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• Hanes: Martinez Ferrada's maiden budget starts steering Montreal out of stormy waters

  13-01-2026 00:00 via montrealgazette.com
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• Montreal budget: STM still missing hundreds of millions for maintenance despite increase

  12-01-2026 23:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite a six-per-cent increase in Montreal's contribution to public transit, there are still hundreds of millions of dollars needed to keep the métro running and its stations open, the city's transit agency warned Monday. Read More
  
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• Mayor says 2026 Montreal budget is responsible; opposition says it 'smells like austerity'

  12-01-2026 23:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada says her first municipal budget is “rigorous and responsible” and signals a return to basics for the city after years of overspending. Read More
  
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• Mother of woman allegedly pushed from 3rd-storey balcony speaks out

  12-01-2026 23:14 via cbc.ca
  Tadjan’ah Desir, 31, died in hospital four days after she was allegedly pushed from the balcony of a building in Montreal’s Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough. Laval resident James Theramene is facing a charge of aggravated assault in connection with her death.
  
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• Jury trial begins in Laval for former UFC fighter accused of murder

  12-01-2026 22:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The trial of a former UFC fighter accused of murdering a 17-year-old boy in Laval nearly four years ago began Monday with a Quebec Superior Court judge delivering his opening instructions to a jury. Read More
  
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• Zurkowsky: CFL tinkering might extend to playoff format

  12-01-2026 22:25 via montrealgazette.com
  It seems the CFL could be considering an adjustment to its playoff format. Read More
  
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• Montreal's 2026 budget by the numbers: See how much your property taxes are going up

  12-01-2026 22:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal announced its 2026 city budget on Monday. Here are some key charts showing how your tax money is collected and spent: Read More
  
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• 'I am going to win this race,' Charles Milliard says as Quebec Liberal leadership campaign kicks off

  12-01-2026 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The first candidate to declare a run for the leadership of the Quebec Liberals says the more time the party has to prepare for the next election, the better. Read More
  
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• Cowan: Canadiens' Arber Xhekaj is gaining confidence — and it shows

  12-01-2026 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Arber Xhekaj is making it difficult for Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis to take him out of the lineup. Read More
  
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• Cowan: Canadiens' Arber Xhekaj is gaining confidence — and it has shown

  12-01-2026 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Arber Xhekaj has been making it difficult for Canadiens head coach Martin St. Louis to take him out of the lineup. Read More
  
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• Montreal budget presses pause on Camillien-Houde plans

  12-01-2026 21:23 via montrealgazette.com
  There will be no changes to Camillien-Houde Way until the year of the next municipal election, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said Monday. Read More
  
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• Montreal police cutting expenses after going $60 million over budget

  12-01-2026 21:02 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police department started cutting overtime and other expenses late last year after spending figures showed it was veering toward a $60-million overrun for 2025, according to the Montreal city manager and the city's latest $7.67-billion budget. Read More
  
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• Canadiens turn back to Jakub Dobes in rematch against Canucks

  12-01-2026 20:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Jakub Dobes will start in goal for the Canadiens when they face the Vancouver Canucks Monday at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., Prime, RDS). Read More
  
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• Good Samaritan rescues driver after car flies off bridge in Gatineau, Que.

  12-01-2026 19:28 via cbc.ca
  A roofer from Chelsea, Que., who saw a car fly off the Draveurs Bridge over the Gatineau River was amazed the driver survived.
  
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• Todd: Michael Hage overlooked by Team Canada, but not by Canadiens

  12-01-2026 17:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Hockey Canada may have dodged one when our junior team suffered a beatdown at the hands of the Czechs in the semifinals. Read More
  
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• Montreal budget keeps Plante's promises for the city's bike paths

  12-01-2026 17:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Rumours of the death of the city's bike path network have been greatly exaggerated as the Soraya Ferrada Martinez administration is pledging to maintain all the paths promised by its predecessor. Read More
  
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• Montreal budget highlights: Property taxes up, major investments to fight homelessness

  12-01-2026 17:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal presented its 2026 budget on Monday, the first under new Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s administration. Read More
  
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• Montreal's credit card 'maxed out' and city must lower debt burden, mayor says

  12-01-2026 17:06 via montrealgazette.com
  The administration of Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has chosen to wrestle down Montreal's debt beast in its first year in office, scraping additional funds from the city's $7.67-billion 2026 operating budget to pay down loans and return the city to a healthier debt burden one year earlier than planned by the previous administration. Read More
  
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• Montreal budget lowers debt burden one year ahead of schedule

  12-01-2026 17:06 via montrealgazette.com
  The administration of Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada has chosen to wrestle down Montreal's debt beast in its first year in office, scraping additional funds from the city's $7.67-billion 2026 operating budget to pay down loans and return the city to a healthier debt burden one year earlier than planned by the previous administration. Read More
  
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• Here's how much your property tax rate is going up in Montreal

  12-01-2026 17:06 via cbc.ca
  The average residential property tax rate is going up 3.8 per cent this year. Here's a breakdown.
  
