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Montreal's Amazigh community rings in year 2975, continues efforts to preserve culture
The city's North African Indigenous diaspora is celebrating the start of Yennayer, their new year. For many, it's a time for joy, but also an occasion to reflect on their ancestors's efforts to preserve their cultural heritage.
15 years after earthquake, Haitian Montrealers disappointed by lack of change in country
On Sunday, Montreal's Haitian community commemorated the lives of more than 220,000 people who died in the 2010 earthquake that struck their home country.
Group of Quebec doctors suspends non-essential work Monday to protest bloodshed in Gaza
Members of Quebec Doctors Against Genocide and Health Workers Alliance for Palestine joined an international campaign in which they halted non-essential work to protest against the ongoing violence in Gaza. They say patients won’t be impacted by the strike.
Quebec medical specialist shares New Year's Eve tips as ERs are overcrowded
An emergency medicine expert urges Quebecers to take precautions, as occupancy rates in the province's emergency rooms are high and some are over 100 per cent capacity.
2024 Black Changemakers
Fuelled by their progress, this Montrealer dedicated her career to empowering youth
Joan Kirton spent her life helping youth at the Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, drawn to the “bad ones” because she saw their potential for growth and change.
Decades of Quebec art and history go up in flames in Montreal's West Island
Maison Charles-Daudelin, a protected heritage site in Kirkland, Que., burnt down on Sunday night, leaving advocates doubtful about the extent of elected officials' efforts to protect heritage buildings.
Montrealers show off their sweet tooth to lend hand to displaced Lebanese people
On Sunday, 20 bakers gathered to raise money for more than 1.2 million displaced Lebanese people. The fundraiser is still ongoing.
Plante calls out Quebec for 'avoidable' death of 55-year-old man found outside in the cold
"It's a big crisis and it breaks my heart, and I know that Montrealers feel the same way," said the mayor Monday afternoon. "It's unacceptable that this happens in a rich society like ours, like Quebec."
After collapse of Bashar al-Assad's regime, Montrealers yearn for a new, democratic Syria
After half a century of rule by the al-Assad dynasty, the Syrian government was ousted by opposition fighters early Sunday. While many Syrian Montrealers are celebrating the news, they remain cautious and plan to closely follow the transition of power.
Montreal's abandoned Empress Theatre to rise from the ashes as mixed-use development, city says
The City of Montreal is preparing to revitalize the long-abandoned Empress Theatre in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) neighbourhood. The theatre has been boarded up since 1992 after it went up in flames.