Montreal Latest News

• Quebec hospital uses virtual reality to help with nurse shortage

  Nurse Melissa Plourde is wearing a virtual reality headset during one of her rounds and she is not playing games. What she's doing, though, is a real game-changer in health care.

  Health

  4 hours
• Montreal SPCA calling for help, overwhelmed with abandoned dogs ahead of moving day

  The Montreal SPCA says there has been an 'exponential' increase in animal abandonments, and is calling upon animal lovers to donate or adopt.

  Canada

  5 hours
• More Quebec patients leave emergency rooms before being treated: study

  The number of patients who leave emergency rooms before being treated is increasing in Quebec, according to the results of a study by the Montreal Economic Institute.

  Health

  8 hours
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• Stabbing outside Metro station in Laval, Que. sends 2 to hospital

  Laval police say knives were drawn in a fight outside Cartier Metro station, some time after 7 p.m. on Tuesday. Two men are in hospital with serious wounds, police said.

  Crime

  Jun 20
• Renters may face higher risk of death in extreme heat, StatCan study shows

  Deaths in Canada's 12 most populous cities go up during extreme heat waves and people aged 65 and older are at higher risk than those who are younger, Statistics Canada study says.

  Weather

  Jun 20
• Montreal mayor denounces antisemitism after restaurant allegedly targeted

  Politicians are denouncing violence and intimidation against Montreal's Jewish community after bullet-shaped holes were found in a restaurant window.

  Crime

  Jun 19
• Moving day ‘looking bad’ for renters in Quebec as landlords keep raising prices

  Quebec’s annual moving day is fast approaching and a recent report shows this year is shaping up to be a painful one for renters.

  Canada

  Jun 19
• Ottawa moves forward on threat to use federal powers to help Quebec caribou

  Quebec's woodland caribou population has declined as a result of habitat destruction, industrial activity and increased predation. As of 2022, there were an estimated 5,200 left.

  Environment

  Jun 19
• Extreme heat causes nearly 500 deaths per year in Quebec, report finds

  Extreme heat has a major impact on Quebec's health-care system, which is already stretched thin, a report published on Wednesday says.

  Health

  Jun 19
• Quebec construction worker dies after equipment falls on him, investigation underway

  The work site was temporarily closed as inspectors took over the scene. The construction work was taking place on a tall condo tower.

  Canada

  Jun 19
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• Scathing report slams spending practices at Montreal’s Public Consultations Office

  Spending practices at Montreal's Public Consultations Office came under fire by the city's auditor general. The report details unjustified expenses and a lack of accountability.

  Politics

  Jun 19
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• The heat wave will ease by Friday – but not for southern Ontario

  An oppressive heat wave continued to blanket Central and Southern Ontario, southern Quebec and much of the Atlantic provinces on Wednesday. 

  Weather

  Jun 19
• Heat wave: Power outage at Quebec seniors home happening despite pleas for delay

  Staff and families are upset and worried ahead of a planned power outage affecting some 1,600 residents, including a seniors home, despite pleas to delay amid the extreme heat.

  Canada

  Jun 18
• Demand for child protection services is on the rise in Montreal

  Requests for youth protection services have spiked by 114 per cent in the last 10 years according to Linda See at the Batshaw Youth and Family Centre.

  Canada

  Jun 18
• Panic buttons, lying to fans, Valium: Céline Dion reveals heartbreaking struggles

  The documentary 'I Am: Céline Dion' details the star's 17 years of panic as she struggled to understand what was happening to her body.

  Entertainment

  Jun 18
• McGill University ending negotiations with pro-Palestinian encampment on its campus

  The university says in a statement today it will pursue disciplinary action against people participating in the encampment, which began in late April.

  Canada

  Jun 18
• Heat wave toasts much of Ontario and Quebec

  A heat wave gripped Ontario and Quebec for a second consecutive day on Tuesday, while dangerously hot and humid conditions settled in over parts of Atlantic Canada. 

  Weather

  Jun 18
• Longueuil announces new emergency centre location to address homelessness, housing affordability

  It'll have 84 social housing units and will replace the church building as well as the adjacent parking lot. Construction is supposed to start in August.

  Canada

  Jun 17
• Tensions continue to rise between Montreal residents and supervised injection site

  Drug use out in the open, people exposing themselves in public, screaming, being violent: Maison Benoît Labre continues to cause concern.

  Health

  Jun 17
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• ‘Double the numbers’: Free training helps ease Quebec’s lifeguard shortage

  For the last few years Quebec has experienced a shortage of lifeguards. But since the Quebec government offered a free training certification program, numbers have gone up.

  Canada

  Jun 17
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• New tool offers free mental health support for Quebec parents

  A new program to help support new and soon-to-be Quebec parents when they encounter emotional challenges has launched in the province.

  Canada

  Jun 17
• Could the heat wave cause power outages? How Canadians can prepare

  As an intense heat wave is expected in central Canada this week, experts are warning about increasing pressures on the country’s electricity systems.

  Weather

  Jun 17
• ‘Revolutionary youth summer program’ gets underway at McGill pro-Palestine encampment

  The program includes lectures on Palestinian history and the resistance movement over the next four weeks. Organizers are calling it "revolutionary education."

  Canada

  Jun 17
• Montreal police investigating suspicious death of 38-year-old woman

  Montreal police are investigating what they describe as the suspicious death of a 38-year-old woman in the city's Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough on Sunday.

  Crime

  Jun 17
• ‘Dangerously hot and humid’ weather to hit southern Ontario, Quebec

  Southern Ontario and parts of Quebec are under a heat warning as 'dangerously hot and humid' weather conditions are expected for most of the week, Environment Canada said

  Canada

  Jun 17