Montreal Gazette
THE HURDLES TO QUEBEC SOVEREIGNTY
Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-pierre Plamondon has pointed to U.S. President Donald Trump and global economic uncertainty to justify delaying any sovereignty referendum until 2029 or 2030. But Trump's trade war with Canada is only one of multiple...
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SALUTE TO A SANDWICH
Feeling nostalgic `for the golden days of Montreal,' filmmaker Ezra Soiferman has paid tribute to the Wilensky Special, a favourite for generations of diners. He tells Bill Brownstein about his short film, and why a vegetarian is in love with...
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DRUG LAB IN GRIFFINTOWN
Montreal police said they were dismantling a clandestine drug lab inside a Griffintown condo building late Wednesday morning, leading to the arrest of a 35-year-old man. The lab was located inside a single condo unit, SPVM spokesperson Jeanpierre...
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With the Quebec election call imminent, public opinion appears to be shifting
Quebec City and Montreal have long had different political leanings. But for this fall, voters in both cities appear to be showing a growing interest in Éric Duhaime's Conservative Party of Quebec. At least, that's what a new Léger poll conducted...
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Hydro could be leverage against U.S.
Premier Christine Fréchette said Monday that Quebec will not be intimidated by threats from U.S. President Donald Trump and has not ruled out cutting electricity exports as a reprisal against tariffs. “We don't give in to threats,” Fréchette said. “We...
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ENCRYPTION REMAINS STICKING POINT TO BILL C-22
Canadian law enforcement leaders are worried Bill C-22 has been defanged, and civil rights advocates say it has gone too far, but the federal government's bid for “lawful access” to Canadians' data for crime solving got a big thumbs-up from the...
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TAKING THE CONTROLS
A cargo vehicle is sitting about 10 metres out from the International Space Station. “Just micro-movements,” says Ed Birchnall, supervisor of mission control and training at the Canadian Space Agency. The cargo has just arrived from Earth, loaded...
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A COTTAGE INDUSTRY
Montreal's Jacob Whiteduck-Lavoie had a home advantage when filming the teen drama series Sterling Point in Canadian cottage country with an international cast.
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A LIFE OF LOVE AND MUSIC
Richard Jones, son of jazz great Oliver Jones, places his father's urn on display yesterday for a public visitation at city hall. The legendary Montreal pianist died last month at the age of 91. His funeral service is scheduled to take place today at 1...
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LESSONS IN COLLEGIALITY
Dozens of teachers and other faculty members at John Abbott College gathered outside the school Tuesday, calling for better treatment from the administration as the start of the school year approaches. Tension between teachers and the administration...
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IN HONOUR OF THE LOST BOY
The Mackle Rd. dog run in Côte-stluc is about as far away from Hollywood as you can get, and that's how Bernie Haim likes it. The 80-year-old doesn't own a dog, but he meets there with his brother Abe (who does own one), son Daniel and neighbourhood...
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THE BOOZE BATTLE OVER HANS ISLAND HOLDS LESSON
Battered by fresh U.S. threats of tariffs and annexation, Canada is turning toward Europe, with speculation among some that we might one day even join the European Union. After all, Canada does share a land border with an EU country. This is the...
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KNOWING HOW TO FIND HELP
When François decided to enter drug addiction treatment when he was living on the street in Montreal five years ago, the biggest obstacle wasn't the over one-hour trek by métro and two buses to reach the rehab centre he had chosen north of the island,...
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TAP INTO BETTER HEALTH
Patricia Mckinley, centre, and other participants enjoy a tap dance class for older adults at the Cummings Centre last month. Research has shown that dance can help with balance and reduce the risk of falls as one ages. Mckinley, a retired professor of...
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STARING AT THE SUN
Sharissa Morrison takes a break from work to look at the partial solar eclipse through solar glasses at Père-marquette Park yesterday. About a fifth of the sun was obscured by the moon during the afternoon, though clouds blocked much of the show for...
