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• Crown seeks nine-year prison term for Candiac massage therapist who sexually assaulted 16 clients

  07-01-2026 00:07
  A Quebec Superior Court judge will decide later this month on what type of sentence a massage therapist from the South Shore merits for sexually assaulting 16 of his clients and for sometimes recording his disrobed clients with hidden cameras. The Crown has asked Justice Lyne Décarie that François Delorimier Vallières, 47, of Candiac be sentenced to a prison term of nine years. The sentence recommendation includes a seven-year term for the sexual assaults and two years to be
  
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• First cohort of the Studio Baie-Saint-Paul program arrives in Charlevoix - Concordia University

  12-05-2026 21:14 via news.google.com
  First cohort of the Studio Baie-Saint-Paul program arrives in Charlevoix  Concordia University
  
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• Weather forecast and conditions for Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec G3Z 2C2 - The Weather Channel | weather.com - The Weather Channel

  22-04-2026 06:19 via news.google.com
  Weather forecast and conditions for Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec G3Z 2C2 - The Weather Channel | weather.com  The Weather Channel
  
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• Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec G3Z 2C2 Forecast - The Weather Channel

  22-04-2026 06:19 via news.google.com
  Baie-Saint-Paul, Quebec G3Z 2C2 Forecast  The Weather Channel
  
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• Baie-Saint-Paul, QC Weather | Forecast Conditions - Weather Predictions & Radar - Global News

  13-04-2026 22:50 via news.google.com
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• Longueuil police investigate suspicious fire in St-Lambert commercial building

  27-03-2026 23:55
  
  Longueuil police are helping to investigate a suspicious fire that broke out in an unoccupied commercial building Friday afternoon. The Service de police de l’agglomération de Longueuil (SPAL), along with the Longueuil fire department, were called around 3:15 p.m. Friday to a building on St-Charles Ave. in St-Lambert. No injuries have been reported, according to a press statement from Longueuil police. A police perimeter was set up around the scene and was still in place as of 5 p.m
  
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• Students protest in Montreal against government cuts to financial assistance

  27-03-2026 22:45
  
  More than 1,000 striking post-secondary students flooded downtown Montreal on Friday, marching in protest after the Quebec government slashed financial aid and demanding it boost funding for their CEGEPs and universities. The demonstration was part of a weeklong strike involving more than 65,000 students across Quebec, organized by the student union Coalition de résistance pour l’unité étudiante syndicale (CRUES). Protesters are pushing the provincial government to res
  
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• Quebec transforming CLSCs to operate much like school boards

  27-03-2026 19:15
  
  The CAQ government has unveiled its new policy governing first-line care in the province. The policy will transform the multitude of CLSCs into access points for first-line services, and all Quebecers will be assigned to a CLSC close to their homes, where they can turn in order to get the appropriate care. The CLSCs will operate much like school boards and school service centres in the field of public education, where each family is assigned to a specific CLSC, according to where they live. The
  
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• Montreal blue-collar workers plan three-day strike in April

  27-03-2026 18:51
  
  Montreal’s blue-collar workers will hold a three-day strike next month, escalating a labour dispute with the city over proposed wages. The union representing the 6,000-plus workers, CUPE Local 301, announced the April 15-18 strike on Friday. It comes after the union already held a 24-hour walkout in February. “The city refuses to consider improving its monetary offer, which is unacceptable and shameful,” union president Jean-Pierre Lauzon said in a social media post. “We
  
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• WATCH: Chris de Burgh treats fans at N.D.G.'s Wheel Club with surprise performance

  27-03-2026 17:55
  
  After completing a pair of shows at the much larger Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier earlier in the week, Irish singer-songwriter and Montreal favourite Chris de Burgh surprised fans by performing unannounced at the much smaller Wheel Club in N.D.G. on Thursday night. The 77-year-old treated the audience, who were there for a de Burgh tribute concert starring local artist Steve Barry and his band, to a solo performance of his iconic hit Spanish Train while the band watched. “Ladies and gentleman, a
  
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• Search resumes for man who fell through ice into river in Ste-Geneviève

  27-03-2026 13:31
  
  The Montreal police nautical patrol and a search drone will be deployed Friday as the search resumes for a man who fell through the ice of the Rivière des Prairies by the city’s West Island on Thursday afternoon. Police spokesperson Anne-Sophie Simard said the nautical patrol would search the river and shoreline of the Ste-Geneviève district where the incident occurred while the drone would conduct an aerial search. A risk assessment was being conducted to determine if police
  
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• Search continues for man who fell through ice into river in Ste-Geneviève

  27-03-2026 13:31
  
  The Montreal police nautical patrol and a drone were deployed Friday morning to resume the search for a man who fell through the ice on Rivière des Prairies by the city’s West Island on Thursday afternoon. The search began following a 911 call at 2:35 p.m. on Thursday reporting two people in distress in the water near the Jacques-Bizard Bridge in the Ste-Geneviève district of the city. One of the men was rescued and taken to hospital and is considered out of danger, while the
  
