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• C'est terminé pour Boudreau

  22-01-2023 20:19 via journaldequebec.com
  Les Canucks confirment son congédiement.
  
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• Pratte: Does Legault's departure mean goodbye to his 'third way' too?

  21-01-2026 18:29 via montrealgazette.com
  “An independent Quebec within a strong Canada” is how Yvon Deschamps, the province’s legendary standup comic, once summed up Quebecers’ preferred political future. This is the so-called “third way” — neither separatist nor federalist — that François Legault offered Quebecers when he founded the Coalition Avenir Québec in 2011. His party brought together sovereignists and federalists who believed the constitutional debate should be set
  
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• Man gunned down in Kahnawake was a well-known criminal from Montreal

  21-01-2026 17:21 via montrealgazette.com
  The man who was killed Tuesday afternoon in Kahnawake was a well-known criminal from Montreal. Kyle (K-Irish) Grabowski, 40, was shot Tuesday afternoon. The homicide is being investigated by the Kahnawake Peacekeepers with assistance from the Sûreté du Québec. Const. Kyle Zachary, a spokesperson with the Peacekeepers, said on Wednesday that the investigation is ongoing and he confirmed that Grabowski was the victim. On Tuesday, the Peacekeepers said in a news release that the
  
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• Montreal police chief in favour of body cameras, but can't give timeline

  21-01-2026 14:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police chief Fady Dagher says he’s in favour of equipping officers with body cameras but can’t say when the measure could finally be implemented, despite a renewed push from city hall. Speaking at a public review of Montreal’s 2026 budget Tuesday evening, Dagher said the police department is still waiting for the Quebec government to decide whether the cameras should be deployed. The city of Montreal set aside $40 million for the cameras in its 2025–2034 capital
  
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• Hells Angels targeted in police raids across Quebec

  21-01-2026 13:57 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec police task force overseen by the Sûreté du Québec executed a series of arrest warrants across the province Wednesday, targeting members and affiliates of the Hells Angels for firearms and drug offences. The raids, carried out in the Quebec City area as well as the Chaudière-Appalaches, Bas-St-Laurent, Laurentians and Montérégie, are targeting members of a criminal network “that operates under the aegis of the Quebec chapter of the Hells An
  
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• Montreal-area entrepreneur-cyclists can electrify your bike ride

  21-01-2026 12:55 via montrealgazette.com
  It was during a year-long trip with his young family through South America that Hugo Deligny became smitten by the egalitarian potential of electric bikes. He found their energy boost levelled the playing field so that young and old, fit and less fit, or those touting kids in a bike seat could all cycle together at the same pace. Plus the added power would ease the commute from his South Shore home to downtown Montreal. On his return, however, Deligny found the electric bikes on offer disappoint
  
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• Jacques Cartier Bridge shut down because of raging nearby fire

  21-01-2026 12:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Motorists saw their morning commute severely complicated Wednesday after a four-alarm fire in midtown Montreal forced the complete shutdown of the Jacques Cartier Bridge. The shutdown remains in effect until further notice. The Montreal fire department requested the closure as it battles a four-alarm blaze on de Lorimier Ave. near Logan St. Fire department spokesperson Éric Lafrance said the fire broke out around midnight on the ground floor of the four-storey building, which is designate
  
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• Jacques Cartier Bridge shut down because of nearby four-alarm fire

  21-01-2026 12:26 via montrealgazette.com
  South Shore motorists saw their morning commute severely complicated Wednesday after a four-alarm fire in midtown Montreal forced the complete shutdown of the Jacques Cartier Bridge. The Montreal fire department requested the shutdown as it battled a four-alarm blaze on de Lorimier Ave. near Logan St. The shutdown remains in effect until further notice.Feu de bâtiment - Intersection de Lorimier et Logan - Quatrième alarme - Coupure de courant possible. Merci d'éviter le secte
  
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• Quebec government's cash-flow problems are hurting community groups, advocates say

  21-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Community organizations across the province say they’re reeling from sudden funding refusals, application delays and backtracking on approved funding by the Quebec government, and say their services are in jeopardy. Now, some of the hundreds of affected organizations that work in such areas as literacy, housing rights, mental health, home care, caregiver support and diversity training are responding with strikes and a petition. “It doesn’t make sense what we’re going thro
  
