Quebec News

Westmount, town of Mount Royal rank among the five most unequal municipalities, while nearby Saint-Amable claims title for most

The Montreal area is home to municipalities with the most extreme income gaps in the country, as well as Canada’s most equal communities, according to a new analysis of Statistics Canada data.

Sep 21, 2023 2:49 PM Read more >

Young Ukrainian hockey players await Quebec government OK to attend English school

MONTREAL — A half-dozen boys from Ukraine who played this year in Quebec City's famed peewee hockey tournament have been sidelined since returning to the province earlier this month to attend high school. The youngsters arrived in Quebec on Sept.

Sep 21, 2023 2:31 PM Read more >

COVID-19 lawsuit too broad, paints all Quebec care homes with same brush: lawyer

MONTREAL — A proposed class-action lawsuit against long-term care homes that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks is too broad and doesn’t distinguish between the most affected facilities and those that had few infections, a lawyer for Quebec's health auth

Sep 21, 2023 2:14 PM Read more >

'Breath of fresh air': Pearson excited for new opportunity with Canadiens

MONTREAL — Tanner Pearson's initial reaction to being traded brought a combination of feelings.

Sep 21, 2023 11:41 AM Read more >

Last-minute penalty drama leads to 1-1 draw between CF Montreal and FC Cincinnati

MONTREAL — CF Montreal was forced to settle for a draw despite leading into the final minutes of their match against FC Cincinnati after a last-minute equalizer on Wednesday night A late penalty goal from Luciano Acosta denied CF Montreal all three p

Sep 20, 2023 10:44 PM Read more >

Acosta scores on a penalty kick in second-half stoppage time to help Cincinnati tie Montreal 1-1

MONTREAL (AP) — Luciano Acosta scored on a penalty kick in second-half stoppage time and league-leader Cincinnati tied Montreal 1-1 on Wednesday night. Cincinnati (17-4-8) is 7-3-11 in its last 20 road matches.

Sep 20, 2023 8:04 PM Read more >

Two Montreal Island towns file court challenge to Quebec language law reform

MONTREAL — Two Montreal suburbs filed a court challenge today to Quebec's 2022 language reform, seeking to be exempted from several articles of the law commonly known as Bill 96.

Sep 20, 2023 4:45 PM Read more >

Travellers rattled by Canada-India row, but trip plans remain unchanged

MONTREAL — Travellers and the transportation sector at large have been rattled by the sudden ramp-up in tensions between Canada and India, but see no reason to rethink their overseas plans for now.

Sep 20, 2023 3:35 PM Read more >

Parents' doubts persist after forum on Montreal supervised drug-use site near school

MONTREAL — Several parents say they were left with serious doubts after a tense Tuesday evening information session about a supervised drug-use site opening near their children's Montreal elementary school. Marie-Ève Bourrelle was among them.

Sep 20, 2023 3:22 PM Read more >

Air Canada system briefly breached, customer info and flight ops unaffected

MONTREAL — Canada's biggest airline says an unauthorized group briefly breached an internal system linked to the personal information and records of some employees.

Sep 20, 2023 3:10 PM Read more >