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  Buying a home? Here's everything you need to know about Quebec's 'welcome' tax

  Anyone who has bought a home in Quebec knows the rollercoaster high of making that big, life-changing purchase – and the sudden crash that occurs when the welcome tax bill comes in the mail, alongside its 30-day payment deadline.

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  'Broken lives and families': former members of Quebec religious community speak out

  Several former members of fringe religious community the Mission de L’Esprit Saint are urging the Quebec government to intervene following claims that it was a cult that brainwashed some members. Their stories are being told in a new documentary by Noovo Info.

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  Canadian border officers seize record number of stolen vehicles in Quebec

  It's official — Quebec has set a new record for the most stolen vehicles recovered in one year by Canadian border agents.

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  Historic federal prison in Laval could soon become housing

  The historic Saint-Vincent-de-Paul federal prison, built in 1873 in Laval, Que., could become housing after Canada opened it up for development.

• Not just a new shirt: how a Montreal trans woman embraced her femininity through clothes

  After struggling with her identity after coming out as a trans woman, Jeanette Scott turned to a personal stylist so that she could be more comfortable in her femininity.

• One voice, two solitudes: Calls for cultural crossover one year after Karl Tremblay's death

  It’s been one year since Karl Tremblay, the lead singer of Les Cowboys Fringants, died of prostate cancer at the age of 47.

• Veteran's health transformed by groundbreaking surgery to repair narrowed windpipe

  As a military veteran, Lisa Cyr has fought many battles, but one of the hardest has been with her health. A 3D-printed stent has now helped her turn a page in her life.

• Montreal man pricked by dirty needle picking up his keys

  A Montreal man was pricked by a dirty needle while picking up his keys that had fallen in a pile of leaves.

• Thinking of donating your brain to science? This is what they might do with it

  Researchers say taking a peek inside a person's brain is as difficult as understanding the universe or discovering the ocean in its entirety.

• Montreal's newest Asian supermarket shakes things up on South Shore

  A new Asian supermarket opened its doors this week on Montreal's South Shore.

• The story behind the British bulldog overlooking the Decarie Expressway

  Montreal is full of murals that honour historic figures — from Leonard Cohen to René Lévesque but there's one that turns a lot of heads.

• The New Penelope: virtual museum pays tribute to 1960s Montreal nightclub

  A Montreal researcher has put together a virtual museum of The New Penelope, a club that opened in the 1960s that was the dawn of the city's underground movement.