'Very scary situation': Fewer ambulances in Montreal this weekend due to staff shortage
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Suspect's vehicle found after woman killed by hit-and-run driver
Police on Montreal's South Shore has located the suspect vehicle they say was involved in a hit-and-run that left a woman dead.
Family holds memorial for Montreal teen Adalya Dorvil, a 'ray of sunshine'
Friends and family of a 17-year-old girl who died in what police are calling an accident on the shore in LaSalle gathered Saturday to remember the Montreal teen who her mother said was 'was full of life.'
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Anger, political pushback in Quebec after Legault says cultures are 'not on the same level'
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Quebec pools grapple with lifeguard shortage after pandemic pauses training
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Researchers investigating racism in Quebec elementary schools
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Sky to light up as fireworks festival returns to Montreal
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Quebec's St-Jean Baptiste Day celebrations return after pandemic hiatus
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Man who fell in Quebec river and disappeared found dead
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Man's body recovered from St. Lawrence River in Montreal's Pointe-aux-Trembles neighbourhood
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Man dead after being stabbed by 21-year-old son, police say
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New legal challenge takes aim at Bill 96's rule on translating court documents
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'Dark day for women': Quebec political leaders unanimous in condemning removal of abortion rights in U.S.
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Police locate missing teen from Saint-Leonard
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Quebec 'thwarted' by multiculturalism, minister says in France speech, and premier agrees
'Although our project is thwarted by Canadian multiculturalism... the French language must really become the language of use of all Quebecers,' Simon Jolin-Barrette told the Academie Francaise. Premier Legault later said he opposes multiculturalism, too.
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U.S. Supreme Court overturns Roe v. Wade, allowing states to ban abortions
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Montrealer Bennedict Mathurin goes sixth in NBA draft in banner year for Canadian basketball
Mathurin, who grew up in Montreal North and whose parents are from Haiti -- he speaks English, French, Spanish and Creole -- hugged his mom and sister before walking up to the stage. His pick, one of two Canadians snapped up in the first round, was celebrated across the country.
Without family doctors, disabled Quebecers losing benefits because no one will sign paperwork
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'He's still a child': Mother of slain teen wants rehabilitation, not revenge
Lynne Baudouy knows she'll never get her son back -- but she says resenting the teenager who killed him won't bring him back either.
For fans and businesses, Montreal F1 marks return to normal
For racing fans in downtown Montreal checking out luxury cars and enjoying the celebrations around the return of the Canadian Grand Prix, this weekend could not come soon enough.
Polytechnique shooting survivor Nathalie Provost receives honorary doctorate
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For $800,000, this extremely decrepit Mile End tear-down could be yours
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Montreal woman raising concerns about hotel accessibility after 'devastating' experience at downtown hotel
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Bill 96
Anger, political pushback in Quebec after Legault says cultures are 'not on the same level'
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New legal challenge takes aim at Bill 96's rule on translating court documents
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A better solution to Bill 96? Fund English institutions to encourage French language, culture
It's no secret that Bill 96, Quebec's new French-language law, has created an abundance of turmoil in the province -- have it be among English-rights groups, health care professionals, educational experts and many others.
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Quebec announces 11 new protected environments
A coalition of Indigenous representatives, environmental organizations, health professionals and outdoor enthusiasts have long called for the protection of more forests and ecosystems in southern Quebec.
Condiment crisis: Quebec food industry copes with mustard shortage
COVID-19 pandemic shortages and extreme weather have put one of the most popular condiments in jeopardy -- mustard.
Ticks carrying Lyme disease are on the rise in Quebec, experts warn
With summer approaching, more Quebecers are heading outdoors -- but health authorities are issuing a warning about Lyme disease because of an increase in ticks.
Environmental groups call for Quebec leaders' debate on climate crisis
The coalition of Quebec environmental organizations Vire au Vert is calling for a leaders' debate exclusively on the climate crisis in the upcoming provincial election.
175,000 tons of electronics have been recycled in Quebec in 10 years
More than 175,000 tons: that's the amount of waste Quebec Electronic Products Recycling Association (EPRA-Quebec) spokesperson Martin Carli said the organization recycled in a decade on the occasion of the organization's 10th anniversary and World Environment Day.
More than 1,000 seabird carcasses found on shores of St. Lawrence River
The avian flu virus has hit colonies of Common Eiders and Great Black-backed Gulls of the St. Lawrence.
Maple syrup producers see climate change as a threat to industry's future
After violent windstorms recently swept through southern Ontario and Quebec, uprooting trees and leaving a trail of damage across a vast territory, maple syrup producers' thoughts went right to his sugar maples in Lanark Highlands, Ont., where storms once considered rogue now seem more frequent.
Quebec infrastructure must adapt to a future with more extreme weather: experts
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The Parti Quebecois wants to ban pesticides to protect bees
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COVID-19 IN QUEBEC
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Influenza cases in Canada see rare spring surge amid eased COVID-19 restrictions
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How being infected with COVID-19 may impact your performance at work
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Quebec's health network spent $15 billion on COVID-19 pandemic
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'The most selfish thing we can do,' say Quebec experts? Push for global vaccine equity
Politicians 'need to hear [that] average Canadians are truly worried that if this inequity continues, we will be battling another horrible Sigma or some other bad variant in the coming months,' one expert said. 'We sink or swim as humankind.'
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Suspect's vehicle found after woman killed by hit-and-run driver
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Man who fell in Quebec river and disappeared found dead
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Man dead after being stabbed by 21-year-old son, police say
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Montreal gets $2 million from Quebec to fight gun violence
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Protesters at U.S. Supreme Court decry abortion ruling overturning Roe v. Wade
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Commonwealth falls short of condemning Russia as Trudeau prepares for G7
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Tear gas used to disperse protesters outside Arizona Capitol building, officials say
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Conservative MPs free to attend 'freedom' protests this summer: Bergen
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With war, Kyiv pride parade becomes a peace march in Warsaw
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Biden signs landmark gun measure, says 'lives will be saved'
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Norway shaken by attack that kills 2 during Pride festival
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