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Headlines from CBC News • Canadian fatwa condemns 'honour killings'  A Canadian imam issued a fatwa Saturday officially condemning honour killings and family violence. • Quebec parents brace for daycare strike  Parents are scrambling to find daycare for hundreds of children attending early-childhood centres that won't be open Monday. • 2 men stabbed on MacKay Street  Montreal police are investigating an attempted murder on MacKay Street bar strip. • Student protest video prompts internal police investigation  Video shows Montreal police officer using a baton on protesters carrying a banner. • Jets hoping for offensive surge in Montreal  Despite the Winnipeg Jets' recent offensive struggles, coach Claude Noel needs his team to find ways to win. The visiting Jets look to bounce back from their latest frustrating defeat while trying to hand the Montreal Canadiens a fourth consecutive loss Sunday (CBC, CBCSports.ca, 2 p.m. ET). Headlines from The Gazette • Angélil buys Schwartz?s deli for $10M: report A Montreal smoked meat institution – Schwartz’s deli on The Main – has been sold to René Angélil, the impresario and husband of singer Céline Dion, Huffington Post is reporting.
• ERs overflowing thanks to hospital bottlenecks A girl coughing up blood waited until early morning to see an emergency room physician. She arrived at the ER in the middle of the night recently. The hospital was backlogged, one doctor was working the midnight shift, and he was on a “code blue” resuscitating a dying patient. Everyone else waited and waited and waited. Unfortunately, that’s become a common scenario, health officials say. So unless it’s a true crisis, stay away from the ER.
• Two injured in group fight in Montreal One man was stabbed in the back and another man was cut in the face during a fight involving about 15 people in downtown Montreal early Sunday.
• Teens lead cops on high-speed chase from Laval to Montreal Two teenage boys were arrested after a high-speed chase by police that started in Laval and ended in Kirkland early Sunday. The boys were driving a stolen car, police said.
• Two killed in head-on collision in Lanaudière Two people died and one person was seriously injured in a puzzling head-on collision in the Lanaudière, about 80 kilometres northeast of Montreal.
Headlines from CTV Montreal • Opponents mobilize against Hydro Quebec smart meters Opponents of electricity meters that send out radio signals are meeting to try to stop the plan to install them in homes throughout the province. • Jets visit Canadiens for afternoon showdown Dustin Byfuglien and his Winnipeg Jets bring their 9-15-4 record to the Bell Centre where Sunday where both teams will try to take a small step back towards playoff contention. • Half of north to be off limits to development: Charest Half of Quebec's territory north of the 49th parallel will be off-limits to industrial development by 2035, Premier Charest announced Sunday. • PQ demands investigation into eastbound commuter train delays and cost overruns The Parti Quebecois is urging the Auditor General to investigate cost overruns and delays on the construction of a train line to towns east of Montreal. • Two men suffer knife wounds in downtown knife attack Two men in their twenties were stabbed downtown Sunday morning in an altercation involving 15 people after bars closed. Headlines from the Ville de Montreal • Policy to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle: ACTION! [Côte-des-Neiges?Notre-Dame-de-Grâce] Montréal, le 4 février 2012 - Mr. Marvin Rotrand, the Councillor for the district of Snowdon and leader of the majority, officially launched the Action Plan for the Policy to Promote a Healthy Lifestyle while at the first Côte-des-Neiges?Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Sports Festival. Adopted last January [...] • Inauguration of La Station, An Intergenerational Centre in the Verdun Borough [Verdun] Montréal, February 3, 2012 ? "A dream come true!" That was the underlining comment made last night by Claude Trudel, Verdun Borough Mayor responsible for public safety and security on Ville de Montréal's Executive Committee, at the official opening of La Station, a new intergenerational centre [...] • Once upon a time? We celebrated the? Féerie! [Saint-Laurent] Saint-Laurent, February 2, 2012 ? The Féerie, Saint-Laurent's winter celebration, will be held on Sunday, February 12, from 1 to 5 p.m. in Parc Cousineau, at the corner of O?Brien and Poirier. Saint-Laurent residents of all ages are invited to take part in the different free activities being [...] • The Space for Life: Creativity and Commitment | Daring Architecture for the Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium [Espace pour la vie] Press Release For immediate release The Space for Life: Creativity and Commitment Daring Architecture for the Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium Montréal, February 1, 2012 ? This morning, media representatives were the first to tour the Montréal Rio Tinto Alcan Planetarium construction [...] • The Joys of Winter: Skating, Music and Flaming Torches at Lacoursière Park [Verdun] Verdun, January 31, 2012 ─ The Verdun Borough invites you to an evening of skating, under the captivating spell of flaming torches and music. This enjoyable winter event will be held on Friday, February 3, 6 p.m. ? 10 p.m., at Lacoursière park, at the corner of chemin du Golf and chemin [...] Other sitesHere are the best news sources for Montreal :
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