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• Quebec passenger train derails after striking tractor trailers near tracks

  12-01-2026 16:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A VIA Rail passenger train carrying 124 passengers and crew from Montreal to Halifax was derailed early Monday after it struck the rear ends of two tractor trailers reportedly parked too close to the rails near the town of St-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska in the lower St. Lawrence region. Read More
  
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• Passenger train crashes into 2 semi-trailer trucks in Lower St. Lawrence region, no one injured

  12-01-2026 14:39 via cbc.ca
  The Sûreté du Québec says no one was injured when a Via passenger train struck the trailers of two transport trucks that had parked near the tracks in Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska, located in the Lower St. Lawrence region.
  
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• Suspected arson forces two dozen residents to flee building in Montreal's east end

  12-01-2026 13:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Flames from a business targeted by a suspected arson on the ground floor of a three-storey commercial-residential building on Sherbrooke St. E. spread quickly to that building's upper floors early Monday, forcing the evacuation of about two dozen residents and the deployment of scores of firefighters. Read More
  
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• Uber vs. Lyft: I tracked prices for a week and it changed how I book rides

  12-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I open the Uber app on a weekday morning in Montreal’s Plateau and set a route downtown. The fare comes in just shy of $13. Read More
  
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• Hampstead drivers veer across a moonscape of craters on Ellerdale Rd.

  12-01-2026 11:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It would have been generous to call Ellerdale a road on Friday morning, as the main thoroughfare connecting Montreal to Hampstead was more hole than road. Read More
  
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• Quebec struck peace with doctors, but critics say patients lost out

  12-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  It was a deal reached just in time for the holidays, averting the threat of multiple medical clinic closures and the departure of hundreds of doctors from the health system. But as the dust settles on the agreement, the initial relief is giving way to sharp questions about who actually stands to gain.
  
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• Property tax rates jump, more money for homelessness in Montreal budget

  12-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada’s first city budget totals $7.7 billion, up 5.4 per cent from last year. The budget includes more money to counter homelessness, while public security once again accounts for the largest slice of the budgetary pie.
  
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• Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada to present her 1st municipal budget

  12-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada is set to present her first municipal budget Monday after running on a promise to "restore order" to the city's finances.
  
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• Race for Quebec Liberal Party leadership won't include former Via Rail CEO

  12-01-2026 01:16 via montrealgazette.com
  On the eve of the start of the Quebec Liberal Party leadership race, Yves Desjardins-Siciliano has announced that he will not be a candidate. Read More
  
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• Man faces charges after woman assaulted at Longueuil métro

  12-01-2026 00:17 via montrealgazette.com
  A 31-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning in the Longueuil—Université-de-Sherbrooke métro station for allegedly assaulting a woman in her 40s around 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at the station, Longueuil police said. Read More
  
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• Man arrested after assault at Longueuil métro

  12-01-2026 00:17 via montrealgazette.com
  A 31-year-old man was arrested Sunday morning in the Longueuil—Université-de-Sherbrooke métro station for allegedly assaulting a woman in her 40s at about 8:30 a.m. on Saturday at the station, Longueuil police said. Read More
  
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• Desbiens leads Montreal Victoire past Vancouver Goldeneyes 1-0

  11-01-2026 23:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Ann-Renée Desbiens stopped 26 shots to lead the Montreal Victoire past the Vancouver Goldeneyes 1-0 Sunday afternoon at Quebec City's Centre Vidéotron. Read More
  
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• SSENSE's co-founders win bid to keep control of the Montreal luxury fashion company

  11-01-2026 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  The co-founders of Montreal-based luxury fashion retailer SSENSE announced Sunday that they will be able to keep control of the company. Read More
  
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• SSENSE's co-founders to buy back the Montreal luxury fashion company

  11-01-2026 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  The co-founders of Montreal-based luxury fashion retailer SSENSE announced Sunday that they will be able to buy back the company. Read More
  
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• Groupe Montoni reports vandalism at Montreal's old Molson Brewery site

  11-01-2026 20:58 via cbc.ca
  Graffiti tags were discovered on one of the exterior wall of the old Molson Brewery on Saturday by Groupe Montoni, one of the owners of the building.
  
