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Dorval condo tower rezoning hits registry roadblock
Dorval residents came out in force to sign a register against a zoning change that would allow a six-storey condo tower to be built at the corner of Lakeshore Drive and Cloverdale Avenue. The current...
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Searle unapologetic after 'Jewish guilt' comments
The mayor of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is demanding city councillor Jeremy Searle issue a formal apology after he accused citizens of employing “Jewish guilt” in their arguments in favour of...
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Montreal says it's advancing in its war on potholes
To better understand the sad and perennially infuriating state of Montreal’s potholed roads, it’s helpful to compare them to the roof of a house. Roofs, like roads, require regular maintenance roughly...
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Cycling in Montreal: Q&A with pioneering activist Robert "Bicycle Bob" Silverman
Cycling has come a long way since the early 1980s, when Moses tried, unsuccessfully, to part the St. Lawrence River so cyclists could travel between Montreal and the South Shore. The man in the Moses...
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Bixi will be free on some Sundays, starting May 29
Bixi, which opens for a new season at midnight Thursday, has announced that it will be free on some days this year. Starting on May 29, the service will be free for users on the last Sunday of every...
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Laval police, residents left asking why after mother and infant found dead
Danièle De Rito couldn’t sleep Wednesday night after what she saw that morning. De Rito, 75, and a friend were walking their dogs in a park down by the river that runs behind her Laval home when one of...
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Quebec applauds federal right-to-die legislation
QUEBEC — As someone with a rare degenerative neurological illness, Ghislain Leblond says he’s thrilled Ottawa is forging ahead with a right-to-die legislation that’s almost a carbon copy of Quebec’s...
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MUHC nurses' union decries 'improvisation' of budget cuts
The union representing nurses at the McGill University Health Centre is speaking out about what it calls improvised budget cuts that “don’t take into account the impact on care.” On Thursday, the...
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Grégoire-Trudeau speaks out on girls, fitness and self-esteem
Sophie Grégoire-Trudeau jogged around a downtown Montreal block Thursday to give a First-Lady sized publicity boost to a foundation that encourages teenage girls to embrace active, healthy lifestyles....
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Driver killed in three-vehicle crash on Highway 640 in Terrebonne
A driver was killed in a collision involving three vehicles on Thursday afternoon on Highway 640, near the exit of Boulevard des Entreprises in Terrebonne, in the Lanaudière. Around 2:30 p.m. a driver...
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Dismantling of Mount Stephen Club facade to begin
The Ville-Marie borough has issued a permit to dismantle and rebuild the facade of the Mount Stephen Club, which suffered structural damage during construction of an 11-storey hotel annex. In a...
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Laval police looking for missing man
The Laval Police Department is looking for Benjamin Bouthillier-Desjardins, age 33. He was last seen on April 10 around 5:30 p.m. at his family home in Auteuil. Bouthillier-Desjardins could be...
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Cycling in Montreal: Pioneering activist Robert "Bicycle Bob" Silverman
With bike paths officially open and Bixi season underway, we asked cycling pioneer “Bicycle Bob” about his “vélorutionary” bike activism.
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Montreal North riot: 'You're not from this neighbourhood'
John Jantak is freelance writer and photographer who works for the off-island community newspaper Your Local Journal. I visited Montreal North, the neighbourhood where I spent 33 years of my life, on...
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Police arrest men suspected of touring, filming métro tunnels
The video was posted publicly online on March 26 by an account that was created that same day and hasn’t shown any activity since. Titled “Lowest Point in Montreal,” it showed three men running around...
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Public, elected officials no longer have access to losing contract bids in...
Take a construction company’s prices for a tonne of gravel and a tonne of concrete plus what it pays to rent and transport its equipment, and you’ve got a formula that’s as vital to keep secret as the...
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Josh Freed: Take a closer look — Montreal offers a wealth of street art...
I admit the idea of “beautifying” our city’s manhole covers caught me totally by surprise when Projet Montréal proposed it last week. Frankly, it’s never crossed my mind to even look at our manhole...
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Cirque du Soleil will snub North Carolina over anti-LGBT state law
Montreal-based circus company Cirque du Soleil is cancelling upcoming stops in North Carolina by two of its touring shows to protest a state law that limits anti-discrimination protections for the LGBT...
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Second funeral for Jean Lapierre and Nicole Beaulieu to take place on Saturday
A second funeral will be held for Jean Lapierre and his wife on Saturday. The former cabinet minister and political commentator and his wife, Nicole Beaulieu, died in a plane crash on March 29, along...
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Quebec Culture Minister Luc Fortin taking leave for health reasons
QUEBEC CITY — The office of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard announced Friday that Culture and Communications Minister Luc Fortin is taking a leave of absence for health reasons. The leave is for an...
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