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• Housing crisis, traffic and food trucks: Here's what Montreal's new mayor wants her administration to tackle

  05-12-2025 21:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has delivered mandate letters to members of the city’s new executive committee, offering a glimpse of what she expects from each over the next four years. The letters were signed on Dec. 1 and made public this week, echoing the approach from the federal government. Each includes what Martinez Ferrada considers to be the committee’s main priorities before listing specific commitments for each member. Here’s a brief overview of what they say
  
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• Montreal police arrest 3 after seizing 100 kilos of cocaine

  10-12-2025 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  In what has been described as an anti-gang operation, three men were arrested this week after authorities seized more than 100 kilograms of cocaine, Montreal police announced Wednesday. The operation was carried out on Dec. 8 by the force’s Organized Crime Section and involved searches across several Montreal boroughs,  including Lachine, LaSalle, Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Ville-Marie and St-Laurent, as well as in the nearby city of Lorraine, Montreal poli
  
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• UPAC opens criminal probe into Quebec Liberal vote-buying allegations

  10-12-2025 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The province’s anti-corruption unit (UPAC) has opened a formal criminal investigation into fundraising allegations by the Quebec Liberal Party. “We confirm that our verifications are finished and that we are officially opening an investigation,” UPAC spokesperson Mathieu Galarneau said in a statement. “We will issue no further comment in order to protect as much as possible our actions and to respect the rights of the persons involved.” It follows the
  
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• Quebec Liberals close ranks as UPAC opens criminal probe into vote-buying allegations

  10-12-2025 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The province’s anti-corruption unit (UPAC) has opened a formal criminal investigation into fundraising allegations involving the Quebec Liberal Party. But Quebec’s Liberal caucus says it stands behind party leader Pablo Rodriguez, despite calls from at least one party member that he step aside for the duration of the investigation or even permanently. Rodriguez said he’s staying on and has nothing to hide. The Liberals closed ranks Wednesday following a chaotic d
  
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• STM month-long strike gets green light to start Dec. 11

  10-12-2025 19:04 via montrealgazette.com
  There could be some service disruptions, but the latest limited strike by the STM’s maintenance union isn’t expected to have a huge impact on transit riders. The maintenance workers of Montreal’s transit agency will once again go on a month-long limited strike starting Thursday. However, unlike the three previous strikes, most bus and métro service is expected to be maintained. The maintenance union proposed a strike on all overtime work from Dec. 11 to Jan. 11, and the
  
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• Two arrested as Laval police seize clothes, perfume and glasses stolen during break-in spree

  10-12-2025 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police arrested two suspects and are seeking a third after raids on Tuesday that saw them seize clothing, perfume and glasses stolen from numerous Montreal-area retail outlets over the past three months. An analysis of the break-ins since September saw that thieves targeted pharmacies, glasses stores and Sephora beauty product outlets. The break-ins took place in Laval, Montreal, Longueuil, Vaudreuil-Dorion, St-Jérôme, Terrebonne and St-Eustache. Police also seized burglary to
  
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• Laval raids uncover $500,000 in looted beauty products from Sephora, pharmacies

  10-12-2025 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police arrested two suspects and are seeking a third after raids on Tuesday that saw them seize clothing, perfume and glasses stolen from numerous Montreal-area retail outlets over the past three months. An analysis of the break-ins since September saw that thieves targeted pharmacies, glasses stores and Sephora beauty product outlets. The break-ins took place in Laval, Montreal, Longueuil, Vaudreuil-Dorion, St-Jérôme, Terrebonne and St-Eustache. Police also seized burglary to
  
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• Sweeping Quebec crime bill would ban gang colours, restrict protests and create sex offenders' registry

  10-12-2025 17:39 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Clamping down on organized crime, sex offenders and protests, Quebec Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière introduced a sweeping crime bill Wednesday that would ban gang symbols, create a sex offenders’ registry and place new restrictions on demonstrations. “Quebecers told us that there are things they want to change, so we acted,” Lafrenière told reporters Wednesday. At the legislative session’s kickoff in September, Premier François
  
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• Sweeping crime bill would ban gang colours, restrict protests and create sex offenders' registry in Quebec

  10-12-2025 17:39 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Clamping down on organized crime, sex offenders and protests, Quebec Public Security Ian Lafrenière introduced a sweeping crime bill Wednesday that would ban gang symbols, create a sex offenders’ registry and place new restrictions on demonstrations. At the legislative session’s kickoff in September, Premier François Legault had promised anti-crime measures, identifying law and order as a key priority for his government. The law would allow the public sec
  
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• Gang symbols, protests and sex offenders targeted in sweeping Quebec crime bill

  10-12-2025 17:39 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Clamping down on organized crime, sex offenders and protests, Quebec Public Security Ian Lafrenière introduced a sweeping crime bill Wednesday that would ban gang symbols, create a sex offenders’ registry and place new restrictions on demonstrations. At the legislative session’s kickoff in September, Premier François Legault had promised anti-crime measures, identifying law and order as a key priority for his government. The law would allow the public sec
  
