http://ca.news.yahoo.com/localnews/3534/Montreal+QC Yahoo! Canada Local News - Montreal, QC Canadian filmmaker Xavier Dolan's critically acclaimed J'ai tué ma mère (I Killed My Mother) is among the international contenders vying for Golden Globe Award, one of Hollywood's prominent film honours. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/09/dolan-golden-globe-eligible.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:32:25 +0000 The Charest government is being accused of delivering a stream of bid-free contracts to companies that donate to the ruling Liberal party. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/09/adq-liberal-contracts.html?ref=rss Thu, 10 Dec 2009 01:47:40 +0000 Centennial Park in Beaconsfield came alive last night to the sound of over a 1,000 visitors come to admire a unique celebration surrounding the lighting of an Olympic Cauldron by local torchbearer Benjamin Mumme. "It's awesome having all these people come together... http://westislandchronicle.com/article-410967-Beaconsfield-lights-up-for-torch-celebration.html Wed, 09 Dec 2009 22:02:32 +0000 MLS commissioner Don Garber was in Montreal Wednesday to discuss the possibility of the league putting an expansion team in Canada's second-largest market. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/09/sp-impact-montreal.html?ref=rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 21:32:35 +0000 Quebec's premier dismisses a suggestion that he raise income taxes to balance the provincial budget. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/09/charest-csn-tax.html?ref=rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:47:26 +0000 The death of a window-washer who fell 20 floors from a building in downtown Montreal in August was preventable, said Quebec's workplace health and safety board Wednesday. http://www.cbc.ca/canada/montreal/story/2009/12/09/window-washer-death-csst.html?ref=rss Wed, 09 Dec 2009 20:17:25 +0000 Corruption is a problem that affects all countries to some degree... http://westislandchronicle.com/article-410291-Dec-9-is-International-AntiCorruption-Day-Your-NO-counts-RCMP.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:33:09 +0000 Albert Kramberger editor@transcontinental.ca Another step in the case of disgraced financial advisor Earl Jones took place last week as his former luxury condominium officially went for sale in Dorval. Members of an ad-hoc victims committee kept watch at the front door as media buzzed in and out of the Lakeshore Road building last Friday morning... http://westislandchronicle.com/article-410129-Jones-case-begs-for-changes-alleged-victims-lobby.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:18:09 +0000 Beaconsfield city council continued its annual tradition of publicly consulting residents on their ideas for the budget at a special meeting Monday night, but though several topics had been suggested by the administration, it was the city's relationship with its two yacht clubs that earned the most attention... http://westislandchronicle.com/article-410158-Yachts-of-discussion-during-consultation.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:48:19 +0000 Holdup, Station 1 The Depanneur 7 Jours in Sainte Anne de Bellevue was robbed Sunday night at about 11:20 p.m... http://westislandchronicle.com/article-410157-Police-files.html Tue, 08 Dec 2009 17:48:08 +0000 Back during the 2006 Oscar race for Best Picture, I was surprised to see this column blurbed in a film company ad campaign for Oscar-contender Brokeback Mountain . It was the first time I'd ever been blurbed for a Hollywood film. http://www.hour.ca/columns/3dollarbill.aspx?iIDArticle=18816 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:42:07 +0000 Too much to drink? Take a billboard home Craig Silverman Montreal bylaws currently prevent advertising from being placed on or inside Montreal taxis. That's expected to change by the spring, and one local company is looking to capitalize on cabvertising. http://www.hour.ca/news/explainer.aspx?iIDArticle=18812 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:41:54 +0000 There are two things about Dec. 6, 1989, that I know I'll never forget. First, the large flakes of wet snow tumbling heavily earthward. It was cold and dark and damp and quiet. As they say, too quiet. http://www.hour.ca/news/babylonpq.aspx?iIDArticle=18811 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:41:44 +0000 Georges and Gaston Méliès were onto (or on) something when they crafted the first sci-fi film, A Trip to the Moon, in 1902. Long before science landed a man on the moon, they toyed with space as a Dada playground - infinitely exploitable and absurd. http://www.hour.ca/news/news.aspx?iIDArticle=18814 Thu, 03 Dec 2009 07:41:39 +0000 Thu, 10 Dec 2009 02:32:25 +0000