| | | Good evening, these are your top stories for Sunday, August 31, 2025. Get up-to-date news any time on our website. | | | | | August 31 , 2025 at 09:24:57 a.m. EDT • : | Health care providers say a new $8-million facility in Saint-Charles-Borromée meets a growing need for end-of-life services including MAID, which is involved in more than one out of ten deaths in the Lanaudière region. | Read more | | | | August 31 , 2025 at 07:51:18 p.m. EDT • : | Montrealers only have a few weeks left to enjoy an urban sunflower garden in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.The garden, at the heart of an industrial area, was meant to boost biodiversity and the quality of life of locals. As the pilot project is set to come to a close, plans for the site are still up in the air. | Watch | | | | August 31 , 2025 at 06:10:57 p.m. EDT • : | Courtney Sarault earned two more wins to extend her gold-medal streak to nine and finish as the women's short track speedskating national champion on Sunday. The Moncton native's 30,000 points across her top six distances gave her a comfortable lead over the next closest competitor, Kim Boutin. | Read more | | | | | August 30 , 2025 at 02:48:10 p.m. EDT • : | After both the federal and provincial governments lowered limits on international student study permits, some Quebec universities fear a clear message has been heard by students around the world: they are not as welcome here as they were before. | Read more | | | | August 29 , 2025 at 04:41:40 p.m. EDT • : | A 31-year-old woman says she suffered sexual abuse at the hands of three former basketball coaches at her former high school. She claims the abuse, which allegedly began when she was 12 years old, was "committed with complete impunity." | Read more | | | | | | August 29 , 2025 at 12:53:19 p.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | August 31 , 2025 at 10:54:41 a.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | August 31 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • : | | Watch | | | | | | August 29 , 2025 at 01:21:02 p.m. EDT • : | | Read more | | | | | | August 30 , 2025 at 06:25:59 p.m. EDT • : | | Watch | | | | Enjoying this newsletter? You may also like CBC News Morning Brief, the news you need to know to start the day. Delivered weekday mornings. Sign up here | | | | That's all for now. Check cbc.ca/news throughout the day for the most recent headlines. | | | | | |