Witness alleges at defamation trial that Cardinal Ouellet rubbed her 'derrière'
Paul Cherry, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - Ouellet is suing a woman for $100,000, alleging she defamed him with sexual assault allegations.
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Montreal police arrest Bryan Fuentes Gramajo, Canada's most wanted fugitive
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The 24-year-old was wanted on a Canada-wide arrest warrant in connection with a fatal shooting at a Toronto shopping centre parking lot.
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Woman who accused Quebec cardinal of sexual misconduct testifies at defamation trial
sootoday - MONTREAL — The woman being sued for defamation by Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet has taken the stand at the Montreal courthouse to repeat her misconduct allegations against him.
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McGill, Concordia drop legal battle with Quebec government over tuition hikes
sootoday - MONTREAL — Concordia and McGill universities say they are abandoning their legal challenge against the Quebec government's decision to maintain a 33 per cent tuition hike for out-of-province students.
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Montreal’s Trudeau airport braces for more traffic chaos ahead of spring break
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Montreal's airport authority is urging travellers to prepare for further traffic headaches amid a major airport revamp and the demolition of a parking garage.
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Montreal police conducting searches in lead-up to teen’s death by South Shore police
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Montreal police say they are conducting searches in an investigation connected to the death of a teenager shot dead by police on the city's South Shore.
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Fifth strike by STM maintenance workers averted, both sides to meet with conciliator
Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The conciliation sessions will take place starting the second week of March.
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N.D.G.'s Empress Theatre to be demolished, turned into an outdoor cultural space
Jesse Feith, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The theatre’s iconic Egyptian Revival facade will be saved to serve as a backdrop to the new space — essentially a courtyard closed in by two preserved walls.
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Historic Montreal church destroyed by fire; flames spread to adjacent retirement home
sootoday - MONTREAL — A fire has destroyed a historic former church in southwestern Montreal and the flames spread to an adjacent seniors home. The fire broke out around 1:40 a.m. in the former Saint-Paul Church in the city's Sud-Ouest borough.
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Montrealers mark four years since Russian invasion of Ukraine with rally of solidarity
Lola Kalder / citynews - Montrealers gathered at Phillips Square Saturday to mark four years since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, honouring those killed and renewing calls for continued global support. The rally brought together members of the city’s Ukrainian community and suppor…
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Annual Polar Bear challenge returns to Lachine Canal
News Staff / citynews - Montreal police officers and elected officials are preparing to dive into icy waters this morning for the SPVM’s 18th annual Polar Bear Challenge. The event takes place along the Lachine Canal, where Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière and Mayor Soray…
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Update: REM service returns after another truck hit a viaduct
James Mennie, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - A similar incident at the same viaduct at Marcel-Laurin Blvd. disrupted REM service last November.
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‘Centralized monitoring’, ‘tolerance zones’: Montreal, Longueuil release new protocols for homeless encampments
Manoj Subramaniam / citynews - Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada and Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier announced new protocols for intervention homeless encampments including centralized monitoring, tolerance zones, perimeters and restrictions on belongings. At a press conference…
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Road to ruin: Montreal’s pothole problems have solutions — but city lacks money
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - This winter has been perilous Montreal drivers, with officials reporting 3,824 pothole-related complaints between Jan. 1-27, compared to what was logged at the same time last year.
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Head-on collision in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle: two dead and two seriously injured
Cole Fortner / citynews - Two people in their sixties died and two others are fighting for their lives in hospital after a head-on collision between two vehicles in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, near the Canada-U.S. border, in Montérégie. Emergency services were called on Saturday, ar…
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Quebec political, business leaders tout Montreal as ideal to host NATO defence bank
sootoday - MONTREAL — The Quebec government joined Montreal's business and political leaders to bolster the city's candidacy to become the global headquarters for the proposed international Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB).
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Supreme Court invalidates federal election result in Quebec’s Terrebonne riding
theglobeandmail - Liberal candidate had been declared winner by one vote over Bloc Québécois candidate in April
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Montreal shooting survivor shares how she regained sense of safety
Alessia Simona Maratta / globalnews - Nathalie Provost was shot in the leg, foot and forehead by a gunman who killed 14 women and injured more than a dozen people in 1989, including six of her classmates.
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Montreal man arrested over alleged link to Ryan Wedding, FBI says
theglobeandmail - Tommy Demorizi was wanted for multiple offences, including allegedly helping locate a witness who was later killed
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Montreal parish fights to demolish derelict church that’s become a TikTok destination
Lola Kalder / citynews - Tacked on the plywood fence keeping intruders away from the long-closed St-Eusèbe-de-Verceil church in Montreal, next to “Free Gaza” and anti-police graffiti, is a poem. “This church is no more,” begins the unnamed poet. A few lines later, the handwritten…
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