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• Icy weather sends Montrealers to ERs with fractures and concussions

  29-12-2025 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Monday morning’s freezing rain and icy sidewalks sent at least seven people with fractures and concussions to a heavily overcrowded Montreal hospital emergency room downtown, compounding the pressure on the health system amid an exceptionally virulent flu season. The ER at the Centre hospitalier de l’université de Montréal (CHUM) on Sanguinet St. was particularly hard hit, with 159 patients crowding into the waiting room in the afternoon. The average stay for patients o
  
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• Police say Châteauguay woman missing since Dec. 18 has been found

  29-12-2025 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Châteauguay police said Tuesday they have found a 38-year-old woman who went missing Dec. 18. Police had asked for the public’s help on Monday as they searched for the missing woman.
  
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• Police ask for public help to find Châteauguay woman missing since Dec. 18

  29-12-2025 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Châteauguay police are asking for the public’s help as they search for a 38-year-old woman who was last seen Dec. 18. Police say Châteauguay resident Tamara Ratchfall may be in Montreal, or nearby. She is 5-foot-6, weighs around 160 lbs, has black braided hair to her shoulders and brown eyes, according to police. She was last seen wearing a black coat with a hood, grey and black pants and black winter boots. She speaks English and travels on foot or by public transport. Police
  
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• Tens of thousands of Quebecers without Hydro as freezing rain inundates the province

  29-12-2025 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Freezing rain began pinching off electricity to areas around Montreal Monday morning, with the Laurentians bearing the brunt of the damage. Outage counts on Hydro-Québec’s website at 10:30 a.m. showed about 10,000 of the 20,000 blackouts in the province were in the Laurentians, with around 6,000 outages in Montreal and 3,000 in Laval. Environment Canada issued an orange-level warning for prolonged freezing rain and ice pellets from overnight Sunday to late Monday for much of souther
  
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• Tens of thousands of Quebecers without Hydro as freezing rain blankets the province

  29-12-2025 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Freezing rain began pinching off electricity to areas around Montreal Monday morning, with the Laurentians bearing the brunt of the damage by 10:30 a.m. Outage counts on Hydro-Québec’s website at 10:30 a.m. showed about 10,000 of the 20,000 blackouts in the province were in the Laurentians, with 2,400 each in Montreal and Laval. Environment Canada issued an orange-level warning for prolonged freezing rain and ice pellets from overnight Sunday to late Monday for much of southern Queb
  
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• Montreal's 911 call centres flooded with calls during Monday's freezing rain

  29-12-2025 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Treacherous conditions on streets and sidewalks in Montreal during a freezing rain storm led to a peak in 911 calls on Monday, according to Urgences-santé. “We’ve had more than 90 calls an hour, which is very unusual — unusual for this period. Usually we’re more around 40 to 50 calls an hour,” Urgences-santé chief of operations Alexandre Sapone said. Many of the calls were related to people falling on the ice in Montreal and Laval, he said, though part
  
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• Montreal weather updates: Thousands without power, 911 flooded with calls

  29-12-2025 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Treacherous conditions on streets and sidewalks in Montreal during a freezing rain storm are leading to a peak in 911 calls, according to Urgences-santé. “We’ve had more than 90 calls an hour, which is very unusual — unusual for this period. Usually we’re more around 40 to 50 calls an hour,” Alexandre Sapone, the chief of operations for Urgences-santé said Monday. Many of the calls are related to people falling on the ice in Montreal and Laval, he said
  
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• Freezing rain in Montreal floods 911 with calls

  29-12-2025 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Treacherous conditions on streets and sidewalks in Montreal during a freezing rain storm led to a peak in 911 calls on Monday, according to Urgences-santé. “We’ve had more than 90 calls an hour, which is very unusual — unusual for this period. Usually we’re more around 40 to 50 calls an hour,” Urgences-santé chief of operations Alexandre Sapone said. Many of the calls were related to people falling on the ice in Montreal and Laval, he said, though part
  
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• Longueuil homicide attempt leaves two wounded; one man arrested

  29-12-2025 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Two men were recovering in hospital Monday morning after being wounded by gunfire hours earlier during what Longueuil police called a homicide attempt. The incident occurred at 12:10 a.m. in an apartment on Beauregard St. in Longueuil. The two victims, both in their 30s, were shot but their injuries were not deemed to be life-threatening. A 26-year-old man was taken in for questioning and is expected to appear in court later in Monday. Police said the victims were targeted by their assailant and
  
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• Longueuil homicide attempt leaves two wounded

  29-12-2025 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Two men were recovering in a hospital Monday after being wounded by gunfire during what Longueuil police called a homicide attempt. The incident occurred at 12:10 a.m. in an apartment on Beauregard St. in Longueuil. The two victims, both in their 30s, were shot but their injuries were not deemed to be life-threatening. A 26-year-old man was taken in for questioning and was expected to appear in court later on Monday. Police said the victims were targeted by their assailant and everyone involved
  
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• Update: REM service stalled for second time in two hours

  29-12-2025 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Service on the Réseau express métropolitain between Deux-Montagnes and Brossard stations was interrupted for a second time in two hours Monday morning due to weather conditions. The disruption came as the Montreal area deals with freezing rain and wind warnings in effect throughout the day. The initial problem began with a full stop of service between Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc station as well as a slowdown across the network around 7:40 a.m. Service was restored by 8:17 a.m., h
  
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• Update: REM service stalled as Montreal hit with freezing rain

  29-12-2025 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Service on the Réseau express métropolitain between Deux-Montagnes and Brossard stations was interrupted Montreal because of poor weather conditions. The disruption came as the Montreal area deals with freezing rain and wind warnings in effect throughout the day. The initial problem began with a full stop of service between Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc station as well as a slowdown across the network around 7:40 a.m. Service was restored by 8:17 a.m., however it was disrupted betw
  
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• Update: REM service resumes after rush-hour interruption because of poor weather conditions

  29-12-2025 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Service on the Réseau express métropolitain between Deux-Montagnes and Brossard stations was restored in both directions Monday morning after being slowed down and, in some cases, completely stopped due to weather conditions. The disruption came as the Montreal area deals with freezing rain and wind warnings in effect throughout the day. The problem began with a full stop of service between Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc station as well as a slowdown across the network around 7:40 a
  
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• Update: REM service resumes after freezing rain causes two Monday-morning outages

  29-12-2025 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Service on the Réseau express métropolitain has returned to normal after freezing rain interrupted service between the Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc stations twice on Monday morning. The service outages came after hours of freezing rain fell overnight and into the morning across the Montreal region. Service on the REM stopped fully between the Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc stations around 7:40 a.m. and there was a slowdown across the rest of the light rail network. Service was rest
  
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• Update: REM returns to normal after freezing rain disrupts morning service twice

  29-12-2025 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Service on the Réseau express métropolitain saw service between the Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc stations interrupted twice on Monday morning after hours of freezing rain fell overnight and into the morning across the Montreal region. Service on the REM stopped fully between the Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc stations around 7:40 a.m. and there was a slowdown across the rest of the light rail network. Service was restored by 8:17 a.m., however notice of another disruption betw
  
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• REM service interrupted because of poor weather conditions

  29-12-2025 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Service on the Réseau express métropolitain between Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc stations was interrupted in both directions Monday morning due to weather conditions. The disruption comes as the Montreal area deals with  freezing rain and wind warnings in effect throughout the day.07:38 a.m.
  Service interruption between Deux-Montagnes and Bois-Franc in all directions.
  Cause: weather conditions.
  Resumption: undetermined.— Réseau express métropolitain (@REM_
  
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