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• Laval police suspect man sexually assaulted people he met through dating apps

  27-03-2026 12:53
  
  Laval police have turned to the pubic in an effort to determine whether there are more victims connected with a 49-year-old sexual assault suspect. Jerry Boncy was arrested March 26 and is expected to appear in court in Laval on Friday to face charges in connection with three alleged incidents. Investigators contend that between January 2025 and January 2026, Boncy contacted with alleged victims via online dating sites. They allege he used the online handle “James,” a false profile p
  
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• Montreal weather: Mercury is not in retrograde. The mercury is

  27-03-2026 12:11
  
  As we inch toward April, spring is ever so slowly pushing winter out of the way. A morning wind chill of minus-12 C will ease by the afternoon. The daytime high will be minus-1 C on Friday, with a wind chill around minus-5 C. The sun is back, and so is the UV index, which will be 5, or moderate. Clouds blow in overnight with an expected low of minus-10 C and a minus-15 C wind chill. The weekend features a mix of sun and cloud and a few flurries. Saturday should hit a high of minus-1 C, then shoo
  
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• Melançon: No, the Air Canada language storm isn't overblown

  27-03-2026 11:55
  
  It sometimes feels as though Michael Rousseau enjoys lighting a match under Canada’s official languages every now and then — just for the fun of setting the house on fire. For the second time in five years, Air Canada’s big boss has made headlines for his lack of sensitivity toward French. The infamous CEO, who first drew criticism for delivering a speech only in English at the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal in 2021, struck again this week with a unilingual v
  
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• Opinion: Bill 21 the product of modern identity politics, not the Quiet Revolution

  27-03-2026 11:00
  
  Quebec’s Bill 21 is often framed as the natural continuation of the Quiet Revolution — a logical extension of the province’s historic break from the Catholic Church and its embrace of secularism. At this week’s Supreme Court hearings, justices Malcolm Rowe and Richard Wagner both suggested that the law must be understood through the prism of Quebec’s “very distinct” path toward the separation of church and state. Wagner pointed to the Quiet Revolution in
  
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• Bodies of Air Canada pilots return home after deadly New York runway crash

  26-03-2026 23:09
  
  The bodies of the two Air Canada pilots killed in a collision at LaGuardia Airport are being returned to Canada, as the aviation industry and their family and friends grapple with the aftermath of the crash. The body of Mackenzie Gunther was carried off a plane Thursday afternoon at Ottawa International Airport. The body of Antoine Forest — a Quebecer — was transferred to another plane toward Montréal–Trudeau International Airport. Late Sunday, the Air Canada Express pla
  
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• Man who served part of sentence in NBA player's home heading to jail

  26-03-2026 22:49
  
  A man who was able to reside at the home of a former Toronto Raptor as part of the conditional sentence he received at the Montreal courthouse where he was convicted of fraud was ordered Thursday to serve the time he has left behind bars. On June 21, 2024, Maurice Jonathan Koud Ondon, now 29, was ordered to serve a sentence of two years less a day that he could serve in the community. This was after he pleaded guilty to one count of fraud. He admitted he was part of a network that defrauded more
  
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• Groups offering services to the unhoused will have funding cut as of March 31

  26-03-2026 22:49
  
  Groups that assist unhoused people say they’re scrambling to figure out how they will continue providing services to their vulnerable clientele after being advised by the province in early March they’ll lose their funding as of March 31. “The impact is very extreme,” said Sally Richmond, executive director of Logifem, a Montreal organization that provides shelter, transitional housing and support to women with and without children. “The consequences are very dire on
  
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• 'Consequences are very dire' for unhoused Quebecers after groups' funding is cut

  26-03-2026 22:49
  
  Groups that assist unhoused people say they’re scrambling to figure out how they will continue providing services to their vulnerable clientele after being advised by the province in early March they’ll lose their funding as of March 31. “The impact is very extreme,” said Sally Richmond, executive director of Logifem, a Montreal organization that provides shelter, transitional housing and support to women with and without children. “The consequences are very dire on
  
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• Two men fall through ice into river in Ste-Geneviève, one still missing

  26-03-2026 22:47
  
  Two young men fell through river ice in Montreal’s Ste-Geneviève district Thursday afternoon, leaving one hospitalized and another missing. A 911 call around 2:35 p.m. reported two people in distress in the Prairies River near the Jacques Bizard Bridge, according to Florence Stafford, a spokesperson for the Montreal police. The two men had ventured onto the river ice when it gave way, Stafford said. One of the men was rescued and taken to a hospital. He was conscious during transpor
  
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• Weekend traffic: Detour getting to Mercier Bridge from downtown

