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• Fire in Hydro-Québec access shaft causes Ville-Marie power outages

  25-02-2026 02:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A fire in a Hydro-Québec access shaft Tuesday afternoon led to outages across Montreal’s Ville-Marie borough. At around 12:30 p.m., between 40 and 50 firefighters responded to smoke coming from the shaft, near the intersection of Ontario and d’Iberville Sts., according to Montreal fire department battalion chief Francis Fleury. Fleury said interventions involving Hydro-Québec infrastructure can be particularly challenging due to the electricity involved, which can pose
  
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• Why did everyone think Ghislaine Maxwell was in Quebec City?

  24-02-2026 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A video of a woman who closely resembles Ghislaine Maxwell, a convicted sex trafficker and co-conspirator of Jeffrey Epstein, walking freely along the streets of Quebec City has gone viral — except it isn’t her at all and the distortion was a joke, the creator admits. The 13-second clip, posted online last week, is from the perspective of an unidentified person with a cellphone approaching a woman in a winter coat who looks like Maxwell outside a store. He asks “Ghislaine? Do I
  
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• Community centre project breathes new life into former Mile End school

  24-02-2026 23:33 via montrealgazette.com
  There was excitement in the air Monday evening as approximately 60 representatives from various community organizations, co-ops and non-profits gathered in a small room in the former Luke Callaghan Memorial School at 5611 Clark St. They were attending the first of two information sessions (a second one was scheduled for Tuesday) by the Société de développement Angus for a new project to transform the iconic building into a four-storey community centre housing a wide variety
  
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• A PQ government could wait till end of Trump's term to hold referendum

  24-02-2026 23:32 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon repeated Tuesday that his party remains committed to holding an independence referendum within a first mandate in office should it win the general election in October. But saying he has listened to the fears of voters about his plan, St-Pierre Plamondon said the exact timing of the referendum within that mandate — which is four years — has to remain adjustable to reflect certain realities such as the continu
  
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• Cars should be allowed on new road to REM station, Pierrefonds mayor says

  24-02-2026 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The Martinez Ferrada administration hopes to revive a plan to build an urban boulevard on land reserved for a highway extension in the West Island. The story of this roadway dates back to a decades-long promise by province to link the West Island to Laval. The original plan called for the construction of a highway that would pass through Île Bizard, Pierrefonds and Kirkland in order to link Highway 440 in Laval to Highway 40 in the West Island. While plans for the link have long since been
  
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• Notorious killer whose crimes shocked Quebec bails out of parole hearing

  24-02-2026 20:48 via montrealgazette.com
  This report includes details that some readers might find disturbing. A man who took part in a murder that shocked the province of Quebec nearly three decades ago put an abrupt halt to his parole hearing on Tuesday when it became apparent he was nowhere close to obtaining a release. Marcel Blanchette, 78, is serving a life sentence for the sexual assault and murder of 22-year-old Sherbrooke resident Isabelle Bolduc in 1996. He was asking for day parole or to at least have access to unescorted le
  
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• Protesters demand changes after more kids struck by cars at Montreal West intersection

  24-02-2026 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Huddled at the corner of a busy Montreal West intersection, around 40 protesters demanded changes Tuesday to improve safety along an collision-prone road. Last week, two students at Royal West Academy, ages 12 and 13, were taken to a hospital with minor injuries after being struck by a car at the intersection of Westminster Ave. and Ainslie Rd. Police say the driver made a full stop at the stop sign before starting again and striking the children at a low speed. In 2024, a car hit a 14-year-old
  
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• N.D.G.'s Empress Theatre to be demolished, turned into an outdoor cultural space

  24-02-2026 18:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Notre-Dame-de-Grâce’s Empress Theatre will be demolished and turned into an open-air cultural space until a future project for the site is determined. The theatre’s iconic Egyptian Revival facade will be saved during the demolition and serve as a backdrop to the new outdoor space, which the borough intends to open by the fall of 2027. Côte-des-Neiges — Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough mayor Stephanie Valenzuela made the announcement Tuesday, acknowledgi
  
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• Tate McRae, Lorde and Twenty One Pilots to headline Osheaga 2026

