Protesters storm Montreal university, gang up on students in class
Protesters stormed into a university, many of them with their faces covered by masks, and worked through the hallways Wednesday on the hunt for classes to disrupt.
Montreal in the spotlight as nationwide mask ban looms
The mask ban could become law nationwide within months
Quebec law would bar minors from tanning in salons
Proposed legislation intended to curb rise of deadly skin cancer
Quebec gets ready to play hardball with student protesters
New Education Minister begins fresh talks with student leaders as Premier rallies support for a stronger enforcement of court injunctions to open schools
Tuition Protests
Quebec assures students it won't adopt special law to force settlement
"We cannot say that the impasse has been overcome. The Minister told us the decision will be taken by the cabinet (on Wednesday)," said Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, the spokesperson for the more militant student-union coalition known as CLASSE.
Globe Editorial
Charest should not back down
The student demonstrators are trying to intimidate the government
Riot cops, protesters clash as authorities work to open blocked Quebec school
The provincial riot squad fired chemical irritants at about 100 protesters who refused to move while blocking the entrance of a junior college north of Montreal
Sherbrooke, Que. residents warned to watch for blood-filled syringes in retail clothing
Shoppers in Sherbrooke, Que., are being urged to be careful when they try on clothing in local stores because they could be jabbed by a blood-filled syringe.
Education minister's exit leaves Charest holding the bag
Despite a hard line on student protesters, Quebec Premier has had little success in ending 14-week standoff as violence escalates
Accused Montreal metro smoke-bombers detained; bail hearings delayed
The bail hearings for four facing charges including spreading fear of terrorism have been postponed until May 23
Crunching Numbers
With students in streets, Charest faces tough slog with PQ in polls
Liberals in neck-and-neck battle with Parti Québécois, with seat projection putting Marois in minority territory
Federal stimulus cash went to firms implicated in Quebec scandals
Companies tied to criminal charges received contracts under multibillion-dollar federal-provincial infrastructure plan
Lysiane Gagnon
Charest has failed Quebec's universities
His attempts at appeasing the students will hurt these tragically underfunded institutions
Montreal smoke-bomb suspects charged with inciting fear of terrorism
A man and three women turned themselves in to authorities Friday; smoke-bomb attacks crippled Montreal’s subway system the day before
Charismatic Quebec student spokesman ‘in a tough position’
Facing down accusations that he’s turning his movement into a one-man show, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois also risks seeing the protest taken over by far more radical forces
Retired judge accused of killing wife weeps in court
Stroke victim not depressed and hadn’t voiced suicidal thoughts, caregiver testifies
Missing plane found near Peterborough, pilot dead
Plane was reported missing on Monday and found in the Ganaraska Forest in southern Ontario
MP QUESTIONING
Old Port of Montreal CEO unapologetic over trip expenses
Claude Benoit defends costs in front of parliamentary committee
Judge accused of killing wife didn't want police searching house, trial hears
A Quebec City police officer, told the trial today that Jacques Delisle protested upon hearing about plans to search the house
Police on the hunt for smoke bombs suspects after Montreal subway attack
The city is dealing with unwieldy protests over a tuition hike, but police have not laid blame on anyone for the transit disruption
Ex-judge accused of shooting wife asked she not be revived, court told
He claimed suicide was her last wish, but court hears gun powder in her hand arouses murder suspicion
Former Quebec politician falsely tweets Margaret Thatcher’s death
Report of former British prime minister’s death comes from fake Carla Bruni Twitter account
Federal Tories tied to Quebec companies accused of corruption
A Canadian Press investigation reveals that in 2009 both Liberal and Conservative candidates received large donations from Quebec companies now mired in corruption inquiry
Police arrest dozens in debit, credit card scam
International operation has links to England, Tunisia, Malaysia, New Zealand
JEFFREY SIMPSON
University quality was forgotten in Quebec’s drama
The Charest government set out to fill some of the higher-education funding gap, but in the end made matters worse
Quebec judge accused of killing wife had a mistress, court hears
Believed to be the first time a Canadian judge has faced such serious charges.
