Montreal news

• Convicted murderer attending McGill law school was ‘the most brutal and evil,’ former prosecutor says

  24-10-2026 04:10 via : Montreal
  
  Former prosecutor and retired judge, Rick Miller, told Global News that Ewart is "as bad as they come."
  
  Read more

• Montreal’s NDG neighbourhood turns 150 — here’s how its historical society is celebrating

  24-10-2026 01:47 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The exhibit is called NDG Through Time: 150 years of Memory and Community Life and it is on display at the Maison de la culture Notre-Dame-de-Grâce – Botrel.
  
  Read more

• Group files Competition Bureau complaint over Israeli real estate events in Toronto, Montreal

  24-10-2026 00:53 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  A group of lawyers and civil society members have filed a complaint with the Competition Bureau over Israeli real estate events in Toronto and Montreal, alleging that illegal properties were marketed to Canadians under false pretences.
  
  Read more

• CF Montreal says it's beefing up security after post-game violence, vandalism

  24-10-2026 00:13 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The team said in a statement on its website Friday that the trouble erupted after its loss to the Canadian Premier League’s Forge FC on penalty kicks in the Canadian Championship final on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Haven’t kept up with the Montreal Roses? Here’s what to know ahead of the playoff run

  23-10-2026 23:43 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  To help you get into playoff mode, here are a few tidbits about the team’s season.
  
  Read more

• Quebec woman who beat 4-year-old boy to death testifies in bid to get early parole

  23-10-2026 23:36 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  After 18 years behind bars, a Quebec woman who was found guilty of beating her then-boyfriend's four-year-old son to death in 2008 is appealing to a jury for a chance at early parole, saying she acknowledges and regrets what she did.
  
  Read more

• Hampstead, Que., mayor pleads guilty, faces $30K fine after anti-Palestine posts

  23-10-2026 23:34 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Hampstead Mayor Jeremy Levi pleaded guilty to a professional ethics breach and faces a $30,000 fine over comments he made about Palestine.
  
  Read more

• Demolition work halted at Canada Malting plant in Montreal after partial collapse

  23-10-2026 21:50 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Demolition work that began Monday at the Canada Malting plant in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough has been put on hold following a partial collapse. The developer said it was informed of the incident on Wednesday and no one was injured.
  
  Read more

• Advertisement

• Lack of security at psychiatric ER puts workers at risk in Quebec City hospital, unions say

  23-10-2026 20:14 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Psychiatric emergency department workers say hospital security measures are lacking. They stood outside the Centre hospitalier de l'Université Laval (CHUL) in Quebec City Friday to demand safety improvements.
  
  Read more

• Police investigating double murder in Quebec’s Bas-St-Laurent region

  23-10-2026 19:37 via : Montreal
  
  Quebec provincial police are investigating after two women were shot and killed in the parking lot of a restaurant in Rivière-du-Loup, in Quebec's Bas-St-Laurent region. 
  
  Read more

• PQ concedes loss of Champlain riding to Conservatives, ending judicial recount

  23-10-2026 19:35 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  PQ candidate René Branchaud conceded the seat of Champlain, suspending his requested judicial recount for alleged procedural errors.
  
  Read more

• Quebec coroner’s report questions suicide conclusion in death of 18-year-old

  23-10-2026 15:15 via : Montreal
  
  A Quebec coroner says evidence does not establish suicide in the death of 18-year-old Emmanuel Diafouka. His family is calling for police to reopen the investigation.
  
  Read more

• Police in Terrebonne, Que., searching for 18-year-old who is deaf and nonverbal

  23-10-2026 13:58 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The teen may exhibit behaviour similar to that of a 10-year-old, according to police, who are concerned for his health and safety
  
  Read more

• Police in Terrebonne, Que., say missing teen has been found safe and sound

  23-10-2026 13:58 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Police have now found a teen that had last seen in Terrebonne, Que., this past Wednesday evening, walking in the area of 1240 Lucille-Teasdale Boulevard.
  
  Read more

• Two women dead after shooting in Rivière-du-Loup parking lot

  23-10-2026 13:39 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The victims were discovered Thursday evening behind a restaurant near Highway 20.
  
  Read more

• 2 women dead after shooting in Rivière-du-Loup, Que., parking lot

  23-10-2026 13:39 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The victims, who police believe were in their 20s, were discovered Thursday evening behind a restaurant near Highway 20.
  
  Read more

• Why Quebec's strategic reserve of maple syrup is running dry

  23-10-2026 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Quebec maple syrup producers say the province's strategic reserve will be "completely depleted" by the end of February. What's going on?
  
