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• Appreciation for Montreal's can collectors comes in a large green bag

  22-12-2025 21:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal team has created a voluminous green backpack to help those who collect recyclable containers, and cast a positive light on a profession that’s often stigmatized despite its benefits. Long and lean, the lightweight waterproof backpack can hold up to 240 aluminum cans. It’s a robust substitute for the flimsy plastic bags typically used by those who go through blue bins and garbage cans seeking containers to be returned for a deposit. On the back, in reflective lettering to p
  
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• Teen pulled over for driving 84km/h above speed limit in St-Lazare

  22-12-2025 20:50 via montrealgazette.com
  An 18-year-old man from Vaudreuil-Dorion was stopped by police while driving 84km/h above the speed limit on Saturday night. He was travelling 134km/h in a 50km/h zone on Côte St-Charles road in St-Lazare, the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) said Monday. In addition to having his driver’s licence suspended for a week, the man was given a $1,611 ticket and received 18 demerit points. The SQ is reminding drivers excess speed is one of the main causes of deadly collisions in Q
  
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• Montreal weather: Dreaming of a white Christmas? It looks like you're in luck

  22-12-2025 15:26 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s beginning to look a lot like it will be a white Christmas for Montrealers. While most of the snow cover in the greater Montreal area disappeared with Friday’s thaw, Environment Canada and the Weather Channel are forecasting a light blanket of snow to descend in time for Christmas. Monday’s Environment Canada forecast calls for a 40 per cent chance of flurries this morning, followed by periods of light snow beginning this afternoon with a high of minus 7 and a wind chill of
  
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• Why the price of your matcha latte has gone up in Montreal

  22-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’ve noticed matcha prices nearly doubling in recent years, you’re not alone. Demand for the Japanese green tea powder has recently surged thanks to social media, making it harder — and more expensive — for tea companies to supply Montreal shops. Buyer and co-owner of Montreal tea company Camelia Sinensis, Kevin Gascoyne, said he’s “never seen anything like it in the tea world” in his decades of experience. “In the last two years, it’s j
  
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• Seizure of $2 million: Montreal man challenging Quebec forfeiture law

  22-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal man is challenging the constitutionality of Quebec’s civil forfeiture law after police seized more than $2 million in cash from his home, but never charged him with any crime. Lawyers for André Levy argue a provision of the law, which presumes cash sums of $2,000 or more are the proceeds of illegal activity except in certain circumstances, violates the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms and are seeking the return of the money. “The legislative provision being c
  
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