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A mourner holds a candle during a memorial ceremony in Mumbai on Nov. 26, 2009. Photograph by: Pal Pillai, AFP/Getty Images MONTREAL a ' Montreal's Michael Moss feared he would die while on vacation in India a ' and he did.

Devonteh Reid gets a hand from tutor Robert La Rosa while Aisha Thomas does her homework at the Trevor Williams Kids Foundation.

Head nurse Danielle Beauregard gives a flu shot to Paula McIver at the Chateau Westmount, Nov.

A free-mail Conservative attack ad sent to ridings with large Jewish communities has sparked an outcry from opposition politicians.

Bixi has enjoyed a great summer of rental business in Montreal. Members of Montreal's short-term bike rental service, Bixi, may be surprised to find the bikes and stations still on the streets for a few more weeks, despite earlier announcements by city officials that the service would be packed up for the winter Sunday.

Last week, I wrote about the the fate of a statue of Lord Mount Stephen , the founding president of Canadian Pacific, that once stood at Windsor Station, formerly CP's head office.

A vaccination clinic at Montreal's Olympic Stadium opened Monday. Public health officials in Montreal are defending their decision not to put seniors on the list of priority groups to be vaccinated against the H1N1 virus.

Quebec health officials say the province hasn't been as hard hit by the swine flu as was initially expected.

MONTREAL, QUE: SATURDAY NOVEMBER 7, 2009. -- Jessica Allain, outside her home in Dollard des Ormeaux on Saturday, November 7, 2009.

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.