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Montreal The company managing the Dufferin Terrace slide is investing $400,000 with help from Tourisme Québec to get the most out of the winter season, which now often includes more rainy days. Slide was closed for a third of season last year because of bad weatherCBC News · Posted: DecContinue Reading

Montreal Caregivers are widely criticizing the scaling back of Quebec’s home-care services, which support vulnerable people in accomplishing daily tasks. Health officials deny cuts to cheque program while users see hours rolled backCBC News · Posted: Dec 13, 2024 12:49 PM EST | Last Updated: December 13 Teri-Lee Walters hasContinue Reading

Montreal ELNA Medical Group, a Montreal-based company that bills itself as Canada’s largest network of medical clinics, has entered creditor protection. The move raised questions about the future of the company and the services it provides patients. Financial troubles a worrisome development for patients, physicians’ group says Benjamin Shingler · CBC NewsContinue Reading

Montreal The developers planning to rebuild the historic site of Montreal’s Molson Brewery into a mixed-use residential neighbourhood with a park and pedestrian-only area said Wednesday they intended to devote 20 per cent of the project to social housing. Project is in its early stages, but developers hope to beginContinue Reading

Montreal The company reached the settlement agreement in October, but a Quebec Superior Court judge signed off on it Tuesday.  Some shoppers are eligible for an Interac e-transfer of $10CBC News · Posted: Dec 10, 2024 5:08 PM EST | Last Updated: December 10 A person walks past a DollaramaContinue Reading

Montreal Quebec Premier François Legault raised the possibility of ending public prayer during a press conference Friday, which he began by saying he wanted to send a “very clear message to Islamists.” Federal immigration minister says freedom of religion should be respectedThe Canadian Press · Posted: Dec 10, 2024 3:32Continue Reading

Montreal After more than eight days, New York authorities are scaling back the search for a Quebec hiker who went missing in the snow-covered Adirondack Mountains.  Rescuers faced harsh winter conditions in effort to locate 22-year-old Léo Dufour Isaac Olson · CBC News · Posted: Dec 09, 2024 4:15 PMContinue Reading

Montreal Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon’s civil trial for sexual assault opened today at the Montreal courthouse with his lawyer portraying him as the scapegoat in a hunt to find Quebec’s Harvey Weinstein. 9 women alleging they were sexually assaulted by Just for Laughs founder seek $14M in damagesContinue Reading

When Michel Laforge bought his Subaru Impreza in 2023, he was sold on the vehicle’s crash-prevention technology. But he’s come to doubt how safe it really is after his vehicle slammed the brakes for no apparent reason on five separate occasions. “I wouldn’t get another vehicle that had this,” saidContinue Reading