The world of Quebec baseball mourns the loss of Rodger Brulotte, a beloved commentator who covered Major League Baseball games in French, including those of the Montreal Expos, who passed away at the age of 79. For generations of Quebecers, his voice was synonymous with baseball, bringing the passion and excitement of the game directly into French-speaking homes, marking the end of an era for Quebec baseball.
The first day of spring arrives more like in the middle of winter in Montreal this Friday, with snow starting around noon and accumulations of 5 to 10 centimeters expected in the area. Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement warning that snowfall rates could reach 2 centimeters per hour between noon and 5 p.m., reducing visibility and making roads snowy and slippery for the return trip.
A confrontation around 3 a.m. inside a Pierrefonds–Roxboro residence left a 41‑year‑old woman seriously injured and a 51‑year‑old man in critical condition. Montreal police believe the man, who is considered a suspect, may have injured the woman before harming himself. Investigators are now working to determine the exact circumstances of the incident.
Montreal police arrested a suspect Tuesday in connection with the Place d’Youville fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people on March 16, 2023, and the building’s owner, Émile Benamor, is facing seven counts of manslaughter. The arrest comes three years after the tragedy, which destroyed a heritage building where six of the victims had been staying in illegal short‑term rentals, and after more than a year of investigation by the Director of Criminal and Penal Prosecutions.
About 300,000 Hydro-Québec customers were left without electricity Tuesday morning after a storm of violent winds with gusts reaching up to 90 km/h, and up to 120 km/h in some areas, swept across Quebec. Montérégie is the most affected region with nearly 85,000 addresses impacted, and more than 1,100 Hydro-Québec workers are deployed across the province to restore service as temperatures drop to minus 8 °C in Montreal with a wind chill of minus 16 °C.
The Montreal short film The Girl Who Cry Pearls won the Oscar for Best Animated Short. The directors praised Montreal and Canadian cultural support during their speech.
A 35-year-old man has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of a Montreal convenience store owner found dead inside his shop on Thursday morning. The accused had previously fatally stabbed a mother of two in Vancouver, and the community gathered on Friday for a candlelight vigil to honour Chong Woo Kim, whom neighbours remember as someone who always smiled.
A new report released by the Comité logement de La Petite‑Patrie shows that pest‑control companies recorded more than 41,000 bedbug infestations in Montréal between 2014 and 2024, though the real number is likely much higher since many cases are never reported.
The report highlights that the issue disproportionately affects low‑income households and leads to stress, sleep disruption, and anxiety, calling for stronger government action to address what has become a growing public‑health problem.
Over 175,000 addresses were without electricity on Thursday morning in Quebec following the ice storm, with around 33,972 customers without power in Montreal and tens of thousands more affected in Montérégie, Laval and the Laurentians. The freezing rain covering power lines and trees is creating difficult conditions for the teams working to restore service, and authorities warn that outages may change throughout the day as the effects of the storm persist.
A major ice storm is hitting the Montreal area on Wednesday, bringing 20 to 30 millimetres of freezing rain expected over a period of up to 24 hours. Almost all schools, universities and CEGEPs in the area have cancelled classes, several dozen flights have been cancelled or delayed at Montreal-Trudeau Airport, and authorities are urging residents to avoid non-essential travel as roads become extremely slippery and prolonged power outages are anticipated.