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Anti-Trump protests in Montreal: 'There's a sense that we need to act'
They hadn’t announced where they were heading, but as anti-Donald Trump protesters marched along René-Lévesque Blvd. on Friday afternoon, a swarm of police officers were already waiting for them...
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Anti-Trump protesters vandalize downtown police station
An evening demonstration in Montreal against the election of Donald Trump as U.S. president ended on Friday with vandalism at a downtown police station. Protesters took aim at a window of Station 20...
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Diatribes against media by lead lawyer for inquiry into journalists' sources...
A nearly 1,000-word newspaper opinion piece written by Montreal lawyer Bernard Amyot in 2008 in which he called columnist Patrick Lagacé a pseudo journalist and accused him of lacking rigour is raising...
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While you were sleeping: Trump's first executive order, Women's March begins,...
Eager to demonstrate his readiness to take action, President Trump went directly to the Oval Office before the Friday evening inaugural balls and signed his first executive order — on the Affordable...
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Quebecers think Trump's presidency will be a disaster: poll
Quebecers think Donald Trump’s presidency will be a disaster, both for the United States and the rest of the world, says a poll by Léger Marketing for the Journal de Montréal and Le Devoir. Most...
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Canada’s Humphries, Lotholz, lose bobsled gold by a sliver
ST. MORITZ, Switzerland — Canada’s Kaillie Humphries and Melissa Lotholz put down their best performance ever in St. Moritz, Switzerland, on Saturday but only earned a silver medal after finishing...
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ICYMI: Our Top Five stories of the week
Busy week? Here are the top five local stories that had our readers talking: 1. Justin Trudeau raked over the coals for French answers to English questions Formal complaints have been filed after...
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Trump praises the CIA, bristles over inaugural crowd numbers
LANGLEY, Va. — On his first complete day in office President Donald Trump on Saturday berated the media over its coverage of his inauguration, and turned a bridge-building first visit to CIA...
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Parti Québécois slams Liberals' $5.9-billion commuter rail project
Opposition parties want the Couillard government to hit reset on its $5.9-billion light rail project after a report by the province’s environmental assessment agency (BAPE) blasted the project Friday....
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Montrealers rally to denounce Trump, support Washington march
Viviane Michel says she felt sick to her stomach at the idea of watching U.S. President Donald Trump’s inauguration on Friday. “Sorry for using this word, but I felt the urge to vomit,” Viviane Michel,...
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Montreal landlords to crack down on marijuana use by tenants
A lobby group representing Montreal landlords wants to crack down on tenants who smoke pot in their apartments. In a statement released Friday, the Association des propriétaires d’appartements du grand...
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Trump has conversation with Trudeau to discuss economy, exports
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has congratulated U.S. President Trump on his inauguration. The Prime Minister’s Office says the two men spoke by phone Saturday, but it was not immediately clear...
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Sheary, Crosby lead Penguins to 5-1 win over Bruins
PITTSBURGH — Conor Sheary is in the middle of a career-best stretch — and he enjoyed another big game against his hometown team. The Pittsburgh forward scored two goals, Sidney Crosby added his...
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Squeaky Wheels: Lights on Met out only while they are replaced
Q: With all the talk about lighting already well-lit things such as the Jacques Cartier Bridge, I am at a loss to explain why kilometre after kilometre of Côte-de-Liesse (Highway 520) on the way to and...
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'Many have no idea my daughter’s death was preventable'
Jeanette Holman-Price’s daughter Jessica was struck and killed by a snow-removal truck in Westmount in December 2005 after pushing her younger brother to safety. Since then, Holman-Price has been...
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Projet Montréal bid for safer trucks has support of bereaved mother
As Projet Montréal plans to introduce a motion at Monday’s council meeting calling for mandatory side guards on trucks, it has the support of a bereaved parent who has been campaigning tirelessly...
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Unsettled Mafia leadership means arson and reprisals expected to continue
A spate of recent Montreal-area arsons linked to organized crime suggests the battle for Mafia leadership in Quebec remains fractured, experts say. What is likely, they note, is the era that saw...
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Majority of health workers are stressed out, union says
The Alliance of Professional and Technical Occupations in Health and Social Services (APTS) is sounding the alarm about the mental health of its members. The APTS on Sunday unveiled the results of a...
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Two dead, one seriously injured in Quebec snowmobile accidents
Three snowmobile accidents in Quebec on Saturday left two dead and one teenager seriously injured. Around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, a 61-year-old man died after colliding with a car at the intersection of a...
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Canada’s team for world championships packed with previous gold medallists
OTTAWA — The team Canada will field for the world figure championships boasts 17 world medals between them. With the return of ice dancers Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir, along with Patrick Chan and pairs...
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