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Montreal Teens Hailed as Heroes for Saving Couple from Drowning in Barbados
A pair of British vacationers were saved from drowning by two Canadian teens who happened to be on the same beach at the same...
World’s Biggest Rooftop Greenhouse in Montreal is as Big as 3 Football Fields – Now Can Feed 2% of the City
A rooftop greenhouse in Montreal has become the largest of its kind, and can now produce enough food to feed nearly 2% of the...
Icónico Hospital en Montreal es Transformado Refugio para las Personas Mendigas y Sus Mascotas, para que Nadie Duerma en el Frío
El hospital más histórico de Montreal- Canadá, cerrado desde el 2015, ha sido transformado en un refugio temporal para mendigos para asegurarse de que...
Montreal Turns Iconic Hospital into Shelter for Homeless People and Their Pets So No One Sleeps in the Cold
Montreal's most historic hospital, closed since 2015, has been transformed into a temporary homeless shelter to ensure that no man (nor beast) will be...
Montreal Restaurant Offers Free Food to Anyone Who Needs It
The Marché Ferdous gives free meals year round to anyone without money – no questions asked.
Montreal Couple Spearheads Community Project to Bring Fresh Produce to Homeless
What started as a backyard initiative for the Argentos to help feed the homeless has quickly grown into a project that involves neighbors, businesses...
Mostly Blind Montreal Man, 68, Sees For the First Time
Pierre Paul Thomas, 68, spent most of his life seeing only vague shadows, until an accident left him needing surgery on his face.
His injuries...
Ozone Hole Shrinks: 25 Years of Montreal Protocol is Model of International Cooperation
The international agreement unveiled 25 years ago on September 16 to phase out chemicals harmful to the Earth’s ozone shield continues to reap results...
Repurposed Parking Meters Help Homeless in Montreal
The city of Montreal has turned its retired mechanical parking meters into piggy banks or “ParcoDons”. They are designed to collect loose change in...
Montreal Inaugurates Largest Bike-Sharing Program in North America
Montreal inaugurated North America's first large-scale bicycle-sharing system this week. 30 times larger than the program in Washington, DC., tourists, shoppers and commuters can...
Good News in History, March 2
125 years ago today, President William McKinley signed into law a bill creating Mount Rainier National Park, the fifth in the nation, in order...
Whimsical Street Art Catches Everyone Off Guard and Delights Downtown Boston at 16 Locations–LOOK
In celebration of winter, a group of Canadian artists have come to Boston and put together all kinds of art installations as part of...
Child Naturalist Discovers a Giant New Stick Insect Then Co-Authors the Paper and Names the Bug
By Ebed de Rosary
In March 2021, Davis Marthin Damaledo set out on foot accompanied by his father, Dantje, to pursue his childhood fascination with...
The Billionaire and Founder of Cirque du Soleil is Donating a $5 Million Piece of Land to His City
As is so often the case, the surpassing of a billion in personal net worth acts as the catalyst for charitable donations of land...
Good News in History, December 4
128 years ago today, Feng Youlan was born. This Chinese academic and philosopher was instrumental in reintroducing the Chinese classics of philosophy to the...
Good News in History, November 14
85 years ago today, the Lion's Gate Bridge opened in Vancouver. Crossing the Burrard Inlet, the total length of the bridge including the north...
Good News in History September 16
36 years ago today, the first international climate agreement was signed in the form of the Montreal Protocol to repair the hole in the...
Good News in History, July 18
102 years ago today, John Glenn, the American aviator, politician, and astronaut who became the third American in space, was born. The Ohio-born pilot...
Good News in History, July 12
On this day 53 years ago, Thor Heyerdhal successfully crossed the Atlantic Ocean on Ra II, a sailboat made of papyrus based on drawings from...
Good News in History, June 26
247 years ago today, the national poet of Thailand, Sunthorn Phu was born in Bangkok. A composer of epic poetry, Phu's life was strange...