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• Montreal police confirm fifth body found in rubble of historic building fire

  Montreal police say a fifth body has been extracted from the rubble of a heritage building that caught fire nine days ago, leaving two others still missing.

  

• Laval community calls on city to pick up garbage piling up on property

  Jun Yao Wang and her mother, Qing Jie Li, say they are at their wit's end. The edge of their property on Chemin des Cageux near du Tremblay Street in Laval has become a dumping ground.

  

• Veteran bodybuilder Roy Callender combines personal fitness and AI in workout app

  In the 1970s and early 1980s, Roy Callender was at the top of the bodybuilding world. Now, at 78, he's taking on a new challenge: he's the cofounder of RC3, a fitness app that uses AI to give feedback on your workout.

  

• Justin Trudeau walks in Montreal’s Greek Independence Day Parade

  A sea of blue and white flags waved in the wind Sunday afternoon during the Greek Independence Day Parade in Parc-Extension.

  

• Quebec should tax gas-guzzlers to reverse SUV trend, says environmental group

  Quebecers aren't using their sport utility vehicles (SUVs) to their full capacities, a recent study found, with just 38 per cent of owners utilizing their vehicle's entire cargo space at least once a week, and nearly three-quarters never using their SUV to pull a load.

• Montreal airport authority warns passengers about illegal taxi drivers

  Illegal taxi drivers are posing a safety risk for passengers at Montreal-Trudeau International Airport, says the city's airport authority (ADM).

• Quebec maple syrup producers using gold nanoparticles to test quality

  The maple syrup we pour on our pancakes is the product of high-precision work, and its quality is scrupulously inspected before it's sold.

• Body discovered on the St. Lawrence River bank

  A man’s body was discovered on the banks of the St. Lawrence River, downstream from Quebec City and Lévis late Saturday afternoon.

• Town of Mount Royal home targeted by gunfire; police investigating

  Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after a home in the Town of Mount Royal was shot at Sunday morning.

• Asylum seeker deal between U.S. and Canada won't stop drama at border, advocates say

  About a dozen asylum seekers hoping to start a new life in Canada saw their plans hit a snag on Saturday afternoon when they learned an unofficial crossing between the Canadian and U.S. border no longer offered the safe passage they'd come to expect.

• Power restored Sunday after snow-related outages across Quebec

  Hydro-Quebec crews gradually restored power Sunday afternoon after a spring snowstorm caused tens of thousands of outages across the province.

• Quebec Solidaire wants to regularize the status of 10,000 immigrants by 2023

  Immigrant Workers Center (IWC) members gathered in Parc-Extension on Saturday to demand that the Quebec government implement a regularization program for young non-status immigrants and their families.