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Illustrative stock photo: Stem List / Unsplash. Cropped/resized; not a photograph of the 2026 summit.
Montréal & Québec
Québec provided $40,000 to the Montréal International Gaming Summit, held November 10 and 11 for video-game industry professionals.
Nov 12, 2026 / 1 min read
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West Island
Pierrefonds-Roxboro residents aged 9 to 12 can apply by December 11 to join the borough’s first Children’s Council.
Nov 11, 2026 / 1 min read
Traffic cones and a sidewalk barrier. Illustrative image; not Avenue Delmar. Photo: Turquo Cabbit / Unsplash.
West Island
Hydro-Québec work will close the southbound lane, bike lane and sidewalk on Delmar Avenue between Des Canots and Crestview from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday.
Nov 10, 2026 / 1 min read
Boiling water in an electric kettle. Illustrative image; not the affected Pointe-Claire properties. Photo: Engin Akyurt / Unsplash.
West Island
Pointe-Claire residents at 6500 Transcanadienne Road and 17 De la Triade Place are under a boil-water advisory after a repaired water-main break.
Nov 10, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Jonas Leupe / Unsplash. Cropped/resized; not a photograph of Real-Time Rail infrastructure.
Business
The Bank of Canada has designated Real-Time Rail a prominent payment system, placing the new instant-payment infrastructure under formal oversight.
Nov 12, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Isaac Smith / Unsplash. Cropped/resized; the chart does not reproduce Bank of Canada data.
Business
The Bank of Canada’s October deliberations show policymakers balancing resilient global activity with weak Canadian growth and easing underlying inflation.
Nov 12, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Evangeline Shaw / Unsplash. Cropped/resized; not a photograph of the Paris meeting.
Canada
Canada and its G7 partners called for a reciprocal ceasefire in Ukraine while backing continued sanctions, security support and longer-term financing.
Nov 12, 2026 / 1 min read
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Business
Québec has published a practical reminder of authorization and reporting thresholds for agricultural water withdrawals.
Nov 11, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Stem List / Unsplash. Cropped/resized; not a photograph of the 2026 summit.
Montréal & Québec
Québec provided $40,000 to the Montréal International Gaming Summit, held November 10 and 11 for video-game industry professionals.
Nov 12, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: Rockwell branding agency / Unsplash. Cropped/resized; the vehicles shown are not identified as auction lots.
Montréal & Québec
Québec’s last public auction of 2026 will run online November 30 to December 2, with in-person inspections at a new Montréal location.
Nov 12, 2026 / 1 min read
Illustrative stock photo: masha.uu / Unsplash. Cropped/resized; not a photograph of Rue Egan.
Montréal & Québec
Rue Egan is scheduled to close between rue de Verdun and rue Wellington from 8 a.m. to noon November 13 for Hydro-Québec work.
Nov 12, 2026 / 1 min read