Montreal Latest News

• Quebec government sued after it cancelled Christian event over anti-abortion concerns

  The Quebec government maintains that the right to freedom of religion and non-discrimination applies only to individuals, not to legal entities.

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• Flames engulf historic Montreal church, spread to retirement home next door

  According to Montreal fire crews, no one was injured during the incident but a neighbouring retirement home had to be evacuated as firefighters fought the blaze.

  Fire

  Feb 23
• Parti Québécois aims for 4th consecutive byelection win in Quebec

  The riding had been a PQ stronghold before Andrée Laforest captured it twice for the Coalition Avenir Québec, first in 2018 and again in 2022.

  Politics

  Feb 23
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• Vancouver airport ties Nexus outage to U.S. partial government shutdown

  The Canada Border Services Agency also confirmed in an email the connection between the suspension and the U.S. partial government shutdown.

  Canada

  Feb 22
• Montreal promises new approach to homeless with encampment ‘tolerance zones’

  The city said its new policy creates 'tolerance zones' on city-owned land, where encampments would be permitted if they meet certain safety rules.

  Canada

  Feb 20
• Bloc MP says he was mugged and pepper-sprayed while in Brussels for NATO visit

  A Bloc Québécois member of Parliament says he was assaulted and pepper-sprayed this week while in Brussels for a NATO parliamentary assembly meeting.

  Canada

  Feb 20
• Quebec justice minister withdraws article on abortion rights in constitution bill

  Quebec's justice minister has reversed course in the face of strong criticism of his plan to enshrine abortion rights in his constitution bill.

  Canada

  Feb 20
• 7-Eleven bringing viral Japanese-style egg salad sandwich to Canada

  There’s a sandwich foodies have flown thousands of kilometres to Japan to try and have strategized how to get through customs to share with friends back home.

  Canada

  Feb 20
• Canadian designer takes centre ice at 2026 Winter Olympics

  Now in Milan for the 2026 Games, Mathieu Caron says 28 athletes from 10 countries are wearing his designs.

  Features

  Feb 19
• Pressure mounts on Quebec justice minister to backtrack on enshrining abortion rights

  Pressure is mounting on Quebec's justice minister to abandon plans to enshrine abortion rights in the province's proposed constitution.

  Politics

  Feb 19
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• Quebec hair salon ordered to pay $500 to non-binary client

  A recent ruling from the Quebec human rights tribunal has put Station10 hair salon at the centre of a larger legal battle and social debate.

  Canada

  Feb 18
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• Provinces are bracing for record deficits. What’s causing budgets to see red?

  From trade tensions to a shrinking workforce and existing inflation, several factors are leading to provinces posting sometimes record-breaking budgets.

  Economy

  Feb 18
• Quebec father who drowned his children tells jury he has no memory of killings

  A Quebec man who drowned his two children in October 2022, told a jury he has no memory of the day they died, as he testified in his own defence in Laval, Quebec.

  Crime

  Feb 18
• Quebec man charged 1 month after partner’s killing, police say

  A woman died in hospital a short time after she was found seriously injured inside an apartment that had been set on fire in Rougemont.

  Crime

  Feb 17
• Quebec ski resort given green light to open week after Ottawa girl’s death

  Police said a 13-year-old child's clothing got caught in a chairlift as it was raising her off the ground. The child's family confirmed she had died in hospital days later.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• Ontario town to celebrate Olympic gold medallist

  Parry Sound, Ont., is getting ready to celebrate its Olympic medallist Megan Oldham, a skier who won gold at the Milan-Cortina Olympics this week after capturing bronze earlier in the Games.

  Sports

  Feb 17
• Quebec police bust sophisticated forged documents operation

  Quebec provincial police say they've made a pair of arrests in what they are calling a sophisticated counterfeit ID and credit card operation. 

  Crime

  Feb 17
• Quebec auto board sorry for online platform boondoggle, aims to regain public trust

  Quebec's automobile insurance board is apologizing over the botched rollout of its online platform and the hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns on the project.

  Canada

  Feb 17
• Provinces contend with fresh shocks ahead of 2026 budget season

  A new analysis from Desjardins indicates some resilience to U.S. trade pressures and revisions to economic data have most provinces on better footing heading into budget season.

  Politics

  Feb 17
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• Road to ruin: Montreal’s pothole problems have solutions — but city lacks money

  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.

  Canada

  Feb 17
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• Child dies in car crash in northern Quebec

  Police said five people were involved, four were taken to a hospital with injuries that were not considered life-threatening.

  Canada

  Feb 16
• Quebec auto board lied about cost overruns for online platform, inquiry finds

  An inquiry has concluded that Quebec's automobile insurance board lied to the provincial government to conceal exploding costs in the creation of the agency's online platform.

  Politics

  Feb 16
• 13-year-old skier from Ottawa dies days after she was injured on Quebec ski lift

  The girl was injured Feb. 11 during a school outing to Centre Vorlage, a ski hill located in Wakefield, Que., about 30 kilometres northwest of Ottawa.

  Canada

  Feb 16
• Quebec Liberals welcome Charles Milliard as new leader

  Former Quebec Liberal premiers Daniel Johnson and Philippe Couillard attended the event to welcome the new generation of party leadership. 

  Politics

  Feb 15
• Four people killed in 4 separate snowmobile crashes in Quebec

  Quebec provincial police say the four crashes occurred in different parts of the province, with one incident seeing three men fall through ice, though police said two survived.

  Canada

  Feb 15