Organized crime figure dead, 2 others injured in shooting at Laval, Que., Starbucks | Quebec electoral officer allows alternative delivery for municipal election documents | Quebec man gets 5-year prison sentence for trying to overthrow Haitian government
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Wednesday, October 01, 2025.
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Organized crime figure dead, 2 others injured in shooting at Laval, Que., Starbucks; As of Wednesday morning, there was a heavy police presence near a Starbucks in Laval\.

Organized crime figure dead, 2 others injured in shooting at Laval, Que., Starbucks

October 1 , 2025 at 11:40:51 a.m. EDT • :

Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière told reporters in Quebec City that one person had been killed and two others injured, but he said the shooting appeared to be a targeted one connected to organized crime and that he didn't think any "innocent victims" had been harmed.
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Quebec electoral officer allows alternative delivery for municipal election documents; This image is from 2024\. Canada Post's union, representing 55,000 postal employees, opted to return to the picket lines last week\.

Quebec electoral officer allows alternative delivery for municipal election documents

October 1 , 2025 at 06:44:53 p.m. EDT • :

Quebec's chief electoral officer says he is making a special decision to allow municipalities to deliver election-related documents by means other than direct delivery to voters' doors for the 2025 municipal general election.
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Quebec man gets 5-year prison sentence for trying to overthrow Haitian government; This photo of Gérald Nicolas was taken at a previous appearance\. He tried to obtain firearms for his plan and recruited people to join his movement, according to the PPSC\.

Quebec man gets 5-year prison sentence for trying to overthrow Haitian government

October 1 , 2025 at 04:15:29 p.m. EDT • :

A Quebec man has been sentenced to five years in prison for leaving Canada with the intent to facilitate terrorist activity, and for having facilitated such activity.
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Police arrest 13 for gang killing that mistakenly targeted drug dealer's mom; Police raided an apartment building in Lachine Tuesday morning\.

Police arrest 13 for gang killing that mistakenly targeted drug dealer's mom

September 30 , 2025 at 09:27:14 a.m. EDT • :

Police in Quebec and Ontario arrested 13 people on Tuesday in connection with the murder of a 45-year-old woman believed to have been mistakenly killed in place of her son, a member of a notorious gang.
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François Legault reveals plan to cut bureaucracy, fast-track projects in bid to revive support for CAQ; Quebec Premier Francois Legault stands for the inaugural speech at the legislature in Quebec City, on Tuesday, Sept\. 30, 2025\.

François Legault reveals plan to cut bureaucracy, fast-track projects in bid to revive support for CAQ

October 1 , 2025 at 10:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

As Quebec's Premier ushers in a new session at the National Assembly, he's focussing on law and order, reducing government bureaucracy, and reinforcing secularism in an effort to boost his government's popularity with Quebecers.

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No end in sight for STM labour dispute as parties remain at a standstill; The mediator charged with aiding negotiations between the STM and the union decided not to extend their mandate\.  

October 1 , 2025 at 02:47:55 p.m. EDT • :

No end in sight for STM labour dispute as parties remain at a standstill

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Suspect in murder of woman in Saint-Jérôme, Que., has lengthy domestic violence history; Police found Gabie Blanchet dead in her apartment, a few weeks after she was killed\.  

October 1 , 2025 at 11:10:14 a.m. EDT • :

Suspect in murder of woman in Saint-Jérôme, Que., has lengthy domestic violence history

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Sick of products that don't last and can't be repaired? Quebec is trying to help; A washer dryer for sale in a store, with images of a laptop and a fridge for sale over the picture, along with the text reading "new repair rules"  

October 1 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Sick of products that don't last and can't be repaired? Quebec is trying to help

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Man in his 50s dies after hit and run in downtown Montreal; A man in his 50s was involved in a fatal hit and run at the corner of Peel Street and René-Lévesque Boulevard\.  

September 30 , 2025 at 07:02:02 a.m. EDT • :

Man in his 50s dies after hit and run in downtown Montreal

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Montreal police make arrest in 2021 fire that destroyed Pornhub owner's mansion; The multimillion-dollar home in Ahuntsic-Cartierville that was the target of an arson attack in April 2021 belonged to one of the owners of MindGeek, at the time, Feras Antoon\.  

September 30 , 2025 at 01:54:36 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal police make arrest in 2021 fire that destroyed Pornhub owner's mansion

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