Provides the latest RSS feeds for Montreal News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Canada Standard.com http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/cat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6/ en-us Sat, 18 May 2013 17:18:00 -0400 Sat, 18 May 2013 17:18:00 -0400 30 Friends and family who gathered to remember the sacrifice of Walter Leja say more should be done to remember the heroes of Quebec's FLQ crisis. In the 1960s, engineer Walter Leja was deployed by the Canadian army to defuse bombs planted by the radical Front de Libration du Qubec. On May 17th, 1963, he defused three bombs planted in Westmount mailboxes. Leja dismantled the first two without ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214604937/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:28:48 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214604937/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Police check the scene of a fire in Ste-Therese, Que., on May 18, 2013. Five family members, including three children, were found unconscious at the site of a fire in a home north of Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz/The Canadian ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603789/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:48:43 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603789/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Officials check the scene of a fire in Ste-Therese, Que., Saturday morning, May 18, 2013. Five family members, including three children, were found unconscious at the site of a fire in a home north of Montreal. (Ryan Remiorz / THE CANADIAN ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603793/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:38:48 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603793/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 MONTREAL -- Two men in their 50s died Friday -- on the eve of the Victoria Day long weekend -- after they lost control of all-terrain vehicles while wheeling down different forestry roads in Quebec back-bush country.The separate incidents took place in the Mauricie district, north of Trois-Rivires.About 6:15 p.m., Yvon Bourgault "was not able to stay in control when rounding a curve" ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603802/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:22:53 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603802/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 STE-THERESE, Que. - Five family members, including three children, were found unconscious this morning at the site of a fire in a home north of Montreal. A 10-year-old boy and seven-year-old boy, along with their father, are in hospital with life-threatening injuries. The family's mother and a three-old-girl also suffered serious injuries. Fire crews and police arrived at the scene ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603108/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:36:25 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214603108/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 The all-too familiar sounds of construction work will ring in the May long-weekend for Montrealers. Yves Dsaultels, traffic reporter for CBC's French service, Radio-Canada, said May is typically one of the worst months for drivers in the city. "Major construction projects are once again underway and few people are on vacation at this time of year," Dsaultels said. Check out our ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214602383/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:58 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214602383/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 French President Francois Hollande has signed a law authorising gay marriage and adoption by same-sex couples, after months of nationwide protests and wrenching ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214600007/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 06:17:09 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214600007/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Check out the mysterious sliding stones of Racetrack Playa, some insane star trails, and pink aurora in this time lapse video of Death Valley. Video courtesy ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214599065/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 04:04:58 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214599065/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 'Today marks a new chapter for wireless in Canada."That was Anthony Lacavera's bold declaration as he launched Wind Mobile on a chilly day in December, 2009. There was a buzz in the air as hundreds of people packed Toronto's waterfront to watch the 35-year-old chairman unveil a six-metre statue of "Joe," a tribute to the average Canadian consumer. Joe was a symbol ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214594152/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:26 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214594152/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Quebecor Inc.'s controlling shareholder Pierre Karl Pladeau. His Vidotron Lte unit now counts more than 400,000 wireless subscribers in Quebec less than three years after its September, 2010, ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214594437/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:19 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214594437/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 The race is on for incumbents in the wireless business to buy up the spectrum that was supposed to be set aside for new competitors.Telus Corp. wants to buy Mobilicity, and Rogers Communications Inc. wants to buy the spectrum that Shaw Communications bought to start a wireless provider before deciding it had better ways to spend billions of ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214594153/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 20:50:18 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214594153/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Quakes on the East Coast are generally more widely felt than out West because of differences in the Earth's crust between the two regions, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). East of the ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593146/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:35:38 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593146/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 May 17, 2013 /CNW Telbec/ - "It is always very difficult to go against the wind, and to stand up straight and say no when the easier path is to give in and go in the direction of the wind. I will always remember the image of Elijah Harper's courage and determination and his profound conviction", stated Ghislain Picard, Chief of the Assembly of First Nations ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593428/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:23:22 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593428/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 The union representing Montreal's bus and metro drivers is calling for the strengthening of the Criminal Code to give transit workers the same protection that police and other peace officers have. Union president Denis Vaillancourt was joined Friday by about 30 bus drivers who showed up in uniform at the court appearance of one of the three people accused of beating up bus driver ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593154/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:21:59 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593154/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 The National Public Health Institute of Quebec will re-evaluate the effectiveness of computed radiography (CR) equipment following the publication of an Ontario study this month that found that this ';transition'; technology detected breast cancer in 21-per-cent fewer women than the existing gold standard, digital direct radiography ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593156/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 19:12:05 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214593156/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 A 5.2-magnitude earthquake rattled residents across Quebec and Ontario, with the epicentre 17 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Quebec. A 4.2-magnitude aftershock was also ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214591993/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:30:45 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214591993/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Single mother Denise Downing could use a break. But nobody at City Hall, Hydro Ottawa or the company that owned the old, leaking water heater in her home gives a damn.What a pathetic bunch, given the inaction and mistakes. The city refuses to bend a policy that would save the woman about $1,200 on her February water bill. And Hydro still wants her to pay a $600 bill after giving her wrong ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214591816/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:14 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214591816/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Here are his picks for May 17, 18 and 19. 1. Cavalia's Odysseo is back under the very big top in Laval until June 9. This majestic show features 67 horses and 46 artists, musicians and acrobats! Odysseo is incredibly poetic and stunningly beautiful. 2. Montreal multi-instrumentalist Patrick Lehman flirts with Soul, R&B, Rock and Blues. He won many new fans after taking part in CBC ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214591997/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:13:13 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214591997/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 From the time we are knee-high, we're taught that honesty is the best policy - and a new book based on a Twitter account has taken that moral code to hilarious new heights. Montreal-area mom Bunmi Laditan has just ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590778/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:39 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590778/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Buildings were evacuated and people were shaken from sleep on Friday morning after an earthquake struck near the nation's capital. Earthquakes Canada reports a 5.2 magnitude earthquake hit near Shawville, Quebec - about an hour's drive from Ottawa - shortly after 9:45 a.m. The agency also reports a 4.2 magnitude aftershock struck less than 10 minutes later. It might not have ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590779/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:10:38 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590779/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 A woman accused of repeatedly beating and stabbing a 69-year-old man in his home has told a courtroom that she can't recall what happened on the night of the murder because she was too intoxicated. Linda Lavoie, 47, testified Friday that she was highly intoxicated on March 25, 2010, the night that Damien Roberge was found dead in his apartment in Quebec City. He had been stabbed 17 times. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590784/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:40 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590784/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 OTTAWA -- Ottawa Police collaborated with the Department of National Defence, Ottawa Paramedic Services and Ottawa Fire Services on Thursday night, responding to a simulated large-scale attack at Scotiabank Place.The training exercise, purporting an incident at a hockey game with a large crowd, lasted about four hours, and involved about 300 people, including civilians who portrayed victims, ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590470/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 17:02:29 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590470/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Quebec employ the same type of measures for public and civic holidays. However, Minister Drainville has blown out of proportion this benign act of neighborliness which traditionally benefits all groups, Jewish or not, in order to promote his bill for the "secular charter" at the expense of the Jewish community. The Centre ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214589840/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:52:13 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214589840/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 OTTAWA -- New information in an unsolved 2012 homicide led Ottawa police to search a field in Vars on Friday to look for the .357 Magnum revolver they believe was used in the ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214589043/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:50:40 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214589043/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 CHICAGO--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Fitch Ratings affirms the ratings assigned to the following prime and government money market funds managed by BMO Asset Management Corp.: --BMO Prime Money Market Fund at 'AAAmmf';--BMO Government Money Market Fund at 'AAAmmf'. KEY RATING DRIVERS The main drivers for the affirmation are: --The portfolios' overall ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590095/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 15:49:24 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214590095/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 OTTAWA -- A long, rumbling earthquake that shook much of Eastern Ontario and West Quebec was a magnitude 5.1 event centred near Shawville, Que., according to early information.A second, smaller rumble followed about 10 minutes later.The location is 21 kilometres northeast of Shawville, based on the preliminary information.Automatic seismic equipment said the earthquake happened at 9:43 a.m. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214588227/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:08 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214588227/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 The Ottawa Hospital Foundation launched a campaign this week, aiming to raise $3 million for the centre. Dermatologists at the hospital have already given it a kick-start, donating $180,000 on their own to the ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214588010/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:39:01 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214588010/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 OTTAWA -- A new formula for giving host cities a cut of the money from new casinos is likely to mean more money for Ottawa, but only a little.The Ontario government, which wants to dramatically expand the gambling empire it runs, released the new formula Friday morning. It offers cities four per cent of the take from table games like poker and roulette, in addition to a previously promised share ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214587821/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:58 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214587821/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Heavily-armed tactical officers mix with uniformed cops at a command post set up at Auvergne and St. Louis streets on Sunday morning after a Gatineau police officer was shot in the leg Saturday night while breaking up a bush party. Her injuries were not life threatening. (TONY SPEARS/QMI ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214587838/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 14:38:53 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214587838/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 WASHINGTON -- Federal regulators are ordering the Bank of Montreal to take steps to correct lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering.The Federal Reserve announced an agreement Friday with the bank, which is one of Canada's largest. The Fed cited procedural deficiencies to prevent money laundering in the bank and its Chicago branch.No financial penalty ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214586809/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:38:50 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214586809/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Twitter users reported being evacuated from buildings and shaken from their sleep after an earthquake hit eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec on ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214586810/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:27:59 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214586810/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Quebec and Minister of Intergovernmental Affairs, will meet with officials from member countries of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) at the International Transport Forum Summit ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214587121/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 13:21:27 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214587121/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Quebec's Public Health Agency is studying cases of brain cancer in Shannon, Que., after more than a decade of complaints from the community. A doctor with the agency, Isabelle Goupil-Sormany, says the study will examine hundreds of residents' medical files. "We have to analyse and see if the fact that you spend some time in Shannon increases your risk," says Goupil-Sormany. ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214585101/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:47 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214585101/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 OTTAWA -- A long, rumbling earthquake that shook Eastern Ontario and West Quebec was a magnitude 5.2 event centred near Shawville, Que.An aftershock of magnitude 4.2 took place 10 minutes later. Earlier estimates put magnitudes of both events slightly lower.The location is 21 kilometres northeast of Shawville, 59 km west of Gatineau, based on the preliminary information.Automatic seismic ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214585105/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 12:01:41 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214585105/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri May 17, 2013 11:43am EDT By Emily Flitter NEW YORK May 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board said it has told Bank of Montreal to step up efforts to detect and prevent money laundering at the Canadian bank's Chicago branch. The warning puts Bank of Montreal in a growing category of financial institutions under pressure to do a better job of adhering to strict U.S. requirements for ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214586824/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:43:11 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214586824/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 An earthquake centred northwest of Ottawa has rattled buildings and nerves across a wide swath of Ontario and Quebec.Earthquakes Canada again revised its original report Friday, saying it registered a 5.2-magnitude temblor with an epicentre located about 17 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Que., about an hour's drive outside the national ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583508/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:04:12 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583508/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 May 17, 2013 9:00 AM ET As the chief songwriter and creative force behind Of Montreal, Kevin Barnes has built a career out of following his own instincts. His band's 11 albums have been full of sometimes jarring U-turns – moving from psychedelic twee-pop to decadent glam-funk to nightmarish electro-prog, often within one ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583510/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:01:40 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583510/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 People in eastern Ontario and southwestern Quebec felt the ground shake Friday morning, after an earthquake struck near the nation's capital. Shortly after 9:45 a.m. Friday, Earthquakes Canada reported a 4.8 magnitude quake centred in Braeside, Ont., northwest of Ottawa. After a 4.2 magnitude aftershock was reported less than 10 minutes later, Earthquakes Canada issued its revised ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583419/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:52:05 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583419/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Montreal has some 7,000 members. Its primary mission is to represent the interests of the business community of Greater Montral and to provide individuals, merchants, and businesses of all sizes with a variety of specialized services to help them achieve their full potential in terms of innovation, productivity and competitiveness. The Board of Trade is Quebec's leading private ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583050/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:44:53 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583050/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 (CBC) Two earthquakes near the Ontario-Quebec border could be felt across both provinces this morning. Earthquakes Canada reported the first event as a 5.1-magnitude quake 21 kilometres northeast of Shawville, Que. Earlier, the quake had been reported as originating near Braeside, Ont., about 75 kilometres west of Ottawa. The second event came 10 minutes later near Braeside and registered as a ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583430/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:15 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583430/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 An earthquake rolled through Eastern and Southern Ontari shortly before 10 a.m. on Friday morning. Earthquake Canada says the rumble was 4.8 on the Richter Scale and was centred northwest of Arnprior. The quake lasted about 30-40 seconds and reports are flowing in from across the region of buildings shaking. Social Media has exploded with people asking for information but there are no immediate ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583431/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:43:04 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583431/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Two earthquakes shook eastern Ontario and Quebec Friday morning, with tremors felt as far away as Toronto. A 5.1 magnitude quake occurred near Shawville, Que., at 9:43 a.m., according to Earthquakes Canada. Ten minutes later, a 4.2 seismic event shook Braeside, Ont. Braeside is located roughly 75 kilometres west of Ottawa. A 5.1 magnitude earthquake is rarely powerful enough to cause any ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583432/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:38:38 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214583432/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 NEW YORK | Fri May 17, 2013 10:34am EDT NEW YORK May 17 (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve Board said it told Bank of Montreal to step up efforts at the Canadian bank's Chicago branch to detect and prevent money laundering. The Fed entered into a written agreement requiring Bank of Montreal to strengthen its compliance after a recent inspection by the central bank's examiners ... http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214585107/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Fri, 17 May 2013 10:34:20 -0400 http://www.canadastandard.com/index.php/sid/214585107/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6