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Quebec towns protecting right to serve residents in English after new language law
A bilingual sign for City Hall is shown in the city of Westmount, on the island of Montreal, Friday, Aug. 5, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes.
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Judge suspends two articles of Quebec’s new language law regarding legal translations
People take part in a protest against Bill 96 in Montreal on May 26, 2022. A Quebec Superior Court judge has temporarily struck down two articles of the province's new language law, saying they could prevent some English-speaking organizations from accessing justice through the courts. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Legault promises more affordable housing ahead of fall election campaign
Quebec Premier and Coalition Avenir Quebec leader Francois Legault speaks at the nomination meeting of Martine Biron, candidate at the Chutes-de-la-Chaudiere riding for the CAQ, Wednesday, August 10, 2022 in Levis, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Police reopen investigation into sexual assault allegation against Olympiques players
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Telus seeks CRTC approval to charge customers a fee for credit card payments
A woman walks in front of the Telus head office is shown in Toronto on Thursday, February 11, 2021. Telus Corp. wants to pass on credit card fees to customers, and plans to tack on a 1.5 per cent "processing fee" starting this fall. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Frank Gunn
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Quebec smelter asked to cut arsenic emissions to five times provincial norm
Horne copper smelter in Quebec. handout
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Quebec rejects request to send army to northern region facing health worker shortage
The village of Inukjuak is seen on the shore of Hudson Bay Thursday, May 12, 2022 in Inukjuak, Que. Quebec's Health Department says it has rejected to request for the army in the province's northern region of Nunavik to handle a health care workers shortage. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Quebec’s religious minorities feel less safe, hopeful due to secularism law, survey suggests
People rally against Quebec’s Bill 21, which prohibits some public sector workers from wearing religious symbols at work, after a teacher was removed from her position because she wears a hijab, in Chelsea, Que., on Tuesday, Dec. 14, 2021. A new survey has found that religious minorities in Quebec are feeling less safe, less accepted and less hopeful since the province passed its secularism law three years ago.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Justin Tang
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Quebec’s chief coroner calls inquest into last week’s three Montreal shooting deaths
A Surete du Quebec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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As more Canadians choose common-law relationships, experts urge estate planning
A couple holds hands as they walk along the West Toronto Railpath during Sunday, May 23, 2021. A new tranche of census data shows Canadians are increasingly likely to live in common-law partnerships rather than officially tying the knot. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Tijana Martin
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Quebec’s nursing homes are betting big on the ‘Green House’ model of long-term care. Will it work, and could the rest of Canada follow?
theatre & performance
Amid acute physician shortages, La grande séduction is once again in hot demand - in stage adaptations
The Cast of Tell Tale Harbour
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Northern Quebec justice system needs to adapt to local culture, improve access to courts, report says
The village of Inukjuak is seen on the shore of Hudson Bay Thursday, May 12, 2022 in Inukjuak, Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Quebec to begin new COVID-19 vaccination booster drive in mid-August
The Pfizer-BioNTech vaccine is prepared at the Palais des Congres, as efforts continue to help slow the spread of the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Montreal, Quebec, Canada March 15, 2021. REUTERS/Andrej Ivanov
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Death of seals in Quebec linked to highly pathogenic avian flu
Rocky, an endangered Hawaiian monk seal, rests on a beach with her young pup on Monday, July 25, 2022 in Honolulu. A swimmer was injured Sunday, July 24, after encountering the mother and pup in the water. The Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources said in a statement that the victim is a 60-year-old elementary school teacher from California. The woman received lacerations to her face, arm and back, the agency said. Monk seals can be aggressive and territorial when nursing and officials warn people to stay away from the animals. (Craig T. Kojima/Honolulu Star-Advertiser via AP)
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Quebec anglophones, feeling forsaken by the Liberals, weigh their options
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Front-runners flex muscle in national U-17, U-15 boys’ basketball championships
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Quebec police find body in burned-out home northeast of Montreal, two people arrested
Quebec provincial police say two people are dead and 10 injured after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 30, south of Montreal. A Sûreté du Québec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Federal Conservatives say they have 678,708 members, record for a Canadian political party
A woman cleans the stage at Conservative leader Erin O'Toole's election night headquarters during the Canadian federal election in Oshawa, Ont., on September 20, 2021. The Conservatives have confirmed about 675,000 members signed up to vote for a new leader, a staggering number that the Tories believe sets an all-time record for any federal political party. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Pope Francis arrives in Quebec City
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With Resolute deal, Canada’s forest sector shows it can still attract investors – just not enough domestic ones
Konrad Yakabuski
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As kids under five start getting COVID-19 vaccines, Quebec urged to change messaging
A man walks by a sign for a COVID-19 testing centre in Montreal, Sunday, Oct. 10, 2021, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada and around the world. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Canadiens forward Paul Byron helps save pilot after weekend floatplane crash in Quebec
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Quebec to open COVID-19 vaccination appointments for children aged 6 months to 5 years old
A vaccine dose is drawn out at a COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kingston, Ont. on Sunday, January 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Lars Hagberg
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Girl, 14, drowns at water park in Quebec’s Laurentians region
The Saint-Eustache hospital is seen Friday, July 31, 2020 in Saint-Eustache, Que. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Pope Francis to carry mass at one of Quebec’s basilicas, Indigenous pilgrim site
A congregation gathers in Sainte-Anne-de-Beaupre Basilica, northeast of Quebec City, on August 15, 2010. The first Quebec mass amid Pope Francis's weeklong trip to Canada to make amend with First Nations, Métis and Inuit communities is set to take place in the renowned pilgrimage site that merges Indigenous culture and Catholicism. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Francis Vachon
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Heat warnings remain in effect throughout Eastern Canada heading into weekend
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Quebec comedian Philippe Bond to stop performing amid sexual misconduct allegations
Philippe Bond arrives at the Olivier awards gala in Montreal, Sunday, May 13, 2012. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Quebec COVID-19 hospitalizations nearing plateau, public health director says
Quebec Premier Francois Legault answers a question during a press conference on the second day of the summer meeting of the Canada's Premiers in Victoria, B.C., on Tuesday, July 12, 2022 THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chad Hipolito
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Quebec provincial police’s expanded cold case squad has yet to solve a murder
Quebec provincial police say two people are dead and 10 injured after a multi-vehicle crash on Highway 30, south of Montreal. A Sûreté du Québec police car is seen in Montreal on Wednesday, July 22, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Inquest ordered into 2019 killing of Montreal woman and her two sons
Quebec's provincial flag flies on a flagpole in Ottawa on June 30, 2020. Quebec's chief coroner is ordering a public inquest into the 2019 killing of a Montreal woman and her two children. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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COVID-19 hospitalizations in Quebec rise above 2,000 for first time since May
An ambulance is shown outside a hospital in Montreal, Saturday, Jan. 15, 2022, as the COVID-19 pandemic continues in Canada. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes
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Longueuil, Que., approves crossbow hunt to control deer population in local park
A deer is seen at the Michel-Chartrand Park in Longueuil, Que., Friday, November 13, 2020.A city south of Montreal is planning a controlled hunt to kill most of the deer living in a local park after its population jumped by almost 50 per cent over the last year. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Paul Chiasson
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Early rise for those attending Pope’s mass near Quebec City during Canadian visit
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Hundreds of cases postponed over shortage of judges in Quebec’s Nunavik region