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• Fréchette blames CAQ staff for handling of foreign interference claims

  28-09-2026 21:18 via cbc.ca
  
  Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette blamed members of her own party for trying to get journalists to pursue a story about foreign interference in the electoral process as she tried to distance herself on Monday from a controversy that has dogged her on the election campaign trail for days.
  
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• Montreal hospital isolates patient exhibiting Ebola symptoms

  02-10-2026 01:05 via cbc.ca
  
  A Montreal hospital has isolated a female patient presenting with symptoms of Ebola, a deadly virus, officials said.
  
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• Quebec election campaign rhetoric ramps up as voting day draws near

  02-10-2026 00:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Quebec’s general election is slated for Monday. That means party leaders are making some of their final pitches to voters, addressing key issues from health care and housing to the economy and the debate over a potential referendum.
  
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• Montreal gathering honours lives of 2 women killed, calls for action against conjugal violence

  02-10-2026 00:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Within a week, two women were killed in Montreal and Laval. Local organizations, including shelters and helplines, are planning several events in October for National Domestic Violence Awareness Month to amplify women’s voices.
  
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• Hydro-Québec wants to double data centre costs, Google and others prepare rebuttal

  01-10-2026 23:56 via cbc.ca
  
  As the data centre industry grows across the province, Hydro-Québec wants to increase data centre rates so other customers don't foot their bills.
  
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• Woman records racist attack on Montreal Metro during National Day for Truth and Reconciliation

  01-10-2026 21:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Members of a Mohawk family from Kahnawà:ke were victims of a racist attack from a woman on the Montreal metro Wednesday during the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  
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• Fruit giant Driscoll's faces class-action lawsuit in Quebec

  01-10-2026 21:20 via cbc.ca
  
  Lawyers are asking a Quebec Superior Court judge to authorize a class-action lawsuit against American fruit giant Driscoll’s. It comes after allegations that the company had sent millions of pounds of berries to Canada with non-compliant levels of chemical residues between 2022 and 2024.
  
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• Lawyers challenge Montreal bylaw banning insults against city employees

  01-10-2026 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of lawyers has filed a legal challenge of a new Montreal bylaw banning insults against city employees, including police. 
  
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• Carney says Ottawa will work with 'whatever government Quebecers choose'

  01-10-2026 18:49 via cbc.ca
  
  Asked about how he would approach working with a possible Parti Québécois government after next week's provincial election, Prime Minister Mark Carney says he'll work in 'a spirit of co-operative federalism' to help take away economic uncertainty.
  
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• Canada Malting plant could collapse at any moment, engineering report says

  01-10-2026 17:42 via cbc.ca
  
  According to an engineering firm's report, the Canada Malting plant in Montreal's Sud-Ouest borough could collapse at any moment. The report states “controlled demolition is the only possible, safe and rational solution to eliminate the critical danger that this building represents.”
  
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• Truck driver in fatal 2022 Montreal South Shore pileup gets six years in prison

  01-10-2026 16:58 via cbc.ca
  
  The truck driver who caused the deaths of two people on Montreal’s South Shore in July 2022 — because he was playing a video game on his cellphone while driving — has been sentenced to six years in a prison. The punishment mirrors the recommendations from both the prosecution and the defence.
  
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• Truck driver in fatal 2022 Montreal South Shore pileup gets 6 years in prison

  01-10-2026 16:58 via cbc.ca
  
  The truck driver who caused the deaths of two people on Montreal’s South Shore in July 2022 — because he was playing a video game on his cellphone while driving — has been sentenced to six years in a prison. The punishment mirrors the recommendations from both the prosecution and the defence.
  
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• PQ kicks campaign into high gear with a 3,000km blitz across Quebec in a day

  01-10-2026 14:25 via cbc.ca
  
  As the Parti Québécois holds its lead in the polls, it's also accelerating its campaign with a close to 3,000 kilometre blitz that’ll see leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon make three stops in three different regions across the province in just over 12 hours.
  
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• Hydro-Québec to face off against industry actors like Google in data centre hearing

  01-10-2026 14:16 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Hydro-Québec proposal that could double the cost of energy for data centres is being put to the test at a public hearing.
  
