The average single-family home in the city, now valued at roughly $720,000, would see a tax rise of about $135. Montreal received $40 million more from the so-called welcome tax — the amount charged on real-estate transactions.Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette After two years of steep increases totalling nearly 10 per cent, Montreal residential … Read more
Jose Ibarra, the illegal immigrant and Tren de Aragua gang member accused of viciously murdering 22-year-old nursing student Laken Riley, was found guilty of all charges in an Athens, Georgia courtroom Wednesday. Judge Patrick Haggard handed down the guilty verdicts on a range of charges, returning to the bench just 19 minutes after the prosecution … Read more
The Association des optométristes du Québec plans to challenge the government’s ministerial order. According to the Association des optométristes du Québec, about 55 per cent of optometrists’ patients are covered by the public plan. Photo by Derek Baldwin A day before the majority of Quebec optometrists were to withdraw from the province’s public health plan, … Read more
Mayor Eric Adams will reinstate the next two NYPD classes — adding 1,600 cops to the ranks by next fall — after they were axed by painful budget cuts to cover the migrant crisis, The Post has learned. The long-awaited infusion of rookie cops to the nation’s largest police force will add officers to its … Read more
Owners of single-family homes will see their bills increase more than the average. Mayor Valérie Plante presented the 2025 budget Nov. 20, 2024.Photo by Allen McInnis /Montreal Gazette It will be less of a sticker shock for Montrealers when they receive their tax bills, compared with last year. Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante tabled the last … Read more
“The View” co-host Sunny Hostin appeared downcast Tuesday as she was forced to read a legal disclaimer on air after blasting Attorney General nominee Matt Gaetz over accusations that he had sex with a 17-year-old girl and was engaged in illegal sex trafficking. Hostin had ranted minutes earlier about the allegations against Gaetz, President-elect Donald … Read more
Sean “Diddy” Combs has been accused of violently raping a drugged-up man at a Miami house party — all while brandishing a “disturbing smile” and talking “dirty” to the alleged victim, a disturbing new lawsuit claims. The man, identified only as “John Doe,” claims the disgraced music mogul allegedly attacked him in front of a … Read more
Modi’s readiness to visit Putin earlier this year sparked concerns in the U.S. In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Narendra Modi and Vladimir Putin shake hands during an informal meeting at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence, on July 8. Photographer: Sergei Bobylyov/AFP/Getty ImagesPhoto by Sergei Bobylyov /Photographer: Sergei Bobylyov/AF Russian President … Read more
Witness was caught crossing into U.S. on the same day a family of four froze to death in blowing snow and wind chills below -30 A border marker between the United States and Canada is shown just outside of Emerson, Man., on Jan. 20, 2022.Photo by JOHN WOODS /The Canadian Press FERGUS FALLS, Minn. — … Read more
If you plan to attend, organizers are encouraging your to wear red to the parade. Santa Claus waves to the crowd as he travels down Ste-Catherine St. in Montreal during the annual parade on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023.Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette Here comes Santa Claus, here comes Santa Claus, right down René-Lévesque Blvd. … Read more
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