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For Quebec woman with Alzheimer’s at 45, choice to request MAID in advance offers a sense of relief
Portrait of Sandra Demontigny, at her home in Lévis, a 45-year-old Quebec woman with early-onset Alzheimer's who has been campaigning for years in favour of advance requests for AD&D (allowing people with dementia to give their advance consent to AD&D before the disease renders them incapable of making the decision for themselves later). (10-23-2023) (Renaud Philippe / The Globe and Mail)
Ottawa set to green light high-speed passenger rail line between Quebec City and Toronto
A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018. A fast-tracked plan to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is set to mark the start of construction. Brightline West and U.S. transportation secretary and other officials projecting that millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Montreal to shed city hall welcome sign that includes woman wearing hijab
The City of Montreal has decided to remove a welcome sign at city hall with a image of a woman wearing a hijab, because it has become controversial. The sign is shown on Monday, Oct.28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giuseppe Valiante
Quebec’s head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at Montreal detention facility
Catherine Lemay, national director of youth protection, speaks at a news conference at the legislature in Quebec City, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Quebec's national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a detention centre for youth in Montreal had sexual relations with minor detainees.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Provinces, territories need to collaborate on car thefts, transportation minister says
Transport Minister Anita Anand arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. The federal transportation minister says national co-operation is needed to close loopholes that criminals can use to re-sell stolen cars. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick

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For Quebec woman with Alzheimer’s at 45, choice to request MAID in advance offers a sense of relief
Portrait of Sandra Demontigny, at her home in Lévis, a 45-year-old Quebec woman with early-onset Alzheimer's who has been campaigning for years in favour of advance requests for AD&D (allowing people with dementia to give their advance consent to AD&D before the disease renders them incapable of making the decision for themselves later). (10-23-2023) (Renaud Philippe / The Globe and Mail)
Ottawa set to green light high-speed passenger rail line between Quebec City and Toronto
A Brightline train is shown at a station in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., on Jan. 11, 2018. A fast-tracked plan to build a high-speed passenger rail line between Las Vegas and the Los Angeles area is set to mark the start of construction. Brightline West and U.S. transportation secretary and other officials projecting that millions of ticket-buyers will be boarding trains by 2028. (AP Photo/Wilfredo Lee, File)
Montreal to shed city hall welcome sign that includes woman wearing hijab
The City of Montreal has decided to remove a welcome sign at city hall with a image of a woman wearing a hijab, because it has become controversial. The sign is shown on Monday, Oct.28, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Giuseppe Valiante
Quebec’s head of youth protection resigns after sex scandal at Montreal detention facility
Catherine Lemay, national director of youth protection, speaks at a news conference at the legislature in Quebec City, Wednesday, Dec. 1, 2021. Quebec's national director of youth protection has resigned, days after a media report claimed that educators at a detention centre for youth in Montreal had sexual relations with minor detainees.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Provinces, territories need to collaborate on car thefts, transportation minister says
Transport Minister Anita Anand arrives to a cabinet meeting on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. The federal transportation minister says national co-operation is needed to close loopholes that criminals can use to re-sell stolen cars. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Montreal dockworkers begin 24-hour strike to press employer over demands
Port of Montreal longshore workers begin a three-day strike outside the Maisonneuve Termont terminal in Montreal, Monday, Sept. 30, 2024. Dockworkers at the port are set to walk off the job for 24 hours starting Sunday morning in a bid to ramp up pressure on management.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
CRTC sets interim rates for wholesale fibre internet access
A person navigates to the on-line social-media pages of the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) on a cell phone in Ottawa on Monday, May 17, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Educators at youth detention centre in Montreal accused of sexually abusing minors
Quebec Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant responds to the opposition during question period, Wednesday, March 27, 2024 at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
opinion
Religion in public schools is roiling Quebec politics once again
Konrad Yakabuski
Weekend getaway guide: Take a breather at these new and notable spa resorts across Canada
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Police shoot and kill man who allegedly stabbed officer in Gatineau, Que.
Quebec's police watchdog is investigating after Gatineau police shot and killed a man after he had allegedly stabbed an officer. A BEI logo for Quebec’s independent police bureau is seen in Louiseville, Que., Tuesday, March 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Abbas Akhavan to represent Canada at 2026 Venice Biennale
Abbas Akhavan, artist and winner of the Sobey Art Award for 2015.