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GETTING READY FOR SCHOOL
Ben collects his choice of backpack of school supplies from Alouettes quarterback Davis Alexander during the Welcome Hall Mission's annual back to school event yesterday, while brothers Eden, right, and Kendji scout their bags. The Cfl-leading...
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PRIDE, NOT PREJUDICE
Fierté Montréal's parade brought a rainbow to René-lévesque Blvd. on Sunday afternoon, going from Robert-bourassa Blvd. in the former LGBTQ+ district to Atateken St. in the Village.
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A WORLD ON FIRE
Toronto and New York choked under orange and white skies. Madrid and Bordeaux had flames licking at their doorsteps. Vast forests, rural communities and ranchlands full of livestock in Western Canada and the U.S. have burned — and all in the month of...
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KEEPING LITTLE ITALY AUTHENTIC
Co-owners Elena Vendittelli Faita and Rudy Vendittelli with a banner above the shop door proudly celebrating Quincaillerie Dante's 70th anniversary. Generations of Montreal home cooks have flocked to the shop to equip their kitchens and learn how to...
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Montreal meal-kit company Goodfood went from pandemic hit to 3-cent stock
At the height of the pandemic, Goodfood could barely expand fast enough. Canadians shunning grocery aisles and unable to dine out paid to have the answer to a nightly question — what is for dinner? — delivered to their doors. As the Montreal meal-kit...
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2 DEAD IN LAVAL CRASH
A vehicle fled an attempted police interception early yesterday, striking a lamppost before hitting the Atlantis Gym building on des Laurentides Blvd., according to authorities. The driver and a passenger died; another passenger remained in critical...
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Cleanup part of plan for beleaguered Chinatown
Montreal's Chinatown is at the heart of a cleaning blitz and a new plan to revitalize the area that was unveiled by the Ville-marie borough Tuesday, prompting cautious optimism from locals. Claude Pinard, chair of the city's executive committee and...
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3 DAYS OF CROWD-PLEASERS
Festivalgoers flocked to Parc Jean-drapeau for the 19th edition of Osheaga over the weekend, taking in dozens of acts ranging from Lorde to Angine de Poitrine.
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`YOU HAVE TO LIVE IN A VAN'
Laurie Michaud's living quarters shift between two Canmore parking lots. “I prefer the recreation centre, it's less dusty and there's no train at night,” said the woman who hails from Riviere-du-loup. “But we have to move the van at 8 in the...
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MUST CANADA FIGHT BACK?
Some 25 years ago, a 12-year-old me was being bullied in high school. I was chubby. I was nerdy. And I was “different” — because back then, being a gay teenager wasn't yet considered “cool.” Those ingredients made me a perfect target for the school's...
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VISIT FROM AN OLD FRIEND
The 95-year-old Italian navy training ship Amerigo Vespucci, known as `the most beautiful ship in the world,' is on a tour of various North American cities and is docked at Montreal's Old Port through the weekend. Leora Schertzer details the historic...
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Grande's legions of fans brave the rain for Eternal Sunshine at first of 3 shows
The pouring rain was not enough to deter the legions of Ariana Grande fans who flocked to the Bell Centre Tuesday evening and stood patiently in line to see the pop superstar play the first of three Montreal shows this week. They were rewarded with...
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GETTING THE WATER RUNNING
Emergency repairs to a major aqueduct beneath Atwater Ave. are on schedule to finish around the end of summer, Montreal officials said Tuesday, but they also warned that more than one million residents must continue conserving water until the weakened...
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Shelters see surge of abandoned pets
Even after a new shelter opened this year in Montreal, local animal rescues say they are still struggling to keep up with the influx of abandoned pets arriving at their doors. Montreal SPCA director Sylvie Bourbonnière says thousands of animals...
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CBSA PLANS REVIEW AFTER $13.2M COCAINE CASE TOSSED
Canada's border agency says it is considering policy changes after a Windsor, Ont., judge dismissed a $13.2-million cocaine-smuggling case over what she called “egregious” violations of a truck driver's Charter rights. The ruling found border officers...
