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Young Quebecers with disabilities receive less help than seniors, study says
Young Quebecers living with a disability are more likely to lack help with completing daily tasks than those who are older, a new study by the Institut de la statistique du Québec says. The study,...
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Uber tells Quebec it's ready to compromise
QUEBEC — Uber opted for a conciliatory approach at the start of parliamentary hearings into Bill 100, proposing to temporarily suspend its operations in Quebec in favour of a pilot project creating a...
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Smokers beware: New rules come into effect Thursday
Lighting up will get tougher as of Thursday when new rules come into effect in Quebec forbidding smoking cigarettes on bar and restaurant terrasses, in cars when accompanied by children and on sporting...
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Two men arrested as suspects in pedophile network denied bail
Two men who are alleged to have been part of a sophisticated network of pedophiles who exchanged information and child pornography for years over the Internet were denied bail at the Montreal...
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About face: Moratorium on Montreal’s calèches is cancelled
Tourists in Montreal this summer will still have the option of seeing the sights from a horse-drawn carriage after all. Mayor Denis Coderre announced Wednesday he would backtrack on his decision last...
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Languages are major obstacles for immigrants trying to get ahead professionally
When you’re in last place in North America in the race to integrate immigrants to the work force, there’s nowhere to go but up. That seems to be the attitude – accentuate the positive– of the Board of...
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Montreal's youngest heroes rewarded by Mr. Bike Man
For the past 32 years, an anonymous Montreal benefactor has celebrated his birthday by giving away bicycles to young heroes through the Sun Youth Organization. Mr. Bike Man, as he is called, recently...
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Jury in Michel Duchaussoy trial deciding between first- and second-degree murder
The jury in the trial of Michel Duchaussoy appears to be convinced he is guilty of murdering taxi driver Ziad Bouzid. But a question the jury posed to the presiding judge, Justice Hélène Di Salvo on...
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'Aboriginal people will live where they want to live'
People should not have to abandon aboriginal reserves in order to address growing suicide rates across the country, former prime minister Paul Martin said at an event in Montreal Wednesday. In the wake...
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Robber scarred by acid during heist says he has no one to blame but himself
A man whose face was permanently scarred by acid while he tried to rob a jewelry store in Park Extension told a court on Wednesday that he now realizes he only has himself to blame for the marks on his...
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Court dismisses Villanueva family's suit against city after 'unjustifiable'...
A judge has ended a seven-year civil suit involving the families of Fredy Villanueva and the other two men injured when the then-18-year-old was shot and killed by a Montreal police officer in 2009....
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Former PM Paul Martin: Aboriginal history is our history
Paul Martin can barely hear himself think. The former prime minister is standing above a room full of high school students whose knee-slapping laughter and chanting almost drown out the sound of his...
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Big deals for old equipment at St-Laurent municipal auction
Michel Hébert drove to Montreal from his St-Lazare home to buy a truck. A 2005 Chevrolet Express with a covered bed and 148,000 kilometres on it that will serve him well as a self-employed electrician....
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South Shore man serving a sentence in federal penitentiary charged with...
A South Shore man who only recently began serving a sentence in a federal penitentiary has been charged with carrying out a homicide in Montreal last year, just weeks before he was sentenced. Lentzky...
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Energy East pipeline spill could affect drinking water, experts warn
Water treatment experts say they fear for the supply of drinking water to several municipalities in Quebec in the event of a major spill from the Eastern Energy pipeline. Most waste water treatment...
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Sticking with green, SQ officers model new uniform
It’s apparently easy being green after all if you are the Sûreté du Québec. Officers from the provincial police force modelled the new uniforms on the SQ’s Facebook Page on Thursday. The uniforms are...
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Probation for 'Agent 728' includes 60 hours of community service
Former Montreal police officer Stéfanie Trudeau thumbed her nose at the justice system after learning she would receive a sentence, for having assaulted a man she arrested four years ago, that will...
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Shining a light on the suicide crisis in Quebec's Inuit and aboriginal...
When Beatrice Deer starts to talk about suicide, her voice carries a weight that hadn’t been there just moments earlier. Deer’s sister Janice killed herself 27 years ago and she struggled to cope with...
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Videos: Famed photographer Steve McCurry on Photoshop controversy, Afghan...
Magnum and former National Geographic photographer Steve McCurry speaks at a press conference at Galerie Got Montréal in Montreal, Thursday, May 26, 2016. Steve McCurry, a renowned photographer for...
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Trump sews up delegates to seal GOP nomination
BISMARCK, N.D. — Triumphantly armed with a majority of his party’s delegates, Republican Donald Trump unleashed a broadside attack Thursday on Hillary Clinton’s prescriptions for energy, guns, the...
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