The decision by Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau to retire this year has been greeted with applause from Premier Legault and Christine Fréchette and Bernard Drainville, the two people working to succeed him, citing the ”respect” that comes with the decision. Candidate Fréchette says that Quebec will be watching the choice for Rousseau’s replacement closely: that the next CEO must be bilingual, that the company is subject to the Official Languages Act and that that must be “…reflected all the way to the top of the organization.”
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A spontaneous demonstration by family and friends outside Cégep Gérald-Godin in Montreal’s Sainte Geneviève district for a drowned 18-year-old man who fell through the ice in Rivière des Prairies at Île Bizard, is urging that the search for his body continue.
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Montréal International says that the city experienced economic resilience in 2025, attracting near $3 billion dollars in foreign investment in 54 projects and seeing the creation and retention of nearly four thousand jobs.
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Montreal’s municipal professionals will be back at their jobs today, after taking yesterday off in a first-ever one-day strike against the city’s take-it-or-leave-it wage offer.
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A coroner’s public inquiry has begun at Montreal’s courthouse into deadly road crashes involving heavy trucks, ordered by Quebec’s Public Security Minister, following what happened last August on Highway 30 in Boucherville, when a truck slammed into several stopped vehicles at a construction site, killing a mom and her son.
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The Laval Transit Corporation has restored regular service, which had been interrupted by a lack of buses caused by a lack of repair parts.
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Montreal videogame developer Eidos has laid off 124 of its employees, including studio head David Anfossi, who had led the team for several years.
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Quebec’s Labour Minister Jean Boulet is touting the agreement reached with the Quebec Association of Pharmacist-Owners, which deals with concerns from employers, unions and insurers who were concerned about the fees charged by some pharmacists and the resulting pressure on group insurance plans.
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Vanier College has apologized for cancelling a Holocaust commemoration because of the Israel-US war on Iran, citing safety concerns, even though no direct threats were received.
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Rima Hassan is a French-Palestinian European Parliament member who was planning to visit Montreal this week to take part in two conferences, but has been denied entry to Canada. She and several groups have begun legal action to find out why.
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Habs vs Tampa Bay 7 p.m.
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Freezing rain / rain 3º today
Cloud / 7º tomorrow
