Rally against federal gun prohibitions, buyback is planned for Saturday in Quebec City
Jim Bronskill / nationalobserver - People opposed to the federal government's firearms ban and compensation program are planning a rally Saturday in Quebec City to accuse Ottawa of unfairly singling out law-abiding gun owners.
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Quebec government sued after it cancelled Christian event over anti-abortion concerns
sootoday - QUÉBEC — A Quebec government cabinet minister has taken the stand in a civil case over her decision to cancel an event in 2023 because she thought it would promote anti-abortion views.
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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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It’s byelection day in Quebec’s Chicoutimi riding
News Staff / citynews - With the next general election just a few months away, voters in the riding of Chicoutimi are heading to the polls on Monday to elect the next person who will represent them in the National Assembly. This byelection was triggered by the resignation of for…
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Smith to form committee to assess next steps for the Forever Canada petition
Will Vasseur / westernstandard - Premier Danielle Smith told Albertans on Saturday that she intends to form a cabinet committee to assess how the provincial government should approach the next steps following the successful Forever Canada legislative petition.
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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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Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the province's proposed constitution.
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Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard won't reinstate Marwah Rizqy in party caucus
sootoday - Newly acclaimed Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard says he won't reinstate Marwah Rizqy in his party's caucus.
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Laval's Steven Dubois races to gold in short-track speed skating at Milano Olympics
LRoy@postmedia.com / montrealgazette - The speed skater's victory brings Canada's total gold medal count to four
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Quebec father who drowned his children tells jury he has no memory of killings
News Staff / citynews - A Quebec man who drowned his two children in October 2022 has told a jury he has no memory of the day they died. Kamaljit Arora is testifying in his own defence for a second day at his murder trial in Laval, Que., a suburb north of Montreal. He says he co…
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Quebec police arrest man in suspected femicide in Montérégie
News Staff / citynews - Police say a 41-year-old man has been arrested in connection with the murder of his partner in Quebec’s Montérégie region last month. Véronic Champagne, 40, died in hospital Jan. 18 after being seriously injured during an argument with a man at a home in …
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Winter returns to Prairies and parts of Ontario with heavy snow in the forecast
theglobeandmail - Areas of Saskatchewan are expected to see up to 35 cm by Thursday morning, while parts of Ontario could see a messy mix of snow and freezing rain
- Montreal and Quebec wake to freezing drizzle and icy roads (3)
- Other: local Sault alerts, economic fallout, ancillary storm impacts (7)
- Prairies hammered by blizzard, whiteouts and plunging temperatures (13)
- Southern Ontario: freezing rain, sleet and commute chaos (9)
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Montreal and Quebec wake to freezing drizzle and icy roads
Other: local Sault alerts, economic fallout, ancillary storm impacts
Prairies hammered by blizzard, whiteouts and plunging temperatures
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Quebec police bust sophisticated forged documents operation
Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Quebec provincial police say they've made a pair of arrests in what they are calling a sophisticated counterfeit ID and credit card operation.
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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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Girl whose hoodie got trapped in a chairlift mechanism dies of her injuries
Jack Wilson / montrealgazette - "Her sweet bubbly spirit and love for those around her will live on," her parents said in a statement days after the Outaouais ski hill incident.
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SAAQclic management lied to the Quebec government for years, commission concludes
Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette / montrealgazette - The report is careful about blaming anyone in particular for the bungled operation. Premier François Legault emerges unscathed.
- Analysis: Anatomy of the SAAQclic fiasco and managerial failures (1)
- Government weighs legal action, oversight after Gallant report (2)
- Inquiry: SAAQ managers lied, concealed massive cost overruns (6)
- SAAQ apologizes, vows overhaul; public dismayed and demands accountability (5)
Analysis: Anatomy of the SAAQclic fiasco and managerial failures
Government weighs legal action, oversight after Gallant report
Inquiry: SAAQ managers lied, concealed massive cost overruns
SAAQ apologizes, vows overhaul; public dismayed and demands accountability
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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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