Daily news — Thursday, August 27, 2026
Montreal police bust a carfentanil lab in Griffintown, while Canada and the U.S. make progress on trade talks as key American demands are dropped.
Read MoreMontreal police bust a carfentanil lab in Griffintown, while Canada and the U.S. make progress on trade talks as key American demands are dropped.
Read MoreTwo Air Canada employees arrested at Trudeau airport on drug charges; Montreal mayor outlines priorities ahead of provincial election.
A ground crew worker died at Trudeau Airport after being struck by a taxiing aircraft, and Canada announced $27.6 billion in retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods.
Ottawa commits $11 billion to six new Coast Guard icebreakers, while Montreal police investigate a stabbing at a Notre-Dame East encampment.
A teen is in critical condition after a possible hit-and-run in Les Cèdres, while Quebec Premier Fréchette calls a cabinet meeting after Canada-U.S. trade talks collapse.
Canada announces retaliatory tariffs on U.S. goods starting Sept. 8, while the PWHL’s Walter Cup goes missing en route to Alberta.
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.
Blue 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.