Quebec municipalities speaking out against vehicle registration tax
Municipalities are criticizing 'prohibitive' administrative costs associated with the registration tax intended to finance public transport.
Municipalities are criticizing 'prohibitive' administrative costs associated with the registration tax intended to finance public transport.
Transit riders, take note: the Montreal-area regional transit authority, the ARTM, is changing its fare structure on July 1. Prices are going up by an average of 3 per cent.
A costly program offering free public transportation fares to Montreal seniors is paying off, the city said in a recent report as it documented a spike in transit use among people age 65 and older.
Drivers hoping to take to the roads in and around Montreal this weekend should be aware of some major road closures that may lead to headaches and frantic glances at the Waze app.
It's 'always easier for mayors to beg' the government 'than to clean up their own spending,' said Quebec Premier François Legault on Thursday, under pressure from municipalities to pay off municipal transit companies' deficits.
Speaking to CTV News, some Montreal drivers said they were in favour of the new measure and said they'd like to see Quebec follow suit.
Officials for Montreal's REM line confirmed that the lines to the West Island and the North Shore are being delayed and won't open until 2025.
Those driving in and around Montreal on the weekend should be aware that construction work will result in some major route closures.
Montreal-area commuters will soon see smaller trains on the Reseau express metropolitain (REM).
A judge has rejected a request from two McGill University students for a court injunction to limit where protesters can go on campus.
Even though the Quebec committee on gender identity (Comité de sages sur l'identité de genre) has yet to make its recommendations, Education Minister Bernard Drainville has decided to ban gender-neutral toilets and changing rooms in public schools.
A 29-year-old woman has been arrested in the death of a 42-year-old woman in Montreal's Pointe-aux-Trembles district.
The minimum wage in Quebec is going up today from $15.25 to $15.75 an hour.
Transit riders, take note: the Montreal-area regional transit authority, the ARTM, is changing its fare structure on July 1. Prices are going up by an average of 3 per cent.
Municipalities are criticizing 'prohibitive' administrative costs associated with the registration tax intended to finance public transport.
Residents in Montreal's Verdun borough had some fiery words for their elected officials over potential plans to demolish the Verdun Natatorium.
Pro-Palestinian activists have set up protest camps at McGill and a small number of other Canadian universities, following a wave of action seen at U.S. campuses.
In the wake of the resignation of their co-spokesperson Émilise Lessard-Therrien, elected representatives of Québec solidaire (QS) have come to the defence of their parliamentary leader Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois.
Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre says he does not regret calling Prime Minister Justin Trudeau 'wacko,' and now his MPs are renewing calls for the House of Commons Speaker to resign, this time over ordering the Official Opposition leader to leave the chamber.
The highly contagious norovirus is spreading across Canada, with some symptoms overlapping with other viruses. CTVNews.ca spoke with a health expert to find out how you can tell you have norovirus, the most common form of stomach flu, and what to do if you have it.
The investigation continues into a collision that killed two grandparents and their infant grandchild during a high-speed police chase on the wrong way of Highway 401 east of Toronto.
A month after eight Norwegian Cruise Line passengers were stranded in Africa when their ship left without them because they were late getting back, a U.S. couple – ages 84 and 81 – were also left behind by the cruise line in Spain.
A prosecutor in Massachusetts won't seek criminal charges against anyone, two years after four newborns were found in a freezer in a South Boston apartment.