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Hit-and-run in Miami seriously injures Que. man

A young man from Levis, east of Quebec City, is in intensive care after a hit-and-run accident in Miami, Florida on Monday.


Study finds many Dawson College survivors experienced psychological disorders

Bystanders stampede away from Westmount Square at the corner of Wood Ave. and DeMaisonneuve September 13, 2006 after reports of a second shooter in the mall.

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Left-leaning political party reshaping Montreal's Plateau

Plateau Mont-Royal Mayor Luc Ferrandez and his council want to see billboards removed by November 2011 Graeme Hamilton, National Post Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal has long been celebrated as a creative hothouse, yielding artists from Mordecai Ric...


We love a parade

Linden Hills Co-op Grocery & Deli is hosting a "Parade to Sunnyside" at noon on Sunday.


Museum and mall capture Montreal fashion

"Behind the Seams" showcases 30 pieces of the extensive collection of the Museum of Costume and Textile of Quebec at the Eaton Centre downtown.


Hula hoops a new spin on fitness

IHOOPU instructor Kelli Hanrahan performs hoop dance moves as she leads a group practice with beginners and other instructors at Lafontaine Park in Montreal on Wednesday, August 11, 2010.


Quebec City arena to receive provincial funds

Quebec City Mayor Regis Labeaume, left, and Premier Jean Charest are asking the federal government to match the province's commitment to plans for a new arena.


Teen charged in sister's death to undergo test

A CA te Saint-Luc man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the slaying of his sister last month has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation.


Musicians fight stiffer noise bylaw

A group of Montreal artists and and bar owners confronted the mayor of the city's Plateau-Mont Royal borough about noise infractions at a council meeting Tuesday.


Quebec teens win international water prize

Alexandre Allard and Danny Luong of Quebec City received their $5,000 US award and prize sculptures from Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden at a ceremony Tuesday evening in Stockholm as part of World Water Week.


Fertilizer warehouse fire releases toxic fumes

The fire at the SynAgri warehouse started at around 2:30 a.m. Firefighters and officials from Quebec's Environment Ministry are on the scene after a fire destroyed a fertilizer and herbicide plant in Levis, south of Quebec City.


Plateau Mont Royal wants billboards out

An expert in constitutional law is already calling the proposed billboard regulation "clearly unconstitutional." Photograph by: John Kenney, Montreal Gazette Seven weeks after slapping a ban on any new billboard advertising in their territory, the...


Colombian family must not be deported: supporters

Supporters of a Colombian native who has been ordered deported from Canada are calling on the government to allow her to stay.


20% of Canadian teens not in school in 2008

One in five Canadian teenagers between the ages of 15 and 19 did not pursue a formal education in 2008, according to a study released Tuesday by the Canadian Education Statistics Council, a partnership between Statistics Canada and the country's e...


Quebec minister Claude Bechard dies

Claude Bechard, pictured here at Quebec's national assembly in June 2009, has died of cancer at the age of 41.


Montreal water bottled as Aquafina worries groups

PepsiCo sells bottled water under the brand, Aquafina. Water conservation groups say the City of Montreal should increase how much it charges companies to turn its cheap tap water into bottled water for a profit.


French radio returns to Windsor, Ont.

Francophones in southwestern Ontario will now hear more radio programming in French, more than a year after staff cuts at Radio-Canada all but eliminated local broadcasts.


Police believe body could be missing Baie Comeau plane crash victim

Quebec police have located the remains of a man they believe could be the missing passenger in a plane that crashed last month in eastern Quebec.


Adrian MacNair: Canada, the whiney country

Ken Lewenza: He's not happy, and nothing you do can make him happy. According to the Economist , guess which country is beset by the most work stoppages in the world? Is it a developing country that requires worker protections from undue exploitat...

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High Arctic exiles to be honoured

Eighty-seven Inuit from Inukjuak, Que., were moved to Grise Fiord and Resolute, Nunavut, as part of the federal government's High Arctic relocation program in the 1950s.


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