  24-02-2026 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadian pop star Tate McRae, New Zealand artist Lorde and American rock duo Twenty One Pilots will headline the 2026 edition of Osheaga. The 19th edition of the three-day festival will be held from July 31 to Aug. 2 at Parc Jean-Drapeau on Île-Ste-Hélène. Festival organizers Evenko announced 87 artists who will be performing this year, including much-hyped rock acts Geese and Turnstile, rap legends Clipse and young hitmakers Sombr and Zara Larsson.OSHEAGA 2026 🌸
  
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• REM will run all night long during Montreal's Nuit Blanche festival

  24-02-2026 17:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The Réseau express métropolitain (REM) commuter train system will run all night long Feb. 28-March 1 to accommodate those who wish to participate in this year’s edition of Nuit Blanche, a collection of exhibits and events staged through the night in Montreal. REM authorities said the entire train network will be running from Brossard to Deux-Montagnes. A selection of fares will be available for people wishing to use the service during the overnight festival. The Societé
  
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• Recall issued for Kendamil baby formula sold at Costco

  24-02-2026 15:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canada Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall of Kendamil baby formula, sold at Costco and online, because of the possible presence of cereulide toxin, which causes food poisoning. In its announcement, the agency says two lots of one-kilogram containers of Kendamil infant formula labelled “with whole milk” may contain the heat-resistant toxin, which can quickly cause nausea and vomiting. Cereulide “is unlikely to be deactivated or destroyed by cooking or when preparing
  
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• Montreal weather: The wind chill is ‘just stay in bed’

  24-02-2026 13:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A mix of sun and cloud with a high of minus-9 C doesn’t sound that bad for a February day in Montreal. But that wind chill. Minus-20 C. That cuts right through. To add injury to insult, there’s a 40 per cent chance of flurries overnight, a precursor to snow on Wednesday. The overnight low will be minus-15 C with a wind chill of minus-23 C. Our complaints are petty when compared with those of people in the northeastern United States, who are digging out from under a record-breaking st
  
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• Quebecers stranded in violence-torn Mexico can get home, as flights resume Tuesday

  24-02-2026 12:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Flights from Canada to regions in Mexico that were the sites of violence since Sunday were scheduled to resume on Tuesday. Air Canada, Air Transat, Westjet and Porter have all announced they will resume flights to Puerto Vallarta airport, which has been the site of violent unrest from members of a drug cartel whose leader was killed by Mexican authorities on Sunday. Air Canada will also resume flights to Guadalajara on Wednesday, while WestJet will resume service to Guadalajara and Manzanillo ai
  
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• Tragedy on Quebec ski hill raises questions about chairlift safety and emergency plans

  24-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Safety on ski hills is top of mind as thousands of Quebecers prepare to hit the slopes for spring break just two weeks after a 13-year-old girl died after her hood got caught on a chairlift. The details of what exactly went wrong when the girl became entangled at Centre Vorlage in Wakefield on Feb. 11 are under investigation by local police in Quebec and the Ontario coroner. In the meantime, the tragedy has raised questions about lift safety and staffing and evacuation plans in the event of an e
  
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• Team Canada's Quebec Olympians return home from Milano Cortina Games with medals and memories

  24-02-2026 04:31 via montrealgazette.com
  With the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games wrapped up, Team Canada is making its way home. Several Quebec athletes flew to Montreal’s Trudeau airport Monday evening, receiving a warm welcome from family members with flowers and fans with “welcome home” posters.  Canada finished the Games with 21 medals, including nine bronze, seven silver and five gold. Many of the medals were won by Quebec athletes, including freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury, speedskaters Val&eacut
  
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• Quebec Olympians arrive at Trudeau airport wearing their medals and happy to be home

  24-02-2026 04:31 via montrealgazette.com
  With the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games wrapped up, Team Canada is making its way home. Several Quebec athletes flew to Montreal’s Trudeau airport Monday evening, receiving a warm welcome from family members with flowers and fans with “welcome home” posters.  Canada finished the Games with 21 medals, including nine bronze, seven silver and five gold. Many of the medals were won by Quebec athletes, including freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury, speedskaters Val&eacut
  
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• PQ wins Chicoutimi byelection as CAQ vote collapses

