The Mount Royal cross is turning 100. The iconic Montreal symbol was born in 1924. That year, the cornerstone was blessed on June 24, St-Jean-Baptiste Day, with construction completed on Sept. 15.

The Mount Royal cross with purple lights to mark Pope John Paul ll’s death on April 15, 2005. John Mahoney The Montreal Gazette ...

Mount Royal Cross marks 100 years The iconic cross, first lit on Christmas Eve in 1924, celebrates its century-long presence as a symbol of Montreal’s history and heritage.

Montreal's landmark electric cross on Mount Royal will be turned off Friday to allow for renovations. The 83-year-old cross will be repainted and outfitted with a new energy-efficient lighting ...

Six Greenpeace activists unfurled two banners on the foremost icon in Montreal's skyline, the Mount Royal cross, early Tuesday morning. The action stems from Greenpeace's concerns with pulp and ...

The cross that sits atop Montreal’s Mount Royal will remain white, even if this is Pope Benedict XVI’s last day at the Vatican. Normally the 103-foot-tall cross’s computer-controlled LED lights turn ...

A Montreal man has a unique proposal to celebrate the city's 375th anniversary. Philippe Mailhot wants the city to add a letter "M" and a "L" on either side of the cross on Mount Royal to spell out ...

Every night the Mount Royal cross illuminates the sky and can be seen kilometers away. The lights are a white hue, but historically they haven’t always been the same colour.

Indigenous women want Mount-Royal cross removed A group of Indigenous women staged a protest on Mount-Royal against Pope Francis' historic visit to Canada. Video Woman killed in Hwy. 401 crash ...