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• Laval trial: Psychiatrist disputes drug claim of man who killed two of his children

  10-03-2026 16:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The prosecution in the murder trial of Kamaljit Arora called in a forensic psychiatrist as a witness Tuesday to counter the accused’s claim that he took a powerful form of fentanyl a few hours before he killed his two children. Arora, 49, is on trial at the Laval courthouse where he is charged with the first-degree murders of his 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter. He is also charged with planning the attempted murder of his eldest daughter, Jasmine, and with assaulting his wife, Ram
  
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• More parking meters coming to Sherbrooke St. in N.D.G. by this summer

  10-03-2026 16:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Parking will no longer be free along a stretch of Sherbrooke St. in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. In a split vote, the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough council approved late Monday evening a plan to install parking meters on Sherbrooke between Grand Blvd. and the borough’s boundary with Westmount, as well as on portions of the streets that intersect with the span of Sherbrooke. Parking along the artery is already paid between Hampton and Wilson Aves., but is other
  
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• Péladeau fails in attempt to take control of Air Transat

  10-03-2026 15:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The board of directors of Air Transat’s parent company has staved off an attempt by Quebec media mogul Pierre Karl Péladeau to replace half the company’s board with candidates he nominated, including himself. The board had argued that its turnaround plan for the vacation carrier was working and that Péladeau, Transat A.T.’s second-largest shareholder, was attempting to take control of the company despite holding less than 10 per cent of its shares. It pointed to i
  
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• Labos: Cholesterol in kids. If you don’t look for it, you won’t find it

  10-03-2026 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadian Paediatric Society has issued a new position statement about the screening, diagnosis and management of cholesterol in children. Although the document covered many aspects of lipidology care, the main takeaway was a call for universal cholesterol screening for all kids between the ages of two and 10. You might be tempted to scoff at such a recommendation, since cholesterol is often seen as a problem of old age. The slow steady buildup of fat in our blood and plaque in our arteries i
  
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• 6-year-old girl struck by car in Anjou

  10-03-2026 11:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A 6-year-old girl is expected to survive the serious injuries she sustained after she was struck by a car in Anjou Monday afternoon. The incident occurred around 5:40 p.m. at the intersection of Châteauneuf Blvd. and Guy Ave. The girl suffered injuries to her lower body and was conscious when taken to hospital. Montreal police said the 40-year-old driver was questioned and investigators had determined the incident was accidental and contained no indication of any criminal element.  
  
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• Oil and gas prices are spiking. Here's why that could spill over to Quebec grocery stores

  10-03-2026 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As war in the Middle East pushes the price of gas up at the pump, consumers could also soon be paying more at the grocery store, as increased shipping costs affect the price of food. But for Quebec farmers, who often don’t set the prices they charge for what they grow, the increase will mean higher costs at a time when the price of other inputs is already rising. If the price of oil remains elevated, the increased cost of transportation will be passed on to consumers. Relatively low-cost p
  
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• Police investigating after woman's body found in St. Lawrence River

  10-03-2026 00:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are investigating after the body of a 36-year-old woman was found in the St. Lawrence River on Monday afternoon, in the Lachine borough. Police received a call shortly before 2 p.m. about a body in the water near 44th Ave. and St-Joseph Blvd., said police spokesperson Ann-Sophie Simard. When police arrived at the scene, the Montreal fire department was already attempting to rescue the victim. She was pronounced dead at the scene. The cause of death is still unknown, according to
  
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• Laval transit agency says shortage of parts will affect bus service

  09-03-2026 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval’s transit agency is asking commuters to double-check their bus trips starting Tuesday because an “exceptional situation due to difficulties in its internal parts-supply chain and equipment management” means it does not have access to enough buses to offer full service. The difficult winter weather — which includes a potential ice storm coming Wednesday — has only added to the problem. “Trip cancellations are expected starting Tuesday,” the Soci&eac
  
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• Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge closed overnights this week

  09-03-2026 21:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge connecting Montreal Island with Vaudreuil-Dorion will be closed between midnight and 5 a.m. for three nights this week for lane painting and preparatory work for the installation of supports underneath the bridge, weather permitting. That section of Highway 40 will be closed on the following nights: 11:59 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday (eastbound and westbound) 11:59 p.m. Tuesday to 5 a.m. Wednesday (eastbound only) 11:59 p.m. Wednesday to 5 a.m. Thursday (eastbou
  