  24-02-2026 02:50 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Voters in the riding of Chicoutimi have returned to their old habit of voting for the Parti Québécois, giving the party its fourth byelection win in a row since 2023. After voting for the Coalition Avenir Québec in 2018 and 2022, voters in the riding Monday turned their back on the governing party despite its efforts to rebrand itself with a new leader to replace Premier François Legault. The win means the PQ now adds a seventh MNA to its ranks in the l
  
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• Cartel violence leaves thousands of Canadian tourists stuck in Mexico

  24-02-2026 01:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Thousands of Canadian tourists were still sheltering in place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Monday after violence and fires broke out in several regions Sunday following the killing of a drug lord known as “El Mencho.” Canadian airlines suspended flights in and out of Puerto Vallarta on Sunday and Monday after the killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, which apparently triggered reprisals from his cartel members across several states. The federal government issued warni
  
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• Cartel violence 'isn't targeting the population,' Quebecer living in Mexico says

  24-02-2026 01:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Update, Feb. 24, 2025: Flights to Mexico set to resume Tuesday. Thousands of Canadian tourists were still sheltering in place in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, on Monday after violence and fires broke out in several regions Sunday following the killing of a drug lord known as “El Mencho.” Canadian airlines suspended flights in and out of Puerto Vallarta on Sunday and Monday after the killing of Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, which apparently triggered reprisals from his cartel me
  
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• One of a kind: STM unveils unique tunnel-boring machine for métro's Blue Line

  23-02-2026 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The long-promised Blue Line métro extension will be built primarily by a tunnel-boring machine that is among the largest of its kind in the world. On Monday, the STM unveiled the machine, which arrived during the fall in more than 100 pieces and was assembled meticulously in the last months. Painted white with the métro system’s blue arrow surrounded by a circle, the machine was an impressive site, sitting about three storeys high and located about 20 metres below ground leve
  
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• Teen girl killed in St-Léonard parking space dispute shot by accident, accused says

  23-02-2026 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  One of the two men on trial for the murder of 15-year-old Meriem Boundaoui took to the witness stand on Monday to testify in his defence. Salim Touaibi, 30, told the 13-people on the jury in his case that he only opened fire on the car Boundaoui was seated in with the intention of scaring men who were standing outside it. “The reason for the shots, it was to create fear,” Touaibi said. “How many shots did you fire,” defence lawyer Marc Labelle asked. “I don’t
  
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• One of the men accused of the murder of Meriem Boundaoui to testify

  23-02-2026 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  One of the two men on trial for the murder of 15-year-old Meriem Boundaoui will testify in his defence. Last week, the prosecution declared that its evidence was done in the lengthy first-degree murder trial at the Montreal courthouse. On Monday, Superior Court Justice Yvan Poulin informed the 13 people on the jury that there will be a defence. Marc Labelle, the attorney representing Salim Touaibi, 29, then informed the jury that his client will testify in his defence. Touaibi as is Aymane Bouad
  
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• Seniors' residence evacuated after fire ravages historic church in Sud-Ouest borough

  23-02-2026 13:21 via montrealgazette.com
  With demand in the neighbourhood surging, two weeks ago, a food bank serving families in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough finally purchased two commercial freezers to increase its storage space. On Monday morning, La Main Qui Partage director Roger Mpemudjir Kilanga arrived at the otherwise vacant Catholic church the food bank operates out of to find the building had been ravaged by flames. “We lost everything,” Mpemudjir Kilanga said as he tried to come to terms with what happened
  
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• Food bank 'lost everything' after five-alarm fire rips through church in Sud-Ouest borough

  23-02-2026 13:21 via montrealgazette.com
  With demand in the neighbourhood surging, two weeks ago, a food bank serving families in Montreal’s Sud-Ouest borough finally purchased two commercial freezers to increase its storage space. On Monday morning, La Main Qui Partage director Roger Mpemudjir Kilanga arrived at the otherwise vacant Catholic church the food bank operates out of to find the building had been ravaged by flames. “We lost everything,” Mpemudjir Kilanga said as he tried to come to terms with what happened
  
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• Five-alarm fire forces evacuation of seniors' residence in Sud-Ouest borough

