CBC - Montreal (19 hours ago)
Jagmeet Grewal, 58, was sentenced to 10 years in prison for causing the deaths of four people in a pileup on Highway 440 in August 2019. The truck driver was illegally driving his truck when he plowed into motorists stuck in a traffic jam at nearly 100 kilometers per hour.
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The body of a hiker reported missing in northeastern New York state has been found, state authorities confirm. Léo Dufour, 22, of Vaudreuil, Que., had been missing since the end of November, after he failed to return from a planned one-day hike on Allen Mountain in the town of Newcomb.
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Fillactive, a non-profit that aims to reverse the trend of teenage girls quitting sports, organized the event in Montreal's Maisonneuve Park. The hope is that even more girls can see the benefits of physical activity while feeling good about themselves.
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The Archbishop of Quebec says he expects Pope Leo will continue to work on reconciliation with Indigenous Peoples. Cardinal Gerald Lacroix called the word “reconciliation” very important for any pastor. He shared his thoughts on Friday on the election of the first U.S.-born pope, Cardinal Robert Prevost. The late Pope Francis made history in...
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Google has started rolling out its Gemini chatbot to supervised accounts, meaning children under 13 can now interact with AI to ask questions, get help with homework and even create images. While the chatbot is being added by default, parents have the option to opt out. We spoke with Renee Sieber, professor at McGill University's Bieler School of...
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Bill 103, tabled by the CAQ government, would limit how close safe drug use sites can be to schools and daycares. But parents living near the Maison Benoît Labre in the Sud-Ouest borough say the bill doesn't solve the immediate problems they're facing. Meanwhile, groups that run these sites worry the new rules would make it more difficult to help...
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Nearly two months after part of a Mile End building's exterior wall collapsed, tenants in the neighbouring building still can't return home — and their landlord is covering the costs. Meanwhile, there's seemingly no progress in bringing down the dangerous structure at the centre of it all.
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There have been two high-profile cases involving a driver ramming their vehicle into people in Canada recently. Both drivers had a history of mental illness. There is concern that these kinds of incidents reinforce the false stereotype that people with mental illness are inherently violent. But psychologist Nate Fuks says there is no direct link,...
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For this year's Mental Health Week, the theme is Unmasking Mental Health. CBC Montreal host Douglas Gelevan speaks with Dr. Jennifer Russell, the chief of the department of psychology at the MUHC, about ways people can help themselves or their loved ones overcome the stigma.
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Part of Somerled Avenue is closed as the borough tries to figure out the source of the water leak, since that's likely the cause of the sinkhole. To do that, water pressure in the area has been lowered. There's no timeline on repairs until the borough finds the source of the problem.
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Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville says he wants to improve civility in the province's schools by requiring students to address their teachers using a title, such as Mr. or Ms., as well as the more formal and polite form of 'you' in French — vous rather than tu.
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Housing advocacy groups say they are already overwhelmed by requests for help. One organization attributes the surge in demand to this year's recommended rent increase by Quebec's housing tribunal, the highest in 30 years, coupled with a persistently low vacancy rate.
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Marie-Christine Cloutier and other members of families affected by the attack read victim-impact statements in a courtroom in Laval, Que., days after a Superior Court judge found the accused, Pierre Ny St-Amand, not criminally responsible for what he did.
ReadCBC - Montreal (2 weeks ago)
Since the beginning of 2025, the city's 19 boroughs have set a goal to approve housing projects that don't require special permits within 120 days. It's still early, but the city says so far, the majority of permit approvals are still taking longer than they'd like.
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