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First-degree murder charge in death of five-year-old Quebec boy: Crown

COTEAU-DU-LAC, Que. - Quebec provincial police say a woman is facing a first-degree murder charge in the death of a five-year-old boy in a home about 55 kilometre… Read moreFirst-degree murder charge in death of five-year-old Quebec boy: Crown

RCMP feared they didn't have enough evidence to hold terror suspect sought by U.S.

MONTREAL - Court documents filed in the case of a Pakistani man arrested in Quebec for an alleged plot to kill Jews in New York City reveal the RCMP didn't have e… Read moreRCMP feared they didn't have enough evidence to hold terror suspect sought by U.S.

16 soldiers injured in accident at Valcartier military base in Quebec

CFB VALCARTIER - More than a dozen soldiers were sent to hospital this afternoon after an accident at a military base in Quebec. Read more16 soldiers injured in accident at Valcartier military base in Quebec

Trudeau loses another Liberal stronghold in Bloc Qu茅b茅cois byelection victory

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has suffered another devastating byelection blow with the loss of a second Liberal stronghold, this one to the Bloc Qu茅b茅cois in LaS… Read moreTrudeau loses another Liberal stronghold in Bloc Qu茅b茅cois byelection victory

Quebec court greenlights temporary foreign worker class action on closed permits

MONTREAL - Quebec's Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit involving temporary foreign workers who are suing the federal government over work permit… Read moreQuebec court greenlights temporary foreign worker class action on closed permits

Call for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign

MONTREAL - The Quebec government renewed its call for Canada's special representative on combating Islamophobia to resign Friday, after she sent a letter to colle… Read moreCall for more Muslim professors: Quebec says anti-Islamophobia adviser must resign

Man arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in NYC returns to court Dec. 6

MONTREAL - The case of a 20-year-old man arrested over an alleged Islamic State terror plot to kill Jews in New York City was before a judge briefly on Friday and… Read moreMan arrested in Quebec for alleged plot to kill Jews in NYC returns to court Dec. 6

Two people found dead in Montreal apartment in apparent domestic dispute: police

Montreal police are investigating the deaths of two people in their 70s who died of gunshot wounds in an apartment.

Body of woman, 64, found in home north of Montreal bore marks of violence

SAINTE-JULIENNE, Que. - Quebec provincial police are investigating the death of a 64-year-old woman whose body was found in a home about 55 kilometres north of Montreal.

Legislature member Fr茅d茅ric Beauchemin to announce run for Quebec Liberal leadership

Quebec Liberal Fr茅d茅ric Beauchemin has decided to enter the race for his party's leadership.

Family of murdered Quebec police sergeant pleased with coroner's investigation

MONTREAL - The family of a Quebec provincial police sergeant who was stabbed to death by a mentally ill man who wasn't taking his medication says it welcomes the coroner's report into her brutal murder.

Quebec provincial police investigating death of three-month-old baby in Saguenay

SAGUENAY, Que. - Quebec provincial police are investigating the death of a three-month-old baby in Saguenay, Que., north of Quebec City.

Coroner issues report into 'avoidable' killings of Quebec police officer, assailant

MONTREAL - The deaths of a provincial police sergeant and the mentally ill man who fatally stabbed her were avoidable, a Quebec coroner has concluded, saying health-care workers and police should have communicated better.

Driver strikes teenagers near school in 脦les-de-la-Madeleine, Que.

MONTREAL - Several teenagers were hit by a driver near a high school in 脦les-de-la-Madeleine, Que., following an altercation with a pedestrian.

All four occupants survive plane crash in Laurentians region north of Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say four people walked away from a plane crash Sunday in the Laurentians region north of Montreal.

Quebec provincial police investigate homicide in Lower St-Lawrence region

MONT-JOLI, Que. - Quebec provincial police are investigating a homicide in the Lower St-Lawrence region.

Fugitive from Quebec arrested in Hungary more than three months after escape

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say one of the province's top 10 most wanted criminals has been arrested after he escaped from a minimum security federal detention centre in May.

Racial profiling by Montreal police a 'systemic problem,' judge rules in class action

MONTREAL - Racial profiling is a systemic problem in the Montreal police force and profiling victims deserve compensation, a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled on Tuesday in a class-action lawsuit.

Quebec labour tribunal orders McGill to stop obstructing union of law professors

MONTREAL - Quebec's labour tribunal has ordered McGill University to stop obstructing and interfering with a union representing full-time law professors amid an ongoing strike over what the union says is the faculty's right to unionize.

