It’s cold, and will be cold into the middle of next week. Usual warnings here about layers, frostbite and the particular risk to the elderly and homeless.
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Kate
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Kate
The beach in Verdun is officially closed over winter, but a handful of cold‑water plunge fans have been using it despite warnings from the borough.
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Kate
Pedophile priest Brian Boucher has been banned from parts of Montreal after he was spotted eyeing one of his previous victims in a public place.
Boucher has been out of prison since July 2024, on statutory release, but both items go on to outline a list of persistent problems. It sounds like the authorities know he’ll be back.
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Kate
After more than a year of negotiations, the STM and its professionals’ union have come to a tentative deal, ending the overtime strike.
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Kate
The suspect in the case of the woman allegedly pushed from a balcony appeared in court Friday and faces a charge of aggravated assault. No news about the woman’s condition.
jeather
Still alive, I guess, since it’s not murder or manslaughter.
jeather
CBC has an article saying she has since died in what is the first homicide of the year.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/montreal/woman-dies-montreal-balcony-9.7034545Kate
Thank you, jeather. I haven’t yet seen news of additional charges facing the suspect, but that’s bound to come. Feels bad to start the year with a feminicide, worse that it’s not the worst thing in the news.
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Kate
The delivery company Goodfood has had its federal licence suspended over food-safety breaches.
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Kate
The usual New Year items: the first ship into port and the first baby (although the Gazette shows us a photo of the mother of the second baby). These news categories must persist because there’s typically virtually no other local news at the cusp of the year.
Likewise, everyone has coverage of the story linked in the previous blog entry, about the woman allegedly pushed from a balcony. Usually a nonfatal incident wouldn’t be such a big story – if there was any other local news. (No disrespect meant to the alleged victim.)
Also, I usually do weekend events on Friday, but there’s a feeling that we’re all partied out. None of the usual sources have updates.
The big news is that it’s –20° right now. Was –23° when I woke up. This is when living on the ground floor of a hundred‑year‑old not very well insulated building really tells!
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