Montreal news

• Town of Mount Royal offers up potential solution to REM plan

  12-12-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Dec 12: A key stretch of the new REM train will be going through TMR but if the mayor of that city has his say, the plans will be much different than what are on the books right now. As Global’s Dan Spector explains, TMR has a vision of its own.
  
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• Quebec and Alberta square off over pipelines

  12-12-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Dec 12: Quebec Premier François Legault called Alberta oil “dirty energy” last week, setting off a war of words between himself and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, now other Alberta leaders are calling for a boycott of Quebec products.
  
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• Town of Mount Royal presents plan to bury 1.8 km of REM line underground

  12-12-2018 23:37 via cbc.ca
  The town's plan comes after a year and a half of lobbying by Roy and citizens regarding CDPQ Infra's plan for the REM.
  
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• Police investigating sexual assault of homeless, pregnant Inuit woman

  12-12-2018 23:33
  Five days after a homeless woman reported a sexual assault and identified her assailant to police, the process to have him arrested and charged has begun.
  The 25-year-old Inuit woman told police last Thursday that she had been beaten, groped and nearly raped by a man in an alley off Park Ave. Officers found the man and took him into the back of their patrol car but released him a few blocks away, according to three witnesses.
  The victim, who is pregnant, said the man found her and threatened to
  
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• ‘We are not at war with Alberta’: Quebec stands firm against pipeline

  12-12-2018 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  There is a growing conflict developing between Alberta and Quebec.
  
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• Jeanne-Mance softball enthusiasts seek funds to save diamond

  12-12-2018 23:22
  A group of softball enthusiasts fighting to maintain a baseball diamond at Jeanne-Mance Park has created a GoFundMe site to help defray the legal costs in their fight with the city of Montreal.
  The campaign, established Dec. 4, had as of Wednesday raised $3,000 of a $10,000 goal. The group has gone to court to challenge a city decision to eliminate the baseball diamond, popularly referred to as the “North Field,” and maintain what the group contends is “a bastion of cultural he
  
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• Helping Montreal women over the holidays

  12-12-2018 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Dec 12: Chez Doris has been helping disadvantaged women for more than 40 years. This year, the organization is serving up 300 holiday meals to women in need. As Global’s Billy Shield’s explains, the organization has seen a 25 per cent increase in the number of clients from last year, mostly due to asylum...
  
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• Watch: New calling for the Dow Planetarium

  12-12-2018 23:11
  Montreal’s old Dow Planetarium has been converted into a high-tech centre. Richard Chenier, general manager of Centech, talks about the process.
  
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• 4 members resign from 2021 Francophonie Games organizing committee

  12-12-2018 23:07 via globalnews.ca
  The four members — Eric Mathieu Doucet, Mirelle Cyr, Éric Cormier and Kim Rayworth — announced their resignation in a statement Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Roxham Road residents financially compensated for asylum seeker 'challenges'

  12-12-2018 22:44 via cbc.ca
  The federal government will be compensating people living on or near Roxham Road with up to $25,000 for putting up with all the traffic associated with the influx of asylum seekers over the last two years.
  
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• Sylvain Caron sworn in as new Montreal police chief

  12-12-2018 22:33 via globalnews.ca
  Sylvain Caron is officially the new chief of Montreal police after he was sworn in at Montreal's City Hall on Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Montreal house price index drops slightly in November

  12-12-2018 22:15
  The resale price of houses in the Montreal area declined in November when compared with the month before, according to the Teranet–National Bank national house price index.
  The index for the Montreal area was down 0.11 per cent from October to November. It was up 4.4 per cent from November 2017.
  It rose 6.71 per cent between November 2016 and November 2017.
  The index, which is calculated by comparing the selling prices of houses, condos and townhouses that have sold at least
  
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• Police arrest 3 people they suspect sold drugs at Quebec high school

  12-12-2018 22:09
  Police have arrested three people, including two minors, on suspicion of selling drugs to students at a high school in the Quebec City suburb of Val-Bélair.
  Peterson Jean, 31, has been charged with trafficking in cocaine and breaking the conditions of his parole.
  He was arrested on Tuesday close to L’Odyssée school.
  Police allege that drug traffickers went to the secondary school during lunch hour and after school to make the transactions.
  The two minors are not students at t
  
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• 10 Things You Can Do In Montreal This Friday, Saturday, & Sunday - MTL Blog

  12-12-2018 22:05
  10 Things You Can Do In Montreal This Friday, Saturday, & Sunday  MTL BlogHello Montreal! Christmas is literally right around the corner, and I have a feeling everyone is working hard through that home stretch until the holidays. You're ...
  
