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Body found in river could be boater who went missing near Montreal
Montreal police and firefighters have recovered a body spotted in the St-Lawrence River Saturday morning in the east of Montreal, but do not know if it is the same man who went missing near the Port of...
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One dead in motorcycle and RV pileup in New Brunswick
EDMUNDSTON, N.B. — An accident involving 15 motorcycles and an RV led to one death and many injuries around 7:15 p.m. Friday on Route 144 not far from camping grounds in St-Basile in Edmundston, N.B.,...
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Celine Cooper: It's time for a conversation on parental surrogacy rules
Is this province inching closer to relaxing or even abandoning its entrenched disapproval of procreative surrogacy? As first reported in La Presse last week, a Quebec court recently handed down a...
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Monday Calendar: Aug. 1-7
Monday, Aug. 1 It’s a civic holiday in most Canadian provinces. But in Quebec, it’s only a Monday. Select Bixi stations start accepting STM Opus cards to rent bikes. Major League Baseball’s non-waiver...
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Granby Zoo may seek new gorilla after unexpected death
It may be several weeks before the exact cause of death of N’sabi the gorilla, who was found dead Friday at the Granby Zoo, is known, but another may take the vacant space he left behind. N’sabi was...
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Squeaky Wheels: Fence at Dorval bus loop installed for safety purposes
Q: Like many commuters, I do not understand the purpose of a recently built fence on the west side of the Dorval bus stop. All this does is stop us from catching our bus because now we are forced to...
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Montreal will spend $300 million more than expected on lead pipes
The city of Montreal expects to spend $540 million — more than twice what was originally budgeted — to replace lead pipes that carry water to 69,000 homes, the Montreal Gazette has learned. The new...
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Woman found dead in Grenville was murdered: police
An autopsy performed on the body of a woman found Friday evening in an isolated and wooded area of Grenville-sur-la-Rouge in the Laurentians identified the victim and confirmed she was slain. Marielle...
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UPDATED: Woman in stable condition after car crash downtown
An 18-year-old woman is in stable condition after being sent to the hospital with life-threatening injuries after a car crash in the Ville-Marie borough early Sunday morning. Medical authorities,...
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Man killed after driving into tree, pole and house
QUÉBEC — A driver in his 50s died in hospital after a violent crash Saturday night in St-Georges-de-Windsor in Estrie. Around 9 p.m., the victim lost control of his vehicle at the intersection of...
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Montreal Highland Games raises funds for kids
Laughing men from the Black Watch tugged on a rope pulling kids toward them. Teens from Dawson Community Centre put up a good fight, but the soldiers were too strong. Though the youngsters left the...
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Sylvie Roy independent MNA for Arthabaska has died at age 51
Sylvie Roy, independent Member of the National Assembly for Arthabaska, died in the l’Enfant-Jésus de Québec hospital on Sunday afternoon. She was 51 years old. She was admitted last month following a...
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West Island Palliative Care Residence granted royal patronage
British royals with a strong West Island connection have become patrons of the West Island Palliative Care Residence. Peter Phillips, the eldest grandson of Queen Elizabeth II, and his wife Autumn...
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Water main break floods part of St-Laurent Blvd.
Montreal city workers worked most of the day to repair a water main that broke about 9:30 a.m. on Van Horne Ave. just west of St-Laurent Blvd. The break of a 16-inch pipe dating to 1907 caused major...
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Chef Jérôme Ferrer set to open in Ste-Anne's restaurant
Highly rated Europea chef Jérôme Ferrer’s restaurant empire is expanding to Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue. A Ferrer snack-bar eatery, set to open Thursday with a free tasting in Ste-Anne village, features...
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Boshra: Effective policing of bad cops is frustratingly elusive
Like many of you, I imagine, I’ve watched and read the numerous reports of police killing black Americans over the past several months with a mixture of revulsion, anger and, discordantly, a little...
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Richard Bain trial: Forensic psychiatrists disagree on criminal responsibility
Two forensic psychiatrists who evaluated Richard Henry Bain in preparation for his current first-degree murder trial agree with each other on many things. But when it comes to the crux of the case —...
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Under construction: In the pit at St-Denis St.
If you had looked at the right time, you would have seen artifacts of Montreal’s history in the dusty pit that is now St-Denis St. The ancient infrastructure, some more than 100 years old, is being...
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Highway 20 eastbound to be closed at night for roadwork
Road surfacing work on Highway 20 eastbound between St-Charles and St-Jean Blvds. will begin Tuesday night and continue until mid-September. The work will require the closing of the eastbound side of...
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Sylvie Roy remembered as combative politician who fought corruption
Sylvie Roy was a combative, independent-minded politician who helped bring about the Charbonneau corruption inquiry. A mother of two, the independant MNA died on Sunday at a Quebec City hospital. The...
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