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Montreal chinchillas, hamsters dirty but okay after long layover
GANDER, N.L. — Dozens of fish didn’t make it, but a contingent of small animals has arrived in Gander, N.L., dirty but apparently healthy after a four-day delay in Halifax. The animals had been slated...
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MUHC stands by decision to deny woman a late-term abortion
The McGill University Health Centre says it did not block a woman’s request for an abortion late in her pregnancy by sending the case to its ethics committee for evaluation. “It was not an ethics...
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Deux-Montagnes school on lockdown during police operation
Police arrested four men Tuesday near Polyvalente Deux-Montagnes whom they suspect were there to harm a student at the school. The suspects, all 19 years old and from Laval, were apprehended at...
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Security beefed up at Christmas market in Quartier des spectacles
Organizers have tightened security at the outdoor Christmas market at the Quartier des spectacles downtown, one day after a terrorist drove a bus into a Christmas market in Germany, killing 12 people...
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Internet bills reduced for thousands of Canadians after CRTC decision
Thousands of Canadians received emails recently telling them that their Internet bills will go down at least for the next few months. The lower rates could affect customers of third-party Internet...
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Government lawyers vote to continue with strike
Government lawyers and notaries voted 90 per cent on Tuesday to continue their two-month-old strike. Jean Denis, president of Les Avocats et notaires de l’État québécois, said the union’s 1,000 members...
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Senior dies in Laval house fire
A 75-year-old man died Wednesday morning when his apartment in the Ste-Rose district of Laval caught fire. The man lived in one of four apartments in a building on Bas-du-Plateau-Ouimet St., on the...
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Work on Île-aux-Tourtes bridge to close one westbound lane
Starting Jan. 9, roadwork on the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge heading west will see three lanes reduced to two, except during rush hour — between 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. weekdays. The lanes will be re-configured...
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Mont Tourbillon sports centre destroyed by fire
LAC-BEAUPORT — The main building of a well-known sports centre in the Quebec City area, Mont Tourbillon, was destroyed by a fire that started Tuesday night. The fire started around 11 p.m. It is not...
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13 arrested in drug raids in Laval, Montreal and Montérégie
Laval police arrested three men and two women following an operation Wednesday aimed at neutralizing a network of suspected cocaine traffickers in Montreal and Laval. The Laval Police Department said...
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Montreal non-profit looking to reintroduce downhill skiing to Mount Royal
Estéban Dravet is fairly certain downhill skiing in Quebec was born in Montreal, on the slopes of Mount Royal. In a 68-page memoir submitted to Quebec’s heritage council in November, he and friends...
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Parents and advocates lobby for more funding for autism
Maude Bourassa knew something was amiss when her two-year-old son Jackson was unable to look her in the eye and never turned around when she called his name. He was also having trouble saying more than...
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Quebec calls public inquiry into systemic racism after Val-d'Or allegations
QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard has launched a public inquiry into the treatment of aboriginals, acquiescing to a long-time demand of indigenous chiefs and women’s groups. The announcement drew...
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Montreal woman who had late abortion says she made the right decision
The Montreal woman who ended her pregnancy at 35 weeks says the experience was so painful that she will never speak about it in public again. Reaction to her late-term abortion provoked dozens of...
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Mohawk membership law will go to human-rights tribunal
Sarah grew up in Kahnawake, she was raised to respect Mohawk culture, practice Mohawk traditions and even learn elements of the Mohawk language. But she is not a Mohawk. At least, not according to the...
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EMSB chairman defends 20-per-cent commission to private recruiter
The chairman of the English Montreal School Board defended on Wednesday a 20-per-cent commission paid to a private recruiter to attract students from China to study here in EMSB vocational education...
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Home invaders leave victims tied up in Brossard
Two people were tied up in their home by three masked robbers who broke into their St-Laurent Blvd. home in Brossard. The incident happened Wednesday at 11 p.m., and the robbers took several objects...
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Driver dies after being trapped in car on fire
A man died Thursday morning in Lanaudière when he became a prisoner of his moving car, which was on fire. It happened at 1:15 a.m. on the way from Lake Deligny to Mandeville, about 40 kilometres north...
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Prosecutors now studying sexual-assault file implicating MNA
The police file concerning a presumed sexual assault that is alleged to have been committed by Montreal MNA Gerry Sklavounos is now in the hands of the province’s criminal prosecutors. Jean-Pascal...
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Want to skate outdoors in Montreal? Here's where you can go
For those looking to get in a bit of outdoor activity over the holidays, or to drag the kids away from their accursed video games, there are a number of outdoor rinks already open for shinny hockey or...
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