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• Montreal police accidentally show explicit image in presentation to high school students

  27-11-2025 18:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The Lester B. Pearson School Board has offered support and counselling to Grade 10 students at St. Thomas High School in Pointe-Claire after an “inappropriate and explicit” image accidentally made its way into a Montreal police presentation on sexual assault and consent. Board spokesperson Darren Becker said the incident happened during an audiovisual presentation made Wednesday by the Montreal force’s sexual-assault squad. The image in question was reportedly one of genitalia
  
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• Pratte: No need for another Quebec Liberal leadership race

  06-01-2026 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Charles Milliard has confirmed he will once more be a candidate for the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. The first question Liberals must now ask themselves is whether they want a leadership race or a coronation for the former head of the Quebec federation of boards of trade. While most of us were celebrating the holiday season, members of the QLP’s executive committee were working on setting up the process that will guide the election of the party’s next leader, after Pablo R
  
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• Montreal Children's Hospital warns of possible measles exposure in its ER on Jan. 1

  06-01-2026 20:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Children’s Hospital is alerting parents to a possible measles exposure if they and their children spent any time in its emergency room on Jan. 1 between 12:18 p.m. and 11:01 p.m. The hospital, which is part of the McGill University Health Centre’s Glen site in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, issued the alert on its website and Facebook page on Monday. The MUHC noted that “measles is a highly contagious viral infection that spreads through the air. It can be prevented by
  
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• Mulcair: Freeland flubs her farewell

  06-01-2026 18:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Chrystia Freeland has added needless controversy to her stellar political career. She should clear up the clouded situation on her own, while she still has the chance. Over the weekend, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy announced he was naming Freeland, Canada’s former deputy prime minister and finance minister, as an adviser on economic development. Another feather in the cap of a woman whose economic savvy and deep connections to Ukraine made her an ideal candidate for such a posit
  
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• Man sought in connection with massive Desjardins data breach is arrested in Spain

  06-01-2026 17:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec said Tuesday that Juan Pablo Serrano, one of Quebec’s most wanted fugitives who has been sought since June 2024 in connection with a major data breach at Desjardins, was arrested in Spain by local authorities. Serrano was arrested Nov. 7 during a joint operation conducted by the SQ, Spanish authorities and Interpol. He will remain in custody pending extradition proceedings aimed at returning him to Canada to face charges of fraud, identity theft, tr
  
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• Several car breakdowns reported on Highway 20 in Longueuil

  06-01-2026 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  While it routinely issues such messages in the wake of major traffic accidents or disruptions, the Sûreté du Québec urged motorists Tuesday to avoid eastbound Highway 20 in Longueuil at the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel after an apparently unrelated series of vehicle breakdowns in the area. The message, issued by the provincial force at 9 a.m., notes that “there are at the moment multiple vehicle breakdowns reported on Highway 20 (Route 132) in Longueuil. We ask (m
  
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• Drivers urged to avoid eastbound Highway 20 in Longueuil

  06-01-2026 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  While it routinely issues such messages in the wake of major traffic accidents or disruptions, the Sûreté du Québec urged motorists Tuesday to avoid eastbound Highway 20 in Longueuil at the Louis-Hippolyte-La Fontaine Tunnel after an apparently unrelated series of vehicle breakdowns in the area. The message, issued by the provincial force at 9 a.m., notes that “there are at the moment multiple vehicle breakdowns reported on Highway 20 (Route 132) in Longueuil. We ask (m
  
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• Nine people injured in multi-vehicle pileup in Laval

  06-01-2026 14:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Nine people — including a nine-month-old infant — were injured Monday night in a four vehicle pileup on Route 335 in Laval. Laval police said the incident occurred at about 7:30 p.m., when a driver headed north on the highway apparently lost control of their vehicle about one kilometre north of Dagenais Blvd. and collided with three other cars travelling on the thoroughfare’s north and southbound lanes. The occupants of the vehicles — nine people aged between nine months
  
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• Charles Milliard will seek Quebec Liberal leadership after Rodriguez's resignation

  06-01-2026 13:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Charles Milliard will make a second attempt to win the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. With one week to go before the campaign to replace Pablo Rodriguez officially kicks off, Milliard is to announce Tuesday his intention to seek the post, sources confirmed to The Gazette. Last June, the former president of the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec placed second to Rodriguez in a leadership election vote, which went into a second round. While Rodriguez won th
  
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• Charles Milliard enters race to replace Pablo Rodriguez as Quebec Liberal leader

  06-01-2026 13:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Charles Milliard will make a second attempt to win the leadership of the Quebec Liberal Party. With one week to go before the campaign to replace Pablo Rodriguez officially kicks off, Milliard confirmed his intention to seek the post in a video posted on social media Tuesday. He picks up where he left off in the last race. “Over the last few weeks, many of you — from every region of Quebec — have contacted me to resume this essential conversation,” Milliard says, standing
  
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• Todd: Labour of love — 40 years and counting of Gazette memories

