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50 years of Aislin: Rock star comeback for Jacques Parizeau in 1988
For years, Ed Bantey wrote a politically-charged column for the Sunday Gazette. Sadly, both column and columnist are now gone. Bantey died in 1998 and his gravestone, overlooking his beloved fleuve...
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While you were sleeping: Trump responds to Streep; Lululemon looking up
Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning. Donald Trump responds to Meryl Streep: As you would have expected, U.S. President-elect Donald Trump took to Twitter early Monday...
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Montreal this morning: Cold and snowy
We may see a bright start to the workweek, but it’s all clouds and precipitation from this afternoon through to Friday, Environment Canada is forecasting. Clouds will roll in this afternoon and bring...
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Frigid Montreal morning will give way to warmer afternoon
This morning’s deep freeze will dip to -20 C by 8 a.m., dropping to -27 C with the wind chill factored in, before temperatures begin to rise throughout the day. The high will peak at about -10 C, with...
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Fire destroys another Laval hair salon with ties to Montreal Mafia
A commercial mall in Laval gutted by fire early Monday was home to a hair salon owned by a woman with ties to the Montreal Mafia whose other Laval salon was firebombed last week. On Monday morning,...
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Métro, bus service improvements take effect today
Wait times for Montreal’s buses and métros are scheduled to get shorter and the Blue Line will keep running a little later starting Monday. Under promises made in the Société de transport de...
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Foundation injects $18 million into Arctic research
Researchers concerned over a potential freeze in funding for Arctic research were pleasantly surprised Monday after $18 million from the Canadian Foundation for Innovation was added to the operating...
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Quebec suspends new requests to house Syrian refugees
The Couillard government will temporarily suspend new requests for families to sponsor refugees because of a backlog in requests related to the war in Syria. Quebec Immigration Minister Kathleen Weil...
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Montreal police ordered to end sticker campaign
A Quebec arbitrator has ordered an end to a two-year-old campaign that saw unionized Montreal police use stickers to protest against government-imposed changes to their pension plan contributions....
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Persons of Interest: Projet Montréal leader Valérie Plante
Persons of Interest is a regular feature that speaks to the names behind the headlines. Montreal city councillor Valérie Plante put herself on the political map this year when, while campaigning for...
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Alleged Montreal Mafia leaders opt for jury trial in gangsterism case
Alleged Montreal Mafia leaders Leonardo Rizzuto and Stefano Sollecito have opted for a trial by jury when their case goes to court this winter. Superior Court Judge Nathalie Fafard ruled Monday that...
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Private clinics turning away patients for ultrasounds
For Health Minister Gaétan Barrette, it was a move meant to give all Quebecers — regardless of income — access to timely ultrasounds without having to pay hundreds of dollars out of pocket. But the...
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Driver who killed Olympian Victor Davis in 1989 facing manslaughter charge
A Kirkland man who killed Canadian Olympic swimmer Victor Davis nearly three decades ago is expected to appear at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday on a charge alleging he killed another man in...
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Vernissage at Jewish General Hospital to feature works by geriatric patients
They are old and they are sick and they can no longer look after themselves. But one goal of a pilot project in which patients on the geriatric wards at the Jewish General Hospital worked with an art...
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Glen Crossley makes first court appearance on manslaughter charge
A quarter of a century after gaining notoriety as the driver who killed Olympic champion Victor Davis, Glen Crossley was back in court Tuesday — and once again in the media spotlight. Crossley is...
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Turcot work to affect access to northbound Décarie Expressway
One of two lanes connecting the Turcot Interchange to the northbound Décarie Expressway will be closed starting Monday as the next phase of construction on the structure’s replacement begins. Workers...
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All snow-clearing trucks need safety devices: Projet Montréal
Opposition party Projet Montréal is calling on the city of Montreal to require its snow removal contractors to use trucks equipped with convex mirrors to reduce blind spots and side bars between the...
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City's blue collar union and president ordered to pay maximum fine for...
Montreal’s blue collar union and its president were sentenced to pay the maximum fine allowable on Tuesday for having called an illegal one-day strike more than a year ago. Superior Court Justice...
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Liberals apologize for embarrassing Sam Hamad in internal poll
QUEBEC — The Quebec Liberal Party has apologized after seemingly attacking one of its own. The party asked members in an internal poll this week what they thought of the ethical record of several...
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Laval residents saddened by fire that destroyed popular neighbourhood mall
Residents in the Vimont district of Laval are lamenting the loss of their neighbourhood mall, which was gutted by fire on Monday. The commercial mall at 2775 René-Laennec Blvd. included a Boni-Soir...
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