Montreal news

• Update: Dozens arrested as far-right groups, counter-protesters clash in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 23:59
  Quebec City police have arrested 44 people in connection with duelling anti-fascist and right-wing protests taking place in the city.
  The groups were largely kept separate, with the exception of an incident when anti-fascist counter-protestors attempted to block the march route of the right-wing groups before being pushed back by police.
  Around 12:45 p.m., a first group of 21 people were arrested. “We observed that they were in the process of conspiring to come counter the demonstration,&r
  
  Read more

• Hundreds wait in line for Bombardier job event in Montreal

  25-11-2017 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Hundreds lined up in the rain and cold, Saturday, for a speed interview event at the Bombardier plant in Ville-Saint-Laurent.
  
  Read more

• Quebec Liberals back motion to do more for province's Anglos

  25-11-2017 23:22 via cbc.ca
  A resolution asking the Quebec Liberals to spend more time considering the needs of anglophones faced an unusual amount of friction Saturday at a party convention.
  
  Read more

• Quebec Liberal policy convention: Government must consider regulations' impact on anglophones

  25-11-2017 23:12
  QUEBEC — The Quebec Liberal Party policy convention has decided that from now on legislation, regulations and policies that the Quebec government plans to adopt will be assessed for their impact on the English-speaking community, in a shift with potentially far-reaching consequences.
  But a controversial last-minute amendment which would have gone a step further — forcing Quebec’s entire public sector to provide services in English on demand — was withdrawn after it became
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Ready, set, crawl: 1st Montreal baby race raises money for local charity

  25-11-2017 22:50 via cbc.ca
  Alexis Nihon mall became the site of Canada's first-ever baby race Saturday, with all proceeds from the day's events going to benefit the Montreal Diet Dispensary.
  
  Read more

• Western's Vanier Cup victory over Laval caps off punishing playoff run

  25-11-2017 22:42 via cbc.ca
  The Western Mustangs have won the Vanier Cup, beating the defending champion Laval Rouge et Or 39-17 at Hamilton's Tim Hortons Field.
  
  Read more

• Laval Rouge et Or loses Vanier Cup to Western Mustangs

  25-11-2017 22:39
   
  HAMILTON — The Western Mustangs ended a 23-year Vanier Cup drought Saturday afternoon with a 39-17 victory over the Laval Rouge et Or in the U Sports football championship.
  Running back Cedric Joseph scored two touchdowns and quarterback Chris Merchant ran in for a pair of TDs as the Mustangs completed a perfect 12-0 season.
  Receiver Cole Majoros had the other touchdown for Western on a breezy, overcast afternoon at Tim Hortons Field.
  Laval, the 2016 champion, had the best defence i
  
  Read more

• Update: Adidas must be more than 'deeply sorry', Quebec language minister says

  25-11-2017 21:58
  Adidas’ apology for the comments of a Montreal store manager does not go far enough for Marie Montpetit, Quebec minister for culture and protection and promotion for the French language.
  After being silent for two days, Adidas responded to the language controversy that erupted after its Ste-Catherine St. store launch on Wednesday, at which the manager spoke mostly in English after a few words in French to “accommodate the city of Montreal and the French-language media”.
  Hi
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Canadian Cancer Society kicks off Thingamaboob awareness campaign

  25-11-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Cancer Society launched its annual breast cancer awareness campaign.
  
  Read more

• Update: Trade unions demand 'respectful' agreement from NAFTA trade talks

  25-11-2017 21:32
  As renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continues, members of the Unifor union demonstrated Saturday in Montreal to demand “respectful” international agreements, in particular with regard to workers’ rights.
  Unifor president Jerry Dias and Renaud Gagné, Quebec director of the union, spoke at the demonstration near the American consulate.
  “We’re asking the Canadian government to stand firm in both the renegotiation of NAFTA and othe
  
  Read more

• Over 40 people arrested as far-right, anti-fascist groups rally in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec City police have arrested over 40 people who were allegedly heading to the protests with the intention of causing violence.
  