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• Good news for motorists: Crumbling Ellerdale Rd. in Hampstead to be entirely repaved

  09-03-2026 21:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The town of Hampstead has clearly lost the battle against deteriorating asphalt on Ellerdale Rd. As a team of blue-collar workers arrived Monday afternoon for their weekly patch job — with an asphalt truck, shovels and a steamroller — whole chunks of roadway had crumbled away at the intersection with Finchley Rd., and metal netting underneath the asphalt was exposed. However, the nightmare scenario could soon be over. The city is expected to award a paving contract to Roxboro Excavat
  
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• Bombardier jet, Mirabel drone innovation hub part of nearly $1 billion in defence contracts

  09-03-2026 21:10 via montrealgazette.com
  The National Research Council of Canada is investing $500 million in aerospace technologies that will include a Bombardier Global 6500 defence research jet and creating a drone innovation hub to be located in the Mirabel area and Ottawa. The contracts, announced Monday in Ottawa, are part of Canada’s recently announced “defence industrial strategy” that is focusing on moving the majority of the country’s defence spending and production to firms based in Canada. The Montre
  
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• CRA tells Laval to pay $1M to former mayor for taxes on money he stole and later returned

  09-03-2026 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Laval may be required to pay $1 million to former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt so he can pay taxes on money he collected through a municipal corruption scheme. Mayor Stéphane Boyer is urging the federal government to exercise judgment in the matter, however, describing it as an “exceptional situation.” “The people of Laval have already paid a heavy price for this fraud,” Boyer wrote in a statement to The Gazette on Monday. “It would be unacceptable f
  
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• CRA tells Laval to pay $1 million to former mayor for taxes on money he stole and later returned

  09-03-2026 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Laval may be required to pay $1 million to former mayor Gilles Vaillancourt so he can pay taxes on money he collected through a municipal corruption scheme. Mayor Stéphane Boyer is urging the federal government to exercise judgment in the matter, however, describing it as an “exceptional situation.” “The people of Laval have already paid a heavy price for this fraud,” Boyer wrote in a statement to The Gazette on Monday. “It would be unacceptable f
  
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• Photos: The Bay's iconic sign dismantled in downtown Montreal

  09-03-2026 18:57 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s the end of an era in downtown Montreal. The iconic sign of the now-defunct Hudson Bay Company’s flagship store on Ste-Catherine St. was brought down Monday. Workers could be seen at the landmark at Phillips Square — renamed The Bay in 1972 — taking down the grand yellow letters.RelatedSifting through the stock of The Bay on its final days
  Shoppers reminisce about the iconic downtown Bay store in Montreal
  
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• Montrealer chooses to stay in Lebanon as war rages around her

  09-03-2026 18:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Even as violence tears through the country, Cynthia Kozah feels she can’t abandon Lebanon. Born to Lebanese immigrants in Montreal, where she spent most of her youth, Kozah moved to Lebanon in 2008. She works in the TV and music industries. Lebanon has not been spared as regional war has broken out in the Middle East. Following the start of the U.S.-Israeli war on Iran on Feb. 28, Israel launched attacks on Iran-aligned Hezbollah militants, dropping bombs on Lebanon and sending ground troo
  
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• Orange Line resumes service after smoke near Rosemont métro causes shutdown

  09-03-2026 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Service on the STM’s Orange Line was interrupted for about an hour Monday between Berri-UQAM and Henri-Bourassa métro stations after smoke was found on the tracks near Rosemont station. The line went down around 12:30 p.m. and the rest of the line re-entered service around 12:45 p.m. STM wrote on X that service was expected to resume on the affected portion at 1:45 p.m., but then at 1:36 p.m. announced normal service on the line. Montreal fire department spokesperson William Murray
  
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• Quebec man sentenced to life with no parole for 14 years in toddler's daycare death

