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Montreal students inspired by a Gaza solidarity movement at campuses in the United States erected an encampment on the grounds of McGill University Saturday. The students began setting up tents near…
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The office of Quebec’s Ministry of Housing is under fire over an accidental email reply. After The Canadian Press asked every province whether it agreed with the federal housing advocate that shelter…
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Montreal says public transit trips were up between 15 and 20 per cent among people age 65 and over in the six months after it made the service free for local seniors. The program, which took effect…
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Quebec provincial police say a 51-year-old woman has died after a head-on collision in the town of Lachute, roughly 50 kilometres west of Montreal, early Saturday morning. Police spokesperson Frédéric…
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Ann-Renée Desbiens posted the first shutout of her Professional Women’s Hockey League career in Montreal’s 2-0 win over host Ottawa on Saturday. Desbiens, who backstopped Canada to a gold medal in…
A Port of Montreal worker died on Friday after an apparent accident. It happened just after 1:30 p.m. at the Viau Terminal, at the corner of Notre-Dame E. Street and Viau Street, involving a truck…
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Pro-Palestinian protests continue at major U.S. universities and several schools have called police to remove demonstrators. Caryn Ceolin has the details.
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“We need a real change of attitude,” says housing advocate Cédric Dussault, as the office of Quebec’s housing minister is under fire after ignoring questions on housing as a human right from a Canadian Press journalist. Swidda Rassy reports.
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“Not good for kids,” said Anthony Fleury, a parent, about Maison Benoît Labre, Montreal’s first supervised drug inhalation site, opening less than 100 metres from his child’s elementary school and already causing issues. Gareth Madoc-Jones reports.
“It affects everybody,” says Montrealer Luisa Miniaci, she’s one of the thousands of Canadians waiting for a life-saving organ transplant as National Organ and Tissue Donation Week comes to an end. Teresa Romano reports.
1 in 5 Canadians polled, say they’ve gotten ill from eating food they believe was unsafe. The same study also finds over half of Canadians are willing to eat food near, or past the best before date.
NEW YORK (AP) — Students protesting the Israel-Hamas war at universities across U.S., some of whom have clashed with police in riot gear, dug in Saturday and vowed to keep their demonstrations going…
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“To this day, I can’t watch the video. Even during the trial, every time the video was shown I had to get out because it was traumatic for me,” said Montrealer Lamine Sale Nkouendji. Almost four years…
Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer said Saturday that the onetime movie mogul has been hospitalized for a battery of tests after his return to New York City following an appeals court ruling nullifying his 2020…
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It has been less than two weeks since Maison Benoît Labre opened, Montreal’s first supervised drug inhalation and injection site, and police have stepped up their presence in the area. Some parents…
One organ donor can save up to eight lives. Tissue and eye donors can improve the lives of up to 75 more. As National Organ and Tissue Donation Week comes to an end, there are thousands of Canadians…
Earlier this year, Quebec announced it would cost close to $870 million to build a new roof at Montreal’s Olympic Stadium. According to the Journal de Montréal, the province will now have to spend…
A Montreal-area man’s Tesla Model 3 collided with another vehicle in a parking lot at the Fairview Pointe-Claire shopping mall west of Montreal on April 10 after he tried to retrieve his car while outside…
Seems like Taylor Swift has a “Love Story” with Montreal. In her most recent music video, Fortnight, she is spotted wearing a black dress from local brand: UNTTLD. “I feel like this was her way…
Three vehicles were set on fire in Saint-Hubert overnight. According to Longueuil police (SPAL), the fire broke out around 12:45 a.m. in the parking lot of mechanic on Chemin de Chambly, at the…
MONTREAL — A Montreal-area family now knows were the body of their loved one, who died while on vacation in Cuba last month, finally is – in Russia. The wrong body was sent back to Canada last week…
A 67-year-old woman was taken to the hospital after a fire broke out in an apartment building in Montreal on Thursday night. A call to 911 was placed at 8:30 p.m. about a fire that broke out on the…
The Île-aux-Tourtes bridge will be closed to traffic from Friday at 11 p.m. to Sunday 5 a.m. The work is required fix a damaged portion of the slab. Both lanes of the bridge heading towards Vaudreuil-Dorion…
In addition to having a monopoly on blood products in the province, Héma-Québec will soon be solely responsible for the distribution of human tissues for all hospitals in Quebec. It will add this…
Montrealers may need their rain coats this weekend, but it’s going to get warmer. Sunshine during the daytime hours Saturday with a high of 17. Then in the evening, a 60 per cent chance of showers. More…
Allison Lang is showing her followers that “your obstacle is your opportunity.” The Canadian model and athlete, born missing the lower half of her left leg, is on a mission to create a more accessible…
More than $1.5 million in fines have been handed out since April 1, 2023, to Montrealers who offered their accommodations on Airbnb without complying with the law, according to new data from Revenu Québec….
Major construction projects will cause several road closures for Montreal and Laval drivers this weekend. Papineau-Leblanc Bridge and portion of Highway 19 The Papineau-Leblanc Bridge and a portion…
Quebec is planning to increase the number of non-legally qualified teachers in schools by more than 50 per cent over the next three years. According to Le Journal, the Ministry of Education is planning…
The city of Montreal and Trash2Treasure (RebutRécup) have renewed their contract which offers a home collection service by appointment for reusable items. In a press release announced on Tuesday, the…