Montreal Pride parade cancelled hours before event due to lack of volunteers
Montreal's Pride Parade has been cancelled due to a lack of volunteers able to guarantee a secure event.
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Three boys out fishing in Kahnawake on the South Shore of the Saint Lawrence River spotted a seal on Sunday morning, more than 1,000 kilometres from its natural habitat.
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Montreal police (SPVM) are investigating after a person was allegedly pushed down a staircase and killed following an altercation.
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Miami scores late to net 2-2 draw with CF Montreal
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Quebec orders investigation after Gatineau police allegedly beat Senegalese diplomat
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England makes explosive win at fireworks competition held in Montreal
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Pope Francis was in Quebec for just under three days, drawing far fewer people to the Plains of Abraham than many expected while receiving mixed reviews for his apology to Indigenous people and hope for reconciliation.
Storytelling drag queen Barbada to read to children at Saint-Laurent libraries
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'I feel harassed': Montreal-area mom with MS outraged after police interrupt lemonade fundraiser
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Opinion: Can you do a road trip in an electric vehicle? Yes, you can
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Montreal tech company to train future electric aircraft pilots
Montreal-based pilot training and simulator specialist CAE wants to train future electric aircraft pilots.
Quebec can recycle all the Plexiglas, but can it recover it?
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Quebec pressured to cut arsenic emissions from copper factory and preserve 650 jobs
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Quebec homeowners say Ottawa must address decades of erosion caused by ship traffic
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UN biodiversity summit moved to Montreal from China over COVID-19 policy
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Quebec extends state of emergency in Saguenay, Que., because of landslide threat
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Quebec announces 11 new protected environments
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Pope's Visit to Canada
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Pope Francis was in Quebec for just under three days, drawing far fewer people to the Plains of Abraham than many expected while receiving mixed reviews for his apology to Indigenous people and hope for reconciliation.
Want healing for residential school survivors? 'Rip up' the Doctrine of Discovery: activist
Paul Dixon, 65, was among many activists in Quebec City this week imploring the Pope to denounce the Doctrine of Discovery, historically used to justify Europe's colonization of Indigenous lands.
Translation error behind Pope's call for 'investigation' into residential schools: organizers
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Crisis line gets double the number of calls for help after Pope's apology
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Pope Francis expresses 'shame and sorrow' for residential schools in Quebec speech
Pope Francis on Wednesday expressed shame and sorrow for the role Catholic institutions played in the "deplorable" residential school system that tried to strip Indigenous people of their language, culture and world view.
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Pope asked to renounce Doctrine of Discovery – what is it?
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BILL 96
Ottawa says it will support First Nations fight against Quebec's new language law
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'Not a time when Quebec can afford to lose young doctors,' province's opposition leader says of ER doctor couple leaving
The leader of Quebec's Liberal Party paused her vacation briefly on Wednesday to react to the news that two young emergency room doctors have quit their jobs in their hometown of Montreal to work in Toronto.
Two young ER doctors quit Montreal jobs, blaming Quebec's broken health-care system and Bill 96
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Quebec group goes to court over Governor General's lack of French
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Anger, political pushback in Quebec after Legault says cultures are 'not on the same level'
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Hundreds forced out of their homes as Okanagan wildfire rages on in B.C.
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