Steve Faguy
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Blogger, media analyst, copy editor at the Montreal Gazette.
https://blog.fagstein.com
The city of Montréal-Est says a judicial recount of its tied city council race confirmed the tie, so the winner will be decided by lottery on Monday
ville.montreal-est.qc.ca/resultats-pr...
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Résultats préliminaires | Élections municipales 2025 - Ville de Montréal-Est
Le 26 octobre et le 2 novembre 2025, les citoyens de Montréal-Est se sont présentés aux urnes afin de voter pour le conseil municipal 2025-2029. Suite au recensement des votes, […]
https://ville.montreal-est.qc.ca/resultats-preliminaires-elections-municipales-2025/
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Ontario court says media outlets can sue OpenAI over copyright infringements.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Media outlets win motion for Ontario court to hear OpenAI lawsuit
Legal action brought by The Globe and other media groups alleges U.S. company violating copyright law by scraping content without consent or payment
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-openai-chatgpt-media-outlets-win-motion-ontario-court/
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Le journaliste Daniel Renaud remporte le Prix de la liberté d’expression 2025
Le journaliste de La Presse Daniel Renaud a remporté le Prix de la liberté d’expression 2025, pour notamment avoir poursuivi la couverture du crime organisé même après avoir appris que sa tête avait été mise à prix. « C’est un prix prestigieux que je reçois pour avoir simplement fait mon travail », a-t-il déclaré.
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/2025-11-07/le-journaliste-daniel-renaud-remporte-le-prix-de-la-liberte-d-expression-2025.php?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky&utm_campaign=accueil
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Tony Stark returns to Virgin Radio 95.9 in Montreal starting Nov. 17, replacing Charli Paige as the afternoon host as she goes on mat leave
www.iheart.com/podcast/962-...
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Charli Paige Introduces You To The New Afternoon Show Host!! - Charli in the Afternoon | iHeart
<p>They start November 17th! </p>
https://www.iheart.com/podcast/962-charli-in-the-afternoon-156180895/episode/charli-paige-introduces-you-to-the-305726432/
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David Common will take over from Heather Hiscox as host of CBC's Morning Live
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David Common announced as CBC’s new Morning Live host | CBC News
Veteran reporter and current Metro Morning radio host David Common will replace Heather Hiscox as host of CBC Morning Live, the Crown corporation announced Thursday. The announcement comes on the same...
https://www.cbc.ca/news/entertainment/david-common-morning-live-9.6968932
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A new newspaper is being launched in Montreal: La Page Sportive will be a free weekly sports newspaper, distributed by Canada Post as part of Transcontinental's Raddar flyer, starting Nov. 10
www.newswire.ca/fr/news-rele...
— It plans 60,000 copies for a six-month pilot project.
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LA PAGE SPORTIVE EST DANS LA POSTE
/CNW/ - Les amateurs de sports montréalais seront comblés. Dès le 10 novembre, LA PAGE SPORTIVE deviendra le 1er et seul hebdo gratuit consacré au sport. Un...
https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/la-page-sportive-est-dans-la-poste-842424009.html
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Montreal election maps that appeared in Tuesday's Gazette print edition. Interactive online versions are here:
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
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The REM is going to do a weekend free service open house on Nov. 15-16 for the new Deux-Montagnes branch — the same days STM service could be non-existent due to a driver's strike
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Program for the inauguration of the Deux-Montagnes branch | REM
Le Réseau express métropolitain est un important projet de transport collectif en construction dans le Grand Montréal.
https://rem.info/en/evenements/programme-inauguration-deux-montagnes
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It's been three years since François Legault's CAQ won re-election in Quebec, and he's lost 10% of the MNAs his party elected.
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An interesting budget provision for the creative industry: An Artist's Resale Right. It's apparently meant for paintings that get resold for lots of money, but could the logic be extended to other works of art? We'll see what "eligible sale" will mean.
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The most interesting part of budgets for me are always the lists of legislative measures (i.e. things that require new laws or changes to laws).
budget.canada.ca/2025/report-...
