News/Canada/Montreal (Page 12)

Montreal Many Quebec snowbirds are putting their U.S. properties up for sale, no longer able to afford a U.S. lifestyle and spurred by a favourable exchange rate due to the loonie’s declining value. Many are selling their U.S. properties, migrating back north Hénia Ould-Hammou · CBC News · Posted: JanContinue Reading

Montreal Amazon has announced plans to close all of its Quebec facilities, laying off 1,700 permanent employees, months after workers in Laval, Que., made history by unionizing. Experts say the move could prompt legal challenges under Quebec labour laws. Decision to close Quebec facilities could lead to legal challenges underContinue Reading

CBC Quebec is highlighting people from the province’s Black communities who are giving back, inspiring others and helping to shape our future. These are the 2024 Black Changemakers. (DestaNation Creative Agency)Walking to a bus stop from the studio they rent in downtown Montreal, FrankieB Lambert stares down at the GPSContinue Reading

Montreal François-Philippe Champagne, the federal industry minister, is calling for a review of Ottawa’s “business relationship” with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. ‘I’m not going to tell them what I’m going to do in advance,’ says industry minister Anja KaradeglijaContinue Reading

Montreal The Supreme Court of Canada has agreed to hear a court challenge against Quebec’s controversial secularism law, known as Bill 21.  Quebec says it will defend the law ‘until the end’ Matthew Lapierre · CBC News · Posted: Jan 23, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: 11 hours agoContinue Reading

Employees stunned by Amazon’s decision to close Quebec operations Amazon has announced it will close all of its operations in Quebec, resulting in nearly 2,000 people losing their jobs. The decision has some questioning the timing of the closure because one of the facilities had recently unionized. Amazon announced onContinue Reading

Montreal The RCMP have charged three men from Quebec with conspiracy for allegedly helping to smuggle people across the border into the United States. 3 men from Quebec facing charges of conspiracy to commit an offence in the U.S. Rachel Watts · CBC News · Posted: Jan 21, 2025 4:54 PMContinue Reading

The Quebec case of convicted murderer Levana Ballouz has sparked a tense debate about whether trans inmates should be allowed to choose whether they serve time in men’s or women’s prison based on their gender identity. A jury found Ballouz, a trans woman, guilty on Dec. 16 of fatally stabbing her partnerContinue Reading

At a diner 230 metres from a United States border station in Rouses Point, N.Y., near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle, Que., Brittany Swift sat with her 22-month-old toddler Milo and her 67-year-old father Keith Hollman on their way back from a ski trip to Quebec’s Mont-Tremblant. The trio ordered a club and some friesContinue Reading