Montreal is adopting a new policy creating tolerance zones on municipal land where camps will be allowed if they comply with certain safety rules. Camps set up elsewhere will be moved to these designated areas rather than being dismantled, marking a major shift in the management of the homelessness crisis.
Between the disappointment of the Olympic final, border issues for the First Nations, union tensions at the STM and an impending snowy weekend, Montreal has no shortage of topics to watch. From political matters to small everyday victories, we take stock to start the day off right.
La mairesse Soraya Martinez Ferrada atteint samedi le cap des 100 jours au pouvoir avec plusieurs promesses de campagne réalisées — création d’un groupe d’intervention sur l’itinérance, identification de 80 terrains municipaux pour le logement, abolition du règlement 20‑20‑20. Mais, pendant que l’administration coche des engagements, un groupe de résidents affirme que le bureau de la mairesse ignore ses tentatives répétées pour être entendu concernant le chaos provoqué par des changements imposés aux rues sans consultation. Avec l’arrivée du printemps, les Montréalais attendent maintenant de voir si les promesses se traduiront enfin par des améliorations concrètes. …
Prime Minister Mark Carney visited Terrebonne on Tuesday after the Supreme Court overturned the result of last spring’s federal election — Liberal Tatiana Auguste had been declared the winner by a single vote, but a Bloc vote had never been counted due to an Elections Canada error, and a new by-election will have to be called within six months.
The Canadian women’s hockey team defeated Switzerland in the Olympic semifinal thanks to two goals from captain Marie-Philip Poulin, who thus becomes the top scorer in Olympic women’s hockey history — Canada will face the United States in the gold medal final.
Courtney Sarault delivered a highlight at the Games by winning silver in the 1000 m short track, her third podium in Italy. While the long-awaited report on the SAAQclic fiasco is finally released, Montreal continues to shine thanks to its artists, creators… and even a life-size horse sculpture in Kirkland.
Mikael Kingsbury, 33, from Deux-Montagnes, Quebec, gave Canada its first gold medal at Milano Cortina 2026 with a win in parallel moguls, beating his longtime rival, Japan’s Ikuma Horishima, in the final. This victory, likely the last Olympic appearance for the most decorated moguls skier in history, marks his fifth career medal at the Winter Games.
Charles Milliard became the new leader of the Quebec Liberal Party after being acclaimed unopposed on Friday. The former pharmacist and CEO of the Quebec Chamber of Commerce Federation replaces Pablo Rodriguez and promises to renew a party that has lost favor with much of the francophone majority, though several Montrealers interviewed admit they don’t know him well yet.
Montreal’s Public Health Directorate reports a worrying increase in violence in romantic relationships among youth: 8% of high school students aged 14 and over reported at least one forced sexual encounter in their lives, and 38% of young people who have been in a romantic relationship say they have been victims of at least one form of violence from their partner, according to a survey of 5,800 students from 92 Montreal schools during the 2022-23 school year.
Piper Gilles and Paul Poirier won the bronze medal in ice dance at the Milan-Cortina Olympics with a free dance score of 131.56 points, for a total of 217.74. It’s Canada’s fourth medal at these Games and the first Canadian ice dance medal since Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir’s gold in 2018.