Montreal Gazette

The man who pleaded guilty in December to drugging and sexually abusing 13 women, while he recorded his crimes on a cell phone, is facing the likelihood of a lengthy prison sentence. Read More

Laurent Courtois has become the focal point of CF Montréal's development project, and the 46-year-old head coach will have the opportunity to continue the work he started. Read More

Anglophone Quebecers are being urged to turn out in large numbers for school board elections, with voting scheduled for the next two Sundays. Read More

A new $63-million, 13-storey affordable student housing building in the heart of downtown Montreal was officially launched Friday, with $1.5 million in seed money coming from McGill's student union. Read More

In August 2023, Raphaël Bots was a healthy, athletic 17-year-old about to start his second year of CEGEP. He was on the last leg of a European vacation with his family when, out of the blue, he started experiencing strange and, initially, mild symptoms. Read More

The Alouettes' regular season ends Saturday afternoon the same way it began in early June — with a game against the Winnipeg Blue Bombers. Read More

The city of Longueuil has carried out the first phase of its cull of white-tailed deer, saying 64 animals were killed this week at Michel-Chartrand Park. Read More

Like most Montrealers, Marc-André Grondin was surprised Wednesday when he heard that Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante would not be seeking re-election. Read More

Two major public sector unions are denouncing the freeze on public sector recruitment announced late Thursday by the Legault government, warning in the end, service to Quebecers will suffer because of it. Read More

QUEBEC — Liberal leadership candidate Frédéric Beauchemin wants the party to revisit it new policy on ending public funding for religious schools, taking into account the views of the party membership. Read More

It was a great big, gorgeous, seam-bursting, improbable, scintillating decade. Read More

In 1888, bacteriologists Emile Roux and Alexandre Yersin demonstrated that diphtheria occurs when bacteria release a toxin that damages tissues. Read More

Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis made defenceman Arber Xhekaj a healthy scratch for back-to-back games against the New York Islanders and New York Rangers. The Canadiens lost both games. Read More

One of the three people arrested earlier this week, when a protest held by environmental activists closed the Jacques Cartier Bridge for hours, was granted a conditional release on Friday. Read More

An investigation is underway at an east-end detention centre for underage criminal offenders where at least nine instructors were allegedly involved in sexual misconduct with inmates, including at least one instance of full sexual intercourse. Read More

As Halloween creeps up, Montrealers are preparing for a night of trick-or-treating. But this year, there may be a haunting fright in the candy bowl: smaller chocolate bars. Read More

“At McGill University in Montreal, French students are flourishing,” read a headline in Le Monde last year, underscoring the growing number of young people from France flocking to study in Quebec. Read More

The press release announcing the suspension of 11 teachers at Bedford elementary school — after an investigation revealed a "toxic climate" of fear and intimidation by a "dominant clan" of teachers — was sent out on the eve of Education Minister Bernard Drainville's appearance on the popular TV talk show Tout le monde en parle.  Read More

The office of Quebec Treasury Board President Sonia LeBel announced Thursday evening that a freeze on public service recruitment will take place starting Nov. 1. As of that date, the provincial government will fill vacant positions with employees who are already part of the Quebec public service. Read More

Parents are reportedly panicking as the only two commercial formulas prescribed for premature babies are out of stock in Quebec. Préma-Québec, an organization that supports families of premature children, says it is concerned about the mental health of these parents, who may lack information about an alternative to feed their baby. Read More