By Murray Sherriffs
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A 17-year-old boy is critical condition after being found nearly drowned in a pool in Anjou on Lévesque Avenue near Georges.
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Quebec’s traditional Moving Day is tomorrow and the Quebec Housing Society says that more than 3,100 households still have no idea where their next digs will be, up sharply over last year.
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The Greater Montreal Observatory has released a report which reveals that greater Montreal is next to the bottom of a list of 43 major metropolitan areas in North America with respect to housing availability, with Quebec City following in last place.
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The Martinez Ferrada administration will invest an additional $742,500 to help Montreal tenants avoid losing their homes, due to the rising cost of living.
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Premier Fréchette has unveiled a project for Vaudreuil-Soulanges that includes 45 affordable housing units.
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Montreal police are hunting the woman who stabbed a man yesterday morning on de la Gauchetière, putting him in critical condition.
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1,800+ residents of St-Henri residents have signed a petition demanding that all levels of government to move La Maison Benoit Labre, Montreal’s first supervised consumption site, claiming that children are regularly exposed to violence, sexual acts and drug use and now avoid an adjacent park because of what’s going on.
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The Ministry of the Environment, Wildlife and Parks has determined that some fish in the St. Lawrence River are contaminated with high levels of so-called forever-chemicals (perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl), used in non-stick cookware and fire-retardant materials.
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Dozens of fires are burning in Quebec’s north, all caused by lightning.
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Tourisme Montréal says that the decision to move the Grand Prix from June to May was a “resounding success for Montreal’s tourism industry” and its CEO says that the ”…change allows us to attract more visitors at the very start of the season, while also freeing up space in June to host major conventions and other large-scale events.”
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The Quebec government has launched a new strategy to fight criminal groups and gun violence with RESPECT (Effective Public Safety Response to Curb Organized Crime and Illegal Trafficking) to receive $66 million over the next three years.
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The Canadiens have traded Brendan Gallagher to Vancouver for “future considerations”.
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Sun + showers + thunderstorms / 30º today
Sun + showers + thunderstorms / 33º tomorrow