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• Innovative self-screening STI, HIV clinic opens in Montreal - CTV News

  12-12-2018 21:50
  Innovative self-screening STI, HIV clinic opens in Montreal  CTV NewsAn innovative self-screening *service* to test for sexually transmitted infections has just opened at a downtown Montreal's Quorum Medical Clinic.
  
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• The Montreal Old Port Ice Rink Is Hosting A Romantic "Skating For Singles" Event For Valentine's Day 2019 - MTL Blog

  12-12-2018 21:46
  The Montreal Old Port Ice Rink Is Hosting A Romantic "Skating For Singles" Event For Valentine's Day 2019  MTL BlogSpending the holidays alone can be tough. At least you save mad money on Christmas gifts. And maybe you'll get to kiss a really good-looking stranger on New ...
  
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• Analyze This: Shea Weber's return makes mountain of difference to Habs - Montreal Gazette

  12-12-2018 21:33
  Analyze This: Shea Weber's return makes mountain of difference to Habs  Montreal GazetteThough Weber's been back for only seven games, his numbers have been fantastic and he's had a profound impact on the Canadiens' performance.
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by dump truck in downtown Montreal

  12-12-2018 21:03 via globalnews.ca
  It is Montreal's 24th fatal collision of  2018 involving a pedestrian.
  
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• Your weekly book selection: Cookbooks to help you plan your holiday menus

  12-12-2018 21:00 via cbc.ca
  This week's selected cookbooks will make great gifts for the holidays — or for yourself, as you plan your menus for the season.
  
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• Here are the Canadian cities with highest hospitalization rates for opioid poisonings in 2017

  12-12-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Canada’s smaller communities have hospitalization rates for opioid poisoning that are more than double larger cities.
  
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• Bombardier wins contract for New Jersey rail cars

  12-12-2018 20:56
  New Jersey Transit’s Board of Directors has voted to approve the purchase of 113 rail vehicles from Bombardier at a meeting on Wednesday morning. The purchase is worth more than $669 million U.S. — over $892 million Canadian.
  The contract includes options for NJ Transit to purchase up to 636 additional vehicles, as well as 250 vehicles for the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority.
  If those options are exercised, the value of the deal would grow to more than $3.6 bi
  
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• Via Rail places $989M train order with Siemens over Bombardier for key rail corridor

  12-12-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Via Rail has selected Germany's Siemens over Bombardier Inc. for a $989-million contract.
  
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• Home-invasion victim finds peace as attacker gets 10-year jail sentence

  12-12-2018 20:15
  A man who was beaten and left for dead in his own home during a brutally violent home invasion in Vaudreuil-Dorion said he found some peace on Wednesday after a judge sentenced the man who attacked him to a 10-year prison term.
  “He pointed out exactly what happened and how I feel today,” businessman Santiago Gimenez said after Quebec Court Judge Bernard St-Arnaud sentenced Terrence Rakeim Floyd, 27, at the Valleyfield courthouse. The sentence will leave Floyd with a 67-month prison t
  
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• Quebec tries to smooth relations with Alberta over 'dirty energy' backlash

  12-12-2018 20:13
  QUEBEC — The Quebec government says it is not at war with the province of Alberta over the future of oil and wants to maintain good relations.
  Moving to patch up a feud between the two provinces sparked by Premier François Legault‘s comments last week about Alberta’s “dirty energy,” Canadian Relations Minister Sonia LeBel said Quebec has a great deal of respect for Albertans.
  “I understand it (the comment) created quite a storm in Alberta,” LeBell
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being hit by dump truck in downtown Montreal - Global News

  12-12-2018 20:03
  Pedestrian dies after being hit by dump truck in downtown Montreal  Global NewsIt is Montreal's 24th fatal collision of 2018 involving a pedestrian.
  
