Montreal news

• Legal cannabis in Quebec: Making sense of the labels

  22-10-2018 23:52
  There are more than 110 products at the Société Québécoise du Cannabis (SQDC) — though several are already out of stock — and that number is expected to rise to 180 in the coming months.
  Understanding what you’re buying can be a task unto itself. The SQDC has tried to simplify the task with an array of information available on its labels. Explanations of how to decipher that information are available on the SQDC website. But it can still be, or at le
  
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• Ottawa prepared to help as Inuit health officials grapple with spate of suicides

  22-10-2018 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  The federal government says it will respond to pleas for help from northern Quebec, where a spate of suicides in Inuit communities this year has created what officials are calling a crisis.
  
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• Virtually unchanged since 1918, Mount Royal Tunnel set for a makeover

  22-10-2018 23:41
  Surrounded by jagged limestone, with electric cables on the wall, train tracks underfoot, and under the hue of orange lights, the Mount Royal Tunnel is warmer than you might expect.
  About one kilometre north of Central Station, roughly underneath McGill University’s Roddick Gates, two separate tunnels of train tracks merge into one, and you can see a speck of daylight that is the Canora Station in Town of Mount Royal roughly four kilometres away.
  Reporters got a tour of the tunnel on Sunda
  
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• Gibbon that went missing from Ontario zoo five months ago located in Quebec

  22-10-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Ontario Provincial Police say that a gibbon that was allegedly stolen from the Elmvale Jungle Zoo in Springwater, Ont. in late May has been recovered in Quebec. 
  
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• Out in the street in Verdun?

  22-10-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 22: A Montreal landlord accused of mismanaging a Plateau apartment building is once again in hot water — this time for allegedly doing the same thing in Verdun. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is trying to find a way to hold landlords legally accountable for the condition of their...
  
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• Allison Hanes: Pink Line price tag isn't the only consideration

  22-10-2018 23:12
  Mayor Valérie Plante knows she doesn’t have to convince most Montrealers on the merits of a new Pink Line of the métro, a campaign promise which some considered pie in the sky, but which nevertheless helped propel her into office almost a year ago.
  Those who are crammed in like sardines on the Orange Line or, worse, left behind on the platform at rush hour; those who face more than an hour transferring between buses and métros to get downtown from Montreal North; those
  
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• Sentencing arguments underway for speeding police officer

  22-10-2018 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 22: An SQ officer involved in a 2014 car crash that left a five-year-old boy dead could face jail time. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, Patrick Ouellette issued a tearful apology to the family of Nicholas Thorne-Belance.
  
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• Watch: Lise Payette remembered for her contribution to Quebec

  22-10-2018 23:09
  Mourners gathered in Montreal on Saturday to remember Quebec feminist, author, journalist, politician and TV personality Lise Payette, who died last month at the age of 87. Premier François Legault recognized her contribution to gender equality.
  
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• Canadian children’s hospitals report cases of rare, polio-like illness that can cause paralysis

  22-10-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  Several Canadian hospitals are reporting cases of acute flaccid myelitis, a rare illness that can cause limb paralysis in children.
  
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• Watch: Andrew Scheer says 2019 campaign will be a tough fight

  22-10-2018 23:03
  Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer is predicting a “nasty” 2019 election campaign and says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has already begun using negative rhetoric. Scheer was speaking at a rally in Ottawa on Sunday.
  
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• NDG embarks on replanting dozens of trees in Girouard Park

  22-10-2018 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  After a microburst ravaged an NDG park, officials are replanting trees in the hopes of restoring its former lustre.
  
