The exterior of a building in the Plateau-Mont-Royal began crumbling Sunday morning. The fire department was called at 9 a.m. when bricks began to fall one by one onto the street below. The building is located on Saint-Laurent Boulevard near…
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Canada’s last championship was 1993’s Blue Jays. Sports fans have changed since then
After more than a quarter century since one of the country’s major pro sports teams took home a championship, Canadian sports fans will finally be able to celebrate on Monday with a parade and rally for the Toronto Raptors. READ…
More Raptors return to Toronto on Drake’s private jet after celebrating NBA title
HAMILTON – More Toronto Raptors players returned to Canada today, along with rapper Drake, after days of celebrating the team’s historic NBA championship win south of the border. The John C. Munro Hamilton International Airport tweeted Sunday afternoon that some…
Sixth annual Walk with Refugees takes over Halifax streets
A group of over 100 people took to the downtown streets of Halifax Sunday afternoon for the sixth annual Walk with Refugees. “It’s an opportunity to build awareness and also bring the first person voice forward for refugees,” said Denise…
Montreal teen Felix Auger-Aliassime defeated in Stuttgart final
Montreal teen Felix Auger-Aliassime is still looking for his first ATP Tour title after a 6-4, 7-6 (11) loss to Italy’s Matteo Berrettini in the final of the Mercedes Cup on Sunday. Auger-Aliassime had his chances in the marathon second-set tiebreaker,…
Quebec to adopt religious symbols ban
Simon Jolin-Barrette insisted Sunday that Bill 21 does not withdraw civil rights. The government House leader is also the minister responsible for Quebec’s controversial secularism bill, which includes a religious symbols ban for public employees in positions of authority, which…
How a Montreal working class neighbourhood’s activists changed Quebec and Canada
The Pointe-Saint-Charles neighbourhood is isolated from the rest of Montreal by the Lachine Canal and the railroad, meaning that for years it was the kind of place that many people, even other Montrealers, never visited. But despite its relative obscurity,…
2 members of young Alberta family identified as victims of Plamondon fire
A young Alberta father and toddler have been identified as the two people found dead after a devastating house fire in the hamlet of Plamondon. Lac La Biche RCMP and municipal fire crews responded to a residential fire at 12:45…
Winnipeg Second World War veteran awarded legion of honour medal on 100th birthday
Ian Wilson who resides at Deer Lodge Centre in Winnipeg was awarded France’s highest honour for military personnel. While Wilson doesn’t officially turn 100 until June 17th, his family chose to celebrate both occasions together. “To have this medal to…
Man, 56, dead after motorcycle crash in Chester
A 56-year-old man has died as a result of a motorcycle crash in Chester, N.S., Saturday night. Nova Scotia RCMP say the crash along Highway 14 happened around 8 p.m. The victim was pronounced dead at the scene. The section…