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Sony set to make movie inspired by Gazette articles on great maple syrup caper
Jason Segel visits ‘The Opie & Anthony Show’ at SiriusXM Studios on April 25, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Astrid Stawiarz/Getty Images) Sony Pictures is planning to make a dramedy based on the...
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Tuesday’s big boom: It wasn’t a DeLorean!
Sigh . . . So, the big boom heard in the Montreal region and beyond on Tuesday night was a meteorite, as most people thought. Still, it was fun (for me) to entertain more futuristic, sci-fi ideas about...
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Rainbow flag: Hurray for Montreal!
It warms my heart today to hear that Montreal city hall will fly the Rainbow flag during the Winter Olympics in support of LGBT people in Russia. Congratulations to Mayor Denis Coderre and company. You...
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Montreal police chief says officers will take action against all illegal...
MONTREAL – Police officers who didn’t intervene while protesting firefighters ransacked city hall and jostled elected officials will be punished if evidence shows that they were “lax or complacent,”...
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Marcel Masse, former Mulroney cabinet minister, dead at 78
OTTAWA — Marcel Masse, a longtime Quebec politician who served in the cabinet of Brian Mulroney, has died at the age of 78. Masse was elected to the Quebec national assembly in 1966 and 1970 as a...
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Too much roadwork makes workers miserable and tardy, survey claims
MONTREAL — Those orange cones are having an impact on the daily attitudes of workers who are facing longer commutes and more hassles every day. A survey conducted by l’Ordre des conseillers en...
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Pamela Porter facing new charges, has bail revoked
MONTREAL — Pamela Porter made a very brief appearance before a Quebec Court judge Wednesday afternoon where she learned she faces a new criminal charge. The charge alleges that between Jan. 1, 2013...
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Laval to sue ex-mayor Vaillancourt
MONTREAL — Just days before the last municipal elections, former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt showed up at city hall and ordered city employees to help him remove 208 boxes of documents from a...
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UPAC arrests former SNC-Lavalin exec
MONTREAL — The arrest of a former SNC-Lavalin vice-president Wednesday brings to nine the total number of people to date who face criminal charges arising from the $1.3-billion contract to build the...
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Celebrated comic Gilles Latulippe dies at 77
One of the provinces most loved French actors and comics passed away at the Montreal General Hospital Tuesday morning. Gilles Latulippe, 77, was initially admitted August 22 for pneumonia. He was...
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McGill football coach Clint Uttley resigns over school's handling of...
Note: A correction appears at the end. The controversy surrounding a McGill University football star accused of assaulting his wife deepened on Tuesday as the team’s head coach stepped down, saying he...
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Former SNC exec Ben Aïssa sentenced by Swiss court
A Swiss court has found the former head of construction for SNC-Lavalin guilty of bribery and money laundering in reference to company projects in Libya. Radio-Canada is reporting Riadh Ben Aïssa was...
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Pointe-Claire man missing since Nov. 9
Montreal police have found the body of a 42-year-old Pointe-Claire man missing since last Sunday. Christopher Hildebrand left home to take a walk at about 1 p.m. that afternoon and never returned,...
View ArticleMarcel Masse, former Mulroney cabinet minister, dead at 78
OTTAWA — Marcel Masse, a longtime Quebec politician who served in the cabinet of Brian Mulroney, has died at the age of 78. Masse was elected to the Quebec national assembly in 1966 and 1970 as a...
View ArticleToo much roadwork makes workers miserable and tardy, survey claims
MONTREAL — Those orange cones are having an impact on the daily attitudes of workers who are facing longer commutes and more hassles every day. A survey conducted by l’Ordre des conseillers en...
View ArticlePamela Porter facing new charges, has bail revoked
Pamela Porter made a very brief appearance before a Quebec Court judge Wednesday afternoon where she learned she faces a new criminal charge.
View ArticleLaval to sue ex-mayor Vaillancourt
WITH VIDEO: Just days before the last municipal elections, former Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt showed up at city hall and ordered city employees to help him remove 208 boxes of documents from a...
View ArticleUPAC arrests former SNC-Lavalin exec
The arrest of a former SNC-Lavalin vice-president Wednesday brings to nine the total number of people to date who face criminal charges arising from the $1.3-billion contract to build the superhospital...
View ArticleChamplain Bridge tolls will be at least $2.60
MONTREAL — Depending on the final cost of the building of the new bridge, crossing the Champlain will cost between $2.60 and $3.90 when it is finally built. Each way. At this price, the federal...
View ArticleCelebrated comic Gilles Latulippe dies at 77
One of the provinces most loved French actors and comics passed away at the Montreal General Hospital Tuesday morning. Gilles Latulippe, 77, was initially admitted August 22 for pneumonia. He was...
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