Montreal Gazette

OTTAWA — Public service unions say they'll launch further legal challenges and grievances over new rules that federal employees must work from the office at least three days a week. Read More

MEULABOH, Indonesia — The boat glided across waters that were dark and still, under a night sky that was cloudless and calm. But on board, the 12-year-old girl quaked with fear. Read More

Billions of people are using different kinds of energy each day and 2023 was a record-breaking year for renewable energy sources — ones that don't emit planet-warming pollutants like carbon dioxide and methane -- according to a report published Wednesday by Ember, a think tank based in London. Read More

WASHINGTON — Facing heat over its military support for Israel's war, the Biden administration is due to deliver a first-of-its-kind formal verdict this week on whether the airstrikes on Gaza and restrictions on delivery of aid have violated international and U.S. laws designed to spare civilians from the worst horrors of war. Read More

Jewish students in Canada have launched a democratic organization aimed at representing Jewish interests on campus and communicating with the media. Read More

A Quebec Superior Court judge raised questions Wednesday about how a jury reached a unanimous decision to convict Lachine resident Véronique Manceaux of first-degree murder before he confirmed the automatic sentence she received two Saturdays ago. Read More

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — An immigration lawyer in Toronto says new figures from the federal government show just how “grudging” Ottawa’s efforts have been to rescue Canadians’ family members from the war in the Gaza Strip. Read More

Wild turkey sightings are on the rise in Montreal, where this spring alone one was seen picking a fight with a car in a Dollard-des-Ormeaux driveway, another hanging around the Verdun Hospital and a third wandering around Pointe-St-Charles for several days in a row. Read More

MONTREAL — Air Canada ranks below most other major North American airlines on customer satisfaction, with airfares a particular sore point, according to a new survey. Read More

QUEBEC — The struggles of the anglophone CEGEP system to apply Bill 96 to their operations reveal the changes to Quebec's language laws were necessary and matter, Quebec's Minister Responsible for French said Thursday. Read More

JERUSALEM — The Israeli military said Wednesday that it has reopened its Kerem Shalom crossing into Gaza after days of closure, but the U.N. said no humanitarian aid has yet entered and there is no one to receive it on the Palestinian side after workers fled during Israel's military incursion in the area. Read More

Montreal police on Wednesday announced that a series of raids conducted over the previous 48 hours and targeting an organized crime ring had resulted in the seizure of five kilos of cocaine, 12 firearms and $2.2 million in cash. Read More

KYIV, Ukraine — Russian forces unleashed a nighttime barrage of more than 50 cruise missiles and explosive drones at Ukraine's power grid Wednesday, targeting a wide area in what President Volodymyr Zelenskyy called a "massive" attack on the day the country celebrates the defeat of Nazism in World War II. Read More

Forty years after Cpl. Denis Lortie entered the National Assembly armed with a submachine-gun looking to kill then premier René  Lévesque and Parti Québécois MNAs, politicians in the provincial legislature on Wednesday recalled the attack that left three people dead and 13 wounded. Read More

Last month, the Ontario government announced a cellphone and social media ban in the province's schools. This came after a lawsuit by Ontario school boards against social media platforms, claiming they exacerbate children's mental-health issues while precipitating a learning crisis. These actions bring into sharp focus the intricate interplay between societal challenges and technological advancements. Read More

While the province has reduced the number of seniors waiting for at home care, those that remain on the list may have to wait for another at least a year before receiving the service, Quebec seniors minister Sonia Bélanger said on Wednesday. Read More

Members of François Legault's cabinet found themselves doing damage control Tuesday after Indigenous leaders said the premier's recent comments on the creation of a Quebec history museum excluded Indigenous peoples from Quebec's history. Read More

A pro-Palestinian encampment seeking McGill's divestment from investment in Israel entered its 12th day on Wednesday with no end in sight. Read More

A commercial space in the city's Villeray district was targeted by a firebomber early Wednesday. Read More

My friend in Vancouver expressed amazement when I described my encounter with true bilingualism-in-action during one of my return visits to my hometown of Montreal. Two businessmen were talking while walking along Ste-Catherine St. One started a sentence in English but finished in French. The other initially responded in French, switched to English, and concluded in French. This type of mixed-language (or should I say, mélange of) interaction continued between them for the full five minutes I happened to be walking behind them. Read More