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• Advocates say Quebec rules keep unhoused voters from polls as election nears

  01-10-2026 14:13 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quebec’s rules for voters without a fixed address are more restrictive than federal rules, and advocates say the gap is disenfranchising a population.
  
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• Quebec parties make final pitches with election days away

  01-10-2026 14:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several parties made commitments aimed at improving relations with First Nations and Inuit as Canada marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  
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• Parti Québécois leader aiming for a majority with election days away

  01-10-2026 14:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several parties made commitments aimed at improving relations with First Nations and Inuit as Canada marked the National Day for Truth and Reconciliation.
  
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• Is this Quebec riding encroaching on Newfoundland and Labrador? Depends who you ask

  01-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Looking at Quebec’s electoral map, the riding of Duplessis, located in the province’s Côte-Nord region, might not stand out in the minds of the majority of Quebecers. But a closer look at the district’s boundaries — as they appear on the Élections Québec’s electoral map — reveals a long-standing grievance held by Quebec.
  
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• As thousands in Quebec City wait for daycare, parents want solutions from party leaders

  01-10-2026 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Ahead of the provincial election, Cyndie Caron is among a number of parents choosing her representative wisely. In her Saint-Jean-Baptiste neighbourhood, in the heart of Quebec City, 600 children are on the waitlist for subsidized daycare spot.
  
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• Cowan, Stolarz push Maple Leafs past Islanders 2-1

  01-10-2026 04:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Easton Cowan had a goal and an assist as the Toronto Maple Leafs topped the New York Islanders 2-1 on Wednesday night.
  
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• Montreal’s Metro turns 60 soon, but experts warn of challenges beyond aging infrastructure

  01-10-2026 01:40 via cbc.ca
  
  With Quebec’s election just days away, public transit hasn’t seemed to be a priority for party leaders. The STM’s CEO says the Metro’s asset maintenance must be a priority, but transit experts warn that money spent on upkeep is failing to keep up with daily degradation.
  
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• Montreal's anti-insult bylaw challenged in court over freedom of expression concerns

  01-10-2026 01:32 via cbc.ca
  
  Two Montreal legal rights organizations are asking Quebec Superior Court to strike down the city’s new anti-insult bylaw, arguing that its broad restrictions on behaviour toward city employees — particularly police — unlawfully infringe upon freedom of expression.
  
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• The NHL final is no longer free to watch. This group wants to pass a law to change that

  30-09-2026 23:40 via cbc.ca
  
  Next year, for the first time in decades, Canadians won't be able to watch the NHL Stanley Cup final for free on television. A lobby organization wants the government to pass a law to prevent that from happening.
  
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• ‘It was like a bomb’: Laval overpass collapse still haunts, 20 years later

  30-09-2026 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  It's been 20 years since the De la Concorde overpass collapsed, killing five people, but retired firefighter Guy Archambault can still recall arriving at the chaotic scene.
  
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• Human rights panel condemns Canada's inaction regarding Indigenous people

  30-09-2026 23:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada is failing to meet international legal obligations by refusing to hold thorough investigations into the crimes committed in its residential school system, says a global human rights organization.
  
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• What will it take to get young Quebecers to vote?

  30-09-2026 21:05 via cbc.ca
  
  Just over half of the people under the age of 35 voted in Quebec’s last provincial election in 2022. They’re also underrepresented in the National Assembly. Some say getting youth to the polls might require going back to basics.
  
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• Could the Parti Québécois actually abolish the monarchy in Quebec?

  30-09-2026 20:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says he wants to defund the office of the lieutenant-governor and pass a law to sever the province's ties to the Crown. But is a phaseout of the monarchy constitutionally feasible in Quebec?
  
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• Quebec man arrested in connection with series of armed sexual assaults over 20 years ago

  30-09-2026 20:25 via cbc.ca
  
  A 51-year-old man in Quebec's Outaouais region was arrested by Quebec City police for a series of armed sexual assaults alleged to have taken place over 20 years ago.
  
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• 78-year-old man charged with first-degree murder in partner’s death in Laval

  30-09-2026 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laval police say a 78-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of his 77-year-old partner.
  
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• PQ leader promises to break with monarchy if elected

  30-09-2026 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  
  Questioned on the constitutionality of such a move, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said his party would table a law to abolish the monarchy in Quebec.
  
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