Montreal Latest News

• Montreal area parents worry they have been duped by promoter of robot dinosaur show

  Jurassic Fest Montreal was sold by its promoter as an outdoor, weeklong "mesmerizing, world-class dinosaur exhibition featuring over 20 life-size animatronic, robotic dinosaurs.''

  Canada

  37 mins
• ‘She helped a lot of us’: Canadian golf legend Jocelyne Bourassa dead at 74

  Bourassa was inducted into the Quebec Sports Hall of Fame in 1992, the Canadian Golf Hall of Fame and Quebec Golf Hall of Fame in 1996 and Canada's Sports Hall of Fame in 2015.

  Canada

  2 hours
• Popular outdoor concerts outside Wainwright café in Mile End should be up and running again soon

  The City of Montreal says popular concerts held outside Martha Wainwright's café should be allowed to continue soon.

  Canada

  3 hours
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• Police investigate slaying of man, 31, gunned down in Longueuil home

  The shooting comes less than a day after the Quebec government announced a new unit composed of Montreal and provincial police officers to fight weapons trafficking.

  Crime

  4 hours
• Local artist dazzles the eye and the heart with bright colourful 14-storey mural

  Canadian mural artist Michelle Hoogveld has transformed Hotel Germain into her canvas, bringing new life to the building with bright colourful shapes.

  Features

  5 hours
• Quebec moves towards vaccine passport after another spike in COVID cases

  Legault said the government will announce details in the coming days about how the system will work and when it will begin.

  Canada

  6 hours
• Ottawa announces $6 billion transfer to Quebec aimed at strengthening child care

  Officials say the money is "without conditions," adding that the province already spends $2.7 billion a year on its child-care system, which costs parents $8.50 a day per child.

  Canada

  8 hours
• Rick Zamperin: All signs pointing to a Tiger-Cats’ Grey Cup victory

  In a rematch of the 2019 Grey Cup, the Hamilton Tiger-Cats and Winnipeg Blue Bombers will meet in the 2021 CFL season opener Thursday night.

  Commentary

  9 hours
• CFL to remember children, families impacted by Canadian residential schools

  The CFL will acknowledge the children and families victimized by Canada's residential schools system during the opening week of the '21 season.

  Canada

  Aug 4
• CFL finally set to resume playing football after losing 2020 season to COVID-19 pandemic

  The CFL kicks off the '21 season Thursday night, its first action since the 2019 Grey Cup game.

  Canada

  Aug 4
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• “Vaccivan” helps bring COVID-19 vaccines to West Islanders

  Health authorities in Quebec are making a final push to vaccinate as many people as possible against COVID-19 before the return to school. 

  Canada

  Aug 4
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• Montreal couple appears in court to face charges over fake orderly certificates

  The fake certificates were sold at $800 a pop and attested to 750 hours of training to become a personal care attendant or orderly.

  Crime

  Aug 4
• Vigil organizers want justice after Black man killed by police in Montreal suburb

  Jean-René Junior Olivier, 37, was shot by police three times in the stomach just a few houses down from his mother’s home after she called 911 asking for help.

  Canada

  Aug 4
• Montreal home sales, new listings drop by about 30% each in July: QPAREB

  The board says 3,799 homes were sold in the market in July, down from 5,324 in the same month last year.

  Canada

  Aug 4
• Beloved NDG curbside community garden sunflowers deemed a traffic hazard

  Sunflowers in an NDG curbside community garden have grown too high, according to the borough, causing a traffic hazard and now must be removed.

  Traffic

  Aug 4
• Montreal public health investigates after 10 cases of legionnaires’ disease, 2 deaths

  Public health is asking residents to ensure that home hot water heaters maintain a temperature above 60 C to prevent growth of the bacteria.

  Health

  Aug 4
• Quebec government to create police unit to fight Montreal’s rising gun violence

  Officials said the unit will be dedicated to reducing gun trafficking after a hail of bullets was fired at an apartment building in Montreal's northeast end on Monday.

  Crime

  Aug 4
• Quebec records 184 new COVID-19 cases, highest daily total since June 10

  This comes as some Quebec officials called on the government Tuesday to impose a vaccine-passport system as soon as possible.

  Canada

  Aug 4
• 10 football players to keep an eye on during the 2021 CFL regular season

  The CFL will kick off a 14-game season Thursday night with the Winnipeg Blue Bombers hosting the Hamilton Tiger-Cats. Here's a look at 10 players worth keeping an eye on this year.

  Canada

  Aug 4
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• 31st International First Peoples’ Festival kicks off in Montreal

  The 31st International First Peoples' Festival kicked off in Montreal with several events and activities planned at Place des Festivals for August 3rd to August 11th.

  Canada

  Aug 3
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• CFL unveils its COVID-19 game cancellation policy

  According to the policy, if a game is cancelled due to COVID-19 issues and can't be rescheduled, the club suffering from the COVID-19 issues will forfeit a 1-0 loss.

  Sports

  Aug 3
• Concerns growing over future of decades-old Beaconsfield, Que. strip mall

  Business owners and clients of the Elm Plaza strip mall are concerned that the building could be sold and converted into high end condos.

  Canada

  Aug 3
• Canadian Olympic diver shocked with diamond ring after winning silver in Tokyo

  The 29-year-old from Laval, Que., was greeted at Trudeau airport by friends and family, including boyfriend and pro boxer David Lemieux, who couldn't wait to pop the question.

  Canada

  Aug 3
• Pointe-Claire’s Sunnyside Park to get a new rain garden

  Work crews began the preliminary work clearing the lot for the city’s new rain collection project on Tuesday.

  Environment

  Aug 3
• Quebec Opposition calls for COVID-19 vaccine passports as infections top 175

  The province's public health institute is reporting 175 new cases of COVID-19 Tuesday — the second-highest number of new daily cases reported in more than a month.

  Health

  Aug 3