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• Union denounces new rules for height and slope of schoolyard snowbanks

  17-12-2025 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  An insurance company is catching flak for issuing a set of strict recommendations around how high and how steep snowbanks in schoolyards should be. Critics say enforcing the rules would require extra work on the part of school staff and may cause some schools to eliminate the mounds for fear of legal action or lack of insurance coverage. The Union réciproque d’assurance scolaire du Québec (URASQ), which insures most of Quebec’s school boards and service centres, issued
  
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• Snowbank recommendations include putting helmets on students if rules can't be followed

  17-12-2025 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  An insurance company is catching flak for issuing a set of strict recommendations around how high and how steep snowbanks in schoolyards should be. Critics say enforcing the rules would require extra work on the part of school staff and may cause some schools to eliminate the mounds for fear of legal action or lack of insurance coverage. The Union réciproque d’assurance scolaire du Québec (URASQ), which insures most of Quebec’s school boards and service centres, issued
  
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• Snowbank recommendations include putting helmets on students

  17-12-2025 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  An insurance company is catching flak for issuing a set of strict recommendations around how high and how steep snowbanks in schoolyards should be. Critics say enforcing the rules would require extra work on the part of school staff and may cause some schools to eliminate the mounds for fear of legal action or lack of insurance coverage. The Union réciproque d’assurance scolaire du Québec (URASQ), which insures most of Quebec’s school boards and service centres, issued
  
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• Schoolyard snowbanks under scrutiny as insurer issues safety recommendations

  17-12-2025 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  An insurance company is catching flak for issuing a set of strict recommendations around how high and how steep snowbanks in schoolyards should be. Critics say enforcing the rules would require extra work on the part of school staff and may cause some schools to eliminate the mounds for fear of legal action or lack of insurance coverage. The Union réciproque d’assurance scolaire du Québec (URASQ), which insures most of Quebec’s school boards and service centres, issued
  
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• Insurance company denounced for recommending limits on schoolyard snowbanks

  17-12-2025 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  An insurance company is catching flak for issuing a set of strict recommendations around how high and how steep snowbanks in schoolyards should be. Critics say enforcing the rules would require extra work on the part of school staff and may cause some schools to eliminate the mounds for fear of legal action or lack of insurance coverage. The Union réciproque d’assurance scolaire du Québec (URASQ), which insures most of Quebec’s school boards and service centres, issued
  
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• What to know about the Quebec Liberal Party crisis

  17-12-2025 23:13 via montrealgazette.com
  What is the latest scandal about?News reports surfaced this week alleging that a Montreal business person hosted an event at his home this spring to support Pablo Rodriguez’s campaign to become leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and that the business person had allegedly given envelopes containing $500 cash to some guests to donate to the campaign. By law, donations have to be made from an individual’s bank account and cannot be reimbursed. Rodriguez, who won the party leadership ra
  
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• Man convicted of four Brossard murders to learn Friday if he will be released while case is reviewed

  17-12-2025 22:49 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who has served 33 years behind bars for four murders he claims he didn’t commit will find out on Friday if he can be released while the federal government reviews his case for a possible wrongful conviction. During a hearing at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday, Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie heard arguments on whether Daniel Jolivet, 68, can be released on bail while his case is reviewed. He has been eligible for full parole for since 2017, but the Parole Board
  
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• Quebec Liberals could fast-track a new leader but they probably won't

  17-12-2025 22:46 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Soon to be leaderless and with a general election looming, the Quebec Liberals do have a fast-track mechanism enabling it to replace Pablo Rodriguez quickly. But former Liberal policy committee chairperson André Pratte believes there is still time to organize a race that would be a more credible exercise for the party than seeing a leader being crowned. According to Article 27.1 of the Quebec Liberal constitution, the party has the option of picking a new leader without a l
  
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• Cyberattack of Nunavik health centre results in data breach

  17-12-2025 22:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Clinical records have potentially been exposed in a data breach of a Kuujjuaq health centre, which was the victim of a cyberattack. Read More
  
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• Montreal doctors call for caution and flu shots amid surge in cases

  17-12-2025 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal health experts are advising caution, flu shots and common sense amid a surge in influenza cases across the country and reports that three children died this month in the Ottawa region due to complications linked to influenza A. Read More
  
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• Martinez Ferrada distances herself from Rodriguez controversy

  17-12-2025 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is distancing herself from the controversy surrounding Quebec Liberal Party leader Pablo Rodriguez, who is now expected to resign from his role at the head of the party. La Presse reported Wednesday that Martinez Ferrada attended a party in July hosted by the same businessman alleged to have reimbursed people who donated to Rodriguez’s leadership campaign at a separate event that spring. Martinez Ferrada was running for mayor at the time. “
  
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• Canadiens' Joe Veleno brings 'extra edge' to tilt with Blackhawks

  17-12-2025 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Joe Veleno will finally get the opportunity he was denied two months ago. Read More
  
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• Flou des lois électorales: «L'autonomie, ça ne fonctionne pas toujours»

  17-12-2025 18:44 via journaldequebec.com
  La crise au PLQ met en lumière le manque de précision des lois électorales encadrant les courses qui se déroulent à l’intérieur des partis politiques.
  
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• Suivez en direct les derniers développements de la crise au PLQ

  17-12-2025 18:42 via journaldequebec.com
  Après des semaines d’allégations de pratiques douteuses durant sa campagne à la direction du PLQ, Pablo Rodriguez va démissionner de son poste.
  
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• Mort de Rob Reiner: son fils détenu sans possibilité de libération sous caution

  17-12-2025 18:41 via journaldequebec.com
  Le fils du cinéaste Rob Reiner, Nick Reiner, sera détenu sans possibilité de libération sous caution
  
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• Succession de Pablo Rodriguez : les prétendants au trône se préparent

  17-12-2025 18:39 via journaldequebec.com
  Les prétendants à la chefferie du PLQ jouent déjà leurs pions et s’activent en coulisses pour mettre la main sur la couronne de Rodriguez.
  
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• Une 8e saison pour Najee Murray avec les Alouettes

  17-12-2025 18:32 via journaldequebec.com
  L’histoire d’amour entre le club montréalais et le demi défensif se poursuivra au moins pour une autre campagne.
  
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• Les derniers instants de Nick Reiner avant son arrestation captés en vidéo

  17-12-2025 18:23 via journaldequebec.com
  De nouvelles images montrent Nick Reiner avant son arrestation pour le meurtre présumé de ses parents, le réalisateur Rob Reiner et son épouse Michele
  
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• Ouverture hâtive: l’Hôtel de Glace devrait être prêt dès le jour de Noël

  17-12-2025 18:19 via journaldequebec.com
  Les conditions hivernales ont été «exceptionnellement favorables» cette année.
  
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• 4 politiciens qui sont restés chefs aussi peu longtemps que Pablo Rodriguez

  17-12-2025 18:01 via journaldequebec.com
  Pablo Rodriguez devrait annoncer sa démission à la chefferie du PLQ mercredi. Ce n'est pas le seul à avoir eu un règne de courte durée.
  
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• [SONDAGE] Retour à la case départ pour le PLQ: PSPP perd des plumes après son coup de gueule contre les artistes

  17-12-2025 17:59 via journaldequebec.com
  PSPP perd des plumes après son coup de gueule envers les artistes. Pour les libéraux en crise, c’est un retour à la case départ
  
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• Crise au PLQ: la mairesse de Montréal reconnaît avoir participé à une fête chez l'homme d'affaires qui a distribué des enveloppes de 500$ comptant

  17-12-2025 17:38 via journaldequebec.com
  La mairesse de Montréal, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, nie tout lien personnel avec l’homme d’affaires qui a remis des enveloppe de 500$ comptant
  
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• Québec prévoit interdire la pratique: les locaux où prier se multiplient à la STM

  17-12-2025 17:30 via journaldequebec.com
  Les employés de la STM pourraient bientôt ne plus pouvoir prier dans les salles de ressourcement qui se sont multipliées sur leur milieu de travail.
  
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• «Pas d’entente bâclée»: les médecins spécialistes veulent que Québec ouvre ses coffres

  17-12-2025 17:16 via journaldequebec.com
  Les médecins spécialistes n’ont pas l’intention de négocier une entente bâclée et veulent que le gouvernement ouvre ses coffres.
  