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INSIDE THE HOLOCAUST MUSEUM'S TRANSFORMATION
The museum's move to a new building on the Main includes a `powerful' overhaul of art from the permanent exhibition to connect with visitors, Allison Hanes reports.
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PIANIST NEVER LOST HIS TOUCH, OR HIS HUMILITY
Montreal — make that the world — has lost a jazz giant. A gentle jazz giant at that. Oliver Jones died Wednesday night at 91 after a lengthy illness. There were few more gifted and there were few more humble than Jones. He made magic on the piano with...
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WE DO NOT HAVE TO BOW DOWN TO TRUMP
Even if there were American wine on the shelves at the Société des alcools du Québec, would any self-respecting Canadian seriously want to drink it right now? No thanks. Not while the current narcissistic bully is still in the White House and wreaking...
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FINAL FADE-OUT AFTER 61 YEARS
Pierre Vezina tries out a guitar yesterday as Steve's Music Store hosts customers for the last time and prepares to auction off its remaining inventory online. Leora Schertzer reports on the demise of a local institution, and the musicians who have...
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IT TAKES A VILLAGE
Naomi Salama is among the new mothers who have attended the Fourth Trimester Program, offered at the Jewish General Hospital to give support in the time immediately following childbirth. `Just because the baby is out doesn't mean the pregnancy...
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INTERNAL TRADE BARRIERS STILL COSTING CANADA: CFIB
A leading business group is giving some provinces and the federal government good grades for trying to break down Canada's costly internal trade obstacles, even as those barriers continue to cost Canadians billions of dollars a year. In its annual...
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ARE YOU USING AI AS A THERAPIST?
I'm here to listen. Share whatever feels comfortable for you, and I'll do my best to help. It's a line one might expect to hear in the office of a professional. That's how Openai's CHATGPT responded when asked for help with mental health — a use of...
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IN NO MOOD FOR METERS
The addition of paid parking to parts of Sherbrooke St. in N.D.G. has left many merchants and employees unimpressed. Vanessa Gordon of Encore Books and Records is among those who see it as a cash grab, while some tell Katelyn Thomas it will drive...
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TRASH COMPLAINTS PILE UP
Helen Papas, left, Abdul Raziq Khan and Anna Gallaccio are among the Parc-extension residents who have repeatedly raised concerns about the cleanliness of their neighbourhood. `We call. We report it. We open files. Nothing changes,' Gallaccio tells...
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A HAZY SHADE OF SUMMER
Smoke from wildfires raging in Ontario and the Northwest Territories were responsible for tinting the sun orange and the skies around Montreal a dull yellow early Tuesday. While the phenomenon coincided with a weather system in the Montreal area that...
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SEARCHING THE OLD PORT
Police continue combing the St. Lawrence River yesterday after a man fell into the water in Old Montreal early Sunday evening. Firefighters were also initially deployed in the rescue operation. The circumstances of the man's fall remained under...
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SPENDING NEEDED FOR `GROWTH,' MINISTER SAYS
The federal government plans to pay for its recent big-ticket spending through a combination of economic growth and deficit increases, Finance Minister François-philippe Champagne says. Prior to officially kicking off the government's pre-budget...
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WEIRD AL PART OF JFL'S COMEBACK
“Weird Al” Yankovic is coming back for another free outdoor show at Montreal's Just for Laughs — and so it seems that this 44th festival, running July 15 to 26, is also on the comeback trail after a rocky, near-calamitous ride a few years back. Weird...
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HER WAY AROUND
Early Wednesday morning, Tamey Lau looked outside and noticed the flower-covered tricycle she had ridden through Mile End for nearly 15 years was gone. When the Dragon Flowers owner arrived at her St-laurent Blvd. shop, she found flowers scattered...
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NIRVANA IN JULY HEAT
Going into 2026, Fitch Ratings Inc. had a “deteriorating” outlook for the Canadian banking sector as the country grappled with declining economic growth and trade tension uncertainties. But that outlook was upgraded to neutral last month after...
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`Montreal is crying' for slain police officer
The sound of bagpipes drifted through downtown Montreal Tuesday morning as thousands of uniformed first responders moved slowly toward the Bell Centre. Behind a wreath of white flowers, the family of Const. Mohamed Lamine Benredouane led a procession...
