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A Montreal volunteer has roughly 1,600 used but excellent-condition sports jerseys—soccer, basketball, handball, volleyball, sizes 8 to XXL—donated by teams in Sherbrooke and Magog. Destination: Madagascar, for kids who rarely get to play. They've tried multiple logistics routes already and are asking for help.

REM ridership jumped more than 60% over the summer and is now well beyond its targets. Since August 24, the light rail system has averaged 130,000 weekday passengers a day, peaking at 149,000. The surge comes after a private firm commissioned by a developer released a report questioning the system's popularity—but CDPQ Infra's actual numbers tell a different story.

The blue line tunnel project isn't holding up. Two fractures in three days and unions are sounding the alarm that the worksite "is not going well" — another headache for the major metro expansion.

A Montréal couple just dropped a free site to find grocery deals — no accounts, no BS, just where the sales are. Montreal food prices just got a little easier to navigate.

Auto thefts in Montreal have climbed in recent years but remain well below where they were in the late 1990s and early 2000s. A Reddit user posted the historical trend since 1998.

A building at the corner of rue St-Hubert and rue St-Zotique has sat half-finished since 2018. The construction site was abandoned about four to five years ago and locals report seeing squatters inside.

A new Synopsis-La Presse poll shows the CAQ collapsing while the PQ gains ground into majority range. The numbers are shifting sharply as the Quebec election campaign heats up.

Farah Jamaleddine reopened Pizza Mory just one week after two people broke in and set it ablaze on September 20. The 33-year-old took over the Verdun institution in August after it had been operating since 1986. She posted video of the arson and told people she won't be pushed out: "Rien ne va nous arrêter" — nothing will stop us.

Montreal hosted the world cycling championships this weekend and Brandon McNulty took the victory. The race ran multiple laps around Mont-Royal.

Someone built a free tool called DropInNow that pulls all the drop-in activity schedules from the City of Montreal's scattered websites into one spot. Pick your day and see what's available for public skating, swimming, and other activities.

Nouilles de Lanzhou, the popular hand-pulled noodle spot, is opening a second location at 1395 Ste-Catherine. no opening date announced yet.

Pause IA organized a protest Saturday afternoon at Square Phillips calling for a worldwide, coordinated pause on AI development until systems are safe and democratically controlled. A trentaine of people lined the sidewalk across from the former La Baie chanting "l'IA nous met en danger, on a le droit d'être protégés" (AI puts us in danger, we have the right to be protected) and handing out brochures.

Provincial election's October 5—if you can't vote that day, you can cast a ballot today or Monday from 9:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. Find your polling location at electionsquebec.qc.ca.