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i have been reporting on a range of news at the montreal gazette since 2021, with a particular interest in social issues and human interest stories.

articles by katelyn thomas
in its most recent financial report, goodfood said it has negative working capital.
goodfood, montreal-based meal kit company, granted creditor protection
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should an ai chatbot be your therapist?
naloxone kits hang from a post at a homeless encampment in montreal in april 2026. montreal public health has recorded 35 overdose-related deaths since the start of june, and a sustained increase in non-fatal overdoses that has spanned three to four months.
as fatal overdoses rise, montrealers are asked to intervene if they see someone in distress
ophtalmo vétérinaire aide/tech maya rice stands amid the signs in flower boxes outside the clinic decrying the installation of parking meters on that section of sherbooke st. in n.d.g., on thursday, july 9, 2026.
‘mind-blowing’: addition of parking meters frustrates n.d.g. merchants on sherbrooke st.
the astoria, queens, converter station at the new york city end of the champlain hudson power express, a 545-kilometre underground power transmission line from the quebec border.
new power line between quebec and new york is down again
quebec's childcare services registration portal replaced predecessor la place 0-5 ans at the end of 2025. some cpes are reporting that glitches and bureaucracy are making the registration process more complicated, while parents say they don’t fully understand the way the portal functions.
quebec child-care registration portal causing frustration among parents, cpes
left: employees of pêcheries léomar show off a box of their lobster. right: travis kelce and taylor swift, whose wedding served the company's product.
‘we had no idea our lobster was going to taylor swift’s wedding,’ quebec fishery says
"it's important to remember that behind the households receiving assistance around july 1 are all those who continue to live in situations that are simply unacceptable," says frapru spokesperson véronique laflamme.
a troubling 2,039 quebec households needed help post-moving day, frapru says
 
a resident shelters inside as montreal police deploy at the scene of shootings in côte-des-neiges on monday, june 22, 2026 that left a civilian, a police officer and a suspect dead, and another officer and civilian wounded.
anxiety is normal after montreal shootings, mental health experts say. here’s how to move forward
a storm passes over the shores of the st. lawrence river in lachine. an alliance wants to increase access to quebec's natural spaces, specifically the waterways of the province.
98 per cent of quebec’s shorelines aren’t accessible. this alliance wants to change that
a kangaroo was first spotted on the loose on friday.
update: escaped kangaroo safely captured after days on the loose in boucherville
pierre bérubé, who was diagnosed in 1996 with multiple sclerosis, is seen at the montreal neurological institute-hospital in montreal on june 10, 2026. "i was completely blindsided," he said. "when it's a disease that can be disabling, your mind immediately goes there."
thirty years after ms diagnosis, montrealer views life through a lens of gratitude
two westmount high school students with their cellphones in montreal on friday, june 12, 2026. the federal government's plan to bar social media for under-16s is mostly panned by youth, but experts say it's a step in the right direction.
federal social media ban gets mixed reviews from montreal teens, experts
"she was here for such a short time, but people remember her forever that crossed her path," luca ciampini says of his daughter, ava. he is seen at centre sportif dollard-st-laurent in lasalle, where he used to bring ava.
‘it still doesn’t feel real,’ says father of three-year-old who died in bouncy castle tragedy at lasalle park
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5 things quebec tenants should know about their rights
cooper mcdonald, centre, and royal west academy classmates brayden gurevitch, left, and camille henin-levine found quebec's school cellphone ban "a little bit annoying at first," but they've become used to it. they are seen at the school on monday, june 1, 2026.
a year later, the kids are alright with quebec’s cellphone ban in schools
 
montreal canadiens fans stand for the canadian national anthem prior to game 4 of the nhl's eastern conference final playoff against the carolina hurricanes at the bell centre may 27, 2026.
‘shoot the puck’: is habs mania too much pressure on the players?
"when you are near water or in the water, when you have children — especially young toddlers who cannot swim — it is important to equip them with flotation devices," says raynald hawkins, the executive director of quebec's société de sauvetage, seen in a july 2021 photo.
drownings of mother and son in lachine residential pool are ruled accidental
an adult female black-legged tick, ixodes scapularis, is a common carrier of lyme disease.
montreal breaks record for lyme disease cases
quebec's bill 10 requires ticket resale platforms clearly identify themselves and disclose the original price and who is selling the ticket. but it doesn't limit how much those tickets can be resold for.
unlike ontario, quebec law won’t ban resellers from selling tickets above face value
veterinarians are reminding pet owners of the importance of vaccination against parvovirus. above: a basset hound is looked after by a veterinarian.
what montreal pet owners should know about parvovirus
senior nursing adviser ali el-akhras, left, instructs céline albecq, centre, head nurse for the short-stay geriatric unit, and nurse fiona jeanne lescop, right, on how to integrate the new digital health records system into their work routine at jean-talon hospital in montreal on wednesday, may 13, 2026.
‘it’s almost like magic’: quebec health-care professionals sing praises of new digital records system
christina koufoudakis, a montreal counsellor and psychotherapist, says people should schedule care, comfort, connection or meaningful distraction in advance instead of winging it on mother's day. "the hardest mother’s days are often the ones that feel emotionally unstructured."
mother’s day can be complicated for some. here’s how to cope
n.d.g.'s shaika café on its first day reopened on thursday, may 7, 2026.
n.d.g.’s beloved shaika café reborn with portuguese twist
 
zachary miron died in january 2024 after consuming an energy drink whose ingredients interacted with medication prescribed for his adhd.
after teen’s death, a growing push to ban sale of energy drinks to quebec kids
federal finance minister françois-philippe champagne announces the creation of a sovereign wealth fund for canada at a press conference at hec in montreal on monday, april 27, 2026.
champagne says new canadian sovereign wealth fund is being ‘maîtres chez nous’
logo used by the 764 network.
764: how an online terror group is targeting quebec kids through video games
unlike passenger cars, which have much higher accident rates, flights managed by air traffic controllers and pilots "who have much more proficiency in their jobs," says kiwon lee, faculty lecturer in the department of mathematics and statistics at mcgill.
why incidents like laguardia crash can skew our perception of air travel
québec solidaire parliamentary leader ruba ghazal, left, québec solidaire mna manon massé, louise riendeau of the regroupement des maisons pour femmes victimes de violence conjugale, québec solidaire mna alejandra zaga mendez and actress ingrid falaise arrive together for a press conference in montreal calling on premier christine fréchette to take urgent and concrete action to address the rise of femicide in quebec, on tuesday, april 21, 2026.
‘act for the next woman, who is still alive’: coalition calls on premier fréchette to address rise in femicides
montreal currently restricts short-term rentals to the summer. the administration wants to revert to the previous policy of allowing up to 90 days any time of the year, but projet montréal argues enforcing that would not be practical.
montreal ‘shouldn’t go backwards’ on partial airbnb ban, opposition says
projet montréal doesn't feel the city is living up to its spring cleaning promises. many streets — like côte-st-luc rd. in n.d.g., seen on thursday, april 16, 2026 — are still littered with trash.
montreal isn’t delivering on spring cleaning promise, opposition charges
race fans watch as drivers celebrate on the podium after the canada formula one grand prix at circuit gilles-villeneuve in montreal on june 18, 2023.
montreal lifting short-term rental ban, but not in time for grand prix