  23-02-2026 13:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A five-alarm fire tore through a vacant church and neighbouring seniors’ home in the city’s Sud-Ouest borough early Monday.Feu de bâtiment - Intersection rue de l'Église / rue Laurendeau - Cinquième alarme - Coupure de courant possible. Merci d'éviter le secteur. pic.twitter.com/u6Gwz503SY— Sécurité incendieMTL (@MTL_SIM) February 23, 2026The fire broke out at about 1:40 a.m. in the vacant St. Paul’s Catholic Church on De l’E
  
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• Man found unconscious in Ville-Marie borough

  23-02-2026 13:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are trying to untangle the circumstances that led to a man’s being found unconscious at an intersection in the borough of Ville-Marie. Montreal police said they received a call reporting the incident at about 12:25 a.m. Monday. Officers arriving at the scene, Ste-Catherine St. near Clark St., found the man, whose age has yet to be established, already being treated by ambulance technicians. He was taken to hospital in critical condition. An initial investigation indicates a
  
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• Ample fresh food is more than a 10-minute walk away for almost 20 per cent of Montrealers

  23-02-2026 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Nearly 20 per cent of Montrealers lack access to adequate fresh food sources like grocery stores or produce markets within a 10-minute walk from their home or place of work, and half lack access to more than two such stores, Concordia University researchers have found. For Montrealers who are elderly or who have mobility challenges, accessing fresh and affordable food can be particularly difficult and time-consuming. The study looked at how walking, cycling and public transit shape access to fre
  
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• Quebecers routinely switch languages with family and friends, survey finds

  23-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  At home and with friends, multilingualism is woven into daily life for Quebecers, a major survey shows. Four in 10 reported using two or more languages at home and with friends. “That’s one of the striking results of the survey,” said Christine Routhier, an expert in linguistic demography at the Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ). “It’s quite significant to think that 40 per cent of Quebecers use more than one language to interact with their close con
  
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• With no end in sight to Russia's invasion after four grim years, Ukrainians plant roots in Montreal

  23-02-2026 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The last morning Victoria Nosenko was in her homeland of Ukraine, she woke up to the sound of air sirens at 5 a.m. on the day Russia launched a full-scale attack. “We understood that it was war,” she said. She frantically packed up belongings before hauling her two young sons and mother by car to her sister’s home in Slovakia. It took 24 hours to drive from Kyiv to Bratislava, with planes flying overhead. “It was really bombing everywhere,” Nosenko said of the diffi
  
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• With no end in sight to Russia's invasion after four grim years, Ukrainians lay roots in Montreal

  23-02-2026 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The last morning Victoria Nosenko was in her homeland of Ukraine, she woke up to the sound of air sirens at 5 a.m. on the day Russia launched a full-scale attack. “We understood that it was war,” she said. She frantically packed up belongings before hauling her two young sons and mother by car to her sister’s home in Slovakia. It took 24 hours to drive from Kyiv to Bratislava, with planes flying overhead. “It was really bombing everywhere,” Nosenko said of the diffi
  
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• Quebecers in Puerto Vallarta advised to shelter in place as violence erupts

  23-02-2026 02:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Christopher Skeete, Quebec’s minister of international relations, has expressed concern about escalating violence in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, and the Canadian government has noted that a shelter-in-place order is in effect in the region. In a post on X on Sunday, Skeete said the Quebec government is monitoring the situation closely after cartel leader Nemesio Rubén Oseguera Cervantes, known as El Mencho, was killed by security forces. He advised Quebecers in Puerto Vallarta to shelt
  
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• 'They were robbed': Montreal hockey fans heartbroken after second Olympic gold medal loss

  22-02-2026 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Hockey fans were once again left heartbroken Sunday as Canada’s Olympic men’s team lost the gold medal to the United States. The fans packed into Bruno Sport Bar in Montreal’s Little Italy largely fell silent when U.S. player Jack Hughes scored the winning goal in three-on-three overtime. Canada’s loss mirrored Thursday’s defeat for the women’s team, when the U.S. also took the gold medal game 2-1 in overtime. Canada’s men “played really well, but
  
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• Fréchette says Quebecers deserve more than the sovereignty-vs.-federalism debate

