E-scooters spotted on Quebec highway reignite calls for stricter regulations
A video of two people riding e-scooters on Highway 125 South in Laval, Que., is prompting safety concerns and calls for stricter rules.
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CFL-leading Alouettes take down Redblacks
The Ottawa Redblacks extended their winless streak with a 16th straight loss in an ugly 46-16 beatdown to the league-leading Montreal Alouettes on Thursday.
Montreal police officers could start wearing body cameras within the next year, mayor says
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Quebec autistic student denied disability-based French exemption, removed from college
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Quebec farmers want you to buy their berries
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Montreal father says it would take 14 hours to read all emails received from his children’s school
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Music and memories fill Little Burgundy church for Oliver Jones’s final farewell
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1 suspect dies, another headed to court after 2 fatal intimate partner violence cases in Montreal
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Teen arrested after daylight shooting in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough
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Israel clears itself in killing of Quebecer during airstrikes on World Central Kitchen convoy
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A look back on decades of Alouettes cheerleading after team overhauls program
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Near 200-year-old mill in Huntingdon, Que., has found a buyer, but future use is unclear
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Canada's Auger-Aliassime falls to Tiafoe in 4th round at Cincinnati Open
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Teachers at John Abbott College say ‘dark cloud’ hangs over start of academic year
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Surge in vandalism, anti-Muslim rhetoric prompts vigilance at Quebec mosques
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