  Read more

• Over 20 people arrested as far-right, anti-fascist groups rally in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 21:31 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec City police have arrested over 20 people who were allegedly heading to the protests with the intention of causing violence.
  
  Read more

• Police keep protesters, counter-protesters apart before snow ball fight erupts as groups march in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  Police in Quebec City kept far-right protesters and counter protesters mainly apart during marches in Quebec City on Saturday. At one point a snow ball fight broke out, but was quickly quashed.
  
  Read more

• Adidas 'truly sorry' about Montreal store manager's comments on French language

  25-11-2017 20:56 via cbc.ca
  Adidas has broken its silence and apologized after a manager's comments about the French language at a downtown Montreal store launch sparked a linguistic spat and drew the ire of Quebec politicians earlier this week.
  
  Read more

• Update: 21 arrested as far-right groups, counter-protestors clash in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 20:33
  The Quebec City Police force (SPVQ) has arrested 21 people in connection with duelling protests taking place in the city.
  SPVQ spokesperson David Poitras said these individuals were preparing to join the protests and commit violent acts. He did not say whether they were associated with any of group.
  In a tweet, the SPVQ said it had seized “disguises and knives.”
  At midday, hundreds of far-right protesters had gathered in front of the Grand Théâtre de Québec f
  
  Read more

• 2 Quebec men arriving in Saskatoon on train arrested by police for fraud

  25-11-2017 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  Saskatoon police say two Quebec men were arrested for fraud as they arrived in the city on a passenger train.
  
  Read more

• Montreal police seek public’s help in locating missing Beaconsfield senior

  25-11-2017 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  John Charles Kwasniewski, 69, was last seen on Wednesday, Nov. 22, when he left his Beaconsfield home to go for a walk and never returned.
  
  Read more

• Saint Joseph's Oratory asks court to be excluded from sexual assault lawsuit

  25-11-2017 19:30 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's Saint Joseph's Oratory wants to be excluded from a class-action lawsuit that alleges a Roman Catholic religious order sexually abused its members on the site.
  
  Read more

• Quebec City police arrest 44 at far-right protest and counter-demonstration

  25-11-2017 18:24 via cbc.ca
  Between 300 and 400 members of far-right groups, including La Meute and Storm Alliance, marched in the rain to a convention centre that was hosting a major policy meeting of the governing Quebec Liberal party. Police have arrested 44 people.
  
  Read more

• Far-right protest underway in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 18:24 via cbc.ca
  Members of several far-right groups, including La Meute and Storm Alliance, are gathering in Quebec City to protest the province's systemic racism commission, even though it was recently renamed and given a new mandate.
  
  Read more

• Far-right protest, counter-demonstration underway in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 18:24 via cbc.ca
  Members of several far-right groups, including La Meute and Storm Alliance, are gathering in Quebec City to protest the province's systemic racism commission, even though it was recently renamed and given a new mandate.
  
  Read more

• Game Day: Canadiens' Shea Weber will miss his third straight game

  25-11-2017 18:04
  Defenceman Shea Weber will miss his third straight game with a lower-body injury when the Canadiens face the Buffalo Sabres Saturday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., SN, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).
  Weber took part in the Canadiens’ morning skate Saturday in Brossard, but coach Claude Julien said afterward that the defenceman wasn’t ready to return to the lineup. Weber has 4-9-13 totals in 20 games this season and is minus-7 while averaging a team-high 26:07 of ice time.
  Brendan Gall
  
  Read more

• Five days in, Ferrandez cedes some executive committee assignments

  25-11-2017 17:57
  Plateau-Mont-Royal borough mayor Luc Ferrandez has transferred some of his responsibilities on Montreal’s executive committee to his Verdun counterpart, Jean-François Parenteau, less than a week after assuming the position.
  On Monday, Ferrandez was made responsible for large parks, sustainable development, green spaces and large projects.
  The environment and sustainable development will now be the responsibilities of Parenteau, who was already responsible for citizen services. 
  