How a Montreal school reignited a debate over secularism and Bill 21 in Quebec
Bedford Elementary School is shown in Montreal, Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante won’t seek a third mandate next year
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante participates in the Adaptation Futures 2023 Conference devoted to climate change adaptation on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Plante says she won't be running for a third term and will quit municipal politics at the end of this term in 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Tribunal rejects Amazon’s challenge of Quebec warehouse’s unionization
The Amazon DXT4 warehouse is seen in Laval, Que., Monday, April 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante won’t seek third term in 2025
Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante participates in the Adaptation Futures 2023 Conference devoted to climate change adaptation on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023. Plante says she won't be running for a third term and will quit municipal politics at the end of this term in 2025.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Air Canada signs codeshare agreement with European airline airBaltic
Air Canada and airBaltic say they have signed a codeshare agreement that will help make it easier to fly between Canada and the Baltic states. An Air Canada jet taxis at the airport, Wednesday, Nov.15, 2023 in Vancouver. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
Montreal man suing federal government says he denied FBI request while in Sudanese detention
Abousfian Abdelrazik arrives to Federal Court in Ottawa, Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
CN Rail profits inch down amid wildfires, labour standoffs
A CN locomotive sits idle at the CN Stuart Yard west of the West Harbour GO station in Hamilton, Ont., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Peter Power
Feds’ order to end rail shutdown ‘unprecedented,’ labour tribunal says
Locked out Canadian National Rail workers stand at a picket line as locomotives are moved by management at CN Rail's Thornton Yard, in Surrey, B.C., Thursday, Aug. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Darryl Dyck
opinion
Documentary about Proud Boys founder reminds Canadians of our role in stoking American extremism – and our denial about it
Kelly Nestruck
Quebec government considers abolishing time change, announces public consultation
Quebec government house leader and Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette announces a survey on whether to change time in the fall and the spring at the legislature in Quebec City, Tuesday, Oct. 22, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
Montreal’s Jacques Cartier Bridge reopens after environmental protesters climb span
The Jacques Cartier Bridge is seen in Montreal, Tuesday, March 26, 2024. A pair of environmental protesters scaled Montreal's Jacques Cartier Bridge early Tuesday morning, forcing police to close the span.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Montreal-area Sonaca workers who produce parts for Boeing, Bombardier jets approve strike vote
FILE PHOTO: A Boeing 787-10 Dreamliner taxis past the Final Assembly Building at Boeing South Carolina in North Charleston, South Carolina, United States, March 31, 2017. REUTERS/Randall Hill/File Photo
Montreal’s Roses FC signs French international midfielder and Canadian goalkeeper
Montreal Roses FC president Annie Larouche, left, and sporting director Marinette Pichon, right, flank the Northern Super League team's first two signings, Canadian goalkeeper Gabrielle Lambert, second from left, and French international midfielder Charlotte Bilbault, as they pose in Montreal on Monday, October 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO - Montreal Roses FC, Pablo A. Ortiz
CF Montreal wants to maintain an underdog mentality in wild-card game against Atlanta
CF Montreal midfielder Bryce Duke (10) goes up for a header against Atlanta United defender Pedro Amador (18) during the first half of an MLS soccer match on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024, in Atlanta. (Miguel Martinez/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)
Minister’s proposed strike freeze fails to find traction in Montreal port standoff
Steven MacKinnon, Minister of Labour and Seniors, rises during question period in the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Lawsuit trial begins for Montreal man who says Canada complicit in detention in Sudan
Abousfian Abdelrazik arrives to Federal Court in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
Eleven Montreal teachers suspended with pay over allegations they mistreated students
Bedford Elementary School is shown in Montreal on Friday, Oct. 11, 2024. Eleven teachers at a Montreal elementary school have been suspended after a government investigation found they fostered a "toxic" climate of fear and intimidation.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
Competition Bureau to study grocery stores' real estate clauses that may prevent others from operating nearby
Food inflation ticked higher in Canada in May for the first time in nearly a year. A customer shops in the produce section at a grocery store In Toronto on Friday, Feb. 2, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Cole Burston
Rising costs remain among key concerns for Canadian businesses, BDC report says
The Business Development Bank of Canada logo is seen in Burlington, Ont. on Sunday, February 19, 2023. A new report says rising costs are expected to remain a key concern for businesses.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Vokey
Montreal man detained in Sudan gets day in court with lawsuit against Ottawa
Abousfian Abdelrazik arrives to Federal Court in Ottawa on Monday, Oct. 21, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick