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• L’interminable conflit qu’on avait oublié

  10-10-2023 21:38 via journaldequebec.com
  Depuis plus d’un an, avec raison, les yeux du monde sont tournés vers l’invasion de l’Ukraine par la Russie.
  
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• Groups press Montreal for firmer commitment on police body cameras

  24-01-2026 00:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A coalition of civil rights and community groups is urging the city of Montreal to equip its police officers with body cameras and asking the new administration to clarify its position on the issue. During a virtual news conference Friday, the groups  —  many of which represent visible minorities in the city  —  called on Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada to show greater political will on the matter. “Where there’s a will, there’s a way,” s
  
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• Quebecers can keep Canadian passports in a separate Quebec, PQ says

  23-01-2026 23:47 via montrealgazette.com
  ST-HYACINTHE — An independent Quebec would allow its citizens to keep both a Canadian and Quebec passport, Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said Friday as he presented the latest chapter of his post-referendum playbook. Quebec residents with Canadian citizenship would automatically receive the new citizenship upon independence, St-Pierre Plamondon said. But the new state would recognize dual Quebec-Canadian citizenship, he promised, predicting Ottawa would make
  
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• Massage therapist who sexually assaulted 16 clients sentenced to 79-month prison term

  23-01-2026 22:38 via montrealgazette.com
  A South Shore massage therapist who sexually assaulted 16 of his clients and recorded others in various stages of undress while they underwent treatment was sentenced to a 79-month prison term on Friday. Dressed in black, François Delorimier Vallières, 47, of Candiac, was asked to stand up in court before Quebec Superior Court Justice Lyne Décarie delivered the final part of her decision at the Longueuil courthouse. “When it came to the sexual assaults, the court remin
  
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• Two arrested in Montreal fatal shooting as major Quebec organized-crime investigation continues

  23-01-2026 21:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Two men wanted in a fatal shooting were arrested Thursday night in Montreal and Laval, marking the latest development in Quebec police’s continuing major organized-crime investigation that previously led to the arrests of figures such as Leonardo Rizzuto, police said Friday. Pedro Kela, 38, and Nicko Bélisle, 27, were taken into custody following a police deployment, Montreal police said in a statement. The men are alleged to have participated in a killing committed in Villeray&ndas
  
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• Quebec removes British crown from its official coat of arms

  23-01-2026 21:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The Legault government is removing the British crown from Quebec’s coat of arms. The announcement came Friday from the Minister of Justice and Minister Responsible for Canadian Relations, Simon Jolin-Barrette, along with the Minister of the French Language and Minister of Immigration, Francization and Integration, Jean-François Roberge. “The vast majority of Quebecers have no attachment to the British monarchy and reject it,” Jolin-Barrette declared in a press statement.
  
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• Montreal looks to address housing crisis by easing requirements

  23-01-2026 21:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says she’s easing regulations for developers to help address the housing crisis and accelerate the construction of social and affordable housing in Montreal. The mayor announced Friday the city is loosening its mixed metropolis bylaw while a committee decides how to best replace it altogether, a promise Martinez Ferrada campaigned on this fall. “We’re breaking down the silos,” Martinez Ferrada said at city hall. “We’re moving from
  
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• Montreal facing extreme cold followed by heavy snow this weekend

  23-01-2026 20:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers should brace for a double hit of harsh winter weather this weekend as Environment Canada issues two warnings for the area. First comes a burst of cold, dipping to -35 wind chill overnight Friday into Saturday. Then, a significant snowfall could complicate the Monday morning commute. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Friday warning that 10 to 20 centimetres of snow are expected across Greater Montreal and surrounding regions, beginning late Sunday and tapering off
  
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• Montreal facing arctic cold followed by heavy snow this weekend

  23-01-2026 20:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers should brace for a double hit of harsh winter weather this weekend as Environment Canada issues two warnings for the area. First comes a burst of cold, dipping to –35 wind chill overnight Friday into Saturday. Then, a significant snowfall could complicate the Monday morning commute. Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Friday warning that 10 to 20 centimetres of snow are expected across Greater Montreal and surrounding regions, beginning late Sunday and taperin
  
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• Carney's Plains of Abraham remarks show 'historic error': Roberge

  23-01-2026 20:42 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Prime Minister Mark Carney’s statement that the Plains of Abraham symbolize the start of something good in history shows his complete lack of knowledge of Quebec history, politicians said Friday. “What a gaffe, what a historic error,” Immigration Minister Jean-François Roberge said in an interview with Radio-Canada. “The Battle of the Plains of Abraham are the conquest, the culmination point where the English came and defeated the French and burned v
  
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• Ye Olde Orchard and neighbouring businesses to reopen, but tenants remain displaced

  23-01-2026 20:40 via montrealgazette.com
  One day after city officials ordered tenants and business owners to evacuate from a Monkland Ave. building over safety concerns, the businesses were granted permission to reopen on Friday, according to the city. The operators of Ye Olde Orchard Pub, Rockaberry Café, Taverne Monkland and Aliments Naturels Fleur Sauvage on the ground floor of the building were told by the borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Thursday morning they would have to close their busi
  
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• Montreal can't afford to 'lose' temporary workers, city tells Quebec

  23-01-2026 20:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal is calling on Quebec to find pathways to residency for temporary workers who came to the province with the intention of staying under the now-defunct Programme de l’expérience québécoise (PEQ). During question period at a news conference Friday morning, Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said a declaration will be made at Monday’s city council meeting “to send a message to Quebec that Montreal cannot lose people.” The PEQ, launched in 201
  
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• Nobel de la paix: la première ministre italienne espère que le prix pourra être décerné à Donald Trump

  23-01-2026 19:16 via journaldequebec.com
  La première ministre italienne Giorgia Meloni a déclaré qu'elle espérait que le prix Nobel de la paix puisse être décerné un jour à Donald Trump.
  