Quebec students rejecting tuition-fee deal
Community colleges hit hard as chaos seen in course completion and employment eligibility for some
Mexican authorities arrest five in slaying of B.C. woman and boyfriend
Three more suspects still wanted; UBC grad student Carmen Ximena Osegueda was killed for vehicle, bank cards in Oaxaca last December
Deal to end Quebec tuition-fee crisis unravelling
Education Minister’s comments lead student leaders to demand clarification as rejection votes for tentative deal pile up
Q&A
Face of Quebec’s student protest surprised by its power
Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois, who has become Quebec Premier Jean Charest’s chief antagonist in his attempt to raise tuition fees, believes the protests could have global implications
Globe Editorial
Charest is right to meet students halfway
Despite a compromise with students on tuition increases, Premier Jean Charest has succeeded in sending a message that Quebec’s social entitlements will not last forever
STUDENT PROTESTS
Quebec tuition deal in jeopardy as student groups vote to reject agreement
At least seven protests are planned throughout the province
Crunching Numbers
How would Harper fare in a French-style run-off election?
Second-choice polling data from 2011 election suggests Tories would have been held to minority, with NDP and Liberals in position to form coalition majority
Lysiane Gagnon
They’re students – and born leaders
They look like every parent’s dream but brought Quebec’s postsecondary world to the brink of anarchy
Charest rules out spring election after reaching a deal with striking students
Quebec Premier Jean Charest is ruling out a spring election after striking a tentative deal with students over tuition fee hikes
Backbencher’s bill on masked protesters gets Conservative backing
The legislation is supposed to give law enforcement the power to prevent riots, but civil libertarians are concerned police could break up peaceful protests
Quebec raises tuition, but students won’t pay more in tentative deal
Quebec students and the provincial government reached a tentative agreement Saturday over university tuition-fee increases
Student riot in Quebec leads to more than 100 arrests
At least nine people injured during anti-tuition-hike protests at Liberal convention
Our Time to Lead
How networking helped prevent an immigrant brain drain in Nova Scotia
A program started in Halifax connects newcomers with professionals in their field
Quebec government to meet with students in emergency meeting
The meeting, slated for Friday afternoon, comes after 12 weeks of walkouts and a semester at risk
Quebec man faces manslaughter charges after shooting death of toddler
Shooting that killed two-year-old may have been accidental, but investigation underway
Debate
Quebec students: Legitimate strikers or self-absorbed brats?
As Quebec's months-long student strike drags on, two Canadian columnists argue the strikers' legitimacy
PIERRE MARTIN
Spoiled Kids? Hardly
Canadians outside Quebec are shocked at the students’ reaction to the proposed tuition hike because they assume Quebec students are spoiled kids
Quebec students strip down for tuition protest
Some Quebec students were baring it all – or close to it – in their anti-tuition fight.
Ex-Quebec cabinet minister, facing fraud charges, quits politics
An embattled former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister, charged with fraud and awaiting trial, announced Thursday that he is quitting politics.
LEGISLATION
Zero-alcohol laws gaining ground in Canada; do they work for young drivers?
Half of Canada's provinces now have a zero-alcohol policy for young drivers, with Quebec becoming the fifth to join in on no-alcohol legislation along with Manitoba, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario.
HENRY MINTZBERG
An appeal to reason to Quebec’s self-absorbed students
Were the protesters to stop and think, they’d realize how much they owe the people who are paying for their education
Perfect storm of public anger rattles Charest Liberals
Corruption allegations, student strike in Montreal make it less likely that Premier will call a spring election
SPORTS
FIFA considering sports hijab created by Montreal woman
Elham Seyed Javad is on a mission to help Muslims on the soccer field
Montreal cab driver charged in alleged hit-and-run granted bail
The alleged hit-and-run was caught on camera, and the video is making the rounds online
Former PQ premier Bouchard wades into Quebec tuition debate
Bouchard signs a public letter, agreeing tuition increases are needed
Ross Finnie and Richard Mueller
Tuition isn’t the problem
Cultural issues are putting university out of reach, not fees. Access is about much more than money
Fault lines emerge between Quebec protesters’ moderates, radicals
Masked demonstrators interrupt student leaders’ May Day news conference, raising concerns that negotiating with a united front is even possible
Student leaders heckled at Quebec news conference by more hardline protesters
There were masked demonstrators disrupting a news conference today held by the province's more moderate student groups.
