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The Turcot interchange plan might cause even more problems. Photograph by: Gazette File Photo, Quebec should rethink parts of its $1.5-billion plan to rebuild the Turcot Interchange and its adjacent highways, a provincial advisory body said Tuesday.

In this file photo, young Canadian Space Agency astronaut Marc Garneau floated in zero gravity during a parabolic flight aboard a KC-135 aircraft.

The Royal Victoria Hospital Foundation today announced that Montreal business leader and philanthropist Peter Duffield was selected as Chairman of the Foundation at its recent Annual General Meeting.

Andrew Cohen Published on Thursday, Nov. 05, 2009 6:27PM EST Last updated on Friday, Nov.

Any resemblance to late Dracula author Bram Stoker is NOT purely fictional... PHOTO: Bram Eisenthal Westmount-raised Stoker ancestor launches new Dracula novel at Halloween When my late mother named me Bram, the English rendition of the Hebrew name of her late father, Avraham , she set in motion my affection for all things Dracula.

Shopping is a popular activity with visitors to Montreal, especially for those who like shoes.

Home : Canada : Swine flu vaccination programs begin today Viewer CTV News Video CTV Calgary: Karen Owen at the clinics We tell people what the process is once they arrive at the clinic CTV Calgary: Kevin Rich on the crowds People are lined up, in some cases for 20 blocks to get the shot CTV News Channel: Avis Favaro on vaccine turnout CTV's ...

A beautiful old door, well cared for and weathering the elements just fine. Photograph by: Dave Sidaway, The Gazette Nothing gets Natalie Dionne riled up like an ugly front door.

" In the past decade, 3,771 children were seriously injured by moving vehicles while walking or cycling on the island of Montreal.

In Francois Alegre's house, not one door is new. The bathtub, all the light fixtures and lots of the hardware are salvaged, all turn-of-the-century. "I pick them up all over the place," says Alegre, "from contractors and other sources." Alegre is in the architectural salvage business.

One theory is that every time somebody is acclaimed to political office we are seeing a failure of democracy.

A new book by Montreal-based author Karen Dubrofsky includes some of the best recipes the nation's chefs.

After spending eight years at the library toiling over her debut novel, "The Golden Mean," British Columbia writer Annabel Lyon has been rewarded with nominations for three major Canadian literary prizes.

Photo: St. Louis Water main break led to city's most serious crisis Late Christmas Day 1913, a major break of approximately 60 feet in length occurred in the principal conduit bringing water into the City of Montreal.

Q: Why is Westmount city allowed to create traffic jams on Sherbrooke St. W., a major thoroughfare on Montreal Island? Between Claremont and the Westmount Public Library, there are six intersections where Westmount has instituted ... crossings for pedestrians [and placed traffic lights in all directions that turn red simultaneously]. This creates ...

Explore a land of mystic peaks, enchanted forests and crystal fields of ice. Not so far, far away in a place called Montana.

At first, in the wake of Denis Coderre's resignation, Michael Ignatieff said he was thinking of abolishing the post of Quebec lieutenant in the Liberal Party of Canada.

The Supreme Court of Canada dismissed the appeals Thursday of three municipal taxpayers who wanted to launch class-action lawsuits to force city hall to reimburse millions of dollars that it collected in taxes.

Member of Parliament for Westmount-Ville-Marie Marc Garneau speaks during question period in the House of Commons on Nov.

Westmount receives slap on wrist for election 'censorship' A Communist Party candidate has been vindicated after complaining to Elections Canada that his election posters were ripped down during last year's federal vote Ingrid Peritz Montreal - Last updated on Monday, Oct.