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• Montreal hot sauce makes spicy new addition to YouTube show 'Hot Ones'

  La Pimenterie's Curry Verde is the hot new thing on 'Hot Ones,' a hit celebrity interview show on YouTube.

  

• MISSING

  MISSING | Missing woman, 32, last seen in Mont-Tremblant, Que.

  Quebec provincial police (SQ) are asking for the public's help locating a 32-year-old woman from Mont-Tremblant who has been missing since Saturday evening.

  

• New measures to improve boater safety in Boucherville

  As boating season begins, the City of Boucherville is bolstering efforts to improve safety. The mayor says the South Shore community is seeing more boaters on the Saint Lawrence River—up to 300 on weekends.

• Man discovered fatally shot in downtown apartment: Montreal police

  Montreal police (SPVM) is investigating a homicide in downtown Montreal, where a man was found shot dead on Saturday.

• Cyclist in his 50s fatally hit by car in Brossard

  A cyclist died Friday evening after he was hit by a car in Brossard, on Montreal's South Shore. The incident occurred just after 8:00 p.m. on Taschereau Boulevard, near the intersection with De Rome Boulevard.

• Bill 96: New rules for accessing English services in Quebec could change, says minister

  Parts of Quebec's controversial language law that took effect Thursday could still be tweaked, according to the minister responsible for the French language.

• Montreal casino workers threaten to strike during busy Grand Prix season

  More than 1,000 Casino de Montréal employees have issued a five-day strike mandate to be used "at the appropriate time" -- and the busy Formula 1 Grand Prix weekend could well be it.

• Nursing grads reunite, reflect on changes to Quebec healthcare 50 years after school closure

  About 200 graduates of St. Mary’s School of Nursing gathered at their old stomping grounds this week to look back for a final time at their beginnings in healthcare.

• SPORTS

  SPORTS | Carranza sparks Union to 3-0 victory over Montreal

  Julián Carranza scored a goal in each half to lead the Philadelphia Union to a 3-0 victory over CF Montreal on Saturday night.

• Notorious serial killer Paul Bernardo moved to medium-security prison in Quebec

  Notorious serial rapist and killer Paul Bernardo was moved to a medium-security prison in Quebec this week.

• Check for ticks after going to the park, says Montreal woman with Lyme disease

  Planning to pass time in Montreal's many parks this summer? Check yourself for ticks, warns one woman who recently contracted Lyme disease. Jasmine Rochereul, 23, says she spent much of last summer sprawled in city parks, where she believes she picked up the tick-borne illness.

• Forest fires in Northern Quebec: Another 2,000 evacuated from their homes

  Another northern Quebec town was evacuated due to an out of control wildfire on Saturday as the federal government confirmed that Canadian Forces personnel would be deployed to help combat forest fires in the province.

• Old metro cars to be transformed into cultural centre in Griffintown

  There are plans for an arts and culture hub in Griffintown, built using old decommissioned metro cars. "It's going to be a multi-functional space with very different experiences," said Frederic Morin-Bordeleau, who, along with his brother Etienne bought the metro cars in 2018.

• Man charged with manslaughter in 1996 cold case of missing Montreal mother

  A 69-year-old man has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a Montreal cold case dating back to the late 1990s.

• Teachers protest against bill that would overhaul Quebec education system

  Teachers' groups held a protest outside the National Assembly this morning to voice their opposition against the Quebec government's new education bill.

• Man shot in vehicle in Mercier borough suffers upper-body injuries

  Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after a man was shot in his vehicle Friday night in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.

• Montreal police find body of teen missing since October

  Montreal police (SPVM) said on Friday that the body of Feng Tian, 17, was found lifeless in Contrecoeur. A $20,000 reward was offered to anyone with information about the teenager's whereabouts after he went missing from his Notre-Dame-de-Grace (NDG) neighbourhood in October of last year.

• 'You don't need to show us your Grade 3 report card': Cote Saint-Luc makes dig at Bill 96 in phone greeting

  'If you'd like service in English, press two. And by the way, you don't need to show us your Grade 3 report card, or your family tree going back ten generations. And you don't have to pinky-promise anything. This is the City of Cote Saint-Luc, and that's how we roll.'