Shuyee Lee

Patients will be able to make advance requests for medical assistance in dying before their condition renders them incapable of giving consent.

Earthquakes Canada says the 4.6 magnitude quake, at a depth of 18 kilometres, happened around 5:45 a.m. The epicentre was located about 20 kilometres northwest of Drummondville and 40 kilometres south of Trois-Rivières.

The walkout is part of a campaign of rotating surprise strikes to speed up contract talks. Negotiations that began in April between hotel owners and the union have stalled.

Montreal police say there was a possible conflict between the victim and the suspect.

The preventative advisory affected about 150,000 residents in the eastern half of the island of Montreal south of Sherbrooke Street, including Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, Rivière-des-Prairies–Pointe-aux-Trembles and Montréal-Est.

Montreal police received a phone call at 9:15 a.m. on Saturday about a stabbing on Camille Street, where a 30-year-old man was found injured.

A torrent of heavy rain due to remnants of Hurricane Beryl dumped up to 100 millimetres of precipitation on some neighbourhoods in Montreal Wednesday.

The congregation of nuns that owns Villa Sainte-Marcelline has signed a letter of agreement with buyers who want to preserve the school.