Montreal news

• Residents fighting to save green space in Saint-Lazare

  08-10-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  Several residents fear a natural eco-system and even the town's drinking water is at risk with a proposed development project.
  
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• Have you seen this Montreal man, missing since early September?

  08-10-2018 23:39
  The Service de police de la Ville de Montréal is looking for help locating a 44-year-old Montreal man who disappeared in early September.
  Boaz Perecowicz was last seen leaving his home in St-Michel, on d’Hérelle St. near St-Michel Blvd., on his bicycle on Sept. 7. People who know him fear for his life because he depends on medication, which he did not have with him when he left home.
  Perecowicz is Caucasian, stands six feet and weighs about 215 pounds. He has brown eyes and d
  
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• Giving back on Thanksgiving

  08-10-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 8: Montrealers are giving back on Thanksgiving by participating in a unique Sun Youth fundraiser. As Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports, youngsters had a chance to volunteer alongside NBA players.
  
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• Haitian Montrealers fear for family after weekend's deadly earthquake

  08-10-2018 23:30 via cbc.ca
  Hardest hit was Port-de-Paix, in a remote region "well known as a place with a great situation of poverty," said Montreal city councillor and incoming MNA for the Viau riding Frantz Benjamin.
  
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• Protecting green space in Saint-Lazare

  08-10-2018 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 8: Saint-Lazare residents are concerned about a proposed residential development in the area. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, some worry the off-island suburb isn’t doing enough to protect green space.
  
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• Police seek victims of alleged serial sexual predator in Montérégie region

  08-10-2018 22:47 via cbc.ca
  Police are seeking other possible victims of a 60-year-old Chambly man accused of sexual assault.
  
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• Williams’s first TD of the season leads Stampeders past Alouettes 12-6

  08-10-2018 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  The Calgary Stampeders came from behind to beat the Alouettes 12-6 on Thanksgiving Monday.
  
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• Stampeders win defensive clash to eliminate Alouettes from playoff contention

  08-10-2018 22:21 via cbc.ca
  Running back Terry Williams scored his first touchdown of the season as the visiting Calgary Stampeders came from behind to beat the Montreal Alouettes 12-6 on Thanksgiving Monday to clinch home-field advantage in the West Final.
  
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• Le Club Sandwich sign finds new home

  08-10-2018 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 8: An iconic restaurant has been demolished in Montreal, but its unique sign lives on. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, le Club Sandwich has found a new home at Concordia University.
  
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• Police looking for more potential sexual-assault victims

  08-10-2018 21:40
  Police are looking for other possible victims after a 60-year-old Chambly man was arrested facing one count of sexual assault.
  The Régie intermunicipale de police Richelieu-St-Laurent arrested Gaétan Fitzback on Sept. 30 in connection with a sexual assault. He appeared Oct. 1 at the Longueuil courthouse and remains in custody.
  On Friday it will be decided whether to continue to hold him or to release him, Sgt. Jean-Luc Tremblay of the Régie intermunicipale de police Richelie
  
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• De la Rose back on the ice for Habs practice, but not cleared to play

  08-10-2018 20:01
  Jacob de la Rose was back on the ice for the Canadiens’ practice at Brossard on Monday. De la Rose started the season on the injured reserve list after experiencing a “cardiac episode.” De la Rose skated on a fifth line with Nikita Scherbak and Tomas Plekanec.
  While he returned to practice, he hasn’t been cleared to play. The Canadiens will face a decision when de la Rose is cleared. They are currently at the NHL roster limit of 23 players and will have to make a move.
  If
  
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• Lise Ravary: On religious neutrality, appearances matter

  08-10-2018 20:00
  I would not have made a hellfire issue like banning religious signs for government employees the first item on my agenda if I were leading a new government. Not with the words “notwithstanding clause” and “you’re fired!” in the same sentence. And certainly not announced by two relatively green MNAs.
  But it’s no surprise that François Legault, in the name of religious neutrality, is prepared go so far as to ban the wearing of anything by p
  
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• Debate over religious symbols will ‘fade away’ in Quebec: Chrétien

  08-10-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Jean Chrétien says Quebec's political class is "trapped" in a pointless debate over a non-existent problem: how to accommodate religious minorities.
  
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• Opinion: Legal protections for journalists' sources are important

  08-10-2018 18:00
  An effective press depends on information supplied by sources. But, many of the sources are likely to dry up unless journalists can credibly promise to keep their identities confidential.
  Those are the simple premises at the heart of the Journalistic Sources Protection Act, Canada’s recently enacted “shield” law that makes it harder to force journalists to reveal the identity of their confidential sources. The law was rightly heralded as an important victory for democracy and f
  
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• 14-year-old girl stabbed at McDonald’s in Anjou

  08-10-2018 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are investigating after a 14-year-old girl was stabbed in Anjou on Sunday.
  
