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• Alexandra Martel, 16, found after going missing

  26-04-2017 00:09 via cbc.ca
  Alexandra Martel, 16-year-old girl from Laval, has been located after going missing earlier this year.
  
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• 'Serious' damage at Crescent St. resto-bar hit by apparent arson

  27-01-2026 14:35 via montrealgazette.com
  A resto-bar on Crescent St. was targeted by arsonists early Tuesday, sustaining what Montreal police described as "serious" damage. Read More
  
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• Montreal weather: More disco, less panic

  27-01-2026 13:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Most Montrealers who struggled for days without power were able to start slowly reheating their homes and businesses by Tuesday morning. Hydro-Québec reported around 100 addresses without power by 7:30 a.m. Thousands had been left in the cold since Saturday during an extreme cold snap. Read More
  
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• Montreal weather: Less panic, more disco

  27-01-2026 13:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Most Montrealers who struggled for days without power were able to start slowly reheating their homes and businesses by Tuesday morning. Hydro-Québec reported around 100 addresses without power by 7:30 a.m. Thousands had been left in the cold since Saturday during an extreme cold snap. Read More
  
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• Montreal arson squad will investigate fire in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie

  27-01-2026 12:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal arson investigators have been called in after a fire broke out early Tuesday in a commercial-residential building in the borough of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie. Read More
  
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• Montreal-born author chronicles her family's inherited Holocaust trauma

  27-01-2026 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Audrey Hyams Romoff remembered the moment her life “split in two” — before her parents were found dead together in their garage after her Rosh Hashanah visit in 2008 — and afterward, when the silent weight of her family’s Holocaust history could no longer be kept behind what she calls a “massive steel door.” Read More
  
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• Burst pipes cause widespread flooding in research labs at Douglas Institute

  27-01-2026 11:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Burst pipes caused massive flooding in a century-old research wing of the Douglas Mental Health University Institute on Monday afternoon, raining water for nearly two hours on a wide array of ultra-sensitive scientific equipment — the latest infrastructure failure to plague the decrepit facilities in Verdun which staff have long argued are in desperate need of modernization. Read More
  
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• An aging substation caused Montreal’s latest blackout. Its replacement is still years away

  27-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The equipment failure that left thousands of Montrealers without power during this weekend’s bitter cold originated at a substation that Hydro-Québec has been aiming to replace since at least 2018.
  
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• 1 in 5 Quebec tenants struggled to pay rent over the past year, new study finds

  27-01-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  The study on the rental market was carried out by Leger for the group Vivre en Ville. It says the average monthly rent has increased by $150 since 2023 and found that 20 per cent of participants struggled to pay their rent.
  
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• Montreal families call for better crisis planning after winter outages linked to 2 deaths

  27-01-2026 03:27 via globalnews.ca
  Two women died during extreme cold and power outages in Montreal, highlighting gaps in emergency support for vulnerable residents.
  
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• ‘Prepared to welcome anyone that would come out’: Canadiens captain Nick Suzuki on queer players

  27-01-2026 01:26 via globalnews.ca
  Appearing on a Quebec talk show, Montreal Canadiens players spoke about inclusion amid the success of 'Heated Rivalry,' saying the team would welcome any player who comes out.
  
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• Man charged with the 2014 murder of Jenique Dalcourt appears in Montreal court

  27-01-2026 01:13 via cbc.ca
  Michael Mcduff-Jalbert was arrested in 2024 and charged with first-degree murder 10 years after Jenique Dalcourt was beaten to death on a bike path on Montreal's South Shore. His preliminary hearing is expected to last up to three weeks.
  
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• Montreal family raises accessibility concerns over air travel

  27-01-2026 01:05 via globalnews.ca
  Air passenger rights advocate Gábor Lukács says Air Canada should have done more.
  
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• Why it’s taking days to restore power to some Montrealers on the coldest days of the year

  27-01-2026 00:59 via cbc.ca
  Hydro-Québec said it had to fix a breaker at the Hampstead substation, which feeds power to areas such as Côte-Saint-Luc, Que., and Montreal’s neighbouring Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood. Thousands of customers went without electricity during the winter storm sweeping the region.
  
