🏛️ Government & Politics
- Kosher restaurant in Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce gutted in suspected arson. Montreal police said the fire at Nöam on Décarie Boulevard began about 3 a.m.; nearly 80 firefighters responded to the two-alarm blaze, and investigators are treating the case as arson while not yet calling it a hate crime. Public Safety Minister Gary Anandasangaree and B’nai Brith Canada publicly reacted to the damage and called for action.
- Quebec's 811 health-line wait times are 'exploding', questions mount about the holdup. The report flags rapidly increasing delays for callers to Quebec's 811 service and asks why response capacity isn't keeping pace with demand.
🎨 Community & Culture
- Weekly Montreal gatherings are turning strangers into friends. Local weekly meetups in Montreal are drawing people who previously barely knew each other and helping create new social connections across the city.
- CBC Changemaker uses ballroom to build belonging and identity. A Montreal-based CBC Changemaker is leading ballroom programming that focuses on community, belonging and cultural identity through dance and events.
🏈 Sports
- Gold-medal judoka Julien Frascadore will be Canada's closing-ceremony flag-bearer. Julien Frascadore, who won a gold medal, was named to carry Canada's flag at the closing ceremony for the Games.
- National Bank Open family event pushed to inspire more kids to pick up tennis. The National Bank Open staged a family-focused event intended to get more children playing tennis at the tournament.
