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Man suspected in death of Quebec police officer had history of mental-health issues
Police tape cordons off the scene after a Quebec provincial police officer was killed while trying to arrest a man in Louiseville, Que., Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Nine-year-old Quebec girl dies after snow fort collapses behind residence
A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Quebec police say third man dies after pedestrians struck by truck last week
Police officers investigate the scene in Amqui, Que., Tuesday, March 14, 2023. Provincial police say a third person has died in connection with an incident in an eastern Quebec town one week ago when a pickup truck crashed into pedestrians, striking 11 people. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Collision in Quebec between minivan and truck leaves two dead, four injured
A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. A 12-year-old girl and a man in his 40s died on Wednesday after a head-on collision between a minivan and a heavy truck in Quebec's Chaudière-Appalaches region. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Quebec hockey referee arrested for allegedly assaulting young player at end of match
A Quebec City police badge is seen in Quebec City, Friday, Dec. 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Professors begin indefinite general strike at Université Laval
The north entrance at Universite Laval is shown on Wednesday, October 19, 2016 in Quebec City. An unlimited general strike is underway at Université Laval where nearly 1,300 professors are now off the job at the Quebec City institution. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Number of temporary foreign workers in Quebec on the rise, labour minister says
Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet speaks during a news conference in Montreal, Sunday, March, 21, 2021. Boulet says he is concerned about the economic repercussions of a strike involving 2,500 ArcelorMittal workers announced Monday evening. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Quebec major junior hockey to introduce ‘locker room code’ to prevent violent hazing
Quebec Junior Major Hockey League president Gilles Courteau testifies at a legislature committee studying initiations in junior teams, at the legislature in Quebec City, Wednesday, Feb. 22, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec tables legislation to allow advance requests for medical assistance in dying
Quebec Minister for Health and for Seniors Sonia Belanger tables a legislation on end of life care and assisted death, Thursday, February 16, 2023 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Ukrainian Peewees advance with 2-0 win over Romania
CORRECTS UKRAINE GOALIE NAME TO DMYTRO KORZH Ukraine peewee team goalie Dmytro Korzh, left, celebrates his team's victory by holding the Ukraine flag as Boston Junior Bruins Patrick Fennell and Brendan O'Toole skate by at the end of the game, Saturday, February 11, 2023 at Quebec’s international peewee tournament in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Ukrainian preteen refugee hockey team arrives in Quebec City for tournament
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Ceremony marks sixth anniversary of murders of six Muslim men at Quebec City mosque
People hold pictures of the victims at a vigil to commemorate the one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque shooting, in Quebec City, Monday, Jan. 29, 2018. A ceremony will be held this evening to mark the sixth anniversary of Quebec City's deadly mosque shooting. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Ex-PQ legislator Harold LeBel sentenced to eight months in jail for sex assault
Former Parti Quebecois MNA Harold LeBel walks to the courtroom after a break at the courthouse, in Rimouski, Que., Monday, Nov. 14, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Team of Ukrainian preteen refugees to play in renowned Quebec City hockey tournament
Evgheniy Pysarenko (left) is pictured with some of the young Ukrainian kids during a team bonding activity around Christmas 2022 in Romania. The 11- and 12-year-old kids who have been displaced by the war in Ukraine will travel to Canada to participate at the Quebec Peewee International Hockey Tournament next month thanks to the efforts of a Quebec City businessman. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO- Evgheniy Pysarenko **MANDATORY CREDIT**
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Warm weather postpones Quebec’s snowboard cross World Cup
World Cup snowboard cross in Mont-Sainte-Anne, Que., has been postponed because of warm temperatures and lack of snow. Canada's Eliot Grondin celebrates his silver medal in men's snowboard cross at the 2022 Beijing Winter Olympics in Zhangjiakou, China on Thursday, February 10, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Quebec anticorruption squad kept busy this year investigating fake COVID-19 vaccine passports
Quebec's anti-corruption unit (UPAC) commissary Frederick Gaudreau unveils his annual report, Tuesday, December 20, 2022 in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec man guilty of murdering young sons in October 2020, sentenced to life in jail
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Eastern Quebec bus crash kills two people, leaves eight in hospital
Quebec Provincial Police headquarters is seen Wednesday, April 17, 2019 in Montreal. Quebec provincial police say two more people from Ontario have been arrested in the brazen killing of a Quebec man inside a busy restaurant in June. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Quebec City mosque that was targeted by gunman wants firearms-control bill adopted
