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It’s back to school at the Centre de services scolaire de Montréal. On Tuesday morning, students at the Christ-Roi Elementary School in Ahuntsic were filing in for their first day of classes. “Happy,” said Grade 2 student…

They’ve read over 70 books since their start in 2019. The Violet Hour book club meets monthly to discuss classic and contemporary works of 2SLGBTQ+ literature. And this month, on Aug. 8 –- they held a special edition for…

The community gathered in downtown Montreal Tuesday for the opening of the 34th International First Peoples Festival.  The event, which runs until August 15 and is mainly at Place des Festivals, offers a varied program of…

Montreal Public Health has restricted swimming at the beach in Promenade-Bellerive Park in the city’s east end because of contamination.  The agency released a report that says that the soil at the east-end beach is…

Amazon Canada must cease its anti-union activities at its warehouse in the Lachine borough of Montreal and is ordered to pay the union a total of $30,000 in moral and punitive damages. The Administrative Labour Tribunal ruled…

For almost 200 years, Quebecers have gathered on the streets of Montreal to celebrate the Fête nationale (Saint-Jean-Baptiste Day) Parade and this year is no different. “We’re all celebrating the same holiday, and we should…

The year 2024 marks the 100th anniversary of Montreal’s Campbell Concerts. Until the end of August, the city’s parks – like Wilfrid-Bastien park in Montreal’s St-Leonard neighbourhood – will come alive with free musical…

A plan to build a shelter for the unhoused in Montreal’s Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough has been cancelled as Fondation Gracia, the organization which planned to sell its building – located on Bois-de-Boulogne – to the city, has…

Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after fire destroyed about 10 vehicles in Saint-Laurent overnight. Firefighters responding to a call at around 3:45 a.m., reporting several vehicles were ablaze in the parking lot of a…

Moving Day was July 1st in Quebec and there are still over 1,600 households looking for a place to live. That’s according to FRAPRU, which advocates for the right to housing. Using data from the Quebec government agency…