Montreal news

• Montreal elections 2017: Baie d’Urfé resident wants sound wall

  18-10-2017 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  A Baie d’Urfé resident has put a sign on his yard demanding that an ecological sound barrier be put up east and west of Morgan Boulevard. Global’s Gloria Henriquez finds out why.
  
  Read more

• Residents fear danger around Montreal Olympic Village

  18-10-2017 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Residents who live near Montreal’s Olympic Village are frustrated, saying the area has become dangerous after two restaurants closed several years ago. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
  Read more

• Quebec passes religious neutrality bill

  18-10-2017 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec has passed the province’s controversial religious neutrality bill. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, opposition parties still insist it doesn’t go far enough.
  
  Read more

• Quebec's face-covering law: Mixed reactions from federal MPs

  18-10-2017 23:28 via montrealgazette.com
  OTTAWA — Some Ottawa Liberals have voiced their disapproval of Quebec’s new state neutrality law, which came into effect on Wednesday. 
  Quebec MP Alexandra Mendès went so far as to say that Ottawa will have to intervene because she “strongly doubts” the law is consistent with the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms. 
  “It is telling women which way to dress or not dress, and I think that’s violating their rights,” the MP for Bros
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Valérie Plante clarifies position on Quebec's face-covering law

  18-10-2017 23:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal mayoral candidate Valérie Plante says she wants to clarify her position on a new Quebec law that will require uncovered faces for people giving a public service or receiving it.
  At a news conference Wednesday morning, Plante said she “agreed with the principle” of the law, and she didn’t answer directly when twice asked whether a niqab-clad woman should be allowed to take a city bus.
  In an interview with the Montreal Gazette five hours later, Plante said she agr
  
  Read more

• Quebec's controversial consultations into systemic racism get new mandate, name

  18-10-2017 23:20 via cbc.ca
  The Couillard government has announced an overhaul to the province's controversial consultations on systemic racism, including a change in focus and a new leadership mandate.
  
  Read more

• Quebec TV personality Eric Salvail suspends professional activities after sex allegations

  18-10-2017 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A popular Quebec media personality is suspending his professional activities amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
  Producer and talk show host Eric Salvail made the decision on Wednesday after La Presse published a story with allegations from 11 people who said they were either sexually harassed or witnessed such behaviour.
  Ten of them came forward under the condition of anonymity. The one person who did agree to having his name published was hair and makeup artist Marco Berardini, who took to
  
  Read more

• Montreal elections: Traffic, parking and daycare are on voters' minds in Côte-St-Luc

  18-10-2017 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Longtime Côte-St-Luc resident Carole Blank says she’s “happy with everything” about life in the west-end municipality of more than 34,000 – a community with more than two dozen parks, an enviable aquatic and community centre complex, a stellar library and an almost even split between rented and owned dwellings. Although there are many older residents, the median age of 45.7 has dropped from 49 in 2016.
  Côte-St-Luc residents, along with voters in other mun
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Quebec media star Éric Salvail suspended following sexual misconduct allegations

  18-10-2017 22:56 via cbc.ca
  A popular Quebec media personality who is facing an array of sexual misconduct allegations was suspended from his professional activities Wednesday as employers and clients distanced themselves from him.
  
  Read more

• Quebec media star Eric Salvail suspended following sexual misconduct allegations

  18-10-2017 22:56 via cbc.ca
  A popular Quebec media personality who is facing an array of sexual misconduct allegations was suspended from his professional activities Wednesday as employers and clients distanced themselves from him.
  
  Read more

• Fairview Pointe-Claire Sears hiring ahead of liquidation

  18-10-2017 22:45 via globalnews.ca
  Sears at Fairview Pointe-Claire is liquidating, and is recruiting seasonal employees to help. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
  Read more

• Casting Society of America holding first-ever open call for transgender actors

  18-10-2017 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  This Sunday in Toronto and Montreal, all Canadian transgender actors — both aspiring and professional — are invited to an open-call audition.
  
  Read more

• Valérie Plante clarifies position on Quebec's face-covering law - Montreal Gazette

  18-10-2017 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  Valérie Plante clarifies position on Quebec's face-covering law
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal mayoral candidate Valérie Plante says she wants to clarify her position on a new Quebec law that will require uncovered faces for people giving a public service or receiving it. At a news conference Wednesday morning, Plante said she “agreed ...
  Jean Fortier drops mayoral bid, gives support to Valerie PlanteCTV Newsall 4 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Quebec's new religious neutrality law offers a special level of hypocrisy: Neil Macdonald

  18-10-2017 21:51 via cbc.ca
  Quebec nationalists have always claimed that theirs is a "civic," utterly non-ethnic, non-religious nationalism. I never bought the idea that such a thing existed. There's even less reason to believe it after today.
  