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• Elie Wiesel's son brings his father's message of survival to Montreal documentary première

  21-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When Elie Wiesel (1928-2016) decided, a decade after having survived the horrors of the Holocaust, to write his testimony, “I wanted my language to be a monument to my people — especially those who died,” he says in a stirring new documentary. Elie Wiesel: Soul on Fire will have its Montreal première on Sunday at 5 p.m. at the Montreal Holocaust Museum to mark International Holocaust Remembrance Day, which is Tuesday, Jan. 27. The screening will be followed by a discussi
  
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• Kahnawake Peacekeepers investigate fatal shooting of 41-year-old man

  21-01-2026 01:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The Kahnawake Peacekeepers are investigating a fatal shooting that took place in a parking lot behind Robbie’s Smokehouse & Burger Bar on Tuesday afternoon. According to a statement from the Peacekeepers from Tuesday evening, a non-local man, 41, was shot shortly after 2:30 p.m. behind the restaurant on Route 138 in Kahnawake. The Sûreté du Québec major crimes unit is assisting the Peacekeepers in the investigation. “There is no active threat to the community,
  
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• Legault calls byelection for Chicoutimi riding Feb. 23

  21-01-2026 00:57 via montrealgazette.com
  A provincial byelection will be held in Quebec’s Chicoutimi riding on Feb. 23, Premier François Legault announced Tuesday, to fill the seat left vacant by former Coalition Avenir Québec minister Andrée Laforest. Laforest resigned as an MNA and minister of municipal affairs in September to run for mayor of Saguenay in November’s municipal election. She lost that race by only 228 votes to Luc Boivin. While Laforest easily won the Saguenay-area riding in the 2022 ge
  
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• Bixi increasing its rates for 2026

  21-01-2026 00:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Bixi, Montreal’s subscription bicycle rental service, will be increasing its rates again starting next month. Last week, the service announced to subscribers its rates starting Feb. 16. Seasonal passes, which run from April to November, will cost $115, up from $112 last year, while monthly passes will cost $24, up from $23. For those without subscriptions, it will cost more to use Bixis. The unlocking fee will increase to $1.60 from $1.50, plus $0.21 per minute, up from $0.20. While the se
  
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• Polar vortex will bring wind chills approaching minus-40 C to Montreal Friday

  21-01-2026 00:08 via montrealgazette.com
  An extreme polar vortex moving from the Arctic across North America is expected to arrive in Quebec by Friday and persist through the weekend, according to Environment Canada. Environment Canada meteorologist Peter Kimbell said residents of southern Quebec can expect temperatures in the mid-minus-20s from Friday night through Sunday, with wind chills reaching minus-34 degrees Celsius and close to minus-40 C in some areas. “We will have wind chills that will be significantly colder than wha
  
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• Polar vortex in Montreal to bring wind chills approaching -40

  21-01-2026 00:08 via montrealgazette.com
  An extreme polar vortex moving from the Arctic across North America is expected to arrive in Quebec by Friday and persist through the weekend, according to Environment Canada. Environment Canada meteorologist Peter Kimbell said residents of Southern Quebec can expect temperatures in the mid-minus-20s from Friday night through Sunday, with wind chills reaching -34 and close to -40 in some areas. “We will have wind chills that will be significantly colder than what the temperatures alone ref
  
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• UN official Sandra Hernández to run as candidate for Parti Québécois

  20-01-2026 21:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Prepping his party’s roster ahead of this year’s provincial election, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon announced a candidate Tuesday who will run in an undetermined riding. “Game on,” he told reporters gathered at his party’s Montreal headquarters, naming UN official Sandra Hernández as a future candidate for the party. Hernández, who is a Longueuil native, said she is willing to hit pause on her international career to joi
  
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• Voyageurs malades dans un hôtel de Samana en République dominicaine : la problématique perdure depuis plusieurs mois

  20-01-2026 21:30 via journaldequebec.com
  Ce n’est pas d’hier qu’un grand nombre de voyageurs tombent malades lors de leur séjour à l’hôtel Viva V Samana de Wyndham en République dominicaine.
  
