News/Canada/Montreal (Page 36)

Montreal Quebec passed a law that will limit and eventually phase out the use of private health agencies. The agencies say patients will suffer, so they’re fighting the law in court. Agencies say their nurses and other health-care workers provide an essential service Steve Rukavina · CBC News · Posted:Continue Reading

Montreal Pro-Palestinian and pro-Israel protesters are facing off at McGill’s downtown Montreal campus, with police officers in riot gear standing nearby to keep the two sides away from each other. Quebec premier weighs in, says police should dismantle encampment A group of pro-Israel protesters have set up outside the RoddickContinue Reading

Montreal A Quebec Superior Court judge has ruled against an injunction request that would have forced protesters at the pro-Palestinian encampment site in front of McGill University to leave and banned other protests near university buildings. Ruling proves that ‘fights for equality and justice always prevail,’ protester says A manContinue Reading

Montreal The Quebec government announced Tuesday a $59.5-million bid to safeguard Charlevoix’s boreal caribou and the Gaspésie mountain caribou. $60M will help protect Charlevoix’s boreal caribou and the Gaspésie mountain caribouCBC News · Posted: May 01, 2024 8:30 AM EDT | Last Updated: 1 hour ago The regional projects coverContinue Reading

Montreal Candida Macarine’s family only learned the full circumstances of her 2021 death after reading a CBC News story. The family says Lakeshore General Hospital was negligent and tried to cover it up. Now they’ve launched a lawsuit. Lawsuit alleges Candida Macarine was ‘gravely neglected’ the night she died SteveContinue Reading

Montreal·Analysis As Ottawa restricts the number of temporary foreign workers, some experts say the government should be focusing on improving the lot of those who choose to come here. Impact on economy unclear, as advocates seek a path for permanent status Joe Bongiorno · CBC News · Posted: Apr 30,Continue Reading

Montreal In a statement published Monday, the university’s media relations office said the situation with protesters on campus “shifted significantly.” University officials allege protesters used ‘antisemitic language and intimidating behaviour’ By Monday morning, the group of people gathered on McGill campus had grown. (Christinne Muschi/The Canadian Press)University officials said Monday thatContinue Reading

Montreal Quebec singer-songwriter Jean-Pierre Ferland has died at the age of 89, leaving behind a vast musical legacy that included 450 songs and some 30 albums. The songster left behind a large musical legacyCBC News · Posted: Apr 28, 2024 1:24 PM EDT | Last Updated: 2 hours ago QuebecContinue Reading

Montreal Several tents have gone up on McGill’s downtown campus in what students are calling an act of solidarity with the Palestinian cause, joining a wave of similar protests taking place across U.S. campuses amid the ongoing Israel-Hamas war. Protesters demand universities divest from Israel-connected funds The encampment was set up aroundContinue Reading