Andy Riga
The Montreal Gazette
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Quebec hockey league promises 'locker room code' to fight abuse of young players
At a National Assembly hearing, MNAs suggested the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League has kept the situation under wraps and its complaint procedure isn't independent. → Read More
Quebec pharmacies might not distribute free COVID rapid tests beyond March 31
Quebecers 14 and older are eligible to receive a box of five tests every 30 days at local pharmacies. But a distribution deal is set to expire. → Read More
Concordia considers changes to Loyola campus in N.D.G.
On Thursday, the university will present a master plan for the campus to the Concordia community and people who live in the neighbourhood. → Read More
Montreal driver fined, loses licence for going 197 km/h
A repeat offender, the 46-year-old was fined almost $1,800 after he was stopped on Highway 20 near St-Hyacinthe early Friday morning. → Read More
Father behaved erratically days before he killed daughters, Quebec coroner hears
Martin Carpentier was obsessed with the possibility of losing custody of Norah, 11, and Romy, 6. But the girls' mother testified Tuesday that he had no reason to worry about that. → Read More
Syrian-Montrealers watch in horror as their homeland suffers again after earthquake
"I hope people realize something like this is not a one-day or two-day or a three-day thing. It's months of recovering physically. But mentally this is gonna take forever. I hope the donations don't stop. I hope people realize Syrians and Turkish people are in dire need.” → Read More
Accident closes Highway 40 for almost two hours in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue
Article content Highway 40 in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue fully reopened after a collision caused major traffic difficulties on Friday afternoon, Transport Quebec said. After a truck collision that led to an electrical wire being struck, officials initially closed the highway in both directions at about 2 p.m. The incident occurred on the westbound highway, just before Exit 40 (Senneville Rd.). → Read More
Laval daycare crash: Trudeau takes part in vigil for victims of 'senseless tragedy'
“Hundreds of thousands of parents who dropped their children off at daycares across the country this morning held them a little tighter and reflected on the senselessness of this tragedy.” → Read More
Three Quebecers arrested in Peru in alleged drug-smuggling operation
Article content Three Quebecers have been arrested in Peru after a joint operation into an alleged international drug-smuggling network dubbed “Los Nórdicos” (the northerners), the Peruvian government says. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police and the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration were involved in investigating the operation, the South American country said in a Feb. 2 press release. → Read More
Police lift lockdown after investigating threat at Laurier Macdonald High School
The incident began at 1:30 p.m. when a person believed to be a student made a threat toward the St-Léonard school. → Read More
After death of Fred la Marmotte, PETA objects to replacement groundhog
“We respectfully ask that you stop exploiting wildlife." → Read More
COVID-19 Kraken subvariant continues to spread in Quebec
Officially known as XBB.1.5, it's the only variant whose spread is growing significantly, Quebec's public health institute said Wednesday. → Read More
Quebec rolls out bivalent vaccines for children five to 11
Parents should weigh several factors when deciding whether to have kids vaccinated with the bivalent shot, a Montreal Children's Hospital doctor says. → Read More
COVID-19 subvariant Kraken is spreading in Quebec, new figures show
Officially known as XBB.1.5, it is the most transmissible subvariant yet detected. → Read More
COVID-19: Quebec detects first cases of highly contagious Kraken subvariant
Its rapid spread in the northeast U.S. indicates the Omicron offshoot could soon replace other variants in the province. → Read More
Fresh water: Quebec to spend $150M annually to protect 'blue gold'
Premier François Legault tells COP15 delegates the province will “significantly increase” fees to companies that extract fresh water. → Read More
Montreal-area cities plan parks, vow to preserve 30% of region’s land
Among the projects in the works: a new “metropolitan park” on Île-Ste-Thérèse in the St. Lawrence River. → Read More
Trudeau slammed for failing to protect West Island nature area
The federal government is making global biodiversity promises even as it refuses to preserve land it owns in the Technoparc, home to monarch butterflies and more than 200 species of birds. → Read More
Guilbeault won’t block Montreal port expansion in habitat of endangered fish
Sometimes referred to as “pure laine” fish because they're found nowhere else in the world, the copper redhorse was the first species in Quebec identified as being threatened. → Read More
'Make peace with nature': World gathers at Montreal's COP15 to protect biodiversity
“This COP is our chance to start protecting and repairing the web of life,” the executive director of the United Nations Environment Programme said at the opening press conference. → Read More