'It's about all of us': Armed Forces, veterans gather for Remembrance Day in Montreal
MONTREAL -- On Remembrance Day, Bruno Plourde said his thoughts were with a comrade he lost while the two were deployed in Afghanistan.
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Montrealers are facing a month-long transit strike that starts this weekend
MONTREAL -- Metro and bus service in Montreal is expected to be disrupted nearly every day this November because of a transit strike involving about 2,400 maintenance workers and separate strike action by nearly 4,500 bus drivers, metro operators and other transit employees.
Montreal transit strike to disrupt metro, bus service during municipal election day
MONTREAL -- Metro and bus service in Montreal is expected to be disrupted nearly every day this November because of a transit strike involving about 2,400 maintenance workers, and municipal election day this Sunday is no exception.
Hundreds of Montrealers join march calling for Quebec independence
Hundreds of Montrealers could be seen marching in the street Saturday, hopeful they'll one day live to see Quebec become its own nation. The march through the city's downtown comes ahead of the 30th anniversary of the 1995 referendum on Oct. 30. Camille Goyette-Gingras, president of OUI Quebec, one of the groups behind the rally, said day by day she's...
Hundreds of Montrealers join march calling for Quebec independence
MONTREAL -- Hundreds of Montrealers could be seen marching in the street Saturday, hopeful they'll one day live to see Quebec become its own nation.
Montrealers rally downtown in support of "No Kings" movement
MONTREAL -- Montrealers joined many across the U.S. protesting the Trump administration on Saturday, with dozens gathering downtown in support of their neighbours down south.
Montrealers gather to honour missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls
MONTREAL -- Shirley Pien spends a lot of time in Cabot Square, a park in downtown Montreal where many homeless people gather.
Quebec has turned down funds aimed at addressing systemic racism in the courts
The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn't agree with the program's approach. The federal government first offered $6.64 million in funding to provinces and territories in 2021 to improve fairness in the courts. Spread out over five years, the money was aimed at addressing the overrepresentation...