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Protesters in front of Montreal City Hall demonstrating against the anti-mask bill that will ban protesters from wearing a mask while demonstrating and was passed on Friday;May 18;2012.

Montreal city council passes bylaw to ban mask wearing during protests

The Montreal city council has voted in favour of an anti-mask protest bylaw. ...

Montreal Mayor Gerald Tremblay speaks during a news conference in Montreal, Friday, May 18, 2012, after the city adopted a new bylaw banning the wearing of masks during demonstrations which will come into effect on Saturday May 19. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

Quebec's solution to student unrest: make it costly for troublemakers

Multiple events Friday pointed to an emerging strategy in Quebec for dealing with unruly protesters:...

In June 2011;Montreal police officers shot a homeless man;Mario Hamel;during a public disturbance and their gunfire also struck Patrick Limoges;who happened to be walking by on his way to work at a nearby hospital.

No charges in tragic shooting of an innocent bystander by Montreal police

There will be no charges laid against police who shot and killed two people in Montreal last year, i...

1 - Female;caucasian;about 25 years of age with dark;curly hair and glasses. Wearing a black sweater with a bright green one underneath;a purple scarf;blue jeans and white shoes;possibly sneakers. Holding a brown purse;possibly leather.

2 - Female;caucasian;about 25 years of age with dark hair. Wearing a black sweater;¾-length trousers (possibly leggings);a pale coloured dress and brown shoes with a beige coloured shoulder bag.

3 - Female;caucasian;about 25 years of age with brown hair. Wearing a bright green hoodie with white writing on the front;black trousers;possibly a black skirt showing under the sweatshirt and grey sneakers. Black shoulder bag.

Montreal metro smoke bomb suspects released on bail

Three of the four suspects in last week's smoke-bombing incidents in the Montreal metro were release...

Justice Marie Deschamps is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada. Deschamps will step down in August after a decade on the court. Deschamps is shown being sworn in as a Supreme Court Justice during a ceremony in the Supreme Court of Canada in Ottawa Monday;Sept. 30;2002.

Supreme Court loses third veteran judge in a year with Deschamps departure

OTTAWA - Justice Marie Deschamps is retiring from the Supreme Court of Canada, leaving Prime Ministe...

Situated on the main floor;the dining room seats eighteen;with solid wood herringbone floors with figurative inlays;custom built-ins;decorative ceilings and water views.

Céline Dion to sell family home north of Montreal

Céline Dion to sell family home north of Montreal MONTREAL - Céline Dion and Rene Angélil are sellin...

After nearly a decade of topping livability studies;the city has slipped to number three behind Melbourne and Vienna according to the Economist Intelligence Unit’s latest Global Livability Survey.

Quality of life across Canada depends on where you live, says study

Canadians are used to hearing their country ranks among the world's best places to live, but new res...

Daniel Gauthier was among nine people;including several with ties to the mayor;arrested on fraud charges.

Mayor Gérald Tremblay tries to distance himself from anti-corruption charges

The mayor is trying to distance himself from those arrested and their alleged activities – a challen...

In this Oct. 10;2011 file photo;a magnifying glass is posed over a monitor displaying a Facebook page in Munich. Taking a company public isn't as simple as collecting Facebook friends. Even if the company is Facebook.

Facebook debut as a public company fails to pop as stock closes nearly flat

NEW YORK - In the hours before Facebook's stock began trading on the Nasdaq Stock Market for the fir...

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