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Man shot by Montreal police faces gun charges
A man shot by police in downtown Montreal on Dec. 31 was charged Wednesday with offences related to the gun he was holding that night. Lindel Darling, 24, was charged with possession of a restricted...
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Rosemont cracks down on 'erotic' massage parlours
The borough of Rosemont—La-Petite Patrie on Wednesday informed eight local massage parlours that their business permits will be revoked as part of a crackdown on businesses that “exploit eroticism.”...
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Adil Charkaoui goes on trial for alleged assault of guard at Collège de...
Controversial Imam and anti-Islamophobia activist Adil Charkaoui was on trial in municipal court Wednesday for allegedly assaulting a security guard last year at Collège de Maisonneuve. Charkaoui,...
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Woman headed to Ontario for breast exam after local clinics rebuff her
A Montreal woman will soon be driving to Ontario for a breast ultrasound exam after being turned down repeatedly by a number of private clinics in the city — the latest Quebec patient to seek care out...
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Ex-Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum to hear his fate Thursday
Michael Applebaum, the former mayor of Montreal, will learn Thursday morning whether he has been found guilty or innocent of extorting $60,000 in bribes from business developers. Justice Louise Provost...
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Health Minister Gaétan Barrette carves out deal with medical professionals
Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette announced Wednesday that he’s carved out an 11th-hour deal with doctors, dental surgeons and pharmacists over the ban on medical accessory fees that comes into...
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Coderre promises to create indigenous affairs commissioner
Mayor Denis Coderre said Tuesday that his office will create a “commissioner of indigenous affairs” to act as a consultant on policy and administration issues. Coderre added that he wants to run an...
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Unfair for Coutu family to have access to Barrette, Amir Khadir says
QUEBEC — There is no good reason why pharmacy mogul Jean Coutu should score a private meeting with the health minister, according to Québec solidaire MNA Amir Khadir. Coutu, who founded in 1969 the...
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Quebec journalist Benoît Aubin dies at age 68
Veteran Quebec journalist Benoît Aubin, who worked for several French and English media outlets during his career, died Wednesday at age 68, Le Journal de Montréal reported. Aubin was a columnist at...
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Riding accident sidelines Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis
QUEBEC — Agriculture Minister Pierre Paradis is leaving his cabinet duties temporarily after falling off a horse and suffering a concussion. The Premier’s Office said in a press release Wednesday that...
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Deportation order issued for U.S. fugitive known as 'Godfather of Grass'
An American man known as the “Godfather of Grass” is not eligible to remain in Canada and is to be deported, the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada ruled Thursday. John Robert Boone must also...
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Striking Quebec government lawyers reject contract offer
Quebec government lawyers and notaries on Thursday overwhelmingly voted to reject the latest contract offer and to continue their strike. The union representing Quebec government lawyers and notaries,...
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Guy Lafleur's son, three others arrested in connection with burglaries
Mark Lafleur, son of Montreal Canadiens hockey legend Guy Lafleur, and three other men were arrested in Blainville Wednesday in connection with a series of burglaries carried out in Pointe-Claire in...
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Q&A with Alice Herscovitch about International Holocaust Remembrance Day
The United Nations has declared Jan. 27 International Holocaust Remembrance Day to commemorate the victims of the genocide perpetrated by the Nazi regime and its collaborators between 1933 and 1945....
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Quebec motorist gets 14-year prison sentence in death of family of three
SAGUENAY — A Quebec motorist who was driving under the influence of alcohol when he killed a family of three was sentenced Thursday to 14 years in prison. A jury convicted Yves Martin last December in...
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Woman from N.D.G. charged with murder of her baby
A woman from western Montreal has been charged with the second-degree murder of her newborn baby. Eugénia Tofan Bunu, 42, a resident of the Côte-des-Neiges-Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, made a brief...
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Michael Applebaum found guilty of corruption and fraud charges
Michael Applebaum, the former shoe salesman and real estate agent who ascended to the highest political post of Canada’s second largest city in November 2012, promising to erase the municipality’s...
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MNA Pierre Paradis under police investigation, removed from Quebec cabinet
The Sûreté du Québec has launched an investigation into MNA Pierre Paradis, who has been ejected from the provincial cabinet and the Liberal caucus, Premier Philippe Couillard announced late Thursday....
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Citizen involvement in urban planning helps cities move forward
As celebrations ramp up for Montreal’s 375th anniversary, so have the city’s infrastructure projects. Construction signs and cranes are fixtures in many neighbourhoods, along with the roar of...
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Snowmobiles to take flight over Ste-Catherine St.
As winter sports go, snowmobiling — or, informally, “Ski-Dooing” to many Quebecers fond of our province’s own mark on the industry — is a country-dweller’s activity, foreign to city types who count...
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