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  PQ leader uses ‘inflammatory language’ and encourages ‘moral panic'

  An organization condemned by the National Assembly is accusing Parti Québécois (PQ) leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon of making “inflammatory” comments and encouraging “moral panic.”

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  Canada expands list of banned firearms to include hundreds of new models and variants

  The Canadian government is expanding its list of banned firearms, adding hundreds of additional makes, models and their variants, effective immediately.

• The majority of 17-month-old babies in Quebec use a screen every day: study

  Screens have found their way into families and are now an integral part of everyday life. Even under the age of two, babies in Quebec are using screens every day. Toddlers from low-income households use screens more frequently, according to a report by the Quebec statistics institute (ISQ) published on Thursday.

• 'Restore order!' Côte-Saint-Luc mayor calls on Montreal to address safety at protests

  The mayor of Cote-Saint-Luc is calling on Mayor Valerie Plante to restore order in Montreal, saying that police have allowed the 'normalization of antisemitism' when it comes to pro-Palestinian protests.

• Montreal posts big home sales gains in November as median prices continue to rise

  Montreal-area home sales rose 47 per cent in November compared with a year ago as the province's real estate board says the region saw the second-most activity for the month since 2000.

• Montreal massage therapist charged with sexual assault

  A massage therapist from Montreal was charged with two counts of sexual assault in October, and Montreal police are now asking other potential victims to come forward.

• Quebec premier to attend Notre-Dame Cathedral reopening Saturday in Paris

  Quebec Premier François Legault will attend the inauguration and reopening of Notre-Dame Cathedral in Paris on Saturday.

• Medical specialists want to 'get their facts straight' about Quebec health-care cuts

  Quebec's federation of medical specialists is calling for an immediate moratorium on budget cuts in the health-care network affecting direct patient services and wants the measure to be put in place until the impact of the planned cuts on quality and access to care has been analyzed.

• Quebec introduces new bill to curb the loss of farmland

  Agriculture Minister Andre Lamontagne presented Bill 86 on Thursday, which aims to curb the loss of arable land in Quebec. It is the most significant revision of the Act respecting the preservation of agricultural land and activities since 1978.

• 'Name what things are': Recognizing 'femicide' 35 years after the Montreal massacre

  Ahead of the 35th anniversary of the Montreal Massacre, Annie Ross, a mechanical engineering professor at Polytechnique Montreal, said she often thinks of those who lived through the tragedy but still suffer silently.

• More than 200,000 SUVs recalled in Canada, U.S. over fuel leak concern

  Honda is recalling approximately 12,000 vehicles in Canada

• Here are the Montreal area weekend road closures due to construction

  In addition to ensuring drivers have winter tires installed and use caution on the freshly fallen snow, they should be aware that there are several road closures due to construction in and around Montreal. Specifically, work on the Ile-aux-Tourtes Bridge and in the La Fontaine tunnel will result in major closures.

• Quebec government wants Supreme Court to rule on random police stops

  The Quebec government says it intends to launch a legal challenge in the Supreme Court of Canada against a ruling that says a law authorizing random police roadside checks leads to racial profiling.

• Quebec police say cutting blood-alcohol limit to .05 would save up to 14 lives a year

  The Quebec government remained opposed to lowering the legal blood-alcohol limit in the province on Thursday, despite a provincial police study that estimates reducing the limit to .05 would save between 10 and 14 lives every year in the province.