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Montreal police question witness after man stabbed in Lachine
A 58-year-old man was stabbed in the upper body at his Lachine residence in the early hours of Tuesday morning. According to Montreal police, the man was in critical condition when first brought to...
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McGill ghetto among the stops on downtown architecture tour
Heritage Montreal is offering three new architectural walking tours from May 19 to June 7. The walks will explore three lesser-known downtown neighbourhoods that played a key role in the evolution of...
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Ottawa, Quebec must cough up some cash for light-rail: Caisse
QUEBEC — Ottawa and Quebec have to come up with their share of the cost of Montreal’s $5.5-billion electric light-rail network for the project to go ahead, Michael Sabia says. And responding to...
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Violence is down in Quebec schools, Université Laval study finds
QUEBEC — There are fewer violent acts in schools today than in 2013, but more tensions between ethnic groups, a team of Université Laval researchers concluded, after having surveyed over 30,000...
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Ville Émard residents put focus on development in response to Turcot overhaul
In the year since they bought a house in Ville Émard, Héloïse Archambault and her husband have grown to love the neighbourhood. “There are so many nice little things; little community gardens, little...
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McGill business students focus on helping Syrian refugees
Every semester, McGill University faculty lecturer Anita Nowak challenges her students to come up with projects for her social entrepreneurship and social innovation class based on a theme that she...
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Trump routs rivals in Northeast; Clinton carries four states
PHILADELPHIA — In a front-runner’s rout, Republican Donald Trump roared to victory Tuesday in five contests across the Northeast and confidently declared himself the GOP’s “presumptive nominee.”...
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Lac-Mégantic residents dissatisfied with message from transport minister
Lac-Mégantic residents had the opportunity to demand answers to some of their lingering questions from Federal Minister of Transport Marc Garneau Tuesday night, including whether the town will get a...
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Future health-care practitioners lacking a 'dose of realism': Barrette told...
Quebec’s future health-care practitioners sent a wish list to Health Minister Gaétan Barrette last weekend that included an appeal for electronic medical records, more full-time positions for various...
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Obituary: Michal Hornstein was one of city's most renowned philanthropists
As a young man in Poland, Michal Hornstein was arrested by the Nazis and set to be deported to Auschwitz, the notorious death camp where thousands were executed during the Holocaust. But Hornstein...
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Most Quebecers want long-gun registry, survey by gun-control group says
A new survey conducted for a gun-control advocacy group suggests that two-thirds of Quebecers are in favour of the registration of long guns. Leger’s poll for PolySeSouvient comes as provincial...
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Sutton residents band together to sponsor Syrian refugee family
SUTTON — Although the Apkarians have never stepped foot in Sutton, they are among the most popular and discussed people in the bucolic resort town of 4,000 residents. A bank account has been opened on...
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Opitciwan police back on the job next week
One month after Opitciwan’s police force was disbanded, 22 officers will be back on the job next week in the remote First Nation. The local department was disbanded on April 1 as negotiations over a...
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Montreal lawyer threatened with contempt of court
Montreal defence lawyer Sharon Sandiford wouldn’t comment on how she felt about being threatened with the possibility of being charged with contempt of court, but the look on her face Wednesday morning...
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Man charged in Maxi store stabbing death changes lawyers
Randy Tshilumba, the 19-year-old man charged with the murder of Clémence Beaulieu-Patry, made a brief appearance at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday where it was announced he has changed lawyers....
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Montreal looking for cleanup crews
This weekend is Montreal’s grand cleanup weekend, when citizens are called on to beautify their neighbourhoods by pitching in and cleaning up their roads and alleyways, front yards and parks. The city...
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Retired LAPD detective never stopped thinking about cold case of slain...
Detective Cliff Shepard of the Los Angeles Police Department had already served more than 25 years on the force when it created its cold case unit in 2001. Six detectives were pulled from their usual...
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Opinion: Energy East is a trap that Quebec should avoid
Environmental and citizens’ groups across Quebec are celebrating a bittersweet victory this week. TransCanada has finally agreed to submit a limited environmental impact study of its Energy East...
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Boshra: Making Quebec kids stay in school until they're 18 is worth a try
Seventeen-year-old me would hate 42-year-old me for writing this column. Sorry, Young Basem. But Old Basem, the one with the two little boys who will be starting school before he knows it, believes...
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Quebec anglophones to benefit from up to $3-million in new funding
The federal government will spend $1 for every $2 contributed by the private sector for projects that help English-speaking youth, seniors and immigrants in Quebec, the Quebec Community Groups Network...
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