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Montreal North rioters not from the borough, Anie Samson says
A few white stones in the mud and balloon strings dangling from a tree. A metallic-coloured balloon in the shape of the letter “F” hanging upside down on a chain-link fence and four other letter-shaped...
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Sam Hamad gives up ministerial privileges but says he's not to blame
QUEBEC — Veteran Quebec politician Sam Hamad gave up his cabinet post and privileges Thursday, but his gesture did nothing to calm opposition parties, who continued to ask that he be banished from the...
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Montreal cop handed 10-day suspension without pay after injuring cyclist
A Montreal police officer is to be suspended for 10 days without pay after he cut off a cyclist with his cruiser, sending the rider flying to the ground and injuring his head. In rendering its...
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Mourners gather for Lapierre visitation in Îles-de-la-Madeleine
ÎLES DE LA MADELEINE – It’s been more than a week since the tragedy but Gustave Cyr still tears up when he talks about it. “There’s nothing we can do except pray,” said Cyr, who knew the whole Lapierre...
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Demers a positive example for those battling illiteracy
As a journalist covering the Canadiens during their 1993 Stanley Cup run, Mario Leclerc had no idea the secret coach Jacques Demers was hiding. “He wasn’t totally illiterate,” Leclerc remembered...
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Don Macpherson: UPAC has emerged as Couillard's most potent opposition
It’s not often that the government gets to choose the leader of the opposition. Not that the Couillard government had much real choice by the time this week it appointed Robert Lafrenière to a second...
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Students slam McGill for refusal to proceed with sexual assault policy
Saying they are tired of hollow promises and that the university desperately needs a sexual assault policy, a group of McGill University students is slamming the administration for refusing to present...
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Turcot closures: 'Worst is yet to come'
Maybe commuters should all learn how to meditate, because there is nothing zen about the traffic backlogs currently being caused by the reconstruction of the Turcot Interchange. But the worst is yet to...
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Looking for Pierre Bourque: A special invitation for former mayor
The little immigrant boy who once famously invited Pierre Bourque to a sleepover is all grown up and trying to get in touch with the former mayor whom he considers his honorary grandfather. Mohammad...
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Josh Freed: A Syrian trip, grave-robbing and how I could have saved a tiny...
The grotesque bombing of Syrian ruins in Palmyra, by ISIL, was especially disturbing to me. I once visited the ancient desert city, also known as the Venice of the Sands. I wandered through wondrous...
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Jacques Demers' condition is improving after stroke: MUHC
Senator Jacques Demers, who suffered a stroke on Wednesday night, remained in stable condition on Friday afternoon, his doctors have said. “Both from a medical and neurological point of view, his...
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St-Lambert hopeful for a solution over noise at Jean-Drapeau Park after minor...
St-Lambert Mayor Alain Dépatie said on Friday that he hopes to reach a “lasting solution” with the city of Montreal and a concert promoter to reduce the noise coming from Jean-Drapeau Park during...
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Lapierre family funeral: 'You have always been and will remain our beacon'
ÎLES-DE-LA-MADELEINE — It was Jean Lapierre, with his down-home folksy way of speaking, who liked to tell his kids you can always tell who the true sailors are when the seas get rough. And if ever...
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Quebec to invest $4.7 billion in road network in the next three years
Quebec Transport Minister Jacques Daoust unveiled on Friday a $4.7-billion plan to fix the province’s ailing road network over the next three years. Under the plan, the government will make...
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Montreal taxi drivers protest, say they won't 'sit and wait' for new laws on...
While Montreal taxi drivers spent Friday afternoon protesting against ride-sharing app Uber, the company decried their pressure tactics as a campaign of fear and intimidation. Hundreds of taxi drivers...
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Quebec transport minister lukewarm on Toronto's draft bylaw on Uber
Quebec Transport Minister Jacques Daoust reacted tepidly on Friday to a draft bylaw proposed by Toronto to regulate Uber, the car-for-hire service, saying Quebec will soon adopt its own legislation to...
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'Leap Manifesto' is not about shutting down oilsands, Mulcair insists
EDMONTON — It is dangerous to suggest the controversial proposed policy road map known as the “Leap Manifesto” advocates the shutdown of Alberta’s oilsands, Tom Mulcair said Friday as the party’s...
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Ex-securities dealer jailed two years for fleecing investors
A former Quebec securities dealer has been sentenced to two years in jail less a day after 34 investors lost nearly $1.3 million between 1998 and 2009. Judge Marco LaBrie also fined Richard Longpré...
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Cousin of former Canadien Devante Smith-Pelly missing in Laval
Laval resident Antoine Jarvis, 19, has been missing since Thursday. His family, including former Montreal Canadiens player Devante Smith-Pelly, fears for his safety as he takes antipsychotic...
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SUV hits STM bus stopped at red light in St-Michel
A crash involving a Sport Utility Vehicle and a Société de transport de Montréal bus left two injured early Saturday morning in the St-Michel district of Montreal. Around 1:15 a.m., the SUV crossed the...
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