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• Goodfood, Canada’s once-soaring meal-kit company, hit with a federal licence suspension

  02-01-2026 21:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadian food inspectors have suspended a federal licence for Goodfood, a Montreal-founded meal-kit company once valued at more than $1 billion before its market value fell sharply in recent years. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) said it suspended Goodfood’s Safe Food for Canadians licence on Dec. 30 at the company’s Montreal facility. The CFIA said there is no food recall but the company may not carry out activities covered by the licence, like assembling meal kits, while
  
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• Customers reminisce about Pointe-Claire's Swiss Vienna bakery after it closes

  02-01-2026 20:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A Pointe-Claire bakery known for its defiance of Quebec’s language law, as well as its baking, has closed, leading to an outpouring of memories from saddened patrons on social media. Swiss Vienna Pastry & Delicatessen owner Harry Schick announced the closing in December, writing on Facebook he was retiring after more than 40 years running the bakery first founded more than 60 years ago. “It’s time for me to hang up my apron and relax,” he said in a post accompani
  
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• STM's professional workers end overtime strike after reaching tentative deal

  02-01-2026 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The union representing professional workers at the Société de transport de Montréal says its members are ending an overtime strike after an agreement in principle was reached with the transit agency. Members of the union, which represents professional workers like architects, engineers and accountants, have been refusing overtime since Dec. 17 as part of the labour action that had been scheduled to last until Jan. 11. Marc Glogowski, the president of theSyndicat des employ&e
  
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• Montreal weekend weather: Bitter cold continues, but (yay) no snow

  02-01-2026 16:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers awoke Friday morning to a wind chill of minus-31 C and it appears the deep freeze is here to stay for the first weekend of 2026. Friday’s forecast from Environment Canada calls for mainly sunny skies with an afternoon high of minus-13 C, a minus-21 C wind chill and a risk of frostbite. Friday night will see mainly cloudy skies, a low of minus-19 C and a chill of minus-27 C. On Saturday, it will be sunny with a wind chill of minus-28 C in the morning and minus-21 C in the a
  
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• Montreal weekend weather: Bitter bold continues, but (yay) no snow

  02-01-2026 16:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers awoke Friday morning to a wind chill of minus-31 C and it appears the deep freeze is here to stay for the first weekend of 2026. Friday’s forecast from Environment Canada calls for mainly sunny skies with an afternoon high of minus-13 C, a minus-21 C wind chill and a risk of frostbite. Friday night will see mainly cloudy skies, a low of minus-19 C and a chill of minus-27 C. On Saturday, it will be sunny with a wind chill of minus-28 C in the morning and minus-21 C in the a
  
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• Are new realities in Montreal's rental market making age-old vacancy rate obsolete?

  02-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal has a housing shortage. Montreal has a growing number of vacant apartments. Both statements, though contradictory, are true. They reflect a fragmentation of the rental market that is fuelled in part by a recent spate of construction of high-end apartment towers. And the growing divide between luxury and lower-rent offerings is prompting some observers to urge politicians and the media to stop using an age-old variable — the average rental vacancy rate — as a gauge of housing
  
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• The Byzantion earns Gold-Headed Cane as first ship into Port of Montreal in 2026

  02-01-2026 00:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The first vessel of the year to enter Montreal’s port, and earning its captain a distinction that dates back nearly two centuries, was the oil and chemical tanker Byzantion. The ship’s arrival at 10:15 a.m. Thursday triggered a long-standing tradition of the Port of Montreal: the presentation of the Gold-Headed Cane to the captain of the first vessel to reach Montreal each year. On Friday, the Montreal Port Authority congratulated Andrejs Kuharenoks, the Byzantion’s captain, fo
  
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• Port of Montreal awards Gold-Headed Cane to first ship’s captain of 2026

  02-01-2026 00:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The first vessel of the year to enter Montreal’s port, and earning its captain a distinction that dates back nearly two centuries, was the oil and chemical tanker Byzantion. The ship’s arrival triggers a long-standing tradition of the Port of Montreal: the presentation of the Gold-Headed Cane to the captain of the first vessel to reach Montreal each year. The Port of Montreal congratulated Andrejs Kuharenoks, the Byzantion’s captain, for taking the honour. On social media, the
  
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• Le Byzantion earns Gold-Headed Cane as first ship into Port of Montreal in 2026

  02-01-2026 00:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The first vessel of the year to enter Montreal’s port, and earning its captain a distinction that dates back nearly two centuries, was the oil and chemical tanker Byzantion. The ship’s arrival at 10:15 a.m. Thursday triggered a long-standing tradition of the Port of Montreal: the presentation of the Gold-Headed Cane to the captain of the first vessel to reach Montreal each year. On Friday, the Montreal Port Authority congratulated Andrejs Kuharenoks, the Byzantion’s captain, fo
  
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