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• Lincoln: Guilbeault's principled resignation merits praise and support

  06-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I got to know Steven Guilbeault in Montreal, when he led Greenpeace and then Équiterre. Intelligent and action-driven, his commitment to the environmental cause runs deep. He entered public life not by ambition, but because he genuinely believed he could better achieve change within the political system, where ideas and policies are translated into binding agreements and laws. It must have been for him a soul-wrenching decision to resign from a senior ministerial post where he could wiel
  
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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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• 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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• Update: Air Transat axes second wave of flights amid strike threat

  09-12-2025 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Update: On Tuesday, Dec. 9, Air Transat announced a tentative deal with pilots and the cancellation of the strike. More details here. Air Transat cancelled a second wave of flights as last-minute talks with its pilots continued 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 pro
  
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• Air Transat starts cancelling flights in Montreal as pilots' strike looms

  09-12-2025 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Travellers are starting to see cancelled flights Tuesday at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, as a possible pilots’ strike looms over Air Transat. At least three flights with the airline initially scheduled to land in Montreal on Wednesday have been cancelled. A few others were delayed, but the majority of departing flights appear to be unaffected at the moment. The disruptions come as Transat pilots issued a 72-hour strike notice over the weekend, clearing the
  
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• Air Transat starts cancelling flights as pilots' strike looms

  09-12-2025 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Travellers are starting to see cancelled flights Tuesday at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport, as a possible pilots’ strike looms over Air Transat. At least three flights with the airline initially scheduled to land in Montreal on Wednesday have been cancelled. A few others were delayed, but the majority of departing flights appear to be unaffected at the moment. The disruptions come as Transat pilots issued a 72-hour strike notice over the weekend, clearing the
  
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• Family of teen fatally shot by Longueuil police to launch lawsuit

  09-12-2025 15:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by police on Montreal’s South Shore announced Tuesday they are taking legal action against the City of Longueuil and Longueuil police officers nearly three months after his death. Nooran Rezayi, who was born in Quebec to a family originally from Afghanistan, was shot on Sept. 19 after Longueuil police responded to a 911 call describing a “group of armed people” in the St-Hubert borough, according to Quebec’s Bureau des
  
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• Family of teen fatally shot by Longueuil police suing city, police for $2.2M

  09-12-2025 15:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot by police on Montreal’s South Shore announced Tuesday they are taking legal action against the City of Longueuil and Longueuil police officers nearly three months after his death. Nooran Rezayi, who was born in Quebec to a family originally from Afghanistan, was shot on Sept. 21 after Longueuil police responded to a 911 call describing a “group of armed people” in the St-Hubert borough, according to Quebec’s Bureau des
  
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• Family of teen fatally shot by Longueuil police suing city, officers for $2.2M

  09-12-2025 15:56 via montrealgazette.com
  What you need to know Damages sought: Family of the 15-year-old boy shot dead by police files a $2.2-million lawsuit alleging “unreasonable and disproportionate force.” Mother speaks: The boy’s mother urged accountability and said “this must never happen again.” Ongoing probe: Facing public pressure because the teen was unarmed, the provincial police watchdog has been investigating for three months. The family of a 15-year-old boy who was fatally shot in September b
  
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• Quebec police watchdog launches investigation in Longueuil

  09-12-2025 15:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s office of independent investigations (BEI) has opened an investigation into an incident Tuesday in Longueuil.Le BEI déclenche une enquête indépendante à Longueuil le 9 décembre 2025. Plus de détails à venir.— BEI Québec (@BEIQc) December 9, 2025Local police confirmed the investigation, however provincial regulations prevent their providing any details on the incident once the BEI has begun its work. The BEI is called in
  
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• More than 15 cm of snow in the forecast for Montreal on Wednesday

  09-12-2025 13:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Tuesday will be fine, just fine, except for the brutal minus-24 C wind chill in the morning. It’s Wednesday you’ll have to watch out for. Clouds will move in around noon Tuesday and the temperature will rise to minus-8 C with a wind chill around minus-14 C. Periods of snow begin in the early evening with temperatures around minus-7 C. A special weather statement comes into effect Wednesday and Thursday, calling for more than 15 cm of snow in Montreal and most of southern Quebec. &ldq
  
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• Montreal weather: It's time to start layering the snow on top of the snow

  09-12-2025 13:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Tuesday will be fine, just fine, except for the brutal minus-24 C wind chill in the morning. It’s Wednesday you’ll have to watch out for. Clouds will move in around noon Tuesday and the temperature will rise to minus-8 C with a wind chill around minus-14 C. Periods of snow begin in the early evening with temperatures around minus-7 C. A special weather statement comes into effect Wednesday and Thursday, calling for more than 15 cm of snow in Montreal and most of southern Quebec. &ldq
  
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• Woman, 13-year-old girl stabbed during dispute in St-Léonard

  09-12-2025 12:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Two people, one of them a 13-year-old girl, were sent to hospital Monday night after they were stabbed during a dispute in the borough of St-Léonard. Montreal police said they were informed of the incident at 6:30 p.m., when a 911 call reported a woman injured in a residence on Grandes-Prairies Blvd. near Lacordaire Blvd. Officers found the woman suffering from injuries to her upper body and the teen with injuries to the lower body. A 19-year-old man was arrested at the scene and taken in
  
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• Opinion: Anglos don't count in CAQ's constitution

  09-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In February, the Task Force on Linguistic Policy will appear before the National Assembly committee studying Bill 1, the Legault government’s proposed constitution for Quebec. In our brief, we outline how this legislation represents a threat to minority communities, but especially to 1.25 million English-speaking Quebecers. And it is a threat to Quebec’s future in Canada. The legislation, Bill 1, the Quebec Constitution Act, 2025, consists of three separate laws before the National A
  
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• CAQ's constitution would gut historic protections for minorities, anglo rights group warns

  09-12-2025 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Premier François Legault’s proposed constitution marks a step toward “dismantling democracy” and should alarm minorities because it would erase historic protections, an anglophone rights group warns. Fundamental rights are the foundation of democracy, and are “integral to the identity of modern Quebec society,” thanks to the province’s groundbreaking Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms, says TALQ, a coalition of anglophone groups. Now, 50 years after t
  
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• Crime, violence drive Milton-Parc residents to demand shelter be moved

  09-12-2025 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Charlotte Poitras says she recognizes Montreal needs shelters to address the homelessness crisis, but feels she’s reached her own personal limit as to how much she can endure while living near one. The 29-year-old artist lives in Montreal’s downtown Milton-Parc neighbourhood. Poitras says she regularly sees people grabbed at random, has had a wine bottle launched toward her while walking home, and witnessed her best friend threatened with a shovel. “I don’t want to charac
  
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• Melançon: PSPP ramps up rhetoric, attacks — and arrogance

  09-12-2025 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The French language is rich with creative, vivid expressions. “Tourner sa langue sept fois dans sa bouche avant de parler” — literally, to turn your tongue seven times in your mouth before speaking — is one of those delightful idioms. Why seven times rather than six or eight? Nobody really knows. But everyone understands the message: Think before you speak. It’s something Paul St-Pierre Plamondon could have done more of in recent days, as his attacks on Quebec&rsquo
  
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