Montreal News

Quebec to fund in vitro fertility treatments
Quebec Health Minister Yves Bolduc says the province is going ahead with a plan to fully fund in vitro fertility treatments for women.

Ex-Quebec union boss faces fraud charges
Quebec police have issued an arrest warrant on fraud charges for the former head of the construction arm of the province's biggest federation of labour unions.

Canadiens outlast Oilers in shootout
Andrei Kostitsyn scored the shootout winner as the Montreal Canadiens beat the Edmonton Oilers 5-4 on Thursday night.

RCMP investigates immigration website
The RCMP has launched an investigation into a website guaranteeing immigrants easy acces to Canada and advising them to use false pretexts in order to take advantage of the country's free health care and social programs

Hydro-Québec signs Vermont power deal
Vermont's two largest utilities have signed an agreement with Hydro-Québec for the purchase of up to 225 megawatts of electricity between 2012 and 2028.

Villanueva inquest resumes after outburst
Fredy Villanueva's mother sat silently beside her husband and children as the coroner's inquest into her son's death continued at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday. A day earlier she ran out of the hearing room in tears.

Police search for Victoriaville woman
Quebec provincial police officers are continuing their search in the Eastern Townships for a missing 64-year old woman who they fear may have been the victim of a murder-suicide.

New shuttle to serve Montreal airport
Starting at the end of the month it will be easier and cheaper to travel from downtown Montreal to Trudeau airport.

Montreal Heart Institute to reduce wait list
A cardiac surgeon at the Montreal Heart Institute says his hospital has adopted measures to get its wait list under control within six months.

Guay wins World Cup super-G title
Erik Guay became the first Canadian men's skier in 28 years to win a World Cup discipline title after a super-G victory on Thursday in Germany.

Ban flight schools from St. Hubert airport: residents
Some residents of Montreal's South Shore say noise from a nearby airport has become unbearable and are asking the city of Longueuil to ban flight schools.

Red-hot Habs host lowly Oilers
The Montreal Canadiens and can match a season-high four-game win streak if they can defeat the last-place Edmonton Oilers on Thursday night at the Bell Centre.

Quebec investigates construction threats
Quebec Public Security Minister Jacques Dupuis is calling on the province's Construction Commission and provincial police to investigate allegations of intimidation and threats at construction sites in the province's North Shore region.

Religion ban in Quebec's public daycares welcomed
Publicly funded daycare operators in Quebec are welcoming the province's announcement it will ban religious instruction in government-subsidized daycares.

Use notwithstanding clause: PQ
The opposition Parti-Québecois is pressuring Jean Charest's government to act quickly to resolve what it says is a breach in Quebec's language laws as ministers appeared to be backing away from a suggestion the province could invoke the notwithstanding clause of the 1982 Charter of Rights and Freedoms.