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• Update: Missing 68-year-old man found safe

  03-01-2026 18:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A 68-year-old man who had been missing since Friday morning was found safe and sound in Laval, Montreal police said Sunday. The man had last been seen in the Montreal North borough.
  
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• Montreal weather: Mainly cloudy with a chance of chilling gas prices

  05-03-2026 13:58 via montrealgazette.com
  While the temperature flirted with the zero mark Thursday, gas prices were hovering around 1.50/litre in Montreal. Each of those are expected to rise. Gas prices across Canada have risen about nine cents per litre since Saturday, when the U.S. and Israel attacked Iran. Dan McTeague, a former Liberal MP and president of Canadians for Affordable Energy, predicted that initial increase and says more is on the way this week. McTeague warned in a social media post Wednesday that gasoline could jump a
  
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• Swastikas spray-painted on three neighbouring Jewish businesses in Montreal

  05-03-2026 13:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Swastikas were found on three neighbouring businesses in the city’s St-Laurent borough, launching an investigation by the Montreal police hate-crimes unit. Officers were called around 3 a.m. Wednesday after a 911 call reported graffiti on the storefront of a pharmacy on St-Louis St., according to Montreal police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils. When officers arrived, she said, they found “hate-related graffiti” on the pharmacy as well as on two neighbouring businesses:
  
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• Ahunstic-Cartierville gunshot victim takes himself to hospital

  05-03-2026 12:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A 23-year-old man was in hospital Thursday morning recovering from at least one gunshot wound after he was shot the night before in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough. Montreal police said they received a 911 call around 9:45 p.m. Wednesday reporting that the wounded man had shown up at a local hospital seeking medical help. An investigation led to the scene of the shooting — a parking lot at the corner of Grenet and de Louisbourg Sts. — and a car bearing multiple bullet impacts. Shel
  
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• Logging company denounces vandalism and fire that destroyed equipment

  05-03-2026 12:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The president of a logging company says anti-logging activists are fuelling a “social crisis” in the Mauricie region by sabotaging his company’s legal and government-authorized forestry projects and he called on the Quebec government to take action to protect workers and restore order. Antoine Langlois, president and founder of Forex Langlois Inc., contacted The Gazette this week to denounce what he and police believe was an intentionally set fire in Lac-aux-Sables last month t
  
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• Opinion: Trump, Team USA and a teachable moment

  05-03-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It doesn’t take a fancy speech to shape a team’s values. Sometimes it takes just a moment at the start of practice. Read More
  
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• Is Canadiens rookie Ivan Demidov's shot at Calder slipping away? | HI/O Bonus

  05-03-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens forward Ivan Demidov scored a goal in the Canadiens' 7-5 loss to the Sharks Tuesday night in San Jose. Read More
  
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• Bixi coming to Dollard-des-Ormeaux this summer

  05-03-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Dollard-des-Ormeaux will get its first Bixi bikes and stations this summer, making it the first West Island city to get the bike-sharing service. Read More
  
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• Supreme Court can't consider whether Bill 21 violates rights, Quebec argues

  05-03-2026 01:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s religious-symbols ban violates constitutional rights, groups challenging the law at the Supreme Court have argued in new filings, but Quebec maintains its use of the notwithstanding clause means the court can’t consider those arguments at all. The new submissions come in response to a request from the Supreme Court that has raised the possibility that Canada’s highest court could issue a ruling on whether the law, commonly known as Bill 21, infringes on charter rights,
  
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• Quebec faces family doctor recruitment crisis as graduates shun province

  04-03-2026 23:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s system for family doctors is discouraging new physicians from entering the field, Montreal’s association of family doctors has warned, after new figures showed the province accounts for the majority of Canada’s unfilled training positions in family medicine. New data has revealed that 151 family medicine residency positions in Quebec went unfilled in the first round of placements in the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), the program that assigns graduating med
  
