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Over a third of university students, staff victims of sexual violence
More than one-third of people who study or work at Quebec universities, or 36.9 per cent, have been the victim of at least one form of sexual violence committed by another person affiliated with the...
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SQ investigating case of two dogs tortured to death in Montérégie
The Sûreté du Québec is appealing to the public for information that might help their investigation into the apparent torture and killing of two dogs that had disappeared from their homes in...
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Judge tells Montreal cop charged with bookmaking to consider whether his...
A Superior Court judge told a Montreal police officer charged in an illegal bookmaking case that he should look into whether his rights are being violated in having to wait more than two years for his...
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Patients 'falling through the cracks' as private clinics cut services
First, it was Quebec’s gastroenterologists who warned that they would no longer perform colonoscopies in their private clinics. Then came the radiologists, who started cancelling appointments last week...
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"Demeaning" health ads cost taxpayers $250,000
A new social media ad campaign by the Quebec Health Department aimed at young people is “demeaning and insulting” to hospital workers and a waste of tax dollars, union leaders charged on Tuesday....
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Key figure in sponsorship scandal agrees to hefty fine before sentencing
While he could still be sentenced to jail time next week, Jacques Corriveau, a key figure in the federal sponsorship scandal, has worked out a deal that could cost him more than $2 million. Superior...
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Urban agriculture pioneer Lufa Farms opens third rooftop greenhouse farm
There were two important beginnings in Mo Hage’s world last summer: In July he and his wife, Lauren Rathmell, welcomed their daughter into the world. And in June, work started on construction of the...
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Anticosti Island aims to be recognized as UNESCO heritage site
The picturesque Quebec municipality of Anticosti Island is trying to become a UNESCO world heritage site. It made the pitch at a news conference in Montreal on Tuesday. In August, Federal Environment...
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Laval restaurant targeted for arson a second time?
Laval arson investigators were called in Tuesday to investigate the fourth case of arson there in 2017 apparently linked to organized crime. Laval police were alerted to the latest fire before 6 a.m.,...
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Will WikiLeaks' Julian Assange keep promise to give himself up to U.S.?
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama’s decision Tuesday to commute Chelsea Manning’s sentence brought fresh attention to another figure involved in the Army leaker’s case: Julian Assange. On Twitter...
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Unseasonably high temperatures being felt across Eastern Canada
Montrealers are enjoying a warm spell in what is normally one of the coldest periods of the year. With temperatures expected to hover above the freezing mark for much of the coming week, the respite...
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Animals are more strongly protected than seniors in Quebec, committee hears
QUEBEC — It should be mandatory for anyone witnessing the abuse of a senior to report it, and the law should introduce sanctions for abusers, several groups argued Tuesday at the start of National...
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City to fund study for Cavendish extension
Montreal’s decades-old Cavendish extension project in the city’s west end is to get a $277,773 injection to fund a feasibility study on railway overpasses that are being proposed to clear the way for...
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Owners of Pointe-Claire PCB site ordered to submit new clean-up plan
Owners of a former PCB storage site in Pointe-Claire have until February to produce a plan to rehabilitate the Hymus Blvd. property, the city of Pointe-Claire said in a recent statement. A Quebec...
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Daycare employee convicted of molesting boy sentenced to 15 months
A man who was convicted of molesting a three-year-old boy while he was working at a daycare in Verdun was sentenced on Wednesday to a 15-month prison term. Quebec Court Judge Julie Riendeau delivered...
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St-Léonard mosque gets reprieve as zoning change struck down
A judge said Montreal violated the Charter of Rights’ guarantee to freedom of religion in its attempts to shut down a mosque in St-Léonard. The borough changed the zoning of building just before it...
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STM to keep Azur trains parked after inconclusive preliminary report
The Société de transport de Montréal is keeping its $2.4-billion trains in the garage after a preliminary report turned up no conclusive reason for Saturday’s major breakdown, which shut down the métro...
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Montreal will opt for less intense LED lighting in residential areas
The city of Montreal has cancelled its plan to install high-intensity LED-lighting in the 132,000 street lamps throughout its territory over fears the bluish-white light can cause health problems and...
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Jacques Cartier Bridge down to one lane overnight on Wednesday
The Jacques Cartier Bridge will be down to one lane in either direction overnight Wednesday, starting at 9 p.m. The span connecting Montreal and Longueuil will fully reopen at 5 a.m. on Thursday,...
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Angry anglos file complaints against Trudeau for French only answers in Quebec
Three formal complaints have been filed against Prime Minister Justin Trudeau with the Commissioner of Official Languages for refusing to speak English to a Quebec anglophone Tuesday in Sherbrooke....
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