Have the right-wing conspiracy theorists jumped on this one yet?
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Is this important? No. Is it likely to happen? No. Is this the only thing I really care about in this budget? Maybe.
add a skeleton here at some point
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Geneviève Pettersen claque la porte de Cogeco Média :
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Radio | Geneviève Pettersen claque la porte de Cogeco Média
Geneviève Pettersen, que l’on pouvait entendre depuis plus de deux ans sur les ondes du 98,5 FM, a annoncé lundi qu’elle quittait Cogeco Média sur fond de conflit de valeurs.
https://lp.ca/gPaERx?sharing=true
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Liberals go from a minority government to maybe a single seat in Yukon election. New conservative-leaning government likely to ignore popular vote to introduce ranked choice voting.
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
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'Change is here': Yukon Party wins majority government, as Liberals implode | CBC News
"What a night and what a result," Dixon said in a victory speech late in the evening. The Yukon Party won in 14 of the territory's 21 ridings, with the NDP set to become the official opposition.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/north/yukon-votes-territorial-election-2025-9.6962411
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Quite the revirement. Updated vote count in CĂ´te-St-Luc mayor's race reverses the result. Mitchell Brownstein loses ... by one vote. (A recount seems likely.)
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Updated count reverses result in CĂ´te-St-Luc mayor's race, David Tordjman wins by one vote
Mitchell Brownstein might not have been re-elected as mayor of CĂ´te-St-Luc after all.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local_politics/mtl-mayor-race/cote-st-luc-revise-tordjman-wins
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Montreal Gazette
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The Montreal municipal election in maps and charts
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Justin Ling
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'Fun' fact: Binance was (allegedly) instrumental in financing millions for Hamas. What's more, Zhao *designed the stablecoin specifically in order to secure his pardon,* then had Qatar use the coin to buy a stake in his company.
www.bugeyedandshameless.com/p/guide-to-d...
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Corus announces recapitalization plan that would dilute shareholder value 99% and give control of the company to debt holders.
www.theglobeandmail.com/business/art...
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Corus proposes to reduce debt, interest costs through major recapitalization
Restructuring would see Corus exchange $500-million in senior unsecured notes for equity in a new parent company, NewCo
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/business/article-corus-proposes-to-reduce-debt-interest-costs-through-major/
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With 100% of polls reporting, margin in Lachine borough mayor's race is a single vote.
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Montreal agglomeration mayors who went down to defeat tonight: - Paola Hawa (Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue) - Tim Thomas (Pointe-Claire) - Beny Masella (Montreal West) and Jeremy Levi is trailing in Hampstead.
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The final preliminary results are in for District 1 in Montréal-Est, and the result is ... a tie! 81 votes each for Audrey Bordeleau and Julie Larivée.
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Radio-Canada declares Soraya Martinez Ferrada of Ensemble Montréal elected mayor. Her party is leading in 40 of 65 city council seats, versus 20 for Projet Montréal and 5 for borough-level parties that Ensemble didn't run candidates against.
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Live Quebec municipal election broadcasts tonight: - RDI - LCN - CBC Radio One - CJAD 800 - 98,5fm and other Cogeco talk stations - Ici Radio-Canada Première All local TV stations will include coverage only in their usual late-night newscasts.
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I did a democracy. Polls are open until 8pm if you haven't already (and are registered). Biggest wait time was the time it took me to unfold the four ballots and make my final choices. In and out in five minutes.
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In 50 minutes, we'll go back in time an hour. ... Could we make it two? Got some things to fix.
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Goliath 5, David 4 (11 innings).
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Carter J Lowe
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An Air Canada flight right now
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Bo Bichette's home run off Ohtani flew so high over Toronto that half the country is tracking when it'll land at Pearson Airport.
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Montréal Carabins defeat Concordia Stingers 51-2 and Rouge et Or defeat McGill Redbirds 47-25 in Quebec university football semifinals. U de M and Laval will face each other for the Dunsmore Cup as they have every year since 2012.