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• Exo to cut 73 jobs as it trims spending under Quebec mandate

  27-01-2026 00:17 via cbc.ca
  The public transit agency Exo is cutting 73 positions — representing 11 per cent of its workforce — and preparing for service reductions as it trims its annual budget by 0.4 per cent from last year as part of a three-year optimization plan announced last December.
  
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• Montreal urges Quebec to reverse course on immigration program

  26-01-2026 22:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government’s decision to abruptly end a popular immigration program is harming Montreal’s reputation and appeal, Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada said Monday. Read More
  
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• Canadiens remain confident despite rough spell, Brendan Gallagher says

  26-01-2026 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In the ebbs and flows of a season, things appear troublesome for the Canadiens, who are coming off two consecutive defeats and have a daunting week ahead. Read More
  
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• Quebec premier shuffles cabinet as ministers vie for CAQ leadership

  26-01-2026 21:29 via cbc.ca
  Legault is making changes because of the Coalition Avenir Québec’s (CAQ) leadership race, the rules of which require candidates to give up their ministerial files to run.
  
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• All eyes on Legault's possible successors as CAQ caucus set to meet

  26-01-2026 21:23 via montrealgazette.com
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — In the early days of a leadership race to replace Premier François Legault, members of the Coalition Avenir Québec caucus are to meet for two days this week to plan for the resumption of work at the National Assembly in early February. Read More
  
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• Cowan: Canadiens' Phillip Danault loves team's flair for offence

  26-01-2026 20:43 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens changed a lot during the four years Phillip Danault was away from Montreal after signing a six-year, US$33-million free-agent contract with the Los Angeles Kings in the summer of 2021. Read More
  
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• Some Quebecers will get hundreds of dollars more a year as Carney boosts GST credit

  26-01-2026 19:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadian government announced Monday that it will increase the amount of the Goods and Service Tax credit by 25 per cent beginning in July and will provide a one-time payment equivalent to a 50-per-cent increase this year. Read More
  
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• Woman found dead during wellness check as Quebec cold, snow set in

  26-01-2026 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  A 66-year-old woman is dead after her body was during a wellness check Sunday as parts of the province were left without power as deep cold and snowfall set in.
  
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• ‘This shouldn’t happen’: two women die during prolonged outages as cold grips Montreal

  26-01-2026 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  The bodies of two women were found during separate wellness checks Sunday as parts of Quebec were left without power with deep cold and snowfall setting in.
  
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• ‘This shouldn’t happen’: 2 women die during prolonged outages as cold grips Montreal

  26-01-2026 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  The bodies of two women were found during separate wellness checks Sunday as parts of Quebec were left without power with deep cold and snowfall setting in.
  
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• 2 women found dead during wellness checks as Quebec cold, snow set in

  26-01-2026 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  The bodies of two women were found during separate wellness checks Sunday as parts of Quebec were left without power with deep cold and snowfall setting in.
  
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• 2 woman found dead during wellness checks as Quebec cold, snow set in

  26-01-2026 18:49 via globalnews.ca
  The bodies of two women were found during separate wellness checks Sunday as parts of Quebec were left without power with deep cold and snowfall setting in.
  
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• Carney says he addressed 'struggle' of francophones in Quebec City speech

  26-01-2026 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Prime Minister Mark Carney addressed but did not apologize Monday for the remarks he made last week in Quebec City during a speech that has been widely criticized by Quebec politicians. Read More
  
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• What Habs captain Nick Suzuki thinks of the hit series, Heated Rivalry

  26-01-2026 18:28 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens centre and three of his teammates, Juraj Slafkovský, Oliver Kapanen and Alexandre Texier, were guests on Radio-Canada’s Tout le monde en parle on Jan. 25. They’re preparing to represent their respective countries in the upcoming Milano-Cortina Olympics.
  
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• Todd: Cole Caufield's bright light dimmed by Canadiens' goaltending

  26-01-2026 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Hats off to Cole Caufield, the Smiling Assassin who scores clutch goals the way some guys (yes, we’re looking at you, Auston Matthews) come through in garbage time. Read More
  
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• Man, woman found dead in Manawan home in apparent case of conjugal violence

  26-01-2026 18:23 via cbc.ca
  Officers found the bodies of a 44-year-old man and a 39-year-old woman in their residence Sunday afternoon, the Sûreté du Québec says.
  
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