  06-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Forty years ago Tuesday, I left my apartment in New York City to take a flight to Montreal, where I was to begin work as a copy editor on the Gazette sports desk that night. It was Jan. 6, 1986. After months of indecision, I still wasn’t sure it was the right move. I loved New York, I had been out of newspapers for 15 years, I was taking an enormous pay cut and I was going to have to start at the bottom. I decided that I would work one week and see how it went. An hour into my first shift,
  
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• Woman pushed from balcony dies of injuries, becomes Montreal's first homicide of 2026

  06-01-2026 03:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A 31-year-old woman who was pushed from a third-storey balcony in the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough on Jan. 1 has died from her injuries, Montreal police said Monday. A 31-year-old man was arrested at the scene in the wake of the incident and has appeared in court, said Montreal police spokesperson Manuel Couture. He faces a charge of aggravated assault for now. Neighbours said they witnessed the man push the woman off the balcony following an altercation around 8:15 a.m. on Ste-Ca
  
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• Man charged in death of Montreal woman pushed from balcony

  06-01-2026 03:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A 31-year-old woman who was pushed from a third-storey balcony in the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough on Jan. 1 has died from her injuries, Montreal police said Monday. James Theramene, 31, of Laval, was arrested at the scene and has appeared in court, said Montreal police spokesperson Manuel Couture. He faces a charge of aggravated assault for now. He is scheduled to appear in court again on Wednesday. Theramene does not have a criminal record in provincial court. Neighbours said th
  
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• Yes, it's been cold in Montreal this winter, but not abnormally so

  05-01-2026 23:04 via montrealgazette.com
  It brought us a white Christmas, but also some confusion: Why has the weather been so bitterly cold in Montreal this early on in the winter? It actually hasn’t been very far from average, according to Environment and Climate Change Canada. While the beginning of December was colder than usual, the rest of the month was fairly standard. Our perception may just be influenced by warmer weather in previous years. “It’s not unusual to see that kind of cold wave, and we were really f
  
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• Quebec Liberals set new guidelines for leadership race, name ethics officer

  05-01-2026 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec Liberal Party has outlined the rules for its second leadership contest in less than a year, imposing new ethical guidelines in the race to replace former leader Pablo Rodriguez. Rodriguez resigned in December, saying he had become a “distraction” for his party after his successful run for leadership had been plagued with a series of ethics allegations. Although Rodriguez was never directly accused, a report in Le Journal de Montréal charged that some Liberal party m
  
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• Melançon: Will 2026 mark the end the Legault era?

  05-01-2026 18:37 via montrealgazette.com
  “New year, new me,” as the saying goes. Well, maybe not if you’re François Legault. Among provincial party leaders in Quebec, Legault was probably the most eager to put 2025 behind him. The end of the year was a nightmare for his government. And the start of 2026 offers little relief as a series of looming developments threatens to further weaken the governing Coalition Avenir Québec and raise new questions about Legault’s political future. At the top of the
  
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• Melançon: Will 2026 mark the end of the Legault era?

  05-01-2026 18:37 via montrealgazette.com
  “New year, new me,” as the saying goes. Well, maybe not if you’re François Legault. Among provincial party leaders in Quebec, Legault was probably the most eager to put 2025 behind him. The end of the year was a nightmare for his government. And the start of 2026 offers little relief as a series of looming developments threatens to further weaken the governing Coalition Avenir Québec and raise new questions about Legault’s political future. At the top of the
  
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• Former priest who sexually abused boys banned from parts of C.D.N.-N.D.G. and T.M.R.

  05-01-2026 18:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Brian Boucher, who sexually abused two teenage boys while he was a Catholic priest in Montreal, is not allowed to be in parts of the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Town of Mount Royal boroughs because he violated a condition of his release when he crossed paths with one of his victims while apparently attending mass at a church. In a decision made last week, the Parole Board of Canada decided to add a condition to others imposed on him in 2024 when he automatically qua
  
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• Pedestrian, 36, hit by truck near Jacques Cartier Bridge

  05-01-2026 17:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are investigating after a 36-year-old man was hit by a truck Monday morning at the corner of De Lorimier Ave. and Logan St. near the Jacques Cartier Bridge. Police were informed of the incident by multiple 911 calls at 7:50 a.m. Officers at the scene found the pedestrian suffering from injuries to the upper body. He was conscious when he was taken to a hospital and police are awaiting an update on his condition. An initial investigation has determined the pedestrian was crossing
  
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• Montreal ERs remain packed as Royal Vic, Jewish General run at over 250% capacity

  05-01-2026 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The holiday season may be over, but the Montreal emergency room overcrowding that has become an almost inevitable part of that two-week period continued on Monday. According to the Index Santé health system monitoring site, the average capacity rate for Montreal-area ERs stood at 162 per cent Monday afternoon. However, that average was boosted dramatically by the traffic at the Royal Victoria Hospital of the McGill University Health Centre (255 per cent) and the Jewish General Hospital (3
  
