Voters in La Petite-Patrie and Rosemont will be heading to the polls today to decide who will be the next to represent the riding of Gouin in the National Assembly.

Qubec Solidaire officially has a new voice. Manon Mass and Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois received the most votes from party members to become the new co-spokespeople of the party.

Several communities in and around the island of Montreal are asking for help this long weekend to collect thousands of sandbags and clear the debris left behind by the heavy flooding that began in early May.

After Matt Foley said he was offered little aid by the City of Laval and the Canadian Armed Forces, he had no choice but to write a plea for help on Facebook this past Wednesday in hopes that strangers would step forward to lend a hand.

Both Montreal and Laval declared states of emergency on Sunday amid rising floodwaters caused by days of steady rainfall. Canadian Forces have dispatched 1,200 troops to the province to help.

le Mercier off Montreal's West Island is completely submerged in water due to heavy flooding that began late last night and continued into Wednesday.

Voters in the riding of Saint-Laurent will be heading to the polls on Monday in one of five federal byelections held across the country. The riding was put up for grabs after former foreign affairs minister Stphane Dion decided to leave his seat as an MP and accept a position as an ambassador in Europe