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Today's top headlines from CBC Montreal - 2025-08-12

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What does relentless heat mean for Montreal's water supply?

August 11 , 2025 at 04:19:37 p.m. EDT • :

With sweltering heat and little rain in sight, Montrealers should consider how they're using the city's drinking water supply, says city councillor Maja Vodanovic, who handles the water file at the executive committee.

Montreal police arrest suspect in connection with assault on Jewish man at park

August 11 , 2025 at 05:16:53 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal police say they have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with an assault on a Jewish man at Dickie Moore Park in the Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough.

Voters in Quebec's Arthabaska riding head to polls to elect new MNA

August 11 , 2025 at 09:03:56 a.m. EDT • :

It's byelection day in the Centre-du-Québec riding of Arthabaska. Voters there will elect a new MNA, months after the Coalition Avenir Québec's Eric Lefebvre quit provincial politics to run for the Conservative Party of Canada.

Montreal court case sheds light on Quebec's 10-year property occupancy rule

August 11 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The City of Montreal bought a site in the Villeray neighbourhood in 2019, hoping to transform it into social housing. But the company that owns the building next door says it's maintained part of the site for three decades, without any opposition. That's bringing attention to an old Quebec law that gives people using and taking care of a piece of land for at least a decade certain rights.

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Man dies after fight at Montreal bar, police major crimes unit investigating

August 9 , 2025 at 03:08:34 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal police said several 911 calls were made at around 2 a.m. on Saturday, reporting a conflict involving several people inside a licensed establishment on Côte-des-Neiges Road, near the intersection of Barclay Avenue.