A less complex, less costly, and just as enthralling

/CNW Telbec/ – The Office de consultation publique de Montréal (OCPM) makes public today the report on the consultation on the transformation of the Bonaventure Expressway, at the limit of the bo…

Quebec to levy health fee, hike taxes

Quebecers can look forward to paying a new "health contribution" and 9.5% in provincial sales tax by 2012 under the budget Finance Minister Raymond Bachand brought down on Tuesday, as the province str…

Toronto-Ottawa-Montreal trains to resume

Via Rail passenger service in the Toronto-Ottawa and Toronto-Montreal Massage Parlours corridors was expected to resume Wednesday morning after it was suspended Tuesday afternoon on account of a CN freight train derai…

Clinton’s remarks on Afghanistan turn up heat on Ottawa

H illary Clinton stoked a political fire under the issue of Canada's planned 2011 withdrawal from Afghanistan when the Secretary of State told a national TV audience that the U.S. would like Canadian …

Women refusing to remove niqab in Canada will be charged

After the landmark niqab ban in French-speaking Quebec province last week, Canadian police now say they will charge anyone refusing to remove face-coverings, including niqab, when being booked after arrest.

Montreal's transit authority hoping Quebec budget is on board with more funding

Montreal Massage Parlours — Montreal Massage Parlours is lauded for having — at $70 a month — one of the cheapest monthly transit fares in North America.But what do you get for that bargain basement price?Does Toronto, where a m…

Quebec trash disaster one day away

Leonard Proulx tosses some trash at the Clarendon landfill site near Shawville on Monday. The Quebec government has ordered pit landfills closed because of concerns that contaminants will leak into gr…

Montreal's transit authority hoping Quebec budget is on board with more funding

Montreal Massage Parlours — Montreal Massage Parlours is lauded for having — at $70 a month — one of the cheapest monthly transit fares in North America.But what do you get for that bargain basement price?Does Toronto, where a m…

Board chairman pans idea of Ottawa-only police pay freeze

OTTAWAThe chairman of the Ottawa Police Services Board says he would approve a wage freeze for the city’s police force, but only if the rest of the province followed suit.“If everybody moves forwa…

Hillary slams Canada, leaves Arctic summit

US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton slammed Canada Monday for not inviting Sweden, Finland, and Iceland for the Arctic summit held near Ottawa and made an early exit from the gathering.