News/Canada/Montreal (Page 20)

Montreal Patrick Meguid says he believes more could have been done to prevent the two deaths in the early hours of Oct. 4 in Old Montreal. He and other guests at the hostel that burned down say they’re lucky to be alive. Patrick Meguid says firefighters entered from a windowContinue Reading

Montreal Federal Health Minister Mark Holland says Ottawa will not be contesting Quebec’s law to allow advance requests for assisted dying, also known as MAID, as it begins Canada-wide consultations on making changes to the Criminal Code. Government to have Canada-wide consultation before amending Criminal CodeCBC News · Posted: OctContinue Reading

Montreal The move comes on top of an ongoing strike on overtime shifts and a three-day strike at two container terminals that ended earlier this month. Strike set to end Monday morningThe Canadian Press · Posted: Oct 27, 2024 12:38 PM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours ago Port ofContinue Reading

Montreal The Liberals are blaming the Coalition Avenir Québec government’s budgetary decisions for the closures, adding immigrants will have a harder time becoming fluent in French and integrating into Quebec society without the classes. French language minister has placed blame on school service centres for closuresThe Canadian Press · Posted:Continue Reading

Montreal Starting next week, the province will begin accepting requests for medically assisted dying before a person’s condition, such as Alzheimer’s, renders them incapable of giving consent. Federal government urges province to wait for them to make countrywide changesBenjamin Shingler · CBC News · Posted: Oct 24, 2024 1:12 PMContinue Reading

Montreal Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is not running for a third term next year, saying she could not guarantee Montrealers another mandate where she could give the job the “same level of energy.” Plante said she would stay on until the end of her mandate next year Matthew Lapierre · CBCContinue Reading

In the last few weeks, an elementary school in Montreal’s west-central Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood has been mired in controversy. This past weekend, 11 teachers were suspended for allegedly creating a toxic environment for students and staff that goes back to 2016. On Tuesday, their teaching licences were also suspended. The allegations are the subjectContinue Reading

Montreal What do you think about the time change? Quebec wants to knowThe province is launching a public consultation to learn whether Quebecers want to keep switching between eastern standard time and daylight saving time. CBC News · Posted: Oct 22, 2024 1:45 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hoursContinue Reading

Montreal Montreal police say a car was deliberately set on fire in the driveway of home in the city’s West Island. Radio-Canada is reporting that the home belongs to Émile Benamor, the landlord who owns two buildings in Old Montreal that were the site of two fatal fires. Émile Benamor’sContinue Reading