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‘LUCKY IN OUR MISFORTUNE’
Repentigny Mayor Nicolas Dufour says “we were very lucky in our misfortune” after a CN cargo train slid off the tracks late Sunday afternoon, forcing evacuations, road closures and cuts to electricity in the area. “I won’t hide from you that my first...
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OLAND MURDER STILL OPEN 15 YEARS LATER
For those who were in the packed, fifth-floor courtroom of the Saint John Law Courts on Dec. 19, 2015, it was a scene that cannot be forgotten. Dennis Oland, on trial for the second-degree murder of his dad, Richard, stood next to one of his defence...
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HABS REWARD GOALIE DOBES
By the end of Canada Day, NHL teams had signed 198 players to new contracts worth a total of US$998.3 million on the first day of free agency, according to Puckpedia. Canadiens general manager Kent Hughes decided not to dive into the free-agent pool....
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CATCHING RELIEF FROM THE HEAT
Chance Maclean makes a diving reception while playing catch with friends at Verdun Beach yesterday. Swimming areas will likely stay popular as the heat wave drags on, with today seeing a high of 31 C and a risk of thunderstorms before a dip to the...
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UNDER THE MAPLE LEAF
As Montrealers shuffled up stairs Wednesday to haul furniture, boxes and fridges into their new homes, the temperature was also climbing. Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a yellow heat warning for the Montreal area, predicting a...
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THE ALIENS HAVE LANDED
Timing is everything. The Montreal International Jazz Festival had the perfect band in the perfect place on the perfect night Saturday: Quebec's Angine de Poitrine is the biggest indie music act on the planet at the moment, and our city's biggest fest...
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A cruel irony of the war on drugs
It took Corey Tochor three years to get to this point. The Conservative MP turned heads on Parliament Hill when, in the midst of the House of Commons' final dizzying days of passing legislation before adjourning for the summer, he emerged with an...
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`DETERMINED' TEEN GRADUATES WITH CLASS — DESPITE CANCER
Adam Beaury was 14 when he learned in early 2024 that he had a rare and aggressive form of lymphoma, a type of blood cancer. His intensive treatment at the Montreal Children's Hospital included chemotherapy, radiation therapy and two stem cell...
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Nightmare shootings leave Montrealers asking why — and not for the first time
Montreal is emerging from a recurring nightmare — the kind where indiscriminate gun violence traumatizes the city. One police officer died and another was wounded, a civilian was killed, and another bystander was injured Monday when a lone gunman...
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3 DEAD IN CÔTE-DES-NEIGES SHOOTINGS
A civilian, a police officer and a suspect are dead following shootings in the Côte-des-neiges neighbourhood late Monday morning that led to a shelter-in-place order and an extensive police operation. Police were called to the scene near the...
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MILITARY POLICE WARNED ABOUT OFFICER'S CLAIMS OF ACCESS TO ANAND
A Canadian Forces officer in charge of a private organization raising funds for Ukraine told a civilian she not only had access to then-defence minister Anita Anand, but suggested she may be able to shape how federal government funds were spent on the...
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CAQ PLAN WAS `ASSIMILATIONIST'
Five United Nations human rights experts say the Coalition Avenir Québec's now-shelved proposed constitution could have violated international law on minority, Indigenous and religious rights, describing part of the plan as “assimilationist.” Though...
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ALS TACKLING THE WEAK SPOTS
There's perception and then there's reality, according to Alouettes defensive coordinator Noel Thorpe. “We won two games and we've come up with timely stops,” Thorpe said after practice this week at Stade Hébert. “We created two big turnovers against...
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CLEAN BILLS OF HEALTH
Despite a push to conserve water across the Montreal area, the City of Westmount has begun refilling the pond at one of its major parks after concerns were raised about ducklings living there. The city announced Tuesday it was temporarily restoring...
