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MONTREAL -- In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l'Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Creme -- a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It's one of dozens of churches that have been restored in recent years, with some finding new vocations as climbing gyms, housing or distilleries, while others continue to offer religious services and community spaces.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec government announced Friday that it's removing the British crown from the province's official coat of arms, in what it described as a reaffirmation of the province's autonomy.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier François Legault's party is beginning the search for a successor with only months before the next provincial election, but experts say replacing the party's founder won't be easy.
MONTREAL -- The mayor of a village in Quebec's Far North says a six-year-old girl was one of two people injured after an exchange of gunfire involving the Nunavik Police Service.
MONTREAL -- When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name Jewish Montreal's "new patron saint," Maimie Pinzer was the winning choice.
MONTREAL -- A graphite mine in Quebec has been included on the federal government's expanded list of major projects in the national interest to be considered for regulatory fast-tracking. Here are five things to know about Nouveau Monde Graphite's Matawinie Mine.
MONTREAL -- Montreal can develop the ambition to become one of the world's great metropolises, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said Thursday as she was formally sworn in during a ceremony at city hall.
MONTREAL -- The historic village of Calixa-Lavallee is named after the man who composed the Canadian national anthem, so perhaps it's no surprise its residents take their civic duty seriously.
MONTREAL -- Outgoing Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante has met her successor at city hall in a gesture she hopes will help combat cynicism in politics.
MONTREAL -- Montreal's mayor-elect said Monday that her background as a child refugee from Chile is proof that people from all over the world can be welcomed and find success in the city -- even as the provincial government hardens its tone toward immigrants.
MONTREAL -- The lawyer for a Quebec Liberal MP who won her riding in the April federal election by a single vote argued on Tuesday it would be unfair to other voters to cancel the result over one uncounted ballot.
MONTREAL -- The CEO of a Montreal-based company that uses satellites to monitor methane emissions says interest in his technology continues to reach new heights, even as governments appear to be wavering on their climate commitments.
MONTREAL -- Outgoing Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante says Thursday's inauguration of a sixth UN office in the city is a reflection of the environmental, housing-focused agenda she's championed in her nearly eight years in office.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault testified on Tuesday that he was kept in the dark about hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns at the auto insurance board, laying most of the blame for the scandal on the leaders of the state-run corporation.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault says he only learned about cost overruns at the province's auto insurance board in February 2025.
The Parti Quebecois sailed to a third-straight Quebec byelection win on Monday, cementing the sovereigntist party's momentum ahead of the 2026 provincial election and dealing a crushing blow to Premier Francois Legault's governing party. Former journalist Alex Boissonneault handily defeated Quebec Conservative Leader Eric Duhaime in the Arthabaska riding, flipping a seat that Legault's Coalition Avenir Quebec has held since...
KAHNAWAKE -- The Mohawk Council of Kahnawake says it will probably impose tolls on the roads crossing its territory in response to looming federal budget cuts.
MONTREAL -- On any given day, drones buzz in the skies above Quebec's detention centres looking to drop tobacco, drugs or cellphones to the inmates below.
Canadian scientists working on asteroid missions, exploring the universe through the James Webb Space Telescope or helping to put rovers on Mars say they can in some way thank Marc Garneau, who left an enduring legacy both as an astronaut and head of the country's space agency. While best-known in later years as a federal cabinet minister, Garneau, who died...
MONTREAL -- Quebec's immigration minister says the government will drop its permanent immigration targets to as low as 25,000 people per year, and keep them low until Ottawa agrees to slash the number of temporary residents in the province by half.
MONTREAL -- A scientific committee's decision to assess the snowy owl as threatened is yet another concerning sign of the changes shaping Canada's Arctic, two experts say.
MONTREAL -- Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet on Tuesday called for a "partisan truce" with other federal party leaders, even as he was accused by the Bloc's provincial cousins of putting the sovereignty question aside.
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is calling for a "partisan truce" with other federal party leaders after Monday's federal election, even as he faces criticism from his party's provincial cousins for putting sovereignty aside. Blanchet told reporters in Montreal that voters want stability in Parliament in order to address the ongoing trade war with the United States. His comments came...
MONTREAL -- Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet is calling for a "partisan truce" with other federal party leaders after Monday's federal election, even as he faces criticism from his party's provincial cousins for putting sovereignty aside.
MONTREAL -- In the town of St-Amable, Que., it's plant or pay up.
QUEBEC -- Against the backdrop of U.S. tariff threats, the Quebec government tabled a budget on Tuesday with a record $13.6-billion deficit and billions of dollars in new infrastructure spending to stimulate the economy.
QUEBEC -- The Quebec government has introduced a budget with a record deficit and billions of dollars in measures to shore up the economy during the trade war with the United States.
