Are Montrealers actually using their compost bins? | Quebec's language watchdog backtracks, says Montreal pub won't have to change its sign | Prominent Jewish Montrealers criticize Israeli government's actions in Gaza in international letter
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Thursday, August 14, 2025.
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Are Montrealers actually using their compost bins?; Three brown compost bins on a Montreal sidewalk\.

Are Montrealers actually using their compost bins?

August 14 , 2025 at 06:30:35 p.m. EDT • :

By the end of 2025, all Montrealers will have a brown bin for compost. But according to a 2024 survey, only about half of the city's population is using them, and even fewer know what can go in the bins.
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Quebec's language watchdog backtracks, says Montreal pub won't have to change its sign; Pub Burgundy Lion in Montreal came under scrutiny by Quebec's French-language watchdog for being too English\.

Quebec's language watchdog backtracks, says Montreal pub won't have to change its sign

August 13 , 2025 at 08:02:02 p.m. EDT • :

Quebec's language watchdog says the signage at a popular Montreal pub is compliant, after it had told the establishment that it did not sufficiently respect the province's newly updated French language laws.
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Prominent Jewish Montrealers criticize Israeli government's actions in Gaza in international letter; Former Canadian justice minister Irwin Cotler speaks behind a podium on Oct\. 17, 2023\. Message on the podium reads 'Antisemitism: face it, fight it\.'

Prominent Jewish Montrealers criticize Israeli government's actions in Gaza in international letter

August 14 , 2025 at 06:57:40 p.m. EDT • :

Former federal justice minister Irwin Cotler is among the 5,000 notable Jewish people who signed the worldwide letter calling on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to stop blocking humanitarian aid to Gaza and end the war.
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How this Montrealer became a rising star in the world of tabletop miniature painting; Montreal tabletop miniature painter Alex Dos Santos at work in his studio\.

How this Montrealer became a rising star in the world of tabletop miniature painting

August 14 , 2025 at 03:18:28 p.m. EDT • :

When Alex Dos Santos returned to his childhood hobby, he never expected to win awards. Now he's won the Slayer Sword: miniature painting's highest prize
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Quebec short more than 4,000 teachers as school year set to begin; Quebec Education Minister Bernard Drainville said he was reassured that 96 per cent of classrooms will have a teacher at the beginning of the school year\.

Quebec short more than 4,000 teachers as school year set to begin

August 14 , 2025 at 04:58:35 p.m. EDT • :

With a little over two weeks to go before students return to school, 4,115 teaching positions still need to be filled. Quebec's education minister is pointing to improvements over the last two years.
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Quebec's top court says judge overstepped his authority in ruling against language law; Quebec court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos, pictured in 2016, had ruled that the clause of the province's French language charter requiring court judgments to be swiftly translated into French was unconstitutional because it could disproportionately harm English speakers\.  

August 14 , 2025 at 05:12:15 p.m. EDT • :

Quebec's top court says judge overstepped his authority in ruling against language law

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Was it a plane? Was it a UFO? Bright light over Quebec captivates stargazers; People stargazing on Tuesday night observed what seemed like a luminous spiral making its way across the sky in southern Quebec\.  

August 13 , 2025 at 11:40:22 a.m. EDT • :

Was it a plane? Was it a UFO? Bright light over Quebec captivates stargazers

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Man dead after being struck by tree in Dorval, Que.; Montreal police say a 911 call was placed around 10:40 a\.m\. to report the incident at a private residence near Brookhaven and Carson avenues\.   

August 13 , 2025 at 04:45:04 p.m. EDT • :

Man dead after being struck by tree in Dorval, Que.

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Man charged for 'surfing' atop moving train near Alexandria; A Via Rail passenger took this photo of police responding to an incident Wednesday in which a man had allegedly climbed atop the train, prompting it to be stopped\. The 23-year-old from Mississauga, Ont\., now faces two charges\.  

August 14 , 2025 at 05:37:50 p.m. EDT • :

Man charged for 'surfing' atop moving train near Alexandria

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Montreal man charged with assaulting Jewish father sent for psychiatric evaluation; The attack, which was partially captured on video, took place at Dickie-Moore Park last Friday in Montreal\.  

August 13 , 2025 at 06:39:56 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal man charged with assaulting Jewish father sent for psychiatric evaluation

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