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Quebec needs to step up its game to counter U.S. protectionism: Legault
ST-JEAN-SUR-RICHELIEU — With the world’s economic players holding their breath with the arrival of Donald Trump, the leader of one of Quebec’s opposition parties is warning Quebec’s trade-focused...
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Court rejects Crown's appeal of sentence of urban planner who pleaded guilty...
The Quebec Court of Appeal has rejected a bid by the Crown to seek a stiffer sentence for one of the accused in the Contrecoeur corruption case. In a ruling from the bench on Friday, a three-judge...
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Contrecoeur trial delayed a day after defence lawyers learn they were wiretapped
The Contrecoeur fraud trial is to resume on Tuesday amid tension after defence lawyers in the case learned on Monday that police wiretapped their conversations with their accused clients over the past...
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Coderre waiting for Ottawa to act on safety changes for snow-removal trucks
Mayor Denis Coderre says he wants to wait for federal legislation before imposing a city-wide safety measure that could help prevent snow-removal dump trucks from hitting pedestrians. The mayor’s...
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Under fire, lead lawyer Bernard Amyot quits inquiry into police spying on...
An association of Quebec journalists is welcoming the departure of the chief prosecutor — Bernard Amyot, a lawyer who has penned diatribes against the media — from the provincial inquiry into police...
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Thieves' smash and grab nets an ATM in Montreal
At least two thieves took a direct approach to making a cash withdrawal late Sunday night, smashing their way into a north-end supermarket and removing an automatic teller machine from the...
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Liberals take back slight lead over Parti Québécois: Léger poll
One month after publishing a survey suggesting the Couillard Liberals and the Parti Québécois were in a dead heat in public support, a Léger Marketing survey suggests the Liberals lead the PQ by three...
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Projet Montréal gets a seat on Lachine borough council
A little more than three years after winning a seat on Lachine’s borough council as part of Claude Dauphin’s slate of candidates, councillor Maja Vodanovic has joined the ranks of Projet Montréal....
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Montreal police, public-health authorities brace for fentanyl wave
Although Quebec has been largely spared from the fentanyl crisis that has plagued British Columbia and Alberta, it’s only a matter of time before the drug reaches epidemic proportions in the province,...
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Westmount reaches out-of-court deal in hockey coach sex-abuse case
The city of Westmount says it will announce an out-of-court settlement on Tuesday with “victims of sexual abuse by its former employee, John Garland.” More information is expected to be disclosed at a...
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Eyes on the prize: Montrealer's NFB short Blind Vaysha gets Oscar nod
The hero’s greeting — the hugs, the kisses, the high-fives — Theodore Ushev received Tuesday upon entering the National Film Board of Canada headquarters on Côte-de-Liesse Rd. more than compensated for...
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Contrecoeur trial to hear defence motions on wiretaps
Defence lawyers who discovered their conversations with their accused clients in the Contrecoeur fraud case were intercepted by police wiretapping will have an opportunity to present motions for...
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Police seek help in finding victims of two alleged pimps
Police are looking for other possible victims of two people arrested this month while they were holding a young woman captive in a downtown Montreal apartment. The woman was 17 years old when Jeff...
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Urgences-Santé ambulance workers set to strike in February
About 1,100 Urgences-Santé ambulance workers in Montreal and Laval plan to launch a strike on Feb. 5. The workers are members of the Confédération des syndicats nationaux union. Another 1,000 workers...
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Quebec judge grants six-month extension to overhaul Indian Act
The federal government has until July 3 to eliminate all discriminatory clauses of the Indian Act or face a legal void that would be deeply problematic for Quebec’s indigenous population. Last Friday,...
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Montreal children's clinics stop vaccinating kids over fee dispute
A universal immunization program is key to protecting children, but parents seeking vaccines for their kids are being turned away from some doctors’ offices while local health clinics have appointments...
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Westmount will pay up to $2.5 million in hockey-coach sex-abuse case
The city of Westmount will pay up to $2.5 million to victims of sexual abuse at the hands of the late John Garland, a former director of Westmount’s parks and recreation department, in a proposed class...
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Lisée promises to cut red tape for business owners, boost exports
QUEBEC — The Parti Québécois tried to appeal to jittery business owners Tuesday by promising to cut red tape and boost exports if elected to power. PQ leader Jean-François Lisée suggested at a news...
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Tuesday's storm: Freezing rain causes havoc in Montreal and surrounding areas
Firefighters attend to an injured person on René Lévesque Blvd. near the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal Jan. 24, 2017. (A list of many services that were closed or running behind schedule appear...
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Probe launched after decades-old skeletal remains found in Westmount basement
The gruesome discovery of human skeletal remains in the ceiling of a Westmount basement last week by a contractor has so far involved police, the coroner and Quebec’s crime lab. But the bones have been...
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