Light snow falls Saturday in Montreal as cold weather lingers into Sunday

Adriana Gentile / citynews - Montrealers woke up to a snowy start Saturday, as light snowfall moved into the region, adding a wintry feel to the city and reminding residents that December has firmly taken hold. Environment and Climate Change Canada’s forecast calls for mainly cloudy …

Patricia D'Cunha / citynews - The federal government says the first segment of its proposed high-speed rail project would connect Montreal and Ottawa. The high-speed project, which was announced in February, would connect Toronto and Quebec City with trains travelling at speeds of up …

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First segment of high-speed rail project to connect Montreal and Ottawa

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Why the high-speed rail will first connect Ottawa and Montreal

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Ottawa-Montreal first up for high-speed rail link, but money could be better spent, expert says

2 months / montrealgazette / Jason Magder, Montreal Gazette

Alto high-speed rail construction to start in 2029 with Ottawa-Montreal segment

2 months / dailyhive / Kenneth Chan

First segment of Canada’s high-speed rail project to connect Montreal and Ottawa

2 months / citynews / Patricia D'Cunha

Canada’s high-speed rail will start with Ottawa-Montreal line, minister says

2 months / globalnews / Uday Rana

First segment of high-speed rail project to connect Montreal and Ottawa

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Ottawa-Montreal chosen as first leg of high-speed rail project

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Montreal-Ottawa chosen as first leg of high-speed rail project

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First segment of high-speed rail plan will link Montreal and Ottawa, sources say

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Nooran Rezayi shooting: Longueuil mayor asks for probe into SPAL

News Staff / citynews - Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier asked Quebec Minister of Public Security Ian Lafrenière to launch an investigation into the Longueuil Police Service (SPAL), Thursday. The request follows allegations of breaches by SPAL in notifying the police watchdog,…

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Longueuil mayor seeks probe into police actions after shooting of Nooran Rezayi

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Longueuil mayor seeks probe into police actions after shooting of Nooran Rezayi

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Longueuil mayor seeks probe into police force's actions in aftermath of teen's death

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Longueuil police accused of breaking protocol after killing of Nooran Rezayi

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Nooran Rezayi shooting: Longueuil mayor asks for probe into SPAL

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Quebec Liberal Party: Pablo Rodriguez insists he’s staying on as leader

News Staff / citynews - Despite the pressure mounting on him, Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez insists he’s staying in his position and that he can still win the next election. “I was elected by the party members because they know I have the experience to defeat the CAQ, to…

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Pressure mounts on Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez to resign amid crisis

2 months / globalnews / Alessia Simona Maratta

A dozen former Liberal MNAs and ministers call on Pablo Rodriguez to resign

2 months / montrealgazette / Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette

Pressure mounts on Quebec Liberal Leader Pablo Rodriguez to resign amid crisis

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'I'm going nowhere,' Rodriguez says as pressure mounts on him to quit

2 months / montrealgazette / Philip Authier, Montreal Gazette

Quebec Liberal Party: Pablo Rodriguez insists he’s staying on as leader

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Air Transat says flight cancellations capped at 18 after strike averted

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The airline says the suspended flights to or from Toronto and Montreal included destinations in Mexico, the Caribbean and Peru as well as London, Paris, Spain and Portugal.

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Air Transat strike averted: Fallout limited with only 18 flight cancellations

2 months / citynews / Lola Kalder

Wages proved the final sticking point in Air Transat pilot talks

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Air Transat says flight cancellations capped at 18 after strike averted

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Air Transat limits fallout from strike threat, flight cancellations under two dozen

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Air Transat limits fallout from strike threat, flight cancellations under two dozen

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A police cruiser turns the corner. Eight seconds later, 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi was shot dead

Harry North / montrealgazette - Lawyers for Nooran Rezayi's family released footage of the moments before and after he was shot by Longueuil police.

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Family of 15-year-old shot dead by police bullet near Montreal sues officers, city

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A police cruiser turns the corner. Eight seconds later, 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi was shot dead

2 months / montrealgazette / Harry North

Family of 15-year-old shot dead by police near Montreal sues officers, city

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Family of teen fatally shot by Longueuil police to speak three months after his death

2 months / montrealgazette / Harry North

Family of teen killed by police in Longueuil to speak out today

2 months / citynews / Jessica Barile

Montreal hosts G7 ministers to discuss artificial intelligence, quantum

Anja Karadeglija / nationalobserver - Artificial intelligence is likely to take up much of the agenda as industry, digital and technology ministers from the world’s most powerful Western countries meet in Montreal this week.

