Montreal Gazette

QUEBEC — Health Minister Christian Dubé conceded Friday that the government's much promoted new health agency, Santé Québec, is being launched in the middle of difficult circumstances and he wants to minimize the effects of current spending reductions. Read More

Think of Canada Post as an essential service, not a business, striking workers told The Gazette Friday as a group of them marched through downtown Montreal in a show of visibility, two weeks into a strike that has halted postal service across the country. Read More

The Quebec government confirmed Friday it will not harmonize the Quebec sales tax with the announced federal GST holiday tax break, as Ottawa does not intend to compensate provinces over the measure. Read More

One of Quebec's most notorious killers has been granted a sliver of freedom for the first time in more than four decades following his arrest in 1979 for the murders of two teenagers who were strangled and tossed off the Jacques Cartier Bridge. Read More

Quebec politicians reacted with dismay on Friday to a report in La Presse that one of the publication's reporters had been targeted for assassination by organized crime. Read More

At her press conference following the first Montreal Victoire exhibition game this season at the Verdun Auditorium, head coach Kori Cheverie opened the proceedings by saying to a packed room of journalists: "Bonjour tout le monde." Read More

“Eat broccoli and exercise.” Read More

I was sorry to miss American Thanksgiving with my sister in Colorado this year, especially after she told me that she was going easy on the baking this year by making only six pies. Read More

Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis recently demoted forwards Juraj Slafkovsky and Kirby Dach — two key players in the team's rebuilding plan — to the fourth line. Read More

I have to admit I was wrong when I said the Canadiens would make the playoffs this season. Read More

Laval police announced Friday afternoon that they have located a 12-year-old boy who had last been seen leaving his home on Thursday. Read More

Did you hear the one about a guy who walks into an Irish bar looking to talk about the Habs with fans and ends up deep in discussion with a couple of Celtic fans from Glasgow? Read More

Vehicle owners are required to install winter tires by Sunday to comply with SAAQ regulations. Read More

The Sûreté du Québec has launched a manhunt after a woman in her 30s was killed during a robbery Thursday night in the town of St-Anselme in the Chaudière-Appalaches region. Read More

The first day of December — just two days away — is more than the deadline to have your winter tires installed. It also marks the beginning of Whamageddon. Read More

For the third consecutive Friday, the 3,000 workers in provincially run daycares have delayed starting their workday by several hours. Read More

The City of Montreal will adopt the master plan for the development of the Namur-Hippodrome neighbourhood — described as an inclusive and sustainable city within the city — at its next council meeting in mid-December. Read More

When my mother left Haiti, she left behind everything she knew, with the hope of a better future for her children. I'm a child from St-Michel, one of the most diverse neighbourhoods in the country where over half of the residents are from immigrant families, like mine. Every day I tell myself that I have the privilege, as the director of the Centre Lasallien community centre, to give back to this neighbourhood that I love so much. Read More

The Gazette's Aaron Derfel has a knack for breaking important stories. His scoops involving Quebec’s beleaguered health network always manage to contribute to my stress level, which, ironically, is problematic for me since I’m among the one in four Quebecers without a family doctor.  Read More

Montreal police are appealing to the public to help find 15-year-old Auraly Gauthier, who is missing. Read More