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• Pickup truck driver fighting for his life after colliding with snowplow in Montérégie

  11-01-2026 19:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The driver of a pickup truck was fighting for his life in a hospital Sunday after being involved in a collision with a snowplow in St-Rémi, in Quebec's Montérégie region. Read More
  
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• Vote on Quebec’s top 10 scientific discoveries with Québec Science magazine

  11-01-2026 18:49 via cbc.ca
  Québec Science magazine has compiled its annual list of the top 10 scientific discoveries made in the province over the last year. People have until Feb. 18 to vote for the most impressive one.
  
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• Quebec’s Julien Viel wins 1st World Cup title on home snow

  11-01-2026 15:42 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Julien Viel secured his first World Cup title Saturday after winning the men's dual moguls at the FIS Freestyle Ski World Cup in Val St-Côme, Que.
  
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• Word on the street is that Elle Barbara's a star. Period

  11-01-2026 13:54 via cbc.ca
  A pillar of Montreal’s music and queer arts scenes, Elle Barbara has released her first full-length album, Word On The Street. Written, composed, arranged, and produced over the course of nearly a decade, it's a special homage to Montreal creativity, to artistry and especially a Black, sex non-conforming femme existence.
  
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• Word on the street is that Elle Barabara's a star. Period

  11-01-2026 13:54 via cbc.ca
  A pillar of Montreal’s music and queer arts scenes, Elle Barbara has released her first full-length album, Word On The Street. Written, composed, arranged, and produced over the course of nearly a decade, it's a special homage to Montreal creativity, to artistry and especially a Black, sex non-conforming femme existence.
  
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• Should Montreal have paid the price to host the FIFA World Cup?

  11-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When 3,500 soccer fans swelled into the street outside Pub Burgundy Lion for its outdoor showing of the men’s European Championship final between England and Spain, the pub’s co-owner Toby Lyle had a problem. Read More
  
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• Montreal weather: Don't look at the window this morning

  11-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada issued a yellow warning for snowfall Saturday night, so when we wake up Sunday there could be about 15 centimetres of snow greeting us. Read More
  
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• Hosting the FIFA World Cup looks lucrative. Montreal wasn't convinced

  11-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When 3,500 soccer fans swelled into the street outside Pub Burgundy Lion for its outdoor showing of the men’s European Championship final between England and Spain, the pub’s co-owner Toby Lyle had a problem. Read More
  
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• Fitness: Take advantage of the best of winter to get in shape

  11-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadians have a love, hate relationship with winter. On days when the wind blows, the temperature plummets and ice coats every inch of the landscape, winter has few fans. But when the sun is shining, the snow fresh and the temperature hovers closer to zero than minus 20 Celsius, winter is at its best. Read More
  
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• Does Martin St. Louis merit coach-of-year consideration? | HI/O Bonus

  11-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
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• Hidden Game: Adroit Detroit, John Gibson's hot hand blank Canadiens 4-0

  11-01-2026 06:06 via montrealgazette.com
  There's still plenty of racetrack left this season, but we believe Todd McLellan is a worthy candidate as the NHL's coach of the year. Read More
  
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• After 100th World Cup win, Canada's Mikaël Kingsbury stays out of dual moguls

  11-01-2026 01:25 via cbc.ca
  A day after securing his 100th career World Cup victory, freestyle skier Mikaël Kingsbury didn't compete in dual moguls Saturday.
  
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• Well-known theatre school in Montreal turns 65

  11-01-2026 01:24 via cbc.ca
  The National Theatre School of Canada is known for teaching some of the best in the industry. The theatre school located in Montreal is celebrating 65 years.
  
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• Montrealers rally in support of Iranian people amid anti-regime protests, internet blackout in Iran

  11-01-2026 00:13 via cbc.ca
  Iranian Montrealers rallied in the downtown core Saturday afternoon in a show of support for the people of Iran. Over the past two weeks, the country has been rocked by massive protests that began over Iran's ailing economy and continue to be fueled by anger toward the regime.
  
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• Court fines company $1.35M for western Quebec river spills

  10-01-2026 20:25 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec company that operated a chemical manufacturing plant in eastern Gatineau, Que., has been fined $1.35 million for discharging a harmful substance in 2019, according to Environment Canada.
  
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