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West Island group helps boost literacy skills with free tutoring for adults
In a province where some estimates suggest nearly half the population is functionally illiterate, the staff at Literacy Unlimited is chipping away at those startling numbers one ‘learner’ at a time....
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Police wiretapped four accused in Contrecoeur municipal fraud case in...
The question of when the Contrecoeur trial will finally hear from its first witness nearly a year after it began might be answered on Monday — or not. A hearing has been set for that day so the...
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Police searching the home of Brossard woman who vanished in 2014
Police were at the Brossard home of a woman and baby who disappeared mysteriously in April of 2014 to search for traces of a body on Friday. Longueuil police confirmed they were searching the home,...
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Three men charged in string of burglaries
Three men have been charged in connection with a recent series of break-ins and robberies in Dorval, Mirabel and Blainville. The three co-accused were arraigned at the Montreal courthouse on Friday,...
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Rental board needs to reinstate rent increase estimates: housing activists
Housing activists are asking Quebec’s rental board to reinstate rent increase estimates usually published each year, fearing without them, tenants could have trouble understanding whether or not their...
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Josh Freed: Look on the bright side of Trump
FAKE NEWS FLASH: Martians to land on Earth with reported mission to “lock her up.” Honest! It says so on ConspiracyNews.com, which also reports other news sites are lying when they say this isn’t true....
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Crown calls for stiff penalties and jail terms in Quebec maple syrup theft
MONTREAL — Three men convicted of stealing $18 million worth of maple syrup should face stiff penalties for their part in the scheme, the Crown said Friday during sentencing arguments. Prosecutor...
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Barrette's health reforms hurt Gaspé town: Amqui mayor
When the sole radiologist practising in the Gaspé town of Amqui retired a couple of years ago, residents in need of medical-imaging scans had no choice but to travel more than 110 kilometres west to...
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User fees: Medical specialists, Quebec strike tentative deal
Hours after taking out full-page ads in newspapers comparing Health Minister Gaétan Barrette to U.S. President Donald Trump, the province’s medical specialists reached an agreement-in-principle with...
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Struggling HMV Canada goes into receivership
TORONTO — An Ontario Superior Court of Justice approved an application to place HMV Canada Inc. into receivership on Friday. HUK 10 Ltd., which lent money to the struggling chain, filed the application...
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ICYMI: The Montreal Gazette's Top Five stories of the week, Jan. 22-28
Busy week? Here are the top five local stories that had our readers talking: 1. Environment Canada was caught off guard by Tuesday’s storm The forecast called for snow. Lots of it. But instead of the...
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Quebec Finance Minister rejects protectionism
Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitao has rejected the Parti Québécois’s proposal to pass a “Buy Québécois bill” in response to protectionist measures in the United States. In an interview with Presse...
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Valcartier staff — mostly women — say they're 'least paid'
VALCARTIER — About 140 employees at the Valcartier military base say they earn less than their colleagues elsewhere in Canada. Union members — most of them women — are paid by the Canadian Forces...
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Sol Zanetti 'can't wait' for Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois to enter politics
The leader of the Option nationale party, Sol Zanetti, welcomed “indépendantiste résolu” Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois to provincial politics. The former student leader was approached by Québec solidaire to...
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Protesters call on Canada to counteract Trump policies
A protest decrying U.S. President Donald Trump new policies involving refugees and migrants drew a small number of demonstrators to the corner of Guy St. and de Maisonneuve Blvd. Saturday. Organized...
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St-Jean-Baptiste Society can intervene in court challenge of sovereignty law:...
The Quebec Court of Appeal has ruled that the St-Jean-Baptiste Society has the right to intervene in a 16-year-old court case challenging Quebec’s right to declare sovereignty unilaterally. In 2001,...
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Filling out 1,000 income tax forms a year — free
For most people, the prospect of doing their tax returns is either daunting, aggravating or simply impossible. For Thérèse Taillefer it’s a passion, which is why she does as many 150 of them a year....
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Canadian dual citizens affected by U.S. travel ban from 7 countries
Canada was caught up in a wide-reaching U.S. travel ban that has barred citizens of seven countries from entering the United States, including some Canadian dual citizens. The Canadian government...
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McGill lumberjacks and lumberjills host 57th annual woodsmen event
More than 140 competitors from six Canadian universities and colleges competed in the 57th annual McGill intercollegiate woodsmen competition Saturday at McGill’s Macdonald campus in...
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U.S. judge blocks deportations under Trump travel ban
WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump’s travel ban, saying travellers...
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