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The man accused of murdering two children and injuring six others after a Laval city bus crashed into a Sainte-Rose daycare is scheduled to stand trial over five weeks beginning in April 2025. Superior…
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The family of an 86-year-old Filipino grandmother found dead on the floor at the Lakeshore General Hospital in 2021 is suing the regional health authority on Montreal’s West Island for $1 million. Candida…
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A collision on Highway 15 has left one man dead north of Montreal on Thursday morning, as he tried to change a tire. According to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), the incident happened around 5:15 a.m….
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The Quebec government plans to train nearly 200 more doctors per year – starting this fall. The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) wants to keep the promise it made in 2022 they say to recruit 660 new doctors…
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Residents, business owners as well as the mayor of Île Bizard are frustrated with the delays crossing the only bridge that connects their community to the Island of Montreal. During evening rush hour…
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The ComediHa! group has announced that it will be offering several activities in Montreal at the end of July before its flagship event in Quebec City. The group had already indicated that it would be…
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“Nobody’s conducting traffic,” said Rosanna Chiaralla, an Île Bizard resident, about why there has been significant traffic delays in Île Bizard while a new bridge is being built to connect the community to Montreal. Gareth Madoc-Jones reports.
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“The main objective of this program is to answer a real need from the population,” said Catherine Ouimet, Director General of the Quebec Bar, in regard to increasing the number of free legal appointments ahead of Moving Day. Adriana Gentile reports.
CityNews’ Sports Reporter Lindsay Dunn with a preview of the historic playoff game that will happen in Toronto between Minnesota and Toronto’s PWHL teams.
To end public service strikes last year, the federal government agreed to consult unions on changes to work from home. Now, unions say the federal government failed to even tell them they were changing hybrid work policies.
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“To get home ice advantage is something we fought for,” said Laura Stacey, PWHL Montreal forward ahead of their first game of the playoffs against Boston on Thursday — igniting a new Montreal-Boston sports rivalry. Pamela Pagano reports.
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It’s been a memorable inaugural season for the Professional Women’s Hockey League. PWHL Montreal set a New Women’s Hockey Attendance record last month –- with more than 21,000 fans at the Bell…
Around 2,300 secondary school teachers in four Canadian provinces are now able to train their students to intervene in the event of an opioid overdose. In Quebec, nearly 800 teachers have been trained. The…
The pro-Palestinian encampment at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus stood strong Wednesday on its 12th day and even grew in size. The barricade surrounding the tents was moved forward in…
The Quebec Bar’s judicial clinic is opening 500 additional slots for free housing consultations ahead of the big July 1 moving day in the province. “The Quebec Bar is sensitive to the legal…
Quebec plans to end the requirement of needing a medical note before being reimbursed by an insurance company. On Wednesday, Labour Minister Jean Boulet announced that he will table a bill to ‘cut…
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Nathan Goulet could hardly believe his eyes. The 22-year-old CS Saint-Laurent defender remembers watching Federico Bernardeschi play in the UEFA Champions League for elite Italian club Juventus a few…
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The Professional Women’s Hockey League has been crushing records left, right and centre in its inaugural season. And, ahead of its first-ever playoff game on Wednesday, the league shared some stats…
Quebec singer-songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland will be laid to rest in a national funeral June 1 at Montreal’s Mary Queen of the World Cathedral. Quebec Premier François Legault offered the national…
Life expectancy in Quebec has returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to new data from the Institut de la statistique du Québec (ISQ). There was an increase in mortality rates among 25- to 44-year-olds…
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Quebec education minister Bernard Drainville is now considering banning cell phones everywhere in schools, and not just in classroom, as is currently the case. “On the (topic of) screens, there is…
LONGUEUIL, Que. — A Quebec court judge has ruled that the case against a former RCMP officer charged with helping China conduct foreign interference can go ahead in the province. Judge Sacha Blais denied…
Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after an incendiary object was thrown into a commercial building in Villeray. Calls coming into emergency services at around 3 a.m. on Wednesday about the incident…
Quebec Premier François Legault is defending his comments about a new history museum after he was accused by a group representing First Nations of trying to erase their history. The Assembly of…
Forty years ago to the day, Cpl. Denis Lortie burst into Quebec’s National Assembly with the goal of killing then Premier René Lévesque and MNAs from the Parti Québécois. Heavily armed with a…
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Air Canada ranks below most other major North American airlines on customer satisfaction, with airfares a particular sore point, according to a new survey. The country’s largest carrier placed last…
Montreal police (SPVM) and Quebec prosecutor’s office (the Directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales or DPCP) are joining forces to launch a pilot project on strangulation in the context of intimate…
Montreal police (SPVM) conducted raids on Monday and Tuesday, targeting organized crime groups in LaSalle. Officers conducted 11 searches and arrested four suspects, three men and one woman, aged between…
The federal government is planning to build a new 10-storey courthouse in the heart of Old Montreal. La Presse reports that according to documents from 2020, the new courthouse will house offices and…
A new survey revealed that more than half of Quebecers believe that natural gas heating systems should be banned in new construction projects due to environmental concerns and health risks. The survey…