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• Montreal on track to surpass warming centre target this winter

  18-12-2025 22:14 via montrealgazette.com
  The City of Montreal says it is on track to surpass its target of offering 500 new places in warming centres this winter and is working to ease concerns from residents who live nearby. During a news conference at city hall Thursday, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said the city has identified 532 spots that are set to open between now and mid-January. The mayor stressed she understands neighbours who have concerns, but called for tolerance. “They are right to be concerned, but I hope we live
  
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• Speeding Montreal driver who killed pedestrian sentenced to house arrest

  18-12-2025 22:05 via montrealgazette.com
  A young man who struck and killed a pedestrian while driving at more than twice the speed limit in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough three years ago received a sentence on Thursday that he can serve in the community. Read More
  
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• Laval Rocket defenceman Nate Clurman marches to his own drummer

  18-12-2025 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Nate Clurman, a 27-year-old defenceman in his first season with the Laval Rocket, has never travelled the conventional route. Read More
  
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• Bestselling Heated Rivalry author Rachel Reid heats up the Victoire dressing room in Halifax

  18-12-2025 21:21 via montrealgazette.com
  The heated rivalry between the Montreal Victoire and the Toronto Sceptres got even hotter Wednesday night in Halifax when hometown author Rachel Reid, author of the bestselling novel Heated Rivalry, turned up in the Victoire dressing room to read out the team's opening lineup. Read More
  
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• Christian Dubé resigns as health minister, leaving CAQ to sit as independent

  18-12-2025 21:11 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Health Minister Christian Dubé has resigned from Coalition Avenir Québec cabinet and plans to sit as an independent for the remaining time of his term. Taking everyone by surprise, Dubé made the announcement on social media Thursday — just one week after a tentative deal was reached with Quebec’s family doctors over their salary structure. “I have arrived at the conclusion that I am not the right person to pursue these discussions and pilot t
  
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• 'We're all on the same page' about protecting French, Marc Miller says

  18-12-2025 20:32 via montrealgazette.com
  After his comments sparked backlash earlier this month, Official Languages Minister Marc Miller is standing firm: French must be protected in Quebec, “just not on the backs of people who helped build this province … including the anglophone community, including Indigenous communities.” Miller was called a “disgrace” by Premier François Legault when he said, upon becoming federal minister of Canadian identity and culture and minister responsible for official
  
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• Jakub Dobes to start in goal for Canadiens against Blackhawks

  18-12-2025 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Jakub Dobes will be in goal for the Canadiens when they play the Chicago Blackhawks Thursday at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS). Read More
  
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• Why is home ice Kryptonite for the Canadiens? | HI/O Show

  18-12-2025 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  After losing 4-1 to the Philadelphia Flyers Tuesday night, the Canadiens have an 8-9-1 record at the Bell Centre and are 9-3-3 on the road. Read More
  
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• Second man convicted in shooting death at Rockland shopping centre

  18-12-2025 19:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A second man has been convicted in the murder of a drug trafficker who was shot in the busy parking lot of the Rockland shopping centre in the middle of a summer afternoon three years ago. On Wednesday, a jury at the Montreal courthouse found Widens Point du Jour Paul, 30, of Montreal guilty of the first-degree murder of 44-year-old Maxime Lenoir, a drug trafficker so well known to police that an RCMP investigator who happened to be in the parking lot instantly recognized him when he tried to co
  
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• Affaire Cédrika Provencher: des témoins qui auraient aperçu le suspect de l'enlèvement incapables d’identifier Jonathan Bettez

  18-12-2025 18:42 via journaldequebec.com
  Des documents judiciaires révèlent que des témoins qui auraient aperçu le suspect n’ont pas été en mesure d’identifier Jonathan Bettez.
  
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• Bruit en aire ouverte: comment en parler au bureau sans créer de malaise

  18-12-2025 18:39 via journaldequebec.com
  Vous essayez de vous concentrer, mais votre collègue parle fort pendant qu'un autre rit aux éclats? Voici comment en parler sans créer de malaise
  
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• Bill Gates, textos et passeports: d’autres photos de la succession de Jeffrey Epstein dévoilées par des élus démocrates

  18-12-2025 18:36 via journaldequebec.com
  Une soixantaine de photos inédites en provenance de la succession de Jeffrey Epstein ont été rendues publiques.
  
