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• Israel and Hamas agree to ceasefire deal after 15 months of conflict polarized Montreal

  16-01-2025 02:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to pause the fighting in Gaza and secure the hostages' return, possibly bringing an end to 15 months of conflict that quickly became one the most divisive social issues in Montreal’s recent memory, with protests, encampments, violence and vandalism.
  
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• Justin Trudeau won’t run for re-election as MP in next federal election

  15-01-2025 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Justin Trudeau has held the seat of Papineau since 2008 and was named leader of the Liberal Party in 2013, before becoming prime minister in 2015.
  
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• Why buy now, pay later plans might not be a good idea for everyday purchases

  15-01-2025 21:46 via cbc.ca
  
  Buy now, pay later plans give consumers the option to pay for everyday products in instalments, but some financial experts say it could create a hole that some people can't get out of.
  
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• Vandalized Montreal mural rehashes debate about meaning, placement of public art

  15-01-2025 19:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The mural, located on the side of a Plateau bookstore, was painted by Quebec cartoonist Michel Rabagliati. Its recent vandalism has led to outcry online, but some artists say it’s a complex issue.
  
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• Sex class action greenlit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller

  15-01-2025 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  Justice Catherine Piché said the lawsuit against Montreal billionaire Robert Miller, his former company — Future Electronics — a handful of executives and others could go ahead.
  
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• Israel, Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal in 15-month war: Qatari PM

  15-01-2025 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to pause the war in Gaza and release the remaining hostages, Qatar's prime minister announced Wednesday.
  
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• Israel, Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal in 15-month war: mediators

  15-01-2025 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to pause the war in Gaza and release hostages, mediators said Wednesday, according to reports from Reuters and The Associated Press.
  
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• Israel, Hamas reach Gaza ceasefire deal in 15-month war

  15-01-2025 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to pause the fighting in Gaza, release hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and open a path to an end to 15 months of bloodshed in the devastated enclave, Qatar's prime minister announced Wednesday.
  
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• Israel, Hamas agree to ceasefire deal to stop fighting and return hostages

  15-01-2025 18:04 via cbc.ca
  
  Israel and Hamas have reached a deal to pause the fighting in Gaza, release hostages in exchange for Palestinian prisoners and create a path to end bloodshed in the tiny enclave and diffuse tensions across the Middle East.
  
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• Unprovoked attack behind Montreal grocery store prompts hunt for suspect

  15-01-2025 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  Police say an unprovoked stabbing attack behind a grocery store in Montreal's south shore has prompted investigators to release the image of a person of interest.
  
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• Catherine Leroux and Catherine Hernandez among 7 Canadians longlisted for $148K Dublin Literary Award

  15-01-2025 16:44 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian authors Michael Crummey, Sarah Bernstein and Michel Jean are also up for one of the most valuable prizes for fiction in English.
  
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• Quebec judge authorizes class action against billionaire Robert Miller

  15-01-2025 15:50 via cbc.ca
  
  A Quebec Superior Court judge has authorized a class action against billionaire Robert Miller, the company he founded, Future Electronics, and purported accomplices, for allegedly paying minors for sex.
  
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• Quebec premier warns Trump tariffs would bring 'inflationary surge' to U.S.

  15-01-2025 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  In an op-ed in the U.S. publication The Hill, Quebec Premier François Legault made the case that tariffs on Canadian imports would hurt "the American economy, many of its businesses and especially ordinary Americans by causing a new inflationary surge."
  
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• Legault warns Trump tariffs would bring 'inflationary surge' to U.S.

  15-01-2025 15:14 via cbc.ca
  
  In an op-ed in the U.S. publication The Hill, Quebec Premier François Legault made the case that tariffs on Canadian imports would hurt "the American economy, many of its businesses and especially ordinary Americans by causing a new inflationary surge."
  
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• Quebec's Leylah Fernandez reaches 3rd round of Australian Open

  15-01-2025 13:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's Leylah Fernandez won her second round match on Wednesday at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., defeated Spain's Cristina Bucșa, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
  
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• Canada's Leylah Fernandez reaches 3rd round of Australian Open

  15-01-2025 13:28 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's Leylah Fernandez won her second round match on Wednesday at the Australian Open in Melbourne. Fernandez, of Laval, Que., defeated Spain's Cristina Bucșa, 3-6, 6-4, 6-4.
  
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• Did Quebec get a better deal? Hydro-Québec comments spook critics in Newfoundland

  15-01-2025 13:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  In response to critics, Newfoundland and Labrador Hydro executives have said repeatedly that Hydro-Québec must sell the new deal to the Quebec public — and play up the benefits.
  
