Alyssia Rubertucci

1 month ago | montreal.citynews.ca | Diona Macalinga |Alyssia Rubertucci

Quebec will be requiring businesses to change English-only packaging, putting French predominance on product labels and commercial signage as of June 1. The added language laws may throw a wrench in the Ontario-based music retail chain Long & McQuade where, according to Quebec district manager Sébastien Caza, has over 80 per cent of their products' packaging in English.

1 month ago | montreal.citynews.ca | Alyssia Rubertucci |India Das-Brown

Montreal's tourist season is officially launched, on a day that felt like summer in the city - with the sun shining and temperatures reaching 27°C - just as Tourisme Montréal unveiled its summer plans on Tuesday. "We've got a lot of new things," said Yves Lalumière, president and CEO of Tourisme Montréal.

1 month ago | montreal.citynews.ca | Alyssia Rubertucci |India Das-Brown

When it comes to elections, some people may ask whether their vote really counts. The Quebec riding of Terrebonne, northeast of Montreal, showed that every vote really does make a difference, after a judicial recount on Sunday flipped the seat from the Bloc Québécois to the Liberals by a single vote. "I think it's going to be some interesting debate going on because of the one vote difference," said Benoit Girardin, who was working in the Terrebonne area Monday.

2 months ago | montreal.citynews.ca | Alyssia Rubertucci |India Das-Brown

Amid a housing crisis that spans the country and is also being felt here in Montreal, renters and tenants' rights advocates say federal parties aren't doing enough to address pressing needs-as leaders have outlined their promises on affordable housing. "We think that tenants have been put aside and that there is not much that is being addressed directly to them and directly to address the housing crisis," said Catherine Lussier, coordinator of the Front d'action populaire en réaménagement urbain.

2 months ago | montreal.citynews.ca | Alyssia Rubertucci |India Das-Brown

The family of Abisay Cruz, the 29-year-old Montrealer that died following an SPVM intervention on March 30 in Saint-Michel, spoke out for the first time Wednesday. They're seeking answers surrounding what exactly led to the death of their son and brother, and are calling for the Quebec coroner to launch a public inquiry. "I need justice," Cruz's mother, Marcelina Isidro, said in Spanish through tears at a press conference at the Center for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR).