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Roma family fears deportation to Hungary because of discrimination there
Katalin Lakatos’s world turned upside down two months ago when her husband and son were stopped by police during a routine traffic stop on their way to work. Montreal police discovered that the two...
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Organized crime bust in Montreal is final phase of Project Clemenza
The RCMP is carrying out a series of arrests in the Montreal area in what the Mounties are calling the third and last phase of an investigation into the Mafia in Montreal that began several years ago....
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Municipal employees protest in front of meeting of mayors in Quebec
Hundreds of municipal employees protested in front of the Centre des congrès de Québec where the mayors of many cities were meeting. The mayors were in town for the annual conference of the Union des...
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Montreal a destination city for sex tourism targeting children: study
In the past, child sex tourism involved Western men traveling to South East Asia or Latin America to have sex with poor children, said Ernie Allen, a member of the task force that oversaw a new global...
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Quebec tables legislation forcing Uber drivers to buy or rent taxi permits
QUEBEC — Transport Minister Jacques Daoust has tabled Bill 100, an Act to amend various legislative provisions respecting mainly transportation services by taxi. The bill maintains the principle of a...
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Video: Syrian sisters donate their braids as thank you for Canada's warm welcome
Syrian sisters Alyaa and Ilaf Al Jayoush wanted to give something back to Canada, for welcoming their family as refugees. So they gave what they had – their braids. “We wanted to help sick people in...
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Toddler dies after choking at Gatineau daycare
A 13-month-old boy died Wednesday after choking on food while eating at his daycare. The incident happened about 11:45 a.m. at the CPE La Ribambelle, in the Aylmer sector of Gatineau. When staff saw...
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Radio host Rob Kemp joins The Beat 92.5
The Beat 92.5 is adding one of the city’s more recognizable radio voices to its on-air team. The station announced on Thursday that Rob Kemp, who has more than two decades of experience in radio, will...
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Quebec minister refuses to sign off on new, controversial history course
Quebec’s education minister is refusing to sign off on a contentious new high school history program that has been harshly criticized by the province’s minority communities. An official in the...
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St. Henri residents say police encourage racial profiling against Inuit
Two Montrealers say police officers may have encouraged citizens to practice racial profiling Tuesday as they handed flyers out in St. Henri. Ossie Michelin says two officers came to his door Tuesday...
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Construction halted at CHUM hospital site after cracks found on beams
Construction work was halted at the CHUM hospital worksite downtown Montreal after cracks were found on metal beams on the ninth-floor of a building structure. The cracks were discovered by...
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Roma family deportation postponed for two months
The day before they were set to be deported back to Hungary, a Montreal mother and daughter learned they can stay for another two months. Katalin Lakatos and her daughter Gilda, 17, were supposed to...
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Alexandre Cloutier making second run at PQ leadership
There will be leadership race to replace Pierre Karl Péladeau as the head of the Parti Québécois. Lac Saint-Jean MNA Alexandre Cloutier made it official Friday, announcing in Alma that he will run. He...
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Mafia lawyer remembered on 25th anniversary of his murder
It has been 25 years since criminal lawyer Sidney Leithman was gunned down in a spectacular murder in Montreal. The 54-year-old lawyer was sitting at a red light at Jean Talon St. and Rockland Ave. in...
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PQ grabbing more political donations so far in 2016 than other parties combined
Despite recently losing its high-profile leader, the Parti Québécois has reasons to smile as the sovereigntist party has collected more donations so far in 2016 than the other major parties combined....
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Indian spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh dies in Beauharnois car crash
India’s prime minister offered his condolences after well-known spiritual leader Baba Hardev Singh, 62, died when the car he was travelling in on Thursday overturned on Highway 30 in Beauharnois, just...
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Bill 86: Quebec to scrap contentious education reform bill
Education Minister Sébastien Proulx has decided to scrap legislation that would have eliminated school board elections and changed the way school boards are run. The provincial government’s proposed...
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Let's Do Brunch: David McMillan dishes on Instagram foodies, celebrity chefs...
Welcome to Episode 3 of Let’s Do Brunch, a video series in which notable Montrealers have brunch at their favourite spots with Montreal Gazette city columnist Basem Boshra. Our guest this time is...
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Don Macpherson: Quebec Liberals and Parti Québécois eye smaller parties'...
Both the Liberals and the Parti Québécois have gone fishing for support among the other parties. The difference is that the Liberals are fishing where there are more fish. On Friday, they stole another...
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High levels of lead found in Montreal school's water
Montreal’s FACE school will be giving students and staff bottled water for the foreseeable future after discovering what seems to be high levels of lead in its drinking water. The school sent a letter...
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