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• Chateauguay school brings back football program after nearly 50 years

  Howard S. Billings High School is turning on the Friday Night Lights, bringing back its tackle football team after a nearly 50 year hiatus.

  

• Quebec heatwave: How to stay safe while you're cooling off in the pool

  There's a heatwave coming this week, which means many Quebecers will take to the waters to cool off. As the swimming season begins, the Quebec Lifesaving Society is reminding the public about drowning prevention.

  

• Canada's Leylah Fernandez beats Poland's Magda Linette in French Open first round

  Canada's Leylah Fernandez advanced to the second round of the French Open on Sunday, beating Magda Linette of Poland 6-3, 1-6, 6-3, in a first-round match.

• Montreal filmmaker documents race to save vanishing North American Chinatowns

  Chinatowns don't just share a similar look — they also face similar existential threats and David-versus-Goliath-like battles for survival. In her documentary 'Big Fight in Little Chinatown,' Karen Cho reveals how the pressure of gentrification is threatening these communities across North America.

• Second Montreal business targeted by arson attack this weekend

  A Montreal business was targeted by an arson attack for the second day in a row, this time in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. Police say a 911 call was made just before 5 a.m. Sunday. By the time SPVM officers arrived, firefighters had put out the flames at the bakery on Charles de la Tour Street, near Antonio-Barbeau Street.

• Quebec trucker subdues runaway injured horse on Highway 40

  Quebecers are used to congestion headaches on Highway 40, but Saturday’s hold-up was nothing if not out of the ordinary: a horse broke free from its transport container and ran free in the fast lane. Marco Lelievre, a trucker, stopped his vehicle while driving through Repentigny, Que. after he saw the runaway horse.

• 'Pay attention': Family of struck Montreal 10 year old pleads with motorists to drive safely

  The family of a 10-year-old girl who was hit by a car almost two weeks ago is appealing drivers and pedestrians to be more careful on Montreal’s roads. Kyaa Guinto is still in a coma at the Montreal Children’s Hospital. “She’s slowly come out of the induced coma, she’s moving her hands, she was able to squeeze our hands, and we’re waiting patiently,” said her mother, Stephanie Ledesma.

• Meet Diandra D'Alessio, the Montrealer who won Jeopardy! Friday night

  Who is Diandra D'Alessio? She's a Montrealer, a technical writer, a history lover -- and she's last night's Jeopardy winner. The self-proclaimed trivia buff made it out on top with $3,299 under her belt.

• WEEKEND TRAFFIC

  WEEKEND TRAFFIC | Expect gridlock! Here's which roads will be closed in and around Montreal

  Those planning on travelling in and around Montreal on the weekend may want to consider public transit or a bicycle to get around as there are a more than a few construction projects that will cause major road closures.

• Future QLP leader can't ignore relaunch recommendations, party says

  The next leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (QLP) shouldn't go against recommendations for the party's revival, said Nelligan MNA Monsef Derraji at the party's general council in Victoriaville on Saturday. In an interview with The Canadian Press the day before, Madwa-Nika Cadet, co-chair of the QLP's comité de relance (relaunch committee), suggested that the next party leader would not necessarily be bound by the committee's recommendations, to be submitted in a report this fall.

• This young West Island makeup artist's looks will make your skin crawl

  After Montrealer Adrian Morot's Oscar win for make-up on the film "The Whale," local artists are feeling like the road to Hollywood may be more accessible than they thought. Christine Long caught up with Jeremy Hubscher, a young west-island makeup wiz exploring the world of special effects makeup.

• Montreal police request provincial backup to offset summer staff shortages

  CTV News has learned Montreal's police force has put in a request with the Surete du Quebec (SQ) to provide provincial police backup over the summer to offset staff shortages and an expected increase in gun violence.

• Mexican authorities make arrest in mid-May killing of Quebec man at seaside town

  Mexican authorities say they've made an arrest in the killing of a Quebec man earlier this month in the Pacific coast beach town of Puerto Escondido. The Oaxaca state attorney general says in a statement issued Friday that an arrest warrant was executed for a man in Puerto Escondido identified only by his initials in connection with the homicide of Victor Masson.

• SPORTS

  SPORTS | Offor's second-half goal lifts CF Montreal over Inter Miami 1-0

  Chinonso Offor scored his third goal of the season in the second half to lift CF Montreal over Inter Miami 1-0 on Saturday. Montreal goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois shined between the pipes, making five saves. The native of LaSalle, Que., recorded a fifth clean sheet and set a new club record for minutes without conceding at home.

• Driver in critical condition, 3 passengers injured after car strikes Montreal bus shelter

  A 21-year-old driver is still in critical condition Saturday morning after the car he was driving struck a tree and then hit a bus shelter in Montreal Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood Friday afternoon. Three passengers in the Infiniti car, all 20 years old, were also critically injured and sent to hospital, but they are now in stable condition.

• Rally in Montreal to denounce racial profiling, mark Floyd's death

  A rally was held in Montreal today to denounce racial profiling and police discrimination while also recognizing the third anniversary of the death of George Floyd, an American Black man killed by police on May 25, 2020.

• Flames at Montreal heritage building finally extinguished

  The flames at the former Monastère du Bon-Pasteur building in downtown Montreal have been extinguished, but over a dozen firefighters remained on site Saturday morning to ensure the fire wouldn't reignite.

• Quebec toddler dies after falling into grain mixer in farm accident

  Quebec provincial police say a two-year-old girl has died after falling into a grain mixer on a farm north of Montreal. They say the accident occurred Friday at a family farm in St-Lin-Laurentides, about 85 kilometres from the city.