Mild earthquake rattles three Quebec cities, no damage reported

MONTREAL - A 4.6 magnitude earthquake rumbled through parts of Quebec early Sunday morning.

McGill law professors on strike in protest of challenge to union certification

MONTREAL - Law professors at McGill University were on the picket line Thursday, forcing the cancellation of classes during the first week of the fall semester in protest of the school's challenge to their right to unionize.

Some Quebec seniors homes struggle to stay afloat due to regulations, rising costs

MONTREAL - Jacques Marchildon says sprinklers were the nail in the coffin for Villa Marie-Ange, the 14-person seniors residence he co-owns in St-Adelphe, Que. In the coming months, the two-storey building in the Mauricie region between Montre…

Inmate who escaped from federal facility in Laval, Que., now back in custody

MONTREAL - An inmate convicted of murder who escaped from a federal facility in Laval, Que., on Friday evening is now back in custody after he returned to facility of his own accord.

Police arrest one man days after alleged homicide in Laurentians region

MONTREAL - Police have arrested a 47-year-old man related to an alleged homicide in Quebec's Laurentians region.

Quebec nurses threaten to stop working overtime as talks continue for new contract

MONTREAL - A Quebec union representing 80,000 health-care workers dismissed the province's latest contract offer Friday and called on its members to refuse to work overtime beginning Sept. 19.

'Tornadoes over water' seen across Eastern Canada this summer

MONTREAL - Marc-Andr茅 Bourgeois-Gaudet was in his boat off the shores of 脦les-de-la-Madeleine, Que., last Friday when he saw several funnel clouds descending from the sky like tornadoes.

Montreal man dies after fight in east-end borough, city's 23rd homicide of the year

Montreal police say they are investigating the city's latest homicide after a man in his 50s died in an alleged fight in an east-end borough.

Akwesasne woman sought in U.S. over drownings of migrants in St. Lawrence River

MONTREAL - The United States is seeking the extradition of a woman from Akwesasne Mohawk Territory who is alleged to have been a key player in a human smuggling operation tied to the drownings of eight migrants last year.

Two women face kidnapping charges in connection with Quebec Amber Alert case

MONTREAL - Two women have been charged with kidnapping a five-year-old boy from a Montreal suburb whose disappearance triggered an Amber Alert for several hours on Tuesday.

Five-year-old Quebec boy subject of Amber Alert found safe in Toronto area: police

BROSSARD, Que. - A five-year-old boy from a Montreal suburb who was the subject of an Amber Alert on Tuesday was found safe in Ontario later that day, Quebec provincial police said.

McGill law professors launch unlimited strike on first week of classes

MONTREAL - A union representing McGill University law professors said its members walked off the job Monday, the first week of classes for the fall semester, over what it described as the school's anti-union tactics and refusal to negotiate i…

Quebec family wants answers 3 weeks after father, son hit during police shootout

MONTREAL - The family of a father and son caught in crossfire between Montreal police and a suspect earlier this month still doesn't know whose bullets hit them 鈥� and why the two men were handcuffed after they were injured.

Dozens of baby turtles set free in Quebec river as part of zoo conservation project

PIKE RIVER, Que. - The weeks-old baby turtle wriggles its legs as it's picked up from a blue tupperware bin and placed gently into a river south of Montreal. In a flash it's off, swimming deftly through the murky water before disappearing from view.

Montreal police investigating suspicious death of an 88-year-old man

Montreal police are investigating the suspicious death of an 88-year-old man in the city's Ahuntsic-Cartierville neighbourhood.

Grounded cargo ship blocks traffic in St. Lawrence Seaway near Montreal

MONTREAL - Officials are working on a plan to refloat a stuck 138-metre cargo ship that is blocking ship traffic in the St. Lawrence Seaway near Montreal.

Rail stoppage: Montreal commuters eye alternatives as trains halted for second day

MONTREAL - Karina Andone considered her options to get to her job in downtown Montreal, after a stoppage at Canada's two biggest railways halted commuter trains for a second consecutive day on Friday.

Nurses recruited from West Africa say Quebec training program has left them destitute

MONTREAL - A Montreal civil rights organization says a Quebec program to recruit and train nurses from overseas is leaving some participants in dire straits and dependent on food banks.

Summer surge of COVID-19 in Quebec, positivity rate highest since December

MONTREAL - Quebec is experiencing a spike in COVID-19 outbreaks, with hospitalizations at their highest level since last winter.

