Rivière-des-Prairies residents living in a smelly nightmare with no end in sight | 'Hopefully one day, people will hear us': Montrealers march for missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls | 1 dead, 2 injured in fatal collision in Mirabel, northwest of Montreal
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Rivière-des-Prairies residents living in a smelly nightmare with no end in sight; A factory

Rivière-des-Prairies residents living in a smelly nightmare with no end in sight

October 5 , 2025 at 07:38:30 p.m. EDT • :

Residents living near a meat rendering plant in Montreal say they're losing out on fresh air. The plant and the city are still in mediation leaving residents stuck in the middle of the dispute and without answers.
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'Hopefully one day, people will hear us': Montrealers march for missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls; The Native Women's Shelter of Montreal in partnership with Southern Quebec Inuit Association \(SQIA\) marched for missing and murdered Indigenous women, girls, trans and two-spirit people in Montreal on Oct\. 4\.

'Hopefully one day, people will hear us': Montrealers march for missing, murdered Indigenous women and girls

October 5 , 2025 at 10:29:34 a.m. EDT • :

Organizers behind the protest in Montreal say all levels of government have failed to implement the recommendations from a 2019 national inquiry into missing and murdered Indigenous women and girls, which declared the matter a crisis.
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1 dead, 2 injured in fatal collision in Mirabel, northwest of Montreal; The fatal accident happened when a motorist travelling west struck a heavy goods truck travelling in the opposite direction while attempting to pass on the left\.

1 dead, 2 injured in fatal collision in Mirabel, northwest of Montreal

October 5 , 2025 at 02:10:20 p.m. EDT • :

A man in his 20s was killed and two others were injured in a fatal collision Saturday on Highway 50 near Mirabel in the Laurentians, northwest of Montreal.
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Youth-led unrest in Madagascar sparks solidarity protests in Montreal; people protesting

Youth-led unrest in Madagascar sparks solidarity protests in Montreal

October 4 , 2025 at 06:31:50 p.m. EDT • :

Members of Montreal's Malagasy community have been holding peaceful protests to denounce water and electricity shortages in Madagascar, and call for freedom of speech.
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Why (way) more people should vote in municipal elections; CBC's Sudha Krishnan poses, with images of garbage can, construction cone, and other municipal imagery added around her

Why (way) more people should vote in municipal elections

October 3 , 2025 at 06:35:36 p.m. EDT • :

Despite municipal governments controlling things that affect residents' everyday lives and generate plenty of heated debate, turnout in municipal elections can be far lower than provincial or federal ones.

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Montreal pro-Palestinian demonstration denounces Israel as ceasefire talks continue; Gathering in Place des Arts in the heart of downtown Montreal, demonstrators showed their support for Palestine on Saturday\.  

October 4 , 2025 at 06:56:52 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal pro-Palestinian demonstration denounces Israel as ceasefire talks continue

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All in a Weekend launches cookbook club with chocolate recipes inspired by the American South; For the love of chocolate book  

October 5 , 2025 at 01:14:42 p.m. EDT • :

All in a Weekend launches cookbook club with chocolate recipes inspired by the American South

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Police investigate 2 deaths in Plateau-Mont-Royal bar; Montreal police say several people rushed out of the bar when they arrived at the scene\.  

October 4 , 2025 at 08:43:52 a.m. EDT • :

Police investigate 2 deaths in Plateau-Mont-Royal bar

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Undercover police on scene when organized crime figure gunned down at Laval, Que., Starbucks, sources say; The two suspects are suspected of having had help in co-ordinating their actions, implying a carefully orchestrated hit, Radio-Canada's police sources say\.  

October 3 , 2025 at 06:56:32 p.m. EDT • :

Undercover police on scene when organized crime figure gunned down at Laval, Que., Starbucks, sources say

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Several mayors, including at least 14 in greater Montreal area, elected by acclamation; Châteauguay, Que\., Mayor Éric Allard, centre, is pictured managing the floods in 2023\. He is one of several mayors who are running unopposed in the upcoming municipal election\.  

October 4 , 2025 at 03:31:38 p.m. EDT • :

Several mayors, including at least 14 in greater Montreal area, elected by acclamation

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