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• Chez Doris’ holiday meal offers bright relief for disadvantaged women

  12-12-2018 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Chez Doris' holiday party has been a tradition for 40 years. Its number of clients has exploded, however, with the influx of asylum-seekers.
  
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• Chez Doris is serving holiday meals to more women than ever

  12-12-2018 19:49
  Close to 300 women who live in poverty or suffer from mental health problems will receive a holiday meal from Chez Doris on Wednesday. The women’s day shelter says that’s a 25-per-cent increase from last year.
  The increased demand is due to the arrival of asylum seekers from Nigeria and a lack of affordable housing in Montreal from women living on welfare, said Marina Boulos-Winton, the organization’s executive director.
  “The social assistance cheques are really low and t
  
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• Annie DeMelt named CTV Montreal’s weekend anchor, surprising no one

  12-12-2018 19:36
  In what should not have come as much of a surprise, Annie DeMelt has been named CTV Montreal’s weekend news anchor. DeMelt, who officially begins the gig on Jan. 1, has been regularly filling in as a CTV Montreal anchor.
  DeMelt, a 15-year vet at CTV Montreal, takes over from Tarah Schwartz, who recently announced that she was leaving the job to devote more time to her young son.
  “To be a full-time anchor has been a dream of mine for a long time,” DeMelt says. “I’ve
  
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• ‘Worst thing is silence,’ justice minister says after Rozon charged with rape

  12-12-2018 19:33
  Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will face a charge of indecent assault and a charge of rape, Quebec’s director of criminal prosecutions, the DPCP, announced on Wednesday.
  The charges come after prosecutors spent two days explaining to 13 other plaintiffs against Rozon that no charges would be filed in connection with their complaints. The DPCP notes that the charges Rozon will face date from 1979, when the offences are alleged to have occurred.
  According to the charges, the offences
  
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• Via Rail places nearly $1B train order with German company instead of Bombardier

  12-12-2018 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Via Rail has selected Germany's Siemens over Bombardier Inc. for a $989-million contract to build new rolling stock as the Canadian passenger rail service renews its fleet of locomotives and cars for the rail corridor between Quebec City and Windsor, Ont.
  
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• Via Rail places $989M train order with Germany's Siemens instead of Bombardier

  12-12-2018 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Via Rail has selected Germany's Siemens over Bombardier Inc. for a $989 million contract to build new rolling stock as the Canadian passenger rail service renews its fleet of locomotives and cars for the rail corridor between Quebec City and Windsor, Ont.
  
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• Thousands of gifts collected for the 27th annual Toy Tea event

  12-12-2018 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  Thousand of gifts were collected for Montreal's less fortunate children living in shelters at the 27th annual Toy Tea event.
  
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• Mental health services for Gaspé anglophones get financial boost

  12-12-2018 19:20 via cbc.ca
  Organizations that provide mental health services to anglophones in the Gaspé region will count on additional funding in 2019 to expand services and reach out to more people in need.
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck by truck on Atwater Ave.

  12-12-2018 19:07
  Montreal police have blocked off one of the city’s busiest thoroughfares after the death Wednesday morning of a pedestrian who was struck by  truck.
  The incident occurred at about 11:20 a.m. at the corner of Atwater Ave. and Tupper St. Police say the truck, travelling west on Tupper St., began to turn south onto Atwater Ave. when the collision occurred. The pedestrian was declared dead at the scene while the driver was being treated for shock.
  Atwater St. is closed between Ste-Catheri
  
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• Ste-Catherine St. sewer work to cost 24% more than estimated

  12-12-2018 18:59
  Major infrastructure work will get underway in February on Ste-Catherine St. between Bleury St. and Robert-Bourassa Blvd. in February, under a $42-million sewer and water-main project approved by the city’s executive committee Wednesday.
  The city is paying 24 per cent more than it had estimated for the contract, awarded to Eurovia Québec Grands Projets.
  The higher cost is because of the complexity of doing the work while maintaining access to stores on Ste-Catherine, the size, d
  
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• What to do about overcrowding at Edinburgh Elementary?