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• De la «maladie du suicide» au «miracle»: un homme témoigne pour redonner espoir

  18-12-2025 18:32 via journaldequebec.com
  Un homme originaire de Saint-Pierre-de-Lamy, au Témiscouata, veut donner espoir à ceux qui souffrent de la névralgie du trijumeau.
  
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• Pierre Poilievre compte améliorer son approche, mais ne souhaite pas changer son identité

  18-12-2025 18:30 via journaldequebec.com
  Pierre Poilievre veut améliorer son approche sans changer sa vraie nature, explique-t-il en entrevue de fin d'année avec Emmanuel Latraverse
  
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• Perquisition à Saguenay: un homme arrêté pour possession de stupéfiants

  18-12-2025 18:27 via journaldequebec.com
  Un suspect âgé de la quarantaine a été arrêté dans le cadre d’une opération qui a permis la saisie de plusieurs substances à Saguenay.
  
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• [VIDÉO] Voyez Hugh Jackman surprendre les jeunes chanteurs - fous de joie - de la chorale d’une école secondaire de Milwaukee

  18-12-2025 18:19 via journaldequebec.com
  L'acteur a surpris des jeunes chanteurs de la chorale d'une école secondaire du Milwaukee.
  
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• Le Danemark attribue deux cyberattaques à des groupes liés à l'État russe

  18-12-2025 18:17 via journaldequebec.com
  Le Danemark attribue deux cyberattaques à des groupes liés à l'État russe.
  
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• Vincent Blanchette voit ses conditions de remise en liberté assouplies contre une caution de 150 000$

  18-12-2025 18:16 via journaldequebec.com
  Accusé entre autres de sollicitation de services sexuels, le gros joueur de la restauration souhaitait voyager et utiliser les réseaux sociaux
  
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• Départ de Pablo Rodriguez: «C’est lui qui paye le prix pour son entourage», estime une ancienne ministre du PLQ

  18-12-2025 18:15 via journaldequebec.com
  L’équipe de Pablo Rodriguez n’aurait vraisemblablement pas respecté avec suffisamment de soin les règles électorales québécoises.
  
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• Lula dit qu’il mettra son veto à la loi qui réduirait la peine de prison de Bolsonaro

  18-12-2025 18:13 via journaldequebec.com
  Le président brésilien Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva a annoncé jeudi qu’il mettrait son veto à la loi adoptée mercredi par le Parlement...
  
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• Washington annonce des sanctions visant deux autres juges de la CPI pour avoir enquêté sur Israël

  18-12-2025 18:03 via journaldequebec.com
  Washington annonce des sanctions visant deux autres juges de la CPI pour avoir enquêté sur Israël.
  
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• La chanteuse Kim Richardson contrainte d’annuler ses concerts de Noël «à cause d’une fatigue profonde et une extinction de voix»

  18-12-2025 18:00 via journaldequebec.com
  Kim Richardson est contrainte d’annuler ses concerts des Fêtes en solo. Elle sera toutefois remplacée pour les spectacles du Noël de Charlie Brown.
  
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• Manger des fromages et des crèmes riches en matières grasses réduirait les risques de démence

  18-12-2025 17:53 via journaldequebec.com
  Consommer des fromages riches en matières grasses, comme le bri, le gouda et le cheddar, pourrait réduire le risque de développer une démence.
  
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• L’électricité arrive enfin dans la petite communauté de Kitcisakik, à 90 kilomètres de Val-D'Or

  18-12-2025 17:48 via journaldequebec.com
  Après des décennies d’attente, l’électricité est arrivée dans le village Kitcisakik, qui se trouve à environ 90 kilomètres au sud-est de Val-D’Or.
  
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• Un tremblement de terre ressenti dans Charlevoix et le Bas-Saint-Laurent

  18-12-2025 17:42 via journaldequebec.com
  Un tremblement de terre a été ressenti, mercredi soir, dans Charlevoix et le Bas-Saint-Laurent.
  
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• Non, Kristopher Letang ne cherchait pas à s'en prendre aux partisans

  18-12-2025 17:41 via journaldequebec.com
  Il a causé une mini-controverse en affirmant ne pas aimer que certaines personnes utilisent le «on» pour parler d’une équipe professionnelle.
  
