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Over the long weekend, a black bear was spotted in Montreal, just seemingly going about its day. When the bear was first found roaming on Sunday, May 23, the SPVM recommended that people in the Dorval area stay indoors.

Summer weather has reached Quebec extra early this year, which means we're all looking for fun activities to do on sunny days. And spending time floating away on one of Top Dopico's BBQ Donuts is something that definitely needs to be added to your summertime bucket list.

The SPVM received a 911 call on Saturday evening around 9:45 p.m. about a 21-year-old who was stabbed in downtown Montreal near McGill metro.

Hot weather arriving in Montreal can only mean one thing: ice cream season is upon us. Seriously, there is no better summer activity than exploring the city with ice cream as your guide — checking Montreal ice cream spots off your summer bucket list as you go.

If you're planning future trips for the summer, Parc de la Rivière-Beauport in Quebec City has a hidden waterfall about 10 metres high and is definitely worth the three-hour drive from Montreal.

Sex sells, they say, and Amir, a well-known Montreal Lebanese restaurant chain, has apparently taken that old axiom to heart with a new advertisement that some have described as vulvic.

At the end of Ontario Premier Doug Ford's reopening plan announcement on May 20, he filled Ontarians in on his request to bet on the Montreal Canadiens/Toronto Maple Leafs series, which started last night.

The first long weekend of the summer(ish) season is here and even though Quebec doesn't call it Victoria Day (it's the Journée nationale des patriotes), Quebecers certainly appreciate the day off.

After the government announced Quebec's deconfinement plan, it seems like we're all suddenly feeling very optimistic about the summer ahead, especially considering we'll finally be able to sit on the terrasses of different Montreal restaurants again!

U.S. News & World Report has released its latest list of the "Best Places to Visit in Canada," putting Montreal and Quebec City at numbers five and six, respectively.

On Tuesday, an optimistic Premier François Legault announced that curfew in Quebec will end on May 28, 2021.

The time has finally come. This week, the provincial government will reveal Quebec's deconfinement plan, which should give a broad idea of when different restrictions will begin to be eased.

On Saturday, January 23, la Sûreté du Québec and le Service de police de la Ville de Mirabel allegedly broke up an illegal gathering of 36 people after receiving a call from a local citizen, according to Stéphane Tremblay, a spokesperson from la Sûreté.

The directors of the Dawson College, John Abbott College and Vanier College — three English CEGEPs in Montreal — issued a joint statement saying Quebec's newly proposed French-language laws would "push more students to study out-of-province."

As COVID-19 vaccine appointments in Quebec open up to anyone 18 or older, the province has also started sending out QR codes that people can use as electronic proof of their injections.

Ottawa Public Health's social media team put out an unintentionally hilarious tweet on Thursday that proved just how important context and proper translation is in the French language.

During a press conference announcing sweeping changes to Quebec's French-language charter, Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette called for "an end" to "institutional bilingualism" in Quebec, which he suggested has become "widespread" in the State apparatus.

Premier François Legault suggested on Tuesday that Quebec restaurants could soon reopen in three regions around Montreal: Lanaudière, Laurentides, and Montérégie, which he hopes to make orange zones in the near future.

Many of us have been waiting for some positive COVID-19 news for a change and an optimistic Premier François Legault delivered some at his press conference on Tuesday.

On May 10, one of the world's largest technology companies, Google, announced its plan to acquire new property near Montreal, which will be used for a "future data center facility" — if everything gets approved in the process.

Asked Thursday about when he plans to present Quebec's reopening plan, Premier François Legault suggested it could be a matter of weeks.

At a press conference on Tuesday, Premier François Legault suggested that Quebec is looking at moving more regions into the orange zone "in the coming weeks," so that restaurants could reopen and that we could all have "a great summer."

At a press conference on Sunday, Premier François Legault shot down a recent demand issued by the Corporation des Propriétaires de Bars, Brasseries et Tavernes du Québec and the Union des Tenanciers de Bars du Québec that suggested the government should reopen Quebec restaurants and bars, among other red zone businesses, to people who have already received their first dose of the COVID-19 vaccine.

Trying to figure out what to do this summer? Make note that the Havana Resort in the Eastern Townships reopens on May 21.

Tulip season has officially begun at Tulipes.ca, the tulip fields near Montreal where you can pick your own tulips. The fields reopened for flower-picking on May 1.