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• À quoi ressemblerait la formation des meilleurs joueurs jamais repêchés cette saison?

  23-01-2026 19:12 via journaldequebec.com
  En 2025-2026, les joueurs non repêchés sont nombreux et certains tirent particulièrement leur épingle du jeu.
  
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• Un receveur dominant débarque chez les Carabins

  23-01-2026 19:09 via journaldequebec.com
  L'Université de Montréal a ajouté une arme très dangereuse à son arsenal.
  
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• Self-described 'agitator' Yves Engler found guilty of harassing Montreal police officer

  23-01-2026 19:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Yves Engler, the Montreal author and self-described “agitator,” was found guilty Friday of harassing an investigator with the Montreal police hate-crimes division last year by arranging to have her email box flooded with messages from his followers. Quebec Court Judge Guylaine Rivest found Engler, 46, guilty of all three charges he faced in his trial, which was held in November. On Feb. 20, he was charged with obstructing the work of Det.-Sgt. Francesca Crivello and two counts of har
  
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• Self-described 'agitator' found guilty of harassing Montreal police officer

  23-01-2026 19:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Yves Engler, the Montreal author and self-described “agitator,” was found guilty Friday of harassing an investigator with the Montreal police hate-crimes division last year by arranging to have her email box flooded with messages from his followers. Quebec Court Judge Guylaine Rivest found Engler, 46, guilty of all three charges he faced in his trial, which was held in November. On Feb. 20, he was charged with obstructing the work of Det.-Sgt. Francesca Crivello and two counts of har
  
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• Trump attaque le rôle des alliés en Afghanistan et sème l’indignation en Europe

  23-01-2026 19:05 via journaldequebec.com
  Des propos de Donald Trump affirmant que les alliés de l'OTAN étaient «restés un peu loin des lignes de front» en Afghanistan
  
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• Le rêve américain au dollar canadien: des forfaits au pair pour les Québécois à Vegas

  23-01-2026 18:53 via journaldequebec.com
  Un complexe hôtelier de Las Vegas lance une offensive choc en invitant les Canadiens à dépenser leur argent au pair pour les attirer.
  
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• Un homme reconnait avoir drogué et violé son ex-femme durant de nombreuses années au Royaume-Uni

  23-01-2026 18:48 via journaldequebec.com
  Un homme reconnait avoir drogué et violé son ex-femme durant de nombreuses années au Royaume-Uni.
  
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• Kent Hughes et le cas de Patrik Laine: voici les huit options (dont une impossible) pour régler le problème

  23-01-2026 18:44 via journaldequebec.com
  Prononcer le nom de Patrik Laine dans l’entourage du Canadien, c’est un peu comme prononcer celui de Voldemort.
  
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• Martin St-Louis a raison de dire que la feuille de pointage ne dit pas tout, car oui, Zachary Bolduc joue mieux

  23-01-2026 18:43 via journaldequebec.com
  Zachary Bolduc a possiblement fait taire plusieurs de ses détracteurs en livrant une performance inspirée, jeudi soir, dans la défaite du Canadien.
  
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• Catastrophe ferroviaire en Espagne: les enquêteurs évoquent une rupture de rail

  23-01-2026 18:35 via journaldequebec.com
  Les enquêteurs travaillent sur «l'hypothèse» d'une «rupture» d'un rail au niveau d'une soudure qui se serait produite juste avant la catastrophe.
  
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• Washington prend de nouvelles sanctions au nom de la défense des manifestants iraniens

  23-01-2026 18:34 via journaldequebec.com
  Washington prend de nouvelles sanctions au nom de la défense des manifestants iraniens.
  
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• Des chiens surdoués capables d'apprendre des mots comme des enfants, révèle une étude

  23-01-2026 18:34 via journaldequebec.com
  Des chiens apprennent des mots par simple écoute, comme des enfants de 18 mois. Une coévolution millénaire avec l'homme en serait la clé.
  
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• La nouvelle Chevrolet Bolt cessera d’être produite

  23-01-2026 18:30 via guideautoweb.com
  La carrière de cette seconde Bolt ne durera que 18 mois environ.
  
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• Discours sur les Plaines d’Abraham: le Bloc accuse Mark Carney de réécrire l’histoire

  23-01-2026 18:02 via journaldequebec.com
  Le discours de Mark Carney prononcé jeudi sur les Plaines d’Abraham a profondément choqué les membres du Bloc québécois.
  
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• Îlot Saint-Vincent-de-Paul: Ce sera bel et bien le premier projet soumis, confirme Marchand

  23-01-2026 18:00 via journaldequebec.com
  L'administration Marchand a confirmé que le projet de l’îlot Saint-Vincent-de-Paul sera «le premier soumis» par la Ville de Québec.
  
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• Course à la chefferie caquiste: les ministres devront finalement se contenter de leur salaire de député

  23-01-2026 17:58 via journaldequebec.com
  La CAQ fait volte-face et confirme que les ministres qui tenteront de succéder à François Legault devront se contenter de leur salaire de député.
  
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• Stabbing in Saint-Laurent métro sends man to hospital

  23-01-2026 17:38 via montrealgazette.com
  A 43-year-old man was recovering in a hospital Friday morning after being stabbed during an altercation in the Saint-Laurent métro station. Montreal police were alerted at 9:25 a.m. that an injured man had been seen in the Place-des-Arts métro station, one stop away from the Saint-Laurent station. Subsequent investigation found the man had been wounded during an altercation with several other individuals at the Saint-Laurent métro station. The man was taken to a hospital wit
  
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