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• Box-office : «Avatar 3» fera sonner la caisse pendant les Fêtes

  18-12-2025 17:38 via journaldequebec.com
  Malgré des critiques mitigées, le troisième volet de la saga devrait faire exploser le box-office pendant les Fêtes
  
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• Montreal records first measles case in latest Quebec outbreak

  18-12-2025 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Island has joined three other regions of Quebec as being the site of a recorded measles case, bringing the total number of cases in the province during this latest outbreak to seven, the city’s local health authority announced on Thursday. Measles cases have also been confirmed in the Laurentians, Lanaudière and Laval. In a communiqué, the Montreal Public Health Department noted that “since measles is circulating in Canada and internationally, other sporadic ca
  
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• Qui protégera nos droits?

  18-12-2025 17:30 via journaldequebec.com
  La CAQ est en train de s’attaquer à des droits fondamentaux que le Barreau essaie de protéger. Au lieu d’écouter, Legault tire sur le messager.
  
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• La caricature d’Ygreck en vidéo: interdictions dans les cours d'école

  18-12-2025 17:30 via journaldequebec.com
  Découvrez ci-dessous comment notre caricaturiste Ygreck a imagé son dessin.
  
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• Chinese national accused of spying on Hydro-Québec will learn his fate in April

  18-12-2025 17:16 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Court judge is expected to make his decision in April in the case against Yuesheng Wang, the man accused of spying on Hydro-Québec for the benefit of China. On Thursday, during a brief hearing at the Longueuil courthouse, Judge Jean-Philippe Marcoux said he has only begun to reflect on the evidence he heard during the lengthy trial and that he expects to deliver his decision on April 17. Wang, 38, a Chinese national who has resided in Candiac since before his arrest in 2022, is c
  
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• Un peu de respect, svp

  18-12-2025 16:42 via journaldequebec.com
  Mathieu Bock-Côté est un chroniqueur influent et incontournable.
  
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• Frais de livraison: Pizza Salvatoré conclut un règlement dans l’action collective

  18-12-2025 16:36 via journaldequebec.com
  Une entente a été conclue dans l’action collective contre Pizza Salvatoré, qui visait à ce que le prix total d’une commande plus transparent.
  
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• Air Transat affiche des pertes imprévues, les investisseurs exigent des réponses

  18-12-2025 15:35 via journaldequebec.com
  Les revenus du voyagiste québécois Transat ont reculé au dernier trimestre, sous les attentes, et son endettement élevé accentue les défis financiers.
  
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• Démission comme chef du PLQ: Pablo Rodriguez dit être «devenu une distraction» mais n'avoir «rien à se reprocher»

  18-12-2025 15:22 via journaldequebec.com
  Le chef libéral a officialisé sa démission, jeudi matin, après une série de révélations sur le financement de sa course à la chefferie.
  
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• Pratte: A steep climb for next Quebec Liberal leader

  18-12-2025 15:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Ten months away from a crucial provincial election, the Quebec Liberal Party finds itself without a leader. Pablo Rodriguez, elected to head the party just last June, was forced to resign following a series of internal disputes and allegations of improprieties in the funding of his leadership campaign. For Rodriguez, a kind, affable man, this is nothing short of a tragedy. I am certain that he was unaware of the schemes devised by a few bad apples among his supporters. In a court of law, his inn
  
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• Plus de 50 mm de pluie et des rafales atteignant 90 km/h prévus vendredi dans plusieurs secteurs du Québec

  18-12-2025 14:56 via journaldequebec.com
  Environnement Canada a émis une alerte, jeudi, concernant des vents forts prévus dans plusieurs secteurs du Québec, vendredi.
  
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• 'Unintentionally, I became a distraction,' Pablo Rodriguez says in resignation as Quebec Liberal leader

  18-12-2025 14:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Announcing his official resignation as Quebec Liberal Party leader, Pablo Rodriguez said he could leave holding his “head high.” “Unintentionally, I became a distraction,” he said. Once again noting that he had never been directly accused in alleged wrongdoings, he said Thursday that the allegations surrounding his successful leadership campaign left him no choice but to get out of the way. “Quebecers deserve a united Liberal party, a party that handles real issues,
  
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• Pablo Rodriguez to speak Thursday morning after resigning as Quebec Liberal leader

  18-12-2025 14:45 via montrealgazette.com
  One day after deciding to resign as Quebec Liberal Party leader, Pablo Rodriguez is set to publicly speak Thursday morning. Read More
  
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• Pablo Rodriguez holding his 'head high' in resignation as Quebec Liberal leader

  18-12-2025 14:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Announcing his official resignation as Quebec Liberal Party leader, Pablo Rodriguez said he could leave holding his “head high.” Once again noting that he had never been directly accused in alleged wrongdoings, he said Thursday that the allegations surrounding his successful leadership campaign left him no choice but to get out of the way. “Quebecers deserve a united Liberal party, a party that handles real issues,” he said. “My integrity has never been questioned,&
  
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• Éclosion de rougeole: 7 cas confirmés au Québec dont un à Montréal

  18-12-2025 14:38 via journaldequebec.com
  Le nombre de cas confirmés de rougeole dans la province est passé de 3 à 6 au cours des derniers jours.
  
