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In her first book, titled “Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other,” Sophie Grégoire Trudeau gets personal, inviting readers on her journey toward self-knowledge and empowerment by drawing…
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A Quebec family from Laval, north of Montreal, is searching for answers after the body of their father they say hasn’t been sent back to them and they don’t know where it is. Faraj Jarjour, 68, died in…
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Dan Philip was a pillar of Montreal’s Black community and long-time civil rights activist. He died April 1 at the age of 87. On Monday, family and friends gathered at Holy Family Church in Montreal…
Unless significant progress is made at the bargaining table – 5,000 SAQ employees will be on strike Wednesday and Thursday in Quebec. This, according to the union representing the employees. Syndicat…
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The 1,200 longshoremen at the Port of Montreal rejected, by a margin of 99.5 per cent, management’s latest offer to renew their collective agreement. The Maritime Employers Association (MEA), which…
Montreal police (SPVM) say they are looking for potential sexual assault victims or witnesses related to an ongoing investigation regarding two Montrealers linked to events at a resto-bar. SPVM says…
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We’re all one trauma away from each other,” says Sophie Grégoire Trudeau. Set to release on April 24, she hopes her book “Closer Together: Knowing Ourselves, Loving Each Other” will help to promote better mental health. Anastasia Dextrene reports.
“It is the small actions that make a difference,” says Alicia Costa Iannicelli, one of the organizers of a cleanup event in Montreal for Earth Day where citizens and the Éco-quartier helped clean Ferland Park. Marco Luciani Castile reports.
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“This outfit symbolizes all of my advocacy work,” said Sara Levitt at a photoshoot in Montreal who is a Crohn’s disease and Ileostomy advocate now sharing her inspiring story with her over 11,000 Instagram followers. Pamela Pagano reports.
“He fought for Black people. At least he tried. Nobody’s perfect but he tried to fight for us,” says Dan Philip’s daughter, Grace. He was a civil rights and community activist in Montreal. A funeral was held Monday for Philip. Osa Iyare reports.
“Depressed and shocked,” says Karam Jarjour as he and his family look for answers after they say the wrong body was sent back to them following their father’s death during a family vacation in Cuba. Swidda Rassy reports.
MONTREAL — Quebec’s Health Department says it has received 28 reports of eye damage related to the April 8 total solar eclipse that passed over southern parts of the province. The 28 cases reported as…
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The majority of Montreal merchants still greet their customers in French only, but fewer and fewer are doing so, even though the “Bonjour-Hi” greeting has increased in recent years. According to a new…
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LONGUEUIL, Que. — A former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference is asking the court to quash the indictment over a jurisdictional issue. Lawyers for William Majcher contend…
She’s been modelling and creating content around the world, but that journey began less than a year ago. Meet Montrealer, Sara Levitt who says her biggest challenge has become her biggest blessing…
On Saturday, two young Italian-Montrealers, Julia Scala and Alicia Costa Iannicelli, organized a cleanup event in Saint-Leonard. “By sensitizing, by getting people outside being active in real life,…
A new study from the Université de Sherbrooke is recommending the creation of independent committees for Private Senior’s Residences also known as RPAs in the province – an effort to reduce mistreatment. The…
Representatives of the Quebec business community are criticizing the measures introduced by the Legault government to protect French. In an open letter sent Saturday to several newspapers, economic…
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Education Minister Bernard Drainville to convening session to study violence in Quebec schools. It’ll take place on May 24, confirmed Drainville and will focus on three themes: prevention, intervention…
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A Swedish manufacturer building an electric vehicle battery megaplant near Montreal and the Quebec government handling the file were the main actors drawing the ire of climate activists at an Earth Day…
A 37-year-old man has been hospitalized after a brawl on a Montreal bus Sunday evening. According to Montreal police (SPVM), the incident occurred around 10 p.m. on an STM bus traveling on Sainte-Catherine…
A Quebec youth baseball coach was seriously injured after a bus carrying players to a training camp in Florida veered off the road early Saturday morning. Mathieu Adam, who coaches the team from Marie-Rivier…
MONTREAL — Young people who spent time in the care of Quebec’s youth protection authorities are less likely to graduate from high school or to be employed than their peers, a government-commissioned…
Jay Sorensen flies both business class and economy. While the differences between the two have always been stark — priority boarding and free alcohol are decades-old features of first-class travel —…
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Unionized workers at an Airbus assembly plant north of Montreal have rejected a contract offer for the third time. The International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, which represents…
Hockey fans packed Montreal’s Bell Centre Saturday afternoon, setting a new attendance record for women’s hockey around the world. The game, called Duel at the Top presented by Rogers – electrifying. The…
Quebec’s largest nurses’ union is preparing to re-enter negotiations with the provincial government after the latest agreement in principle was rejected by its members. Unionized workers with the…
Members of the community in Montreal’s Village neighbourhood say they’ve seen some improvements to local security and cleanliness, but argue Quebec needs to do more to support vulnerable people in the…
A temporary injunction barring certain pro-Palestinian groups from protesting near some Jewish community buildings in Montreal was extended Friday. The injunction that was initially granted for 10 days…