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• New downtown shelter welcomed 455 people in its first five days, Montreal's mayor says

  10-12-2025 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  A new emergency shelter in the downtown YMCA building welcomed 455 people in the five days following its opening during last week’s cold snap, in addition to serving about 600 soups and more than 1,000 coffees. Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said during Wednesday morning’s executive committee meeting that the figures show the severity of the homelessness crisis and the need for recent measures taken by the city. “I think it’s important to talk about these statisti
  
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• 'I decided I'm staying': Legault vows to seek re-election in 2026

  10-12-2025 17:14 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC —  François Legault thought it over again and has decided to stay. Quebec’s premier again tried to quash speculation about his political future, repeating — as he has several times — that he will seek re-election in 2026. “I went and took a walk in the snow this morning,” Legault said as he arrived for question period at the legislature Wednesday. “I decided I’m staying.” Legault’s comment drew laughter from reporters
  
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• Quebec ready to offer financial 'advantages' to settle doctor dispute

  10-12-2025 14:54 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — After adopting a bill that features penalties, Premier François Legault has shifted gears and says he is now willing to offer financial “advantages” to get a deal with disgruntled doctors. But with the clock ticking down to the end of the session of parliament, the opposition Liberals says the Coalition Avenir Québec government should suspend the controversial physicians’ salary law known as Bill 2. “What we are asking is to take on more cases
  
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• Mulcair: In Quebec and Ottawa, more political turbulence ahead

  10-12-2025 12:55 via montrealgazette.com
  What a year it’s been in politics! One year ago, the bombshell resignation of Chrystia Freeland from cabinet sealed the fate of Justin Trudeau, who had sworn that he’d lead the Liberals into the next election. Conservative backbenchers were practically browsing for ministerial office furniture, convinced that Pierre Poilievre’s insurmountable 27-point lead would deliver them a landslide. Oopsie! Exit Trudeau, enter Mark Carney and … carnage for the Conservatives at the p
  
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• Snowfall warning in effect as Montreal braces for up to 20 cm of snow

  10-12-2025 12:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Light snow was falling on Montreal Wednesday morning, coating roads and sidewalks, a gentle harbinger of what is expected to come. Environment and Climate Change Canada issued a yellow warning, in effect from Wednesday till Thursday evening, because of an expected 15 to 20 centimetres of snowfall exacerbated by blowing snow on Thursday. That’ll mess up the Wednesday evening and Thursday morning commutes. Similar alerts were issued for much of southern Quebec. The temperature is expected to
  
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• Montreal hit with heavy snowfall as yellow warning continues

  10-12-2025 12:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Snow began blanketing Montreal on Wednesday as a system expected to drop between 15 and 20 centimetres on the city moved in, Environment Canada said. Gusting snow is also expected to make travel increasingly difficult across the city and the province into Thursday. A light coating early Wednesday already slowed the rush hour, but steadier snowfall began late in the morning as the storm intensified. The system arrived after crossing the Rockies earlier this week before dropping south of the Great
  
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• Montreal braces for up to 20 cm of snow, high winds as system moves in

  10-12-2025 12:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Snow began blanketing Montreal on Wednesday as a system expected to drop between 15 and 20 centimetres on the city moved in, Environment Canada said. Gusting snow is also expected to make travel increasingly difficult across the city and the province into Thursday. A light coating early Wednesday already slowed the rush hour, but steadier snowfall began late in the morning as the storm intensified. The system arrived after crossing the Rockies earlier this week before dropping south of the Great
  
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• Breaking: Air Transat reaches tentative deal with pilots, averting strike

  10-12-2025 01:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Air Transat says it has reached a tentative agreement with its pilots, lifting the immediate threat of a strike that had already forced dozens of flight cancellations. The airline says the deal, which overhauls the pilots’ collective agreement, will be put to a ratification vote in the coming days. This is a breaking news development. More to come.
  
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• Air Transat reaches tentative deal with pilots, averting strike

  10-12-2025 01:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Air Transat and the union representing its pilots say they have reached a tentative agreement on a new collective agreement, averting a potential strike that had already forced dozens of flight cancellations and thrown holiday travel into uncertainty. The deal, which overhauls the pilots’ collective agreement for the first time since 2015, will be put to a ratification vote in the coming days. The Air Line Pilots Association (ALPA), which represents roughly 750 Transat pilots, issued a 72-
  
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• CAQ government tables bill to speed approval for major projects

  09-12-2025 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Vying for wide-ranging powers to accelerate the approval of large-scale projects, the Coalition Avenir Québec government tabled a bill Tuesday that mirrors similar federal legislation passed in June. The legislation would allow the government to identify “priority national-scale projects” that would be subjected to a fast-tracked approval process. “The bill comes in a world with intense competition for investments,” Finance Minister Eric Girard told
  
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• Montreal opens warming centre in former Hôtel-Dieu Hospital

