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Quebec medical specialist shares New Year's Eve tips as ERs are overcrowded
An emergency medicine expert urges Quebecers to take precautions, as occupancy rates in the province's emergency rooms are high and some are over 100 per cent capacity.
2024 Black Changemakers
Fuelled by their progress, this Montrealer dedicated her career to empowering youth
Joan Kirton spent her life helping youth at the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, drawn to the “bad ones” because she saw their potential for growth and change.
Decades of Quebec art and history go up in flames in Montreal's West Island
Maison Charles-Daudelin, a protected heritage site in Kirkland, Que., burnt down on Sunday night, leaving advocates doubtful about the extent of elected officials' efforts to protect heritage buildings.
Montrealers show off their sweet tooth to lend hand to displaced Lebanese people
On Sunday, 20 bakers gathered to raise money for more than 1.2 million displaced Lebanese people. The fundraiser is still ongoing.
Plante calls out Quebec for 'avoidable' death of 55-year-old man found outside in the cold
"It's a big crisis and it breaks my heart, and I know that Montrealers feel the same way," said the mayor Monday afternoon. "It's unacceptable that this happens in a rich society like ours, like Quebec."
After collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Montrealers yearn for a new, democratic Syria
After half a century of rule by the al-Assad dynasty, the Syrian government was ousted by opposition fighters early Sunday. While many Syrian Montrealers are celebrating the news, they remain cautious and plan to closely follow the transition of power.
Montreal's abandoned Empress Theatre to rise from the ashes as mixed-use development, city says
The City of Montreal is preparing to revitalize the long-abandoned Empress Theatre in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighbourhood. The theatre has been boarded up since 1992 after it went up in flames.
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.
Armenian Montrealers 'heartbroken' Canada is attending Azerbaijan-hosted COP29
One year after Azerbaijan expelled nearly 120,000 Armenians from the disputed territory of Nagorno-Karabakh, the Montreal diaspora is urging the Canadian government to shed light on human rights concerns at COP29, which is taking place in the country.
STM releases balanced 2025 budget with increased spending on security
Montreal's public transit agency revealed the details of its 2025 budget on Thursday afternoon, with the STM cutting $16 million from an earlier budget projection for the year.