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Montreal family faces expropriation of longtime home for Metro ventilation
The Ly family’s land in Montreal is being expropriated so it can be torn down and replaced with a new ventilation station that would serve the Metro’s Orange line.
As cold weather arrives, Quebec hands out eviction notices at Notre-Dame Street encampment
The Quebec government has given eviction notices to some of the dozens of unhoused people living in tents along Montreal's Notre-Dame Street. This comes as city councillors debate declaring a state of emergency over homelessness.
'That is not justice,' says mother of Jannai Dopwell-Bailey after youth handed 6 years for killing son
On Monday, a young man convicted of second-degree murder in the teen's death was sentenced to six years minus time served, leaving him two more years in custody and three years under supervision in the community.
Montreal drives for greener golf courses by banning most pesticides
The current bylaw, which came into effect in 2022, restricts the sale and use of 35 molecules found in pesticides, but golf courses are exempt. The city plans to amend the bylaw, prohibiting all but three pesticides on golf courses.
Video of man throwing water on homeless person in Montreal draws outrage
The incident happened Saturday at the entrance of MTL Gaming Centre on St. Laurent Boulevard, in Montreal's Chinatown, where a homeless man was sleeping.
Quebec races to save western chorus frog as city builds road through wetland
A controversial road through a wetland inhabited by the western chorus frog, a threatened species, is soon set to be completed in Longueuil, Que. While efforts to boost the frogs' population get underway, conservationists say more needs to be done.
Quebecers plead with province to let their loved ones in through family reunification
Over 38,000 Quebecers are waiting for a loved one to enter the country through the family reunification program, according to Québec Réunifié. Quebec's family reunification envelope is capped at around 10,000 applicants per year.
Saint-Michel affordable housing project in jeopardy due to long wait for government approval
A new Black community group in Montreal has plans to develop a mixed-use affordable housing project in the city's Saint-Michel neighbourhood. But after a year-long wait for approval, the group says Quebec's housing agency is putting the project in jeopardy by dragging its feet.
McGill's floor fellows say students will lose out after school axes role
It's a decision that the floor fellows — students hired to help their fellow students navigate life in the dorms — say will make the Montreal university feel less like home.
Montreal father warns against counterfeit synthetic opioids after death of teen son
A father wants to spread awareness about synthetic opioids sold to teens after he says his son died of an overdose. The 15-year-old took a drug known as isotonitazene thinking it was oxycodone.