Two Montreal Island towns file court challenge to Quebec language law reform
Two Montreal suburbs filed a court challenge today to Quebec's 2022 language reform, seeking to be exempted from several articles of the law commonly known as Bill 96.
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Man, 19, sent to hospital after stabbing in St-Michel
A 19-year-old man was rushed to hospital Wednesday night after he was critically injured in an armed assault in Montreal’s Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough.
Pilot suffers minor injuries after small plane crash lands on Montreal-area highway
Quebec provincial police say a pilot suffered minor injuries after a small plane crash landed on Highway 20 in the Montreal area Wednesday afternoon.
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Canada's biggest airline says an unauthorized group briefly breached an internal system linked to the personal information and records of some employees.
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Police say 2 pedestrians dead after being hit by car in August in Montreal parking lot
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St-Leonard, City of Montreal butt heads over keeping soccer stadium open in winter
The City of Montreal and Saint-Leonard are butting heads over a well-loved soccer stadium after the borough has said it has to close the facility for the winter because it can't afford to keep it open.
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New one-stop shop for Quebec daycare registry won't be in place until June 2024
The one-stop shop for registering a child in a daycare won't be in place before June 2024, the Legault government announced on Wednesday.
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Chez Doris day shelter to suspend some services for at least two months
Chez Doris plans to temporarily suspend frontline services at its day shelter starting on Saturday for at least two months. As a result, clients won't have access to meals, day beds and caseworkers.
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Cross-country rallies against 'gender ideology' in schools meet with counter-protests
Thousands of people gathered in cities across Canada on Wednesday for competing protests, screaming and chanting at each other about school policies on gender identity.
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Student housing development in the works for downtown Montreal
A new apartment building just for students is coming to downtown Montreal, just a few metro stops away from Concordia, McGill and UQAM. Located on the corner of St-Laurent Boulevard and Ontario Street, "Le Méridien" will house up to 281 students by the start of the 2026 academic year.
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Habs forward Paul Byron announces his retirement from hockey after 521 games
Forward Paul Byron announced his retirement from professional hockey on Wednesday in a letter published by the Montreal Canadiens.
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Man, 46, arrested in Vancouver in connection with stabbing death in Montreal's Chinatown
Montreal police (SPVM) arrested a suspect in Vancouver in connection with a homicide in Chinatown last year.
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Poor planning led to worker's death in rock blasting operation: report
Poor planning of rock blasting operations and a lack of guidance on where to take refuge have been identified as the causes of an excavator operator's death last year in Cantley, in Quebec's Outaouais region.
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Gut flora of some long COVID patients is less diverse, say researchers
People whose long COVID symptoms include neurological issues have a different gut flora, researchers say.
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Proposed Quebec electoral map would eliminate riding in Montreal
The proposed redrawing of the electoral map is upsetting the Parti Québécois (PQ), which is calling for changes to the current law.
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Young athletes: Psychological recovery from concussions may take more time
A young athlete who has physically recovered from a concussion is not necessarily ready to return to the game immediately, warns a new study published by a Université de Montréal researcher.
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Francois Legault praises Quebec's environmental record in front of Al Gore
Quebec Premier François Legault bragged about his environmental record on Tuesday at a meeting of representatives of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance. Former US vice president Al Gore was sitting next to him.
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Parents voice concern about new supervised drug-use site near Montreal elementary school
Dozens of parents and residents of Montreal's St-Henri neighbourhood attended a meeting Tuesday evening to voice their concerns about the proximity of a proposed supervised drug-inhalation centre to a nearby elementary school.
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Abolishing the QST on building materials would be too expensive, says Quebec premier
Premier François Legault says that abolishing the Quebec sales tax (QST) on building materials would be far too costly a measure in relation to its effectiveness.
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'It's disgusting': Liberals blast Quebec minister over surgery wait list for cancer patients
Nearly 1,000 Quebecers with cancer have been waiting more than 56 days for oncology surgery, Liberal health critic André Fortin deplored Tuesday.
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Meet the Montreal LEGO artist recreating the city's most iconic buildings
The Orange Julep, Schwartz’s Deli, and even a Couche Tard depanneur -- they're landmarks in Montreal, but that’s not all they have in common. Enter the world of local LEGO artist Addy Parsons, the Ottawa-born Montrealer with a talent to render the city’s most iconic buildings in brick form.
