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Poilievre’s Housing Hell video offers a lousy, dime-store analysis of our housing crisis
Gary Mason
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Officials in Quebec investigating after two deaths in Montreal-area hospital ER
A Quebec coroner is asking the province's ski industry to review its training and safety practices after a six-year-old girl died after being dragged by a T-bar lift during a ski lesson in January. A provincial flag flies in Ottawa, Friday July 3, 2020. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Adrian Wyld
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Quebec pork farmers reeling as a ‘perfect storm’ creates economic crisis
Pigs are seen at a pork farm in St-Sebastien, Que., Tuesday, Nov. 28, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Quebec employment minister wants to recruit asylum seekers to work in health care
Quebec's employment minister says around 1,500 asylum seekers will be given jobs in the province's health-care system over the next three years. Quebec Minister of Employment Kateri Champagne Jourdain responds to the Opposition, at the legislature in Quebec City, Friday, Dec. 2, 2022. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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More than 300 criminal cases stayed or dropped in Quebec due to court delays, documents reveal
Patrick Michel, head of the Crown prosecutors in Quebec, at the office for the directeur des poursuites criminelles et pénales in Montreal on October 4, 2023.
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Quebec entrepreneur Daniel Langlois and partner Dominique Marchand reportedly found dead in Dominica
Quebec entrepreneur and philanthropist Daniel Langlois (picture here) and his partner Dominique Marchand are believed to have died in Dominica, the Caribbean island where they owned a luxury eco hotel, a representative for the hotel confirmed on Sunday.
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Quebec teachers leaning on each other as negotiations to end strike grind on
<div>The president of a striking Quebec teachers union says she hopes intense negotiation sessions with the government will continue all weekend as the two parties try to reach an agreement. Members of the FEA teachers union march to begin their unlimited strike, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz</div>
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Man arrested in Morocco allegedly behind fake bomb threats in Quebec, police say
Moroccan police officers stand guard near the historic Koutoubia Mosque, which is under repair after getting damaged in the September 8th earthquake on the first day of the annual meeting of the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank, in Marrakech, Morocco October 9, 2023. REUTERS/Susana Vera
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McGill University to impose immediate hiring freeze in response to planned tuition hike
Aerial view of the McGill University campus in Montreal, Quebec, on November 21, 2023. A chill has fallen over the three English-language universities in Canada's Quebec province, as winter arrives with students and administrators worried about plans to nearly double tuition by next school year. Announced last month by the French-speaking province's government, the plan would raise tuition for non-Quebec residents at all three anglophone universities from around Can$9,000 (US$6,500) to Can$17,000 -- with the additional funds meant to support francophone universities and educational programs. (Photo by Sebastien ST-JEAN / AFP) (Photo by SEBASTIEN ST-JEAN/AFP via Getty Images)
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Police in Quebec, Ontario, N.B. make 46 arrests in anti-child porn operation
A Surete du Quebec emblem is seen on an officer's uniform in Montreal, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2023. Quebec provincial police say they have arrested 26 men as part of a provincewide anti-child pornography operation. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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The NDP shouldn’t get its hopes up – after blowing it in Quebec
Lawrence Martin
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Quebec legislature adopts motion in defence of Christmas
Quebec's legislature has unanimously adopted a motion in defence of Christmas. Christopher Skeete, the minister responsible for the fight against racism, introduced the motion which condemns the Canadian Human Rights Commission for describing Christmas as an "obvious example" of systemic religious discrimination linked to Canada's history of colonialism. Skeete responds to the Opposition during question period, Thursday, June 1, 2023, at the legislature in Quebec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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Ottawa wants other Canadian pension funds to act more like the Caisse
Konrad Yakabuski
canada
Quebec solidaire elects Emilise Lessard-Therrien as co-spokeswoman
Candidate Emilise Lessard-Therrien speaks during a debate at the Quebec Solidaire party convention in Gatineau, Que., on Saturday, Nov. 25, 2023. Quebec's second-largest opposition party has elected Lessard-Therrien as new co-spokesperson.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby
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Montrealer vows to continue hunger strike for ‘X’ gender on Quebec health card
Non-binary Montrealer Alexe Frédéric Migneault, shown in Quebec City on Tuesday, Nov.21, 2023, is on day six of a hunger strike to pressure Quebec's public health insurance board to add a third gender option to its health cards.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot
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65,000 teachers in Quebec are on strike this week
Members of the FEA teachers union march to begin their unlimited strike, Thursday, Nov. 23, 2023 in Montreal.THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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Quebec ready to increase offer to striking public sector workers, Legault says
Quebec Premier François Legault says he's ready to augment his offer to striking public sector workers, but he says their unions have to show more flexibility. Quebec health and social service workers strike outside the CHUM hospital in Montreal, Tuesday, Nov. 21, 2023. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi
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Health Canada approves nationwide removal of blood donor ban sparked by mad cow fears
A bag of blood is shown at a clinic in Montreal, Thursday, November 29, 2012. Quebec's blood supply agency says Health Canada has lifted a longstanding ban on blood donations in the province that stemmed from fear of mad cow disease. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ryan Remiorz
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O’Ya hoho brand enoki mushrooms recalled for possible Listeria contamination
Canadian Food Inspection Agency in Ottawa on Wednesday, June 26, 2019. The Canadian Food Inspection Agency has issued a recall for O'Ya hoho brand enoki mushrooms due to a possible Listeria contamination. The product was sold in 200-gram packages in Ontario and Quebec. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Sean Kilpatrick
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Schools shut as Quebec public sector workers begin strike
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