  Read more

• Analyze This: Habs' lack of puck-moving rearguards stifling Pacioretty - Montreal Gazette

  18-10-2017 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  Analyze This: Habs' lack of puck-moving rearguards stifling Pacioretty
  Montreal Gazette
  During the last three seasons, Pacioretty scored 102 goals. Sixty-four of them were assisted by Andrei Markov (30), P.K. Subban (25) or Nathan Beaulieu (9), who are no longer with the team. Marc Dumont, Special to The Gazette. Published on: October 18, ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Analyze This: Habs' lack of puck-moving rearguards stifling Pacioretty

  18-10-2017 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Max Pacioretty is known for two things.
  First off, he’s among the best goal-scorers in the NHL during the last five seasons. From 2012-13 to 2016-17, he ranks fifth in goals scored (156), behind Alex Ovechkin (219), Joe Pavelski (161), Sidney Crosby (159) and Patrick Kane (159). And if you filter the results by even-strength goals, Pacioretty’s scoring prowess is even more impressive. His 113 even-strength goals are second in the NHL during that time frame, behind only Ovechkin&rsquo
  
  Read more

• Quebec media star Eric Salvail on leave following sexual misconduct allegations

  18-10-2017 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  A popular Quebec media personality is suspending his professional activities amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
  
  Read more

• Taco Trunp is serving Mexican fare and taking a bite out of you-know-who

  18-10-2017 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Taco Trunp’s name refers to exactly who you’re thinking about, but the spelling’s no typo.
  Trunp, it turns out, is an acronym for Taco Realmente Unico No Payasadas. Roughly translated: “really unique tacos — no clowns.”
  “It’s a joke because we’re Mexican, we’re proud to be Mexican,” says Jesus Martinez, the co-owner of the restaurant that opened this week on St. Zotique St. His two brothers complete the “we” in th
  
  Read more

• Opinion: The killing of my police son must not be in vain

  18-10-2017 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  On Sept. 23, I finally received the coroner’s report on the killing of our son, Thierry LeRoux, which occurred on Feb. 13, 2016 — scarcely six months after he joined the Lac Simon police force.
  Thierry was shot twice in the back at close range after he and a colleague responded to a 911 call about an intoxicated man threatening to commit suicide in the Lac Simon First Nation near Val d’Or in northwestern Quebec.
  We have since been told that in the past the man had his guns remo
  
  Read more

• Two youths charged in vicious assault placed under house arrest

  18-10-2017 20:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Two of the youths arrested recently in connection with a brutal assault on a teenager in Rivière-des-Prairies have been placed under house arrest while their cases are pending. 
  The pair are part of a group of five youths who are alleged to have assaulted another teenager last week. The assault was captured on video.
  On Wednesday, Youth Court Judge Jackie Roy ordered that two of the teens be released, one to the care of his mother and the other to the care of his grandmother, while t
  
  Read more

• Creepy doll X-rays and dissected horses at McCord Museum

  18-10-2017 20:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Restoring antique toys is equal parts art and science at the McCord Museum. Experts employ X-rays, forensic microscopes and other tools to bring the toys back to life.
  Anne McKay, the museum’s head of restoration, showed The Montreal Gazette two antique toys ahead of McCord’s Topsy-Turvy Storyland exhibit beginning on Nov. 19.
  Related
  Montreal Museum Secrets: Harry Houdini at the McCord
  
  Read more

• Why is the Sears outlet in Pointe-Claire hiring?

  18-10-2017 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  Although the Sears outlet in Pointe-Claire is set to close soon, they are looking to hire new staff to help them with their liquidation.
  
  Read more

• Quebec’s face-covering law creates ‘social cohesion’: justice minister

  18-10-2017 20:52 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Just as a person riding a bus will have to leave their face uncovered, so will a student writing an exam in a university as the province’s new state neutrality bill became law Wednesday.
  The same goes for other forms of face coverings worn, for example, by a person hiding behind a balaclava with dark sunglasses, or a bandana trying to get onto a bus or take a book out of a public library.
  Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée Wednesday continued to roll out
  
  Read more

• Quebec's face-covering law creates 'social cohesion': justice minister - Montreal Gazette

  18-10-2017 20:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  Quebec's face-covering law creates 'social cohesion': justice minister
  Montreal Gazette
  Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée continued to roll out concrete examples of the government's new bill which sailed into law in the midst of turbulence. Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette More from Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette. Published on ...
  How Montreal's STM Bus Drivers Feel About Quebec's Face Veil BanMTL Blog (blog)
  What you need to know about Quebec's religious
  
  Read more

• Ontario attorney general says Quebec’s religious neutrality law violates charter rights

  18-10-2017 20:17 via globalnews.ca
  Attorney general Yasir Naqvi says governments must respect a person's right to express themselves and their religion.
  
