Montreal police arrest 3 men in connection with Metro trespassing video

Montreal police have arrested three men in connection with a YouTube video, posted a few weeks ago, that shows two individuals trespassing onto restricted-access areas of the Montreal Metro system.

Next stop, House of Commons: Senate passes bill to keep genetic test results private

by Leah Hendry

Canada's Senate has adopted a bill that would keep the results of genetic tests private, preventing insurance companies and employers from discriminating against people based on their genes.

Eleanor Wachtel in the hot seat at Blue Met

by Amanda Klang

For 25 years, Writers & Company host Eleanor Wachtel has delighted CBC Radio listeners with her conversations involving some of today’s most important writers.

Therapy dog helps calm exam jitters at Concordia University

by Jaela Bernstien

"It is what I needed... I don't think there could be anything better for me at this particular point," says Concordia student Lauren Fagen as she pets Brandy the dog.

Bombardier nearing sale for up to 125 CSeries aircraft to Delta Air Lines: report

Delta Air Lines is on the cusp of ordering up to 125 CSeries commercial jets from Bombardier, the Wall Street Journal reported Thursday.

Montrealers suffer from hockey playoff blues

by Sabrina Marandola, Sudha Krishnan

Montreal Canadiens fans, and merchants who depend on hockey for business to boom, are feeling the hockey playoff blues.

Innu chief of Uashat-Maliotenam accuses protesters of smear campaign

Mike McKenzie, the newly re-elected chief of Uashat-Maliotenam, near Sept-Îles, denounced his detractors and defended his reputation at his inauguration ceremony on Wednesday.

New Quebec lays out plan to help manufacturers become 'top notch'

by Ryan Hicks

Quebec's economy minister, Dominique Anglade, has a plan that she says will help the province's lagging manufacturing industry incorporate the latest in technology and innovation, to become more competitive on the global stage.

Quebec man wouldn't have had to starve himself to die legally under new federal bill

by Salimah Shivji, Kalina Laframboise

Jean Brault, who suffered from a debilitating handicap, went 53 days without eating and eight days without water before he qualified for medically assisted death.

New Quebec's most dangerous rail crossings

A map showing the 133 railway collisions in Quebec that resulted in serious injury or death between 2000 and 2015.

Drogba considers legal action over charity spending allegations

by Benjamin Shingler, Sarah Leavitt

A British newspaper alleges that only a fraction of the money donated to the Didier Drogba Foundation was actually spent for charitable reasons.

Quebec celebrated at Governor General's awards

Robert Lantos, Marie Chouinard, Albert Millaire and Suzanne LeBeau are all being honoured for "their outstanding lifetime contribution to Canada's cultural life."

St-Henri railway crossing among most dangerous in Canada

by Kalina Laframboise

The triple track at de Courcelle and St-Jacques streets in St-Henri has made the list of the top 25 rail crossings, where there are more accidents than anywhere else in Canada, according to a CBC analysis.

'Landmark ruling' gives Ottawa jurisdiction over all indigenous people

by Tim Fontaine

In what is being called a "landmark" ruling, Canada's top court has ruled that tens of thousands of Métis and non-status Indians are now under the jurisdiction of the federal government, ending a 17-year court battle.

Xavier Dolan's latest to vie for Cannes film fest's top prize

Quebec director Xavier Dolan's new film Juste la fin du monde is officially in the running for the top prize at the Cannes Film Festival.

Cree launch letter writing campaign to show support for Attawapiskat

by Jaime Little

Crees gathered at a regional health assembly in Waskaganish launched a letter-writing campaign this morning to show support for the people in Attawapiskat, on the Ontario side of James Bay, where a suicide crisis has been making headlines.

Quebec's most popular baby names: Emma, Thomas and William

Emma and Thomas top Quebec's list of most popular baby names for 2015, edging out last year's top choices William and Léa.

SQ seek public's help in Mascouche double homicide

The Sûreté du Québec are asking for the public's assistance as they investigate a double homicide in Lanaudière from January 2015.

New rules for businesses with non-French trademark names on the way

Two years after a Quebec court shot down the government's attempt to force stores like Old Navy and Home Depot to add more French to their names, the Couillard government is preparing to reveal its "new approach."

Former Hab makes another plea to help find missing cousin

Former Montreal Canadiens player Devante Smith-Pelly is making a new public appeal for help in finding his missing cousin who disappeared from Laval.

Assisted death bill won't allow 'suicide tourism'

Canada's new assisted suicide law to be announced on Thursday will exclude non-Canadians, which means Americans and others won't be able to travel to Canada to die.

Black Theatre workshop's She Said/He Said examines love with spoken word

BTW's world premiere of She Said/He Said by Canadian Anne-Marie Woods uses hip hop and spoken word to investigate love and relationships.

Laval police link deaths of newborn boy, woman

Laval police say a woman found dead in the Rivière-des-Mille-Îles Wednesday morning is the mother of a newborn baby that was found unconscious and later died in a house two blocks away.

Protesters call on Justin Trudeau to save Dorval golf course

After losing a court battle, a group of West Island residents is making a last-ditch plea to the prime minister to save the old Dorval Municipal Golf Course from bulldozers and chainsaws.

8 men in Laval charged in connection to underage prostitution

Eight men accused of seeking sexual services from minors appeared in court in Laval on Wednesday to be formally charged.

19-year-old man charged with 1st-degree murder in stabbing death of Maxi store clerk

Randy Tshilumba has been charged with first-degree murder in the fatal stabbing of Clémence Beaulieu-Patry at a Maxi grocery store on Sunday.

Brassard says he resigned over lingering Marcel Aubut scandal

by Jamie Strashin

Jean-Luc Brassard is telling a very different story about his abrupt resignation as Canada's chef de mission for the 2016 Rio Games. Brassard says he left because of his mounting frustration with the COC's handling of the Marcel Aubut affair.

Jacques Demers 'continues to improve' after stroke

Sen. Jacques Demers’s medical condition continues to improve after suffering a stroke on April 6. In a press release on Wednesday, the medical team working with the former NHL coach said it is pleased with his progress.

CBC Investigates List of 500 'highest risk' railway crossings in Canada not widely shared

Though Transport Canada has a list of the 500 "highest risk" railway crossings in the country, it does not routinely share that information with the public or local officials, including those in an Ontario community that last week saw two women struck and killed by a VIA train.

Montreal reports surplus for second year in a row

More than $72 million of the total surplus came from the city’s 19 boroughs and another $62 million from the city’s centralized services.

Q&A Canada's Indigenous and Northern Affairs Minister on the situation in Attawapiskat

Carolyn Bennett tells Quebec AM her job is to ensure children and youth struggling in northern communities, "see success in their future."

Ice canoeing as Olympic demonstration sport? Quebec City mayor floats idea

by Kim Garritty, Marika Wheeler

If the Winter Games were held in Quebec City, the mayor would like to see several traditional Quebec activities become demonstration sports.

'There are none left in the world, so we're building one': Plane enthusiasts assemble replica of 1930s Rambler

by Shari Okeke

Volunteers at the Montreal Aviation Museum are building a replica of the Curtiss-Reid Rambler - a biplane designed in Montreal, used to train pilot in the 1930s.

Ground blessed for future Cree women's shelter

by Betsy Longchap, Celina Wapachee, Jaime Little

People from all 10 Cree communities in Quebec gathered in Waskaganish Tuesday for a ceremonial blessing of the ground on which a new women's shelter will be built.