  09-03-2026 15:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A former daycare worker who killed an 18-month-old boy under his care will have to serve at least 14 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole on his life sentence. During a decision delivered at the Joliette courthouse, Quebec Court Justice Marc-André Blanchard characterized the crime that Tomy Carranza Ladry, now 36, of Notre-Dame-des-Lourdes carried out on Dec. 4, 2023, at a daycare in L’Assomption, as “odious” before he set his period of parole ineligibility
  
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• Westmount Public Library temporarily closed due to bedbugs

  09-03-2026 14:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Westmount Public Library has been temporarily closed after inspections revealed evidence of bedbugs, the library announced Sunday. Inspections initially revealed the issue in the adult computer section. Follow-up inspections revealed other areas of the library were also affected, leading the city to order the temporary closure of the facility in order to treat it. Victoria Hall and the Heritage Greenhouses are not affected and remain open to the public. Those with borrowed items are asked to kee
  
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• Félix Auger-Aliassime shows he’s still Montreal’s tennis king in win over Gabriel Diallo

  09-03-2026 12:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Only 24 hours before the all-Montreal clash at Indian Wells, Gabriel Diallo had played one of the matches of his life. The 24-year-old pushed through nearly three hours to beat Andrey Rublev and secure his place in the tournament’s third round. Next up was a familiar face. Diallo and Félix Auger-Aliassime grew up playing each other in Montreal and across Quebec as part of the same generation of Canadian tennis players. They are separated by just a year: Diallo is 24, Auger-Aliassime
  
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• Plan for paid parking on Sherbrooke St. doesn't add up, N.D.G. councillor says

  09-03-2026 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A proposal to install parking meters across a stretch of Sherbrooke St. in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce has left some in the area scratching their heads. The Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough council is set to vote Monday evening on the motion, which would add paid parking on Sherbrooke between Grand Blvd. and the borough’s boundary with Westmount. Parking in the area is already paid between Hampton and Wilson Aves., but is otherwise free. City councillor Peter McQ
  
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• Weather warning: A 'potentially critical freezing rain situation' headed to southern Quebec Wednesday

  09-03-2026 11:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada has issued an orange-level alert for freezing rain on Wednesday. If all goes according to the science, it could be a doozy. “A potentially critical freezing rain situation is forecast,” the federal meteorological agency warns. Up to 30 millimetres of freezing rain could fall over 24 hours from Wednesday to Thursday, potentially paralyzing some services. To make matters worse, a cold snap over the following days could “complicate and delay the full restoration
  
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• Montreal weather: A 'potentially critical freezing rain situation' headed to southern Quebec

  09-03-2026 11:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada got ahead of the game by issuing a special weather statement Sunday for freezing rain on Wednesday. If all goes according to the science, it could be a doozy. “A potentially critical freezing rain situation is forecast,” the federal meteorological agency warns in its statement. Up to 30 millimetres of freezing rain could fall over 24 hours from Wednesday to Thursday, potentially paralyzing some services. To make matters worse, a cold snap over the following days co
  
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• Did immigrants choose English — or were they pushed out of Quebec's French schools?

  09-03-2026 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Documentary filmmaker Guy Rex Rodgers is trying to solve a long-debated mystery: Why did the number of Catholic immigrants attending French Catholic schools in Quebec fall sharply between the 1940s and 1970s? He stumbled upon the question while presenting a film about immigration to Quebec, for audiences of anglophones, immigrants and their children in dozens of communities. “The question is: Did they choose that or was that choice imposed upon them, or was it a mix of both?” Rodgers
  
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• Photos: International Women's Day march in downtown Montreal

  08-03-2026 22:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A large crowd of demonstrators marched in downtown Montreal Sunday to mark International Women’s Day. The event was organized by Femmes de diverses origines, which describes itself as a “grassroots, anti-imperialist network.”
  
