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5 days ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
Candidates vying for the helm of the Quebec Liberal Party criticized Premier François Legault’s secularism policies at a Saturday debate focused on identity, language and immigration. The meeting was the third of six planned debates in the party’s five-way leadership race, with perceived front-runner Pablo Rodriguez facing off against Marc Bélanger, Karl Blackburn, Charles Milliard and Mario Roy. Columnist Marie-Ève Doyon moderated the debate.
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1 week ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec locations across the province were shuttered Wednesday after an online crash blacked out services. The disruption is linked to a bank of servers used to maintain several support and mission services, according to the SAAQ. The problems began at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Apart from service shutdowns, the SAAQclic platform, while “functional,” cannot be accessed.
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1 week ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
A new video-game studio is set to open in Montreal, adding 200 to 300 jobs to a sector that in recent years has seen a slump after massive pandemic-era investments dried up. The studio will be U.S.-based Iwot Games’s first and will be tasked with adapting Wheel of Time, a fantasy book and TV series, into a role-playing video game.
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1 month ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
Students and alumni gathered in front of the bilingual FACE school Monday morning, singing songs and chanting slogans in protest of Quebec’s decision to scrap a planned renovation of the downtown Montreal heritage building. “Our school is not for sale,” a protest banner read. The protest came on the heels of Education Minister Bernard Drainville’s decision to cancel a project that he says had become too expensive to advance.
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1 month ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
Planned renovations for the bilingual FACE school in downtown Montreal will not go ahead, a person with knowledge of the file confirmed to The Gazette on Saturday. Initially projected at $150 million, the province opted to cancel the heritage building’s planned renovation after estimates increased to $375 million.
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1 month ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
N.D.G.–Westmount Conservatives have picked a candidate who said last month that key Trump adviser Elon Musk holds leader Pierre Poilievre in high esteem — and that a Conservative MP’s close relationship with J.D. Vance is a bonus. “People close to (Donald) Trump have respect for Pierre Poilievre,” said lawyer Neil Drabkin, who is listed on the Conservative party website as the candidate in the Montreal riding. “Elon Musk, in particular, who has become the bestie with Mr. Trump ...
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1 month ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
U.S. authorities will no longer allow Canadians border-free access to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, an institution straddling the border between Stanstead, Que., and Derby Line, Vt., library officials say. With the building’s entrance in Derby Line, a longstanding agreement with American authorities had allowed Canadians to walk the short distance across the border into the library without showing their passport.
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1 month ago | 
thesudburystar.com | Jack Wilson
Library announced the move Thursday, which comes weeks after U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem referred to Canada as the '51st state,' during a visit to the libraryAuthor of the article:Montreal GazetteJack WilsonPublished Mar 21, 2025 • Last updated 3 hours ago • 3 minute readThe Haskell Free Library and Opera House in Stanstead, seen here on March 5, 2025, straddles the Vermont-Quebec border.
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1 month ago | 
nipawinjournal.com | Jack Wilson
Advertisement 1 Library announced the move Thursday, which comes weeks after U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem referred to Canada as the '51st state,' during a visit to the library • • Article content Local and federal officials on Friday condemned a U.S. decision to end border-free access for Canadians to the Haskell Free Library and Opera House, a unique institution that straddles the border between Stanstead, Que., and Derby Line, Vt. Advertisement 2 Article content Article...
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2 months ago | 
montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson
STANSTEAD — A dual citizen all her life, Vicki Stremmelaar renounced her U.S. citizenship in February. “I don’t want anything to do with the United States of America,” she told The Gazette Thursday. Raised in Stanstead, she now owns Pizzeria Steve less than 100 metres from a U.S. border crossing. Stremmelaar was born in Newport, Vt., a 15-minute drive away from the border community.
