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Under Construction: Once bustling St-Denis muted by the din
Of all the streets to move to in Montreal in the summer of 2016, Arlene Baco chose one of the worst. With her one-year-old son in tow, Baco and her partner drove in from Ottawa in June and pulled up to...
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Montreal police suspect arson in Pointe-aux-Trembles fire
The Montreal police arson squad is investigating a suspicious fire at a shop on Forsyth St. in Pointe-aux-Trembles borough. At approximately 2 a.m. Tuesday morning, police were called by firefighters...
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Photo flashback: 11 construction workers died in run-up to 1976 Montreal Games
By the time the Games started, 11 men had been killed in work-related accidents during construction of Olympic facilities. Families of dead workers were each given two tickets to the opening ceremony....
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Beaconsfield swimmer Stephanie Horner headed to Rio in new discipline
Beaconsfield native Stephanie Horner is gearing up to represent Canada at her third Olympics, although she is somewhat of a rookie as she has changed disciplines since the London Games were held four...
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Postmedia has the most readers in Canada, Gazette readership grew 6 per cent
Postmedia Network Inc. has the highest readership of all Canadian newspaper groups, with 10.7 million weekly print and digital readers, according to a new study by Vividata. In Montreal, weekly print...
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Île-Perrot pushes back after Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot paves stretch of...
A move by Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot to lay asphalt and connect two sections of a side-street located parallel to Don-Quichotte Blvd. has sparked a backlash from neighbouring Île-Perrot, which cited...
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Brief: Driver shot in altercation with police in Vaudreuil
The independent agency that probes police shootings is investigating a shooting at the Sûreté du Québec detachment in Vaudreuil. At about 1 p.m., officers attempted to stop a vehicle, but the driver...
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SQ locate body in Gouin Reservoir
A body was discovered in the Gouin Reservoir on Tuesday, close to Obedjiwan in the region of Mauricie. It was found around 5 p.m. by the Sûreté du Québec (SQ). The police were searching the area after...
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Quebec Liberals, PQ may have to reimburse illegal donations
The Quebec Liberal party might have to repay more than a half-million dollars as reimbursement for numerous illegal donations received between 2006 and 2011. For the same period, the Parti Quebecois...
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Montreal this morning: a little bit of everything
Sabahınız xeyir, Montreal! (‘Good morning’ in Azerbaijani!) Today, we can have it all — if by ‘all’ you mean weather that’s all over the place. Expect a sunny Tuesday morning, which will turn into a...
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Police chase ends in hail of bullets outside SQ station in Vaudreuil
A police chase ended in a bloody shootout in the quiet community of Vaudreuil-Dorion early Tuesday afternoon. While trying to evade Sûreté du Québec patrol cars, the suspect veered a silver BMW, which...
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Photo flashback: Anti-French comments made Dwight Stones pariah at 1976 Olympics
Canada was the first Summer Olympics host country to not win a gold medal, but Greg Joy helped the country end the Games on a high, winning a silver in the high jump. Cheering spectators in the Olympic...
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Body of missing man found in ventilation shaft
Montreal police say the lifeless body of a 46-year-old man who went missing last May was found in the apartment building where he worked. Dmitri Drjazgin went missing last May. Dmitri Drjazgin’s body...
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At least one person believed missing in St. Lawrence after small boat crash
Montreal police and firefighters will resume searching the St. Lawrence River this morning for a boater presumed missing after a collision in the Port of Montreal late Tuesday night. Police say a...
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Portraits of local Olympians from the 1976 Montreal Games
There were 416 athletes on Team Canada (283 men and 133 women), out of a total of 6,084 athletes from 92 countries, at the 1976 Summer Olympic Games in Montreal from July 17 to Aug. 1. Canada won 11...
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SPVM search for missing 32-year-old St-Leonard man
UPDATE: Jose Antonio Lopez Lopez has been found. The SPVM have requested public assistance in locating Jose Antonio Lopez Lopez, who is 32-years-old. He left his St-Leonard residence early on the...
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Sherbrooke man arrested for possession of child pornography
A man was arrested by police in Sherbrooke on Wednesday for possession and distribution of child pornography. Gérald Joncas has reportedly already appeared in court for the same charges in the Eastern...
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Opinion: Gentrification helps everyone, be it in St-Henri, HoMa or elsewhere
In recent months, some shops in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve and St-Henri have been vandalized and looted. The apparent motivation behind these criminal acts was to denounce gentrification — the process by...
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Montreal this morning: Cloudy weather and comedy gold
Huomenta, Montreal! (‘Good morning’ in Finnish!) This Thursday will bring a little less heat than yesterday, but crank the humidity. It will be mostly cloudy, with a 40 per cent change of showers late...
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Bones discovered in Hochelaga prompt police investigation
Montreal police are investigating after citizens found what appeared to be human bones in a wooded area next to railroad tracks in Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve Wednesday evening. Officers were called...
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