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• Hampstead slow to improve its permit system, follow-up report finds

  26-11-2025 01:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Five years after a performance audit by the provincial government, the town of Hampstead has fallen behind on improving its permit and certificate management processes, according to a follow-up assessment. The Commission municipale du Québec (CMQ)’s May 2020 audit, which also included the municipalities of Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury, Otterburn Park, Saint-Honoré and La Pêche, resulted in 10 recommendations for Hampstead to improve its permit system for projects such as new
  
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• Report reveals workplace failures after foreign worker fatally crushed by concrete

  20-12-2025 03:21 via montrealgazette.com
  A workplace investigation reveals a temporary foreign worker had no training or qualifications when he was crushed to death by a concrete slab on a construction site in Montreal North in 2023. The man was pronounced dead at the scene after a load-bearing wall in the basement of a mixed-use building on Rolland Blvd., near Pascal St., was demolished, causing the concrete floor above to collapse. The accident left two other foreign workers with injuries. Quebec’s workplace safety authority, t
  
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• Montrealer pleads guilty to killing man in knife fight over a woman

  19-12-2025 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A murder trial set to begin before a jury in a few weeks at the Montreal courthouse was cancelled Friday after the accused admitted he fatally stabbed the victim during what turned into a knife fight over a woman inside an apartment in the St-Laurent borough two years ago. Uriel Pepin Rojas, 23, of Montreal North, pleaded guilty to manslaughter before Quebec Superior Court Justice Hélène Di Salvo at the Montreal courthouse on Friday. He was initially charged with second-degree murd
  
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• Montreal North man pleads guilty to manslaughter in St-Laurent homicide case

  19-12-2025 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A murder trial set to begin before a jury in a few weeks at the Montreal courthouse was cancelled Friday after the accused admitted he fatally stabbed the victim during what turned into a knife fight over a woman inside an apartment in the St-Laurent borough two years ago. Uriel Pepin Rojas, 23, of Montreal North, pleaded guilty to manslaughter before Quebec Superior Court Justice Hélène Di Salvo at the Montreal courthouse on Friday. He was initially charged with second-degree murd
  
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• After 33 years, Quebecer released from prison while Ottawa reviews his case

  19-12-2025 21:09 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who has served more than three decades behind bars for four murders he swears he did not commit was granted a release Friday while his case is reviewed by the federal government. Daniel Jolivet, 68, appeared relieved as he and one of his lawyers, Nicolas St-Jacques, shared a joke and chuckled after Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie delivered her decision on Jolivet’s request to be freed. Jolivet watched the judge deliver her decision from a prisoner’s dock in th
  
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• Outages and slowdowns plague REM's Deux-Montagnes branch in its first month

  19-12-2025 20:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The REM’s Deux-Montagnes branch is getting mixed reviews after its first month in service, as the new light-train network continues to struggle with outages and slowdowns. The train network experienced seven outages during the 31-day period from Nov. 17 to Dec. 18, said Carole Du Sault, a spokesperson for Pulsar, which is the company that operates the light-rail network. In an email, Du Sault said four of the outages were caused by external factors beyond the operator’s control. Amon
  
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• 'Pilot to the stars' denied parole on 15-year sentence for attacking Hydro-Québec network

  19-12-2025 20:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Normand Dubé, the helicopter pilot who who caused nearly $30 million in damage to Hydro-Québec’s power grid during his long-standing dispute with the utility, has been denied parole on the lengthy sentence he is serving. In a decision made by the Parole Board of Canada last week, the board wrote Dubé was denied both day and full parole on his current 15-year sentence. Following his arrest many years ago, Dubé was often referred to as “the pilot to the star
  
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• «En 5 minutes, j’ai vu que ça n’avait aucun sens», Yves Bolduc démolit la loi 2 de Christian Dubé

  19-12-2025 18:52 via journaldequebec.com
  Contrairement à ce que plusieurs affirment, François Legault n’a pas cédé aux demandes des médecins, clame l’ancien ministre de la Santé, Yves Bolduc.
  
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• Blanchette Vézina réagit: «Legault a jeté Christian Dubé sous l'autobus»

  19-12-2025 18:51 via journaldequebec.com
  L'ex-ministre caquiste, Maité Blanchette Vézina, estime que le départ de Christian Dubé est un symptôme du leadership défaillant de François Legault
  
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• Trophée Norris: les preneurs aux livres prennent Hutson au sérieux

  19-12-2025 18:45 via journaldequebec.com
  Les preneurs aux livres ne sont pas insensibles à ses succès.
  
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• Zooey Deschanel révèle pourquoi elle a failli ne jamais jouer dans le film «Le Lutin»

  19-12-2025 18:38 via journaldequebec.com
  Une autre actrice avait été choisie par le réalisateur
  
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• Immigration: «On s’excuse de notre trahison», dit Steven Blaney

  19-12-2025 18:36 via journaldequebec.com
  Ému, Steven Blaney a présenté des excuses au nom de la société québécoise. Selon lui, on est en train de «trahir des gens qu’on a fait venir ici».
  
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• Jour J pour le dossier Epstein: la Justice américaine ne publiera qu'une partie des documents

  19-12-2025 18:34 via journaldequebec.com
  Jour J pour la publication du dossier Epstein par le gouvernement Trump.
  