  Read more

• Quebec’s bottle-deposit refund system is growing. What you pay for a drink is likely to rise

  23-10-2026 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Consignaction says rising eco-fees are to help meet the organization’s expanded mandate and hit its government-set targets. Part of its plan also includes building its own glass processing plant — a move that has stirred some controversy.
  
  Read more

• New PQ government unveils $28M in emergency funding to fight homelessness

  23-10-2026 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The Quebec government announced $28 million in emergency funding to help unhoused people — its first major announcement since the Parti Québécois formed a minority government.
  
  Read more

• After 72 years, Atikamekw baby will be reburied in home community of Manawan

  23-10-2026 01:11 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  More than 70 years after leaving his home in the northern Quebec community of Manawan, an Atikamekw baby's body was found in Quebec City following the exhumation of a common grave.
  
  Read more

• Historic moment as Quebec Conservatives sworn in for 1st time in 91 years

  23-10-2026 00:45 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Éric Duhaime’s victory in the Bellechasse riding marked the first time since 1935 that a Conservative politician was sworn into the Quebec legislature running directly under the party’s banner. The Conservatives went from less than two per cent of the vote in 2018 to just over 20 per cent of the provincial vote in this election.
  
  Read more

• Federal bureaucrats grilled over decision to strip status from over 700 Innu in Quebec

  22-10-2026 23:24 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  After emotional testimony from members of the Innu First Nation of Essipit in Quebec who’ve seen their lives upended, federal bureaucrats defended their decision to remove status from more than 700 Innu in the community.
  
  Read more

• Raccoon rabies continues to spread in Quebec as government reports 3rd infected cat

  22-10-2026 22:46 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The infection was detected on Sept. 25 in the town of Saint-Denis-sur-Richelieu, in the Montérégie region.
  
  Read more

• Quebec Superior Court hears arguments to suspend Montreal bylaw banning insults to police

  22-10-2026 22:37 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Lawyers told Quebec Superior Court on Thursday that it should suspend a recently adopted bylaw banning insults against employees of the City of Montreal, including police officers.
  
  Read more

• Former CAQ MNA to run for Carney's Liberals in federal byelection in Quebec

  22-10-2026 22:19 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The Liberal Party of Canada announced that Chantal Soucy would be the party's candidate in the upcoming byelection in Saint-Hyacinthe-Bagot-Acton. Soucy was a longtime Coalition Avenir Québec MNA for the provincial riding of Saint-Hyacinthe.
  
  Read more

• Canada Post starting weekend parcel delivery in Toronto, Montreal and Ottawa this fall

  22-10-2026 21:44 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Canada's national mail carrier says it plans to start delivering parcels on the weekend to seven million households by the end of 2027, as part of the financially troubled Crown corporation's major restructuring.
  
  Read more

• Quebec Superior Court hears arguments to suspend Montreal bylaw banning insults

  22-10-2026 20:24 via : Montreal
  
  Lawyers are asking Quebec Superior Court to suspend a recently-adopted bylaw banning insults against employees of the city of Montreal, including police officers.
  
  Read more

• Come see Quebec's most famous painter's works: Espace Riopelle opens in Quebec City

  22-10-2026 18:39 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Montreal-born Jean Paul Riopelle is considered one of Canada’s most influential painters. The new Espace Riopelle at the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec offers Quebecers a chance to experience his work in person.
  
  Read more

• Mayor of Frampton Que., announces she will stay on after wave of resident support

  22-10-2026 18:30 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  A petition with 400 resident signatures has prompted Gina Cloutier, mayor of Frampton, Que., to reverse her decision to resign. She'd initially announced her intention to step down due to threats of violence from her constituents.
  
  Read more

• Nick Suzuki's iron man streak ends, Habs captain to miss 2 to 4 weeks due to injury

  22-10-2026 17:47 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The iron man streak for Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki has ended. After 546 NHL games played, Suzuki will be sidelined for two to four weeks due to an upper-body injury.
  
  Read more

• Habs captain's iron man streak ends, Nick Suzuki to miss 2 to 4 weeks due to injury

  22-10-2026 17:47 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The iron man streak for Montreal Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki is coming to an end. After 546 NHL games played, Suzuki will be sidelined for two to four weeks due to an upper-body injury, the team announced Thursday.
  
  Read more

• Forge FC tops CF Montreal on penalty kicks to win Canadian championship

  22-10-2026 11:02 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  After Forge and CF Montreal remained tied at one after regulation and extra time, the Hamilton-based side prevailed 4-2 in a shootout to become the first Canadian Premier League team to win the Canadian Championship.
  
  Read more

• Taking the road less travelled by: Montreal rideshare driver releases poetry collection

  22-10-2026 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  After eight years of balancing 10-hour workdays and writing, Jibril Adamu is releasing his first poetry collection, Ode to a Red Country Rooster, at the end of the month.
  
