CBC - Montreal (16 hours ago)
According to the Institut de la statistique du Québec, 74 per cent of women and 83 per cent of men who experience intimate partner violence don't report it to police. Melpa Kamateros from Montreal's Shield of Athena says many are afraid of blaming and shaming.
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Steve Dubinsky is gearing up for his last holiday concerts at Westwood Junior and Senior schools. Over the years, he and his high school students have brought home several awards including the Distinguished Band Director Award from the Quebec Band Association and the 2024 Prime Minister's Award for Teaching Excellence.
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Quebec's order of pharmacists has called the death of Zachary Miron "avoidable.” The 15-year-old from Blainville, Que., died of a cardiac arrhythmia during a ski trip after consuming an energy drink while on ADHD medication, according to a coroner. The Canadian Beverage Association, which represents Red Bull, says "its member companies take all...
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Moisson Montréal is distributing 10-kilogram holiday food boxes to 300 community groups as food insecurity reaches record levels. More than one million monthly requests across Montreal highlight how rising rent and transportation costs are forcing families to cut back on their food budgets.
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Quebec's Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière tabled a bill Wednesday aiming to create a public registry for high-risk sex offenders, prevent protests from taking place too close to the homes of elected officials and crack down on members of organized crime groups who show off their groups' logos or patches.
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A 78-year-old man died in the cold Friday morning outside a social housing building where he resided on Montreal's North Shore. This is the third time this week that a senior in the greater Montreal area was reported to have died after being found outside.
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If Mark Carney's first nine months as prime minister have revealed a difference of opinion over how the federal government should go about fighting climate change, he now has to prove that his approach can put Canada on a credible path to net-zero emissions by 2050.
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The Société de transport de Montréal (STM)'s 2,400 maintenance workers announced last month that they would refuse to work overtime during the holidays. The strike is scheduled to take place between Dec. 11 and Jan. 11, according to a new strike notice filed by the maintenance workers' union.
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Laval, Que., is testing out a new way to manage snow clearing operations in a pilot project that's being rolled out in three neighbourhoods. The city has invested in new trucks and equipment as well as smart technology that will allow municipal workers and citizens to track the progress of an operation — and make sure their parked cars don't get...
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