🚑 Breaking & Incidents
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Teen hospitalised after moped struck on Route 338 in Les Cèdres. A passing motorist found a 15-year-old and a damaged moped on Route 338 between Chemin St-Féréol and Chemin St-Dominique shortly before 1 a.m.; the boy was taken to hospital in serious condition and the Sûreté du Québec’s Vaudreuil‑Dorion Major Crimes team is asking witnesses to call them.
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Driver killed in single-vehicle crash near Montebello. Authorities report a driver died after crashing into a wall near Montebello, Quebec; provincial police attended the scene and confirmed the fatality in their initial release.
🚨 Crime & Public Safety
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Coroner finds hog-tie restraint likely contributed to 2025 death in Montreal custody. Coroner Géhane Kamel concluded the 29-year-old Abisay Cruz had toxic levels of cocaine and was held in a hog‑tie position for more than two minutes; Kamel urged police to review restraint practices and noted the technique is widely discouraged or banned by several organizations.
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Arrest warrant issued for Montreal man accused in multi-year visa fraud scheme. Canada Border Services Agency alleges 42‑year‑old Abul Kasim helped 65 people submit false temporary resident visa applications between Jan. 13, 2022 and March 19, 2024, and arranged entry for 53 people using fraudulently obtained visas; a search warrant at his Montreal residence on May 8, 2025 uncovered related evidence.
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Montreal youth in custody after alleged AI-assisted school attack plot. RCMP say a youth was arrested after allegedly using artificial intelligence to plan an attack on a Montreal school and posting threats on Telegram; charges were not immediately laid and the individual was due before the Youth Division of the Montreal courthouse.
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Man, 35, charged with first-degree murder in death of Montreal mother. A 35‑year‑old has been formally charged with first‑degree murder in relation to the death of a Montreal mother, according to the charging documents filed at Montreal court.
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Teen arrested after daylight shooting in Plateau-Mont-Royal borough. Montreal police arrested a teenager following a daytime shooting in the Plateau‑Mont‑Royal; Montreal police provided initial statements confirming the arrest and that an investigation is under way.
🏛️ Government & Politics
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Montreal to equip 3,500 officers with body cameras, city earmarks $40 million. Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada announced 3,500 police officers will get body cameras and roughly 600 patrol vehicles will receive dashcams and automated licence plate readers, funded in part by the city’s $40‑million camera allocation in this year’s budget.
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Prime Minister Mark Carney says Canada ‘walking away from a bad deal’ as 50% U.S. tariffs take effect. Carney announced Canada will match some U.S. levies dollar‑for‑dollar after trade talks collapsed, declaring Canada would not accept the U.S. terms and signalling retaliatory tariff measures in industries such as steel and dairy.
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Quebec premier urges families to buy $25 of local goods weekly to inject $3 billion. Premier Christine Fréchette said if each Quebec family bought $25 of local products per week, roughly $3 billion would return to the provincial economy amid escalating U.S. tariffs; fellow eastern premiers issued similar buy‑local appeals.
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Parti Québécois pledges to abolish Santé Québec if elected, reallocating funds to direct care. PQ leader Paul St‑Pierre Plamondon said his party would dismantle the public health agency created in 2024 to invest savings into primary care, local community service centres and reducing surgical wait lists, a proposal criticized by Health Minister Sonia Bélanger as unrealistic.
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Montreal mayor, police chief to unveil new public‑safety measures. City officials scheduled an announcement of new measures aimed at boosting public safety in Montreal; the mayor and police chief led the planned briefing and framed it as a municipal response to rising urban safety concerns.
🏈 Sports
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Alouettes rout Redblacks 46-16 as Montreal improves to 9-1. Davis Alexander threw for 260 yards and two touchdowns as the Montreal Alouettes beat the Ottawa Redblacks 46‑16 before 22,482 at Molson Stadium, extending Montreal’s strong start to a 9‑1 record.
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CF Montréal salvages 2-2 draw with visiting L.A. Galaxy. CF Montréal rallied to earn a 2‑2 draw against LA Galaxy in Montreal, with the match producing a late equalizer that preserved a point for the home side at Stade Saputo.
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Humana‑Paredes and Wilkerson reach semifinals at Montreal Elite16 in three‑peat bid. Canadian beach‑volleyball pair Heather Humana‑Paredes and Brandie Wilkerson advanced to the semifinals of the Montreal Elite16 event as they pursue a third straight title on home sand.
🎨 Community & Culture
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Montreal honours jazz great Oliver Jones at Little Burgundy funeral. Mourners filled Union United Church in Little Burgundy for Oliver Jones’s funeral, where musicians including Ranee Lee and the Dr. Oliver Jones Trio performed and family members delivered eulogies celebrating his lifetime in Montreal jazz.
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Montreal World Press Photo Exhibition returns for its 19th edition. The festival announced its 19th annual World Press Photo exhibition will return to Montreal, bringing international photojournalism exhibits to local galleries during the event’s run.
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Montreal singer‑songwriter releases debut album inspired by Egyptian roots. A Montreal singer‑songwriter has issued her first full album drawing on her Egyptian heritage; press materials and interviews linked the record’s themes to family history and Montreal’s multicultural music scene.
