Montreal Daily – Sep. 23, 2026
Tonight’s leaders’ debate promises to be decisive with less than two weeks to the vote, while Montreal tackles safety, urban planning, and culture.
Tonight’s leaders’ debate promises to be decisive with less than two weeks to the vote, while Montreal tackles safety, urban planning, and culture.
Montreal’s blue-collar strike is avoided with a tentative deal, the election campaign enters its final stretch, and Nooran Rezayi’s family still seeks answers a year after her death.
Remco Evenepoel becomes the first cyclist to win four consecutive world time trial titles at the Montreal world championships.
Montreal’s blue-collar and white-collar workers mobilize as negotiations enter a decisive phase, with a possible labour dispute as early as September 22.
Your morning briefing: a toddler found in an encampment shakes the election campaign, Montreal gears up for world cycling, and POP Montreal celebrates 25 years.
A baby taken into care near the Notre-Dame encampment has pushed homelessness to the forefront of the Quebec election campaign. The SPVM bans a controversial restraint technique, a north-end building is hit by a third suspicious fire, and Montreal debates AI, doctor shortages and rising gas prices.
Christine Fréchette went on the offensive in the second leaders’ debate, targeting the PQ’s referendum plans, as Montreal hosts Canada’s largest AI summit.
Rain disrupted the start of the National Bank Open in Montréal while the city dealt with public safety investigations, neighbourhood action, travel delays and a few reminders of how unpredictable daily life can be.
A shooting in Montreal killed three people, including a police officer, and triggered a major operation in Côte-des-Neiges. An injured policewoman is in stable condition, and the area was placed under heavy restrictions during the intervention.
A major SPVM investigation shakes Montreal North, while a fatal fire, a tragic search in Verdun, and concerns in Mile‑Ex mark a heavy weekend. Plus: a Francos tribute to Le Dôme, unclaimed Loto‑Québec prizes, political tensions, and a boil‑water advisory on the South Shore.