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From the archives: Volunteers rallied to help the city fight the typhoid...
This story was first published on Jan. 5, 2003, in the Montreal Gazette. By four o’clock the first ambulance pulled up at the doors with a woman, who was evidently seriously ill. She was speedily...
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Court dramas from corruption to terror will play out across Quebec in 2017
Court dramas from corruption to terrorism will play out across Quebec in 2017, with political overtones once again being felt throughout some of the most anticipated trials of the year. After 2016 came...
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Montreal this morning: The calm after the snow squall, hopefully
It’s still winter, in case that wasn’t clear. After a day of snow squall warnings, Thursday is expected to be a bit drier, with a chance of flurries early on but cloudy in the afternoon, with a high of...
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Ex-SQ Alain Juneau, accused of abuse of aboriginals, found dead
MONTREAL — The coroner’s office in Quebec confirmed Wednesday it is investigating the death of a retired officer recently charged with sexual assault in connection with an investigation into claims of...
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Icy conditions spur car accidents, blackouts
Wednesday night’s high winds and sudden drop in temperatures led to several car accidents overnight in the Montreal region, including one that shut the Metropolitan eastbound for several hours, and has...
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Organizers slash ticket prices for world juniors
Montreal’s reputation as a hockey mecca took a hit Wednesday after organizers of the 2017 World Junior Hockey Championships dropped tickets prices prior to a pair of semifinal games at the Bell Centre....
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When will driving conditions get better? Maybe 2018
There’s no way to sugarcoat this: 2016 was hell on the roads, and 2017 could be even worse, as all the major roadwork in the centre of the city is expected to continue. The year looks like it will hold...
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While You Were Sleeping: Turkish manhunt, hockey ho-hum, more new tech!
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. Terror in Turkey: Turkish police are closing in on the gunman who killed 39 people at an Istanbul nightclub, a senior official said...
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Family to sue owner of dog that killed Montreal woman
The daughter of Christiane Vadnais, the woman who was killed in a dog attack in Pointe-aux-Trembles in June, will file a lawsuit against the owner of the dog, La Presse reported Thursday. The news...
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From the archives: Montreal Social Club shed tears, bills for Nelson in 1806
This story was first published on Jan. 6, 2002, in the Montreal Gazette. Lord Nelson: The subscribers to the Fund for erecting a Public Monument in this City to the memory of that first of Naval Heroes...
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Montreal This Morning: Colder than a Canada-USA handshake after the World...
The forecast: Cold. Then cold. Then more cold. Cold that will never end. At least not before next week. Today’s high will be minus-9 and it won’t get warmer than that until next Tuesday, according to...
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Quebec writer Guy Corneau, brother of Corno, dies at 65
Quebec psychoanalyst and writer Guy Corneau died Thursday at the age of 65. He died almost two weeks after his sister, the famous painter Johanne “Corno,” who died in Mexico at the age of 64. Guy...
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While you were sleeping: Wing deviation, moose diverging, Yahoo deleting,...
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. On a wing and an invoice: A U.S. company says it is suing Bombardier, alleging that it failed to pay for expenses related to the...
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Commuter trains: CP tracks incur more and longer delays
When commuter trains are delayed in cold weather, transit authorities are usually quick to blame frozen rail equipment or other mechanical problems. But one former Canadian Pacific employee says staff...
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Cop badly hurt as fugitive T-bones police car during chase
A Longueuil police officer was badly hurt when his patrol car was rammed by a man fleeing arrest in St-Hubert Friday morning. According to Mélanie Mercille, spokesperson for the Longueuil police, the...
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Stalled Indian Act reform puts Quebec aboriginals' status at risk
A stalled effort to reform the Indian Act has jeopardized the entire process of registering status Indians in Quebec, according to legal documents obtained by the Montreal Gazette. The federal...
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Petition for class action lawsuit filed over photo radars
Anyone who got a speeding ticket from a photo radar could get reimbursed, if a new class-action lawsuit is successful. A petition to launch a collective lawsuit against the province was filed in court...
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Police arrested 1,500 impaired holiday drivers, 10% more than 2015
Despite province-wide awareness campaigns and more options available than ever to get home safely, Quebec noticed an increase in the number of impaired drivers pulled over during the 2016 holiday...
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Rock Machine member murdered in Vaudreuil claimed he wanted to start new life
One of two men who were murdered in Vaudreuil-Dorion last month told a parole board he knew his life was in danger if he continued living in Quebec and remained a member of a notorious biker gang....
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Montrealers ho-hum about facing down Old Man Winter
Canadians pride themselves on being able to handle harsh winter conditions. But a recent cold snap put normally mild Vancouver in a deep freeze. A shortage of road salt left some citizens on the West...
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