Protests
Meet Quebec's silent majority of students: the two-thirds quietly completing class
Roughly two-thirds of Quebec students are not on a declared strike from their classrooms, are not necessarily participating in daily marches against tuition hikes, and not getting the attention of the national and international media.
MARGARET WENTE
Quebec’s university students are in for a shock
They’re the baristas of tomorrow and they don’t even know it, because the adults in their lives have sheltered them and encouraged their mass flight from reality
G20 Protests
Appeals court upholds ruling that spares G20 protester from jail time
Ontario’s highest court rules a judge’s decision to spare Montreal activist Jaggi Singh from a jail sentence for inciting vandalism before the G20 protests in Toronto was reasonable
Education
Quebec’s '50 cents a day' tuition hike claim not working on students
Student groups looking to make counter proposal in attempt to end three-month long conflict
MORAL CORRUPTION CHARGES
Montreal artist fights legal battle over ‘obscene’ make-believe horrors
The drive to disgust audiences has landed Remy Couture in more than three years of trouble with law enforcement.
Charges laid against Montreal cabbie who allegedly ran over pedestrian
Disturbing images are circulating on the Internet, showing a man apparently being run over by a taxi cab in Montreal.
No end in sight as powerful Quebec student group shoots down Charest's offer
The C.L.A.S.S.E. student federation voted this morning against Mr. Charest's proposal to stretch the tuition increase over seven years instead of five
Odds slim for Charest’s offer on tuition fees as student protests carry on
Quebec Premier offers to spread $1,625 increase in tuition over seven years, but protests against the measure are still due to go ahead this weekend
ANIMALS
Circus lion, tiger and elephant all safe after Quebec truck fire
Vehicle transporting circus animals is all but completely destroyed in blaze north of Quebec City
World takes notice as Quebec's student protesters march on
The province’s student protests have received coverage as far away as Australia, with overseas activists framing the debate as part of a larger historic fight
Quebec students likely to reject Charest’s tuition offer
The Charest government offered Friday to spread the tuition hikes over seven years instead of five and increase the province's bursary program
JEFFREY SIMPSON
In the provinces, restraint without the hard edge
Governments of every stripe are cutting, but there’s little to suggest they share the federal Conservatives’ agenda
Profile
The faces of the Quebec education protests
Léo Bureau-Blouin, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Martine Desjardins are at the fore of the movement
Charest’s modest student proposal a possible election precursor
Student leaders say offer unlikely to stem activism, but Premier’s move mostly aimed at wider Quebec public as speculation of return to polls hits fever pitch
REVIVAL
Moncton on top after surviving recession, government austerity
City has lured small business, 5,000 new jobs in four years
Patrick Lagacé
Quebec is no Egypt: Why the student protests are not a revolution
For the last two months, Montreal has been more or less a battlefield between police and student protesters, who are on strike to protest a 75 per cent tuition hike, with three to four rallies per day
RCMP must submit Montreal Mafia evidence to corruption inquiry: judge
Less than one per cent of massive cache of wiretaps and more than 1.5 million taped conversations have been disclosed so far
Charest offers tuition compromise in face of protests
Quebec Premier willing to phase in the $1,625 increase over seven years instead of five
Comment
Numbers aren’t with students – and Quebec shouldn’t be either
If Charest blinks and lets a small but vocal group win through intimidation and violence, then the province may as well admit defeat on its broader fiscal challenges
War Crimes
From Nazi to beekeeper? Accused war criminal living quiet life in Quebec
Jewish human-rights organization insists cordial 91-year-old beekeeper is of the world's most-wanted Nazi war criminals
Anger mounts over Quebec student crisis
Polls show record disapproval toward the government, with voters criticizing Jean Charest’s handling of Montreal’s tuition strike issue
MARGARET WENTE
Michael Ignatieff was right about Quebec
The former Liberal leader’s advice to the U.K. is to do what Canada did – acknowledge Scotland’s aspirations and devolve power to keep them in. He got in trouble for understanding where that could lead
Quebec students stage new protests after tuition talks fail
For three days, there was the faintest sign of potential that Quebec's student unrest might find an imminent and peaceful resolution.