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G7 digital, tech ministers’ meeting in Montreal set to wrap up today

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Canada turns to EU for agreements on AI as Montreal hosts G7 digital, tech ministers

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Montreal hosts G7 ministers to talk about artificial intelligence, quantum computing

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Montreal hosts G7 ministers to discuss artificial intelligence, quantum

2 months / nationalobserver / Anja Karadeglija

Montreal hosts G7 ministers to talk about artificial intelligence, quantum

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Montreal hosts G7 ministers to talk about artificial intelligence, quantum

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Air Transat pilots gear up for strike as union issues 72-hour notice

Sean Previl / globalnews - Air Transat pilots' union has given airline management a 72-hour strike notice. Job action is set to start at 3 a.m. ET Wednesday if there's no progress toward a new contract.

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Here’s what you need to know about a potential Air Transat pilots strike

2 months / montrealgazette / Harry North

Air Transat to begin cancelling flights Monday. What you need to know

2 months / globalnews / Sean Previl

Air Transat to start halting flights Monday after pilots issue 72-hour strike notice

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Air Transat pilots issue 72-hour strike notice, causing flight cancellations by Monday

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Air Transat warns of shutdown as pilots’ union issues 72-hour strike notice

2 months / nationalpost / Kenn Oliver

Air Transat pilots’ union issue 72-hour strike notice; airline to suspend flights

2 months / torontosun / Ling Hui

Air Transit to begin suspending flights Monday, with complete shutdown planned

2 months / theglobeandmail / Eric Atkins

Air Transat pilots gear up for strike as union issues 72-hour notice

2 months / globalnews / Sean Previl

Air Transat pilots union' issues 72-hour strike notice to Montreal-based airline | CBC News

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Air Transat pilots issue 72-hour strike notice, causing some flight suspensions by Monday

2 months / citynews / News Staff

Transat pilots issue 72-hour strike notice, causing some flight suspensions by Monday

2 months / sootoday

Air Transat to suspend flights following strike notice from pilots union

2 months / theglobeandmail

Dozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from Vatican

Prisha Dev / globalnews - First Nations, Inuit, and Métis leaders welcomed 61 Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican at Montreal’s airport, marking the first step in returning items held for decades.

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Morning Update: Flight interrupted

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Dozens of Indigenous artifacts return to Canada from Vatican

3 months / globalnews / Prisha Dev

Indigenous artifacts from the Vatican collection return to Canada

3 months / sootoday

Indigenous cultural belongings return to Canada from Vatican after long journey

3 months / reddit / /u/gaurishkohli

Montreal police probe overnight shooting at Villeray business

Harry North / montrealgazette - No injuries were reported, police said, as the store was closed, and no suspects have been arrested as of Saturday morning.

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Two businesses targeted by gunfire in Montreal

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Montreal police probe overnight shooting at Villeray business

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Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

News Staff / citynews - MONTREAL — Polytechnique Montréal and others across the country will pay tribute today to the 14 women who were murdered at the engineering school 36 years ago in a brazen anti-feminist attack. Wreaths of white roses will be laid in front of a commemorati…

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Community & Academic Tributes

Letters: Honouring the young women of Polytechnique

3 months / montrealgazette / Walter Buchignani, Montreal Gazette

Advocates make time to remember the École Polytechnique Montreal massacre at U of R

3 months / thestarphoenix / Olivia Grandy

Montreal Ceremonies

Montreal honours 14 victims of Polytechnique massacre at ceremony

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Beams of light over Montreal as city marks Dec. 6 Polytechnique anniversary

3 months / citynews / Adriana Gentile

Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

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Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

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Honouring 36 years since the Polytechnique massacre

3 months / citynews / Jessica Barile

Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

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Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

3 months / sootoday

Events to mark 36 years since Polytechnique attack, honouring 14 women slain in 1989

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National Calls for Change

Thirty-six years after Polytechnique attack killing 14 women, a duty to do more

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Thirty-six years after Polytechnique attack killing 14 women, a duty to do more

3 months / sootoday

Polytechnique memorial sparks calls for action

3 months / citynews / Johaniebouffard

Carney: Canada has ‘much more to do’ on combatting violence against women

3 months / montrealgazette / Harry North

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As Montreal honours Polytechnique victims, Carney says progress on women’s safety is not enough

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Judge to rule next month if man accused of killing parents, grandmother in Montreal in 2023 was criminally responsible

News Staff / citynews - A judge will rule in January whether a man who fatally stabbed his parents and grandmother inside their Montreal apartment in March 2023 is criminally responsible for the crimes. The Crown and defence lawyers submitted arguments this week in the case and …

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Judge to decide in January if Montrealer who killed his parents, grandmother is not criminally responsible

3 months / montrealgazette / Paul Cherry, Montreal Gazette

Judge to rule next month if man accused of killing parents, grandmother in Montreal in 2023 was criminally responsible

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Judge to rule in January if man accused in triple murder was criminally responsible

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Marc Miller hurt by Legault’s ‘disgrace to all Quebecers’ comment

News Staff / citynews - The new minister responsible for official languages in Mark Carney’s government, Marc Miller, says he’s hurt by comments from Quebec Premier François Legault, who accused him of being “a disgrace” and spreading “nonsense.” “It hurts me,” said Miller on We…

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Part of the cultural community lacks loyalty to Quebec, says PQ leader

3 months / citynews / Jessica Barile

Marc Miller hurt by Legault’s ‘disgrace to all Quebecers’ comment

3 months / citynews / News Staff

Opinion: Who's a 'disgrace to all Quebecers'?

