Here are the top 10 stories for CTV News Montreal in 2024

Woman dies after cosmetic surgery abroad A Quebec woman died in May 2022 after her kidney and liver were perforated during a liposuction surgery in Morocco.

Though not every reader gets to the bottom of every CTV News Montreal story, the most viewed stories of 2024 run the gamut. From fish bites, to travel headaches to warnings about medical procedures, the list highlights the diversity of storytelling at CTV News.

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1. Quebec woman's death warns of dangers of cosmetic surgery abroad

Alice Martin, Maria Sarrouh

Florence McConnell’s trip to Morocco for a liposuction treatment ended tragically after her kidney and liver were perforated and she succumbed to her injuries and died.

2. Celine Dion at the Olympics: Quebec icon stages her comeback

The Canadian Press, Genevieve Beauchemin

Always a popular name in a headline, Celine Dion blew the crowd away at the Olympics opening ceremony, delivering a powerful performance from the Eiffel Tower. Word is a tour may be in the near future.

3. ‘Like being in prison’: Via Rail passenger says people stranded without food, water

The Canadian Press, Olivia O’Malley

Passengers were stuck on a three-hour Via Rail train from Montreal to Quebec City for 10 hours without food or water with limited access to a toilet. The train broke down twice.

4. Second Cup takes back Montreal franchise over hateful incident

Marisela Amador, Angela MacKenzie

Second Cup took back two of its franchise locations in Montreal following allegations of hateful antisemitic remarks and gestures made by the franchisee in a video that was widely circulated online during a pro-Palestinian protest.

5. Fish bite? Boy injured at Montreal’s Jean Dore Beach

Daniel J. Rowe, Christine Long

An eight-year-old boy was pulled from the water at Jean-Dore Beach at Parc Jean Dreapeau after he was bit by something… A fish?

6. Gilles Brassard: Accused gets prison after admitting to killing elderly wife

Joe Lofaro, Maria Sarrouh

Gilles Brassard, 81, received a life sentence for second-degree murder after he was found guilty of strangling his 79-year-old wife, Therese Brassard-Levesque, who was suffering with Alzheimer's disease.

7. Montreal man died of aneurysm after waiting in the ER for six hours

Erika Morris, Maria Sarrouh

Adam Burgoyne, 39, decided to go home after spending six hours in an emergency room. He died the next day of an aneurysm.

8. Ex-Quebec junior hockey players jailed of 2021 sexual assault of teen

The Canadian Press

Two former Quebec junior hockey players were handed prison sentences for sexually assaulting a minor at a hotel in June 2021 in the aftermath of a Victoriaville Tigres championship celebration.

9. 'Mayday! Mayday! Mayday!': Details emerge in Boeing 737 incident at Montreal airport

Joe Lofaro

New details suggest that there were communication issues between the pilots of a charter flight and the control tower at Montreal's Mirabel airport when a Boeing 737 made an emergency landing on Nov 27.

10. Air Canada overbooks flight, ruining Quebec family’s vacation

Olivia O’Malley

A mother from Terrebonne, Que. is outraged after her vacation plans fell through because Air Canada reportedly overbooked the flight.