By Murray Sherriffs
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Montreal police say gunfire has been directed at a restaurant in St-Léonard, on Jarry near Pascal-Gagné.
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A number of the 44 asylum seekers discovered in a U-Haul earlier this month are back in the US, but how many, the CBSA isn’t saying and is refusing to say how many are asking for asylum.
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Quebec’s Minister responsible for fighting racism, Christopher Skeete, has denounced a Quebec judge who reduced a convicted black man’s drug trafficking sentence, citing systemic discrimination asks, “…do we really want to formalize discrimination in the attribution of sentences for people who perpetrate crimes?”
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Neslyne Meus says because she is black, she was detained for several hours by Montreal police on suspicion of impaired driving and ignored her claim she had had a stroke and couldn’t perform the tests ordered by police.
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All charges have been dropped against Teresita Fuentes, who police say helped Montreal billionaire Robert Miller commit sex crimes involving underage women.
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Lawyers representing 50 of Miller’s alleged victims, will ask an appeal court to allow a class-action lawsuit to proceed at the end of the year.
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Quebec businessman 50-year-old Vincent Blanchette, co-founder of the franchises Thaïzone, Shaker and Chocolato, has been arrested on sex-crime and drug-trafficking charges.
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Used car prices continue to rise in Quebec and credit is being given to the trade war with the U.S. that is disrupting the automotive industry and has also brought down the cost of new vehicles by 4.7%.
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Nearly two thousand families are still trying to find a place to live in Quebec and advocates say access to housing has become less affordable.
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Montreal-area home sales rose 9.7 per cent in July compared with the same month a year ago and the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says that the area has witnessed the highest level of activity since 2021.
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Sophie Gaillard, director of animal advocacy at the Montreal SPCA, says that it is witnessing a record high of pet abandonments: up 32 per cent over last year.
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The City of Montreal will invest $1.35 million to help businesses cope with President Trump’s tariffs on Canadian goods.
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A number of Montreal boroughs and Quebec municipalities have closed clay tennis courts, citing an analysis that has found above-standard asbestos concentrations in the products used to maintain the courts.
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Researchers at the Université de Montréal have reviewed more than 1,000 mental health videos on TikTok and say that more than 20% of them contain misinformation.
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Sun / 30 today
Cloud / 30 tomorrow
Sun / 34 Sunday
