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  WEATHER | Extreme wind chills, flurries heading for Montreal

  After an extremely mild month of January, the province is bracing for a blast of arctic air.

  

• Police investigating double stabbing at Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve apartment

  Montreal police say two men are in hospital Wednesday night with stab wounds after an altercation in a home in the city's Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.

  

• Young hockey players who fled war in Ukraine arrive in Quebec for international peewee tournament

  A group of young boys who fled the carnage during the war in Ukraine arrived in Quebec City Wednesday for a hockey tournament that brings players together from around the world.

  

• Group says private school near Montreal ignored racism complaints

  A private high school west of Montreal is promising to make changes, following allegations that administrators for years ignored complaints about racist bullying targeting two Black students.

  

• Montreal opening 2 emergency shelters due to extreme cold

  The next few nights are expected to be frigid in Montreal, with wind chill factors dropping to -30. In order to prevent anyone experiencing homelessness from ending up outdoors, the City of Montreal is announcing the opening of two emergency shelters.

• Heart condition to blame for Montreal girl's death, not vaccines: coroner

  Over a year after the death of a 15-year-old student at a Rosemont high school drew protestors who reportedly linked her death to the COVID-19 vaccine, a Quebec coroner has confirmed it was caused by a pre-existing condition.

• Quebec schools are safe, insists education minister

  Quebec students are not in danger, Bernard Drainville insisted Wednesday. The province's education minister was responding to a question from Liberal MNA Marwah Rizqy, who had just reported an increase in violence in schools.

• Montreal's only newspaper for Black community continues to thrive

  There isn't a section in Montreal newspaper Community Contact that gets published without Egbert Gaye's input. The managing editor writes, edits and helps with the design process for the community newspaper. Gaye, in his 60s, shows no signs of slowing down.

• Official Languages Act: MPs reject Quebec's first 2 requested amendments

  The Quebec government suffered a setback Tuesday when two amendments to Bill C-13 to modernize the federal Official Languages Act were rejected after heated debate in parliamentary committee.

• McGill University closes 3 buildings, moves classes online after asbestos found

  McGill University was forced to close multiple buildings on Montreal's West Island on Wednesday and move classes online due to asbestos.

• Olymel announces two closures in Laval and Blainville; 170 jobs affected

  Olymel announced Wednesday the closure of two of its pork processing plants in Laval and Blainville, which will result in the loss of 170 jobs.

• Funerals for two victims of Quebec explosion to be held Friday

  The joint funerals for two of the three victims of the explosion in Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan three weeks ago will be held Friday in the municipality's church.