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• 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.

  

• 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.

  

• 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.

• Bridge that closed on Quebec's north shore, isolating communities, to partly reopen

  A bridge that provides the only road access to several communities on Quebec's north shore will reopen next weekend after being abruptly closed this week due to a crack.

• 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.

• 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.'

• School nurses could be forced to cover Lakeshore Hospital ER

  The day after the tabling of a scathing report on the state of care provided in the emergency department of the Lakeshore General Hospital in Pointe-Claire on Montreal's West Island, the 135 recommendations are already being dealt a heavy blow. According to the nurses' union, management plans to use school staff to cover the emergency department this summer.

• Shop while you bop: Montreal West gears up for mega garage sale with live music

  Montreal West is hosting a community-wide garage sale on Saturday with an extra incentive to drop by. Local musicians are set to play free shows from front porches as people shop.

• Roads to close for Tour la Nuit and Tour de l'Ile this weekend in Montreal

  Cyclists will be in the spotlight and on the streets in Montreal this weekend. Thousands of them will be taking part in the Tour la Nuit, on Friday, and the Tour de l'Ile, on Sunday, to officially launch the cycling season. Motorists, meanwhile, will have to plan their journeys in the north of the city.