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The program allows people who have been hospitalized to go home sooner while still receiving care. Experts say it’s a step in the right direction but not a one-stop solution.

Dan Philip, a former president of the Black Coalition of Quebec, died earlier this month. The activist co-founded the Coalition more than 50 years ago to draw attention to racism.

For some people this summer’s Caribbean carnival, now known as Carimas, can’t come soon enough.

On Wednesday Quebec law enforcement chiefs released statistics showing that there were 37,000 reported cases of fraud in the province.

Quebec is changing its controversial plan to build two mini private hospitals. Instead of providing services to a wider public, the latest plan is to focus on services for seniors.

People are outraged about a recent decision to remove dozens of garbage cans along the Lachine Canal, prompting fears that the picturesque area could turn into a wasteland.

The increase in the number of clients is why the mission is moving at the beginning of June to 72D Brunswick Boulevard in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, to a space twice the current size.

Hillary Cohen says she is still shaken by what happened on April 4, as she drove with her husband along Highway 40 east in Montreal’s St-Laurent borough.

A development plan is finally in the works for the former federal port lands on the south side of the Peel Basin, bordered by Mill and Bridge streets along the Lachine Canal.