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• ‘I was heartbroken’: Beloved Montreal coffee shop hit by break-in, community responds

  A beloved coffee shop was recently the target of what seems to be a random burglary just before Christmas, but the owners are heartened by the community's outpouring of support.

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• Call of the Wilde: Montreal continues comeback effort with 4-3 win over Detroit

  It’s a long road back into the playoff picture. The math is abysmal. However, if the road is to be taken, it started with the Detroit Red Wings this weekend in a home-and-home. The Montreal Canadiens need nothing less than a sweep starting with a win in Detroit, and they got it with perhaps their...

  Sports

  Dec 20
• National Bank gets final approval for Canadian Western Bank takeover

  Montreal's National Bank has called its takeover of the Edmonton-based Canadian Western Bank a key pillar of its domestic growth strategy for 2025.

  Money

  Dec 20
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• Montreal Statcare clinic set to close by end of December

  ELNA medical group, the health-care provider in charge of the clinic, says the Pointe-Claire location will close its doors on Dec. 31.

  Canada

  Dec 20
• ‘Sadistic’ Quebec killer convicted of triple family murder gets life in prison

  In the deaths of the boys, the jury found Al Ballouz guilty of first-degree murder, which carries an automatic life sentence without possibility of parole for 25 years.

  Crime

  Dec 20
• Man arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in NYC transferred to Montreal

  A Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York City has been transferred to a provincial detention centre in Montreal from Rimouski, Que.

  Crime

  Dec 20
• Acadie-Bathurst Titan sold, QMJHL team moving to St. John’s next season

  The Acadie-Bathurst Titan have been sold, and the QMJHL team will be moving from New Brunswick to Newfoundland next season. It will mark the league's second stint in St. John's.

  Sports

  Dec 20
• Generations Foundation spreads holiday cheer at Montreal school

  Children from St. Monica Elementary School were treated to a delicious and filing breakfast, while listening to holiday tunes.

  Canada

  Dec 19
• Sex trial: Quebec TV host Julie Snyder testifies against Just for Laughs founder

  Quebec TV host and producer Julie Snyder told a civil trial today that she was sexually assaulted by Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon in Paris more than three decades ago.

  Crime

  Dec 19
• Quebec professor charged for stealing scholarship money intended for foreign students

  Quebec anticorruption police have arrested a former university professor for allegedly defrauding and extorting foreign students.

  Crime

  Dec 19
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• Montrealer trying to save the DVD amid online streaming boom

  Jean-François Hall says he has sold more than 50-thousand D-V-Ds on eBay and Facebook Marketplace in the last three years.

  Canada

  Dec 19
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• Montreal Statcare clinic facing uncertain future after owner seeks creditor protection

  Statcare in Montreal's West Island not only handles minor health emergencies, but it also provides family medicine, gynecology and other medical services.

  Health

  Dec 19
• Canadian carbon removal company scores US$40M grant from Bill Gates-backed fund

  Direct air capture is a term that refers to physically removing excess carbon dioxide from the atmosphere to slow global warming.

  Environment

  Dec 18
• Fire at Montreal synagogue prompts police probe, widespread condemnation

  An alleged arson targeting a synagogue in Montreal's West Island is under investigation by police and being widely condemned by political leaders and the Jewish community.

  Crime

  Dec 18
• Alouettes trade Grey Cup MVP Cody Fajardo to Elks for rights to McLeod Bethel-Thompson

  Montreal dealt the 2023 Grey Cup MVP to the Edmonton Elks on Tuesday.

  Canada

  Dec 18
• Lion Electric applies to Quebec Court for creditor protection after defaulting on debt

  Lion Electric's filing for credit protection comes after the electric school bus maker said Monday that it had defaulted on its debt.

  Canada

  Dec 18
• Call of the Wilde: Montreal Canadiens extend Sabres’ losing streak with decisive 6-1 win

  Patrik Laine scored three times as the Montreal Canadiens enjoyed an easy night at Bell Centre with a blowout victory over the Buffalo Sabres.

  Sports

  Dec 17
• Culture of silence at Montreal youth detention facility at centre of sex scandal

  Youth protection authorities told reporters that four employees involved in the sex allegations have been fired, and two managers remain suspended without pay.

  Canada

  Dec 17
• Quebec adopts rule banning sale of most new gas-powered vehicles by 2035

  The rules applies to all 'light-duty' vehicles, which the Quebec government describes as cars, light trucks, pickup trucks, and most SUVs.

  Environment

  Dec 17
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• ‘Can’t do anything to stay warm’: Montreal families still without power after 2 days

  In Montreal, more than 1,000 homes have been left in the dark for the past 48 hours as a power outage drags on in the city's St-Michel neighbourhood.

  Canada

  Dec 16
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• Homeless man’s death prompts calls for more warming centres in Montreal

  Quebec coroner's office is investigating the death of a 55-year-old unhoused man found in a park early Sunday. Police say hypothermia could be the cause of death.

  Canada

  Dec 16
• Premiers united in fight against Trump tariffs despite Ottawa ‘chaos’: Ford

  Canada's premiers must take a bigger role in Canada-U.S. relations, Doug Ford said Monday on his way in to a meeting he is chairing with all 13 provincial and territorial leaders.

  Politics

  Dec 16
• Quebec woman found guilty of murdering her spouse, two young kids

  Levana Ballouz, who was a man at the time of the crime but now identifies as a woman, was arrested on Montreal's south shore in September 2022.

  Crime

  Dec 16
• ‘Smoke and mirrors’: Quebec residents feel abandoned after August flooding

  Quebec has made payments in less than 10 per cent of the nearly 10,000 claims it has received since the remnants of Hurricane Debby hit the province in August.

  Environment

  Dec 16
• Tiny, endangered sea turtle found on Quebec’s Magdalen Islands for the first time

  One of the world’s smallest and most endangered turtle species was found on the shores Quebec’s Magdalen Islands last week in a first for the province.

  Environment

  Dec 15