Quebec's future in flux as six-month countdown to provincial election begins
If current polling projections hold, Canadians could be reintroduced to a political reality in Quebec not seen since the late 1960s — a party other than the federalist Liberals or the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois running the province.
Trudeau boasts of tough stance on wealthy at swanky Liberal fundraiser
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau touted his government's commitment to transparency and its tough stance on the wealthy at a high-priced fundraiser on Wednesday, March 28, 2018, attended by some of Montreal's elite.
Trudeau says tariff threat won't pressure Canada at NAFTA negotiating table
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is brushing off the idea that Canada might be coerced into making concessions at the NAFTA negotiating table under the pressure of tariff threats from the United States.
Montreal abolishes infamous traffic and parking ticket quotas, bonuses tied to them
Montreal's widely loathed quota system for traffic tickets is over, says Mayor Valerie Plante, as are lucrative performance bonuses for bosses that were tied to lower-level cops reaching the targets.
Montreal's Ste-Catherine Street about to undergo massive overhaul
Beginning on Monday, January 8, 2018, Montreal's famous Ste-Catherine Street and the merchants along the busy commercial artery will be subjected to a familiar rite of passage in the metropolis: a major construction overhaul.
New census numbers show Montreal to be Canada's most trilingual city
While some politicians and Quebec nationalists fretted in 2017 over the perception Montreal has become too bilingual, new data from the 2016 census reveal the city is truly Canada's trilingual metropolis.
Montreal seeks to be world leader in responsible artificial intelligence research
Various computer scientists, researchers, lawyers and other techies have recently been attending bi-monthly meetings in Montreal to discuss life's big questions — as they relate to our increasingly intelligent machines.
Montreal versus the rest of Quebec: new divisions ahead of the 2018 election
For half a century Quebec politics have been dominated by the split between those who wanted to stay inside the Canadian federation and those who wanted out.
Three accused in Lac-Megantic disaster won't testify at their trial
Lawyers representing the three men charged with criminal negligence in the Lac-Megantic rail disaster that killed 47 people announced in court on Tuesday that they won't call any witnesses.
Judge strikes down section of Quebec law that bans face-coverings
A Superior Court justice on Friday, December 1, 2017, ordered a temporary stay on the provision of a controversial Quebec law that prohibits citizens from receiving or giving public services with their faces covered.