  Read more

• Trade unions demonstrate in downtown Montreal over NAFTA trade talks

  25-11-2017 17:48
  As renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) continues, members of the Unifor union will demonstrate Saturday in Montreal to demand “respectful” international agreements, in particular with regard to workers’ rights.
  Jerry Dias, national president of Unifor, and Renaud Gagné, Quebec director of the union, will give speeches at the demonstration near the American consulate.
  In an interview with Presse canadienne, Gagné noted that thousands of
  
  Read more

• Anglos don't feel like full-fledged Quebecers, Kathleen Weil says

  25-11-2017 17:15
  QUEBEC – The province’s English-speaking minority does not have a strong sense of belonging to mainstream Quebec and that has the minister responsible for the community worried.
  One day after announcing the creation of a government secretariat devoted to dealing with the concerns of minorities, Kathleen Weil said she was struck by the feelings people have expressed to her during the early stages of a swing through the province.
  She did not go so far as to say anglophones feel alienat
  
  Read more

• Adidas 'deeply sorry' for Montreal manager's French-language comments

  25-11-2017 16:58
  After being silent for two days, Adidas has responded to the language controversy that erupted after its Ste-Catherine St. store launch on Wednesday.
  Media reported that the manager spoke a few words in French to “accommodate the city of Montreal and the French-language media”. His remarks sparked outrage, making it to the Quebec National Assembly, where Premier Philippe Couillard called them “unacceptable”.
  In an email to La Presse, Adidas said it was “deeply
  
  Read more

• Refugee board workers overwhelmed by claims: union

  25-11-2017 16:36
  Quebec employees of the Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (IRB) say they are totally overwhelmed by the volume of refugee claims and are imploring Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for more resources to handle them.
  In a letter obtained by La Presse, the union representing IRB employees told Trudeau on Friday that workers do not have the means to process claims and render decisions within an acceptable timeframe.
  More than 14,000 asylum seekers have crossed the border into Canada illegally sin
  
  Read more

• Bottas gets pole position ahead of Hamilton for Abu Dhabi GP

  25-11-2017 16:33
  ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates – Valtteri Bottas beat Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton to take pole position for the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix on Saturday.
  Hamilton, who secured his fourth world title two races ago, led on the first two split times but lost time on the final sector.
  Quebec’s Lance Stroll will race on Sunday in 15th spot.
  Bottas secured his second straight pole position following the Brazilian GP two weeks ago and the fourth of his career – all of them
  
  Read more

• Anti-immigration, anti-fascist groups ready to face off in Quebec City

  25-11-2017 16:01
  Far-right and far-left demonstrators were getting ready for a noon-time protest in front of the National Assembly in Quebec City on Saturday.
  It will be the third face-off between anti- and pro-immigration groups, following one in Quebec City in August and another at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing in September.
  A spokesperson for the Quebec City Police force (SPVQ) said it was ready for Saturday’s demonstration by the right-wing groups La Meute and Storm Alliance and anti-fascis
  
  Read more

• ICYMI: Canadian singer-songwriter Scott Helman was in-studio to chat about his new album, ahead of his show in Bros… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  25-11-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: Canadian singer-songwriter Scott Helman was in-studio to chat about his new album, ahead of his show in Bros… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
  Read more

• Montreal police revise process for sexual assault claims

  25-11-2017 14:30 via cbc.ca
  When it comes to sexual assault claims, Montreal police say they have introduced a new measure for claims that are classified as unfounded.
  
