The Catholic Church placed an ad in Montreal newspapers Thursday encouraging people to pray for an eighth-place finish — and a playoff spot — for the Montreal Canadiens. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/02/09/sp-canadiens-montreal-catholic-church-ad.html?cmp=rss
After a lengthy legal battle in Canada over his deportation, Leon Mugesera has been officially charged in Rwanda with inciting genocide and crimes against humanity. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/02/02/mugesera-charged-rwanda.html?cmp=rss
The Montreal Canadiens put four goals past all-star goaltender Jimmy Howard for a 7-2 home victory on Wednesday night, ending 1st place Detroit’s seven-game wining streak. http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/story/2012/01/25/sp-nhl-red-wings-canadiens-recap.html?cmp=rss
A mosque in Gatineau, Que., that has been a target of vandalism was spray-painted with graffiti overnight. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2012/01/05/ott-gatineau-mosque-vandalism-graffiti.html?cmp=rss
A Montreal couple killed after their truck flipped over a west-end overpass Wednesday are being remembered as kind souls who were rarely apart. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/29/montreal-parissi-crash-overpass.html?cmp=rss
Via Rail closed both directions of a section of the Matapedia-Gaspé rail line Thursday because of structural concerns. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/22/via-rail-redirects-trains-gaspe-montreal.html?cmp=rss
The Norman-Bethune Public Health Campus will be the largest public health school in North America. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/12/16/montreal-public-health.html?cmp=rss
The city’s proposed 2012 budget will see most residential property owners paying at least $95 a year more in municipal taxes. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/30/mtl-citybudget.html?cmp=rss
Quebec provincial police are questioning a man after a teenager was killed following a hit and run Tuesday night in Saint-Jude, Que. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/24/st-jude-hit-and-run-witness.html?cmp=rss
A Radio-Canada investigation is raising questions about property sold to the city of Montreal under a federal program designed to protect green space. http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/story/2011/11/16/mtl-ilelapierre.html?cmp=rss