Montreal
Quebec’s new rules banning the construction of shared gender-neutral bathrooms in public schools will have a “chilling effect” on the province’s transgender and non-binary students, according to…
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Provincial police say three people died Saturday night in a collision on Route 108 near Bury, in the Eastern Townships. Emergency services were called around 10.15pm after a collision involving two…
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At least once a day, Digvijay Kosamia glances at his vibrating cellphone to check the latest text he’s received, only to find a “frustrating” message from an unknown number. Sometimes it’s a notification…
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A plane crashed in the middle of Trois Lacs in Val-des-Sources, in the Eastern Townships, Saturday afternoon. The pilot of the small glider-type aircraft was hospitalized for minor injuries The Sûreté…
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The McGill University encampment in support of Gaza entered its second week Saturday. Pro-Palestinian supporters remained on the university’s lower grounds, a day after Quebec Premier François Legault…
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The latest round of Gaza cease-fire talks ended in Cairo after “in-depth and serious discussions,” the Hamas militant group said Sunday, reiterating key demands that Israel again rejected. After…
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“Canadian citizens here are feeling like second-class citizens, that their lives are worthless, disposable,” says one Montrealer on Day 8 of the encampment in support of Gaza on McGill University’s downtown campus.
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“All these kids and families come together and run together, walk together. This is what we’re all about,” says YMCAs of Quebec president and CEO, Stéphane Vaillancourt, of the foundation’s 2024 Challenge. Anastasia Dextrene reports.
Gaza ceasefire negotiations continue in earnest in Cairo, Egypt. Meanwhile, pro-Palestinian demonstrations threaten to disrupt graduation ceremonies across a number of U.S. college campuses.
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Lindsay Dunn details Caitlin Clark’s WNBA debut with the Indiana Fever and hears from Los Angeles Sparks’ Kia Nurse and Seattle Storms’ Noelle Quinn ahead of their pre-season game in Edmonton.
“It’s a problem for criminal justice,” says lawyer Geneviève Grey, after a Quebec judge raised concerns over an amendment to the provincial language law Bill 96, saying it will cause ‘undue delays’ for English trials. Alyssia Rubertucci reports.
Montrealers laced up their sneakers and hit the trails Saturday to raise funds in support of vulnerable youth in the province. The “Walk-and-Run Challenge” – by the YMCAs of Québec Foundation…
Montreal police say shots were fired at Carrefour Angrignon in LaSalle Friday evening. Police were called around 9:10 p.m. about gunshots heard near the shopping centre. SPVM officers arrived to…
A new bill is on the House of Commons notice paper with regards to foreign interference. It could be introduced as early as the week of May 6.
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WestJet has issued a 72-hour lockout notice to the union representing its aircraft maintenance engineers Saturday.
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For a committee struck to review an emergency, the approach to reporting back to Canadians has been less than urgent. The erstwhile group of senators and MPs studying the federal government’s invocation…
Montreal’s Felix Auger-Aliassime has advanced to his first ATP Masters final, and he hasn’t had to play all that much tennis to do it. Auger-Aliassime moved on to the final of the Madrid Open clay-court…
OTTAWA — The Canadian government is expanding its surveillance program for a form of avian flu amid a growing outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle. Fragments of highly pathogenic avian influenza have been…
A Quebec judge overseeing the trial of a person accused of killing a cyclist with their car has raised concerns that an amendment to the province’s language charter could cause “undue delays” for trials…
Terrebonne police are investigating after a 51-year-old woman was found dead Friday morning in an apartment building, on Montreal’s North Shore. A man in his 30s was arrested and is reportedly the victim’s…
Opposition at Montreal’s city hall is requesting that the Plante administration in Côte-des-Neiges–NDG address the increase in those living in situations of homelessness in the borough. Stéphanie…
Day seven of the encampment in support of Gaza at McGill University’s downtown Montreal campus remained status quo on Friday. Meanwhile, Quebec Premier François Legault reiterated that it must be…
A Canadian is running across the country with a mission: raising funds and awareness for the Heart & Stroke Foundation. Ultra marathon runner, Ryan Keeping, is doing this to help families like…
The role of CLSCs will be enhanced over the coming months to make them the main point of access for care and services for seniors. The Quebec government says the initiative will be gradually implemented…
Foreign interference by China did not affect the overall results of the 2019 and 2021 general elections won by Justin Trudeau’s Liberals, a federal commission of inquiry has found. In an interim report…
While meetings have just resumed between Quebec and the FIQ nurses’ union, following the rejection of the agreement in principle by the members, the FIQ reports that it was told by the government that…
On Friday, the governments of Quebec and Canada announced $19 million in funding over six years to the Sûreté du Québec (SQ), to support the provincial police force in its fight against the sexual exploitation…
Quebec is investing nearly $1.2 billion to make travel safer in the Montreal region. Deputy Premier and Minister of Transport and Sustainable Mobility, Geneviève Guilbault, announced the investment…
Thousands of public daycare (CPE) workers will be called upon, in the coming days, to decide on a “progressive strike” mandate. These are 3,000 workers who are members of unions of the Fédération…
Community groups were out demonstrating in downtown Montreal on Friday. It was a closing protest to week-long actions by L’organisation populaire des droits sociaux. They took to the streets to express…