Matt Gilmour

2 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Matt Gilmour |Erika Morris

The Châteauguay community on Montreal’s South Shore is mourning the death of a man who was hit by a truck last week. A memorial for Matthew Lamarre has been set up in the parking lot where he was killed – a single chair and a shopping cart covered with flowers and candles. Lamarre was homeless but well-known as someone who was gentle and friendly who brought joy to the community. Melanie Filion remembers the first time she met him.

3 weeks ago | ctvnews.ca | Matt Gilmour

Support for the Conservative Party of Canada has been slowly climbing in Quebec under leader Pierre Poilievre. However, with just days to go before the election, polls suggest the party is still struggling to turn that momentum into seats. The Liberal Party of Canada’ Mark Carney effect appears to have spoiled Conservative ambitions in the province because, according to pollster Sébastien Dallaire, there was a possibility of a blue wave before former Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s resignation.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Matt Gilmour

The owner of an independent gas station on Montreal’s South Shore feels removing the floor price on gasoline will hurt small businesses like his and lead to less competition in the long run. Jean-Philip Dauray is vice president of the Maurice Full Service Gas Station in Varennes, Que. The price at the pump on Friday was $1.65 per litre, 12 cents cheaper than the Ultramar across the street. “We are a small business. It’s the third generation that has managed a business,” he said.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Matt Gilmour

At the Cummings Centre in Montreal’s Côte-des-Neiges neighbourhood, retirees are hard at work building household items to help raise money. But while their hands are busy, many have their minds on the markets. “Our investments are our future. Even though that’s going to be a shorter future than a lot. But it’s our future. Watching things tumble is very disheartening,” said Marty Cooper.

1 month ago | ctvnews.ca | Matt Gilmour

Swastikas and other racial slurs have been appearing on the walls inside a residential building in Cote-St-Luc, for several weeks. “It’s frightening,” said Sheldon Lang, who lives at Equinoxe Marc-Chagall, a high-end condo building where about 90 per cent of the residents are Jewish. “There are a lot of elderly people in the building,” he said, “many single women in their 80s plus.