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Descrease article font size Increase article font size One home at a time, dozens of volunteers and staff from the West Island Mission went door to door in Pointe-Claire on Sunday morning. They were collecting food from people’s porches to bring back to the food bank’s pantry. Usually, the West …
Read More »‘Emotions are very raw:’ Trying to ease Montreal tensions amid Israel-Hamas conflict
Shaheen Ashraf says she’s very worried about the escalation of violence in Montreal and warns that tensions related to the Israel-Hamas conflict need to be tempered. “Oh my god,” she exclaimed. “You know, provocations and then retaliation and then re-provocations and re-retaliations. It’s not good.” On Thursday, bullet holes were …
Read More »80,000 nurses and health-care workers launch 2-day strike in Quebec – Montreal
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Tens of thousands of health-care workers across Quebec hit the picket line early Wednesday as part of a two-day strike action to demand better working conditions. About 80,000 nurses, licensed practical nurses and respiratory therapists are among the latest public sectors workers …
Read More »Canadiens defenceman David Savard sidelined indefinitely with upper-body injury – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 24, 2023 11:29 am Descrease article font size Increase article font size Montreal Canadiens defenceman David Savard is out indefinitely with an upper-body injury, the club announced Tuesday. The veteran blueliner didn’t play another shift in Monday’s 3-1 road victory over the Buffalo …
Read More »Quebec premier inaugurates sprawling Romaine hydro project – Montreal
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted October 12, 2023 12:13 pm Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec Premier François Legault is inaugurating the Romaine hydroelectric complex on the province’s North Shore. Legault is accompanied at Thursday’s event by Jean Charest, who was Quebec premier when construction began in 2009, …
Read More »Israel attack: Another rally held in Montreal as conflict continues – Montreal
Ayellet Tzur couldn’t hold back her tears during a rally in front of the Israeli consulate in the Westmount suburb of Montreal to remember Jewish victims of the conflict between Israel and Hamas, which began Saturday. “I just lost my cousin in the battle in Israel,” she sobbed, “on Shabbat.” …
Read More »Quebec City’s Jean-Talon riding gears up for tight byelection race – Montreal
Voters in Quebec City’s Jean-Talon riding will be heading to the polls Oct. 2, and it’s shaping up to be a tight race. The riding, which covers the neighborhoods of Sainte-Foy and Sillery, was a Liberal stronghold for years until the CAQ’s Joëlle Boutin snagged the seat in a byelection …
Read More »Montrealers participate in 15th annual multiple myeloma march – Montreal
Around 100 people participated in the 15th annual multiple myeloma march Sunday morning at John Abbott college in the West Island. Multiple myeloma remains relatively unknown but 11 Canadians are diagnosed with the disease every day, making it the second most common blood cancer. “The chances that I was going …
Read More »Proposed class-action suit alleges abuse at hands of Quebec youth protection services – Montreal
A team of lawyers representing Inuit children and their families in Nunavik and Indigenous children not living on reserves in Quebec are seeking to launch a class-action lawsuit against the provincial and federal governments over discrimination they claim was suffered related to the director of youth protection services and other …
Read More »Toronto Argonauts can clinch CFL playoff spot with home win over Montreal Alouettes
It has been a week of mental preparation for defensive back Robertson Daniel and the Toronto Argonauts. Toronto (9-1) hosts the Montreal Alouettes (6-5) to open an important home-and-home series for the East Division rivals. But it’s a quick turnaround for the Argonauts, who earned a 41-28 road victory over …
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