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Squeaky Wheels: Borough erred in pamphlet outlining Technoparc work
Q: A portion of Frederick-Banting St. in the Technoparc was closed for about a month now late last year. Now, I see signs it will be closed again starting on Monday (Jan. 30) to Feb. 28. At least they...
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Bell Centre brawl: Five injured at Cook-Butler bout
Five people were injured in a brawl at Saturday night’s boxing match at the Bell Centre in downtown Montreal. Around 11 p.m., after the victory of Ontarian Brandon Cook over Montrealer Steven Butler,...
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23-year-old man shot outside Plateau bar
A 23-year-old man was shot after closing time outside a bar in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough of Montreal on Sunday morning. Around 3:30 a.m., the man was shot at least once in the upper body at a bar...
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Montreal: Canada's new job-creation capital
After years of languishing on the employment front, Montreal is finding itself suddenly, and with little fanfare, in the midst of a job boom. Long a leader in the unemployment rankings compared to...
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Crosby gets the best of McDavid in NHL all-star game
LOS ANGELES — Sidney Crosby got the best of Connor McDavid in Sunday’s NHL all-star game. The Crosby-led Metropolitan division all-stars topped McDavid’s Pacific division squad 4-3, capturing not only...
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New online registry to track accessory fees charged by doctors
An online registry has been established by a Montreal community health clinic to monitor violations of the ban imposed last week on supplementary, or accessory, fees by doctors in private offices or...
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Effect of Trump ban on Muslim travellers being felt in Montreal
When Jake Hunter, an American who was visiting Montreal this weekend, posted on Facebook that he had met an international student from a U.S. university who was stranded in this city because of U.S....
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Delta U.S. flights grounded because of 'automation issues'
WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines has grounded its domestic flights because of “automation issues.” That’s according to an advisory Sunday by the Federal Aviation Administration. Delta spokesperson Morgan...
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5 reported dead in "terrorist" attack at Quebec City mosque
At least five people have been killed and several others were injured after shots were fired in a Quebec City mosque Sunday night. Premier Philippe Couillard described it as a terrorist attack. The...
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Board game festival launches in Rigaud
Board game lovers can explore hundreds of games in the company of other players at the Abominable Game Fest, on February 25 and 26 in Rigaud. Unlimited self-serve coffee and tea will fuel what...
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Tears and disbelief at Université Laval
QUEBEC — A dozen students stood, shell-shocked, in the lobby of Université Laval’s Paul-Comtois pavilion Monday afternoon, not really knowing what to do. They didn’t talk much, preferring to keep their...
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Armed robbery in Pierrefonds-Roxboro
An employee at a bar in Pierrefonds-Roxboro was forced at gunpoint to empty the cash register and the bar’s safe, just after midnight, Jan. 30. The employee, a 32-year-old woman from Laval, was...
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Lakeshore General Hospital opens new intensive care units
Dr. Robert Salasidis and head ICU nurse Sophie Caron beamed as they pointed out the various state-of-the-art features in one of four new intensive care units at the Lakeshore General Hospital, Monday....
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Hudson now requires homeowners to get permits before building fences
After numerous disputes in recent years, Hudson is now requiring homeowners to now obtain a permit for any new fence or gate. Based on recommendations made by the town’s planning advisory committee,...
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Raw grief on display on cold Quebec City night
QUEBEC – Except for the muffled sound of mitts clapping in the frosty air for the speechmakers, the silence was real, the emotions raw. Thousands upon thousands of Quebecers turned out Monday for an...
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Quebec coroner identifies victims of the mosque shootings
The Quebec coroner’s office has identified the six victims of Sunday evening’s mosque shootings. They are: Azzedine Soufiane, age 57 The father of three was a grocer and butcher. Local imam Karim...
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Quebec mosque shooting: 'We all live together' is message at Montreal vigil
A 29-year-old Muslim who moved to Montreal six years ago, Mojtaba Ebadi woke up Monday morning to text messages from his brother in Iran, asking about Sunday’s deadly attack on a Quebec City mosque:...
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Quebec City: Site of attacks had only one murder in 2016
Quebec City has one of the lowest homicide rates in Canada, with just one homicide registered last year. Between 2010 and 2015, there were fewer than five homicides per year in the city, according to a...
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Quebec mosque shooting: Alexandre Bissonnette faces 11 charges
QUEBEC — Handcuffed in the prisoner’s box, Alexandre Bissonnette bowed his head as the charges against him were read out late Monday after a shooting spree at a Quebec City Mosque that has shaken the...
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Rescued otters makes splashy return to Zoo-ti-ful new digs in Ste-Anne's
After a two-year absence, the hugely popular otters are back at the newly revamped Ecomuseum Zoo in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. The Ecomuseum officially unveiled its new River Otter habitat on Tuesday: a...
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