Le Journal de Montréal

Le Journal de Montréal is a daily French-language tabloid newspaper published in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Since 2013 the newspaper also has an investigation desk that published several major news stories about Quebec's politics, businesses, crime and national security.

[3] Over the years, the newspaper gained a substantial share of an increasingly important market, sending a significant number of copies to the American state of Florida—Florida being a popular destination for snowbird Quebecers.

In the wake of its expansion, the paper enlisted the services of several renowned journalists who previously had worked for competitors, including Jacques Beauchamp and André Rufiange [fr].

When launching the Le Journal de Montréal, Pierre Peladeau could rely on Cellier's services to carry out the destiny of the tabloid.

Le Journal de Montréal earned a reputation as a sports and news item oriented newspaper until the early 2000s.

In 2003, one of its journalists, Brigitte McCann [fr], infiltrated the Raëlians, over the course of nine months, before publishing a series of reports and eventually a book.

[4] At the heart of the dispute, was the increased convergence between media outlets in the group, job cuts in the classified advertising and accounting departments, and the lengthening of the workweek.

The headquarters of Le Journal de Montréal on Rue Frontenac in Montreal