  22-02-2026 20:20 via montrealgazette.com
  BOUCHERVILLE — Coalition Avenir Québec leadership candidate Christine Fréchette says Quebecers deserve better than old political parties that want to drag Quebec back into the divisive sovereignty-versus-federalism debate. And Fréchette has made the first promise of her campaign, pledging to refund first-time homebuyers the welcome tax they are required to pay should she become party leader and premier. In her first major speech to CAQ members to outline her vision at
  
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• Montreal weather: Cloudy with a chance of flurries

  22-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada is forecasting mainly cloudy skies on Sunday with a 40 per cent chance of flurries in the morning and early in the afternoon. The expected high is minus 1 and a northeast wind at 20 km/h will bring wind chills of minus 14 in the morning and minus 7 in the afternoon. The UV index will be 2, or low. It will remain cloudy overnight with a low of minus 6.
  
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• Libman: Let's make it less easy to spend other people's money

  22-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  “Nobody spends somebody else’s money as wisely as he spends his own.” That’s from Nobel Prize-winning economist Milton Friedman, who suggested that for those who do not bear the direct cost of their spending, waste is inevitable. The release of the Gallant Commission report this week on the SAAQclic fiasco — the disastrous rollout of the online portal for Quebec’s auto insurance board, with its $500-million in cost overruns — shines light on the essence
  
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• Fitness: Olympic success is a lifetime in the making

  22-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’ve spent the last three weeks glued to your TV watching the world’s best athletes excel on the ice and snow, you’ve probably also watched the many vignettes produced by CBC of Canadian athletes recounting their road to the Olympics. No one’s path to success in sport is exactly the same, but there are similarities in the progression from a child’s first competition to the day they make the Olympic team. Talent, fitness, opportunity, parental support and a high
  
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• A Winter Olympic first: Two Quebecers named as Canada's flag-bearers for closing ceremony

  22-02-2026 04:57 via montrealgazette.com
  For the first time in winter Olympic history both of Canada’s flag-bearers at the closing ceremony will be from Quebec. Speedskater Valérie Maltais and short track speedskater Steven Dubois will have the honour of carrying the maple leaf into the historic Verona Arena on Sunday. Traditionally, Canada has appointed a single bearer, the trend of selecting a duo (often from the same sport or shared event) has occurred at several recent winter games but the 2026 Milano Cortina games mar
  
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• Four years later, Ukrainians in Montreal 'dream' war will end

  22-02-2026 00:39 via montrealgazette.com
  When a Ukrainian refugee fled to Montreal in 2022, she had to leave behind her son, who enlisted as a soldier to fight against the Russian invasion. Her now 30-year-old son has been missing since May of last year, presumably taken prisoner. The latest she’s heard is he’s apparently alive, but doesn’t know any details. She says other groups of Ukrainian prisoners have been released alive after years in captivity, and hopes for the same outcome for her son. “For everyone to
  
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• Four years later, Ukrainians in Montreal dream the war will end

  22-02-2026 00:39 via montrealgazette.com
  When a Ukrainian refugee fled to Montreal in 2022, she had to leave behind her son, who enlisted as a soldier to fight against the Russian invasion. Her now 30-year-old son has been missing since May of last year, presumably taken prisoner. The latest she’s heard is he’s apparently alive, but doesn’t know any details. She says other groups of Ukrainian prisoners have been released alive after years in captivity, and hopes for the same outcome for her son. “For everyone to
  
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• Photos: Montreal police take annual polar plunge

  21-02-2026 23:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police held their 18th annual SPVM polar plunge in Montreal on Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026, with Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada joining in to leap into the icy St. Lawrence River.
  
