He detoured to avoid a traffic jam. He ended up saving five people's lives in LaSalle Former Kahnawake Peacekeeper Tontie Stacey banged on doors and carried a woman to safety before blaze engulfed duplex.

“He deserves some kind of reward,” Gouin said. “But there’s nothing you could ever give him that could equal what he did.”
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Drimonis: Montreal's culinary scene serves up lessons in diversity I’ve never once heard anyone lamenting that quintessentially Québécois poutine will be drowned out by other dishes.

“I love how Montreal’s chefs and restaurant owners are each others’ biggest champions. […] “What if we let this beautiful culinary kinship inspire us?”
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« Dans un réseau scolaire déjà aux prises avec des défis tels que le décrochage, une surcharge des classes, des besoins particuliers, le manque de ressources, la priorité était-elle vraiment, en ce printemps, de congédier des femmes appréciées, qualifiées, intégrées à leur milieu. »

Tribute: In embracing Quebec, photographer Gabor Szilasi captured the soul of Montreal "I did it because I love to do it," the late giant of Canadian photography once said of his craft.

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Drimonis: Montreal's culinary scene serves up lessons in diversity I’ve never once heard anyone lamenting that quintessentially Québécois poutine will be drowned out by other dishes.

“I love how Montreal’s chefs and restaurant owners are each others’ biggest champions. […] “What if we let this beautiful culinary kinship inspire us?”
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Deaths of migrants in ICE custody hit record high under Trump Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.

Twenty-nine people have died in ICE custody since October, the start of the federal government's fiscal year, already surpassing 2004's toll of 28, the previous record, according to government data.

It won’t. C’est pas payant.

So true!

Drimonis: Montreal's culinary scene serves up lessons in diversity I’ve never once heard anyone lamenting that quintessentially Québécois poutine will be drowned out by other dishes.

"What if our politicians took their cues from Quebec’s culinary movers and shakers, who not only welcome this diversity but celebrate it and champion it, understanding how it fundamentally makes this city and all of us who we are?
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Well if you read my column you’ll see why it makes total sense that they did!

“It’s in Montreal’s food scene that you’ll see an organic, from-the-ground-up, unfiltered and non-curated image of what our metropolis is really about.”

Heated Rivalry is so Quebec-coded With Heated Rivalry, Jacob Tierney has produced a series that is, in many ways, a very Quebec and Montreal product.

“Heated Rivalry’s success and the way it showcases and celebrates Quebec and Canadian creativity is a reminder that it’s rarely ever politicians or bureaucrats who inspire love for a place’s culture and language.

“It’s artists. Always artists.”

An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.

Last year, I told New Yorkers: we would open city-owned grocery stores to take on the affordability crisis.

Today, we're delivering five stores in each borough — with the first opening next year.

Here's to healthy families, thriving communities, and promises kept.

Happy Greek Orthodox Easter to everyone celebrating today! Καλό Πασχα! Χριστός Ανέστη!

The exhibit runs until June 1 and is open to the public on the first floor of the McLennan Library
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Looking forward to being a panelist at this bilingual event, “Belonging: Who Really Belongs in Quebec?” held in partnership between the Blue Metropolis International Literary Festival & the Quebec Writers' Federation.
April 25, 3:30 pm.

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“Heated Rivalry is a love letter to Montreal, filled with local Easter eggs. There's optimism and uninhibited queer joy in this smutty, romantic story that's far more 'chez nous' than any U.S. production could ever be.”

Heated Rivalry is so Quebec-coded

An editorial by @mtltoula.bsky.social.

Oh, of course there are plenty for whom this rhetoric just speaks to their preconceived notions and anti-immigrant bias. But there are a lot of uninformed non-racist people who have been bamboozled by these lies. It’s a real shame.

Well, it’s all they’ve been hearing from certain politicians, pundits and outlets. Can you blame them?

Montreal police will no longer handle noise complaints against Plateau venues under new bylaw

“This is a significant step forward in preventing the closure of cultural venues due to abusive noise complaints — a major issue in Montreal for several years.”

#polmtl

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Ottawa commits $1.16 billion to long-delayed Port of Montreal expansion The project is part of Canada's push to diversify trade as U.S. tariffs reshape global supply chains.

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“Homelessness is growing faster outside the province's major cities, a 2025 census shows.”

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“Quebec education policy has long emphasized the importance of early intervention, inclusion and equal opportunity as pillars of the réussite éducative network. Yet chronic underfunding at the primary-school level has directly undermined these objectives.”

Haha. I was just thinking the same thing. I guess we shouldn’t be that surprised. Carney has always been Conservative Lite with centrist positions on many other areas.

I had to read this twice because I thought I misunderstood the first time around.