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• Nearly half of unfilled Canadian family medicine residencies are in Quebec, data reveals

  04-03-2026 23:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s system for family doctors is discouraging new physicians from entering the field, Montreal’s association of family doctors has warned, after new figures showed the province accounts for the majority of Canada’s unfilled training positions in family medicine. Read More
  
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• Majority of unfilled Canadian family medicine residencies are in Quebec, data reveals

  04-03-2026 23:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s system for family doctors is discouraging new physicians from entering the field, Montreal’s association of family doctors has warned, after new figures showed the province accounts for the majority of Canada’s unfilled training positions in family medicine. New data has revealed that 151 family medicine residency positions in Quebec went unfilled in the first round of placements in the Canadian Resident Matching Service (CaRMS), the program that assigns graduating med
  
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• REM introducing short-run trains terminating at Bois-Franc for test run

  04-03-2026 23:04 via montrealgazette.com
  The REM is warning passengers to check before boarding if they plan to travel northwest of Bois-Franc station, with plans to intersperse short-run trains terminating at Bois-Franc station to test for the launching of the Anse-à-l’Orme branch. Starting Friday, the Réseau express métropolitain will begin a testing phase to prepare for the opening of the A3 line. Some trains will run only between Brossard and Bois-Franc, while others will run all the way to Deux-Montagnes
  
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• Woman dead, 3 police officers hospitalized after exposure to toxic gas

  04-03-2026 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Three police officers were hospitalized after being exposed to toxic gas during an intervention in the Lachine borough in which one woman was found dead in her apartment. According to reports, authorities were called around 10:30 a.m. about an unconscious woman in an apartment on St-Joseph Blvd. Officers were called by a bailiff, who was there for an eviction, reports said. Upon entering the apartment, one of the officers lost consciousness and collapsed. The other two became dizzy but didn&rsqu
  
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• Montreal demonstrators back regime change in Iran, thank Trump for strikes

  04-03-2026 22:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Hoisting U.S. and Israeli flags, and the lion-emblazoned flag of pre-revolution Iran, around 50 demonstrators gathered Wednesday to cheer U.S.-Israeli strikes on Iran. “President Trump, thank you,” the people assembled in front of the U.S. consulate in downtown Montreal chanted. They danced to the Village People’s 1978 hit YMCA, a mainstay of U.S. President Donald Trump’s rallies. One sign showed a portrait of Trump alongside Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and
  
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• Woman who drove into pedestrians and cars in LaSalle declared not criminally responsible

  04-03-2026 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman who left a long trial of destruction while driving in LaSalle last year, injuring two pedestrians and damaging several vehicles, was found not criminally responsible of her actions at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday. Quebec Court Judge Pierre Labelle made the ruling after hearing a joint submission by the Crown and defence lawyer Vanessa Sadler who represented Kianna Mariah Sam, 34, of Lachine, in the case where she was facing six criminal charges. The judge also ordered that Sam re
  
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• Quebec Liberals call for suspension of constitution process until after election

  04-03-2026 22:24 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The new leader of the Quebec Liberals is urging other Quebec politicians to suspend the process to adopt a Quebec constitution until after the October election. In a letter sent to the other party leaders and the two Coalition Avenir Québec leadership candidates on Wednesday, Charles Milliard says Bill 1, the legislation creating a Quebec constitution, should be withdrawn so the process can start over on a non-partisan basis and include sweeping consultations “The pro
  
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• Gaping hole opens in Châteauguay bridge, triggers road closure

  04-03-2026 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sauvagine Bridge in Montreal’s South Shore was abruptly closed Wednesday after part of its deck collapsed, leaving a cavernous hole in the roadway. The structural failure along St-Bernard Rd. in Châteauguay prompted traffic to be halted in both directions, the city of Châteauguay said in a post on Facebook. Police are at the scene. A photograph captured by TVA shows a section of roadway broken open, exposing the steel reinforcement bars inside the structure and a deep cavit
  
