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Much of Quebec was covered with a bed of snow over the weekend, which is expected to melt throughout the week thanks to forecast rainfall, before freezing again, according to Environment Canada.
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Just for Laughs founder’s sexual assault trial starts Monday
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Montreal small business says Canada Post strike is hurting holiday sales
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'Broken lives and families': former members of Quebec religious community speak out
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Canadian border officers seize record number of stolen vehicles in Quebec
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Around 700 affordable apartments in eastern Montreal to get renovated
Work is underway in Montreal’s Hochelaga neighbourhood to preserve an affordable housing community in place since the 1950s.
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Montreal homeless encampment dismantled to move '50 metres farther'
Yellow bulldozers, police officers and workers in orange vests dismantled a homeless encampment along Notre-Dame Street East in Montreal’s Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.
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Former Montreal health worker sentenced to 2 years in prison for forging COVID-19 vaccine documents
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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.
The majority of 17-month-old babies in Quebec use a screen every day: study
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