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By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 20, 2024 12:21 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 35-year-old woman is in critical condition after her vehicle was struck by a passenger train in Coteau-du-Lac in Quebec’s Montérégie region. The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said …
Read More »Landmark Montreal restaurant being ‘brought back to life’ after 25 years
A lavish and unique emblem of Montreal history is being revived this week, 25 years after it closed. The revamped ninth-floor restaurant of the city’s downtown Eaton Centre will reopen its doors to the public Friday. “This is a Montreal landmark being brought back to life,” Heritage Montréal policy director …
Read More »New pro-Palestinian encampment at Université du Québec à Montréal, organizers say
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 12, 2024 5:50 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal pro-Palestinian activists say they’ve set up a new encampment at the Université du Québec à Montréal, as nearby McGill University prepares to go to court to clear …
Read More »Downtown violence: Stabbing in Montreal sends man to hospital – Montreal
Montreal police say a 52-year-old man was seriously injured after being stabbed in Cabot Square on Friday morning. Authorities were called just after 3 a.m. to the park in downtown Montreal. The circumstances surrounding the incident remain “unclear,” said police spokesperson Sabrina Gauthier. Police believe two suspects may have been …
Read More »Quebec forest fire workers vote for strike mandate as wildfire season looms – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 10, 2024 11:27 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Workers with Quebec’s forest fire agency have voted 99 per cent in favour of a strike mandate as the summer wildfire season approaches. The Unifor union, which represents …
Read More »Quebec policy restricting gender-neutral bathrooms in schools comes into effect – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted May 1, 2024 12:30 pm Updated May 1, 2024 12:31 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in schools come into effect today. The government directive requires that all …
Read More »No more ‘bonjour-hi’? Montreal mayor calls for French only greetings
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante wants to see an end to the use of the colloquial and bilingual greeting of “bonjour-hi” by local merchants. “People come to Montreal knowing that it is a francophone city,” Plante said in response to a question from reporters Tuesday. “So, though we want to be …
Read More »Ex-SNC executive sentenced to prison term in bridge bribery case – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted April 24, 2024 12:22 pm Updated April 24, 2024 12:26 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The RCMP says a former SNC-Lavalin executive has been sentenced to three and a half years in prison in connection with a …
Read More »Two Montreal UN aviation workers busted for plotting China-Libya drone sale – National
Two former employees of the International Civil Aviation Organization, a Montreal-based United Nations agency, have been charged with conspiring to illegally sell Chinese drones and other military equipment to Libya in violation of international sanctions, the RCMP said Tuesday. Conspiracy charges have been laid against Fathi Ben Ahmed Mhaouek, 61, …
Read More »Montreal Caribbean community excited for carnival parade after last year’s cancelation – Montreal
There’s was a collective sigh of relief among members of Montreal’s Caribbean communities, as news broke late last week that the city approved plans to throw a Caribbean carnival parade this summer. “Yes, yes,” beams Montreal Soca deejay, Jason Forbes. “I am so excited that that’s actually happening. It’s crazy …
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