  09-12-2025 21:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal is opening a temporary warming centre at the former Hôtel-Dieu Hospital, where a previous shelter faced significant opposition from locals and resulted in a class-action lawsuit request. The city made the announcement Tuesday as part of its recent push to open additional warming centres this winter. In a news release, the city said the site will accommodate 50 people and noted particular attention will be paid to the “impacts on public peace, in order to minimize
  
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• Tiny Tots Décarie, one of Montreal’s largest pediatric clinics, to close at year’s end

  09-12-2025 21:29 via montrealgazette.com
  For years, Tiny Tots Décarie pediatric clinic was one of Montreal’s busiest children’s clinics. On Tuesday, its owner, Elna Medical, announced the clinic will be shutting its doors for good. The clinic will close on Dec. 31 due, in part, to the Legault government’s sweeping doctor reforms in the latest sign of strain across Quebec’s primary-care network. In a statement, Elna said the decision followed a “comprehensive review” of the clinic’s opera
  
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• One of Montreal’s largest pediatric clinics to close at year’s end

  09-12-2025 21:29 via montrealgazette.com
  For years, Tiny Tots Décarie pediatric clinic was one of Montreal’s busiest children’s clinics. On Tuesday, its owner, Elna Medical, announced the clinic will be shutting its doors for good. The clinic will close on Dec. 31 this year due, in part, to the Legault government’s sweeping doctor reforms in the latest sign of strain across Quebec’s primary-care network. In a statement, ELNA said the decision followed a “comprehensive review” of the clinic&rsq
  
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• A police cruiser turns the corner. Eight seconds later, 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi was shot dead

  09-12-2025 21:25 via montrealgazette.com
  The video in this article includes content that may be disturbing to some viewers.  Lawyers for the family of Nooran Rezayi, the 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by Longueuil police in September on Montreal’s South Shore, released previously unseen surveillance footage Tuesday capturing the final seconds before the fatal encounter. It has prompted renewed questions about the speed and force of the police intervention. Around three months after Nooran’s death on Sept. 21,
  
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• A police cruiser turns the corner. Eight seconds later, 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi is shot dead

  09-12-2025 21:25 via montrealgazette.com
  The video in this article includes content that may be disturbing to some viewers.  Lawyers for the family of Nooran Rezayi, the 15-year-old boy who was shot and killed by Longueuil police in September on Montreal’s South Shore, released previously unseen surveillance footage Tuesday capturing the final seconds before the fatal encounter. It has prompted renewed questions about the speed and force of the police intervention. Around three months after Nooran’s death on Sept. 21,
  
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• Exo to make 'significant' cuts to projects, citing funding shortfall

  09-12-2025 20:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal region’s commuter train and suburban bus authority has announced significant cuts to its long-term projects as it prepares to face financial headwinds. Exo said Tuesday that its annual budget will include a “significant” reduction in the number of projects it intends to bring forward in the coming years. The transit authority’s 10-year capital budget will be reduced to $1.9 billion, down about $600 from its previous $2.5 billion. “The challenges to fund
  
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• Quebec constitution fails to recognize anglo, Indigenous minorities, Gaspé group says

  09-12-2025 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec government’s proposed new constitution fails to offer proper recognition and guarantees for the rights of the English-speaking and Indigenous communities, a group from the Gaspé region said Tuesday. On the third day of public consultations into the government’s Bill 1, representatives of Vision Gaspé-Percé Now, representing about 10,000 eastern Quebec anglophones and Indigenous people, presented a brief saying the
  
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• Westmount mayor apologizes after disparaging comments caught on microphone

  09-12-2025 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Westmount mayor Michael Stern issued a public apology during Monday night’s meeting of city council after an expletive comment he made under his breath during the previous month’s council meeting was picked up on the meeting’s sound system. “At our last meeting, an off-mic comment I made was audible in the room and online. It was inappropriate, I expect better of myself, and residents have the right to expect better from their mayor. I apologize for that comment,” S
  
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• Westmount mayor apologizes after disparaging comment caught on microphone

  09-12-2025 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Westmount Mayor Michael Stern issued a public apology during Monday night’s meeting of city council after an expletive he said under his breath during the previous month’s council meeting was picked up on the sound system. “At our last meeting, an off-mic comment I made was audible in the room and online. It was inappropriate, I expect better of myself, and residents have the right to expect better from their mayor. I apologize for that comment,” Stern told the council ro
  
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• Update: Air Transat axes second wave of flights as strike deadline nears

  09-12-2025 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Air Transat has cancelled a second wave of flights as last-minute talks with its pilots continue ahead of a possible strike early Wednesday. The first round of cancellations came Tuesday morning, but by early afternoon the airline said it was being “forced” to cancel another swath for both Tuesday and Wednesday after negotiations have so far failed to produce an agreement. Twelve flights scheduled for Tuesday and six for Wednesday have now been cancelled, all either linking Montreal
  
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