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• Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens continue to shine with win over Utah

  15-01-2025 12:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Despite a tough start against the Utah Hockey Club, the Montreal Canadiens regrouped for an impressive road win as they continue to win and remain in the chase for the playoffs.
  
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• The Hudson-Oka ice bridge is opening — but a warming climate is making that harder to do

  15-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A winter vehicle passage has existed for decades where the Ottawa River meets the Lake of Two Mountains west of Montreal, but recent winters have been too warm to open it.
  
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• Canada's premiers are meeting with Trudeau as Trump's tariffs could be days away

  15-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The premiers will gather in Ottawa Wednesday to meet with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and discuss the looming threat that has the potential to throw the economy into a tailspin: president-elect Donald Trump's promised tariffs on all Canadian goods.
  
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• A Montreal fencing club is a world immersed in the art of the centuries-old discipline

  15-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Fencing may have evolved over the centuries from what were once bloody duels to a sophisticated discipline, but its core value remains the same: it is an affair of honour. The Art of Fencing is a short documentary film with John Harvie leading us into the world of fencing at the the Escrime Mont-Royal fencing club. 
  
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• A hockey town: Inside the push to bring pro women's hockey back to Quebec City

  15-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A PWHL Takeover Tour game between Montreal and Ottawa set for Sunday is poised to sell out Quebec City's Videotron Centre, as the city makes a pitch for an expansion team.
  
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• How Montreal snow removal operations work — and when your street might get cleared

  15-01-2025 01:56 via cbc.ca
  
  When Montreal's snow removal operations are in full swing, they involve thousands of workers and vehicles working over several days. The city also has ways for residents to find out when their street could get cleared, and where they could find their cars should they get towed.
  
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• Quebec parents protest school's forced choice between sports and advanced academics

  15-01-2025 00:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Quebec's education minister is asking a high school in the Charlevoix region to reconsider its decision to force students to choose between sports-oriented programs and advanced math and science.
  
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• Quebec water bomber pilot describes turbulent missions over Los Angeles area wildfires

  14-01-2025 23:30 via cbc.ca
  
  Pascal Duclos, the head pilot of Quebec's aerial service, says crews are getting tired after days of dumping water on California wildfires in high winds over mountainous terrains.
  
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• Quartier Latin merchants demand compensation in face of more disruptive construction

  14-01-2025 22:07 via cbc.ca
  
  After enduring months of major construction around the Berri-UQAM Metro station, merchants in Montreal's downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood are slamming the city's decision to shut down the intersection of St-Denis and Ontario streets for at least two weeks of work.
  
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• Quebec school criticized for making kids choose between sports and advanced academics

  14-01-2025 20:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quebec's education minister is asking a school to reconsider its decision to force students to choose between sports-oriented programs and advanced math and science.
  
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• L.A. wildfires: FBI seeks pilot of drone that struck Canadian water bomber

  14-01-2025 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  The unauthorized drone grounded a Canadian 'super scooper' that was deployed from Quebec to fight the destructive Pacific Palisades wildfire.
  
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• Rio Tinto fined $2M for contaminating water near Quebec mine

  14-01-2025 19:33 via cbc.ca
  
  The company plead guilty to eight counts of violating the Fisheries Act and the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations, said Environment Climate Change Canada (ECCC) in a news release Tuesday morning.
  
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• Does Costco charge more online? What a proposed class action alleges

  14-01-2025 19:02 via globalnews.ca
  
  Costco Canada is facing a proposed class-action lawsuit over allegedly charging its members higher prices for products bought online than in store.
  
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• Canadiens rookie Emil Heineman injured after being struck by car

  14-01-2025 19:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman will be sidelined for three to four weeks after he was involved in a pedestrian accident Monday night in Utah.
  
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• They opened their home to give artists a permanent space to develop their work

  14-01-2025 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A Montreal couple purchased an early 20th-century home in the Plateau neighbourhood a few years ago. They decided to open it to artists during the pandemic so they could develop and exhibit their work in an accessible space.
  
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• Quebec boosts border security resources as Trump tariff threat looms

  14-01-2025 17:55 via cbc.ca
  
  The increased SQ deployment is part of a broader effort by provincial and federal officials to crack down on illegal cross-border migration and smuggling in response to a threat from incoming President Donald Trump. 
  
