Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override Charter | Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population | Montreal police say they've found this woman's killer, solving 2008 cold case
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, September 17, 2025.
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Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override Charter; Ontario and Alberta have supported the use of the notwithstanding clause, saying it is an essential part of the Canadian Constitution\.

Ottawa urges Supreme Court to set limits on how provinces can override Charter

September 17 , 2025 at 07:47:26 p.m. EDT • :

Ottawa brought forward the request in a written legal argument filed at the court on Wednesday, as part of the landmark case on Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21.
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Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population; Quebec's immunization committee recommended prioritizing vaccination for people 75 and older\.

Quebec to stop offering free COVID-19 vaccines to the general population

September 17 , 2025 at 06:09:44 p.m. EDT • :

COVID-19 vaccines will no longer be free for all Quebecers starting this fall, the province's Health Ministry announced Wednesday. 
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Montreal police say they've found this woman's killer, solving 2008 cold case; At a news conference on Wednesday, the chief of Montreal police's major crimes unit, said the killer of Catherine Daviau, 26, was tracked down using genetic genealogy\.

Montreal police say they've found this woman's killer, solving 2008 cold case

September 17 , 2025 at 03:41:11 p.m. EDT • :

At a news conference on Wednesday, the chief of Montreal police's major crimes unit, said Catherine Daviau's killer was tracked down using genetic genealogy.
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Quebec town pleads guilty, will pay $25K fine for firefighters' deaths during floods; Christopher Lavoie, left, and Régis Lavoie, right, went missing May 1, 2023 after being swept away in a swollen river in Saint-Urbain, Que\.

Quebec town pleads guilty, will pay $25K fine for firefighters' deaths during floods

September 17 , 2025 at 11:31:12 a.m. EDT • :

After initially contesting a $25,000 fine imposed by Quebec's workplace health and safety board, the municipality of Saint-Urbain has agreed to pay it.
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How next week's STM strike will affect your Montreal commute; Six out of the 14 strike days will see public transit services reduced to meet essential needs, with peak-hour service from Sept\. 22 to Oct\. 5\.

How next week's STM strike will affect your Montreal commute

September 16 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Montreal commuters who rely on the city's public transit network will have to plan accordingly in the coming weeks as the maintenance workers' union looks to strike again.
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Montreal bridge named in honour of Canadiens hockey legend Guy Lafleur; The Jacques-Bizard Bridge was inaugurated in Nov\. 2024\. It officially became the Guy-Lafleur Bridge on Wednesday, as a tribute to the hockey icon\.  

September 17 , 2025 at 02:32:14 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal bridge named in honour of Canadiens hockey legend Guy Lafleur

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Police look for more victims of man charged with sexual assault in Montreal; Mark Pomeranz, 54, was charged with sexual assault\. Police are looking for other potential victims, particularly Inuit women\.  

September 16 , 2025 at 03:14:55 p.m. EDT • :

Police look for more victims of man charged with sexual assault in Montreal

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Man charged with assaulting Jewish father in Montreal park found not criminally responsible; A Quebec judge handed down the decision on Monday\. The prosecutor's office says the attack was not a hate crime, but one resulting from a mental illness\.  

September 16 , 2025 at 01:44:51 p.m. EDT • :

Man charged with assaulting Jewish father in Montreal park found not criminally responsible

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Medical students caught in the middle of dispute between doctors and Quebec; ​Executive president of the Medical Student Society of McGill, Ryan Kara, says the doctors' pressure tactics could delay graduation for some students\.  

September 17 , 2025 at 06:09:56 p.m. EDT • :

Medical students caught in the middle of dispute between doctors and Quebec

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Should Montreal transit fares be tied to income? Some mayoral candidates say yes; A graphic with a reporter posing, a metro car, a bus, a dollar sign, and the words reduced fare  

September 17 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Should Montreal transit fares be tied to income? Some mayoral candidates say yes

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