News/Canada/Montreal (Page 37)

Montreal Canada’s Olympic fencing team in Paris will be country’s largest in decades and its athletes are hungry to make history and earn a podium finish. ‘My goal is to win. I don’t really see myself setting a lower goal,’ says Canadian fencer Antoni Nerestant · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Just before dawn on March 23 as an early spring snowstorm blanketed the city, an old greystone building on St-Dominique Street began to burn. Investigators don’t yet know what caused the fire, but it was cold that night and squatters had been known to use the building, which had beenContinue Reading

Montreal The RCMP says a former SNC-Lavalin executive has been sentenced to three-and-a-half years in prison in connection with a bribery scheme for a bridge repair contract in Montreal. Normand Morin has been sentenced to 3-and-a-half years in prisonThe Canadian Press · Posted: Apr 24, 2024 2:52 PM EDT |Continue Reading

Montreal A Quebec advocacy group for people with disabilities called 94 Quebec clinics that offer mammograms. Nearly half told them they couldn’t accommodate people using wheelchairs. Lack of accessible clinics puts breast cancer screening out of reach for many people Alison Northcott · CBC News · Posted: Apr 24, 2024Continue Reading

Montreal Two men, including one from Quebec, have been accused of bypassing international sanctions to facilitate illegal activities while they were employed at the International Civil Aviation Organization. Accused is expected to appear at Montreal courthouse on TuesdayHolly Cabrera · CBC News · Posted: Apr 23, 2024 8:41 AM EDTContinue Reading

Montreal Moffet, Que., over 700 kilometres northwest of Montreal, has been bustling with new projects. The village received an award recognizing the revitalization efforts, which have increased its population by 27 per cent. ‘We’re kind of the underdog,’ says Moffet Mayor Alexandre Binette Rachel Watts · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Montreal Quebec optometrists have confirmed 40 cases of eclipse-related eye damage since the solar event on April 8, and health officials say there could be more. More data needed, not all injuries are permanent, doctor saysCBC News · Posted: Apr 22, 2024 8:16 PM EDT | Last Updated: April 23Continue Reading

Montreal A Quebec-based union is trying to represent hundreds of Amazon.com Inc. workers at a warehouse in Laval, Que., a first of its kind in Canada if they succeed. CSN filed application with Administrative Labour Tribunal to represent 200 workers The Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN) says the application itContinue Reading

Montreal A controversial road through a wetland inhabited by the western chorus frog, a threatened species, is soon set to be completed in Longueuil, Que. While efforts to boost the frogs’ population get underway, conservationists say more needs to be done. Conservationists worry not enough is being done to protectContinue Reading