Canada: Montreal Police investigate vandalization of at least 16 metro stations
Nov 15, 2023, at 05:42 am
Montreal/IBNS: Montreal Police are investigating a string of vandalism incidents overnight at more than a dozen Metro stations across the city.
Canada: Over one million Hydro-Quebec customers still without power after ice storm
Apr 07, 2023, at 05:31 am
Montreal/IBNS: Over one million customers were still without power on Thursday morning, and some of them are likely to stay without it for days after an ice storm hit southern Quebec with falling trees and causing flooding.
Montreal offers Canadian camp experience to hundreds of Ukrainian refugees
Jul 22, 2022, at 05:10 am
Montreal/IBNS: Canadian camp experience for hundreds of Ukrainian refugees’ children and their parents is being offered by a new summer camp in Montreal.
Canada: 306 Ukrainians fleeing war arrive in Montreal
May 31, 2022, at 04:21 am
Montreal/IBNS: A second charter flight carrying those fleeing war in Ukraine landed on Sunday morning at the Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport in Canada.
Montreal anti-government website promoting armed protests in US shuts down
Jan 15, 2021, at 02:45 am
Montreal/IBNS: An anti-government website promoting armed protests in the United States ahead of the presidential inauguration was shut down on Jan 13 morning by the company after CBC News revealed its cloud servers were located in Montreal, media reports said.
Canada: Montreal and Quebec City to be upgraded to COVID-19 red alert level
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:32 am
Quebec/IBNS: Christian Dubé, Quebec Health Minister, has confirmed while speaking on Radio-Canada's popular Sunday night talk show 'Tout le monde en parle,' that Montreal and Quebec City would move from orange to red alert, the highest alert level "in the coming days."
Jul 23, 2020, at 05:28 am
Quebec, Jul 22 (IBNS): Quebec's surge in the number of new cases of coronavirus since the end of June has been mainly due to increased family contacts, Quebec Health Ministry was quoted as saying in media reports.
Canada: Protest march takes place against Quebec government's secularism bill, say reports
Apr 08, 2019, at 03:01 pm
Moscow, April 8 (Sputnik): Thousands of people on Sunday took to the streets in the Montreal city in Canada's Quebec province to protest against the government's proposed secularism bill, banning civil servants from wearing religious symbols on the job, local media reported.
Canada: Champlain Bridge won't be ready to open before 2019, confirms federal government
Oct 25, 2018, at 08:17 pm
Montreal, Oct 25 (IBNS): The federal government on Thursday confirmed that the Champlain Bridge will not be ready to open until 2019, media reports said.
Extreme heat prevails in Canada, kills six people in Montreal
Jul 04, 2018, at 02:05 pm
Montreal, Jul 4 (IBNS): At least six people have died due to intense heat wave sweeping large parts of Canada, media reports said.
Canada: Decomposed body found in Montreal apartment, a man arrested
Apr 03, 2018, at 03:26 am
Montreal, Apr 2 (IBNS): A Montreal man has been arrested after a decomposed body of an elderly woman was found at an apartment, media reports said.
Canada: Montreal man who forced Sunwing flight to return to country will be sentenced
Mar 28, 2018, at 07:23 pm
Montreal, Mar 28 (IBNS): A 40-year old Montreal man, who had forced Sunwing flight to return to Canada, will be sentenced on Apr 18, media reports said.
Canada: Shooting takes place in NDG in Montreal, police searche suspects
Mar 27, 2018, at 11:27 pm
Montreal, Mar 27 (IBNS): The Montreal police are searching the suspects behind the shooting in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, which took place on Tuesday morning.
Canada: NDP leader Jagmeet Singh visits Montreal
Dec 12, 2017, at 02:09 am
Montreal, Dec 11 (IBNS): New Democratic Party (NDP) leader Jagmeet Singh is in Montreal as he is undertaking his first cross-country tour, media reports said.
Canada's Quebec town bans nudity in pool locker rooms
Nov 15, 2017, at 02:05 am
Montreal, Nov 14 (IBNS): Montreal-area town of Quebec in Canada has banned nudity in the swimming poll locker rooms after receiving several complaints, media reports said.
Montreal actress Erika Rosenbaum breaks silence on sexual harassment by Weinstein
Oct 14, 2017, at 06:38 pm
Montreal, Oct 14 (IBNS): Montreal actress Erika Rosenbaum has finally gone public with her alleged sexual harassment complaints against Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein, saying Weinstein harassed her years ago, media reports said.
Montreal celebrates 375th anniversary of its rich history
Aug 03, 2017, at 07:43 am
Montreal, Aug 2 (IBNS): Montreal, the largest city in Canada's Quebec province, is celebrating its 375th anniversary this year with a host of colourful events that showcase its rich history and culture as well as its iconic places and neighbourhoods.
Flooding forces Montreal to declare state of emergency, other Atlantic provinces under threat
May 08, 2017, at 04:21 pm
Toronto, May 8 (IBNS): Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre declared a state of emergency in Montreal on Sunday afternoon, as flood waters continued to rise due to incessant rainfall for the past few days.
UN-backed forum in Montreal set to agree region-wide disaster risk reduction plan
Mar 07, 2017, at 01:13 pm
New York, Mar 7 (Just Earth News): More than 1,000 delegates from across the Americas will meet this week at a United Nations-backed conference in the Canadian city of Montreal to agree a Regional Action Plan designed to reduce the loss of life due to disasters, both natural and man-made.
Montreal suburban mayors urge to change no right turn traffic rule
Dec 22, 2016, at 04:41 pm
Montreal, Dec 22 (IBNS): In a recent meeting of mayors of 15 suburban areas of Montreal, it was urged upon the Transport minister of Quebec provincial government Laurent Lessard to lift a ban on right turn in red lights, reported The Epoch Times.
Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau hoists World AIDS Day flag
Dec 02, 2016, at 11:59 pm
Toronto, Dec. 2 (IBNS): Canada’s Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, wearing a red scarf given him by the AIDS Committee of Ottawa, hoisted World AIDS Day flag on Thursday at Parliament Hill, Global News reported.
Proposed Montreal dog bylaw aims to euthanize dangerous dogs
Aug 20, 2016, at 01:23 am
Montreal, Aug 19 (IBNS): The city of Montreal has revealed its proposed new animal control bylaw to tackle the issue of dangerous dogs, according to media reports.