Provides the latest RSS feeds for Montreal News. For more headlines on Breaking, National, Business, Finance, Sports and World News, visit our home page Montreal News.net http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/cat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 14:51:20 -0400 Sun, 19 May 2013 14:51:20 -0400 30 CBC Montreal asked members of the Twitterverse to share their photos and stories from the May long weekend. Here are some of our favourite picks from your replies to our hashtag ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214616647/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sun, 19 May 2013 13:12:18 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214616647/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 The director behind a TV series being shot in Kahnawake says she wants to show Canadians what it means to be a Mohawk woman. "I'm making a show about my own life, about my sister's life, my friends', my cousins'," says director Tracey Deer. The ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214615986/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sun, 19 May 2013 12:22:04 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214615986/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 When 28-year-old Sarah McNally opened her bookstore in Manhattan, The New York Times called her the 'Defiant Newcomer,' but her unique approach to the business is paying off. (Yvonne ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614924/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sun, 19 May 2013 10:40:51 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614924/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Nigel Wright, former chief of staff for Prime Minister Stephen Harper, appears as a witness at the Standing Committee on Access to Information, Privacy and Ethics on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Nov. 2, 2010. (Sean Kilpatrick/Canadian ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614648/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:50:45 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614648/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Residents of Windsor, Que. are mourning the loss of a 19th-century church that was a historic part of their community. Windsor Mayor Sylvie Bureau witnessed the early morning fire. She said she arrived shortly after 3 a.m., about 45 minutes after the fire started. Bureau said everyone pitched in to help evacuate a nearby seniors' home as a precaution, in case the flames spread. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614661/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sun, 19 May 2013 09:50:45 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614661/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 MONTREAL -- The St-Philippe Church in Windsor, northwest of Sherbrooke, was destroyed by a fire early Sunday.The heritage building was built in 1892 on St-Georges St. It was a total loss.The fire, whose cause is undetermined, started about 2 a.m.A seniors' residence next door was evacuated. No one was injured.The church, whose architecture reflected those of Northern Ireland churches, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614296/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sun, 19 May 2013 08:50:52 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214614296/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Peter Jiles, left, and Steve Brown look over a makeshift boat left at the scene of a near-drowning earlier Saturday, where the two helped save two men who encountered trouble after taking the craft onto the Ottawa River at Crystal Bay, May 18, ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214609339/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 22:49:19 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214609339/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Canadian Flag and Quebec Flag are seen over looking the Ottawa River from the Civilization Museum behind Parliament Hill in Gatineau, Que. Sept 19, 2012. (ANDRE FORGET/QMI AGENCY) MONTREAL - The Quebec government claims to be listening to the concerns of anglophones regarding a new language bill, but its actions don't reflect its words, two prominent Montreal anglo-rights activists say. ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214608300/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 21:01:13 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214608300/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Police check the scene of a fire in Ste-Therese, Que., Saturday moring, May 18, 2013. Five family members, including three children, were found unconscious 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 CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214607824/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 20:06:58 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214607824/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 MONTREAL -- Four marches gathered hundreds of people in Montreal Saturday afternoon to protest against the detention and deportation of migrants in Canada.Demanding "Status for All," the marches started at various points and unfolded uneventfully. Groups that included Dignidad Migrante, the Immigrant Workers Centre, Mexicans United for Regularization, No One Is Illegal-Montreal and ... http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214605478/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 16:18:17 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214605478/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 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.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214604937/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 15:28:48 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214604937/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.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214603793/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:38:48 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/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.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214603802/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 13:22:53 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/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.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214603108/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 12:36:25 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/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.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214602383/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6 Sat, 18 May 2013 11:28:58 -0400 http://www.montrealnews.net/index.php/sid/214602383/scat/0e81b19a4e9dbfa6