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• Un autre report du dossier Dominique Laroche qui ne passe pas pour la Couronne

  19-12-2025 18:21 via journaldequebec.com
  La demande de la défense a provoqué l’ire du procureur de la Couronne qui déplore un «manque de considération» envers la victime
  
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• Sa conjointe blessée dans un bris de manège: un père de famille demande des explications au Méga Parc des Galeries de la Capitale

  19-12-2025 18:18 via journaldequebec.com
  Un père de famille a vécu toute une frousse vendredi soir dernier quand un manège du Méga Parc des Galeries de la Capitale a connu des ratés.
  
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• De plus en plus de femmes heureuses d’être célibataires

  19-12-2025 18:17 via journaldequebec.com
  Le sociologue Michel Dorais explique pourquoi de plus en plus de femmes choisissent le célibat et redéfinissent leurs priorités.
  
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• Le tout pour le tout: les Saguenéens concluent trois transactions monstres

  19-12-2025 18:14 via journaldequebec.com
  La formation du Saguenay y va le tout pour le tout cette saison.
  
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• Un homme de Toronto arrêté pour terrorisme

  19-12-2025 18:13 via journaldequebec.com
  Un homme de Toronto a été arrêté pour des infractions liées au terrorisme, a annoncé la Gendarmerie royale du Canada, vendredi.
  
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• Woman, 92, dies after being hit by pickup truck in Verdun

  19-12-2025 18:12 via montrealgazette.com
  A 92-year-old woman died Friday after being struck by a pickup truck Thursday afternoon in the borough of Verdun. Montreal police said the woman was struck around 2 p.m. at the intersection of Gilberte-Dubé St. and Gaétan-Laberge Blvd. While the investigation into the incident is continuing, police reiterated on Friday that neither speed nor alcohol were factors in the accident.
  
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• Manifestation samedi au Mont-Sainte-Anne

  19-12-2025 18:03 via journaldequebec.com
  Alors que le Mont-Sainte-Anne s'apprête à lancer sa saison samedi, une mobilisation citoyenne est organisée le même jour pour demander du changement.
  
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• Quebec Liberals: Marc Tanguay resumes job of interim leader after Rodriguez resignation

  19-12-2025 17:48 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Quebec Liberals have called on a steady hand to steer the party through the difficult times ahead. The party announced Friday that Marc Tanguay, the MNA for the riding of LaFontaine, will resume the job of interim leader in the wake of the resignation this week of leader Pablo Rodriguez. The decision was entrenched by the 18-member Liberal caucus at a virtual meeting Friday morning. “Marc Tanguay possesses a deep knowledge of the party rank and file, coupled with 14 year
  
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• Le carnage politique de 2025

  19-12-2025 17:30 via journaldequebec.com
  2025 s’achève par un carnage politique.
  
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• La caricature d’Ygreck en vidéo: Christian Dubé démissionne

  19-12-2025 17:30 via journaldequebec.com
  Découvrez ci-dessous comment notre caricaturiste Ygreck a imagé son dessin.
  
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• Digne d'un film de science-fiction: il rallonge sa jambe grâce à une tige électronique contrôlée à distance

  19-12-2025 17:30 via journaldequebec.com
  Le garçon de Trois-Rivières est le premier au Canada à y avoir eu accès.
  
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• Montreal police arrest two in stabbing of 12-year-old boy

  19-12-2025 17:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police announced on Friday they have arrested two suspects in connection with the stabbing last month of a 12-year-old boy in the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. Rayan Zackary Rahmani, 19, and a 17-year-old minor were arrested Wednesday in Montreal. Police credited information from witnesses with allowing them to locate the pair. Rahmani appeared in Quebec Court on Thursday to face a charge of attempted murder, and the minor appeared the same day in You
  
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• Immigration temporaire: Roberge renvoie la balle à Ottawa

  19-12-2025 17:18 via journaldequebec.com
  Le gouvernement Legault confirme son intention d’accorder la résidence permanente à près de 30 000 personnes... si Ottawa renouvelle leur permis.
  
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• Bill 2: Family doctors vote 97% in favour of agreement with Quebec

  19-12-2025 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec family doctors have voted 97 per cent in favour of an agreement with the province to change how they are paid. The agreement will “encourage” doctors to take on 500,000 more patients who currently don’t have access to a general practitioner, the federation representing family doctors (FMOQ) said in a statement released Friday. Details leaked last week suggested that the agreement includes $434 million in new spending between now and 2028, and significant walkbacks of pre
  
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• High winds could reach up to 90 km/h in Montreal

  19-12-2025 15:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers may want to keep their equipment plugged in while local motorists may want to think twice before parking under an overhanging tree Friday morning as the potential damage this afternoon from a high-wind warning loomed closer. A code yellow wind warning for the Montreal area was issued by Environment Canada at 4:39 a.m., warning of wind gusts of up to 90 kilometres per hour on Friday afternoon. The announcement also warns of “possible utility outages” and urges residents to
  
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• Loi 2: les médecins de famille entérinent l'entente de principe conclue avec Québec

  19-12-2025 15:43 via journaldequebec.com
  Les médecins représentés par la Fédération des médecins de famille du Québec (FMOQ) ont voté à 97% en faveur de l'entente.
  
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• Déversement de métal en fusion: trois employés brûlés à Mont-Joli

  19-12-2025 15:29 via journaldequebec.com
  Un déversement de métal en fusion dans une fonderie a causé des brûlures à trois employés, forçant l’arrêt des activités pour une période indéterminée
  
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