  Read more

• Vasily Petrenko as Kent Nagano's OSM successor? A definite maybe

  18-10-2017 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Vasily Petrenko, 41, cannot provide an exact number. But the possible future music director of the OSM believes he has faced between 70 and 80 orchestras over the last five or six years.
  “This chemistry, this contact with the orchestra, at a certain level of understanding and a level of connection, this does not happen very often at the standard that it does in Montreal,” he said last week in a downtown hotel. “And I value that.”
  Of course, to call anybody a possible succ
  
  Read more

• Caisse to address climate change 'across the breadth of our portfolio'

  18-10-2017 19:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec announced a new investment strategy to address climate change Wednesday, a plan that not only allows the institution to seize profitable investment opportunities as the world moves to a low-carbon economy, but to become a major factor in pushing companies and industries to reduce their carbon emissions.
  “From now on, climate change will factor in each and every investment decision we make across the breadth of our portfolio,&rd
  
  Read more

• Documentary festival RIDM has kept it real for 20 years

  18-10-2017 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Two decades of dedication to documentary will be celebrated as the 20th Rencontres internationales du documentaire de Montréal (RIDM) presents 142 films from 47 countries, Nov. 9 to 19. As usual, docs from around the world will be screened on topics ranging from the political to the personal, the artful and esoteric.Quebec director Céline Baril’s 24 Davids is the previously announced opening film, exploring the lives of 24 men named David around the world. Closing the fe
  
  Read more

• Jagmeet Singh hopeful Quebec's controversial Bill 62 will be overturned

  18-10-2017 19:42 via cbc.ca
  Federal NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he’s “completely opposed” to Quebec’s new and controversial religious neutrality law that obliges citizens to uncover their faces while giving and receiving state service, but he’s confident the legislation will be challenged.
  
  Read more

• Fortier throws support behind Projet Montréal's Valérie Plante

  18-10-2017 19:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Jean Fortier’s name will be on the Montreal mayoral ballot Nov. 5, but he won’t be voting for himself.
  Instead, he’ll support one-time rival Valérie Plante of Projet Montréal, and he wants other Montrealers to follow suit.
  The Coalition Montreal mayoral candidate announced Wednesday that he is suspending his campaign and supporting Plante.
  But the two parties will not drop any local candidates and both will keep their platforms.
  “What we realized is that it&
  
  Read more

• ​Quebec City police officer accused of running over cyclist says speed wasn't over 25 km/h

  18-10-2017 19:33 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec City police officer standing trial for criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death took the witness box Wednesday, breaking down at times while recounting the moments preceding Blouin's death.
  
  Read more

• ​'I accompanied him from life to death': Quebec City police officer recounts running over cyclist

  18-10-2017 19:33 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec City police officer on trial for criminal negligence and dangerous driving causing death for running down Guy Blouin took the witness box Wednesday, breaking down at times while testifying about the moments preceding the cyclist's death.
  
  Read more

• Denis Coderre, Valérie Plante differ on Quebec's face-covering law - Montreal Gazette

  18-10-2017 19:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  Denis Coderre, Valérie Plante differ on Quebec's face-covering law
  Montreal Gazette
  Asked if a woman wearing a niqab should be allowed to take a city bus, Coderre answered: “Of course, of course, why not?” Asked the same question earlier, Valérie Plante, mayoral candidate with Projet Montréal, did not answer directly. “We agree with ...
  Jean Fortier drops mayoral bid, gives support to Valerie PlanteCTV Newsall 4 news articles »
  
  Read more

• Denis Coderre, Valérie Plante differ on Quebec's face-covering law

  18-10-2017 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s two main mayoral candidates had different takes on a new provincial law that will require uncovered faces for people giving a public service or receiving it.
  Denis Coderre, seeking re-election as mayor of Montreal, said the law was not needed and he is unsure how it will be applied.
  Speaking to reporters on Wednesday, he said he supports compelling government employees to have their faces uncovered when providing services, but refusing to provide services to people with cov
  
  Read more

• Quebec TV personality Eric Salvail on 'professional break' after sex allegations

  18-10-2017 19:25 via montrealgazette.com
  A popular Quebec media personality is suspending his professional activities amid allegations of sexual misconduct.
  Producer and talk show host Eric Salvail made the decision today after Montreal La Presse published a story with allegations from 11 people who said they were either sexually harassed or witnessed such behaviour.
  Ten of them came forward under the condition of anonymity.
  Just hours after the allegations appeared, Salvail said in a statement on his Facebook page he was “deeply
  
  Read more

• Game Day: Struggling Canadiens back in action Wednesday night in L.A.