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Not knowing who to vote for in this municipal election, I decided to ask local candidates from the five parties about some local issues. Here's what they said:
blog.fagstein.com/2025/10/31/m...
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I wanted to know what my local candidates feel about the issues, so I asked them | Fagstein
https://blog.fagstein.com/2025/10/31/montreal-election-candidates-answer-questions/
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The current, most widely used alphabet was initiated by the Montreal-headquartered International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), though it is also known as the NATO phonetic alphabet. This entertaining video explains its genesis very well:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAT-...
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The genius logic of the NATO phonetic alphabet
YouTube video by RobWords
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UAT-eOzeY4M
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Linda Gyulai
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Some media outlets are harping on the high proportion of undecided in the polls leading up to the Nov. 2 Montreal election, as if these votes were up for grabs. In reality, most eligible voters are apathetic. They stay home. .../2
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This is a thorough feature looking at how we can improve how we build new housing units and get away from the tiny condos.
www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/pe...
— though I'm a bit concerned that suggestions include compromising on fire safety and accessibility.
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The era of the shoebox condo is over. Here’s how Canada can build livable apartments
Canada needs livable apartments to help fix the housing crisis. To do that, it must change the rulebook for both condos and rentals
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/investing/personal-finance/household-finances/article-livable-apartments-condos-rentals-rulebook-housing/
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Jean-François Téotonio
9 days ago
Ça ne sera pas simple autour des stades métropolitains demain, alors que le Canadien, les Roses, les Carabins, les Alouettes et le Rocket jouent TOUS à domicile. Devant le chaos prévu, les Roses ont ajouté deux bus gratuits pour venir chercher leurs fans à MTL.
www.lapresse.ca/sports/2025-...
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Grève de la STM | Chaos à prévoir pour les amateurs de sports
Célébrer son stationnement comme on célèbre une grande victoire : voilà le sentiment que pourraient vivre plusieurs amateurs de sports montréalais, samedi. Avec plus de 65 000 sièges à remplir et le t...
https://www.lapresse.ca/sports/2025-10-31/greve-de-la-stm/chaos-a-prevoir-pour-les-amateurs-de-sports.php
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Just remembering when I changed my Facebook name to Andrea Boo đź‘» for Halloween without realizing it only lets you change it once every 60 days and was stuck messaging sources like that until Christmas
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While Starts have generally declined in Montreal since the bylaw came into effect, many of the city's suburbs have had similar declines and, so far this year, home building is on the rise in the city.
montrealgazette.com/news/local_p...
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Montreal bylaw pushed homebuilding out of the city, Martinez Ferrada claims. The numbers tell a different story
Ensemble Montréal claims the suburbs saw homebuilding booms due to bylaw, but numbers show they experienced larger declines than the city.
https://montrealgazette.com/news/local_politics/mtl-mayor-race/montreal-bylaw-housing-starts-suburbs-martinez-ferrada
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The
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revokes, at the licensee WildBrain's request, the broadcasting licences of Family Channel
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
WildBrainTV
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which cease operations today. Background:
blog.fagstein.com/2025/08/25/c...
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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-286 | CRTC
Gatineau, 31 October 2025
https://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2025/2025-286.htm
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approves an application by Vista Radio to buy CJGY-FM Grande Prairie, Alta. (Reach 96.3) from Golden West Broadcasting for $1.25 million.
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-290 | CRTC
Vista Radio Ltd. Â Grande Prairie, Alberta, and Fort St. John and Dawson Creek, British Columbia
https://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2025/2025-290.htm
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finds the Vancouver market cannot support a new commercial radio station, and so will return an application by Rogers to convert CKKS-FM-2 (a retransmitter of Kiss 105.7 Chilliwack) into its own Vancouver station
www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/...
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Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2025-289 | CRTC
Gatineau, 31 October 2025
https://www.crtc.gc.ca/eng/archive/2025/2025-289.htm
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Montreal Gazette
10 days ago
'It's just empty words': Unhoused people hold out little hope for change despite campaign promises
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'It's just empty words': Unhoused people hold out little hope for change despite campaign promises
Montreal mayoralty candidates have promised millions of dollars to increase funding for community organizations and create transitional housing.
https://bit.ly/43N5x3A
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Bell Media locks up an extension on regional TV rights to Winnipeg Jets games for [REDACTED] years.
www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/pre...
