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Police open data site lets citizens track crimes
Want to know how many break-ins there were recently in your neighbourhood? How many cars were stolen or broken into in the area, or how many traffic accidents occur at a particular intersection?...
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MUHC planning another big move, this time for its administrative headquarters
A year after completing the biggest hospital move in Canadian history, the McGill University Health Centre is bracing for another major relocation – moving out of its downtown administrative...
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Montreal disease experts tracking tropical infection in the Arctic
A few years ago, several children in a remote northern Quebec community got very sick with intense diarrhea. Turns out they were infected with a dangerous bug more common in the tropics — but they...
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New directive to provide more information on dangerous goods shipped...
A new federal directive will require railway operators to provide more data on the shipments of dangerous goods that travel through Canadian cities. Protective Direction 36, which came into effect...
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Police arrest man in connection to nightclub shooting
Police have arrested a suspect in connection to the shooting outside a Montreal night club Monday. Officers tried to apprehend the 22-year-old on Le Corbusier Blvd. in Laval around 8:30 a.m. Thursday...
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Bar owner suing city councillor for defamation
Montreal bar owner Peter Sergakis is suing a city councillor for defamation, demanding $100,000 in damages. In the suit, filed in Quebec Superior Court, Sergakis’s lawyer claims Peter McQueen is...
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Pro-Uber protest scheduled for Friday
Protesters will gather downtown Friday to pressure the Quebec government not to adopt legislation that would restrict the use of Uber — the popular ride-sharing service. Organizers of the #ProUberQC...
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SQ officer fired after showing favouritism toward another policeman
A Sûreté du Québec officer was fired for favouritism toward a fellow officer, letting him go without a ticket and falsifying a report to cover his actions. The dismissal is the most severe punishment...
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Construction blitz closes Champlain Bridge southbound over weekend, starts...
Commuters driving to the South Shore won’t be able to use the Champlain Bridge this weekend as it will be closed starting Friday night. A construction blitz will seal off the southbound Champlain...
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Man arrested after child abducted in Rivière-des-Prairies
A man in his 40s was arrested Friday after allegedly abducting a child from a Rivière-des-Prairies apartment. Police say the man forced his way into an apartment on Rodolphe Forget Blvd. at around...
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CAQ wants to reinstate French post-secondary studies at Saint-Jean military...
The Coalition Avenir Québec has set its target on a topic that would typically be kept for the federal government — military training. Party leader François Legault was in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu...
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Fire throws several people out on the street in Montreal's east end
A few people were evacuated from their homes in Montreal’s east end because of a fire that began in the early hours Friday. The blaze began around 2:30 a.m. in a building on Rouen St. in...
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Officials tight-lipped about construction delay at CHUM superhospital
Provincial government officials are insisting that taxpayers won’t be on the hook for a construction delay of as long as seven months for the $2-billion superhospital of the Centre hospitalier de...
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Josh Freed: The winds of change are blowing and they just might transform...
There’s something happening here What it is ain’t exactly clear. — Buffalo Springfield We live in a city largely frozen in time, where nothing much ever changes dramatically, at least since the days...
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Police will close streets in Plateau during May Day march Sunday
Police will temporarily close streets in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal neighbourhood Sunday as marchers commemorate May Day. The workers’ rights demonstration should begin at 1 p.m. around Lafontaine...
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Quebec City mayor urges federal finance minister to invest in Bombardier
QUEBEC — Quebec City Mayor Régis Labeaume has seized the opportunity of a private meeting with Canadian Finance Minister Bill Morneau to push for a federal investment in Quebec-based Bombardier. “Every...
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Liquor board rules Muzique Audio Bar can stay open, with conditions
A conflict within a Montreal street gang might have been behind an attempted murder outside a bar on St-Laurent Blvd. this week, the provincial liquor board was told on Friday. The Régie des alcools,...
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It's a difficult job hunt for Syrian refugees in Quebec
This is the third part of a series that began in November, with the Montreal Gazette shadowing the Hamalians — Anna and Ohannes, their children Palig and Harout, and grandmother Sita — as they start a...
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There's a course for that: deciphering the Montreal job market
Ndamuso Makelele is stressed out. A refugee from Burundi in her 20s, she is being interviewed for the first time in Canada for a job with a major clothing retail company. It is her first job interview...
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Montreal firm's racing bikes to be featured at Rio Olympics
With apologies to Ralph Waldo Emerson: build a better bicycle and the world will beat a path to your door. That strategy is paying off for Argon 18: the Montreal company’s bikes will be featured this...
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