News/Canada/Montreal (Page 13)

Montreal A Quebec company and organization are teaming up to gift a single mother of four an adapted vehicle for her son who has severe disabilities. Adapted vehicle can cost upward of $20K, says disability advocateCBC News · Posted: Jan 08, 2025 4:00 AM EST | Last Updated: January 8Continue Reading

Ten years ago, Jean-François Lisée predicted that Quebec’s independence movement would be reborn. “It could rise again given the right circumstances,” he said in 2015. “What could trigger it, I cannot say.” Three years later, as leader of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois, Lisée lost his riding and saw his partyContinue Reading

Steve Guimond may not have grown up in Quebec City, but 10 years after his move from Montreal, he knows his routes around the city much like a local taxi driver. Cranking up the heat in the car he uses as his office on a late November morning, Guimond rollsContinue 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. When Joan Kirton was around 13 years old, she would ignite her mother’s irritation, taking fabric from her sister — a dressmaker — toContinue Reading

Montreal Mégane Fortin’s passion for painting started when she was just five years old. More than 10 years later, she’s selling her paintings to buyers across the world and participating in international art fairs. Mégane Fortin showcased her work in New York, Los Angeles and Miami during art week RachelContinue Reading

Montreal Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet is contemplating changing the law to grant the government more authority to intervene in labour disputes. Jean Boulet inspired by federal legislation, which has been used to end work stoppagesCBC News · Posted: Dec 24, 2024 9:06 AM EST | Last Updated: December 24 Labour MinisterContinue Reading

Montreal On Saturday, a car rammed into a Montreal jewelry store and masked robbers carrying weapons burst in. The situation escalated when the owner fought to protect his business. Surveillance footage shows car plowing into store, masked robbers bursting inCBC News · Posted: Dec 23, 2024 9:22 AM EST |Continue Reading

Montreal Indigenous leaders, environmental groups and experts say the province isn’t being transparent as it tries to modernize the forestry sector. They worry logging companies will have too much sway over what forest gets cut. Province decried for lack of transparency by Indigenous leaders, environmental groups Benjamin Shingler · CBCContinue Reading

Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante acknowledged the new space was not a “perfect solution” but said it was a “humanitarian” one. She called on the province to do more to help. Rooms lined with plastic Muskoka chairs an ‘imperfect solution’ to homelessness crisis, mayor admits Benjamin Shingler · CBC News ·Continue Reading