Despite efforts to turn the tide, Quebec's education system struggling with shortages

MONTREAL - Lately, Karine Boudreau has toyed with the idea of quitting. For most of her 18-year career as a school psychologist, the thought of doing something else never crossed her mind.

After furor from locals, Quebec open to moving services from Montreal drug-use site

QUEBEC - Montreal municipal officials and the Quebec government are having second thoughts about a project in the city's southwest that caters to unhoused people living with addiction or mental health issues.

Police, TSB investigating after three die in northwestern Quebec helicopter crash

D鈥橢LVERT LAKE - Two men and a woman have been declared dead after a helicopter crash at a lake in northwestern Quebec.

Legault announces six-month freeze on some temporary foreign workers in Montreal

MONTREAL - Quebec Premier Fran莽ois Legault has announced a six-month freeze on certain temporary foreign worker applications in Montreal, in a move intended to put pressure on Ottawa to reduce the number of non-permanent residents in the province.

Nine days after record rainfall, parts of Quebec brace for more

MONTREAL - More heavy downpours are expected today in Montreal and other parts of Quebec that are still recovering from record-breaking rainfall nine days ago.

Cleanup underway after Montreal water main break floods streets and homes

MONTREAL - A Montreal city spokesman warns it will be weeks before repairs can be completed on a major water main that broke near the Jacques Cartier Bridge on Friday, flooding dozens of buildings and leaving some 150,000 homes under a boil-w…

'Wall of water' in Montreal after underground pipe breaks, floods streets and homes

MONTREAL - Nearly 150,000 Montreal homes were put under a boil water advisory on Friday after a broken water main erupted into a "geyser" that transformed streets into streams, paralyzed traffic and forced people to evacuate from flooded buildings.

Days before school year begins, more than 5,700 teaching positions unfilled in Quebec

MONTREAL - There are still 5,704 vacant teaching positions in Quebec with the new school year less than two weeks away, and Education Minister Bernard Drainville said Friday the gap is partly due to immigration.

Quebec premier hints at expanding financial aid program for disaster victims

MONTREAL - Nearly a week after torrential rain battered Quebec, the contents of people's basements are spilling across their lawns as they wait for garbage trucks to cart away their waterlogged furniture and ruined belongings.

Montreal police called in to investigate motor oil spills in St. Lawrence River

Montreal police are investigating how hundreds of litres of motor oil leaked into the St. Lawrence River in the city's east end.

Quebec suffering 'extremely difficult' wave of severe weather, minister says

Quebec is experiencing an 鈥渆xtremely difficult鈥� period of climate-related disasters, Public Security Minister Fran莽ois Bonnardel said Wednesday, as residents across several regions cleaned up from another episode of severe rainfall.

Retired Quebec judge Jacques Delisle, who pleaded guilty in wife's death, dies at 89

MONTREAL - Jacques Delisle, a retired Quebec judge who pleaded guilty to manslaughter in his wife's shooting death, has died at age 89.

Quebec launches group to study how AI can be used ethically in universities

QUEBEC - The Quebec government is creating a consultation group to study the pedagogical and ethical issues related to the use of artificial intelligence in universities.

Police find body of missing man in his 80s who was swept up in Quebec river

MONTREAL - Quebec provincial police say they have found the body of a man in his 80s who went missing late on Friday after a roadway collapsed and he was swept into the Batiscan River in the province's Mauricie region.

Thousands of Quebecers still in the dark as utility restores power after storm

MONTREAL - The lights are back on across much of Quebec, but just under 18,000 residents are still without power two days after the remnants of tropical storm Debby dumped record-breaking amounts of rain on the province.

Quebec recovering from historic rainfall, power outages as storm remnants move east

MONTREAL - Communities across Quebec began taking stock of the damage on Saturday a day after the remnants of Hurricane Debby knocked out power to nearly half a million residents and pummeled several parts of the province with record-breaking…

Tropical storm Debby remnants brings significant rainfall to Montreal, Eastern Canada

Montreal was drenched in a record amount of rain Friday as a storm system continued to pass through Eastern Canada.

Heavy rain hits Eastern Canada as remnants of tropical storm Debby move in

MONTREAL - Remnants of tropical storm Debby doused a large swath of Eastern Canada on Friday, with forecasters saying up to 120 millimetres of rain would fall in some parts of Quebec before it moved out of the region.

Quebec hotel workers in three cities strike over lagging contract talks

MONTREAL - About 2,600 unionized employees from hotels in some of the province's largest cities walked off the job Thursday, protesting an impasse in contract talks.

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