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• This Afghan student escaped the Taliban regime to study in Montreal

  Last year, Arzou Lashkari was ready to fly to Canada and start a new chapter of life at Concordia University. But her dream was crushed when the Taliban took control of her country, forcing her to stay home.

  

• 7 women on a voyage to document plastic pollution in the Saint Lawrence River

  An all-female research expedition is leaving Sept-Îles, Que. on a mission to highlight the environmental issues of plastic pollution in Quebec.

  

• Timely diagnosis puts Quebec boy with rare liver condition on the road to recovery

  A timely diagnosis of a rare disorder prompted health-care professionals at the Montreal Children's Hospital to intervene, and a young boy is now on the road to recovery.

  

• 'A different relationship with food and nature': Quebec program brings city kids to the farm

  On the edge of the Quebec-Ontario border, a summer camp is giving city kids a chance to get their hands dirty.

  

• Pull on your cowboy boots: Montreal's first-ever Lasso Fest kicks off

  The distinct twang of country music is rining throughout the air of Montreal's Parc Jean-Drapeau this weekend as Quebecer group the Mountain Daisies kicked off the Lasso Montreal country music festival Friday night.

• Family says Quebec man denied life-saving liver transplant due to alcohol abuse

  The family of a man on Montreal's West Island who is suffering liver failure says he is being denied the chance of a life-saving liver transplant.

• 'Pocket parks': Montreal hopes to entice workers, tourists downtown with colourful corners

  In an alley, just off Peel and Ste-Catherine streets, there's fresh paint – a new mural on a brick canvas and colourful places to sit.

• Montreal's First People's Fest returns this week

  Montreal's First People's Festival began Tuesday night with a film screening at the Monument-National on Saint-Laurent Blvd. and will run until Sunday, featuring screenings, dance, music and other arts celebrating Indigenous culture.

• Montreal's First People's Fest returns this week

  Montreal's First People's Festival began Tuesday night with a film screening at the Monument-National on Saint-Laurent Blvd. and will run until Sunday, featuring screenings, dance, music and other arts celebrating Indigenous culture.

• No Stanley Cup? No problem. Canadiens fan makes near-exact replica using 3D printer

  The Montreal Canadiens haven't brought the Stanley Cup home since 1993 -- but a very convincing replica is sitting in a garage in Boisbriand, Que., about 35 km northwest of Montreal.

• Wayward seal surprises boys fishing on Montreal's South Shore in Kahnawake

  Three boys out fishing in Kahnawake on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River spotted a seal on Sunday morning, more than 1,000 kilometres from its natural habitat.

• 107th World Esperanto Congress in Montreal to feature Indigenous languages

  The 107th World Esperanto Congress opened its doors Saturday in Montreal, a first for the metropolis and for Quebec.