Montreal Gazette

Pierre Poilievre's Conservative Party appears to have reached a level of popularity in Quebec that sees it fighting Justin Trudeau's Liberals for second place, a new survey suggests. Read More

François Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec, in power since 2018, has hit a low in voter popularity not seen since it was on the opposition benches in 2016, while the Parti Québécois is enjoying the same poll numbers that saw it form a minority government in 2012, a new survey suggests. Read More

You don't have to be a card-carrying Swiftie to be disappointed that Taylor Swift's Eras Tour is not coming to Montreal. Read More

Quebec’s police ethics tribunal has handed Montreal Police Const. Guillaume Joly-Tessier a 25-day suspension without pay for his conduct around the search for now convicted hit man Frédérick Silva. This suspension was based on Joly-Tessier’s surreptitious use of a stamp belonging to a justice of the peace, without her knowledge, that served to assist the police in finally arresting Silva. Read More

Two days after the U.S. election returned Donald Trump to power, I attended StoryFest, an annual lecture series that raises funds for Hudson's Greenwood Centre for Living History. Read More

The Parti Québécois announced Tuesday evening that its president, Catherine Gentilcore, will be the party's candidate in a byelection in Terrebonne riding vacated by Pierre Fitzgibbon on Sept. 5. Read More

Every CFL team requires at least two quarterbacks capable of winning. Over the course of an 18-game regular season, it's rare for the starter not to be injured. Read More

A Sûreté du Québec officer has been suspended for 15 days without pay after throwing part of a young motorcycle accident victim's skull into a ravine in 2021. Read More

Mont Tremblant ski resort has delayed its season start after warm temperatures stalled snow-making efforts needed to prepare the slopes. Read More

The federal government says it hopes a new artificial intelligence safety institute will encourage Canadian businesses to make more use of the technology. Read More

A Quebec civil liberties group says it intends to push forward with legal action after the Supreme Court of Canada responded to its translation demand by simply removing thousands of unilingual English judgments from its website last week. Read More

On Oct. 16, Quebec Superior Court Judge Andres Garin renewed a court order forbidding any protest or action within 50 meters of the sidewalks bordering Congregation Shaar Hashomayim. Read More

The body of Kevin Mirshahi, a cryptocurrency influencer abducted in June, has been found at Île-de-la-Visitation park in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, the Sûreté du Québec said on Tuesday. Read More

A series of cameras installed inside and outside a West Island restaurant captured the moments when a 17-year-old girl was abducted, allegedly by two of her brothers, and forced into a waiting vehicle. Read More

An alleged member of the Sicilian side of the Montreal Mafia has been denied parole while he serves a three-year sentence for stabbing a man during a fight outside a bar in Old Montreal on Aug. 1, 2020. Read More

Shea Weber and David Poile's stories have been intertwined for more than two decades. Read More

Multiple international flights scheduled to land at Montreal's Trudeau airport Monday night were diverted after authorities found what was described as a "package of interest" on a baggage carrousel. Read More

Canada has a history of long tenure in office by Liberal prime ministers. Sir Wilfrid Laurier served four consecutive terms as PM from 1896-1911. Read More

Montreal director Harley Chamandy was just 22 when he began shooting his debut feature film, Allen Sunshine, two years ago. Little could he have dreamed when filming began on his next-to-no-budget movie — made for under $400,000 — in the Eastern Townships community of Georgeville that the finished product would capture the attention and imagination of one of the world’s most iconic directors, Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Heart of Glass; Stroszek; Fitzcarraldo, among his 60-plus credits). Read More