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• Montreal ERs remain packed as MUHC, Jewish General run at over 250% capacity

  05-01-2026 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The holiday season may be over, but the Montreal emergency room overcrowding that has become an almost inevitable part of that two-week period continued on Monday. According to the Index Santé health system monitoring site, the average capacity rate for Montreal-area ERs stood at 159 per cent as of Monday morning. However, that average was boosted dramatically by the traffic at the Glen site of the McGill University Health Centre (261 per cent) and the Jewish General Hospital (275 per cen
  
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• Arson suspected in residential building fire in Montreal's east end

  05-01-2026 13:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police will investigate after a case of suspected arson occurred in the city’s Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough early Monday. Several 911 calls were received at about 2 a.m. reporting a fire at a residential building on De Bruxelles St. near Ste-Claire St. Officers arriving at the scene found city firefighters had already brought the flames under control. Police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils said that while no flammables were found at the scene, there were oth
  
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• Jordan and Patrik Laine on loving the ‘timeless charm’ of Old Montreal

  05-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s not every day you get an exclusive sit-down with one of Montreal’s most impressive young power couples: mental health activist and wellness lifestyle influencer Jordan Leigh Laine and her husband, Montreal Canadiens forward Patrik Laine, both proud co-founders of their new support platform, From Us to You. The couple relocated to the city when “Patty,” as Jordan affectionately calls him, joined the team in 2024. The conversation with these dynamic newlyweds and menta
  
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• Man in his 50s found dead in Brossard home

  05-01-2026 00:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A man in his 50s was found dead by Longueuil police in a Brossard dwelling on Sunday, according to the Service de police de l’agglomération de Longueuil. Shortly before noon, Longueuil patrollers went to a residence in Brossard “to assist a loved one worried about the victim,” police spokesperson Jacqueline Pierre said on Sunday afternoon. The man’s death was declared on the spot. Pierre said it is impossible to know, at this stage of the investigation, whether the
  
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• SQ asks for help finding Lotbinière woman who went missing in November

  04-01-2026 22:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is appealing to the public for help in locating Stéphanie Lamoureux, a 45-year-old woman who has not been seen since the end of November. She is from Lotbinière, in Quebec’s Chaudière-Appalaches region. Lamoureux has had no contact with family since the time she went missing, and her relatives have serious reason to fear for her health and safety, the SQ said. Lamoureux is 5 foot 6 and weighs 190 pounds. She has blue eyes and bl
  
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• Update: Man's death in Quebec City fire being treated as suspicious

  04-01-2026 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Police have released the identity of the victim of a fire Saturday night in the St-Sauveur neighbourhood of Quebec City, and say the death of 42-year-old Ahmed Yassir Ismaili-Alaoui is being treated as suspicious. The Quebec City police department said in a statement on Saturday night that several calls to 911 were made about smoke and flames coming from a unit on the second floor of a residential building on St-Mathias St. Emergency services were dispatched at 6:42 p.m., the first responders on
  
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• Man's death in Quebec City fire being treated as suspicious

  04-01-2026 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Police have released the identity of the victim of a fire Saturday night in the St-Sauveur neighbourhood of Quebec City, and say the death of 42-year-old Ahmed Yassir Ismaili-Alaoui is being treated as suspicious. The Quebec City police department said in a statement on Saturday night that several calls to 911 were made about smoke and flames coming from a unit on the second floor of a residential building on St-Mathias St. Emergency services were dispatched at 6:42 p.m., the first responders on
  
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• Man dies in Quebec City fire Saturday night

  04-01-2026 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A fire in the St-Sauveur neighbourhood of Quebec City claimed the life of a man on Saturday night. Several people called 911 about smoke and flames coming from a unit on the second floor of a residential building on St-Mathias St. and emergency services were dispatched at 6:42 p.m., the Quebec City police department said in a statement. The first responders on the scene confirmed the fire, and firefighters rapidly aimed a jet of water at the burning unit to be able to search for victims and cont
  
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• Fires force evacuations in two residential buildings Sunday

  04-01-2026 21:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A fire early Sunday in a two-storey residential building in the Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough forced one family to be evacuated, and another fire in Montreal North later on Sunday morning forced the evacuation of 33 people. There were no injuries in either incident. The Mercier—Hochelaga-Maisonneuve fire spread through the attic of a building at Beaubien St. and Rodolphe-Mathieu Ave., said Montreal fire department battalion chief Sylvain Granger. The building has four un
  
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• 21-year-old man's body found in Longueuil parking lot

  04-01-2026 18:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Longueuil police are investigating the death of a 21-year-old man whose body was found early Sunday in the parking lot behind a TD Bank branch on Roland-Therrien Blvd. The death is considered suspicious. The major crimes division and forensic identification section of the Service de police de l’agglomération de Longueuil are involved in the case. Overnight from Saturday to Sunday, the force was asked by the Blainville police department to assist in locating an individual reported mi
  
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