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• Décès mystérieux en Gaspésie: un homme retrouvé mort près de son véhicule

  17-12-2025 17:07 via journaldequebec.com
  Un individu de 57 ans a été retrouvé sans vie dans des circonstances nébuleuses alors qu’il se trouvait près de son véhicule à Mont-Saint-Pierre.
  
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• La fille cadette de Rob Reiner reçoit de nombreux commentaires d’insultes et de haine sur Instagram depuis la mort de son père

  17-12-2025 17:04 via journaldequebec.com
  La cadette de la famille reçoit de nombreux commentaires haineux et insultants sur sa page Instagram.
  
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• C'est fini pour Tua Tagovailoa: les Dolphins dans le trou avec l’un des pires contrats de l’histoire

  17-12-2025 17:02 via journaldequebec.com
  Les Dolphins dans le trou avec l’un des pires contrats de l’histoire
  
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• Démission attendue de Pablo Rodriguez: voici 7 moments marquants de la crise au PLQ

  17-12-2025 17:01 via journaldequebec.com
  La crise entourant la course à la chefferie de Pablo Rodriguez aura duré tout près d’un mois.
  
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• The rise and exit of Pablo Rodriguez as Quebec Liberal leader

  17-12-2025 16:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Liberal MP Pablo Rodriguez’s transition to provincial politics came to an abrupt end on Wednesday, when he resigned as leader of the Quebec Liberal Party following a crisis that linked the party back to a reputation of corruption it’s been trying to shake for decades. Rodriguez was faced with calls to resign from within the party in early December, just a few weeks after parliamentary leader Marwah Rizqy abruptly fired chief of staff Geneviève Hinse. The firing set off
  
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• Couche-Tard accusé d’avoir profité de guichets crypto liés à la fraude

  17-12-2025 16:14 via journaldequebec.com
  Couche-Tard est accusé d'avoir permis l’implantation de guichets de cryptomonnaie dans ses magasins malgré leur implication dans des fraudes.
  
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• Sa décision est prise: le chef libéral Pablo Rodriguez démissionnera dans quelques heures

  17-12-2025 16:05 via journaldequebec.com
  Coup de tonnerre en politique québécoise: le chef libéral Pablo Rodriguez annoncera sa démission dans les prochaines heures.
  
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• Fraude du faux représentant: un homme volé et battu à Saguenay

  17-12-2025 15:45 via journaldequebec.com
  La police recherche un suspect qui aurait utilisé une fraude pour subtiliser 5500$ à un septuagénaire de Saguenay avant de le frapper.
  
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• La politique «Achetez canadien» entre en vigueur

  17-12-2025 15:33 via journaldequebec.com
  La mesure s’applique immédiatement aux contrats stratégiques de 25 millions de dollars et plus
  
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• Dubé may leave after holidays, Legault suggests in interview

  17-12-2025 15:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Premier François Legault suggested in a year-end interview this week that provincial Health Minister Christian Dubé may be leaving office sooner rather than later. Dubé — who has already said he will not run in next year’s provincial election — has been front and centre in the middle of a controversy over Bill 2, legislation that would review how Quebec physicians are paid. While talks with the federations representing Quebec family doctors and speci
  
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• Doug Ford invite les Canadiens à boycotter la Floride cet hiver, et ça ne plaît pas au gouverneur

  17-12-2025 14:48 via journaldequebec.com
  Le premier ministre de l’Ontario, Doug Ford, a annoncé qu’il n’irait pas en Floride cet hiver.
  
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• Rodriguez's future in question as Quebec Liberals delay caucus meeting

  17-12-2025 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  An early morning Quebec Liberal Party caucus meeting Wednesday has been delayed until this afternoon as speculation swirls over leader Pablo Rodriguez’s political future. La Presse reported Wednesday that Rodriguez had called people close to him “in tears” Tuesday, questioning his future as Liberal leader. Allegations published in the Journal de Montréal on Tuesday — among the latest in a series of reports that have now rocked the Liberals for a month —said t
  
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• Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez resigns

  17-12-2025 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez has decided to resign, The Gazette confirmed Wednesday. Only six months after winning the leadership, the pressure on Rodriguez following a series of allegations of ethical problems during his leadership campaign was too great. The first sign he would leave came with news that an early morning Quebec Liberal Party caucus meeting Wednesday has been delayed until this afternoon, which fueled speculation. La Presse reported Wednesday that Rodriguez had called p
  