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• School board federation confident of winning over CAQ government

  08-10-2018 16:55
  The Fédération des commissions scolaires du Québec (FCSQ) is confident it can convince the incoming Coalition Avenir Québec government of the importance of local school board elections.
  During the 2014 provincial election campaign, François Legault, now the province’s premier-designate, pledged to abolish school boards. He said they suffered from governance problems and noted the low participation rates in their elections. He reiterated this stance during
  
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• ‘It’s a part of me’: Quebec teachers decry proposed religious symbol ban

  08-10-2018 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  When it comes to banning religious symbols, some Quebec teachers think the CAQ government is trying to create problems where they don't exist.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Chicken and Swiss Chard in Cider-Cream Sauce

  08-10-2018 16:34
  Quick, easy and requiring only one pot is the formula used in a new cookbook by Ohio food writer and cooking teacher Carla Snyder in her handy collection of more than 70 “weeknight meals,” as she calls them.Chicken thighs are the basis of this dish, one of 15 calling for chicken parts in One Pan, Whole Family (Chronicle Books/Raincoast, $34.95). It’s a meat she likes to cook, indicated by the name of the chicken chapter: Winner, Winner, Chicken Dinner. Snyder calls her book &ld
  
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• Montreal police investigating attempted murder in Pierrefonds-Roxboro

  08-10-2018 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police say one victim is in hospital after an attempted murder in Pierrefonds-Roxboro on Sunday.
  
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• As number of pedestrians hit by cars rises, SAAQ launches awareness campaign

  08-10-2018 16:20 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's automobile insurance board (SAAQ) is launching a new campaign aimed at showing the public just how vulnerable the human body is to injury or death when hit by motor vehicles.
  
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• Chez Doris puts out call for warm-clothing donations as winter raps on Montreal's door

  08-10-2018 15:50 via cbc.ca
  While the non-profit organization has been inundated with donations in the past, key items are often missing. For example, quality boots are an item that people don’t often donate enough.
  
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• Situation stabilized at Saint John oil refinery following explosion, fire

  08-10-2018 15:40 via cbc.ca
  Eight hours after an explosion and fire at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John shook the city and sent several contractors to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, the situation has been stabilized, Emergency Measures Organization officials say.
  
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• Irving Oil confirms 'major incident' at Saint John oil refinery

  08-10-2018 15:40 via cbc.ca
  Irving Oil says a "major incident" has occurred at its Saint John refinery, after reports of an explosion and fire on Monday morning.
  
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• Following Saint John oil refinery blast and fire, Irving Oil to focus on cause

  08-10-2018 15:40 via cbc.ca
  Irving Oil will work with a number of agencies to determine what caused an explosion and fire at its refinery in Saint John Monday, says a company official.
  
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• Explosion, fire at Saint John oil refinery injures several contractors

  08-10-2018 15:40 via cbc.ca
  A malfunction in a diesel-treating unit at the Irving Oil refinery in Saint John is believed to be the source of an explosion and fire that sent several contractors to hospital with non-life threatening injuries, officials said.
  
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• Explosion, fire at Saint John oil refinery injures at least 2

  08-10-2018 15:40 via cbc.ca
  Two people were injured in an explosion and fire at the Saint John oil refinery on Monday morning and were in non-life-threatening condition in hospital, officials said.
  
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• 14-year-old girl stabbed in McDonald's in Montreal's east end

  08-10-2018 14:05 via cbc.ca
  The attack occurred at around 4:15 p.m. in Montreal’s end end borough of Anjou, Montreal police say. The victim was transported to hospital and she is in stable condition.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Doorstop rock is actually a $100k meteorite

  08-10-2018 13:52
  Here’s what happened while you were dreaming of turkey.
  A 14-year-old girl who was stabbed in the leg on Sunday afternoon in a restaurant in Montreal’s Anjou district is out of danger. A 911 call about the armed assault came in at about 4:15 p.m., said Service de police de la Ville de Montréal spokesperson Jean-Pierre Brabant. The teenager was conscious as she was being transported to hospital, he said. A perimeter had been set up in the parking l
  
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• Montreal police investigating attempted murder in Pierrefonds

  08-10-2018 13:32
  Police are investigating an attempted murder that took place Sunday night in Montreal’s Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough.
  Around 9:30 p.m., 9-1-1 received calls about shots heard on Laurin St. near the intersection with Gouin Blvd.
  When officers arrived on the scene, they found shell casings, but no victim was present.
  A 23-year-old man who had suffered an upper-body injury was subsequently located in a hospital.
  His life is not believed to be in danger.
  No arrests have been made.
  
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• Montreal police investigate shooting in Pierrefonds-Roxboro

  08-10-2018 13:03 via cbc.ca
  Witnesses called 911 at around 9:30 p.m. to report gunshots on Laurin Street, near Gouin Street West. Laurin Street is lined with single-family homes not far from the Rivière des Prairies.
  