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• Montreal Canadiens rookie Emil Heineman injured after being struck by car

  14-01-2025 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal Canadiens forward Emil Heineman will be sidelined for three to four weeks after he was involved in a pedestrian accident Monday night in Utah.
  
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• Innovation Minister Champagne, former B.C. premier Clark not running to replace Trudeau

  14-01-2025 17:20 via cbc.ca
  
  The pool of potential candidates to replace Prime Minister Justin Trudeau continues to dwindle down with both former B.C. premier Christy Clark and Innovation Minister François-Philippe Champagne announcing they won't seek the Liberal Party leadership. 
  
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• Montreal musician dies in freak accident fall from 3rd-floor balcony

  14-01-2025 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  Neighbours in the Montreal neighbourhood say the fall may have happened while the man was trying to throw his Christmas tree over the balcony.
  
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• Man shot near hotel in Lévis, Que., was likely the wrong target, police say

  14-01-2025 14:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say a man who was shot in a parking lot in Lévis on Saturday night was likely not the intended target.
  
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• Ukrainian families question Canada's commitment as residency applications appear 'lost'

  14-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  After the CUAET program closed for Ukrainians fleeing the war, Canada opened a special Ukrainian family reunification stream for permanent residence. Applicants say they're getting mixed messages from IRCC, and are desperately trying to track their "lost" applications.
  
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• Montreal's Amazigh community rings in year 2975, continues efforts to preserve culture

  14-01-2025 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  The city's North African Indigenous diaspora is celebrating the start of Yennayer, their new year. For many, it's a time for joy, but also an occasion to reflect on their ancestors's efforts to preserve their cultural heritage.
  
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• Smaller electric buses could be in the future for Montreal's North Shore

  14-01-2025 00:52 via cbc.ca
  
  The Quebec government wants more than half of public bus fleets to be electric by the end of this decade. Exo, a Montreal-area commuter transit service, is purchasing some electric vehicles as a part of an effort to improve its offering in places like Saint-Eustache, Que., and Deux-Montagnes, Que.
  
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• See the new Quebec-made electric buses entering service on Montreal's North Shore - CBC.ca

  14-01-2025 00:52 via news.google.com
  See the new Quebec-made electric buses entering service on Montreal's North Shore  CBC.ca
  
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• See the new Quebec-made electric buses entering service on Montreal's North Shore

  14-01-2025 00:52 via cbc.ca
  
  The Quebec government wants more than half of public bus fleets to be electric by the end of this decade. Exo, a Montreal-area commuter transit service, is purchasing some electric vehicles as a part of an effort to improve its offering in places like Saint-Eustache, Que., and Deux-Montagnes, Que.
  
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• Montreal Victoire captain Marie-Philip Poulin named PWHL's 1st star of the week

  14-01-2025 00:41 via cbc.ca
  
  Montreal Victoire forward Marie-Philip Poulin has been named the Professional Women's Hockey League's first star of the week.
  
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• Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin named PWHL’s first star of the week - MSN

  14-01-2025 00:40 via news.google.com
  Montreal captain Marie-Philip Poulin named PWHL’s first star of the week  MSN
  
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• Game Preview, 1/14: Utah Hockey Club vs. Montreal Canadiens - NHL.com

  14-01-2025 00:34 via news.google.com
  Game Preview, 1/14: Utah Hockey Club vs. Montreal Canadiens  NHL.com
  
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• Montreal musician dies after fall from balcony - CTV News Montreal

  14-01-2025 00:20 via news.google.com
  Montreal musician dies after fall from balcony  CTV News Montreal
  
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• Montreal Alouettes sign QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson to contract extension - 3downnation.com

  13-01-2025 23:49 via news.google.com
  Montreal Alouettes sign QB McLeod Bethel-Thompson to contract extension  3downnation.com
  
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• Former Montreal Canadien Ilya Kovalchuk shares his thoughts about Ivan Demidov - A Winning Habit

  13-01-2025 23:30 via news.google.com
  Former Montreal Canadien Ilya Kovalchuk shares his thoughts about Ivan Demidov  A Winning Habit
  
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• Why this more than 100-year-old building in Sutton Que., is at the centre of a legal battle

  13-01-2025 23:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Built in 1911, Villa Châteauneuf has been used as a convent, a school and a retreat for Catholic priests. The property managers want to rent it to a women’s shelter while the town of Sutton wants to turn it into a community centre.
  
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• Man arrested in Montreal after stabbing leaves woman critically injured - CBC.ca

  13-01-2025 23:17 via news.google.com
  Man arrested in Montreal after stabbing leaves woman critically injured  CBC.ca
  
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