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Montreal students at the McGill encampment in solidarity with Gaza gave every indication they don’t intend for their stay on the university grounds to be short lived. “Make plans to spend the day…
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Quebec is “going on the offensive” to protect and promote French, Minister Jean-François Roberge said Sunday as he presented a $603-million plan to counter what he described as the language’s decline. Roberge,…
Municipal councillor Craig Sauvé will run for the federal NDP in a byelection in LaSalle—Émard—Verdun. Sauvé was named the party’s candidate Sunday afternoon. No other candidacy was received…
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Singer-songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland died Saturday at the age of 89. The man who left his mark on Quebec with the song “Une chance qu’on s’a” died of natural causes, according to his agency….
The World Central Kitchen plans to resume operations in the Gaza Strip Monday, four weeks after Israeli airstrikes killed seven of its aid workers including one Canadian. The organization suspended…
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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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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.
“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.
The number of microdistilleries in Quebec has boomed in the last decade, growing from less than a dozen to about 70. But a decision by Quebec’s liquor corporation to cull up to 200 homegrown products…
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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…
If it feels like TikTok has been around forever, that’s probably because it has, at least if you’re measuring via internet time. What’s now in question is whether it will be around much longer and, if…
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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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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau knows Canadians aren’t listening. He knows his defence against Conservative attacks over his signature climate policy isn’t working, at least not yet. But he plans to…
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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…
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…
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…
“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…
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…