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RAMQ told to give health coverage to pregnant immigrant woman
A last minute reprieve is in the works for a Montreal-area couple scrambling to find $12,000 to pay a doctor and hospital to deliver their baby because of a bureaucratic glitch over a working visa....
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Adiós El Niño, cool spring weather says hello to Montreal
Montrealers are hoping April showers bring May flowers, and finally some warmer temperatures. This past month of April was the coldest on record since the Second World War, said André Cantin, a...
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PKP's announcement sends shockwaves throughout Quebec
QUEBEC — Pierre Karl Péladeau’s political opponents never saw it coming. In fact, time seemed to have stopped at the National Assembly on Monday, as provincial politicians struggled with the magnitude...
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Man admitted to cabbie's murder after arrest, jury hears
The man on trial for the murder of a taxi driver in Côte-des-Neiges admitted to police that he carried out the homicide while upset over how his life had taken a bad turn, a jury was told on Tuesday....
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Quebec groups plan to sue Ottawa over out-of-pocket medical expenses
Organizations across the province are going beyond denouncing Quebec’s medical accessory fees — or extra billing that patients pay out-of-pocket — as abusive and illegal. They say they have no choice...
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CHUM and government plan to offload primary services when superhospital opens...
With the $2-billion superhospital of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal (CHUM) set to open in less than a year, the Quebec Health Department is busy deciding the primary medical...
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Quebec wants stores with English names to add French to outdoor signs
The Quebec government says it won’t tamper with companies’ trademarks, but says it has come up with new regulations that will ensure those trademarks have a French appearance when displayed on outdoor...
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Police seek man suspected of setting fire at medical clinic
Police are seeking a male suspect in relation to a suspicious fire that targeted the Centre métropolitain de chirurgie in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough in Montreal, the only medical clinic in...
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Police seek suspect in shooting in Ahuntsic-Cartierville
Montreal Police are investigating after at least one shot was fired during a quarrel on a street in Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough late Tuesday afternoon. Around 5 p.m. a man, who was trying to hawk an...
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Trump virtually clinches Republican presidential nomination
INDIANAPOLIS — In a stunning triumph for a political outsider, Donald Trump all but clinched the Republican presidential nomination Tuesday with a resounding victory in Indiana that knocked rival Ted...
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Opinion: It's high time for Quebec to launch a commission on systemic racism
Is racism a significant a problem in Quebec, as it is in the rest of the Western world? The data make this sad reality all too clear. A 2015 study at McGill University found that the primary factor...
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Victor Schukov: A Mother’s Day card
When, as a child, I cried over simple matters that seemed earth-shattering, you always cradled me in your warm, tireless arms. Your patience was infinite. Your love was my blanket. Thank you for...
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Montreal this morning: Sunny start, but you may need an umbrella this afternoon
The day gets off to a mainly sunny start, but then clouds roll in giving us a 60 per cent chance of showers, Environment Canada is saying. Today’s high: 16 C. Tonight, look for periods of rain and a...
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Barrette says he wants to end doctors' extra billing of patients before the...
Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette says he wants to end doctor billing of patients for accessory medical fees before the summer. Earlier in the week, the government indicated that it wants to ban...
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Police treating arson at Montreal gender reassignment clinic as possible hate...
Montreal police say they are treating a fire set at a medical clinic in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough as a possible hate crime, since it targeted the only medical clinic in Canada that offers...
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Montreal holds Holocaust Remembrance Day ceremony inside city hall for first...
As a five-year-old boy, Eric Bissell remembers wanting to applaud when the Nazis marched through his hometown of Vienna, Austria. Standing beside his parents in a town square at the heart of the city,...
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Holocaust survivor revisits his nightmare to help young people understand...
Marcel Zielinski’s early childhood memories involve people clamouring to avoid incineration in the death camps of his native Poland during the Second World War. But for every person who escaped that...
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Meet Bruce Myers, Quebec's newest Anglican bishop
QUEBEC — It’s not your typical career path. When Bruce Myers is ordained to the Order of Bishops Thursday evening — a consecration that will also put him in line to become the next Anglican Bishop of...
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Montreal woman on honeymoon named 20 millionth visitor to Graceland
By Paola Loriggio Almost a year after dancing to Elvis Presley at her wedding, a Montreal woman on her honeymoon found herself the guest of honour at the late King of Rock and Roll’s iconic mansion in...
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St-Hyacinthe issues boil-water advisory
A boil-water advisory is in effect until further notice for the entire territory of St-Hyacinthe, 50 kilometres east of Montreal. The measure also affects some adjacent communities, including La...
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