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• Quebec basic income program begins, but advocates say many low-income people excluded

  Anti-poverty activists are praising the Quebec basic income program as a good step toward helping people meet their basic needs — but say strict eligibility criteria exclude many of the province’s lowest-income residents.

  

• Montreal will focus on clearing snow, not removing it, until snowfall stops

  As snow continues to pile on Montreal's streets, the city has decided to pause its snow removal operation from last Friday's storm. In the meantime, crews will focus on plowing the streets to keep up with the snowfall that's currently pummeling the city.

  

• Emotional prayer room ceremony marks 6th anniversary of Quebec mosque shooting

  An emotional ceremony took place today marking the sixth anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, held for the first time in the same room where many of the victims were killed. Six men died that night: Mamadou Tanou Barry, Ibrahima Barry, Khaled Belkacemi, Abdelkrim Hassane, Azzeddine Soufiane and Aboubaker Thabti were gunned down not long after evening prayers at the suburban Quebec City mosque.

• Soccer scouts from across North America hunt for young talent at Montreal showcase

  In the wake of the FIFA World Cup, the eyes of the soccer world are starting to focus on Canada, and that means more opportunities for Montreal's top youth soccer talent. More than 40 coaches from professional and university soccer teams travelled from across North America to Montreal this weekend for a talent showcase, where 140 of the city's best young players were given the chance to prove what they've got.

• 'It's very frustrating, and it's scary': Kanesatake grand chief calling for better security from the SQ

  Some Indigenous communities in Quebec that are patrolled by provincial police say the established system does not fully meet security needs and needs improvement.

• Montreal's 'EMMIS squad' replaces police with social workers in homeless interventions

  A team of trained intervention workers has been operating in downtown Montreal for over a year. It's all part of an effort to limit the role of police in dealing with the homeless community.

• Montreal police investigating after man shot in Ahuntsic-Cartierville

  Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating an armed assault Sunday morning in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. Police report that a call came in around 6:15 a.m. after a man was shot near a bar on l'Acadie Boulevard near Mazurette Street.

• Elderly man shot in Laval in an SAQ parking lot

  Laval police (SPL) officers are canvassing the area and looking at surveillance footage after a man in his late 70s was shot in a parking lot near his car.

• Montreal-area private school teacher arrested in connection with child pornography

  Parents at a private school on Montreal's South Shore received a disturbing letter Friday night informing them a teacher had been arrested in connection with child pornography. Gilles Croteau is a math teacher at Collège Trinité, a high school in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville.

• One of Canada's 'most wanted' arrested in Mexico for alleged pimping and sexual offences

  A Laval, Que. man considered one of Canada's most wanted criminals has been arrested in Mexico on allegations of pimping and serious sexual offences. A Canada-wide warrant was for Blake Charbonneau's arrest last year, with a reward of up to $50,000 offered last year for information that could lead to his capture.

• Giroux helps Senators scorch Canadiens 5-0

  One week ago the Ottawa Senators were frustrated and dejected, but three wins in a span of seven days has changed their outlook. Saturday night the Senators (23-23-3) capped the week with an impressive 5-0 win over the divisional rival Montreal Canadiens.

• Trudeau attending ceremony marking 6th anniversary of Quebec City mosque shooting, Legault out

  The sixth anniversary of the attack on Quebec City's Grand Mosque will be marked this Sunday evening, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in attendance, but without Premier Francois Legault.

• Woman in her 30s seriously injured in Lachine stabbing; man, 47, arrested

  A woman in her 30s was stabbed and seriously injured in Montreal's Lachine borough Saturday morning. A 47-year-old man was arrested. Montreal police (SPVM) could not confirm the relationship between the victim and suspect.

• Iconic Archambault store near Berri-UQAM to close in June

  The iconic Archambault store in the Latin Quarter, which Montrealers have seen for decades as they exit the Berri-UQAM metro, will close its doors on June 30.

• Quebec forms 'action group' on French language to halt 'decline'

  The Francois Legault government announced the formation of an interdepartmental 'action group' on the French language to find ways to halt the 'decline' of the language in Quebec.

• 'The sorrow doesn't go away:' Commemoration for victims of Quebec City mosque shooting

  On Jan. 29, 2017, six men were killed and five others injured shortly after evening prayer at the Quebec City Islamic Cultural Centre. Montrealers gathered Friday to commemorate the victims and call for action amid a rise in hate crimes.

• Two men injured after home invasion in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que.; one in critical condition

  Two men were injured in a home invasion Saturday night in Saint-Hyacinthe, in Quebec's Montérégie. One of them, a 58-year-old man, is in critical condition.

• Quebec snowmobiler dies after possible collision with moose

  A snowmobiler has died after possibly colliding with a moose in Quebec's Chaudière-Appalaches region. Provincial police confirmed the 43-year-old man's death on Saturday morning.