Montreal Gazette

Canada has a history of long tenure in office by Liberal prime ministers. Sir Wilfrid Laurier served four consecutive terms as PM from 1896-1911. Read More

Montreal director Harley Chamandy was just 22 when he began shooting his debut feature film, Allen Sunshine, two years ago. Little could he have dreamed when filming began on his next-to-no-budget movie — made for under $400,000 — in the Eastern Townships community of Georgeville that the finished product would capture the attention and imagination of one of the world’s most iconic directors, Werner Herzog (Aguirre, the Wrath of God; Heart of Glass; Stroszek; Fitzcarraldo, among his 60-plus credits). Read More

The Montreal Victoire is due for a little hockey luck. It certainly didn't get a lot of fortuitous bounces in Year 1. It started with a slew of injuries that denied the team their best starting lineup for the bulk of the season and it ended with three overtime games in the first round of the playoffs, all going the way of the opposition. Montreal has the best player in the women's game today in Marie-Philip Poulin and a star-studded roster that is due for a bounce-back. There is also hope that two of last year's three long-term injury list mainstays — Kennedy Marchment and Dominika Laskova — will return. Here's a look at how Montreal stacks up heading into training camp. Read More

A man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his partner in Candiac was out on bail for uttering threats against her when she was killed. Read More

The Canadiens didn't help Cayden Primeau, Samuel Montembeault or Jake Allen with their decision to keep all three goalies for most of last season. Read More

The Montreal Canadiens snapped their six-game losing streak with a 7-5 win over the Buffalo Sabres on Monday afternoon at KeyBank Center. Read More

Cody Fajardo said he fully expects to return next season as the Alouettes' starting quarterback. Read More

For almost 30 years, Martine Roy refused to participate in Remembrance Day ceremonies. Perhaps understandably: In 1984, Roy was dishonourably discharged as part of a decades-long purge of LGBTQ2+ military members. Read More

Longueuil police said Monday that they are investigating after an 11-month-old girl left Les Dauphins daycare on Dollard St. last Monday with burn injuries, noticed by her parents. Read More

The trial of a woman charged with murdering her wife and their two children began at the Longueuil courthouse Monday with a prosecutor informing the jury the motive behind the three slayings remains a mystery. Read More

On the heels of World Science Day for Peace and Development, this past Sunday, let us talk about the intricate, complex and multi-dimensional association between science and society. Read More

The Alouettes should have been boarding a flight on Monday to Vancouver, preparing to defend their Grey Cup title on Sunday against Winnipeg in a rematch of last year's game. Read More

The first time I saw Pat Burns run a practice, I thought his style would never fly with “modern” NHL players — modern, meaning circa 1988. From start to finish, Burns turned the air at the old Forum blue with some of the more inventive cursing you will ever hear. Read More

The Montreal Canadiens and Buffalo Sabres face off in a rare Monday afternoon game at KeyBank Center. Puck drop at 12:30 p.m. (TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690, 98.5 FM). Read More

One of the three basketball coaches from a high school in the St-Laurent borough arrested a couple of years ago after an investigation into allegations that girls were sexually abused will plead guilty, a Montreal court was told on Monday. Read More

At about the same time the Legault government announced a hiring freeze in the public service, 26 orderly posts and seven administrative agent jobs were cut at the Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal (CHUM). Read More

Jacob Fowler continues to work toward becoming the Canadiens' goalie of the future. Read More

The STM wants your texts, and they don’t want riders to hold back. Unveiling the new texting service Monday, STM officials say they want to know anything that can affect security or slow down service in the métro. it can be as minor as dropping an ice cream or as urgent as witnessing a mugging. Read More

A First Nation near Quebec City says the provincial government and Quebec's hydro utility have ignored their constitutional duty to consult about four planned wind projects south of the St. Lawrence River. Read More

More than a month after being shut down when construction work revealed deterioration of beams overhanging a foot bridge, the St-Michel station of the métro's Blue Line will reopen to the public at 10 a.m. Monday. Read More