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Montreal Five years after the pandemic began, Quebec’s curfew remains controversial — more than half the fines are unpaid, legal battles continue and health experts still debate whether the benefits outweighed the costs. 5 years after start of pandemic, unpaid fines, legal battles and lingering questions Benjamin Shingler · CBCContinue Reading

Montreal New Democrat MP Charlie Angus is calling for a countrywide consumer boycott of Amazon to protest the online retail giant’s closure of seven of its warehouses in Quebec. Decision to close Quebec facilities could lead to legal challenges under province’s labour lawsThe Canadian Press �· Posted: Feb 27, 2025Continue Reading

When a metal ladder fell and hit Somayeh Ahmadiseddigh in the head at work earlier this month, she was dizzy, nauseous and had trouble standing up. A colleague drove her to the hospital in Quebec City, but when she arrived, she was told it would cost $1,200 to see aContinue Reading

Montreal Montreal’s public transit agency sounded the alarm about the Metro being relied upon as a “last-resort shelter.” What can be done to improve the situation? Transit agency complains of serving as ‘last-resort shelter’ as data shows sharp increase in incidentsBenjamin Shingler · CBC News · Posted: Feb 24, 2025Continue Reading

Montreal Beloved community worker Leonora Indira King died unexpectedly at the end of December at 42. Members of Parc-Extension — the community she served over the last decade — are gathering Saturday to celebrate her life and legacy. King worked to uplift women with precarious immigration statuses, among others LeonoraContinue Reading

Montreal Jennifer Turcotte joined dozens of protesters outside Quebec’s National Assembly to call for the reduction of arsenic emissions at the Horne Smelter in Rouyn-Noranda, Que. She says her community has been dealing with fear for decades. ‘The people of Rouyn feel like they’ve been completely sacrificed,’ says Jennifer TurcotteContinue Reading

Montreal The first snowblower took to the streets of Montreal nearly 100 years ago. Tracing the history of snow clearing, from horses to the first snowblower Benjamin Shingler · CBC News · Posted: Feb 20, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: February 20 A snowblower by Montreal inventor ArthurContinue Reading

Mayada Ageeb has been holding protests in downtown Montreal every two weeks, calling for Quebec and Canada to do more to rescue the families of Sudanese Canadians from a war that has been raging for nearly two years and which has displaced more than 12 million people.  The situation inContinue Reading

U.S. president Donald Trump’s tariff threats and digs at Canadian sovereignty are forcing Canadian politicians of all stripes to adapt, and in Quebec, the opposition Parti Québécois is facing a particularly tough challenge. Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon has put Quebec independence front and centre, promising a referendum on sovereignty withinContinue Reading