Quebec man training for burpee world record in honour of late brother
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Solar power: This Quebecer pays $50 per month for hydro
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'Every victim counts': Suspected femicides in northern Quebec went unnoticed by the press
The number of suspected femicides in Quebec quietly rose over the spring, with the deaths of two Indigenous women going largely unreported by the media until recently.
Montreal's Mount Royal Park is getting a makeover. What would architect Olmsted say?
The park's architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, is responsible for some of the most celebrated public green spaces in North America, including New York's Central Park. But what the famous landscape artist would think of the closure of Camillien-Houde Way is unclear, says University of Pennsylvania professor emeritus and Olmsted biographer Witold Rybczynski.
Claude Cormier, landscape architect behind rainbow balls in Montreal's Village, dies at 63
Claude Cormier, Quebec's most renowned landscape architect whose projects have revitalized public spaces across North America, has died. He was 63.
Mercier Bridge between Montreal and Kahnawake lined with Indigenous artwork
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Quebec eyes progressive retirement for family doctors to address shortage
There could be a deal announced soon that would allow retiring physicians in Quebec to work part-time to help address the shortage of family doctors in the province.
Gut flora of some long COVID patients is less diverse, say researchers
People whose long COVID symptoms include neurological issues have a different gut flora, researchers say.
Young athletes: Psychological recovery from concussions may take more time
A young athlete who has physically recovered from a concussion is not necessarily ready to return to the game immediately, warns a new study published by a Université de Montréal researcher.
'It's disgusting': Liberals blast Quebec minister over surgery wait list for cancer patients
Nearly 1,000 Quebecers with cancer have been waiting more than 56 days for oncology surgery, Liberal health critic André Fortin deplored Tuesday.
Class-action lawsuit application for COVID-19 response in long-term care homes begins in Quebec
A Quebec Superior Court judge is being asked to authorize a class-action lawsuit on behalf of all residents of public long-term care homes that experienced COVID-19 outbreaks during the pandemic's first two waves.
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Student housing development in the works for downtown Montreal
A new apartment building just for students is coming to downtown Montreal, just a few metro stops away from Concordia, McGill and UQAM. Located on the corner of St-Laurent Boulevard and Ontario Street, "Le Méridien" will house up to 281 students by the start of the 2026 academic year.
Abolishing the QST on building materials would be too expensive, says Quebec premier
Premier François Legault says that abolishing the Quebec sales tax (QST) on building materials would be far too costly a measure in relation to its effectiveness.
Transferring your lease 'is giving the next person someone else's property,' says Que. housing minister
Quebec's minister responsible for housing, France-Élaine Duranceau, wonders whether it would be better to intervene in rent increases when a dwelling is transferred from one tenant to another, rather than in lease transfers.
CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT
Francois Legault praises Quebec's environmental record in front of Al Gore
Quebec Premier François Legault bragged about his environmental record on Tuesday at a meeting of representatives of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance. Former US vice president Al Gore was sitting next to him.
Quebec's Anticosti Island added to UNESCO World Heritage List
Ten years after Quebec's government wanted to launch oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island, the picturesque territory in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.
Quebec premier will speak about the environment at UN next week in rare honour
Quebec Premier François Legault will speak about the environment at the United Nations in New York next week, the Canadian Press has learned. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invited Legault to attend the UN General Assembly and participate in the first Climate Ambition Summit.
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Four people were killed in a car crash early Tuesday morning on B.C.’s Highway 1, according to Mounties.
Security at Indian Consulate in Vancouver boosted after Trudeau's remarks on Nijjar killing
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Immediately stop using these child safety seats: Health Canada
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As average rent prices in Canada hit record highs, experts say it's going to take more than just interest rate hikes to cool the red-hot market, including a crucial boost in supply.
John Grisham, George R.R. Martin and more authors sue OpenAI for copyright infringement
John Grisham, Jodi Picoult and George R.R. Martin are among 17 authors suing OpenAI for "systematic theft on a mass scale," the latest in a wave of legal action by writers concerned that artificial intelligence programs are using their copyrighted works without permission.
Has inflation changed the way you tip for various services? We want to hear from you
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Ontario minister resigns from Ontario PC Party amid contradicting accounts of Las Vegas trip
Ontario’s minister of public and business service delivery has resigned from his cabinet position and the Progressive Conservative party.
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The Bank of Canada was watching its words at its last interest rate announcement, in fear of spurring speculation that rate cuts are coming any time soon.
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