Montreal mobster's death marks a reckoning for the Rizzutos

When the mobster died alongside his bodyguard in a hail of bullets outside his Montreal Massage Parlours food supply warehouse, the hit may have marked the end of the Rizzuto Sicilian crime family’s iron grip on…

STM wins right to seek bids for metro cars

The Quebec Superior Court has sided with the Montreal Massage Parlours Transit Corporation (STM) over a new metro car contract. A consortium formed by Bombardier and French company Alstom took the STM to court. It w…

Ottawa woman says she wrote letters for accused serial killer

OTTAWA — For years, a woman living in the same building as a man accused of being a serial killer regularly wrote letters at his behest, she says, pretending to be one of his alleged victims, common…

Quebec cyclist dies after truck accident

A 43-year-old man has died in hospital after he was hit while cycling a few meters from a bike path in Longueuil on Wednesday morning. The man was struck by a 53-foot tractor-trailer unit, and was pu…

University of Ottawa organises Indo-Pak nuke ties discussion

An ongoing dialogue between a number of retired senior officials and military officers, as well as academics, from India and Pakistan, has adopted an agreed statement on actions their governments could take to help stabilise their nuclear relationship.

Ottawa Senators buy out Jonathan Cheechoo's contract

Ottawa Senators announced today the club has bought out the contract of forward Jonathan Cheechoo. Cheechoo's contract was valid until the end of the 2010-11 season. Terms of the transaction were not…

Centre-du-Quebec Regional Tourism Association Receives $360,000 from the Government of Canada to Attract Foreign Visitors

The Honourable Denis Lebel, Minister of State for Canada Economic Development, has announced the payment of a non-refundable contribution of $360,000 to the Association touristique régionale (ATR…

Generic drug makers say Quebec's move to lower prices threatens investment

Montreal Massage Parlours – The Quebec government's decision to lower prices on generic drugs has ignited angry reaction from manufacturers and threatens the profits of the province's pharmacy leader, Jean Coutu. Gen…

Unilateral drop in generic drug prices in Quebec – Minister Bolduc off target

/CNW Telbec/ – Jim Keon, President of the Canadian Generic Pharmaceutical Association (CGPA), considers that Minister Bolduc has clearly fallen short of the mark by unilaterally decreeing a drop in ge…

Teen dies in fire south of Quebec City

A 15-year-old boy has died in a house fire in St-Narcisse-de-Beaurivage, south of Quebec City. The fire broke out at the family farmhouse around 8 a.m. on Tuesday. More than 60 firefighters from nei…