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• Opinion: As U.S. loses lustre among Gen Z, Canada must pounce

  21-02-2026 12:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The U.S. is declining, and future Gen Z leaders clearly see it. How do I know? Over the past year, I’ve had a front-row seat as a Schwarzman Scholar. At Tsinghua University in Beijing, I recently completed a master’s degree alongside the leaders of tomorrow, many of them the children of prominent academics, business leaders and government officials, mostly from the U.S. and China. These bright young minds include multimillion-dollar startup founders, emerging public servants and tale
  
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• Quebec constitution a ' middle finger' to the rest of Canada | The Corner Booth

  21-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This week, Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette said anglophones are “invaluable”, helped build the province and are full-fledged Quebecers, amid tensions over language and constitutional issues. But Robert Libman, former MNA and longtime fighter for anglophone rights, and TALQ director general Sylvia Martin-Laforge aren’t buying it. They joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth at the Snowdon Deli to talk about how Jolin-Bar
  
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• Montreal weather: Daylight sunshine, but some light snow overnight

  21-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada is forecasting clearing skies on Saturday with a high of minus 5. A northeast wind will blow at 20 km/h, gusting to 40, with wind chills of minus 18 in the morning and minus 12 in the afternoon. The UV index will be 2, or low. There will be a few clouds in the evening with increasing cloudiness near midnight, then periods of light snow. The low is expected to be minus 8 with a wind chill near minus 15.
  
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• ‘Renoviction disguised as an evacuation’: It's been a month since N.D.G. tenants were locked out of unsafe building

  21-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  One month after an emergency evacuation because of structural issues, residents of an apartment building on Old Orchard Ave. in N.D.G. are still in the dark about when they can return home, saying the city’s claims of support do not match their lived experience. Dozens of tenants were forced to leave their homes with less than one day’s notice after city officials ordered a preventive evacuation over safety issues in the building in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbou
  
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• ‘Renoviction disguised as an evacuation’: It's been a month since N.D.G. tenants locked out of unsafe building

  21-02-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  One month after an emergency evacuation because of structural issues, residents of an apartment building on Old Orchard Ave. in N.D.G. are still in the dark about when they can return home, saying the city’s claims of support do not match their lived experience. Dozens of tenants were forced to leave their homes with less than one day’s notice after city officials ordered a preventive evacuation over safety issues in the building in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbou
  
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• Fake PEZ candies tainted with deadly drug now circulating in Montreal

  21-02-2026 01:14 via montrealgazette.com
  For the second time in a month, Montreal public-health authorities have issued an advisory to children, teens, young adults and parents about a fake party treat going around that’s laced with a drug banned in Canada that has been responsible for deadly overdoses. “The Montreal regional public-health department is concerned about the circulation on the illicit market of pink rectangular tablets marked ‘PEZ’ containing etizolam, a benzodiazepine,” the agency declared
  
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• PQ MNA blasts Olympic officials for forbidding Marie-Philip Poulin from speaking French

  21-02-2026 00:48 via montrealgazette.com
  After Team Canada lost the gold-medal women’s hockey game against its U.S. rival at the Milano Cortina Olympics on Thursday, the French-Canadian team captain was allegedly dealt another blow. Quebec’s Marie-Philip Poulin was “forbidden” by Olympic officials from speaking French during the press conference after the game, according to Luc Gélinas, who was reporting from Milan on a radio show with Kevin Vallée on CIHO 96.3 FM in Charlevoix, and Journal de Mont
  
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• Former street gang member's life is still in danger following 2013 murder of Mob boss's friend, police warn

  20-02-2026 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
  A former street gang member who played a role in the 2013 death of a close friend of notorious Mob boss Raynald Desjardins told the parole board on Friday he still gets warnings from police his life might be in danger. Stanley Minuty, 42, conceded he received such a warning as recently as last year while out on a release on the nearly 10-year sentence he received in 2017 for taking part in the plot to kill Gaétan Gosselin, a close friend and business associate of Desjardins, who is a long
  
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• Photos: Canadiens practise outdoors

  20-02-2026 21:44 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens held an outdoor practice on on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026, at the Bleu Blanc Bouge Rink at Confederation Park in N.D.G. that was build through the Canadiens’ Children’s Foundation.
  
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• STM again closes Stanley St. entrance to Peel métro, hurting local businesses

  20-02-2026 20:47 via montrealgazette.com
  One week after reopening the Stanley St. entrance at the Peel métro station, the STM has closed it again for further construction. The métro entrance has been closed for about one year, according to the STM, which nearby business owners say has tanked sales on the Stanley St. block, especially when combined with the continuing construction on Ste-Catherine St. “A lot of tourists use the métro, and if they go out, they don’t go from this place,” Lea Cope, wh
  
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