Château Westmount residence battling COVID-19 outbreak
A Westmount seniors' residence is battling what the Quebec government considers to be one of the most "critical" second-wave COVID-19 outbreaks in the province. Read More
View ArticleCOVID-19 cases rising in Quebec nursing homes
The number of nursing homes battling COVID-19 outbreaks in Quebec went up on Thursday, as did the number of cases within their walls. Read More
View ArticleOne couple, two kidneys, lives intertwined
Suzanne and Michel LaBrosse plan to celebrate their milestone 20th anniversary on Monday with a bit more bubbly than other years. Read More
View ArticleMontreal's climate plan includes ban on non-electric cars downtown by 2030
The city of Montreal will plant 500,000 trees, ban non-electric cars downtown, remove parking around métro stations, adopt the most stringent regulations in Canada for greenhouse gas emissions from...
View ArticleMontreal secretly took away his land — then sent him a tax bill for it
The city of Montreal claims it couldn't locate Gilles Labrèche when it took his land without his knowledge in 2017, yet it mailed him a bill last month to pay the 2020 property taxes on it even if he...
View ArticleFamilies suffer double trauma because of poor communication from CHSLDs:...
Michael Turbide found out his mother had tested positive for COVID-19 in late November when he didn't get his nightly phone call from the nursing home where he had placed her eight days earlier....
View ArticleMontreal city hall opposition wants justice for owners who lost land
The opposition at Montreal city hall is calling for justice for Gilles Labrèche and Christos Goulakos, two property owners who had their parcels of land taken away by the city behind their backs. Read...
View ArticleVoting by mail is crucial in a pandemic. Why is Quebec not ready?
Elections in Quebec's 1,100 municipalities are still 10 months away, but time is running out if the province plans to offer mail-in voting as an option for anyone who doesn't feel safe voting in...
View ArticleNo easy explanation for why COVID cases are higher in Montreal's East End
The health and social services agency that serves many of the Montreal neighbourhoods that were identified by Premier François Legault on Tuesday as having the highest rates of COVID-19 infection in...
View ArticleCalls to end hunting on Montreal Island
Janette Haggar remembers driving to work one Saturday morning in late November when she spotted a man in camouflage holding a crossbow at the edge of L'Anse-à-l'Orme Rd. in Pierrefonds. Read More
View ArticleUpdated: Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough to adopt anti-Semitism...
Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough plans to adopt an internationally-recognized definition of anti-Semitism that Mayor Valérie Plante balked at accepting for Montreal last year. Read More
View ArticleWith data missing, Montreal auditor general can't judge state of finances
Montreal's auditor general says she's incapable of evaluating the city's current financial situation in advance of this fall's municipal election because too much data has been withheld or is missing....
View ArticleC.D.N.—N.D.G. borough votes for definition of anti-Semitism
The Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough adopted an internationally recognized definition of anti-Semitism on Wednesday, the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the...
View ArticleQuebecers with Down syndrome are low on vaccine list despite high risk
Rissa Mechaly and Evelyn Lusthaus are probably better read than the staff at the Quebec health ministry when it comes to scientific studies on the impact of COVID-19 on people with Down syndrome. Read...
View ArticleCOVID vaccine priorities ignore people with disabilities, experts say
The pandemic has exposed disability-based discrimination across Canada, and the COVID-19 vaccine priority list is symptomatic of it, says an expert in disability ethics who's a member of a national...
View ArticleFuture of Estérel rests with online survey this week
This week will be decisive for the future of the town of Estérel, whether its residents realize it or not. Read More
View ArticlePetition launched to prioritize Quebecers with Down syndrome for COVID-19...
A petition has been launched to pressure the province to raise the vaccine priority for Quebecers with Down syndrome. Read More
View ArticleMontreal, suburbs to call on province to outlaw hunting on island
The city of Montreal and the island suburbs plan to vote on a motion next week condemning sport hunting on their territory and calling for the province to ban the activity across the island. Read More
View ArticleMontreal must be excluded from provincial hunting zone, Mayor Valérie Plante...
The Quebec government must end hunting on the island of Montreal by amending the law to exclude it as a provincial hunting zone, says the administration of Mayor Valérie Plante. Read More
View ArticleEstérel residents reject hotel, housing for golf course
The town of Estérel has rejected a major redevelopment that was being proposed for the local golf course after a majority of residents opposed the project in a poll. Read More
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