A panic and a resulting police action at Jean-Talon station midafternoon Friday closed the blue and orange lines for an hour, but there were no arrests and there’s not much information about what happened. Hint here of a possible phoned-in threat is not described in detail.
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There are some new long-term changes coming to the Turcot zone as of Monday, and there’s some hope that the new St-Jacques bridge will open by the end of the year.
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Pierre Karl Péladeau tweeted Friday about his annual luncheon for Quebecor’s columnists, which he describes as representing diversity in Quebec…
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More than 8,000 Quebec court cases, mostly about dangerous driving, have been thrown out because of unreasonable delays.
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Jonathan Mahautière will serve life in prison for murdering his girlfriend Gabrielle Dufresne‑Élie in 2014. No parole for 11 years.
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As of next year it should be possible to organize online petitions on city hall’s website. It takes 15,000 signatures to force a public consultation on any matter.
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Various promises and plans have been made around the old Bibliothèque Saint-Sulpice, disused since the opening of the Grande Bibliothèque in 2005. The latest has been a plan for a library for teens with a tech component, but the official line is that the local construction scene is too busy to be interested in doing the project at the price they can afford to pay.
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Ta-daa, the weekend driving notes from TVA. Also from CTV.
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Longtime Laval mayor Gilles Vaillancourt was granted full parole this week after serving two years of a six-year sentence for fraud and breach of trust. The parole board says he doesn’t pose any risk even though he still continues to minimize the seriousness of his crimes. He’s 77.
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ADM, which runs the airport, has told 93 workers they have to accept a deep salary cut or get fired.



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