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• Watch: Clement suggests sanctioning individuals in Khashoggi's death

  22-10-2018 22:55
  Conservative justice critic Tony Clement says Canada could use the Magnitsky Act after the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi. Under the law, the government can freeze Canadian assets of foreign individuals who violate human rights.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Astute winger Brendan Gallagher is Habs' resident intellect

  22-10-2018 22:53
  The Canadiens are using Brendan Gallagher to help promote a new University Nights ticket special this season for Tuesday night games at the Bell Centre that allows students 18 and older to pay $39 for a ticket in the Coors Light Zone and also receive a free beer at the game.
  The Canadiens sent out a tweet on Sunday showing three school photos of a young Gallagher, writing: “This young scholar was so advanced in his studies that he skipped Grade 7. We love smart kids so much we’ve lau
  
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• Starting from scratch in NDG

  22-10-2018 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Oct 22: The Borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce is set to plant 81 new trees in Girouard Park this week. As Global’s Billy Shields explains, the goal is to replace the trees that were downed by a 2017 microburst and others that have been ravaged by the emerald ash borer.
  
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• Plante announces creation of new bureau, advisory committee for Pink Line metro project

  22-10-2018 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  The new office, with its own team and a $1-million budget, will be tasked with assessing the project's feasibility.
  
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• Descendants of Vimy oaks to guard Vimy memorial at NDG Park

  22-10-2018 22:41 via cbc.ca
  Three tiny saplings grown from trees that began as acorns gathered at Vimy Ridge by a lieutenant who survived the historic battle are to be planted this week at Place de Vimy, a memorial in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park.
  
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• Chambly under boil water advisory until further notice

  22-10-2018 22:26 via globalnews.ca
  The order, which was issued Monday morning, asks residents to boil their tap water for at least one minute before consuming.
  
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• Champlain College reviews emergency procedures after lockdown false alarm

  22-10-2018 21:12 via cbc.ca
  The aftermath of a lockdown on the college's Saint-Lambert campus that turned out to be a false alarm sparked sharp criticism from staff and students alike.
  
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• Lise Ravary: Laïcité can help block advance of political Islam

  22-10-2018 20:58
  “We must get involved in all domains where we can have more Islam …”
  “The more we are present, the more women are seen wearing hijab, discussing it, explaining their approach, explaining who they are, the more we will create habits and things will change.”
  “We must control school programs and stop them from propagating values that do not conform to our principles.”
  “We must move into public schools, using empty spaces to dispense complementary rel
  
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• Opinion: What Quebec anglos can learn from Acadians

  22-10-2018 20:45
  By coincidence, the 2018 provincial elections in New Brunswick and Quebec overlapped. Though the dynamics were fundamentally different, certain parallels on language issues can be drawn.
  What lessons can the English-speaking minority in Quebec learn from the Acadian experience?
  New Brunswick is not Quebec, as we learned on the campaign trail. Indeed, there is only one province in Canada that has declared itself “officially” bilingual — or so we thought. Though New Brunswic
  
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• What the Puck: Cracks begin to appear in veneer of surging Canadiens

  22-10-2018 20:44
  You gotta love Montreal Canadiens fans — or not.
  In case you didn’t notice, the Habs have surprised pretty well everyone by storming out of the gate this season and competing almost every night. This from a team that, to be honest, most fans had written off before the first faceoff of the season.
  Then they lose in overtime Saturday night to the Ottawa Senators and within seconds, the entire city was losing its collective mind. The sky is falling! Fire Marc Bergevin! Tar-and-feather K
  
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• Conservatives cite Energy East as a means to avoid Saudi oil

  22-10-2018 20:17
  The Conservative Party of Canada is citing a dependence on foreign oil from countries such as Saudi Arabia as an argument to revive the Energy East pipeline project, which was conceived as a means of exporting oil.
  Tory MP Pierre Paul-Hus argued during a news conference Monday that it was time to stop being “hypocritical” on the issue of using petroleum and that party leader Andrew Scheer’s idea to sit down again with TransCanada, Energy East’s promoter, is aimed at makin
  
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• Montreal city councillor pushes for new motion to protect religious symbols

  22-10-2018 20:04 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal city councillor Marvin Rotrand plans to introduce a motion that will allow existing and future councillors to wear their religious symbols while in chamber.
  