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• «Je me sens brisé»: des milliers d’immigrants dans l’incertitude avec le durcissement des politiques migratoires

  18-12-2025 13:51 via journaldequebec.com
  Le durcissement des politiques migratoires au Canada plonge des milliers d'immigrants dans l'incertitude
  
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• Montreal weather: Wind warning could wreak havoc with hydro wires, inflatable Santas

  18-12-2025 13:32 via montrealgazette.com
  High winds are expected to breeze in by Friday, Environment Canada warns, pushing around high-sided vehicles and potentially knocking out Hydro lines. Wind gusts in the Montreal area could reach up to 90 kilometres per hour, the yellow warning says. Although the federal meteorological agency doesn’t specifically mention inflatable Santas, it does recommend securing loose objects. Quebec is a sea of various warnings, including wind and rainfall warnings in southern and eastern Quebec and bl
  
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• Deux-Montagnes REM stations begin charging for parking in some lots

  18-12-2025 13:10 via montrealgazette.com
  One month after the stations opened, the parking lots at the Deux-Montagnes and Grand-Moulin stations on the Réseau express métropolitain will begin charging for parking on some of their parking lots as of Thursday. The lots, which were always intended to be paid parking, were free as users tried out the expanded REM. At Deux-Montagnes, the lot just south of the station and a smaller L-shaped lot to the west will be paid parking as of Thursday. Lots farther southwest, near the Olym
  
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• Neal: I'm not a grinch but I'm resisting the holiday pressure to spend

  18-12-2025 12:55 via montrealgazette.com
  I’m committing to my New Year's resolution to do less, but better, a little early this year, and I’m starting with Secret Santa gift exchanges. Read More
  
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• What you need to know about navigating the mess at Trudeau airport

  18-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Travellers heading to the airport, beware: There have been changes to the approach to Trudeau airport in the past few months after the long-standing parking garage was condemned recently. The airport authority is warning people who want to park to fly, or those who want to park to pick up passengers, that they must reserve their spots ahead of time because it is impossible to replace all the 5,000 spots that the garage accommodated. The following is what you need to know before travelling to the
  
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• Opinion: We Jews can’t solve antisemitism on our own

  18-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Holiday celebrations across cultures and religions involve food and drink, family and friends. But here in the Jewish community of Montreal, our Hanukkah celebrations have had extra elements this year: increasing security, and responding to the massacre at Bondi Beach. On the surface, you might not see much connection between a Reform synagogue in snowy Montreal and a Chabad gathering in sunny Sydney. But at moments like these, we are one. I, like most Jews I know, have only one or two degrees o
  
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• Hanes: Longueuil mayor fights for transparency in the Nooran Rezayi case

  18-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The circumstances surrounding fatal police shootings in Quebec almost always remain shrouded in fog, unless dragged out into the open by a public inquiry or a civil lawsuit. When the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes closes a file, the office charged with shedding light on police interventions that result in injury or death puts out a brief summary of its work. But details are scarce, explanations are lacking, and the paltry record for charges being laid after a BEI investigation is
  
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• Brownstein: Montreal photojournalist revisits the Main 38 years later for followup to his bestseller

  18-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Few among the city’s myriad cultural communities had trouble relating to Montreal photographer Edward Hillel’s pastiche The Main: Portrait of a Neighbourhood when it was released in 1987. It focused on our city’s fabled boulevard melting pot where immigrant dreams often came to fruition yet were sometimes dashed as well. Read More
  
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• Be prepared: Changes at Trudeau airport causing headaches for drivers and flyers

  18-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re flying out of Montreal this winter, you’re sure to have the trip of a lifetime — and that’s just to get to the airport terminal. Changes to the road network and parking lots around Trudeau airport are sure to cause headaches for anyone parking at the airport and picking up or dropping people off for their flights. The airport’s long-standing multi-level parking garage will soon no longer be standing. The five-storey structure that used to accommodate more
  
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