Montreal
A group of pro-Palestinian protesters who have set up an encampment at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus say they’re better organized and prepared than ever as the protest stretches into a second…
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Two men were sent to hospital after a shooting in Montreal’s Lachine borough on Sunday night. Montreal police (SPVM) responded to gunfire at around 11:20 p.m. on 42e Ave. near Saint-Joseph Blvd. Two…
Quebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in public schools will have a “chilling effect” on the province’s transgender and non-binary students, according to…
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Montreal police are investigating a fire at a vacant Notre-Dame-de-Grace building early Sunday morning as a possible arson. Montreal firefighters responded to a call around 4:30 a.m. after a patrol…
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OTTAWA — India’s Foreign Affairs Minister says Canada is his country’s “biggest problem” when it comes to Sikh separatism. Subrahmanyam Jaishankar also accused Canada of welcoming criminals when asked…
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The Israeli army ordered some 100,000 Palestinians on Monday to begin evacuating from the southern city of Rafah, signaling that a long-promised ground invasion there could be imminent and further complicating…
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Netanyahu closes Al Jazeera’s offices, confiscating their equipment as Gaza ceasefire talks reach a crucial stage.
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An outdoor exhibition was held in Toronto calling for action on the National Day of Awareness for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two-Spirit People. Afua Baah has the details.
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“Such a directive will have a chilling effect on trans and non-binary people’s safety in Quebec,” says trans activist Celeste Trianon, of Quebec’s rule banning shared gender-neutral bathrooms in public schools. Anastasia Dextrene reports.
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“Canadian citizens here are feeling like second-class citizens, that their lives are worthless, disposable,” says one Montrealer on Day 8 of the encampment in support of Gaza on McGill University’s downtown campus.
“All these kids and families come together and run together, walk together. This is what we’re all about,” says YMCAs of Quebec president and CEO, Stéphane Vaillancourt, of the foundation’s 2024 Challenge. Anastasia Dextrene reports.
A potential strike between WestJet and its mechanics union appears to have been avoided. A statement from the Calgary-based airline Sunday night says a tentative deal between it and the Aircraft Mechanics…
TORONTO — Hundreds of Nestle workers walked off the job in Toronto on Sunday after rejecting a tentative agreement the union reached with the chocolate maker. Unifor issued a statement saying its 461…
Canada’s Félix Auger-Aliassime came up just short of claiming his first ATP Masters 1000 title. Andrey Rublev of Russia outlasted Auger-Aliassime 4-6, 7-5, 7-5 during Sunday’s final at the Madrid Open. https://twitter.com/BenLewisMPC/status/1787203725292880092 The…
Provincial police say three people died Saturday night in a collision on Route 108 near Bury, in the Eastern Townships. Emergency services were called around 10.15pm after a collision involving two…
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At least once a day, Digvijay Kosamia glances at his vibrating cellphone to check the latest text he’s received, only to find a “frustrating” message from an unknown number. Sometimes it’s a notification…
A plane crashed in the middle of Trois Lacs in Val-des-Sources, in the Eastern Townships, Saturday afternoon. The pilot of the small glider-type aircraft was hospitalized for minor injuries The Sûreté…
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The McGill University encampment in support of Gaza entered its second week Saturday. Pro-Palestinian supporters remained on the university’s lower grounds, a day after Quebec Premier François Legault…
Israel ordered the local offices of Qatar’s Al Jazeera satellite news network to close Sunday, escalating a long-running feud between the broadcaster and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s hard-line government…
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The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected. After…
Montrealers laced up their sneakers and hit the trails Saturday to raise funds in support of vulnerable youth in the province. The “Walk-and-Run Challenge” – by the YMCAs of Québec Foundation…
Montreal police say shots were fired at Carrefour Angrignon in LaSalle Friday evening. Police were called around 9:10 p.m. about gunshots heard near the shopping centre. SPVM officers arrived to…
A new bill is on the House of Commons notice paper with regards to foreign interference. It could be introduced as early as the week of May 6.
WestJet has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the union representing its aircraft maintenance engineers Saturday.
For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government’s invocation…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to his first ATP Masters final, and he hasn’t had to play all that much tennis to do it. Auger-Aliassime moved on to the final of the Madrid Open clay-court…
OTTAWA — The Canadian government is expanding its surveillance program for a form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle. Fragments of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been…
A Quebec judge overseeing the trial of a person accused of killing a cyclist with their car has raised concerns that an amendment to the province’s language charter could cause “undue delays” for trials…
Terrebonne police are investigating after a 51-year-old woman was found dead Friday morning in an apartment building, on Montreal’s North Shore. A man in his 30s was arrested and is reportedly the victim’s…
Opposition at Montreal’s city hall is requesting that the Plante administration in Côte-des-Neiges–NDG address the increase in those living in situations of homelessness in the borough. Stéphanie…