Montreal homicide rate dropped by more than 20 per cent in 2023: Statistics Canada
Newly released figures from Statistics Canada shows that the rate of homicides in the Montreal area dropped significantly in 2023 compared to the previous year.
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Quebec to pay 30 times more for power out of N.L. plant after decades-long dispute
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Foie-gras, smoked meat and poutine! Montreal restos make world's most legendary list
Au Pied de Cochon, Schwartz's smoked meat and La Banquise made the TasteAtlas's 100 Most Legendary Restaurants list.
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Quebec hockey referees speak out about being subjected to violence on the ice
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Montreal billionaire Robert Miller facing new sex charges involving a minor
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Several families displaced by 5-alarm fire in Villeray
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Montreal plans to turn Molson Brewery site into residential neighbourhood
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CTV News anchor Mutsumi Takahashi named Citizen of honour in Montreal
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Dorval apartment building evacuated after fire breaks out
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Amber Alert ends after child, 9, found safe, police say
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Foie-gras, smoked meat and poutine! Montreal restos make world's most legendary list
Au Pied de Cochon, Schwartz's smoked meat and La Banquise made the TasteAtlas's 100 Most Legendary Restaurants list.
Quebec hockey referees speak out about being subjected to violence on the ice
Hockey can be a violent sport but it’s not only the players receiving the blows. In a three-part report, Noovo Info uncovered stories of referees who have been badly injured on the ice, with some suffering scarring, head trauma and PTSD.
Montreal blacksmith says he has a 'place in paradise' as Notre-Dame reopens its doors
Five years ago, Notre-Dame Cathedral erupted in flames. A column of smoke rose above the Paris skyline as the historic cathedral, which took 182 years to build between the 12th and 14th centuries, was reduced to a smouldering shell.
As Australia bans social media for children, Quebec is paying close attention
As Australia moves to ban social media for children under 16, Quebec is debating whether to follow suit.
Buying a home? Here's everything you need to know about Quebec's 'welcome' tax
Anyone who has bought a home in Quebec knows the rollercoaster high of making that big, life-changing purchase – and the sudden crash that occurs when the welcome tax bill comes in the mail, alongside its 30-day payment deadline.
'Broken lives and families': former members of Quebec religious community speak out
Several former members of fringe religious community the Mission de L’Esprit Saint are urging the Quebec government to intervene following claims that it was a cult that brainwashed some members. Their stories are being told in a new documentary by Noovo Info.
Canadian border officers seize record number of stolen vehicles in Quebec
It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.
Historic federal prison in Laval could soon become housing
The historic Saint-Vincent-de-Paul federal prison, built in 1873 in Laval, Que., could become housing after Canada opened it up for development.
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After struggling with her identity after coming out as a trans woman, Jeanette Scott turned to a personal stylist so that she could be more comfortable in her femininity.
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Montreal plans to turn Molson Brewery site into residential neighbourhood
The old industrial Molson Brewery site downtown Montreal will be transformed into a residential neighbourhood with a public park and some 5,000 housing units.
Around 700 affordable apartments in eastern Montreal to get renovated
Work is underway in Montreal’s Hochelaga neighbourhood to preserve an affordable housing community in place since the 1950s.
Montreal posts big home sales gains in November as median prices continue to rise
Montreal-area home sales rose 47 per cent in November compared with a year ago as the province's real estate board says the region saw the second-most activity for the month since 2000.
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Demanding employee at long-term care home wear a mask is not harassment: Quebec tribunal
A seniors long-term care home (CHSLD) employee who claimed she was fired because she claimed psychological harassment lost her case, when the evidence showed instead that it was her repeated refusal to wear a mask during outbreaks of COVID at the centre that prompted the employer to terminate her probationary period.
Why this Quebec family doctor practises in the private health-care system
Quebec has tabled new legislation to try to keep young doctors from moving into the private system. But one Montreal doctor who's gone private thinks she's found a way to give her profession and her patients what they need.
Quebec opens Dorval residence for adults with physical, intellectual disabilities
Quebec has opened a new alternative home in Dorval that will help those with physical or intellectual disabilities find long-term housing.
'Everyone' should have a naloxone kit for fentanyl overdoses: Montreal paramedics
Faced with the risk of fentanyl intoxication -- a highly lethal opioid -- in the general population, Urgences-Santé is in favour of 'everyone' having the antidote commonly known as naloxone in their possession.
Hundreds of people might have been exposed to measles at Montreal NATO summit: public health
Public health officials said Friday that hundreds of people may have been exposed to an unvaccinated person with a confirmed case of measles during the NATO parliamentary assembly in Montreal last month.
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Doug Ford says cutting off U.S. energy supply amid tariff threats a 'last resort'
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Man who set fires inside Calgary's municipal building lost testicle during arrest: ASIRT
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Housing unaffordability still rising despite billions in government measures: PBO
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McDonald's employee who called 911 in CEO's shooting is eligible for reward, but it will take time
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