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• SQ officer guilty of dangerous driving in child’s death could get mild sentence

  22-10-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Both the Crown and the defense have recommended an eight-month jail sentence and a one-year ban on driving — much less than the maximum 14-year penalty.
  
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• SQ officer guilty of dangerous driving in child’s death could get 8-month sentence

  22-10-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Both the Crown and the defense have recommended an eight-month jail sentence and a one-year ban on driving — much less than the maximum 14-year penalty.
  
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• Jail recommended for SQ officer who killed boy during high-speed chase

  22-10-2018 19:39
  The Sûreté du Québec officer who was involved in a fatal accident that left a 5-year-old boy dead during a high speed surveillance operation four years ago may face eight months in jail, a Longueuil courtroom heard on Monday.
  Citing numerous examples of jurisprudence, the Crown and the defence made a joint recommendation to the court that Patrick Ouellet face a sentence far less than the maximum of 14 years in prison.
  Ouellet was found guilty of reckless driving causing
  
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• Montreal man suffering from 'excruciating' hip pain waits 9 hours for ambulance

  22-10-2018 19:12 via cbc.ca
  Trevor Garland, 66, recalled at one point telling the Urgences-Santé dispatcher: “I’m in agony here. I’m pleading with you. I’m begging you.”
  
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• Montreal presses forward with Pink line despite province's ambivalence

  22-10-2018 18:37 via cbc.ca
  Montreal will set aside $1 million in its next budget to begin drawing up plans for the Pink line, an ambitious public transit project that would connect the city's north and southwest neighbourhoods.
  
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• Man ordered to pay $800 to end unwanted pregnancy — caused by his dog

  22-10-2018 18:21
  A Shawinigan area man has been ordered by a Quebec small claims court to pay more than $800 because he did not curtail his dog — a husky — from mating with and making pregnant Bella, his neighbour’s chow chow dog.
  The judgment, rendered last month, notes that the defendant’s husky managed to get into the neighbour’s fenced back yard last spring.
  “Made suddenly pregnant because of the husky, Bella had to be operated upon at great expense to end the pregnancy,&r
  
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• Blasting at site of future Edouard-Montpetit REM station raises concerns

  22-10-2018 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  A new phase of construction has begun on the new REM train network near the border of Cote-des-Neiges and Outremont, and it involves using dynamite — right near a school and a residential area.
  
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• Quebec provincial police seek public’s help to identify suspect

  22-10-2018 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  The suspect speaks French with a Québecois accent, has brown hair and eyes, and two moles on the side of the mouth. 
  
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• I'm moving forward on métro's Pink Line: Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante

  22-10-2018 17:40
  Montreal is setting up a planning office on the Pink Line, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante announced Monday.
  At a press conference prior to the monthly city council meeting, the mayor said she was moving forward with the proposed métro extension, which was a key campaign promise on which she was elected a year ago.
  “I made a promise to Montrealers” to make mobility a top priority, Plante said.
  She also announced the creation of a six-person advisory committee on the projec
  
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• Sexual assault trial of Canada's former national women's gymnastics coach delayed

  22-10-2018 17:25 via cbc.ca
  A high-profile sexual assault trial involving Canada’s former women’s national gymnastics team coach Dave Brubaker has been delayed until Tuesday after new information surfaced.
  
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• Christmas Bazaar, Artisan Fair and Bake Sale

  22-10-2018 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  Home-made baked goods, preserves, Tourtieres, Turkey Pot Pies, Apple Pies and more! Visit our Artisan tables and get an early start on your gift shopping.  Coffee and Cake available from 10am to 11:30. Lunch cafe starts featuring home-made Soups, Sandwiches and Desserts.
  
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• Illegal cannabis found during impaired driving arrest in Quebec City

  22-10-2018 16:41
  Quebec City police arrested a 40-year-old Lévis resident early Monday after pulling him over on suspicion of impaired driving.
  Officers intercepted the vehicle at 1:55 a.m. at the corner of Robert Bourassa and Laurier Blvds., when they noticed the driver hadn’t turned the headlights on.
  Suspecting the driver was impaired, police subjected him to a series of co-ordination tests, after which they placed him under arrest. He was then taken to the police station for further evaluation.
  
