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Telephone outreach service for seniors in Pierrefonds-Roxboro
Pierrefonds-Roxboro is launching a new outreach program which targets vulnerable seniors. Twenty-five seniors are invited to sign up for Hello Neighbour, an initiative which will see the senior...
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AJOI executive director wins VIVA MTL citizen award
AJOI executive director Benoit Langevin is the winner of the VIVA MTL citizen award, and he’s thrilled. “I’m hoping this award will bring visibility to what we are doing in the West Island,” Langevin...
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Books are big in Kirkland
Electronic readers may be all the rage these days, but the Kirkland Library is bucking the trend by smashing its book-lending record. The milestone was reached in mid-December, following renovations to...
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Tenant's death in seniors' residence renews debate over sprinklers
Related Saint-Laurent fire leaves 72-year-old woman fighting for life A four-alarm fire on Monday that left one elderly woman dead in a municipal seniors’ residence has renewed the debate about...
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Amateur weatherman predicts onslaught of ice, snow, rain in Montreal
While scores of Quebecers binged on meat pie and malt liquor this Christmas Eve, Mark Sirois’s mind drifted into a visions of an icy future. Sirois, 45, is an amateur meteorologist who admits he...
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From the archives: Bonsecours was a market with style — and pretensions of...
This story was first published on Jan. 3, 2010, in the Montreal Gazette. On Jan. 6, 1847, Bonsecours Market still was not finished. Sharp eyes could see workers’ tools and supplies lying about. The...
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Montreal this morning: Snow turns to freezing rain today
The snow will begin in the morning, with an accumulation of between two to four centimetres, and turn to freezing rain by the afternoon. The rain will continue until about midnight, when it turns back...
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While you were sleeping: Sprinklers, snowmobile Samaritans, CEOs, and here’s...
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. Sprinkler debate renewed: A four-alarm fire on that left one elderly woman dead in a municipal seniors’ residence has renewed the...
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Montreal police suspect brawl, stabbing linked to drug trafficking
A 39-year-old man suffered serious injuries during an altercation police believe is linked to drug trafficking. The fight took place at the corner of Ste-Catherine St. E. and Viau Blvd. late Monday...
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Crowd-funding restaurateur caters to clients with deadly food allergies
When high rents on St-Denis St. forced Dominique Dion to close his Zero8 restaurant back in 2013, there was an unusually vigorous outcry from his loyal clientele. That’s because Zero8 not only serves...
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Expect a rough and tumble political scene in 2017
Politics in Quebec and Canada are never dull and 2017 will be hopping with events — many connected to replacing party leaders who failed or retired. Among the first things to watch for will be Quebec...
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Greg Duncan: Keeping resolutions — what's the trick?
“Now is the accepted time to make your regular annual good resolutions. Next week you can begin paving hell with them as usual.” ~Mark Twain~ “Good resolutions are simply checks that men draw on a bank...
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From the archives: Awarding of a gold-headed cane to the first ship of the...
This story was first published on Jan. 2, 2005, in the Montreal Gazette. “The arrival in the port of Montreal of the Danish freighter the Helga Dan raises the curious question whether she is to be...
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Montreal this morning: Light snow + ice + mild temps = slippery slush
After Tuesday’s freezing rain made things a slippery mess in Montreal, an estimated 2 centimetres of snow and mild morning temperatures could be especially dangerous for pedestrians. Did we also...
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Power outages north and south of Montreal blamed on freezing rain
More than 66,000 Hydro-Québec customers were without electricity early Wednesday due to freezing rain. Hydro-Québec says most outages are due to ice-covered branches snapping and falling onto power...
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Freezing rain delays flights at airport, forces cars off highways
Freezing rain and icy roads caused the delay of dozens of flights at Pierre Elliott Trudeau Airport on Tuesday, while driving some cars off highways in the Montreal area. Environment Canada issued a...
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Montreal doula to volunteer in Syrian refugee camps in northern Greece
Heading home by bus one December night from her Outremont café, Rivka Cymbalist clicked on her Twitter feed and watched, horrified, as a young female journalist described the chaos of eastern Aleppo,...
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While You Were Sleeping: Megyn Kelly moves, Kim Kardashian returns,...
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. Brought to you, today apparently, by the letter K. The Kelly crisis: Journalists and political observers went bananas Tuesday after...
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Hudson disputes expected to wind down in 2017
Hudson’s court battles could see some conclusion in 2017, as a ruling is expected in the case involving the town’s former director general. Catherine Haulard was suspended for 10 days in February 2015...
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Tory leadership candidate Kellie Leitch brings message to Montreal
She donned a Habs sweater. Check. She spoke French passably well. Check. And kicking off a 15-day tour of Quebec in the midst of a snow squall in downtown Montreal Wednesday night, Tory leadership...
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