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• Update: Passenger dies after SUV collides with bus in Montreal North

  08-03-2026 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  A 25-year-old woman has died after the sport utility vehicle in which she was a front-seat passenger crashed into a stationary STM bus in the borough of Montreal North on Saturday afternoon. Montreal police announced the woman’s death late Monday and said their investigation into the incident was continuing. The driver of the SUV, a 29-year-old man, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The 57-year-old driver of the bus was uninjured, as were the passengers on the bus. Several 911 c
  
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• SUV collides with bus in Montreal North, leaving woman in critical condition

  08-03-2026 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  A 25-year-old woman was fighting for her life on Sunday after the sport utility vehicle in which she was a front-seat passenger crashed into a stationary STM bus in the borough of Montreal North. The incident occurred late Saturday afternoon. The woman was critically injured. The driver of the SUV, a 29-year-old male, was taken to a hospital with minor injuries. The 57-year-old driver of the bus was uninjured, as were the passengers on the bus. Several 911 calls were made about the collision, wh
  
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• Terrebonne byelection to be held April 13, featuring rematch between Liberal and Bloc candidates

  08-03-2026 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  A byelection will be held on Monday, April 13 in the federal Quebec riding of Terrebonne, Prime Minister Mark Carney has announced. The announcement of the Terrebonne byelection as well as two in Toronto, in the ridings of University-Rosedale and Scarborough Southwest, was made Sunday by the Prime Minister’s Office. The Terrebonne byelection will see a rematch between Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste and the Bloc Québécois’s Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné. The Quebe
  
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• Update: Man dies after being found unconscious in Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

  08-03-2026 15:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A 25-year-old man who was discovered overnight Saturday to Sunday in the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough with “signs of violence” on his body has died. The death is considered suspicious and is being investigated, said Montreal police spokesperson Johany Charland. At about 4:45 a.m. Sunday, a pedestrian saw the man lying on the ground in a lane near the southwest intersection of Fafard St. and Ste-Catherine St. E. and alerted a passing patrol car to his presence. Officers
  
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• Man found unconscious with 'signs of violence' in Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

  08-03-2026 15:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A 25-year-old man is in critical condition Sunday after he was discovered unconscious with “signs of violence” in Montreal’s Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough, police say. A 911 caller alerted police to the man’s condition at around 4:45 a.m., spokesperson Johany Charland said. “Officers then noticed some signs of violence on the victim’s upper body,” she said. He was taken to a hospital in critical condition “for reasons that remain to b
  
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• Man dies after being found unconscious in Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

  08-03-2026 15:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A 25-year-old man who was discovered overnight Saturday to Sunday in the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough with “signs of violence” on his body has died. The death is considered suspicious and is being investigated, said Montreal police spokesperson Johany Charland. At about 4:45 a.m. Sunday, a pedestrian saw the man lying on the ground in a lane near the southwest intersection of Fafard St. and Ste-Catherine St. E. and alerted a passing patrol car to his presence. Officers
  
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• Lincoln: Quebec adds more grist to the ridicule mill

  08-03-2026 11:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The terrible war of untold death and destruction waged by Russia against the remarkable people of Ukraine is entering its fifth year. Meanwhile, the Middle East, which was undergoing a respite from another devastating war in Gaza, is now aflame once again — this time in a far larger conflict, the unpredictable impacts of which raise the most critical questions. How far will the hostilities spread, and how far-reaching will be the consequences for the world at large? Within a mere few days
  
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• Quebec distillers cheer ready-to-drink beverage reform. The economics remain unsettled

  08-03-2026 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Ready-to-drink beverages may soon join wine and beer on Quebec grocery shelves, marking an opening in one of North America’s most tightly controlled alcohol markets. And so far, the province’s drinks industry has broadly welcomed the reform, but many producers say questions linger as more details are needed to make sense of it. The proposed shift comes from an amendment introduced in February as part of Bill 11 on regulatory relief. Set to be adopted this spring, the change would all
  
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• Fitness: Want to boost your daily step count? Consider location, location, location

  08-03-2026 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The idea your postal code can affect your activity level isn’t new. The movement toward creating more walkable cities is based on the opinion the more convenient it is to walk to local schools, stores, libraries, banks, parks and recreation facilities, the more likely it is people will leave their cars at home. But the data supporting the concept of walkability hasn’t been very successful in determining between whether urban design outweighs personal motivation when it comes to choos
  
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• Activists urge mayor to declare Montreal a sanctuary city

  07-03-2026 22:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Dozens of Montrealers gathered Saturday to call on Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada to make the city a sanctuary for people living in Canada without permanent immigration status. The rally, organized by advocacy groups, including Solidarity Across Borders, Women of Diverse Origins and the Defund the Police coalition, brought protesters to the steps of Montreal’s City Hall — many carrying posters in support of undocumented migrants. “Making Montreal a sanctuary city means allowing
  
