Family, friends and community members gathered Friday evening to mourn and remember a 21-year-old man who died in hospital after being injured inside a Montreal jail on Christmas Eve. Nicous D’Andre Spring was being illegally detained at the detention centre known as Bordeaux jail, according to Quebec’s Public Security Department. Around 150 people showed up…
Man Who Died After Being Injured in Montreal Jail Was in ‘Illegal’ Detention
Interior Health Says Remaining Patients From Deadly BC Bus Crash Expected to Live
All of the remaining patients in hospital from a deadly Christmas Eve bus crash in British Columbia are expected to survive, according to an Interior Health official. Michaela Swan, a spokeswoman for the health authority, says seven people who were brought to three hospitals after the bus rolled on the Highway 97C Okanagan Connector on…
Peter Stockland: The True Magic of Christmas
Commentary A bitter December cross-wind was biting as I crossed Rue Atwater and hurried through the darkness to 6:30 a.m. Mass at St. Irénée de Lyon. Inside, the 110-year-old church at the edge of Montreal’s St. Henri neighbourhood was welcomingly warm, but still as dark as outdoors except for a distant blaze of candles massed…
Biodiversity Deal Reached at COP15 Conference to Preserve 30 Percent of Land and Sea
Countries’ delegates participating in the COP15 conference in Montreal have reached a deal on Dec. 19 to strengthen the protection of the world’s biodiversity, including the aim to protect at least 30 percent of land and sea and by pledging of billions of dollars. The deal reached by consensus is dubbed the Kunming-Montreal Global Diversity…
Quebec Man Granted Bail in Hit and Run That Killed 7-Year-Old Girl
A Montreal-area man charged in a hit and run that killed a 7-year-old girl as she was walking to school has been granted bail. Juan Manuel Becerra Garcia was released on a series of conditions today that include not driving a motorized vehicle and not contacting the family of the young victim, Maria Legenkovska. Maria…
Fire in Quebec Suburb Engulfs Apartment Building Leaving Woman in Critical Condition
A woman is in hospital in critical condition after a fire engulfed an apartment building in the Montreal off-island suburb of Saint-Eustache, Que. Sébastien Laplante, director of the municipality’s Fire Safety Department, says the woman is currently in intensive care and two others have also been hospitalized after the blaze. Officials say a total of…
Trudeau Announces $350 Million to Preserve Foreign Biodiversity
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered opening remarks to the COP15 conference in Montreal on Dec. 6 and announced a new contribution of $350 million for foreign countries to help with their conservation efforts. “These $350 million of fresh money that will be invested in the financing of international biodiversity are added to the sum of…
Trudeau Announces $350 Million to Preserve Biodiversity Abroad
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau delivered opening remarks to the COP15 conference in Montreal on Dec. 6 and announced a new contribution of $350 million for conservation efforts abroad. “These $350 million of fresh money that will be invested in the financing of international biodiversity are added to the sum of over $1 billion that we…
National Security Officials Planning for 2023 ‘Freedom Convoy’ Reboot: Adviser to PM
The national security adviser to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says that senior officials are planning ahead for the possibility of another “Freedom Convoy” protest in early 2023. Jody Thomas told a parliamentary committee Thursday evening that deputy ministers, some of the most senior civil servants in the government, are meeting to discuss the prospective demonstration for the first time this week. Thomas said that Mike MacDonald, an assistant…
Coroner’s Inquest Hears of Search for Montreal Firefighter Whose Rescue Boat Capsized
A coroner’s inquest into the 2021 drowning of Montreal firefighter Pierre Lacroix is hearing about the frantic search for him after his boat capsized in the Lachine Rapids during a rescue attempt. But Lt. Sylvain Dominique of the Montreal fire department testified today that despite an extensive effort from the water, shore and air, rescuers…
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