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Spaceman makes his pitch to become Vermont governor
“Hi, you’ve reached the residence of Governor Lee. I’m outside bull—-ing other constituents. I can’t come to the phone right now. But leave a message and I’ll get back to you in November.” That’s the...
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Monday Calendar: May 30 to June 5
Monday, May 30 Workers at 38 private seniors’ residences in Quebec begin a two-day strike. The National Hockey League scouting combine begins in Buffalo, N.Y. The Stanley Cup Final begins, with the San...
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Montreal woman heartbroken over theft of her father's ashes
A Montreal woman is devastated over the theft of her father’s ashes. “Honestly, I feel empty,” Leane Stewart Conti said. “They took the only thing that was important to me.” Conti filed a report with...
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Quebec to do away with annual health checkups
Quebec is following the lead of other Canadian provinces in doing away with the annual head-to-toe physical for healthy adults as of June 1 — a move at least one doctor is questioning. Historically,...
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Anti-gentrification protesters vandalize Sud-Ouest grocery store
A group of masked anti-gentrification protesters vandalized a specialty food counter and grocery store Saturday night in the Sud-Ouest borough of Montreal. Between 25 and 30 protesters clad in black...
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Québec solidaire to put sovereignty question in hands of constituents
Québec solidaire removed some of the clarity from its long-held ideology in support of Quebec independence by deciding this past weekend it wouldn’t “predetermine” any issues surrounding sovereignty....
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Officials: Body of Quebec hiker found on Mount Washington
PINKHAM NOTCH, N.H. — New Hampshire Fish and Game officials say they have found the body of a Canadian hiker who had been missing for weeks. Lt. Wayne Saunders says hikers found the body of 47-year-old...
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Irish Montrealers push for memorial to 6,000 immigrants who died of typhus
By Morgan Lowrie Many of the people taking the Victoria Bridge in or out of Montreal may not realize they’re driving over a mass graveyard. A 10-foot-tall engraved stone, placed on a median between the...
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PQ to pick new leader Oct. 7 following a shortened campaign
DRUMMONDVILLE — With four candidates in the starting blocks, the Parti Québécois has decided it will pick its new leader Oct. 7. PQ party president Raymond Archambault and interim PQ leader Sylvain...
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Police find body of missing man in Lachine Canal
Montreal Police divers recovered the body of a man Sunday night from the Lachine Canal. The man, 34, reportedly jumped into the canal for a swim near the intersection of Pitt and St. Patrick Sts....
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Grace Dart patients to be transferred to former veterans hospital
About 100 patients currently served by the Grace Dart Extended Care Centre in east-end Montreal will be transferred to Ste-Anne Hospital in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue this fall, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan...
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Montreal shower pervert sentenced to six years in jail
A Montreal man who posed as a service technician to gain entry into the residences of his victims was sentenced to six years in jail Monday. Carlos Palomino had already pleaded guilty to several counts...
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City tries to reclaim money spent on cancelled police and firefighters' games
When the city of Montreal decided in March to cancel plans to host the 2017 World Police and Fire Games, it had already paid about $6.2 million to the games organizers, according to a report in La...
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Boshra: Don't make our local businesses scapegoats for gentrification
Épicerie-Comptoir 3734 is a high-end grocer and specialty food counter on Notre-Dame St. in St-Henri, the type of shiny-and-new shop that has, over the past few years, taken up an increasing amount of...
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Mining project proposal sparks concern in Kanesatake
In an effort to keep a controversial mining project alive, a Montreal-based developer will present its multi-million dollar proposal to the Kanesatake Mohawks on Thursday. The community meeting comes...
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Minor flood hits CHUM superhospital site
A small section of the construction site of the $2-billion CHUM superhospital was flooded Monday morning after a worker accidentally broke a valve. The worker was on a mobile platform checking a pipe....
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Suspect in arson fire at Montreal clinic in custody in B.C.
A suspect is being held in B.C. in connection with an arson fire this month at a Montreal clinic that offers gender confirming surgery. Jayne Ellen Heideck, 42, of Kelowna, B.C., was arrested by the...
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Outremont bans new synagogues on two commercial streets
A controversial plan by the Outremont borough to prevent new synagogues from opening on Bernard and Laurier Aves. was adopted by the borough council on Monday night during a second round of public...
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Caucus meeting outside National Assembly a chance to bond: Liberals
QUEBEC — The Couillard Liberals held a “team-bonding” exercise at a quaint manor about 15 kilometres from the National Assembly Monday evening to take stock of the session and “improve the flow of...
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Dropping annual physical in Quebec won't hurt patients: experts
Since Nova Scotia stopped covering the cost of annual physical checkups more than two decades ago, the province has never regretted its decision, a health ministry spokesperson said Monday. On...
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