Quebecers can wait years to get into co-op housing. So why isn't there more? | Community shows support for unhoused woman allegedly targeted by driver in Brossard, Que. | Quebec's proposed forest management plan sparks tensions with Indigenous communities
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Quebecers can wait years to get into co-op housing. So why isn't there more?; The Milton Park Community in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough is Canada's largest housing co-operative development\. In this two-storey townhouse, four residents pay a total of less than \$1,000 a month in rent\.

Quebecers can wait years to get into co-op housing. So why isn't there more?

June 3 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Most of Canada's co-op housing units were developed two generations ago, and the few who live in them love how affordable they are. While different levels of government have scaled up funding for this type of housing in recent years, experts say there are hurdles to building new units.

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Community shows support for unhoused woman allegedly targeted by driver in Brossard, Que.; Caroline Derome was struck by a car last Tuesday, just steps from where she'd set up a tent on a residential street on Montreal's South Shore\.

Community shows support for unhoused woman allegedly targeted by driver in Brossard, Que.

June 3 , 2025 at 04:53:45 p.m. EDT • :

Dozens of people gathered on Montreal's South Shore on Tuesday to show solidarity with a woman experiencing homelessness who police say was intentionally struck by a car last week.

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Quebec's proposed forest management plan sparks tensions with Indigenous communities; A makeshift sign on wooden posts on a gravel road written in spray paint reads "non a la loi 97"

Quebec's proposed forest management plan sparks tensions with Indigenous communities

June 3 , 2025 at 07:29:55 p.m. EDT • :

Consultations are underway on Bill 97 at the National Assembly, and there's lots of anger. The legislation aims to modernize the way forests are managed in Quebec. But the Assembly of First Nations thinks the bond of trust with the natural resources minister is broken, and blockades of forest roads is probably the tip of the iceberg.

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Montreal Victoire defender Erin Ambrose 'going through scenarios' as PWHL expansion draft looms; A woman smiles for the camera in a large atrium with a Montreal Victoire logo next to her

Montreal Victoire defender Erin Ambrose 'going through scenarios' as PWHL expansion draft looms

June 3 , 2025 at 06:03:24 p.m. EDT • :

Ambrose is not one of the Victoire's three initial protected players, which means she's available to the new PWHL expansion teams in Seattle and Vancouver. She spoke to Jay Turnbull and Sean Henry on CBC Radio's Daybreak.

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Couple found guilty of 1st-degree murder in Montreal despite no known cause of death; Crown prosecutor Philippe Vallières-Rolland said there aren't many examples in history of people being convicted of first-degree murder without a known cause of death\.

Couple found guilty of 1st-degree murder in Montreal despite no known cause of death

June 2 , 2025 at 05:26:22 p.m. EDT • :

A jury has found a couple guilty of first-degree murder for the killing of a woman three years ago in Montreal's east end — despite the victim's cause of death never being determined.

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Quebec aims to drop interprovincial trade barriers with new bill; Minister for the Economy Christopher Skeete proposed the legislation amid a push by provinces and the federal government to lower interprovincial trade barriers\.  

May 30 , 2025 at 03:18:12 p.m. EDT • :

Quebec aims to drop interprovincial trade barriers with new bill

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Girl, 13, missing in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough; Adelina-Rose Furiani was last seen on May 30 around noon\.  

June 3 , 2025 at 08:37:52 a.m. EDT • :

Girl, 13, missing in Montreal's Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough

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Hilary Knight, Sarah Nurse among PWHL players exposed to expansion teams; MVP candidate and Boston Fleet captain Hilary Knight was not among the initial three players protected by the team during the expansion process\.  

June 3 , 2025 at 12:09:23 p.m. EDT • :

Hilary Knight, Sarah Nurse among PWHL players exposed to expansion teams

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STM strike could disrupt Montreal Metro and bus service for several days; The Montreal Metro and bus service will function normally during the Canadian Grand Prix\.  

June 3 , 2025 at 07:38:40 a.m. EDT • :

STM strike could disrupt Montreal Metro and bus service for several days

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Loblaw apologizes after charging customers a charity donation without consent; Kirk Bennett noticed he was charged 62 cents for "PC CHARITY" at the Maxi grocery store in Dorval, Que\., without being asked\.  

May 31 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Loblaw apologizes after charging customers a charity donation without consent

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