Stricter regulations needed as Montreal sees more heat waves per year
Montrealers are getting a little breather from the scorching heat to start the week, but weather experts say that relief won't last long.

Montrealers are getting a little breather from the scorching heat to start the week, but weather experts say that relief won't last long.
In two months, 288,709 more Quebecers have signed up with a family medicine group.
Quebec health officials confirm 25 more people have died due to COVID-19, a total of 16,069.
Canadian tennis stars and some of the sport’s all-time greats have some fierce clashes coming up in Montreal and Toronto this week.
Quebec's Leylah Fernandez had quite the return to the court following a two-month layoff due to injury.
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) says it confiscated more than 27 kilograms of cocaine and $175,000 from inside a vehicle in Vaudreuil-Dorion, an off-island suburb of Montreal.
A man is in hospital after gunfire was heard in Montreal's Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.
Ottawa has announced a new public consultation on the potential impact on wetlands caused by the Lac-Mégantic bypass project.
A union representing 5,600 employees at Revenu Quebec has announced that it is going into mediation negotiations with the government.
While the RCMP says its use of spyware is lawful, there is 'no doubt' the covert collection by police of personal and other information from Canadians' devices 'is an extremely intrusive practice,' says former privacy commissioner Daniel Therrien. 'What's at play is the balancing of privacy and other public interests,' Therrien said Tuesday.
For the first time in eight years, Canadian warships are not involved in either of two NATO naval task forces charged with patrolling European waters and defending against Russian threats.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Tuesday tried to turn the news of an FBI search of his Florida estate to his benefit, citing the investigation in text messages and emails soliciting political donations from his supporters.
An Amber Alert was issued Monday evening by Shaunavon RCMP in Saskatchewan for seven-year-old Luna Potts and eight-year-old Hunter Potts.
Two new features being introduced on WhatsApp, which will let you choose who can see when you're active, and to leave groups silently, will start rolling out to all WhatsApp users this month.
A home under construction in Richmond Hill, Ont. -- which is nearly twice as tall as the others on the street -- has heightened concerns among residents.
A golfer has won a new car after achieving a hole-in-one on a Waterloo region golf course.