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In 2025, Montreal police cited 1,600 cyclists for wearing earphones, enforcing a Quebec rule that bans earphones on bikes but allows drivers one earphone, with officials emphasizing road‑safety goals.
Quebec erased Bell Textron's debt to keep its Mirabel helicopter plant from relocating to the United States, aiming to preserve local jobs amid a trade dispute.
Montreal police issued 1,600 tickets in 2025 to cyclists wearing earphones, enforcing a Quebec rule that permits drivers one earphone but bans earphones for cyclists.
A new policy forces Quebec manufacturers, including Tremcar, to pay 50% higher tariffs on U.S. imports, notably a specific aluminum grade, as a retaliation to U.S. counter‑tariffs. The increase threatens profit margins for firms that rely on American raw materials.
Federal counter‑tariffs against the United States have thrust trade policy into the heart of Quebec's provincial election campaign, prompting reactions from party leaders as they grapple with the potential impact on the province's economy.
Police say five children were in a Montreal car trunk when the rear hatch opened, causing two to fall and one to be injured. The incident is under investigation.
Mayor Bruno Marchand urged Quebec’s provincial party leaders to adopt a zero‑homelessness target, proposing a national summit, expanded social‑housing construction, and a new counting method. The initiative responds to rising homelessness and aims for a coordinated, province‑wide solution.
Québec solidaire leader Ruba Ghazal reported that one in three Quebecers face food insecurity, highlighting a growing provincial concern.
Quebec is incurring significant costs from counter‑tariffs imposed on Bombardier, a financial strain that coincides with a decline in the province's active labour force, creating added economic challenges.
Montreal’s mural at Mont‑Royal and Saint‑Urbain, originally painted in 2025 to honor Hugo Houle’s 2022 Tour de France stage win, was updated on September 7, 2026 to feature fellow Quebec cyclist Michael Woods.
Former Plateau‑Mont‑Royal mayor Luc Ferrandez, after ten years in office, moved his residence to the Ahuntsic borough of Montreal on September 7, 2026.
Quebec’s government is reviewing and overhauling the Consignaction bottle deposit‑refund program launched in 2023, responding to mixed feedback from residents.
Quebec is absorbing large costs from counter‑tariffs on Bombardier while also dealing with a shrinking active workforce, creating combined fiscal and labor challenges for the province.
A Montreal mural at Mont‑Royal Avenue and Saint‑Urbain Street was updated on September 7, 2026, swapping a tribute to Hugo Houle for a portrait of fellow Quebec cyclist Michael Woods.
Quebec's government and Consignaction announced a revamp of the province's bottle deposit‑refund program, first launched in 2023, eliciting mixed reactions from users.
Quebec has completed its first review of the Consignaction bottle deposit‑refund program launched in 2023, assessing its early performance as part of a province‑wide recycling effort. The evaluation will guide potential refinements and future expansion of the system.
Quebec's government announced a policy to reserve certain public tenders for Quebec‑based and Canadian firms, prioritizing domestic businesses in selected contracts.
Quebec official Charles Milliard announced that no new feasibility studies will be launched for a third bridge between Quebec City and Lévis, pausing further development of the project.
The Quebec City Fine Arts Museum is displaying Habsburg family gemstones rescued in 2025, which were hidden after being brought to the city by Zita of Bourbon-Parma in 1940.
Quebec's new Consignaction bottle deposit system launched in 2023 has received mixed reactions from users, prompting officials to evaluate and adjust the program.
