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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)
canada
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
travel
Weekend getaway guide: Take a breather at these new and notable spa resorts across Canada
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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
canada
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
world
Quebec religious sister canonized by Pope Francis, becoming Canada’s 15th saint
General view on the day Pope Francis attends a mass to canonise fourteen new saints including Spanish Father Manuel Ruiz Lopez in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican, October 20, 2024. REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane
opinion
Amazon is going beyond the pale in challenging unionization in Quebec
Barry Eidlin
opinion
The unity crisis that awaits us on the other side of the next election
Andrew Coyne
canada
Quebec premier says Ottawa should forcibly relocate half of asylum seekers
Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to the Opposition during question period, Thursday, September 26, 2024 at the legislature in Quebec City. Legault says the federal government should require asylum seekers to move to other provinces, including those already living in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
opinion
Poutine becoming a Canadian symbol was decades in the making
Justin Giovannetti Lamothe
canada
Canadian musician K’naan charged with 2010 sexual assault in Quebec City
In this Oct. 22, 2016, photo, Somali-Canadian rapper, K'naan poses in Minneapolis. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Jeff Baenen)
report on business
Visual effects, animation studios unite to convince Quebec for better tax deal
Nearly four months after Quebec reduced the tax credit for international film studios employing visual effect workers in the province, Quebec’s VFX studios are looking to rebound from job and revenue losses by striking a better deal with the Legault government. Aaron Taylor-Johnson, from left, Emily Blunt, Ryan Gosling and Winston Duke pose upon arrival at the special screening for the film 'The Fall Guy' on Monday, April 22, 2024, in London. THE CANADIAN PRESS/AP-Photo by Vianney Le Caer/Invision/AP
canada
Indigenous groups challenge Quebec to avoid ‘colonialist mentality’ in new history museum
Quebec Premier Francois Legault responds to the Opposition on the Northvolt project, during question period, at the legislature in Quebec City, Tuesday. Several Indigenous groups are urging the Quebec government to distance itself from what they call a "colonialist mentality" when designing a new $92-million history museum project in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Three injured after man enters Quebec mosque with knife
A Surete du Quebec police car is seen at their headquarters in Montreal, Tuesday, Sept. 10, 2024. Three men injured after assailant enters Quebec mosque west of Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Police fan out across Quebec after ‘vile’ death of teen linked to organized crime
Quebec Public Security Minister François Bonnardel responds during question period, Thursday, Nov. 30, 2023, at the legislature in Quebec City. Bonnardel says he's shocked and disgusted by reports that the body found south of Quebec City was a teenager from Montreal. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
canada
Sixteen soldiers injured in accident at Valcartier military base in Quebec
Members of the Canadian Armed Forces march during the Calgary Stampede parade in Calgary, Friday, July 8, 2016. More than a dozen soldiers were sent to hospital this afternoon after an accident at a military base in Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jeff McIntosh
politics
MPs call on Ottawa for clear cost estimate of proposed passenger rail project between Toronto, Quebec City
Passenger trains sit on the tracks at the Via Rail Canada Maintenance Centre in Montreal, Feb. 22, 2024. Via Rail apologizes after passengers stranded Canada's transport minister says he is determined to get to the bottom of a recent train delay that left passengers stranded for about 10 hours.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
canada
Suspect arrested in Quebec over alleged New York terror plot to kill Jewish people returns to court Dec. 6
Barbed wire around the Bordeaux prison, also known as the Montreal Detention Centre is seen in Laval, Quebec, January 24, 2023. (Christinne Muschi /The Globe and Mail)
canada
Quebec government tables legislation to limit excessive tipping practices
Quebec Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette is congratulated by Quebec Premier Francois Legault, right, after he tabled legislation to protect consumers, Thursday, Sept. 12, 2024, at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
report on business
Two Quebec real estate brokers suspended for using fake bids to drive up prices during pandemic
For the federal Liberals, the growing discontent with the state of the housing market is becoming a political threat. A real estate sign is pictured in Vancouver on Tuesday, June 12, 2018. THE CANADIAN PRESS Jonathan Hayward