A Quebec flag with the word "Open" written on it is shown in remembrance of six victims of a shooting at mosque during a vigil in Quebec City on January 30, 2017. Events are being held Wednesday in Quebec City to mark the third anniversary of the deadly mosque shooting that claimed six lives. Organizers from the citizens group "We remember January 29" said the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre where the killings occurred will open its doors to the community this afternoon, with a dinner and speeches later at an area church. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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François Legault to unveil cabinet on Oct. 20, Quebec parties to be sworn in next week
Quebec Premier François Legault responds during question period Thursday, Dec. 9, 2021, at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Commuter tunnel a sign of Quebec’s complicated environmental record
The cruise ship Zaandam is docked at the Port of Quebec, Friday, September 2, 2022 in Quebec City. A drilling rig surveys the underground for the future project of a tunnel between Levis and Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec election: CAQ wants to make Quebec City province’s ‘second metropolis’
Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault speaks at a news conference, Friday, September 9, 2022 in Quebec City. CAQ candidate Genevieve Guilbault, left, looks on. Quebecers are going to the polls for a general election on Oct. 3. THE CANADIAN PRESS / Jacques Boissinot
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CAQ proposes two private medical centres to ease hospital strain ahead of Quebec election
Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault speaks at the nomination meeting of Martine Biron, candidate at the Chutes-de-la-Chaudiere riding for the CAQ, Wednesday, Aug. 10, 2022, in Lévis, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Quebec election campaign begins as CAQ holds commanding lead in polls
Quebec Premier Francois Legault smiles while visiting a cheesecake shop Tuesday, May 17, 2022 in Laval, Quebec. The Quebec provincial election campaign is set to officially begin today, giving party leaders about five weeks win over voters ahead of the Oct. 3 vote. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Morning Update: Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet accused of sexual assault in class-action lawsuit
Canadian cardinal Marc Ouellet leads a mass at the Santa Maria in Traspontina church in Rome, March 10, 2013. (Photo by FILIPPO MONTEFORTE/AFP via Getty Images)
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Police reopen investigation into sexual assault allegation against Olympiques players
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Indigenous survivors look to move past anger after papal visit
A group holds a banner with names of residential children after Pope Francis apologizes for the Roman Catholic Church’s role in the residential school system, in Maskwacis, Alta., during his papal visit across Canada on Monday, July 25, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jason Franson
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Pope Francis holds second mass amid calls for broader residential school apology
Pope Francis goes to pray by the remains of Saint Francois De Laval after presiding over a vespers service at the Cathedral-Basilica of Notre Dame de Quebec, Thursday, July 28, 2022, in Quebec City, Quebec. Pope Francis is on a "penitential" six-day visit to Canada to beg forgiveness from survivors of the country's residential schools, where Catholic missionaries contributed to the "cultural genocide" of generations of Indigenous children by trying to stamp out their languages, cultures and traditions. (AP Photo/John Locher)
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Pope Francis renews his residential schools apology in Quebec
Pope Francis and Governor General of Canada Mary Simon attend a meeting with civil authorities, representatives of indigenous peoples and members of the diplomatic corps at the Citadelle in Quebec City, Canada July 27, 2022. Vatican Media/Handout via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE WAS PROVIDED BY A THIRD PARTY.
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Pope’s message of investigation into residential school abuse a ‘lost in translation’ moment, Vatican clarifies
Pope Francis and Gov. Gen. Mary Simon arrive at the Citadelle during his papal visit across Canada in Quebec City on Wednesday, July 27, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Nathan Denette
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Visit by Pope Francis to Canada: Here’s what happened on July 26
Pope Francis blesses the crowd with holy water after performing the pilgrimage to Lac St Anne, Alta on July 26, 2022.
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Visit by Pope Francis to Canada: Here’s what happened on July 25
Sipihko, A Cree woman, weeps after she finished singing O Canada in Cree to Pope Francis at Maskwacis on July 25, 2022.
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Early rise for those attending Pope’s mass near Quebec City during Canadian visit
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Quebec City residents asked to avoid unnecessary trips to five swamped ERs amid staff shortages
An emergency department sign is shown at a hospital in Montreal, Sunday, Jan. 3, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Early rise for those attending Pope’s mass near Quebec City during Canadian visit
Pope Francis delivers his blessing as he recites the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St.Peter's Square, at the Vatican, Sunday, July 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Andrew Medichini)
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Famous Quebec City club accused of kicking out patrons for being ‘too homosexual’
Quebec's provincial flag flies in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld