Annual G7 meeting coming to Quebec next year

Canada will play host to next year's meeting of G7 leaders at a remote luxury resort in the Charlevoix region of Quebec, The Canadian Press has learned.

CBC Investigates Government accused of hoarding Canadian history in 'secret' archives

by Dave Seglins, Jeremy McDonald

Some of Canada’s leading historians say the federal government is putting the country’s historical record at risk by hoarding piles of documents inside secret archives that together would make a stack taller than the CN Tower.

Anonymous group says it vandalized Saint-Henri restaurant and Projet Montréal office

An anonymous letter posted to a website dedicated to "revolutionary theory and action" is taking credit for the vandalizing of a restaurant and the offices of Projet Montréal in the Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighbourhood last Friday.

Partying by short-term renters ruining quality of life at Tour des Canadiens, owners say

Owners in the new Tour des Canadiens condominium complex in downtown Montreal say short-term rentals through Airbnb and other websites are becoming a nuisance and threatening property values.

Man turns himself in to police after dog found buried alive

The Sûreté du Québec say a man in his 40s turned himself in to a station in Rouville in the Montérégie.

Reach a deal by Monday or we'll force you back to work, Couillard warns construction workers

by Kamila Hinkson

The Quebec government won't let the province-wide construction workers' strike drag on — Premier Philippe Couillard will table back-to-work legislation Monday if the two sides don't come to an agreement.

Charges against police in Montreal North death a step in right direction, activists say

by Benjamin Shingler

Community activists in Montreal North are hailing the charges laid against a police officer in the death of Bony Jean-Pierre as a small step in the right direction.

What you need to know about the special law that could end Quebec's construction strike

Premier Philippe Couillard signalled his government could introduce legislation as early as Monday to put an end to the strike. Here's a primer on back-to-work legislation.

Health officials urge vigilance after rabies outbreak among dogs in Quebec Cree community

by Susan Bell, Nick Wapachee

An outbreak of rabies among dogs in Whapmagoostui has been brought under control, but authorities remind owners to care for their animals.

Supreme Court to look at constitutionality of victim surcharges in case of Quebec man

The Supreme Court of Canada will look at whether it's unconstitutional to make a poor person convicted of a crime pay a surcharge that helps victims.

With construction already hurting business, Saint-Henri shops dread long general strike

Business owners along a stretch of Notre-Dame Street west of Atwater Avenue are worried a prolonged general strike by construction workers could make an already bad situation worse.

More than a million restricted, prohibited guns in Canada

A year and a half after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's government came to office promising to tighten Canada's gun laws, there are now more than a million restricted and prohibited firearms across the country.

Montreal's Tembec target of $807M US friendly takeover offer by Florida company

Montreal-based lumber, paper and pulp producer Tembec has received an $807 million US offer to take over the company from Florida-based conglomerate Rayonier Advanced Materials.

Painting by Quebec artist Jean Paul Riopelle sells for more than $7.4M

A painting by the late Quebec artist Jean Paul Riopelle has sold for more than $7.4 million, good for second on the list of Canada's most expensive works of art.

The Bachelor winner Vanessa Grimaldi talks Montreal, marriage and charity work

by Marilla Steuter-Martin

The former teacher at the Galileo Adult Education Centre in Montreal North says falling in love with and becoming engaged to fiancé Nick Viall is a dream come true.

Quebec construction sites have gone quiet. Here's a look at the big ones

Montreal, a city where jackhammers and orange cones seem to be around every corner, was unusually quiet on Wednesday. Here are some of the major projects on hold as a result of the general strike.

Second life: After horrific plane crash, Quebec man begins anew

by Mathieu Nadon

Gatineau businessman Philippe St-Pierre survived a plane crash that left him with third-degree burns on 40 per cent of his body. Now, after facial reconstruction, numerous operations, and a medically induced coma, he talks about the road back.

Crown, defence issue closing arguments in Bertrand Charest trial

by Stephen Smith

The complainants say Charest abused them when he was their coach, before and during his stint with Alpine Canada's women's development team between 1996 and 1998.

'It just makes me sick': Justice minister's father slams missing and murdered inquiry delays

by Catharine Tunney

Bill Wilson, a hereditary chief and the father of federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould, says the national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls is a "bloody farce" and the commissioners leading it need to be replaced.

Woman accused in failed suicide pact pleads guilty to manslaughter

by Ainslie MacLellan

A young woman accused of deliberately causing a car crash as part of a teen suicide pact has pleaded guilty to manslaughter.

Dog found buried alive on Montreal's South Shore Tuesday dies at veterinary clinic

The boxer, nicknamed Earthquake and Sugar Ray after he was found Tuesday, had received adoption offers from as far away as B.C. as the story of his discovery spread across Canada.

Law students head to court to try to stop Montreal's urban rodeo

by Kalina Laframboise

A group of law students and their professor from Université de Montréal have filed an injunction to try to stop a rodeo planned as part of Montreal's 375th anniversary celebrations.

Man shot outside NDG strip club dies of injuries

It was a violent night in Montreal, with a 23-year-old man fatally stabbed in downtown Montreal and another man, 28, who died in hospital hours after he was shot outside the Amazones Cabaret on Saint-Jacques Street.

Going green: New STM electric buses put to test

The first of three electric buses hit Montreal's streets Wednesday, part of the city's plan to have a fully electric fleet by 2025.

Quebec homeowners in flood zone will not be allowed to rebuild

The City of Gatineau has taken steps to help streamline the rebuilding process for homeowners affected by spring flooding.

Police identify suspect in connection with Laval nightclub murder

Laval police have identified a suspect they believe to be linked to the death of a 33-year-old man who was found bloodied in a Laval nightclub parking lot last Thursday.

'Stroke of luck' led Montrealers to leave Manchester concert just before bombing

Two Montrealers recount the chaos immediately after the explosion went off at Ariana Grande's Manchester concert. Dozens were injured and 22 killed at the concert on Monday night.

Quebec Innu accused of illegal caribou hunting launch constitutional challenge

by Bailey White

Three men accused of illegally hunting caribou in southern Labrador are launching a constitutional challenge, citing aboriginal rights to hunt on traditional grounds.

'Shortcomings' in procedure contributed to Lac-Simon police officer's shooting death, report says

Quebec's workplace health and safety board says undisclosed shortcomings in a police intervention in the remote Quebec town of Lac-Simon contributed to the death of officer Thierry Leroux in February 2016.

Montreal schizophrenia patients face their demons through virtual reality

An experimental treatment being piloted at Montreal's Philippe-Pinel Institute allows psychiatric patients to interact with avatars designed by them, to learn to suppress their inner voices.

PQ hunkers down after being spurned by potential sovereignist ally

The Parti Québécois was in damage-control mode on Tuesday after a difficult stretch that saw a proposed alliance with Québec Solidaire shot down and opinion polls place them third among voters.

After jogger's death, city eyes improvements to Parc Avenue

by Kamila Hinkson

Aref Salem, the executive committee member in charge of transportation, said the mentality behind the design of Parc Avenue no longer makes sense: there can’t be six-lane streets in the heart of Montreal.