News/Canada/Montreal
Quebec military museum welcomes famous lost-and-found backpack to its collection
On Wednesday, the Royal 22nd Regiment Museum in Quebec City added an unassuming new item to its permanent collection: a Canadian soldier’s WW II...
Quebec judge overturns parts of federal, provincial laws on medically assisted dying
A Quebec Superior Court justice has declared parts of both the federal and provincial laws on medically assisted dying unconstitutional because they’re too...
Laval MP Eva Nassif ‘pushed out’ by Liberal Party, riding president says
Laval’s outgoing Liberal MP for the Vimy riding says she will be pulling out of politics before the upcoming election this fall. Eva Nassif bid...
The girl from the orphanage: A Montreal nurse’s quest to discover her past
Hannah Palmer only has vague memories of the small Haitian orphanage where she spent the first five years of her life. She recalls...
Transat shareholders approve Air Canada takeover, narrowing competition
Transat shareholders have approved Air Canada’s $720-million acquisition offer, a milestone on a twisting road toward a takeover. In a special meeting in Montreal...
Two school buses catch fire, students sent to hospital after collision in St-Eustache, Que.
The buses collided after the vehicle in front of them made a sudden stop on Highway 640 West in Saint-Eustache, Que. (Submitted by...
Civil rights groups seek appeal of judge’s refusal to freeze parts of Quebec’s religious symbols law
Opponents of the province’s religious symbols law held a news conference on the steps of the Quebec Court of Appeal on Tuesday morning...
Residents survey wreckage after Quebec hit by violent storm
Camping Horizon resident France Girard said things are generally all right in her home since it’s powered by a generator. (Lauren McCallum/CBC) Flipped...
Quebec premier shrugs off charge new religious symbols law makes Muslim women more vulnerable to racism
Quebec Premier François Legault described his government’s religious symbols law as a moderate response to the concerns of a majority of the province’s...
Personal data of 2.7 million people leaked from Desjardins
Guy Cormier, president and CEO of Desjardins Group, announced Thursday that an employee improperly accessed and shared the information of 2.7 million individuals...
François Legault defends decision to quash debate over immigration, religious symbols bills
Quebec Premier François Legault had pledged to pass both the immigration and secularism bills by the end of the parliamentary session. (Sylvain Roy...
Montreal man who killed wife with Alzheimer’s gets 2 years in jail
Michel Cadotte arrives at the courthouse for his sentencing in Montreal on Tuesday. (Paul Chiasson/Canadian Press) A Montreal man has been sentenced to...
Pilot lost control on takeoff, TSB concludes after deadly crash in Quebec’s Lanaudière region
Provincial police received a call about the crash just after 8 p.m. (Stéphane Grégoire/Radio-Canada) The Transportation Safety Board of Canada (TSB) said an...
Secretly filmed by boyfriend for years, Montreal-area woman says ‘it felt like the end of the world’
Melissa, right, speaks with CBC journalist Sarah Leavitt about discovering she and her children were secretly being filmed, and how her now-former boyfriend...
126 cases and 0 criminal charges: Is Quebec’s police watchdog doing its job?
Cesur and June Celik pose with a picture of their son, Koray, who died following an altercation with police in 2017. (Kate McKenna/CBC)...
Quebec conspiracy theorist, who believes 9/11 was a false flag operation, to run for Maxime Bernier’s party
Ken Pereira co-hosts a YouTube channel that advances conspiracy theories, including one that claims an international ring of pedophiles has infiltrated governments and...