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• Montreal’s country-rock band Delta Creek visits The Morning Show

  22-10-2018 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  The new trio borrows heavily on classic country music
  
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• Marijuana: The good, the bad and the just plain confused

  22-10-2018 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  The recent legalization of marijuana has raised more questions than answers in the minds of many Quebecers. Dr. Mitch Shulman joins Global’s Laura Casella to weed out the truth in all the conflicting information about the health risks of cannabis.
  
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• YES Montreal: Supporting job-seekers and entrepreneurs

  22-10-2018 16:05 via globalnews.ca
  Join Laura Casella and her guests to find out more about volunteering and “Tune into Yes”, YES Montreal’s big awareness campaign and fundraiser for Montreal youth employment.
  
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• Cool activities to keep you busy indoors during the winter

  22-10-2018 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  Lifestyle columnist Christine Beaudoin joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with a list of activities and courses you could take to keep you warm, occupied and indoors this winter.
  
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• Ground breaking treatment for ALS

  22-10-2018 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella and neurologist Dr. Rami Massie as they talk about a ground-breaking study and possible treatment for ALS sufferers.
  
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• Former prime minister Jean Chrétien and his memoirs

  22-10-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  Former prime minister Jean Chrétien led Canada through tumultuous times while he was leader. Learn more about Chrétien, as he joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his new memoir, “My Stories, My Times”.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, October 22

  22-10-2018 15:16 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, October 22.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, October 22

  22-10-2018 15:06 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, October 22.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Earthquakes and exploding body cameras

  22-10-2018 14:34
  Here are a few things you might have missed while you were sleeping.
  Coming soon to a theatre near you: The site where the Spectrum theatre once stood has been empty for a decade, a phantom place for those who recall the downtown corner’s storied past and a reminder that promises of an impending replacement project remain unfulfilled. People are talking about the Ste-Catherine and Berri St. site again now that developer Canderel backed out of building a $150-million office complex tha
  
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• Car fire in Montreal's east end prompts arson investigation

  22-10-2018 14:30 via cbc.ca
  Flames ripped through a parked car early Monday on a quiet residential street in Montreal's east end, prompting police to launch an arson investigation.
  
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• Police seek suspects, motive after car torched in Rivières-des-Prairies

  22-10-2018 13:56
  The Montreal police arson is investigating after a car parked in the driveway of a residence in Rivières-des-Prairies/Pointe-aux-Trembles was set ablaze early Monday.
  The incident occurred a little before 5 a.m. in front of a home on Olivier-Charbonneau St. near Pierre-Chasseur St.
  While firefighters quickly extinguished the blaze, the vehicle is described as being a total loss. Police say the owner of the vehicle is not known to them. He told police he has received no threats.
  The car ha
  
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• Hanes: More needs to be done to help parents deal with perinatal loss

  22-10-2018 13:17
  In less than two years, Hannah Aubut has given birth to two children, 10 months apart.
  But the sudden death of her first child at the time of delivery meant Aubut had to grapple with crushing loss at the same time as she prepared to welcome another baby.
  As her second, cherub-cheeked toddler Cyan turns one this week, 25-year-old Aubut credits the group therapy sessions she attended at the McGill University Health Centre with being a lifeline in a dark and difficult time.
  “It allowed me to
  
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• Canada Post workers to begin rotating strikes Monday

  22-10-2018 13:09
  The union representing Canada Post workers says rotating strikes will begin at one minute at 12:01 a.m. Monday in Victoria, Edmonton, and Windsor and at 1:01 a.m. in Halifax.
  The strikes in those cities will last for 24 hours, and if no deal is reached in the meantime, other as-yet unnamed cities could be affected subsequently, said Emilie Tobin, a spokesperson for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW).
  “Canada Post had the opportunity this weekend to stop any postal disrup
  
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