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• See how fast prices are rising: Some gas stations in Montreal hit $1.70 per litre

  07-03-2026 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The price of gasoline in Montreal jumped to an average of 168.5 cents per litre on Saturday, according to data from price tracker GasBuddy, marking the highest level since the summer of 2024. That’s 20 cents higher than last week’s average of $1.48 per litre, or about a 13 per cent hike. Some stations in the city have already surged above $1.70 per litre, according to user-reported data from the crowd-sourced monitoring site Essence Montréal. One station topped $1.75. Turmoil
  
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• See how fast gas prices are rising in Montreal — some stations hit $1.70 per litre

  07-03-2026 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The price of gasoline in Montreal jumped to an average of 168.5 cents per litre on Saturday, according to data from price tracker GasBuddy, marking the highest level since the summer of 2024. That’s 20 cents higher than last week’s average of $1.48 per litre, or about a 13 per cent hike. Some stations in the city have already surged above $1.70 per litre, according to user-reported data from the crowd-sourced monitoring site Essence Montréal. One station topped $1.75. Turmoil
  
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• Oil tops US$100 a barrel — see how fast gas prices are rising in Montreal

  07-03-2026 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Oil prices surged above US$100 a barrel on Sunday, the first time since 2022, as the war in the Middle East takes a toll on energy supplies. The price of gasoline in Montreal jumped Sunday to an average of over $1.70 per litre, according to data from price tracker GasBuddy, marking the highest level since the summer of 2024. That’s 22 cents higher than last week’s average of $1.48 per litre, or about a 15 per cent hike. Some stations in the city have already surged above $1.75 per li
  
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• Montreal gas prices soar over the weekend as oil tops US$100 a barrel

  07-03-2026 19:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Oil prices surged above US$100 a barrel on Sunday, the first time since 2022, as the war in the Middle East takes a toll on energy supplies. The price of gasoline in the Montreal area jumped Monday morning to an average of more than $1.71 per litre, according to data from price tracker GasBuddy, marking the highest level since the summer of 2024. That’s 23 cents higher than last week’s average of $1.48 per litre, or about a 16-per-cent hike. Some stations in the city have s
  
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• Young cadet dies after school bus overturns in Chaudière-Appalaches

  07-03-2026 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Public figures including Prime Minister Mark Carney, Chief of the Defence Staff Gen. Jennie Carignan and Quebec Lt.-Gov. Manon Jeannotte were among those who expressed their condolences in the wake of a school bus rollover on Saturday morning in the community of Ste-Rose-de-Watford that took the life of a cadet and seriously injured several others. According to the Sûreté du Québec, there were 22 cadets from Ste-Marie, all minors, and a driver aboard a bus en route to a shoot
  
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• Update: Teen dies after school bus overturns in ditch in Ste-Rose-de-Watford

  07-03-2026 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  A teenager who was critically injured after a school bus overturned in a ditch in Ste-Rose-de-Watford on Saturday morning has died, provincial police say. The Sûreté du Québec were called around 8:30 a.m. to Route de la Grande-Ligne Nord after reports a bus had veered off the road, the SQ said. When officers arrived, they found the bus overturned. It was initially reported one person had suffered life-threatening injuries, while 15 others on board sustained minor injuries. Ea
  
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• School bus overturns in rural Quebec, leaving one person in critical condition

  07-03-2026 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  A school bus overturned in a ditch in Ste-Rose-de-Watford on Saturday morning, leaving one person in critical condition and 19 others injured, provincial police said. The Sûreté du Québec were called around 8:30 a.m. to Route de la Grande-Ligne Nord after reports a bus had veered off the road, the SQ said. When officers arrived, they found the bus overturned. One person suffered life-threatening injuries, according to a preliminary report from the Sûreté du Qu&ea
  
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• A 27-year-old man is found seriously injured near Trudeau airport

