Soraya Martinez Ferrada to be sworn in Thursday as mayor of Montreal
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Montreal's new mayor will formally assume the city's top role today during a swearing-in ceremony.
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Northern lights visible in parts of Canada, U.S. with more aurora activity expected tonight
Adithi Ramakrishnan / theglobeandmail - A rare G4 geomagnetic storm watch has been issued for Wednesday with the peak period expected between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. ET
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Quebec labour minister wants power to intervene in Montreal transit strike
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The Quebec government wants the power to intervene in a strike that has disrupted public transit in Montreal since the start of November.
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Quebec man sentenced to life in prison for killing of 10-year-old in 1994
theglobeandmail - Judge says Réal Courtemanche has shown no remorse and there’s no hope for his rehabilitation
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Toronto’s Nov. 9 snowfall marks earliest 10 cm accumulation in more than 50 years
Lucas Casaletto / citynews - Southern Ontario was blanketed in snow over the weekend, as a rare early-season storm brought winter conditions to Toronto and the Greater Toronto Area (GTA) on Nov. 9, 2025. By Monday morning, most of the city had recorded 10 centimetres of snow, making …
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More than 10K people protest Quebec’s physician payment law at Bell Centre
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The protest took aim at Premier Francois Legault's legislation known as Bill 2, which changes how doctors in the province are paid.
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Canadian company Premier Tech ends association with Israel-based cycling team
John Marchesan / citynews - Canadian company Premier Tech is ending its association with an Israel-based cycling team that has been the target of several recent protests. The company said in a statement Friday that it will end its co-title sponsorship of the team formerly known as I…
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Montreal transit strike could put Quebec’s new labour law to the test
Maura Forrest / theglobeandmail - Law gives labour minister the power to end a dispute by imposing binding arbitration when a strike or lockout is deemed harmful to the public
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Montreal's voter turnout was only 37% this municipal election. What's behind the decline?
Linda Gyulai, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - This was the third lowest participation rate of the 15 Montreal municipal elections held since 1970.
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Bruno Marchand swept back into the mayor's chair in Quebec City
Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The vote brings the curtain down on a campaign that can best be described as a two-month roller-coaster ride for the candidates and people of the provincial capital.
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Former MP Soraya Martinez Ferrada elected Montreal mayor
Maura Forrest / theglobeandmail - Centrist party leader taps into Montrealer dissatisfaction after eight years of Projet Montréal’s mandate
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Far from its colourful mayoral past, Montreal gives election candidates a collective yawn
Eric Andrew-Gee / theglobeandmail - The leading candidates, Projet Montréal’s Luc Rabouin and Ensemble Montréal’s Soraya Martinez Ferrada, have been called ‘beige’
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Quebec cabinet minister Lionel Carmant resigns over escalating doctors crisis
theglobeandmail - Passage of controversial Bill 2, which reforms the way doctors are paid in the province, has caused uproar even in Carmant’s family
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Rufus Wainwright makes ‘complete mess’ of Canadian anthem at Game 5 of World Series
Denette Wilford / torontosun - Singer made a not-so-subtle change to O Canada ahead of Game 5 of the World Series.
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Young, proud, online: Quebec’s newest sovereigntists hope to revive an aging movement
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The self-described CEO of the next generation of Quebec sovereigntists is a 17-year-old rapper and TikTok sensation who claims to be more influential than Premier François Legault.
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Newborn dead after being abandoned at Quebec bus shelter: police
Aaron D’Andrea / globalnews - Police said in a post on X Monday morning that officers were called around 6:30 a.m. for reports of a newborn being found in a bus shelter on Chambly Road.
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Canada could lose its status as a measles-free country amid outbreak
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - With measles spreading to more than 5,000 Canadians in the past year, Canada is poised to lose its measles-free status from the Pan-American Health Organization.
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Montreal's mayoral election is about affordability, homelessness — and bike lanes
Morgan Lowrie, Giuseppe Valiante / nationalobserver - In a recent debate on Radio-Canada, Soraya Martinez Ferrada, one of the leading candidates for mayor of Montreal, brought up comments made more than two years ago by a borough mayor comparing a car to a refrigerator.
Back to Top / Monday, October 27, 2025, 7:21 am / permalink 15441 / 7 stories in 4 months
Quebec adopts special bill to impose new compensation system on doctors
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec passes Bill 2, forcing a new doctor pay system with fines for resistance; critics warn it violates rights and will face court challenges.
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