  18-10-2017 19:16 via montrealgazette.com
  LOS ANGELES — The Canadiens flew to Los Angeles after Tuesday night’s 5-2 loss to the Sharks in San Jose and will be back in action Wednesday night against the Kings (10:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
  The Canadiens did not have a morning skate Wednesday in L.A. and there was no media availability before the game.
  Claude Julien is probably very happy about that because he must be getting tired of answering questions about why his team is so bad — off to a 1-4-1 start to the
  
  Read more

• Laval corruption: Former director general Claude Asselin jailed

  18-10-2017 19:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Claude Asselin, the former director general of the city of Laval, was taken into custody Wednesday morning after he was sentenced to a prison term for his role in the system of collusion in the awarding of municipal contracts that existed in Laval for years. 
  Asselin was sentenced to a prison term of two years less one day, which means he will serve the sentence in a provincial detention centre and be eligible for parole after he serves one-sixth of the sentence. After the prison term expir
  
  Read more

• Your guide to voting in Montreal’s 2017 municipal election

  18-10-2017 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Confused about what's going on for the Montreal municipal elections? Global News has you covered.
  
  Read more

• Quebec bill governing neutrality, face coverings sails into law

  18-10-2017 18:50 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Just as a person riding a bus will have to leave their face uncovered, so will a student taking an exam in a university as the province’s new state neutrality bill became law Wednesday.
  Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée Wednesday confirmed yet another element of the new bill which — after years languishing on the order paper – sailed into law in the midst of turbulence.
  The vote was predictable – 66 (all Liberals) for and 51 against &nd
  
  Read more

• ‘Restaurants for Change’ raises funds for food banks across Canada

  18-10-2017 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  NDG Food Depot will benefit from the 'Restaurants for Change' national campaign.
  
  Read more

• Quebec TV personality Eric Salvail suspends professional activities after sex allegations - Montreal Gazette

  18-10-2017 18:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  Quebec TV personality Eric Salvail suspends professional activities after sex allegations
  Montreal Gazette
  A popular Quebec media personality is suspending his professional activities amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Producer and talk show host Eric Salvail made the decision on Wednesday after La Presse published a story with allegations from 11 ...
  Quebec media star Eric Salvail on leave following sexual misconduct allegationsCBC.ca
  Eric Salvail suspended in wake of sexu
  
  Read more

• Quebec TV personality Eric Salvail on 'professional break' after sex allegations - Montreal Gazette

  18-10-2017 18:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  Quebec TV personality Eric Salvail on 'professional break' after sex allegations
  Montreal Gazette
  A popular Quebec media personality is suspending his professional activities amid allegations of sexual misconduct. Producer and talk show host Eric Salvail made the decision today after Montreal La Presse published a story with allegations from 11 ...and more »
  
  Read more

• 'We need to improve': Montreal Carabins coach says football must evolve to curtail head injuries

  18-10-2017 18:12 via cbc.ca
  Danny Maciocia, head coach of the Université de Montréal Carabins, feels like his sport could be doing a better job of protecting the young people who play it.
  
  Read more

• Airbus has the option of buying Bombardier’s entire C-Series. What then?

  18-10-2017 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  The question is whether Airbus will decide to use its buyout option.
  
  Read more

• Final journey for Johnny Clegg

  18-10-2017 18:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Johnny Clegg is one of the most dynamic and charismatic musicians on the planet. Anyone in this city who has caught him in concert, particularly his ground-shaking performances at the jazz fest, will surely attest to that. He has not only brought a unique and forceful Zulu/blues hybrid to the world, but in so doing has helped bring the world up to speed on often turbulent social, cultural and political developments in his native South Africa over the course of his nearly 40-year career.
  Clegg ha
  
  Read more

• How Montreal's STM Bus Drivers Feel About Quebec's Face Veil Ban - MTL Blog (blog)

  18-10-2017 17:46 via mtlblog.com
  MTL Blog (blog)
  How Montreal's STM Bus Drivers Feel About Quebec's Face Veil Ban
  MTL Blog (blog)
  Currently being debated in the Quebec National Assembly, Bill 62 is a “religious neutrality” act that will ban any person from wearing a face-covering piece of religious attire while receiving public services. Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée ...
  Quebec's face-covering law creates 'social cohesion': justice ministerMontreal Gazette
  What you need to know about Quebec
  
  Read more

• Video: @KTrotterFitness on how to turn your strength workout into a “brain workout” btmontreal.ca/videos/turn-yo…

  18-10-2017 17:44
  Video: @KTrotterFitness on how to turn your strength workout into a “brain workout” btmontreal.ca/videos/turn-yo…
  
  Read more

• Feeding your child to meet their iron needs btmontreal.ca/videos/iron-fe…

  18-10-2017 17:43
  Feeding your child to meet their iron needs btmontreal.ca/videos/iron-fe…
  
  Read more

Follow @MontrealCANews on Twitter!