Fury mounts as talks over Quebec university fee hikes collapse
Students say Education Minister resembles a ‘schoolteacher handing out punishments’ after imposing unilateral exclusion
Talks break off between Quebec and student groups
After vandalism and violence, negotiations break down between students and Quebec government.
JEFFREY SIMPSON
Quebec has replaced Alberta at the margins
When Stephen Harper first took office, he tried to woo Quebeckers. Now he just doesn’t care
SOVEREIGNTY
Ignatieff insists remarks on Quebec were taken out of context
Former Liberal leader pens letter explaining that he opposes province’s separation from Canada
Aerospace industry worries as Tories backtrack on F-35 purchase
Auditor General’s criticism has led to a reassessment of $15-billion fighter jet deal
Amnesty International criticizes Quebec police over handling of tuition protests
The Canadian branch of the human-rights organization has asked the government to call for a toning down of police measures.
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
Quebec separation: Michael Ignatieff responds
Re A Year After Running For PM, Ignatieff Warns Of Quebec Separation (online, April 23):
ANTONIA MAIONI
Charest’s Marie Antoinette moment
Quebec’s Premier is not only allowing student unrest to fester, but he’s adding fuel to the fire with his ‘let them eat cake’ impression
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
Don't be naive on climate change, Norway’s former PM cautions Canada
Laissez-faire attitudes lead to environmental disasters, says Gro Harlem Brundtland
Ignatieff warns on Quebec but stresses his commitment to national unity
Less than a year after he asked Canadian voters to make him prime minister, Michael Ignatieff now warns that the country is drifting towards a breakup.
Student Protests
Quebec education minister calls for truce with students
Line Beauchamps meets with three associations in dispute over planned tuition-fee hike
Lysiane Gagnon
Affordable daycare pays off in many ways
The influx of women into the labour market was economically beneficial
At least 50 protesters arrested at Montreal conference
The demonstration comes a day after hundreds of protesters clashed with police outside the convention centre, ending in 17 arrests
CORRUPTION CHARGES
Small-town development fight in Quebec ends in mayor’s arrest
Residents of Mascouche, Que., fought for 11 years to save their small airport from Mayor Richard Marcotte
Legault unfazed by drop in CAQ support approaching party’s first convention
As the Coalition Avenir Québec holds its founding convention, it finds itself with the unexpected challenge of having to rebuild party support.
Quebec Premier jokes with business leaders as police beat back protesters
No end in sight to conflict as violence breaks out at Montreal’s convention centre
Patrick Lagacé
For Quebec, Canada's westward shift translates into ‘de facto separation'
Patrick Lagacé on the growing gap between Canada and its French-speaking province
Judge extends injunction to preserve long-gun registry in Quebec
Ruling keeps controversial federal program alive in the province until mid-June
Protesters clash with police as Quebec students’ grievances grow
Police among those injured as premier’s speech on northern prosperity plan delayed
Who’s who of organized crime populate Quebec’s Leclerc
Experts credit presence inside the jail of notorious Hells Angels biker gang with helping maintain a level of jailhouse calm
Corruption in Quebec widespread, watchdog says as probe expands
Quebec’s anti-corruption squad has no fewer than 16 investigations under way
Protests
150 arrested during escalating Quebec student protest
Increasingly nasty skirmishes in Quebec between police and student protesters resulted in 150 arrests in one spot Thursday, in a province filled with politically charged anti-tuition demonstrations.
