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Mafiaboy grows up: computer hacking taught him how to protect companies
Michael Calce in 2008: Once known as the hacker Mafiaboy, Calce has started a cyber-security company — Optimal Secure — focusing on the financial sector in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver. Mafiaboy is...
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Vigil held in Montreal for Orlando shooting victims
Candles and a LoveMatters sign are placed on the ground during a vigil in Parc de l’Espoir in Montreal on Sunday, June 12, 2016, for the Orlando shooting victims. More than 100 members and supporters...
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Montreal's Grand Prix party scene: Pampering and Tom Brady
Saturdays are for recuperating and pampering, especially if you were unusually out the night before and if the Ibuprofen didn’t kick in as much as hoped. The day before Montreal’s Grand Prix race, and...
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Motorcyclist killed in accident in the Laurentians
A man died Sunday night when he lost control of his motorcycle on Route 344 near Carillon Park in the Laurentians. The Sûreté du Québec said speed might have been a factor when the man hit a guardrail...
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Via Rail reaches tentative agreement with Unifor, avoiding possible strike
GATINEAU — Via Rail has reached a tentative contract agreement with Unifor, avoiding a work stoppage that could have begun as early as Monday morning. The union issued a statement saying the four-year...
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Lightning detector installed in Pointe-Claire Village park
The city of Pointe-Claire has installed a Thor Guard Inc. lightning detector in a sprawling park along Lake St. Louis. A lightning predictor and warning system was recently installed on top of a...
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New off-road bike trail at Surrey park creates 'community atmosphere'
The city of Dorval has set up a new off-road BMX-style trail geared toward bike aficionados and thrill-seekers, but it also offers less experienced riders a chance to discover this multi-faceted sport....
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Pointe-Claire passes planning guidelines for village district
A “special planning program” for the historic Pointe-Claire Village district was adopted by the city on June 7 and it will serve as a guideline to revitalize the municipality’s oldest neighbourhood....
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Uashat band council to coroner: police need better funding to fight addiction...
When someone in Uashat takes his or her own life, a local police officer is often the first person at the scene. The frantic calls for help come directly onto their radio and they rush to a house on...
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Brossard to amend regulations on dangerous dogs
The city of Brossard is expected to announce a ban on pitbulls Tuesday, less than a week after a woman in Montreal was allegedly mauled to death by a pitbull, and nine months after an eight-year-old...
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Asian carp in St. Lawrence threatens Quebec's fishing industry
If you’ve seen the videos of boaters laughing uproariously as their motors startle giant Asian carp that leap high in the air and even into their boats, you might think it’s fun news that a 29-kilogram...
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Former PQ minister Bernard Drainville leaving politics
QUEBEC — The father of Quebec’s failed values charter, Bernard Drainville, is leaving politics. The Parti Québécois house leader, 53, is expected to announce Tuesday he has accepted a job at FM93...
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Concordia community rallying to secure release of professor arrested in Iran
Bring Homa home. That is the urgent message from colleagues at Concordia University and around the world as pressure mounts to secure the release of Concordia University professor emerita Homa Hoodfar,...
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Nursing overtime surges one year after health reform
Nursing overtime has surged at Montreal’s two university hospital networks in the year since Health Minister Gaétan Barrette launched his reforms of the public system, with some nurses burning out from...
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Police couple killed outside Paris, child rescued
PARIS — A knife-wielding attacker stabbed a senior police officer to death Monday evening outside his home in a distant suburb of Paris, officials said. The attacker and a female companion of the...
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Jack Simpson: from portable toilet sales rep to trigger man in Montreal Mafia...
The man police believe pulled the trigger on Salvatore Montagna was a sales rep for a portable toilet company when the high-ranking Mafioso was killed in 2011. Jack Arthur Simpson was 69 when he was...
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Guy St. exit closed until July
Motorists will be tested on several main routes this week and weekend, as crews do work on several structures. The Guy St. exit off the eastbound Ville-Marie Expressway is closed until the beginning of...
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Gilles Duceppe, Gerald Batist among latest appointments to National Order of...
Former Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe, Montreal oncologist Gerald Batist and First Nations documentary filmmaker Alanis Obomsawin are among the 34 new appointments to the National Order of...
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Montreal courthouse beefs up security, adds metal detectors, X-ray
Starting June 28, you’ll have to pass through a metal detector and your bag will be put through an X-ray machine to get into Montreal’s courthouse. The new security measures were announced Tuesday,...
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Raif Badawi hospitalized after hunger strike, wife says
Saudi blogger Raif Badawi was hospitalized after refusing to eat for two days, according to a message sent out by his wife on Twitter Monday. #RaifBadawi ended his hunger strike today after moving him...
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