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BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD
Sun Youth's new St-laurent Blvd. facility is inaugurated yesterday by executive director Marina Boulos-winton, from left, fundraising campaign co-chairs Claude Mongeau and Lucy Riddell, former executive director Johanne Saltarelli, philanthropists...
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NOSHING TOGETHER
Yans Deli owner Benji Greenberg shows solidarity with Arthurs Nosh Bar, which received a letter from the OQLF last week regarding the Yiddish word in its name. Other restaurants have rallied around Arthurs by writing `nosh' on their storefronts,
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Lax border policies fostered one of Canada's most dangerous gangs
At the immigration hearing for an accused Indian gangster earlier this month, an Edmonton police officer attempted to illustrate the scale of the criminal operation that law enforcement was now dealing with. The hearing concerned Jashandeep Singh, an...
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STOPPING MEN FROM BEHAVING LIKE MONSTERS
The clients of À Coeur d'homme, a network of nearly three-dozen Quebec community organizations that help men to address violent, controlling or threatening behaviour in their intimate relationships, must be made to understand that “violence does not...
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CONSTITUTION PLAN DROPPED
Human rights organizations, unions, minority groups and opposition politicians cheered the news on Thursday that the Coalition Avenir Québec government is abandoning its attempt to create a Quebec constitution. “Victory,” Québec solidaire MNA Haroun...
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TOGETHER IN SORROW
Hundreds of mourners gathered Tuesday evening in Lasalle to remember Ava Ciampini, the three-year-old girl who tragically died after a bouncy castle was swept into the air by strong winds. The memorial for Ava was held at 7 p.m. at Ouellette Park, but...
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A RECURRING THEME
Songwriter and children's book author Judith Henderson scored an unlikely hit 30 years ago with the theme to the PBS kids' show Arthur, sung by Ziggy Marley, and it continues to resonate with all age groups. `In a way, this is my legacy,' the Westmount...
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HOUSING PRICES WOULD BE 10% LOWER IF CANADA HAD KEPT PACE WITH U.S.: CMHC
Canada's housing stock would be about 30 per cent larger and prices 10 per cent lower if this country's building industry had been as responsive to demand as its American counterpart over the last couple of decades, says a new report from the federal...
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A NEW WAVE OF CANADIENS FANS
Something special happened this spring in Montreal, and it wasn't just the Canadiens' magical ride to the Eastern Conference final. Just as notable was what was going on in the streets of the city. There were some new kids on the block, a new wave of...
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NEW HOME FOR LE NADIA
The women's sports bar had to leave its original location last month. Now it's been resurrected as an outdoor site while a permanent indoor home is sought. Co-owner Catherine D. Lapointe tells Abby Mclaughlin how old and new success stories influenced...
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IN MEMORY OF AVA
A memorial grows near the site where Ava Ciampini, 3, was injured in Lasalle's Ouellette Park during a windstorm on Sunday. Her death was confirmed on Tuesday. A fundraiser to help her family (gofundme.com/f/ciampini-family) had surpassed $380,000 as...
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HIS CUP RUNNETH OVER
Victoire captain Marie-philip Poulin presents Prime Minister Mark Carney with a team jersey at his office in Ottawa yesterday, marking Montreal's milestone as the first Canadian franchise to win the Walter Cup in the Professional Women's Hockey...
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EMOTIONAL FAREWELL
As the Canadiens cleaned out their lockers yesterday, veteran Brendan Gallagher reflected on his 14 years in Montreal and how he knows he has probably played his last game for the team. Herb Zurkowsky, Jack Todd and Stu Cowan report on the playoff run...
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FEDERAL MINISTER POURS MORE COLD WATER ON N.B.'S LNG IDEA
Canada has reached a landmark deal to export liquefied natural gas to Germany — but it's from the Pacific coast. And federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson has poured more cold water on the possibility of an East Coast export terminal, even as New...
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MOTHER & CHILD FIND A SAFE SPACE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES
As Yeiby Cardona tells it, theirs started as a love story. She was an economist in her native Colombia, with a good job, a respectable salary and a partner who was proud of her. She chose to give up her job after their daughter was born. When the baby...
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