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 Opposition calls again for Mayor's resignation
Montreal’s 370th birthday celebrations took a sour turn on Thursday for Mayor Gérald Tremblay as his former executive committee chairman, a top party fundraiser and an ex-chief of staff were arrested by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad.
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 Student leaders make final appeal
Representatives of Quebec’s two student federations made a final appeal Thursday to Premier Jean Charest, who is also Quebec’s youth minister, to sit down with them to negotiate a settlement of the 14-week conflict sparked by the province’s proposed $1,778 tuition hike.
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 Analysis: Cool-down attempt might backfire
A tough-talking Premier Jean Charest may be preparing to show striking students what the consequences of their prolonged protest may be. But his bid to cool things off rankled students.
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 May 17 a day to stand in solidarity with LGB&T people
On its 10th anniversary, there is still a need to observe the International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia in Quebec, says Laurent McCutcheon, president of advocacy group Fondation Émergence and the help line Gai Écoute.
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 Transport Quebec defends road repairs
Transport Quebec says it’s making progress to reduce cyclist injuries and deaths, after a coroner cites poor highway conditions and the lack of a paved shoulder in the deaths of three cyclists in Rougemont in 2010.
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Its passage may be assured when city council meets in special session on Friday, but a controversial bylaw that would ban masks at public demonstrations and require march organizers to provide authorities with a route for their event has already been rejected outright by one of Montreal’s the two municipal opposition parties.
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 Jeanne Mance: Documentary sets record straight
Jeanne Mance had a mission: to found a new community in the wilderness: Montreal. Now filmmaker Annabel Loyola has a mission: to help Montrealers rediscover the remarkable woman who gave birth to their city.
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 Student protests hurting downtown bars
Bar hopping, shopping and dining out in downtown Montreal are taking a hit due to the student protests, which business owners say are chasing their customers away due to traffic headaches.
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 Quebec to legislate end to tuition strike
The provincial government intends to present a bill to end Quebec’s 14-week tuition strike, Premier Jean Charest announced Wednesday night – a proposal that was quickly and decisively rejected by student leaders.
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 122 arrested in charged student protest
Montreal police arrested 122 people early Thursday at the end of a long night of protest against the Quebec government's plan to table legislation to end the 14-week student strike.
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 Corruption squad nabs Zampino, Catania
Former city of Montreal executive committee chairman Frank Zampino (in photo) and construction contractor Paolo Catania have been arrested by anti-corruption investigators.
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 Protests pushing Liberals into lead: poll
A Forum Research poll, offered exclusively to The Gazette, suggests the Quebec Liberals have edged into the lead, in the 14th week of the tuition-fee conflict pitting university and CEGEP students against the Liberal government of Premier Jean Charest.
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Its passage may be assured when city council meets in special session on Friday, but a controversial bylaw that would ban masks at public demonstrations and require march organizers to provide authorities with a route for their event has already been rejected outright by one of Montreal’s the two municipal opposition parties.
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 Students file injunctions after UQAM attack
Tired of waiting for the Charest government to decisively bring an end to the increasingly violent and intimidating outbursts from protesters, at least two students have turned to the police and courts on their own in an effort to save their academic year.
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 Ted Bird lands at TSN Radio 990
Montreal radio veteran Ted Bird will join TSN Radio 990's morning crew Friday, less than a week after departing K103 FM in Kahnawake.
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Regardless of a flurry of more than 30 recent judicial injunctions, CEGEP sociology teacher and picketer Francis Boilard said Wednesday, the broad rift now revealed in the province's education system simply can't be papered over by order-granting judges.
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 Students 'hardening position': minister
While student representatives appeared optimistic that a tuition-hike moratorium was possible after meeting Quebec's new education minister, Michelle Courchesne had another reading Wednesday.
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