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• Montreal mayor says new team will crack down on illegal short-term rentals

  The City of Montreal says a team of investigators tasked with cracking down on illegal Airbnbs will be in place by June.

  

• Quebec agrees to pause eviction of homeless encampment under Ville-Marie Expressway

  The Quebec government has committed to finding housing for more than a dozen homeless people living in an encampment under the Ville-Marie Expressway in Montreal. Lawyers and the mobile legal clinic were in court on Wednesday to challenge an eviction notice given to the homeless people living in the encampment.

  

• Virtual reality tech to help pediatric patients manage pain at Montreal hospital

  Children undergoing medical procedures at a Montreal hospital have a new tool to help them through pain and anxiety. Shriner’s Children’s Hospital says virtual reality headsets offer patients an escape to another world.

• WEATHER WARNING

  WEATHER WARNING | Freezing rain warning in effect for Montreal

  It may officially be spring, but wintery weather is hanging on. A Colorado low moving into Quebec is expected to bring light freezing rain this evening, after the evening rush hour

• Small 3.6-magnitude earthquake hits Quebec's eastern north shore

  A small earthquake hit the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec Wednesday morning. Earthquakes Canada reported that a 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit 11 kilometres south-southeast of Maliotenam, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, about eight hours northeast of Quebec City.

• Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery to reopen March 31, as negotiations with unions continue

  After an extended closure, Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery will reopen on March 31. The cemetery said it wants to reach an agreement with its union workers as soon as possible, so it can resume all services.

• Quebec budget 2023-2024: Here are the highlights

  Here are the highlights of the Quebec budget.

• MISSING PERSON

  MISSING PERSON | Missing 16-year-old girl reported missing in Montreal spotted in Calgary

  A 16-year-old girl reported missing in Montreal earlier this month has been spotted in Calgary.

• 8 more COVID-19 deaths in Quebec, slight uptick in hospitalizations

  Eight more Quebecers have died from COVID-19, according to the latest government report Wednesday, which also showed a slight increase in hospitalizations.

• 'Bricks versus bodies': Father agonizes over pace of recovery efforts in old Montreal fire

  As the search for victims of a five-alarm fire in Old Montreal stretched into its fifth day on Tuesday, friends and family members are getting frustrated with the pace of the investigation and lack of answers.

• Q & A: Tax specialist explains what Quebec Budget 2023-2024 means for you

  CTV News Montreal's Caroline Van Vlaardingen spoke to BDO Canada tax specialist Ernie Furt about what Quebec's new budget means for taxpayers. You can watch the full interview above and read the full transcript below.

• Montreal bridge to be lit blue and green in bid to protect migrating birds

  Montreal's Champlain Bridge will be lit up using only blue and green lights to help birds during migration this spring.

• Legault wants to rethink how Quebec evaluates the state of disrepair in schools

  Quebec Premier François Legault is questioning the process used to evaluate the state of disrepair of schools. The 2023-2024 budget tabled Tuesday indicates that the proportion of schools in poor condition rose from 59 to 61 per cent in one year, despite the record amounts invested.

• Quebec education ministry to investigate allegations of sexual violence at schools

  Quebec's education ministry plans to investigate allegations of sexual violence at schools. Speaking at the National Assembly on Tuesday, Education Minister Bernard Drainville said "multiple denunciations and allegations of misconduct of a sexual nature or inappropriate behaviour" have been brought to the ministry's attention.

• Don't assume U.S. minds are made up about Safe Third Country treaty: Canada's envoy

  President Joe Biden's administration is not dismissing out of hand the idea of renegotiating the bilateral 2004 treaty that governs the flow of asylum seekers across its northern border, says Canada's ambassador to the U.S.

• Caroline St-Hilaire made administrator of international Francophonie organization

  The former CAQ candidate in Sherbrooke, Caroline St-Hilaire, has been appointed administrator of the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie (OIF). St-Hilaire will hold the organization's second most important position and be based in Paris.

• Quebec budget: Income tax cuts and big drop in economic growth

  Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday kept his party's election promise to cut income taxes, as he projected economic growth to drop dramatically in 2023.

• 'Everyone's devastated': Friends say neuroscientist, 31, missing in Old Montreal fire

  A 31-year-old neuroscientist is believed to be among the six people missing after a massive fire in Old Montreal last week. An Wu was staying at the heritage building on Place d'Youville to attend a conference, according to friends and family.