Teachers are calling the Quebec government’s decision to launch a $2.5 million advertising campaign to encourage Quebecers to speak more French “a big contradiction” given […]
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Labour tribunal rejects Quebec nurses’ pressure tactic of skipping overtime hours
Quebec’s largest nurses’ union cannot go forward with its plan to forego working overtime hours later this week, the province’s labour tribunal has ruled. The Fédération […]
Quebec court greenlights temporary foreign worker class action on closed permits
Quebec’s Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit involving temporary foreign workers who are suing the federal government over work permits that bind them to […]
Quebec pilot project will determine if public health insurance will cover Ozempic for obesity
Quebec will conduct a pilot project to test whether the public health insurance system should cover the use of Ozempic and other weight-loss drugs to […]
The race is on to save Quebec’s elusive, rare spring salamander
Conservation groups in Quebec are trying to save a rare, endangered salamander before it’s too late. But the first step is finding the reclusive amphibian. […]
Montreal police find missing 79-year-old man
Montreal·Updated Robert Albert, 79, was last seen Saturday morning in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough. Man had last seen Saturday in the Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough CBC […]
Montreal police searching for missing 79-year-old man
Montreal police are asking the public for help in locating a 79-year-old man who has been reported missing. Robert Albert was last seen Saturday morning […]
Number of Quebecers without stable housing unchanged 2 months after moving day
Two months after moving day in Quebec, the number of households still without a lease or receiving assistance has not budged. Typically, July 1 marks […]
Mixed reaction from Montreal bars, restaurants as Quebec moves to curb excessive tipping
Julia Dougall-Picard swings into action when customers settle in for lunch at Frite Alors in Montreal’s downtown Quartier Latin neighbourhood. The 20-year-old works as a […]
Montreal West Island’s 1st Pride event helps to heal past wounds
Theo Wouters was delighted to see how much things had changed in Pointe-Claire, Que., as residents gathered for the municipality’s first ever Pride event Saturday. […]