a window of a Montreal North pasta factory and left unlit incendiary devices behind early Saturday. “It seems the suspects didn’t try to light the...
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Nez Rouge drove 6,800 tipsy Quebec drivers home on Friday night
The Opération Nez Rouge service had its busiest night of the season so far on Friday. About 6,800 people who had too much to drink were driven home across the province. More than 4,600 volunteer...
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Poll shows Quebec Liberals, Parti Québécois neck-and-neck
A new Quebec poll puts support for the leading provincial parties in a two-way tie, contradicting another poll published earlier this week. A Léger Marketing survey for the Journal de Montréal and Le...
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Baby bathrobes recalled because they may be dangerous
Health Canada is warning parents to immediately stop using some baby bathrobes sold at Winners, Marshalls and HomeSense between February and November. Clothing distributor TJX Canada has recalled four...
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Woman in Montreal was allegedly driven to Winnipeg to work as escort
WINNIPEG — Police have arrested a man after receiving a report a woman was allegedly threatened in Montreal, driven to Winnipeg and then forced to work as an escort. Winnipeg Police say they went to a...
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'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery released from Montreal jail
Self-styled “Prince of Pot” Marc Emery was released from a Montreal jail on Saturday afternoon even as his Cannabis Culture chain announced it would be giving away free joints to supporters who sign...
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Jury finds John Boulachanis guilty of first-degree murder
Nearly two decades after Robert Tanguay was killed in cold blood, a jury has found the man who orchestrated his slaying guilty of first-degree murder. The jury in the trial of John Boulachanis was in...
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Canadian short-track competitors take five medals at World Cup
GANGNEUNG, Korea, Republic Of — Marianne St-Gelais of St-Félicien and Montreal’s Pascal Dion captured silver medals for Canada on Saturday at the ISU World Cup short-track speedskating event. The two...
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Alouettes' Sam Giguère earns four-man bobsled bronze medal
LAKE PLACID, N.Y. — Canadian driver Chris Spring heads into the holidays on a high note. The Calgary resident captured a bronze medal in a four-man World Cup bobsled race Saturday. On Friday, he and...
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Squeaky Wheels: We might never know if métro can run outdoors
Q: The recent Gazette article on our métro’s creation stated the current lines can never be extended beyond their terminal stations above ground. Is this really an engineering impossibility? Is it an...
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The Jerry Cans: Music to ignite joy and torch Northern stereotypes
The band sounds like a square dance that’s been set ablaze. They play a barnstorming combination of country, Celtic and Inuit music that ignites crowds across Northern Canada. It seems only fitting a...
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Quarrel in Longueuil home leaves one dead, another seriously injured
One man is dead after what police believe was a quarrel between two men in their 60s degenerated into a physical altercation and a stabbing. Police were called to a home on Prince Charles St. in the...
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