  Read more

• Taking the road less travelled by: Montreal ride-share driver releases poetry collection

  22-10-2026 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  After eight years of balancing 10-hour workdays and writing, Jibril Adamu is releasing his first poetry collection, Ode to a Red Country Rooster, at the end of the month.
  
  Read more

• He bought a used SUV from a Volvo dealer. He regrets trusting their inspection process

  22-10-2026 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Ashton-Vitaly Evdosin, a 21-year-old student says he's had continuous problems with his certified pre-owned Volvo since he bought it last fall. None of the problems were flagged in the dealership's inspection report. He wants Volvo Canada to cancel the vehicle sale and refund his money.
  
  Read more

• St-Pierre Plamondon sworn in as Quebec premier, unveils smaller cabinet

  22-10-2026 04:09 via : Montreal
  
  Paul St-Pierre Plamondon unveiled the 22 ministers who will make up his cabinet on Wednesday.
  
  Read more

• Pedestrian killed while crossing the street in Montreal's West Island

  22-10-2026 03:41 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Montreal police say a 69-year-old man has died after being struck by an SUV in the West Island suburb of Dorval.
  
  Read more

• Inuk man grieves brother who died accompanying him for medical treatment in Dorval, Que.

  22-10-2026 03:41 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Montreal police say a 69-year-old man has died after being struck by an SUV in the West Island suburb of Dorval. The collision occurred near the Ullivik Centre, which houses Inuit patients from Nunavik seeking medical treatment in Montreal.
  
  Read more

• Dorval mayor extends condolences to Inuit community after man dies near Ullivik Centre

  22-10-2026 03:41 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Montreal police say a 69-year-old man has died after being struck by an SUV in the West Island suburb of Dorval. The collision occurred near the Ullivik Centre, which houses Inuit patients from Nunavik seeking medical treatment in Montreal.
  
  Read more

• Publisher cuts ties with Quebec author after saying it found evidence of AI use

  22-10-2026 02:33 via : Montreal
  
  Les Éditions du Boréal said in a press release that analysis of some documents' metadata indicated AI was used while writing the book. 
  
  Read more

• Couldn’t access some Quebec websites today? Here’s why

  22-10-2026 01:32 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Numerous federal and provincial government websites, including some in Quebec, went offline as developers rushed to fix a vulnerability in PHP, a widely used programming language. Developers urged website owners to update their software as soon as possible.
  
  Read more

• Judicial recount gives Vachon riding to Parti Québécois — by 3 votes

  22-10-2026 00:37 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  A judicial recount in the riding of Vachon in the Montérégie region shows the Parti Québécois candidate Stephan Fogaing won the riding by three votes
  
  Read more

• Judicial recount gives Vachon riding to Parti Québécois

  22-10-2026 00:37 via CBC | Montreal News
  A judicial recount in the riding of Vachon in the Montérégie region shows the Parti Québécois candidate Stephan Fogaing won the riding by three votes, according to CBC sources.
  
  Read more

• Carney won’t rule out giving Alberta a Quebec-style immigration deal

  21-10-2026 22:46 via : Montreal
  
  Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre said on Tuesday the Liberals have lost control of immigration and provinces should have more control over their intake numbers.
  
  Read more

• Federal, provincial government sites among many offline after computer language flaw identified

  21-10-2026 21:50 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Developers behind the PHP programming language released a fix on Wednesday after a security vulnerability was brought to light. The PHP developers urged people to implement the fix as quickly as possible, and some governments took sites offline as a precautionary measure.
  
  Read more

• Report says Quebec food banks facing historic demand, over 3M service requests a month

  21-10-2026 19:26 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Demand on the network's services is up five per cent since last year, and roughly 40 per cent since 2021.
  
  Read more

• Report says Quebec food banks facing historic demand, over 3 million service requests a month

  21-10-2026 19:26 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Demand on the network's services is up five per cent since last year, and roughly 40 per cent since 2021.
  
  Read more

• Quebec food banks facing historic demand, over 3 million service requests a month: report

  21-10-2026 19:26 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Demand on the network's services is up five per cent since last year, and roughly 40 per cent since 2021.
  
  Read more

• Police raid Saint-Jérôme, Que., headquarters of EV manufacturer Lion Electric

  21-10-2026 19:12 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Investigators say the probe began in February 2025 after receiving complaints from more than 100 investors.
  
  Read more

• Publisher cuts ties with Quebec author accused of AI use in award-winning novel

  21-10-2026 18:37 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Quebec publishing house Éditions du Boréal announced Wednesday it is ending its professional relationship with Thélyson Orélien.
  
  Read more

Follow @MontrealCANews on Twitter!