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• Suspected case of arson as van set on fire in Montreal North

  Montreal police is investigating after a vehicle was set on fire late in a residential area of Montreal North.

  

• Woman with multiple sclerosis struggles after apartment adaptations make life worse

  Beverley Rothstein suffers from multiple sclerosis (MS) and is struggling after the adaptations to her bathroom have made her situation worse and she may be evicted.

  

• Montreal med students working to help those addicted to opioids

  McGill University medical students are trying to help treat people who are addicted to opioids. They say many aren't equipped to handle the withdrawal.

• Quebec homeowners say Ottawa must address decades of erosion caused by ship traffic

  The higher parts of Angelique Beauchemin's land, she said, are sinking an inch or two a year as they slope ever more steeply toward the river. While she's not a scientist, she says her biggest fear is that one day there will be a landslide and the white house at the top of the hill where she's lived for decades will tumble down.

• Demonstrations across Quebec protest reverse of U.S. abortion rights

  After the U.S. Supreme Court's dramatic overturn of the landmark abortion case Roe v. Wade on Friday, Quebec abortion rights groups held demonstrations across the province on Sunday.

• Firefighters working to put out major blaze in Montreal's east end

  The Montreal fire department is advising people to avoid the intersection of Sherbrooke Street East near Durocher Avenue due to a major building fire.

• Montreal, Laval and surrounding regions under a heat warning

  Environment and Climate Change Canada (ECCC) issued a heat warning for the islands of Montreal and Laval in addition to the Vaudreuil and Valleyfield-Beauharnois areas.

• Quebec police school to offer program for professionals working with cops

  The Quebec policing school (ENPQ) will offer, starting next spring, a new training program for all helping professionals, including psychologists, who work with police officers.

• Head-on collision kills three seniors in Quebec's northeast

  A head-on collision has killed three people in Sept-Iles on Quebec's North Shore.

• People with COVID-19 can infect and sicken cats and dogs by cuddling them: study

  Cat and dog owners who cuddle their pets when infected with COVID-19 could end up making the animals sick with the virus, according to a Canadian study.

• Top Canadians including Auger-Aliassime focused on experiencing Wimbledon glory

  Canada's top tennis players, including Montreal's Felix Auger-Aliassime, are focused on achieving Wimbledon glory.

• 'Very scary situation': Fewer ambulances in Montreal this weekend due to staff shortage

  Paramedics in Greater Montreal are stretched particularly thin this weekend, with nearly half the territory's ambulances parked due to a staffing shortage.

• Suspect's vehicle found after woman killed by hit-and-run driver

  Police on Montreal's South Shore has located the suspect vehicle they say was involved in a hit-and-run that left a woman dead.

• Family holds memorial for Montreal teen Adalya Dorvil, a 'ray of sunshine'

  Friends and family of a 17-year-old girl who died in what police are calling an accident on the shore in LaSalle gathered Saturday to remember the Montreal teen who her mother said was 'was full of life.'

• Sky lights up as fireworks festival returns to Montreal

  To the frustration of those trying to get across the Jacques-Cartier Bridge and the delight of almost everyone else in the city, the Loto-Quebec International Fireworks Competition returns to Quebec starting Saturday night.

• Anger, political pushback in Quebec after Legault says cultures are 'not on the same level'

  Those who know the debate most intimately said there's little nuance to be found in Quebec Premier Legault's arguments about Quebec's immigration model. 'Every time it's as painful as it is the first time,' said a spokesperson for a Sikh group.