Polytechnique Montréal

• Union for over 7,000 engineering students at Polytechnique in Montreal to strike

  The engineering school had offered the grants since 2014 to offset costs associated with mandatory internships.

  Canada

  Sep 15, 2025
  
• Polytechnique Montréal receives $50 million gift to create disruptive innovation hub

  A Quebec-born businessman and philanthropist is donating $50 million to a Montreal university to establish an institute dedicated to "disruptive innovation."

  Education

  Mar 17, 2025
  
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• Alberta grad wins Order of White Rose scholarship from Polytechnique Montréal

  A young woman from Alberta received the Order of the White Rose, a scholarship created in honour of the woman who lost their lives during the Montreal Massacre in 1989.

  Canada

  Dec 2, 2024
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• Meet 28 co-workers sharing a $5-million lotto win, and what each of them is getting

  A group of 28 colleagues from a Montreal university are the lucky winners of a Lotto 6/49 draw worth $5 million. They'll each be taking home almost $180,000.

  Canada

  Oct 27, 2023
• French-language university heads criticize tuition hike for non-Quebec students

  The open letter published in La Presse also criticizes what it describes as characterizations of non-Quebec students as 'cash cows' and threats to the French language.

  Canada

  Oct 25, 2023
• Coronavirus: Research shows sewage could help predict COVID-19 outbreaks

  Quebec's Public Health Institute (INSPQ) says the study's findings are an extra tool that can help inform their decisions, for example on screening or prevention measures.

  Health

  Jan 8, 2021
• Laval wants to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2035

  The City of Laval announced that it's committed to reducing its greenhouse gas emissions by 33 per cent by 2035.

  Environment

  Oct 8, 2020
• Saskatchewan residents have some of highest levels of lead-tainted water in Canada

  Regina, Saskatoon and Moose Jaw, Sask., have some of the highest measured levels of lead-tainted water in Canada.

  Canada

  Nov 4, 2019
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• Researchers use trees to reclaim waste water from landfill

  Waste water from a landfill is being used to grow willow trees at a dump in Ste. Sophie, Quebec.

  Environment

  Aug 29, 2019