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• Montreal police investigate attempted murder in Pierrefonds-Roxboro

  08-10-2018 13:03 via cbc.ca
  Witnesses called 911 at around 9:30 p.m. to report gunshots on Laurin Street, near Gouin Street West. Laurin Street is lined with single-family homes not far from the Rivière des Prairies.
  
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• Roads to avoid traffic this holiday Monday

  08-10-2018 13:00
  The Thanksgiving long weekend means roads closed because of construction will remain so until early Tuesday morning.
  1. On the Mercier Bridge, lanes will be reduced to one in each direction until Tuesday at 5 a.m.
  2. Highway 15 northbound, just after the Champlain Bridge, will be reduced from three lanes to one between Nun’s Island and Gaétan-Laberge Blvd. in Verdun until Tuesday at 5 a.m. The exit for downtown Montreal off of the Highway 15 northbound will also be closed. The 15 wi
  
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• Québec Solidaire's youngest MNA credits grasp of region for unseating Liberal minister

  08-10-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Meet Émilise Lessard-Therrien, 26, a new mother and organic farmer who wants to transform Abitibi-Témiscamingue.
  
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• Montreal weather: It won't rain on the Thanksgiving parade

  08-10-2018 12:30
  A mix of sun and cloud, then becoming cloudy in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of 13 and the UV index will be 5, or moderate.
  Tonight: Cloudy with a 60-per-cent chance of showers. Temperature rising to 17 by morning.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @rolromero.
  
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• Made in Quebec: Flowers grown here, not flown here

  08-10-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  For decades, most cut flowers in Quebec have been flown in — imported from Colombia or Ecuador or farther afield. But change is blooming.
  
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• Ontario deer hunters applaud province for its response to Quebec case of chronic wasting disease

  08-10-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Ontario hunters concerned about a disease threatening the province's deer population say they're pleased to hear the government is taking steps to halt its spread.
  
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• UN report on climate change carries life-or-death warning

  08-10-2018 09:00 via cbc.ca
  Preventing an extra single degree of heat could make a life-or-death difference in the next few decades for multitudes of people and ecosystems on this fast-warming planet, an international panel of scientists reported Sunday.
  
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• Quebecer and NFLer Duvernay-Tardif breaks his leg Sunday during a game

  08-10-2018 03:25
  Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif broke his leg Sunday during a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
  He is expected to return to the team before the end of the season.
  The Mont-Saint-Hilaire native is a physician and played college football at McGill University.
  Duvernay-Tardif was drafted by the Chiefs in the sixth round of the 2014 NFL Draft.
  
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• Quebec NFLer Laurent Duvernay-Tardif fractures fibula

  08-10-2018 02:41 via cbc.ca
  Quebec-born Kansas City Chiefs guard Laurent Duvernay-Tardif fractured his fibula and had to be carried off the field during a game against the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday.
  
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• Downtown Montreal anti-racism demonstration draws 3,000

  08-10-2018 02:13
  Many wore the Muslim hijab and a handful wore the Jewish kippah while dozens pushed strollers and a couple of marching bands played as close to 3,000 people took to the streets of downtown Montreal on Sunday afternoon to protest racism.
  Although the event had been planned before the Oct. 1 election of François Legault and the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) and was intended as a general protest against systemic racism, speakers criticized the premier-designate and his party for what
  
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• 'Legault has got to go': Thousands in Montreal march to protest racism, incoming premier

  08-10-2018 01:31 via cbc.ca
  The Coalition Avenir Québec, which won a majority in last week's provincial election, is promising to introduce a law prohibiting civil servants — including judges, police officers, prosecutors and teachers — from wearing religious symbols in the workplace. Legault has yet to be sworn in as premier.
  
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• Thousands of Montrealers rally against proposals of incoming CAQ government

  08-10-2018 00:55 via globalnews.ca
  The anti-racism protest in downtown Montreal expressed anger at the proposals of the incoming Coalition Avenir Québec government.
  
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• Extended Thanksgiving weekend road closures

  08-10-2018 00:16 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealers and visitors trying to leave or come into the city will have to arm themselves with patience as multiple roads and highways are closed this Thanksgiving weekend for roadwork.
  
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• Anti-racism protest in Montreal draws thousands

  08-10-2018 00:10 via globalnews.ca
  It’ll be at least another week before Francois Legault is sworn in as premier of Quebec and protesters are already targeting some of his proposed policies. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, thousands came out to denounce the CAQ’s stances on immigration and views on secularism, which protesters are calling “racist.”
  
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• Road closures abound in Montreal over Thanksgiving weekend — and beyond

  08-10-2018 00:03 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealers and visitors coming into our fair city during Thanksgiving weekend will be greeted by a sea of orange — and unfortunately, it's not pumpkins but traffic cones.
  
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