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Headlines from CBC News • Quebec may invoke notwithstanding clause The Quebec government says it may use the notwithstanding clause of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms to block students from accessing to English public schools through a legal loophole. • Niqab-wearing woman blocked again from class The Quebec government has intervened again in the case of a Muslim woman who refused to remove her niqab veil during a French-language class. • Gov. Gen. wraps up Haiti visit Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean ended her two-day tour of Haiti with a visit to Jacmel on Tuesday, bringing a message of hope to the shattered city. • Quebec criticized for hospital waits Concerns over delayed surgeries and overcrowded emergency rooms dominated question period at Quebec's national assembly Tuesday, following the recent deaths of two patients - one waiting for heart surgery and the other, who had spent four days waiting on a stretcher in the ER. • Quebec GPs lay out salary demands General practitioners in Quebec are demanding a wage increase they say would bring them closer in line with the province's medical specialists and would make it easier for Quebecers to find a family doctor. Headlines from The Gazette • Cop says he had a good reputation in Montreal North The coroner?s inquest into the death of Fredy Villanueva heard two conflicting versions Tuesday as to the constable?s reputation in the troubled neighbourhood of Montreal North.
• "We want to see your face," Yolande James tells Muslim women Immigration Minister Yolande James said Tuesday that an official in her department informed "Naema" Tuesday she must remove her niqab, or face covering, if she wants to take French courses.
• Quebec might use notwithstanding clause The Charest government is considering using the notwithstanding clause in Canada's 1982 constitution to override the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms in plugging a loophoe in Bill 104.
• Prisoner swallowed pen, had it surgically removed, court hears A 23-year-old woman serving a life sentence for murder underwent an operation this weekend to remove a pen she had swallowed.
• You're not alone, Jean tells Haiti Governor-General Michaëlle Jean on Monday called the destruction in the town where she was born "unbelievable," but expressed optimism the Haitian people can rebuild their quake-shattered country.
Headlines from CTV Montreal • Penalize NHL head hits: Mtl researcher The vicious elbow hit that's left a hockey player with a concussion has pushed head checking to the top of the agenda at a major NHL meeting. • Punch didn't kill schoolboy, says doctor A heart defect, not a classmate's punch, probably killed a 12-year-old boy who collapsed and died during a schoolyard altercation in 2007, a cardiologist tells CTV News. • Heath care wait times too long, say patients' families The death of two hospital patients in Quebec has once again thrust the issue of health care wait times into the spotlight. • Student again expelled over refusal to remove veil A 29-year-old Muslim woman has once again been expelled from a government-sponsored French course for refusing to remove her niqab. • Gov't may use nothwithstanding clause over Bill 104 The Quebec government may soon use the notwithstanding clause in the Canadian constitution to put an end to a loophole in Bill 101 that allows immigrant students to bypass the French-only-education law. Headlines from the Ville de Montreal • Highlights from the Saint-Laurent General Council Meeting held Tuesday, March 2, 2010 [Saint-Laurent] Saint-Laurent, March 5, 2010 - Proclamations At the beginning of the meeting, Council proclaimed: March 8, ??International Women?s Day??; The week of March 11 to 21, ??Action Week Against Racism and March 21 ??International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination??; The week of [...] • St. Patrick's Day parade - Verdun Will Be Proudly Represented [Verdun] Verdun, March 5, 2010 ? In keeping with its yearly tradition, the Verdun Borough will be well represented at the St. Patrick's Day parade, which will be held at noon on Sunday, March 14 in downtown Montréal. Claude Trudel, Borough Mayor and member of the Executive Committee responsible for public [...] • Blue-Collar Strike in Verdun on Friday, March 5, 2010 [Verdun] Verdun, March 4, 2010 ? Due to the blue-collar employees' strike planned for Friday, March 5, 2010, please find below the list of Borough services that will remain open and those that will be closed during the day. [...] • Highlights of the Borough Council Meeting on March 2, 2010 [Verdun] Verdun, March 4, 2010 -- Claude Trudel, Verdun Borough Mayor and member of the Executive Committee responsible for public safety and security, reported on the regular Borough Council meeting on Tuesday, March 2, 2010 and, in particular, on the main highlights: During the question period, the [...] • Highlights of CDN?NDG borough council meeting on March 1, 2010 [Côte-des-Neiges?Notre-Dame-de-Grâce] Montreal, Wednesday, March 3, 2010 ? The members of the Côte-des-Neiges?Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (CDN?NDG) borough council held a regular meeting of the council on March 1, chaired by Michael Applebaum, borough mayor. These are the main issues discussed at the meeting: FINANCIAL CONTRIBUTIONS [...] Other sitesHere are the best news sources for Montreal :
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