💼 Economy & Business
- Dispute over Montreal's Thousands of Vacant Units. Landlords and advocates are at odds over the causes of Montreal’s numerous vacant homes, affecting housing availability and city planning strategies.
🏥 Health
- Health officials issue rabies caution as cases rise in southern Quebec. With a striking uptick in cases, authorities are urging vigilance against raccoon rabies threats to public health.
- Quebec health officials alarmed by 76 rabies cases this year alone. Compared to 93 cases in all of 2025, the surge in raccoon rabies cases underscores a potential public health crisis.
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
- Suspect steals police car, leads 60-kilometer chase in Montreal. The incident unfolded after a robbery call, leading to a dramatic pursuit across the city.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Feds allocate $5.4B more for $10-a-day child-care program. The infusion aims to address funding pressures and meet ambitious targets for affordable child-care spaces.
- Montreal's Black public servants demand actions against systemic racism. Renewed calls for reform follow serious allegations against a police patrol unit.
📰 Also Today
- Montreal's Ismaël Koné undergoes surgery after leg injury.
- Anti-corruption unit raids Air Liaison.
- Gatineau tramway cost now estimated at $8B.
- Quebec City sees major jump in fatal road collisions.
- Calls for public inquiry into racism within Quebec police.
- Escaped kangaroo safely housed at Granby Zoo.
- Quebec cancels 400-km highway extension on Lower North Shore.
- Saint-Hyacinthe community mourns cyclist killed by truck.
- Some Black Montreal police concerned about workplace safety.
