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• Quebec employer justified in suspending health-care worker who refused COVID-19 vaccine: tribunal

  An orderly who was suspended without pay for refusing to be vaccinated against COVID-19 has lost her case before Quebec's administrative labour tribunal.

  

• Legault calls Montreal byelection to replace ex-Liberal leader Anglade

  Quebecers living in the Montreal riding of the former Quebec Liberal party leader will vote March 13 in a byelection to choose her replacement.

  

• Crown wants sex assault case of fashion mogul Peter Nygard to move more quickly

  The Quebec lawyer prosecuting the sexual assault case against Canadian fashion mogul Peter Nygard told the court Monday the complainant wants proceedings to move forward more quickly.

• Black-owned restaurateurs in Montreal making space in the culinary scene

  More and more Black-owned restaurants and culinary experiences have begun to dot the landscape of the city's culinary scene, but more is needed to help their communities' gastronomic enterprises thrive.

• Guilbeault calls for decree to protect caribou in Quebec

  Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbault will recommend that his government put in place a decree to better protect caribou in Quebec.

• New details emerge ahead of Trudeau-premiers' health-care meeting

  As preparations are underway for the anticipated health-care 'working meeting' between Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and Canada's premiers on Tuesday, new details are emerging about how the much-anticipated federal-provincial gathering will unfold.

• Montreal conductor Yannick Nezet-Seguin scores two Grammys

  Montreal conductor and pianist Yannick Nézet-Séguin scored two Grammys for his classical works Sunday evening, in a night of ups and downs for Quebec artists at the 2023 awards show.

• Google notifying Canadian employees impacted by global layoff of 12,000 workers

  Google says Canadian employees affected by recently announced job cuts are being told today whether they have been laid off.

• 'Natural power': 17-year-old undefeated Quebec boxer gears up for Canada Games

  She started throwing punches to get exercise during the COVID-19 pandemic, but now 17-year-old Talia Birch is gearing up to compete in the Canada Games as it opens up to female boxers for the first time

• Over 1,500 Hydro-Quebec customers still without power in Montreal

  In Montreal, more than 1,500 Hydro-Quebec customers remain without power, and more than 2,500 were in the dark as of around 7:45 p.m Sunday. Of the service interruptions in Montreal, a handful were in the Parc-Extension area Sunday afternoon, where Daniella Zanetti witnessed a power line explosion that sparked a fire on Saturday night.

• Where trapping is still a way of life, Quebec lithium projects spark fears for future

  In the Eeyou Istchee territory in northern Quebec, the traditional land of the James Bay Cree, with a surface area equivalent to two-thirds of France, those Indigenous people practicing traditional hunting, trapping and fishing are concerned that the lithium mining project will disrupt their way of life.

• 'Cowboy de Ville' bringing smiles to Quebec town on horseback

  Meet the 'Cowboy en Ville.' Max Paquette began mounting his horse R.D., and touring his neighbourhood in Terrebonne, Que. to make his neighbours smile.

• Sailors enduring harsh winter on 3 tugboats detained in Quebec port

  Groups that advocate for seafarers are expressing concern for 11 sailors who are spending a harsh Quebec winter aboard three tugboats that have been detained for months in the port of Trois-Rivières.

• Arson squad investigating building fire in Pierrefonds early Monday morning

  A commercial establishment in northwest Montreal was the target of an apparent arson attack early Monday morning. The damage caused by the fire was not significant, and there were no injuries, according to the Montreal Police Department (SPVM).

• Hydro-Quebec executive vice-president Eric Filion goes to Bombardier

  Hydro-Quebec's executive vice-president and chief operating officer, Eric Filion, is joining his former boss at Bombardier. Bombardier president and CEO Éric Martel, who formerly headed Hydro-Québec, announced Monday that Filion will join his management team.

• New opera by Haitian-Canadian composer puts Black performers, stories in spotlight

  When the opera 'La Flambeau' premieres next week in Montreal, Black performers will be front and centre in an artistic medium where they have historically been under-represented.

• Investment Quebec bails out ready-to-eat specialist Goodfood

  Investment Quebec is bolstering the coffers of Marché Goodfood by investing $10 million in the ready-to-eat food specialist. The intervention by the Quebec government's financial arm comes at a time when the Montreal-based company's finances are under pressure before it reaches profitability, which management expects to be imminent.

• Work overload causing a rise in suicide risk among veterinarians

  While the crude suicide rate in Quebec in 2021 was about 13.3 per 100,000 people, it was almost three times higher among veterinarians. No fewer than 15 suicides have been recorded in 15 years by the Quebec association of veterinarians (AMVQ).