  Read more

• While you were sleeping: Runaway camel causes traffic jam

  25-11-2017 14:26
  Also: Election season in Quebec is very much underway.
  A mere 312 days before Quebec’s provincial election, Premier Philippe Couillard said his Liberals are up to the task. His comments were made before 1,400 supporters at the opening of the party’s 33rd policy convention. The crowd was at its most enthusiastic when Couillard took aim at new arch foe, the Coalition Avenir Québec and its leader, François Legault. Couillard did not once mention the Parti Québ&
  
  Read more

• While you were sleeping: Runaway camel causes traffic jam - Montreal Gazette

  25-11-2017 14:14
  Montreal Gazette
  While you were sleeping: Runaway camel causes traffic jam
  Montreal Gazette
  In a Friday, Nov. 17, 2017 photo, Nabil Shaheen walks his camel, a one-year-old male named Scooby, back home after Scooby escaped and went walking in west Toledo. Shaheen's neighbors were able to help corral Scooby and safely return him home.
  
  Read more

• Shelter: New Griffintown abode has awesome view, superb facilities - Montreal Gazette

  25-11-2017 14:01
  Montreal Gazette
  Shelter: New Griffintown abode has awesome view, superb facilities
  Montreal Gazette
  Space has an all-in-one kitchen, dining and living area, one bedroom and a recess to the right of the front door that serves as a home office. Helga Loverseed, Special to the Montreal Gazette. Published on: November 25, 2017 | Last Updated: November 25 ...
  
  Read more

• Weekend read: The startups shaping the next wave of AI in Montreal - Montreal Gazette

  25-11-2017 14:00
  Montreal Gazette
  Weekend read: The startups shaping the next wave of AI in Montreal
  Montreal Gazette
  The programs they teach in — at McGill University and the Université de Montréal, for instance — have also graduated many students. “This is one of those situations where you can see investments in basic research that the government has made really ...
  
  Read more

• Weekend read: The startups shaping the next wave of AI in Montreal

  25-11-2017 14:00
  Montreal has become known as one of the world’s leading centres for artificial intelligence research.
  It’s a reputation that has attracted international giants like Google, Samsung, Facebook and Microsoft.
  But not all of the cutting-edge work on artificial intelligence happening in Montreal is being done by these household names.
  The same hotbed of artificial intelligence talent that’s attracting the world’s biggest tech companies is also leading to the rise of local
  
  Read more

• The Week in Review: Liberals scrambling and a new face at city hall

  25-11-2017 14:00
  New life breathed into Turcot Interchange Dalle Parc project
  Quebec is breathing new life into a part of the Turcot project that was left out from the original plans. The Dalle Parc, a park, urban walkway and bicycle path planned to link LaSalle to Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, was originally supposed to be built on the south end of Cavendish Blvd. to connect to Irwin St. in LaSalle. Over the last few years, several environmental groups and cycling activists have called for that part of the Tu
  
  Read more

• Shelter: New Griffintown abode has awesome view, superb facilities

  25-11-2017 14:00
  Michael Belyea and Kira McLean, a couple in their 20s, are both from Fredericton, which is where they met. They attended university in Nova Scotia then headed for Freiburg in Germany, where they lived for a year. They wanted to study German and at the same time, take advantage of being based in Europe so they could do some travelling.
  In 2015, they decided to move to Montreal, where Belyea earned a master’s degree in public policy and administration at Concordia University. McLean had a de
  
  Read more

• Josh Freed: Phones, messages and Revenue Canada's bad call

  25-11-2017 13:34
  Thank you for reading. All our writers are currently occupied, but please stay on the page to maintain your reading priority. We value your readership. 
  Beep. 
  Hi, I’m Josh — sorry to keep you waiting. Here goes:
  A devastating auditor general’s report just revealed that several million Canadians who phoned Revenue Canada this last year got a busy signal brush-off — despite calling again and again and again.
  The tax office says there are too many people calling w
  
  Read more

• Saint-Henri's Notre-Dame St. reopens to traffic, to the delight of its merchants

  25-11-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  After more than a year of construction work, the stretch of Notre-Dame Street west of Atwater Avenue has reopened.
  