  26-03-2026 21:51
  
  Highway disruptions to avoid this weekend:Route 138The ramp toward the Route 138 west and the Mercier Bridge from Highway 20 west will be closed from 10 p.m. Friday to 5 a.m. Monday. Suggested detour is to continue west and turn around at 1st Ave.Highway 40The Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge connecting Montreal Island and Vaudreuil-Dorion will be closed eastbound from 11:59 p.m. Monday to 5 a.m. Tuesday for work on the concrete slab supporting the deck.Continuing disruptionsREM: Trains leaving Bros
  
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• Two arrested after Quebec teen shot dead on Dominican Republic trip

  26-03-2026 19:45
  
  Two men have been arrested after a robbery turned into the fatal shooting of a 19-year-old Canadian in the Dominican Republic, local police said. Tristan Primeau-Poitras, originally from Quebec, was killed on March 23 in Puerto Plata while travelling with a companion, according to the Dominican Republic’s National Police. The suspects were identified as Jordi Yúnior Severiano and Rangel Merete Rodríguez, police said in a statement. They were detained shortly after the shootin
  
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• Five-alarm fire forces seven east-end Montreal families from their homes

  26-03-2026 19:17
  
  The Montreal fire department says a large fire in the Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough that forced seven families from their homes Thursday has been brought under control. Earlier in the day, the Service de sécurité incendie de Montréal said more than 150 firefighters were battling the five-alarm blaze at the corner of Notre-Dame and Paul-Pau Sts., in the east-end Tétreaultville neighbourhood. The fire began around 3:30 a.m. in a two-storey building that ha
  
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• Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon's libel suit against Julie Snyder, Pénélope McQuade settled out of court

  26-03-2026 17:32
  
  Quebec media personalities Julie Snyder and Pénélope McQuade announced on Thursday that a libel suit launched against them six years ago by Just for Laughs/Juste Pour Rire co-founder Gilbert Rozon has been settled out of court. There was no immediate comment from Rozon on the announcements. “In 2020, I was sued for defamation by Gilbert Rozon for my allegations of sexual misconduct against him, which he continues to deny,” Snyder posted on her Instagram account Thursday
  
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• Bill 21: Quebec has no right to ban religious symbols in public service, Catholic bishops say

  26-03-2026 16:24
  
  Quebec does not have the jurisdiction to ban some government employees, such as teachers and other authority figures, from wearing religious symbols at work, Canada’s Catholic bishops said Thursday as the Supreme Court of Canada heard an appeal of Bill 21. Canada’s constitution is “pluralist, neutral and pro-religion” — and any “attempt to regulate religion falls within federal jurisdiction,” Philip H. Horgan, a lawyer for the Canadian Conference of Cath
  
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• Bill 21: Catholic bishops, linguistic minorities unite against law as Supreme Court wraps up landmark hearings

  26-03-2026 16:24
  
  Catholic bishops argued Bill 21 “denies the divine,” while francophones from outside Quebec defended the autonomy of the province’s English-language schools Thursday as the Supreme Court wrapped up hearings on the controversial secularism law. “We are aware of the significance of the issues raised, both for the legal system and for society,” Chief Justice Richard Wagner said as the hearings ended. “As always, the court will take the necessary time to carefully
  
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• 'We need to do better': Mayor shaken by deaths of two unhoused Montrealers

  26-03-2026 15:58
  
  Two people experiencing homelessness died on Montreal’s streets in the last 24 hours. Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada broke down in tears as she announced the deaths on Thursday, delivering a heartfelt message on the need to address the homeless crisis. “Sometimes when people cry it’s because we’re sad, but also because we’re bad,” Martinez Ferrada said, visibly shaken. “We need to do better. All of us. All governments. We need to do better.&rdquo
  
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• One man convicted, one acquitted in shooting death of St-Léonard girl

  26-03-2026 15:49
  
  One of the two men charged with murdering a 15-year-old girl in St-Léonard five years ago was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday. Salim Touaibi, 30, was found guilty of all the five criminal charges he faced: first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder. When Quebec Superior Court Justice Yvan Poulin asked the jury foreman, referred to in court as juror No. 2, for the decision on the other accused, Aymane Bouadi, 30, the man replied “not guilty” five ti
  
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• One man convicted, one acquitted in shooting death of girl in St-Léonard

  26-03-2026 15:49
  
  One of the two men charged with murdering a 15-year-old girl in St-Léonard five years ago was found guilty of first-degree murder on Thursday. Salim Touaibi, 30, was found guilty of all the five criminal charges he faced: first-degree murder and four counts of attempted murder. When Quebec Superior Court Justice Yvan Poulin asked the jury foreman, referred to in court as juror No. 2, for the decision on the other accused, Aymane Bouadi, 30, the man replied “not guilty” five ti
  
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