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• Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez is resigning

  17-12-2025 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez has decided to resign, The Gazette confirmed Wednesday. Only six months after winning the leadership, the pressure on Rodriguez following a series of allegations of ethical problems during his leadership campaign was too great. Rodriguez is to announce his decision to the caucus later today. It is unclear whether he will meet the media or just issue a statement. The first sign he would leave came with news that an early morning meeting of the party’s e
  
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• Chute des ventes de véhicules électriques chez Ford: «Les États-Unis vont prendre toute une débarque»

  17-12-2025 14:16 via journaldequebec.com
  Les États-Unis «prendront toute une débarque» en matière de développement des technologies électriques
  
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• «Plaidoyer pour ceux que nous avons choisis»

  17-12-2025 14:13 via journaldequebec.com
  «Nous invitons aujourd’hui le premier ministre François Legault à clarifier l’avenir de milliers d’immigrants intégrés ici.»
  
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• Le CA de Warner Bros Discovery recommande à ses actionnaires de refuser l'offre hostile de Paramount

  17-12-2025 13:33 via journaldequebec.com
  Warner Bros Discovery rejette la contre-offre de Paramount face à Netflix
  
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• Letters: Reality check — not everyone is at ease in French

  17-12-2025 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Re: “Lack of English on Santé Québec’s site is a barrier to health care: advocates” (The Gazette, Dec. 16) It feels increasingly apparent that anglo rights — whether in health care, education or other areas — must be fought for at every turn to receive and maintain services to which we are entitled. It seems that the underlying premise for the actions of the Coalition Avenir Québec government and other entities that deal with English-speakers in
  
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• Interview: Montreal's homelessness crisis looms large over Soraya Martinez Ferrada's first month in office

  17-12-2025 12:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Every morning during her hour-long commute to city hall from Montreal’s east end, Soraya Martinez Ferrada drives by the sprawling Notre-Dame St. encampment that’s come to symbolize a worsening crisis in the city. For a new mayor with a long list of commitments and public engagements pulling her in every direction, the tents serve as a daily reminder of the one issue she’s vowed not to let slip to the back burner. “It reminds me that it’s my priority, and it’s
  
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• Opinion: Poilievre's unpopularity is untenable; he needs to go

  17-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  December is becoming a cruel month for some of Canada’s opposition leaders, from Quebec to B.C. Now, with the second floor crossing from the federal Conservatives to the Liberals in under a month, Pierre Poilievre must consider his own future. Having lost the April federal election in spectacular fashion — including losing his own seat — the hits keep coming for Poilievre as Mark Carney’s Liberals steal not only his ideas, but also his team, leaving the opposition leader
  
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• About Last Night: Habs follow up 'best game of the season' with stinker

  17-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Canadiens lost 4-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers in rookie goaltender Jacob Fowler's Bell Centre debut on Tuesday night. Read More
  
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• Enveloppes de 500$ pour la chefferie de Pablo Rodriguez: Geneviève Hinse a signé comme responsable de l’événement

  17-12-2025 10:00 via journaldequebec.com
  Elle affirme toutefois qu’elle n’avait que des responsabilités administratives et qu’elle ne se trouvait pas sur place.
  
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• Attentat de Sydney: l'assaillant survivant accusé de terrorisme et 15 meurtres

  17-12-2025 08:54 via journaldequebec.com
  La police a inculpé mercredi Naveed Akram, l'un des deux auteurs présumés de l'attentat de la plage de Bondi, de terrorisme et de 15 meurtres.
  
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• Honte au gouvernement caquiste dans le dossier du Mont-Sainte-Anne

  17-12-2025 06:25 via journaldequebec.com
  Nous sommes nombreux à nous être demandé publiquement si ça prenait un mort pour que le gouvernement recule avec son entente avec l'opérateur RCR.
  
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• Les jeux sont faits pour le PLQ

  17-12-2025 06:15 via journaldequebec.com
  Il semble que les carottes soient cuites pour le chef du Parti libéral du Québec, Pablo Rodriguez. À suivre...
  
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• Hidden Game: One step forward, two steps back as Canadiens lose to Flyers at home

  17-12-2025 06:12 via montrealgazette.com
  This edition of the Hidden Game is dedicated to beleaguered goaltender Samuel Montembeault. Read More
  
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