Montreal blue-collar workers disrupt session at city hall, plan strike day

A blue-collar workers’ protest moved inside Montreal city hall Wednesday, forcing council to suspend its session as it prepared to adopt the first budget of Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s administration.

Jan 29, 2026 | Featured

Ontario premier says election of a separatist party in Quebec would be a ‘disaster’

Ontario Premier Doug Ford stepped into Quebec politics Wednesday, suggesting that the election of a separatist party in the upcoming Quebec election would be a “disaster.”

Jan 29, 2026 | Featured

Montreal mental health hospital damaged by burst water pipes

Health officials say four labs have been damaged after burst pipes sent water pouring through a building at a Montreal mental health hospital and research centre.

Jan 28, 2026 | Featured

The CAQ splitting into Drainville, Fréchette camps as a 2-horse leadership race takes shape

Candidates Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville both made a show of force at the CAQ caucus meeting in Trois-Rivières, Que. But Quebec Premier François Legault warned his party that the race to replace him can’t put his government on pause.

Jan 28, 2026 | Featured

2 men sentenced to 18 years for fatal shooting of daughter-in-law of Montreal Mafia figure

Two men were sentenced to 18 years in prison Tuesday after pleading guilty in connection with the May 2023 killing of the daughter-in-law of an organized crime figure in Montreal.

Jan 28, 2026 | Featured

Intense cold slows power restoration for thousands in Montreal

Thousands of Hydro-Québec customers in Montreal’s west end are still without power Monday evening, and the Crown corporation says it may not come back on until Tuesday.

Jan 27, 2026 | Featured

Man charged with the 2014 murder of Jenique Dalcourt appears in Montreal court

Michael Mcduff-Jalbert was arrested in 2024 and charged with first-degree murder 10 years after Jenique Dalcourt was beaten to death on a bike path on Montreal’s South Shore. His preliminary hearing is expected to last up to three weeks.

Jan 27, 2026 | Featured