Richard Deschamps
Newscaster/Web Editor
Richard Deschamps is a newcaster, reporter and web editor on CJAD 800 and cjad800.com.
Richard Deschamps
Articles
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Website aims to help Montrealers of all backgrounds locate vital mental health resources
Accessing mental health services during this pandemic has been difficult, especially those tailored to the needs of some of the city's diverse cultural and religious groups. -
Game on! NHL hockey back on Jan. 13
There will be NHL hockey this year, although public health officials still have to okay teams playing games in their regular home arenas. -
Doesn't look like there'll be a white Christmas in Montreal this year
After everything else that's happening this holiday season, it looks as though Mother Nature will deny us a white Christmas in 2020, too. -
Bloc's 'Bonjour-Ho' suggestion gets trashed on social media
People on both sides of the linguistic divide haven't been kind to the Bloc Québécois' suggestion that shopkeepers start using the phrase 'Bonjour-Ho' instead of the now-common — and partly English — 'Bonjour-Hi'. -
Parts of the Laurentians set to fall into the red zone on Monday
If you were thinking of heading up north to a restaurant in an attempt to dodge COVID-19 restrictions in the city, you'll have to get that dinner in this weekend. -
Rick Leckner joins CJAD 800's Wall of Fame
The man who became synonymous with traffic reporting in Montreal became the latest honouree Tuesday on CJAD 800's Wall of Fame. -
Could Pfizer's COVID-19 vaccine be rolled out as early as January?
After months of hearing that a COVID-19 vaccine will offer us deliverance from lockdowns, mask-wearing, social distancing and everything else, there now appears to be some real hope that one vaccine candidate may be ready for this coming winter. -
Police give the okay for a haunted Halloween in St. Lazare
A St. Lazare man says he now has the okay from police to keep his popular Halloween display up — and to have families go to visit on Halloween night. -
COVID outbreak at St. Mary's Hospital
St. Mary's Hospital is dealing with a COVID outbreak, CJAD 800 has learned. -
Request for English translation of French COVID notice at condo building gets snippy response
A Montreal woman has a beef with management at her elderly parents' Ahuntsic condo building, after a passive-aggressive notice telling residents to learn French was posted to the door of the building. -
Highway 20 to shut down for several weeks at Dorval Circle
Motorists are being advised to steer clear of the Dorval Circle for the next few weeks. -
Eating disorders spiking among teens during the COVID-19 pandemic
It appears the COVID-19 pandemic has led to a spike in the number of children and teenagers being hospitalized with eating disorders. -
Gas leak near Atwater metro station disrupts metro service
Service has resumed on the metro's Green Line following a gas leak near the corner of Atwater Ave. and De Maisonneuve Blvd. on Tuesday morning. -
Dawson College theatre teacher accused of harassment, bullying no longer employed by CEGEP
The Montreal CEGEP professor accused of harassment and bullying by as many as two dozen former students is no longer working there -
84-year-old woman struck and critically injured by hit-and-run driver in NDG
Montreal police are looking for a hit-and-run driver who struck and injured an 84-year-old woman in NDG Thursday morning. -
City Hall opposition party wants taxes cut for struggling downtown businesses
The opposition party at City Hall is calling on the Plante administration to put pressure on Quebec to give commercial property owners in downtown Montreal a tax break. -
Montreal unveils $1.3M plan to relaunch its battered economy
The city of Montreal and the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal is starting a new initiative to boost the economy after the big hit it took from the COVID-19 pandemic. -
A legal setback for Quebec parents who want to keep their kids at home
A group of Quebec parents who went to court to call for wider access to online learning for their kids suffered a legal setback on Tuesday. -
John A. Macdonald statue will go back up where it belongs: Legault
Premier François Legault was emphatic during a Monday afternoon news conference, saying the statue of John A. Macdonald in downtown Montreal, will be restored and put back in its proper place, after it was hauled down by protesters over the weekend. -
Customers who need it will be served in English, no matter what: Hydro-Quebec CEO
The CEO of Hydro-Quebec says it's her responsibility to offer services in English to anyone who needs it, despite suggestions from the Legault government's language minister that it may consider withholding those services in an upcoming reinforcement of the province's language laws. -
Habs coach Claude Julien says he'll be back to coach the team next season
Montreal Canadiens head coach Claude Julien says he's fine, and that he will come back to coach the team for the 2020-2021 season.
