Quebec court unlocks funds for insurance to keep MM&A operating for several...
MONTREAL – Insolvent Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway could soon resume operations in Canada for several weeks after a Quebec judge approved a request to unlock funds to purchase insurance that...
View ArticlePower out in Vanier area
OTTAWA – The power is out for 90 homes and businesses in the McArthur Avenue, Vanier Parkway, Montreal Road area. Crews are on scene and is equipment failure is to blame. The estimated time of...
View ArticleWoman killed in bizarre escalator accident in Montreal
MONTREAL – Montreal police say they will review surveillance video from a subway station where a woman died in a bizarre accident. The woman was strangled after her scarf, and then her hair, got caught...
View ArticleMulcair and Coderre bridge their support of Montreal project
OTTAWA – Federal Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre will try to bridge the gap, so to speak, when they meet in Ottawa. The two are expected to talk Thursday about how to...
View ArticleMagnotta jury selection continues
MONTREAL – Jury selection continues Tuesday in Montreal for the first-degree murder trial of Luka Magnotta. Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to five charges in the May 2012 slaying and dismemberment of...
View ArticleJury selection continues for Luka Magnotta murder trial
MONTREAL – Jury selection at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s murder trial is to continue Wednesday in a Montreal courtroom. The justice system moved quicker than expected Tuesday as the first five jurors were...
View ArticlePropane tank explosion in Montreal apartment building injures five
MONTREAL – A propane tank explosion in a Montreal apartment building has left five people injured, including one critically. Police say a 63-year-old man remains in hospital with life-threatening...
View ArticleMagnotta admits to killing Jun Lin in murder case, judge tells jury
MONTREAL – The judge hearing Luka Rocco Magnotta’s first-degree murder trial has told the jurors that the accused has admitted to the slaying of Chinese student Jun Lin. Quebec Superior Court Justice...
View ArticleJurors shown surveillance video at Magnotta trial
MONTREAL – Jurors at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s first-degree murder trial were shown a video of Jun Lin entering the killer’s apartment building on the day Lin was last seen alive. The video shown Thursday...
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin to cut 4,000 jobs, nine per cent of total
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin says it will reduce the company’s global workforce by 4,000, or nine per cent of the total, over an 18-month period starting in 2015. The Montreal-based engineering and...
View ArticleQuebec court unlocks funds for insurance to keep MM&A operating for several...
MONTREAL – Insolvent Montreal, Maine & Atlantic Railway could soon resume operations in Canada for several weeks after a Quebec judge approved a request to unlock funds to purchase insurance that...
View ArticlePower out in Vanier area
OTTAWA – The power is out for 90 homes and businesses in the McArthur Avenue, Vanier Parkway, Montreal Road area. Crews are on scene and is equipment failure is to blame. The estimated time of...
View ArticleWoman killed in bizarre escalator accident in Montreal
MONTREAL – Montreal police say they will review surveillance video from a subway station where a woman died in a bizarre accident. The woman was strangled after her scarf, and then her hair, got caught...
View ArticleMulcair and Coderre bridge their support of Montreal project
OTTAWA – Federal Opposition Leader Tom Mulcair and Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre will try to bridge the gap, so to speak, when they meet in Ottawa. The two are expected to talk Thursday about how to...
View ArticleMagnotta jury selection continues
MONTREAL – Jury selection continues Tuesday in Montreal for the first-degree murder trial of Luka Magnotta. Magnotta has pleaded not guilty to five charges in the May 2012 slaying and dismemberment of...
View ArticleJury selection continues for Luka Magnotta murder trial
MONTREAL – Jury selection at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s murder trial is to continue Wednesday in a Montreal courtroom. The justice system moved quicker than expected Tuesday as the first five jurors were...
View ArticlePropane tank explosion in Montreal apartment building injures five
MONTREAL – A propane tank explosion in a Montreal apartment building has left five people injured, including one critically. Police say a 63-year-old man remains in hospital with life-threatening...
View ArticleMagnotta admits to killing Jun Lin in murder case, judge tells jury
MONTREAL – The judge hearing Luka Rocco Magnotta’s first-degree murder trial has told the jurors that the accused has admitted to the slaying of Chinese student Jun Lin. Quebec Superior Court Justice...
View ArticleJurors shown surveillance video at Magnotta trial
MONTREAL – Jurors at Luka Rocco Magnotta’s first-degree murder trial were shown a video of Jun Lin entering the killer’s apartment building on the day Lin was last seen alive. The video shown Thursday...
View ArticleSNC-Lavalin to cut 4,000 jobs, nine per cent of total
MONTREAL – SNC-Lavalin says it will reduce the company’s global workforce by 4,000, or nine per cent of the total, over an 18-month period starting in 2015. The Montreal-based engineering and...
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