  07-03-2026 18:11 via montrealgazette.com
  A 27-year-old man was found unconscious near Montréal–Trudeau International Airport on Saturday morning, Montreal police said, and was taken to hospital in critical condition. First responders called police at around 6:50 a.m. to Montréal–Toronto Blvd., near the Dorval Circle, said Johany Charland, a spokesperson for the Montreal police. Officers discovered a man lying on the ground with injuries to his upper body, Charland said, adding the circumstances surrounding the
  
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• Quebec leaders consider charter override after Supreme Court expands refugee daycare access

  07-03-2026 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  There is already talk among Quebec’s political class — across the political spectrum — of invoking the notwithstanding clause after Canada’s top court struck down a law that barred people seeking refuge from Quebec’s daycare system. The Supreme Court of Canada ruled on Friday the province’s policy — which excluded asylum seekers from the province’s subsidized daycare network — discriminated against women. The decision means people seeking ref
  
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• Libman: Say Bonjour-Hi to more scapegoating, divisiveness and waste

  07-03-2026 12:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Undercover observers. Secret shoppers. This week, The Gazette’s Andy Riga outed the latest covert operation by the Office québécois de la langue française to dispatch investigators into thousands of private stores and businesses over the next few months to spy on and record what languages retail workers use to greet and serve customers. Targeting primarily the Montreal region and areas with large anglophone and immigrant populations, an OQLF spokesperson explained that
  
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• Montreal weather: Rainy, breezy and balmy

  07-03-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada is forecasting periods of rain on Saturday, about 5 to 10 mm, with a high of 11. There will be a southeast wind at 20 km/h, gusting to 40, becoming southwest at 20, gusting to 40 near noon. Periods of rain overnight, about 10 mm, with a southwest wind at 30 km/h, gusting to 50, and a low of plus 3.
  
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• Aislin gave René Lévesque a Valium | The Corner Booth

  07-03-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Olympics are turning 50 this year. And to mark the anniversary, The Gazette’s own Terry Mosher, a.k.a. Aislin, has returned with a new book titled Jean Drapeau’s Baby, a visual memoir of the Montreal Olympic Games, featuring his favourite cartoons from this exciting time in Montreal’s history. The longest-running continuously working political cartoonist in North America joined hosts Bill Brownstein and Aaron Rand on this week’s episode of The Corner Booth a
  
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• Quebec’s measles outbreak is over, but cases continue across Canada

  06-03-2026 23:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Amid a resurgence of measles across Canada, Quebec’s most recent outbreak has ended, according to the province’s Health Ministry. The return of the highly contagious viral disease across Canada has prompted renewed concern among public health officials. Last November, after more than a year of sustained measles transmission, Canada lost its status as a country that had eliminated the disease, a designation it had held for about 25 years. Quebec’s outbreak began in November 2025
  
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• C.D.N.-N.D.G. calls on Hydro-Québec to hold public meeting about January outage

  06-03-2026 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Côte-des-Neiges — Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough is calling on Hydro-Québec to hold a public post-mortem meeting on the January power outage that left residents powerless during the coldest weekend of the year. The borough is also requesting the utility expedite work to strengthen the electrical grid serving the area, including its plan to replace the substation at the root of the outage. Interim borough mayor Sonny Moroz will table a motion on the issue at
  
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• 'A real tragedy': Pointe-Claire commemorates child who drowned 52 years ago

  06-03-2026 21:26 via montrealgazette.com
  On a calm and sunny Friday morning, it was hard to imagine a fast-moving stream could have carried a six-year-old to his death in Pointe-Claire’s Terra Cotta Park. Exactly 52 years to the day, Alain Nadeau got caught in high water in the rushing stream in the southeast portion of the park, near the Glanlynn Ave. entrance. The stream was an attraction for the neighbourhood’s children. He apparently was taken by the water into a collection pipe and ended up in Lac St-Louis. “Ther
  
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• Refugee claimants are entitled to subsidized Quebec child-care services, top court rules

  06-03-2026 18:28 via montrealgazette.com
  The Supreme Court of Canada has ruled that excluding refugee claimants from access to subsidized child-care services discriminates against women. The decision, published Friday, allows refugee claimants in Quebec to maintain access to subsidized child-care services and widens the eligibility to include those who do not have work permits. It comes seven years after a mother of three from the Democratic Republic of Congo first filed for a judicial review of Quebec’s Reduced Contribution Regu
  
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