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Stateless Palestinian refugee claimant reunites with family before undergoing surgery
By Anne Leclair Reporter
“I feel so good,” Taha El Taha told Global News on Tuesday evening. “Now that my family is here I feel I can fight this.” Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Legal battle against City of Montreal turns toxic for homeowners around Baldwin Park
Montreal homeowners are furious with the mayor for breaking a pledge. Their homes on Sherbrooke Street east near Fullum Street sit on contaminated land. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Family of terminally-ill refugee claimant granted temporary resident permits
A terminally-ill refugee claimant from Lebanon has just been granted his dying wish by the federal government. Continue reading
‘It’s a tragic case’: NDP calls on immigration minister to grant dying wish to terminally ill refugee claimant
By Anne Leclair Reporter
The NDP is calling on the federal immigration minister to grant a terminally-ill refugee claimant permission to see his family that is living in Lebanon. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Calls for immigration minister to reconsider request from terminally ill refugee claimant
The 36-year-old Stateless Palestinian from Lebanon was diagnosed with advanced Stage 4 colorectal cancer shortly after he arrived in Canada late last year. Continue reading
EXCLUSIVE: Terminally ill refugee claimant from Lebanon desperate to bring family to Canada
By Anne Leclair Reporter
His request was turned down once already but his lawyer and doctors are now calling on the immigration minister to make an exception out of compassion. Continue reading
‘It makes no sense’: Montreal driver fuming over potholes in Lachine
By Anne Leclair Reporter
One Montreal motorist is fuming over potholes along 43rd Avenue in Lachine, under the Côte-de-Liesse overpass. Despite reporting the pervasive pot holes to the borough on several occasions, one motorist is furious that nothing is being done. Continue reading
2017 an all-time high for anti-Semitic acts: B’nai Brith Canada
By Anne Leclair Reporter
The audit found that incidents of vandalism more than doubled across the country. Continue reading
Exclusive: Kidney cancer patient in the Laurentians wins fight for less invasive treatment in Montreal
He was told two months ago that his tumour is small enough to qualify for a local tumour ablation (LTA) instead of surgery. Continue reading
Class action lawsuit over noise pollution at Trudeau airport gets green light
An estimated 200,000 residents living under the airport’s flight paths from Dorval to Ahuntsic could qualify for compensation. Continue reading
Quebec adopts new regulation to improve access to healthcare in English
The regulation creates a provincial access committee, and is the product of a three-year collaboration between English-language rights advocates and the health minister. Continue reading
Exclusive: Quebec to pay for West Island man to seek mental-health services in Ontario
Quebec’s health ministry has reversed its decision and will now cover the cost of sending a man to Ontario for mental-health services in English. Continue reading
Family of West Island suicidal man claims he’s being penalized for speaking English
The 24-year-old was transferred to the French facility Le Rucher on March 20 for intensive dialectical behaviour therapy. The only equivalent English facility is in Ontario, where services aren’t covered by the RAMQ. Continue reading
Quebec’s chief electoral officer investigates allegations of corruption in CDN-NDG
A group of residents is also calling on the province’s anti-corruption unit to probe into reports that a city councillor was offered a job last summer if he pulled out of the electoral race. Continue reading
Celebrating Purple Day with scholarship to honour colleague who died of epilepsy
The brain disorder affects up to one per cent of the population, and people who suffer sudden unexpected death in epilepsy are mostly young men with uncontrolled seizures. Continue reading
