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• Lana Del Rey, Weezer, Green Day, Pitbull to headline Quebec City summer music festival

  Quebec City's Festival d'Ete announced the lineup for the 11-day festival with general admission wristband passes already sold out.

  

• City of Montreal announces new commissioner for relations with Indigenous peoples

  Montreal has a new commissioner for relations with Indigenous peoples to work on the city's five-year reconciliation strategy. Laureanne Fontaine will start in June and take over from Marie-Eve Bordeleau, who assumed the role in 2019.

  

• School board welcomes Quebec probe into sexual abuse

  At least one school board is welcoming news of an investigation into allegations of sexual violence at schools.

• Macdonald High School closed for 'security reasons' after threat

  Macdonald High School in Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue on Montreal's West Island was closed Thursday morning for 'security reasons.'

• Upgrading Safe Third Country Agreement about reassuring Canadians: PM Trudeau

  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he feels it is his role to see the Safe Third Country Agreement upgraded, in order to make sure Canadians can continue to have confidence in Canada's immigration system.

• Bombardier raising financial objectives for 2025, now targeting US$9B in revenue

  Bombardier, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says it is now targeting more than US$9 billion in revenue for 2025, up from about US$7.5 billion.

• Plante says Quebec budget ignores Montreal's housing needs

  The mayor of Montreal says she only had two requests of the Quebec government and one of them was ignored. Despite new buildings going up in Montreal, Mayor Valerie Plante says it's harder than ever for some people to find a place to live.

• Montreal mayor says new team will crack down on illegal short-term rentals

  The City of Montreal says a team of investigators tasked with cracking down on illegal Airbnbs will be in place by June.

• Quebec agrees to pause eviction of homeless encampment under Ville-Marie Expressway

  The Quebec government has committed to finding housing for more than a dozen homeless people living in an encampment under the Ville-Marie Expressway in Montreal. Lawyers and the mobile legal clinic were in court on Wednesday to challenge an eviction notice given to the homeless people living in the encampment.

• Virtual reality tech to help pediatric patients manage pain at Montreal hospital

  Children undergoing medical procedures at a Montreal hospital have a new tool to help them through pain and anxiety. Shriner’s Children’s Hospital says virtual reality headsets offer patients an escape to another world.

• WEATHER WARNING

  WEATHER WARNING | Freezing rain warning in effect for Montreal

  It may officially be spring, but wintery weather is hanging on. A Colorado low moving into Quebec is expected to bring light freezing rain this evening, after the evening rush hour

• Small 3.6-magnitude earthquake hits Quebec's eastern north shore

  A small earthquake hit the Gulf of St. Lawrence in Quebec Wednesday morning. Earthquakes Canada reported that a 3.6 magnitude earthquake hit 11 kilometres south-southeast of Maliotenam, on the north shore of the St. Lawrence River, about eight hours northeast of Quebec City.

• Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery to reopen March 31, as negotiations with unions continue

  After an extended closure, Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery will reopen on March 31. The cemetery said it wants to reach an agreement with its union workers as soon as possible, so it can resume all services.

• Quebec budget 2023-2024: Here are the highlights

  Here are the highlights of the Quebec budget.

• MISSING PERSON

  MISSING PERSON | Missing 16-year-old girl reported missing in Montreal spotted in Calgary

  A 16-year-old girl reported missing in Montreal earlier this month has been spotted in Calgary.

• 8 more COVID-19 deaths in Quebec, slight uptick in hospitalizations

  Eight more Quebecers have died from COVID-19, according to the latest government report Wednesday, which also showed a slight increase in hospitalizations.

• 'Bricks versus bodies': Father agonizes over pace of recovery efforts in old Montreal fire

  As the search for victims of a five-alarm fire in Old Montreal stretched into its fifth day on Tuesday, friends and family members are getting frustrated with the pace of the investigation and lack of answers.

• Q & A: Tax specialist explains what Quebec Budget 2023-2024 means for you

  CTV News Montreal's Caroline Van Vlaardingen spoke to BDO Canada tax specialist Ernie Furt about what Quebec's new budget means for taxpayers. You can watch the full interview above and read the full transcript below.