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• GTA 6: Rockstar aurait permis à un fan malade de jouer avant sa sortie

  20-01-2026 21:29 via journaldequebec.com
  Rockstar Games a peut-être permis à un fan atteint d’un cancer la possibilité de jouer à Grand Theft Auto 6 avant sa sortie officielle
  
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• «Cette chanson est antifasciste» : en concert, Green Day appuie les gens du Minnesota

  20-01-2026 21:18 via journaldequebec.com
  Le groupe punk a aussi dénoncé le conseiller à la sécurité nationale des États-Unis, Stephen Miller.
  
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• Vieux-Québec: pas question de légiférer pour réduire la musique en anglais, dit le maire

  20-01-2026 21:14 via journaldequebec.com
  Bruno Marchand fait appel à la responsabilité des commerçants pour faire valoir le fait français.
  
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• Canadienne de 19 ans trouvée morte entourée de dingos en Australie: «Nos cœurs sont en pièces», dit son père

  20-01-2026 21:11 via journaldequebec.com
  Le père de la Canadienne de 19 ans trouvée sans vie entourée de dingos sur une plage en Australie pleure la perte de «son précieux bébé».
  
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• Victoire des Hoosiers de l'Indiana au match de championnat de la NCAA: «Je ne pensais jamais, jamais voir ça de mon vivant»

  20-01-2026 21:08 via journaldequebec.com
  Victoire des Hoosiers de l'Indiana au match de championnat de la NCAA: «Je ne pensais jamais, jamais voir ça de mon vivant»
  
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• Sanderson présente ses excuses à Merilainen

  20-01-2026 21:06 via journaldequebec.com
  Le défenseur a fait son mea culpa.
  
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• De «Super Mario Bros., le film» à «Mortal Kombat»: voici les 9 meilleures adaptations de jeux vidéo au cinéma

  20-01-2026 21:03 via journaldequebec.com
  Alors que Return to Silent Hill prend l’affiche ce weekend, on vous propose un survol des neuf adaptations vidéoludiques les plus réussies.
  
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• Mazda repousserait de 2 ans son futur électrique

  20-01-2026 21:00 via guideautoweb.com
  À quand donc un véhicule électrique réellement compétent et concurrentiel en Amérique du Nord? Les dernières nouvelles ne sont pas encourageantes.
  
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• Les restaurants et épiceries de Montréal pourraient être obligés à donner leurs invendus aux moins nantis

  20-01-2026 20:58 via journaldequebec.com
  La Ville de Montréal envisagerait l’adoption d’une réglementation pour obliger les épiceries et les restaurants à redonner leur nourriture.
  
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• Gaspésie: l’ex-conseiller municipal Bruno-Pierre Godbout reconnaît avoir violenté et harcelé des femmes

  20-01-2026 20:50 via journaldequebec.com
  Il a été déclaré coupable de six chefs d’accusation au palais de justice de Percé.
  
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• Mulcair: Opposing visions jockey in likely two-horse race for CAQ leadership

  20-01-2026 20:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Coalition Avenir Québec appears to be lining itself up for a knock-down, drag-out Donnybrook between opposing visions for the future of that party and our province. My fearless prediction is that, irrespective of the eventual number of candidates for the CAQ’s leadership, we’re going to be looking at essentially a two-horse race between Christine Fréchette, the minister of the economy, innovation and energy, and Simon Jolin-Barrette, the minister of justice. Fr&eacu
  
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• Côte-Nord: écrasement d’hélicoptère à Havre-Saint-Pierre

  20-01-2026 20:35 via journaldequebec.com
  Un écrasement d’hélicoptère a fait au moins un blessé à Havre-Saint-Pierre, sur la Côte-Nord, mardi midi.
  
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• Revirement dans les négociations au Massif: les deux parties gardent espoir de s’entendre cette semaine

  20-01-2026 20:29 via journaldequebec.com
  Les deux parties ont accepté de participer à une nouvelle rencontre de négociations mardi et ont toujours espoir de s’entendre.
  
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