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  Quebec Conservative Party leader hospitalized after heart trouble

  The leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec (PCQ), Éric Duhaime, announced on social networks on Saturday morning that he had been admitted to hospital for a heart attack.

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  Quebec premier wants to ban praying in public

  Premier François Legault took advantage of the last day of the parliamentary session on Friday to announce to 'Islamists' that he will 'fight' for Quebec values and possibly use the notwithstanding clause to ban prayer in public places such as parks.

• Bilingual municipalities take action as Quebec’s native English speaking population falls

  The 2021 Canadian census revealed the number of Quebecers whose mother tongue is English has continued to decline, and several municipalities where native English speakers were once the majority have now fallen below the 50 per cent threshold.

• Quebec City bus driver arrested for drunk-driving after collision

  A Réseau de transport de la capitale (RTC) bus driver has been arrested for driving under the influence of alcohol after being involved in a collision in Quebec City late Friday evening.

• Canada Post strike: Union 'extremely disappointed' in latest offer, negotiator says

  A negotiator for the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) says the latest offer from Canada Post to end the ongoing strike shows the carrier is moving in the "opposite direction."

• 'Duty to learn': Vigils mark 35th anniversary of Polytechnique anti-feminist killings

  Braving a biting winter wind, dignitaries gathered in front of Polytechnique Montréal's main campus on Friday to pay tribute to the 14 women killed at the Montreal institution in an anti-feminist attack 35 years ago.

• Champs Sports Bar to ban dancing, karaoke after noise complaints

  A dive bar on St-Laurent Boulevard is halting dance and karaoke events after the neighbouring landlord filed a noise complaint, and will build a soundproof wall to resolve the issue.

• More snow on the way to Montreal on the weekend

  After the first major snowfall of the season, Montreal is likely to see more white stuff on the weekend.

• Grant-Mentis scores winner as Victoire edge Charge 2-1

  The Montreal Victoire were victorious over the Charge Friday night with a 2-1 Professional Women's Hockey League win in Ottawa.

• SAQ workers vote in favour of new agreement in principle

  Unionized workers at Quebec's liquor board voted 71 per cent in favour of an agreement in principle after virtual union assemblies were held on Friday.

• Hundreds of people might have been exposed to measles at Montreal NATO summit: public health

  Public health officials said Friday that hundreds of people may have been exposed to an unvaccinated person with a confirmed case of measles during the NATO parliamentary assembly in Montreal last month.

• A police photographer recounts the harrowing day of the Polytechnique massacre

  Montreal crime scene photographer Harold Rosenberg witnessed a lot of horror over his 30 years on the job, though nothing of the magnitude of what he captured with his lens at the Polytechnique on Dec. 6, 1989. He described the day of the Montreal massacre to CTV Quebec Bureau Chief Genevieve Beauchemin.

• Third public art theft in a month: Westmount bronze statue stolen

  A bronze statue was recently stolen from Prince Albert Square in Westmount, marking the third public art piece to go missing in just over a month.

• Montreal's Lu Dort is defensive backbone of top-ranked Oklahoma City Thunder

  Lu Dort is averaging 9.6 points, 4.5 rebounds and 1.9 assists per game this year, low offensive numbers for a starting swingman, but it's not scoring that gets him on the floor. He is a defensive beast for the Oklahoma City Thunder.