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• Ssense reported over 200 layoffs last month to Quebec government

  04-03-2026 21:07 via montrealgazette.com
  As luxury online retailer Ssense battles for survival, the Montreal-based fashion company reported layoffs at their Chabanel St. and St-Laurent locations to the Quebec government last month, bringing the total number of layoffs to 215 since the company filed for bankruptcy protection in August. Ssense, once a giant in the fashion industry and valued at $5 billion in 2021, has struggled since the decline of the e-commerce boom following the COVID-19 pandemic. The company filed for bankruptcy prot
  
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• Double meurtre en deux secondes à Montréal: un complice crée une onde de choc en reniant ses propres aveux

  04-03-2026 20:45 via journaldequebec.com
  Un homme qui avait avoué son implication dans un double meurtre Montréal à l’été 2022 a juré que la police n’avait pas épinglé le bon tueur.
  
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• Pour Character.AI, l'IA ne doit pas reproduire les erreurs des réseaux sociaux

  04-03-2026 20:35 via journaldequebec.com
  Les entreprises d'intelligence artificielle doivent s'inspirer des réseaux sociaux pour protéger leurs utilisateurs, défend Character.AI.
  
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• «Je ne dors plus, je fais des cauchemars, mon fils fait des cauchemars» : l’abolition du PEQ laisse une famille dans l’angoisse

  04-03-2026 20:32 via journaldequebec.com
  L’abolition soudaine du PEQ a bouleversé les plans d’une famille bien établie dans la province, la plongeant dans l’incertitude.
  
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• Un Canadien sur 10 prend de l’Ozempic: un médicament utilisé pour les mauvaises raisons, selon un médecin

  04-03-2026 20:27 via journaldequebec.com
  Un Canadien sur 10 prend un médicament comme l'Ozempic mais pour les mauvaises raisons, selon un médecin.
  
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• Nintendo ressort trois jeux rétro pour Mario Day

  04-03-2026 20:24 via journaldequebec.com
  Trois classiques reviennent sur Nintendo Switch Online + Ensemble additionnel.
  
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• Un gros test pour Steven Butler dans un gala très relevé

  04-03-2026 20:13 via journaldequebec.com
  C’est toute une soirée de boxe qu’a concoctée le groupe Eye of the Tiger Management (EOTTM) ce jeudi, au Casino de Montréal.
  
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• Coupable d’avoir poignardé sa mère

  04-03-2026 20:10 via journaldequebec.com
  Jérémie Toth-Rioux a reconnu sa culpabilité à une accusation de voies de fait graves pour l’événement survenu en mars 2024
  
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• Ce boxeur revient après 17 mois d’arrêt

  04-03-2026 20:10 via journaldequebec.com
  Dix-sept mois, c’est long. Quand on est un boxeur de 36 ans, c’est une éternité. Pourtant, Steve Claggett a très bien géré son absence du ring.
  
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• South Shore man charged with manslaughter following weekend shooting

  04-03-2026 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  A South Shore resident has been charged with manslaughter in connection with a fatal shooting that took place in a residential building in the Ville Maria borough over the weekend. Massamba Fall, 19, of Brossard made his first court appearance before Quebec Court Judge Salvatore Mascia at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday afternoon. He was arrested Monday night following an investigation by the Montreal police into the death of 18-year-old Christopher Densky Damier. The Crown objected to Fall&rsqu
  
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• Le Québécois Sacha Boisvert fera le saut chez les pros ce printemps

  04-03-2026 20:06 via journaldequebec.com
  Il rejoindra Chicago dès la fin de sa saison dans la NCAA.
  
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• Patrimoine culinaire du Québec: le fromage en grains à poutine bientôt protégé?

  04-03-2026 20:03 via journaldequebec.com
  Le Conseil des industriels laitiers du Québec souhaite une indication géographique pour préserver l’authenticité du fromage à poutine québécois.
  
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