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Yahoo
3 days ago
- Yahoo
Driver dies at race track in St-Pie, Que.
A man in his 30's died Friday evening after skidding on a race track in St-Pie, Que., in the Montérégie region, according to provincial police. The victim would have lost control of the vehicle while entering a curve, said Sûreté du Québec (SQ) spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies. He was from Drummondville, about 53 kilometres northeast of St-Pie. First responders were called to the scene shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday. The driver was taken to hospital where he was later declared dead. A passenger, also a man in his 30's, was in the vehicle with the driver at the time of the incident. He was transported to hospital with serious injuries, but Deshaies says police do not fear for his life. An SQ investigator and collision reconstruction officer were at the race track to determine the circumstances around the crash and an investigation is underway.
CBC
3 days ago
- CBC
Driver dies at race track in St-Pie, Que.
A man in his 30's died Friday evening after skidding on a race track in St-Pie, Que., in the Montérégie region, according to provincial police. The victim would have lost control of the vehicle while entering a curve, said Sûreté du Québec (SQ) spokesperson Frédéric Deshaies. He was from Drummondville, about 53 kilometres northeast of St-Pie. First responders were called to the scene shortly before 9 p.m. on Friday. The driver was taken to hospital where he was later declared dead. A passenger, also a man in his 30's, was in the vehicle with the driver at the time of the incident. He was transported to hospital with serious injuries, but Deshaies says police do not fear for his life. An SQ investigator and collision reconstruction officer were at the race track to determine the circumstances around the crash and an investigation is underway.
CTV News
06-07-2025
- CTV News
Two Drummondville teens missing
Noah Audet Lévesque, 13, (left) and Xavier Bergeron, 17, (right) have been missing since July 4. (Source: Sûreté du Québec) Quebec provincial police (SQ) is searching for two teenage boys from Drummondville, Que. Noah Audet Lévesque, 13, and Xavier Bergeron, 17, were last seen July 4 in the Lindsay Street area east of Montreal. They are believed to be travelling on foot and may have sought transportation. They could be in the Drummondville or Victoriaville area. Lévesque was wearing a white shirt, black shorts and black baseball cap. He is 5′2″, weighs about 84 pounds and has brown curly hair and brown eyes. Bergeron is 5′9″, weighs 180 pounds, has sandy hair and blue eyes. He was wearing a light brown sweatshirt, a white baseball cap, Pit Viper sunglasses and white and red Nike sneakers. The SQ says the boys went missing together but did not confirm their relationship. Police say their loved ones fear for their safety and urge anyone who has seen the teens to call 911, contact their local police station or use the anonymous tip line at 1 800 659-4264.
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Montreal asking rents up nearly 71% since 2019, says StatsCan
The average asking price of rent in Montreal has shot up nearly 71 per cent since 2019, according to a rent report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. Between 2019 and the first quarter of 2025, asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment in the country's second-largest city has grown from $1,130 to $1,930, the data agency said in its first-ever quarterly rent statistics report. Elsewhere in Quebec, the cities of Drummondville and Sherbrooke — which had the lowest average asking rents at the start of this year — saw the biggest uptick in average asking rents for two-bedroom apartments since the first quarter of 2019. The report draws from asking rents to illustrate the latest market trends, because "prospective renters typically face higher rents compared with long-term tenants" whose rents reflect past leases, the report said. Some Canadian cities with large renter populations, including Montreal, "have experienced very, very high rent growth" in just a few years, said Mike Moffatt, an assistant professor of business, economics and public policy at Western University's Ivey Business School. Some of those rates are now coming down year-over-year: in Montreal, for example, asking rent for a two-bedroom declined slightly between the first quarter of 2024 and the first quarter of 2025. That drop is more pronounced in places like Ontario's Kitchener-Waterloo region or Kelowna, B.C. While "it's nice to have a decline of three or four per cent, that doesn't necessarily make up for the big changes that we've seen since 2019," said Moffatt. In the rest of Canada, the average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment was highest in Vancouver, where the figure stood at $3,170 in the first quarter of 2025. It was followed by Toronto ($2,690), Victoria ($2,680) and Ottawa ($2,490). Montreal ranks 17th on that list, according to Statistics Canada. Advocates for affordable housing recently told Radio-Canada that they're on high alert in the lead-up to Quebec's July 1 moving day, with the province's housing tribunal having authorized the largest rent increase in at least three decades earlier this year. Error in retrieving data Sign in to access your portfolio Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data Error in retrieving data
CBC
25-06-2025
- Business
- CBC
Montreal asking rents up nearly 71% since 2019, says StatsCan
The average asking price of rent in Montreal has shot up nearly 71 per cent since 2019, according to a rent report released by Statistics Canada on Wednesday. Since 2019, asking rent in the country's second-largest city has grown from $1,130 to $1,930 in the first quarter of 2025, the data agency said in its first-ever quarterly rent statistics report. Elsewhere in Quebec, the cities of Drummondville and Sherbrooke — which had the lowest average asking rents at the start of this year — saw the biggest uptick in average asking rents for two-bedroom apartments since the first quarter of 2019. The report draws from asking rents to illustrate the latest market trends, because "prospective renters typically face higher rents compared with long-term tenants" whose rents reflect past leases, the report said. In the rest of Canada, the average asking rent for a two-bedroom apartment was highest in Vancouver, where the figure stood at $3,170 in the first quarter of 2025. It was followed by Toronto ($2,690), Victoria ($2,680) and Ottawa ($2,490). Montreal ranks 17th on that list, according to Statistics Canada.
