James Mennie
The Montreal Gazette
Montreal, QC, Canada
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Standoff between police and armed man ends peacefully in Terrebonne
The man is expected to face a series of firearms charges once he has been evaluated in hospital. → Read More
Cyclist fighting for life after collision with car in Pierrefonds-Roxboro
The incident happened near Anse-à-l'Orme nature park just after noon. → Read More
Montreal police make arrest a day after fatal shooting in Villeray
A 23-year-old man has been arrested in LaSalle and is expected to appear in court on Friday. → Read More
Mayor proposes freeze on Montreal councillors' salaries
Valérie Plante says it would represent a saving of more than $130,000 for the city's budget, which has been strained by COVID-19 outbreak. → Read More
The fate of the Empress Theatre is being determined and you can have a say
Public consultations on what to do with the N.D.G. landmark are being conducted online from Tuesday to Dec. 10. → Read More
Drug-ring raids end with seizures of cocaine, crack and cash
Raids involving 150 officers from Longueuil, Montreal, Laval and Richelieu-Saint-Laurent resulted in the arrests of 12 men and one woman. → Read More
BREAKING: Former premier Jean Charest sues UPAC, Quebec government
Charest said he had been willing to drop legal action against the government in exchange for an apology, but the offer was refused. → Read More
Quebec police issue 3,100 tickets in crackdown on distracted drivers
The SAAQ's public awareness campaign reminded drivers that distracted driving is a leading cause of collisions on Quebec highways. → Read More
Montreal pays $1.8M to expand Grand Parc du l'Ouest, eyes 78 other lots
The city reached an agreement with the Royal Montreal Golf Club in the borough of Île-Bizard–Sainte-Geneviève for an 11-hectare parcel of land → Read More
Montreal's Jean-Doré Beach closed because of high bacteria count
A message on the Parc Jean-Drapeau website informs users that they are working to have the beach reopen at 10 a.m. on Sunday. → Read More
SQ makes arrest in connection with online threats to a TVA journalist
The suspect, a man in the 20s from the Laurentians, was released after signing a promise to appear in court. → Read More
Laval police seek suspects in hit and run that left teen with a concussion
The incident occurred at 11 a.m. July 16 on des Laurentides Blvd. near Turcot St. in the city's Auteuil district. → Read More
Police seek witnesses to separate hit and runs in Montreal and Laval
In both cases, the victims suffered severe injuries. → Read More
Montreal police make an arrest linked to trio of Westmount arson cases
All three arson cases occurred at a home on Edgehill Rd. near The Boulevard in Westmount. → Read More
Bombshell win in St-Laurent an expression of local 'outrage' – DeSousa
'People may be stunned and many were stunned last night. But people wanted their voices heard.' → Read More
It's now the PQ's turn to feel the uncertainty of a Quebec referendum
It’s tough to make plans in the shadow of an independence referendum. But now the PQ knows how its fellow citizens felt in 1980 and 1995. → Read More
Immigrants, burkinis and the "mathematics" of identity politics
It can be argued there are more pressing issues in Quebec in 2016. But what matters is what the voters think – or can be persuaded to think. → Read More
Ghost bikes contradict Montreal's deadly "shared roads" mythology
Sooner or later, they'll be putting up a ghost bike for Justine Charland St-Amour. You may have seen them around town. Bicycles of varying sizes and types, painted all in white, chained or otherwise affixed to the spot where a cyclist died in traffic. → Read More
Mennie: In the end, Harper's legacy is another PM named Trudeau
Given the events of the past year, you can’t blame Harper for not engaging in a long good-bye. → Read More
$10k may be chump change to politicians, but Canadians aren't chumps
Trudeau Liberals paying to be photographed? You’d think every member of this government would be able to wield their smart phone camera the way a ninja wields their nunchuks. → Read More