  Read more

• Longueuil artist holds exhibit after losing life's work in water main break

  25-11-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A Longueuil artist is hoping her first exhibit since a June water main break flooded her studio and destroyed most of her life's work will help her heal.
  
  Read more

• Montreal Canadiens: Keys to making the playoffs - A Winning Habit

  25-11-2017 12:07
  A Winning Habit
  Montreal Canadiens: Keys to making the playoffs
  A Winning Habit
  The Montreal Canadiens have been one of the disappointing teams in the NHL so far, but there's still have a chance that they can make the playoffs. If you were to poll every NHL fan around the world as to which teams have had the worst starts, they ...and more »
  
  Read more

• Montreal Gazette Christmas Fund 2017: Injury sidelines single mother - Montreal Gazette

  25-11-2017 12:01
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal Gazette Christmas Fund 2017: Injury sidelines single mother
  Montreal Gazette
  For the last three years, Erika has been steadily recovering from an injury that left her struggling to work. But it hasn't been an easy journey for the 31-year-old mother of two young sons. As their sole provider — the boys' father does not help them ...
  
  Read more

• Montreal Gazette Christmas Fund 2017: Injury sidelines single mother

  25-11-2017 12:00
  For the last three years, Erika has been steadily recovering from an injury that left her struggling to work.
  But it hasn’t been an easy journey for the 31-year-old mother of two young sons. As their sole provider — the boys’ father does not help them financially — Erika said it’s up to her to figure out how to make ends meet. As a nurse, however, she’s limited in the number of hours she can work per week, she explained. And without help from her family, she s
  
  Read more

• Jean Charest returns to haunt the Quebec Liberals

  25-11-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Former Quebec premier Jean Charest will address this weekend's Quebec Liberal Party convention. After all the trouble Philippe Couillard has gone to to distance himself from his old boss, is that a good idea?
  
  Read more

• From the archives: Jefferson Davis and family found refuge in Montreal

  25-11-2017 12:00
  This story was first published on Nov. 27, 2005, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “The historical role of Canada, and particularly Montreal, in the American Civil War struggle came to light again yesterday in a unique graveside ceremony on the slopes of Mount Royal.”
  The Gazette, Wednesday, Nov. 25, 1959
  Scarcely a dozen people gathered at the graveside that overcast November day. Their odd mission was to dedicate a stone over the remains of a woman who had been buried there almost a century
  
  Read more

• Canadiens reduce ticket prices as fans stay home - CTV News

  25-11-2017 04:23
  CTV News
  Canadiens reduce ticket prices as fans stay home
  CTV News
  MONTREAL -- Although the Montreal Canadiens haven't won the Stanley Cup since 1993, the team has always been able to count on its fans showing up for every game. On paper at least, the team enjoys a sellout streak at home that has lasted since Jan.and more »
  
  Read more

• Couillard says Liberals are ready to rumble as election countdown begins

  25-11-2017 04:16
  QUEBEC — The Liberals have 312 days ahead to prove they merit the renewed confidence of Quebecers and the party is up to the task, Premier Philippe Couillard said Friday.
  In a rousing speech to nearly 1,400 Liberals to open the party’s 33rd policy convention, Couillard cranked up the volume saying only the Liberals are prepared to create a Quebec that is “modern, welcoming, able to overcome obstacles and without limits.”
  And he said what bolsters its ability to manage the
  
  Read more

• Montreal gets a new ‘ugly’ Christmas tree

  25-11-2017 04:12 via globalnews.ca
  A new "ugly'' tree was unveiled Friday as part of the Village du Vilain Sapin, an installation to be erected near downtown to celebrate imperfections.
  
  Read more

• Senior missing from Beaconsfield

  25-11-2017 04:10 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Police are asking for the public's help in finding 69-year-old John Charles Kwasniewski.
  
  Read more

Follow @MontrealCANews on Twitter!