3 months / montrealgazette / Walter Buchignani, Montreal Gazette

Quebec premier calls new culture minister a ‘disgrace’ in escalating language dispute

3 months / westernstandard / Jeremy Borg

‘It’s going to be chaos’: Montreal clinics warn Bill 2 closures will put patients at risk

Zachary Cheung / citynews - A family medicine clinic in Montreal is anticipating it will be shutting its doors due to Bill 2 – one of roughly 40 clinics across Quebec that have chosen that route, citing financial pressures. The Santé Mont-Royal family health clinic is slated to clos…

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Quebec’s health reforms are controversial—and exactly the shake-up Canadian health-care needs

3 months / thehub / Jason M. Sutherland

Family medicine directors across Quebec vow to defy Bill 2

3 months / montrealgazette / Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette

Opinion: Bill 2 distorts the moral compass in medicine

3 months / montrealgazette / Walter Buchignani, Montreal Gazette

‘It’s going to be chaos’: Montreal clinics warn Bill 2 closures will put patients at risk

3 months / citynews / Zachary Cheung

Polytechnique expands scholarship program to 14 women in memory of 1989 tragedy

Alessia Simona Maratta / globalnews - The scholarships, set up to pay tribute not only to the victims but also to their families, were awarded during a ceremony at the school on Monday.

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Polytechnique expands scholarship program to 14 women in memory of 1989 tragedy

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Polytechnique expands scholarship program to 14 women in memory of 1989 tragedy

3 months / globalnews / Alessia Simona Maratta

Hanes: Polytechnique's Order of the White Rose 'is a bridge between memory and the future'

3 months / montrealgazette / Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette

Polytechnique expands scholarship program to 14 women in memory of 1989 tragedy

3 months / sootoday

Hanes: These are the 14 new inductees in Polytechnique Montréal's Order of the White Rose

3 months / montrealgazette / Allison Hanes, Montreal Gazette

Montreal mayor announces crisis unit to help homeless population during winter

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - The mayor of Montreal is announcing new measures to help the city's homeless population survive the winter.

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Montreal to add 500 spots in warming centres, create crisis unit to fight homelessness

3 months / montrealgazette / Jesse Feith, Montreal Gazette

Montreal mayor announces crisis unit to help homeless population during winter

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Montreal mayor announces crisis unit to help homeless population during winter

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New crisis unit will meet weekly to address homelessness in Montreal

3 months / citynews / News Staff

Montreal museum spotlights sex workers history of activism and resistance

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - When community group Mile End Chavurah held an event in 2023 to name Jewish Montreal's "new patron saint," Maimie Pinzer was the winning choice.

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Montreal museum spotlights sex workers history of activism and resistance

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Montreal museum highlights sex workers history of activism and resistance

3 months / nationalobserver / Morgan Lowrie

Montreal museum spotlights sex workers history of activism and resistance

3 months / sootoday

Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022

Cole Fortner / citynews - A Quebec coroner is recommending strengthened measures to protect pedestrian safety after the hit-and-run death of a seven-year-old Ukrainian refugee in 2022. Coroner Éric Lépine says in a recent report that the girl’s death was accidental, caused by the …

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Montreal Ukrainian leaders react to coroner’s report into 2022 hit-and-run death of 7-year-old girl walking to school

3 months / citynews / Gareth Madoc-Jones

Quebec coroner outlines steps to improve pedestrian safety at intersections

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

7-year-old Ukrainian refugee's 2022 death prompts coroner to demand better pedestrian safety

3 months / montrealgazette / The Canadian Press

Quebec coroner calls for better pedestrian safety after death of girl, 7, in 2022

3 months / citynews / Cole Fortner

Breaking: Canadiens sign Mike Matheson to five-year/30M extension

Erik Leijon / montrealgazette - The Montreal Canadiens locked up one of their key blue liners to a five-year extension on Friday.

#sports #quebec #montreal #finance

Cowan: Canadiens' Mike Matheson put family first in contract negotiations

3 months / montrealgazette / Stu Cowan, Montreal Gazette

Montreal Canadiens sign defenceman Mike Matheson to 5-year extension

3 months / globalnews / Globalnews Digital

Breaking: Canadiens sign Mike Matheson to five-year/30M extension

3 months / montrealgazette / Erik Leijon

Unions, community groups to hold demonstration in Montreal against Quebec government

Globalnews Digital / globalnews - Major Quebec unions will rally in downtown Montreal today, protesting government cuts, underfunded services and what they call a shift to the political right.