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Quebec to test province-wide alert system Wednesday morning
At exactly 9:55 a.m. Wednesday morning, the Quebec Public Safety Ministry will conduct a test of its province-wide alert system, designed to notify residents of a given area affected by one of 14 types...
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'Not the America we want': Obama blasts Trump’s Muslim plans
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama angrily denounced Donald Trump’s anti-Muslim rhetoric on Tuesday, blasting the views of the presumptive Republican presidential nominee as a threat to American...
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Montreal's 375th birthday to be celebrated in every neighbourhood
“Vive Montréal!” With that rallying cry, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre and Gilbert Rozon, the head of Montreal’s 375th Anniversary Celebration Society, on Tuesday announced the 102 neighbourhood...
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Survivor of PQ election-night shooting testifies at Richard Henry Bain murder...
One of the stagehands who survived the shooting outside the nightclub where the Parti Québécois was celebrating its election victory in 2012 took the stand on Tuesday at the first-degree murder trial...
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The Snap: Woods suspended; Elsworth released
LENNOXVILLE – On Tuesday, following the Alouettes’ training camp practice at Bishop’s University, middle-linebacker Bear Woods told montrealgazette.com how much he was anticipating this Friday’s...
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Murray Sinclair says painful episode of residential schools should be in...
The Algonquin elder walked to the head of the ballroom and held up a grainy photograph for the audience to see. David Decontie spoke about the boy in the black and white photo. “This is the child I...
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Cold cuts recalled for undeclared wheat
Charcuterie Parisienne Inc. is recalling one of its cold cuts products, Le Trio de Charcuteries Parisien, because one of the meats in the package contains wheat which is not indicated on the label....
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Man shot dead in Mirabel, suspect flees on bicycle
Police are searching for a man who they say made off on a bicycle after shooting a 59-year-old man outside a food bank in Mirabel. The man, who the Sûreté du Québec later identified as Pierre Michaud,...
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Parti Québécois leadership race would make a good reality show: Boshra
It has recently come to my attention that Survivor — Survivor! — is somehow still on TV. The granddaddy — or, at the very least, the drunk uncle — of reality television wrapped up its 32nd season last...
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Mysterious explosion inside Canada Post truck
Several blocks along Ropery St. in Point St. Charles have been evacuated following an explosion this afternoon inside a Canada Post truck. According to the Montreal police, a Canada Post employee had...
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Quebec lags in diversity education, comparison of history programs shows
Quebec lags behind every other province when it comes to including diversity in its high school history curriculum, said Jack Jedwab, president of the Association of Canadian Studies and the Canadian...
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Democratic senator frustrated by inaction on guns wages filibuster
WASHINGTON — A Democratic senator waged a filibuster into the night Wednesday, an attempt to force a vote on gun control legislation three days after 49 people were killed at a Florida nightclub in the...
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One cyclist dead, one critical after collisions with vehicles
A 58-year-old cyclist has died after a collision with a truck at the intersection of Rivière-des-Prairies Blvd. and la Martinière St. at about 12:45 p.m. Wednesday. In a separate incident Wednesday...
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Montreal Neuro's 3D brain mapping research gets technological boost
The Montreal Neurological Institute is poised to advance 3D brain-mapping research down to the cellular level, raising hopes ultimately for treatments into neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer’s...
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Montreal this morning: More of the same
In a word: Beautiful! Summer is really here — no kidding around. Today will be sunny with a high of 26 C. The UV index will be 8 or very high. Tonight will be clear with a low of 15 C. The loonie: At...
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History exam Question 22 scrubbed after leak
Rebecca Widgington is an avid student of history. A Grade 10 student, to be exact, so she was disappointed to learn that one of the questions in this year’s history exam was leaked before the...
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Land put on reserve for Cavendish Blvd. extension
The city of Montreal has put reserves on two pieces of property that could be needed to build the long-promised Cavendish Blvd extension. The agglomeration council will vote June 22 on the...
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Quebec positions itself for hydrogen vehicles
Montrealers will be able to get a glimpse of the future of transportation next week during the Electric Vehicle Symposium, a major international conference on green transportation, something the Quebec...
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Montreal man found not criminally responsible for stabbing friend to death
After stabbing his only known friend to death in his Montreal North apartment last year, Onur Yilmaz told authorities he had to do so to quiet the voices in his head and allow him to “feel better.”...
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Thousands at Montreal vigil show support for Orlando victims; Couillard taken...
Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard had to be rushed from the stage of a heavily attended Montreal vigil commemorating victims of the Orlando tragedy Thursday night after a man shouting “Revolution”...
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