QUEBEC -- Quebec's finance minister is set to table a budget today with a focus on shoring up businesses and workers as U.S. tariff threats continue to sow economic turmoil.
STANSTEAD, Que. -- For more than 100 years, people in Stanstead, Que., have been able to walk into Derby Line, Vt., to enter the border-straddling Haskell Free Library and Opera House - no passport required.
STANSTEAD, Que. -- The town of Stanstead, Que., says U.S. authorities have unilaterally decided to close the main Canadian entrance to the Victorian-style library that straddles the border between the two countries.
A maple tree, a red dress and a ceremonial sword may seem like cold comfort for Canadians hoping to hear their head of state defend them against U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated pitches to annex their country. But royal watchers say King Charles is showing subtle support for Canada in the only way he can, given his politically neutral role...
A maple tree, a red dress and a ceremonial sword may seem like cold comfort for Canadians hoping to hear their head of state defend them against U.S. President Donald Trump's repeated pitches to annex their country.
MONTREAL -- Alison Steel was a young child when her mother was sent to Dr. Donald Ewen Cameron and his colleagues at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute in the 1950s for treatment of what her daughter believes was likely depression triggered in part over the loss of another child.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault welcomed news that Canada would not be hit with United States tariffs for another month, but he said Monday that uncertainty continues to hang over the economy like a "dagger over our heads."
MONTREAL -- Gisele Benoit still gets goosebumps when she remembers the first time she saw a family of eastern wolves emerge from the forests of the Mauricie National Park, under the backdrop of a rising moon.
QUEBEC -- Quebec's finance minister has tabled an economic update with $2.1 billion in new spending over five years amid what Eric Girard describes as a stronger-than-expected recovery from last year's economic slowdown.
MONTREAL -- The City of Montreal is promising to speed up construction permits, raise taxes on owners of vacant lots and spend tens of millions of dollars more to help develop affordable housing as part of its 2025 budget.
MONTREAL -- Private Martine Roy was only 20 years old in 1984 when she was arrested, interrogated and dismissed from the Canadian Armed Forces for being what was then termed a "sexual deviant."
MONTREAL -- The Royal Canadian Legion branch in Montreal's Verdun borough meets once a week in a community centre space it rents by the hour, less than 500 metres from the elegant brick building it sold over a decade ago when maintenance costs got too high.
MONTREAL -- Among the millions glued to their TV sets Tuesday night watching U.S. election results will be a group of people in Montreal with a particular connection to Democratic candidate Kamala Harris -- her high school classmates.
Maureen Anderson lost both her sons to their overseas service in the Canadian Army, even if they died years later and a continent away from the hot dust and violence of the Afghanistan war.
MONTREAL -- The Bloc Quebecois dealt a painful blow to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau in Monday's byelection, winning the Liberal stronghold of LaSalle-Emard-Verdun by 248 votes. Here are five things to know about the Montreal riding.
MONTREAL -- Family members of patients allegedly brainwashed decades ago at a Montreal psychiatric hospital are afraid they're running out of time to get compensation because the federal government and the McGill University Health Centre have filed motions to dismiss their lawsuit.
MONTREAL -- Family members of patients allegedly brainwashed decades ago at a Montreal psychiatric hospital are afraid they're running out of time to get compensation because the federal government and McGill University have filed motions to dismiss their lawsuit.
Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking the Montreal mayor's approach to severe drug addiction and homelessness, accusing her of telling Montrealers to learn to live with "chaos." Poilievre spoke Friday morning near a housing project with a supervised drug-use site west of downtown that has drawn criticism because of its location near an elementary school. He called for the...
MONTREAL -- Federal Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is attacking the Montreal mayor's approach to severe drug addiction and homelessness, accusing her of telling Montrealers to learn to live with "chaos."
MONTREAL -- The City of Montreal says the owner of a more than 100-year-old home has violated city rules by allowing it to be painted in neon colours as an ad for telecom company Koodo.
MONTREAL -- A woman who has been waiting for two years to sponsor her Guatemalan husband to come to Quebec says the province is acting in bad faith by slashing the number of family reunification applications it will accept.
MONTREAL -- The City of Montreal has launched an investigation and suspended an employee after fire prevention officers ordered a number of restaurants to shut their packed outdoor seating areas at dinner time during the busy Grand Prix weekend.
From green roofs in Toronto to Vancouver's rain city strategy, Canadian cities are looking to become "sponges" in order to help mitigate some of the effects of extreme rainfall events. In Montreal, Mayor Valérie Plante announced last week that the city plans to develop some 30 additional "sponge parks" designed to catch and absorb rainwater and keep it from flowing...