Cassandra Yanez-Leyton
Journalist
Cassandra Yanez-Leyton is a journalist for CBC News based in Montreal. You can email her story ideas at cassandra.yanez-leyton@cbc.ca.
Latest from Cassandra Yanez-Leyton

Quebec doctors say new bill will drive them away, threaten patient access
With hearings on Bill 106 underway in Quebec City, some doctors are warning they could close their clinics if the legislation isn't changed. The province's College of Physicians has told them to rein in that messaging.
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Montreal family meets Good Samaritans who delivered life-saving CPR
It was thanks to the quick thinking of a couple of parents on their way to pick up their kids that Sabato Borrelli saw his 87th birthday after going into cardiac arrest. Now, Borrelli and some of his family members got to meet the pair of strangers turned 'superheroes.'
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Why this Quebec city walked back its decision to ban religious events in municipal spaces
After a conference centre used for years by the Muslim community came under city management, a debate ensued about who gets to use public spaces.
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A stranger delivered CPR for 20 minutes to a Montreal man. His family wants to meet them
A man was able to celebrate his 87th birthday, albeit in hospital, after the quick thinking of a stranger saved his life when he went into cardiac arrest while on a walk. His family says they want to find the stranger and thank them, whoever they might be.
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This vacant Montreal building partially collapsed. Why is it still standing — and who's responsible?
Nearly two months after part of a Mile End building's exterior wall collapsed, tenants in the neighbouring building still can't return home — and their landlord is covering the costs. Meanwhile, there's seemingly no progress in bringing down the dangerous structure at the centre of it all.
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Storm knocks out power, causes chaos and sparks protest at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital
The storm damage and the failure of the generators sparked renewed criticism that the CAQ government has taken too long to go ahead with renovations at the aging hospital.
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Go! Habs Go! has got to go: STM to support sports teams en français only
Montreal's transit agency has removed the word "Go" from its electronic displays when supporting local sports teams to comply with provincial language laws following a directive from Quebec's language watchdog.
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Indigenous leaders reflect on late Pope Francis's apology, visit to Quebec City
The late Pope Francis visited Quebec City at the end of July 2022 to apologize to Indigenous people for the conduct of some members of the Catholic Church in Canada's residential school system.
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Quebec hotel industry rings alarm over staff shortages ahead of the summer
Though the coming season is looking promising — with several Canadians choosing to spend their summer vacation here instead of going to the United States — Quebec's hotel association says changes to the temporary foreign worker program have thrown a wrench into staffing plans.
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Montreal announces $88M for greenbelt around contentious container yard in east end
The City of Montreal announced it's investing $88 million into a greenbelt meant to insulate some Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough residents from the impacts of a likely, and controversial, expansion of a container yard.
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