New participatory garbage cans in the Plateau make it easy for bottle collectors to get containers without having to rummage through the trash.

Panagiotis Arvanitis has had to wade through knee-deep water or risk falling on ice much of the winter because of apparent drainage issues in front of his home on Emilie-Gadbois Street, but the city says crews can't repair the sewer until spring.

Meet the 19-year-old Quebec City student who is also an activist, an educator and a poet. Laura Doyle Pan recently became one of only four Quebec recipients of the prestigious Loran scholarship.