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True North Sports + Entertainment and TSN Announce New Multi-Year Rights Extension for Regional Winnipeg Jets Games - Bell Media
WINNIPEG (October 30, 2025) – True North Sports + Entertainment and TSN today confirmed a new multi-year rights extension, securing long term exclusive access to regional Winnipeg Jets games for TSN. ...
https://www.bellmedia.ca/the-lede/press/true-north-sports-entertainment-and-tsn-announce-new-multi-year-rights-extension-for-regional-winnipeg-jets-games/
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"conférence de pression" is a fantastic phrase
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Loi 2 | Lionel Carmant quitte ses fonctions de ministre
Le ministre responsable des Services sociaux, Lionel Carmant, quitte de ses fonctions de ministre dans la foulée de l’adoption sous bâillon de la loi 2 qui vient changer le mode de rémunération des mé...
https://www.lapresse.ca/actualites/politique/2025-10-30/loi-2/lionel-carmant-quitte-ses-fonctions-de-ministre.php
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Two home runs on three pitches is fun.
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It might not come to this, but TVA may have a decision to make on Saturday. The Canadiens will be on TVA Sports, that's a no-brainer, but TVA Sports 2 currently has UFC Fight Night scheduled. Could it drop that regular feature of Saturday nights for a potential World Series Game 7? We'll see.
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CBC confirms it will partner with Sportsnet, TSN and RDS for 2026 Olympic coverage, meaning up to 12 TV channels in English (realistically about 6-7) and 4 in French to broadcast the games.
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https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/en/media-centre/100-days-to-go-until-Milano-Cortina-2026
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Doctors are leaving Quebec as a result of its new remuneration law: « C’est définitif, je ne reste pas ici »
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Exode des médecins | « C’est définitif, je ne reste pas ici »
Une médecin de famille de 40 ans, qui pratique à la fois sur la Côte-Nord et dans la région de Québec, pliera bagage au printemps pour donner des soins au Nouveau-Brunswick. Sa décision est sans appel...
https://lp.ca/yEOl1v
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The Globe and Mail
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The bleary-eyed behind-the-scenes of Sportsnet’s 18-inning World Series broadcast
Monday night’s game that stretched into Tuesday was a mix of adrenaline and exhaustion
https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/baseball/article-blue-jays-dodgers-world-series-longest-game-sportsnet/?utm_source=dlvr.it&utm_medium=bluesky
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The STM says its new redesigned West Island bus network is ready, but it won't publish the routes until the spring, when it's ready to launch with the Anse-Ă -l'Orme branch of the REM
www.stm.info/fr/presse/co...
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https://www.stm.info/fr/presse/communiques/2025/refonte-du-reseau-bus-dans-le-centre-nord-et-l-ouest-de-l-ile---la-stm-implantera-sa-future-desserte-au-plus-tot-au-printemps-2026
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The ARTM will run parallel bus services during the first few months of the new REM service. STL in Laval will launch its revised bus network on Nov. 15, meanwhile the STM is waiting until spring for its reconfigured West Island network.
www.newswire.ca/fr/news-rele...
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Mise en service de l'antenne Deux-Montagnes du REM - L'ARTM et ses partenaires présentent le plan d'intégration au réseau métropolitain
/CNW/ - Tel qu'annoncé le 20 octobre dernier, si tout se déroule comme prévu, CDPQ Infra vise une mise en service de l'antenne Deux-Montagnes du Réseau express...
https://www.newswire.ca/fr/news-releases/mise-en-service-de-l-antenne-deux-montagnes-du-rem-l-artm-et-ses-partenaires-presentent-le-plan-d-integration-au-reseau-metropolitain-865320855.html
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Graham Stark
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Oh, you like baseball huh? Well, we’re going to sit here while you smoke this whole pack of baseball and THEN we’ll see how you feel.
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