News/Canada/Montreal (Page 40)

Montreal More than half of all asylum seekers currently residing in Canada —160,651 people out of 289,047 — are in Quebec.  Education network approaching ‘breaking point,’ minister says Holly Cabrera · CBC News · Posted: Feb 20, 2024 12:24 PM EST | Last Updated: 4 hours ago Quebec says itContinue Reading

Jaya-Lilas Payette used to manage her juvenile arthritis with medication but about a year ago, the drugs stopped being effective. Payette’s arthritis had progressed to osteoarthritis and last fall, her routine X-rays showed her hip bones had deteriorated much faster than expected. “We saw the bones of my hips wereContinue Reading

Montreal·Black Changemakers Massimadi Foundation president Laurent Lafontant has been working to bring these stories forward for over 15 years. CBC News · Posted: Feb 19, 2024 3:06 PM EST | Last Updated: February 20 Festival founder says Black LGBTQ Quebecers are now ‘building our own stories’ on screen more thanContinue Reading

Montreal Fabio Puglisi is accused of killing his mother Élisabetta Puglisi-Caucci, 68, and his neighbour, Manon Blanchard, 53. Fabio Puglisi accused of killing his mother and neighbourCBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2024 2:46 PM EST | Last Updated: 3 hours ago Quebec provincial police arrested Fabio Puglisi at theContinue Reading

Montreal The misuse of benzodiazepines is sparking concern in Quebec, and prompting the college of physicians to increase its scrutiny of doctors who overprescribe them.  College of Physicians says it will educate doctors who overprescribe benzos Matthew Lapierre · CBC News · Posted: Feb 16, 2024 4:00 AM EST |Continue Reading

Montreal Five ambulances were deployed to a “major police operation” in the suburb west of Montreal. 2 women dead, another in critical condition after stabbings in Montreal suburb Verity Stevenson · CBC News · Posted: Feb 15, 2024 12:50 PM EST | Last Updated: 2 hours ago Five ambulances wereContinue Reading

Montreal Newcomers to Canada often turn to lawyers to help them navigate the ins and outs of the immigration system. But increasingly, in Montreal, people posing as immigration lawyers are taking advantage of immigrants and refugees, which can have devastating consequences. With increase in investigations into illegal practice of immigrationContinue Reading

Montreal·First Person Arriving in Montreal as an avid reader, Sarah Gilbert was a regular at her local library in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. Thirty years later, her book about her neighbourhood is now on its shelves. When I moved to Mile End with nothing, the first thing I got was aContinue Reading

Montreal Members from Montreal’s Chinese and Indigenous communities came together as part of the Lunar New Year festivities. For the event’s organizer, it was a step toward decolonizing Chinatown. Chinatown event brought together both communities to heal, celebrate hand in hand Jessica Wu · CBC News · Posted: Feb 10,Continue Reading