  12-12-2018 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  Michael Rodger, chair of the Edinburgh school governing board, talks about the issue of overcrowding at the Montreal West school and discusses possible solutions.
  
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• Quebec tries to soothe 'dirty oil' spat with Alberta - CTV News

  12-12-2018 18:56
  Quebec tries to soothe 'dirty oil' spat with Alberta  CTV NewsThe Quebec government is trying to keep the peace with Alberta after its premier, Rachel Notley, took offence to a comment from Quebec Premier Francois ...
  
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• Pedestrian dead after being hit by dump truck in downtown Montreal - CBC.ca

  12-12-2018 18:48
  Pedestrian dead after being hit by dump truck in downtown Montreal  CBC.caMontreal police say they received a call at around 11:30 a.m. after a truck turning south on Atwater Avenue off Tupper Street hit a pedestrian.
  
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• Pedestrian dead after being hit by dump truck in downtown Montreal

  12-12-2018 18:48 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police say they received a call at around 11:30 a.m. after a truck turning south on Atwater Avenue off Tupper Street hit a pedestrian.
  
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• 3 victims of former national ski coach Bertrand Charest suing Alpine Canada

  12-12-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  The suit argues Alpine Canada did not take even the most basic steps to prevent the abuse, alleging the organization ignored evidence to protect itself without worrying about the safety of its young athletes.
  
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• Opinion: Dossier Santé Québec isn't yet all it should be

  12-12-2018 18:22
  The Dossier Santé Québec (DSQ) is a web-based province-wide medical database, the first and only of its kind in Quebec. It has been in development for more than 10 years, and in use across Quebec for the past five, in hospitals, offices and clinics. Doctors, nurses, pharmacists, health-care administrators, and others have privileged access to the DSQ. All Quebecers with a medicare card will be entered into the DSQ, but individuals can opt out and keep
  
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• Montreal's Orange Metro Line Has Been Shut Down, Here's Why - MTL Blog

  12-12-2018 17:58
  Montreal's Orange Metro Line Has Been Shut Down, Here's Why  MTL BlogUPDATE: normal metro *service* has resumed.
  
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• Sexual assault victims of ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest sue Alpine Canada

  12-12-2018 17:51 via cbc.ca
  Three sexual assault victims of former ski coach Bertrand Charest are suing Alpine Canada, alleging the sports federation turned a blind eye to signs of wrongdoing.
  
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• Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon charged in connection with sex crimes

  12-12-2018 17:45 via globalnews.ca
  Rozon was charged with indecent assault and rape. The alleged incidents involve one victim and date back to 1979.
  
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• Ex-JFL head Rozon charged with rape, indecent assault related to ‘79 incident

  12-12-2018 17:45
  Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon will face a charge of indecent assault and a charge of rape, Quebec’s director of criminal prosecutions, the DPCP, announced on Wednesday.
  The charges come after prosecutors spent two days explaining to 13 other plaintiffs against Rozon that no charges would be filed in connection with their complaints. The DPCP notes that the charges Rozon will face date from 1979, when the offences are alleged to have occurred.
  According to the charges, the offences
  
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• Pierrefonds launches campaign to educate business owners about service dogs

  12-12-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  The campaign follows an incident in July that saw a man and his dog get kicked out of a Pierrefonds Tim Hortons.
  
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• Repentigny police racially profiled 12-year-old boys, rights commission says

  12-12-2018 17:29
  Three police officers and the Repentigny Police Service have been asked to pay $48,000 in punitive damages for racially profiling two 12-year-old biracial youths at a birthday party five years ago.
  The Quebec Human Rights and Youth Rights Commission is also recommending that the Repentigny Police Service train its members on the risks of profiling of people of colour and members of visible minorities.
  On June 8, 2013, Shewany Tshilombo and Kélian Rualt were intercepted at the Marina of Re
  
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• Patriquin: Hypocritical Quebecers as addicted to oil as anyone else - Montreal Gazette

  12-12-2018 17:19
  Patriquin: Hypocritical Quebecers as addicted to oil as anyone else  Montreal GazetteWe think we are greener than the rest of the continent, but more and more Quebecers are buying trucks and SUVs.
  
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