Daily news — Friday, August 21, 2026
Montreal police to get body cameras as city eyes bylaw banning insults toward officers; a minor is arrested in an alleged AI-assisted school terror plot.
Read MoreMontreal police to get body cameras as city eyes bylaw banning insults toward officers; a minor is arrested in an alleged AI-assisted school terror plot.
Read MoreBlue Line Extension hits a milestone, a coroner links a police restraint technique to a man’s death, and Russian missiles strike Kyiv overnight.
Canada and the U.S. move toward a trade deal after tariff pause, while Montreal police investigate the city’s 16th homicide of the year.
Quebec’s PQ rules out a referendum while Trump is in power, and a 2,000-year-old Peruvian bowl found in Montreal heads home.
A woman is killed in Villeray in what may be Quebec’s 12th femicide this year, while major earthquakes in Indonesia and Colombia leave hundreds dead.
A murder investigation is underway in Saint-Michel, CF Montréal remains winless after eight games, and Ontario prepares to launch a cash bail system Monday.
Construction begins on the Contrecoeur port expansion as a New York jury convicts a Montreal-area father in his daughter’s death.
Parc Jean-Drapeau workers vote for strike mandate, port expansion breaks ground, and Canada sanctions five Iranians over Strait of Hormuz.
A severe thunderstorm warning is in effect for Longueuil and Varennes, while Projet Montréal pushes a motion on Israel ties and Canada’s economy rebounds strongly in Q2.
Montreal police chief admits to past racial profiling as the force launches a trust-rebuilding plan. Colombia earthquake death toll climbs past 200.