Federal Immigration and Citizenship Minister Marc Miller is among those blasting incoming U.S. President Donald Trump’s comments that Canada should become the 51st state, comparing the idea to an episode of “South Park”.

“Our cages are full,” says Laurence Massé, Executive Director of the Montreal SPCA, which is at full capacity. The animal shelter is calling on Montrealers to adopt, foster, or donate. Pamela Pagano reports.

“It’s a bloody dump,” says heating technician Davor Radimiri about the furnace room at an apartment complex in Lachine where tenants just got their hot water back almost two months after their taps went cold. Erin Seize reports.

“I lost everything,” says Dollard-des-Ormeaux resident Henriette Geerlings, whose home was flooded in August, as residents continue to face city and insurance challenges in 2025. Tehosterihens Deer reports.