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Public sector unions planning large demonstration in Montreal on Saturday

Thousands of people are expected to attend a demonstration planned by the public sector unions in a common front on Saturday in Montreal.

Laurent Duvernay-Tardif announces retirement from professional football

The 32-year-old Quebecer officially announced his retirement from professional football on Thursday morning.

Young Ukrainian hockey players await Quebec government OK to attend English school

A half-dozen boys from Ukraine who played this year in Quebec City's famed peewee hockey tournament have been sidelined since returning to the province to attend high school.

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Kansas City Chiefs' Laurent Duvernay-Tardif (76) is introduced before the NFL AFC Championship football game against the Tennessee Titans on Sunday, Jan. 19, 2020, in Kansas City, MO. (AP Photo/Jeff Roberson)

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Good Samaritan helps reunite Montreal woman with pet bird that flew away from home

A Plateau woman has been reunited with her pet bird after it flew away in early June and it's all thanks to the quick thinking of a Good Samaritan.

Montreal man says grandfather's grave marker missing from cemetery

A Montreal man is wondering what happened to his grandfather's grave marker. It used to be in the Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery, but now, he says, it’s nowhere to be found. “I was like, ‘this is weird, there's nothing here,’” Andre Drouin told CTV News. “I went up and down 15 times just to make sure I wasn't going loco.”

Meet the Montreal LEGO artist recreating the city's most iconic buildings

The Orange Julep, Schwartz’s Deli, and even a Couche Tard depanneur -- they're landmarks in Montreal, but that’s not all they have in common. Enter the world of local LEGO artist Addy Parsons, the Ottawa-born Montrealer with a talent to render the city’s most iconic buildings in brick form.

Quebec man training for burpee world record in honour of late brother

Sam Finn is training to do 1,010 burpees in under an hour (that's 17 burpees a minute -- or one every 3.5 seconds) to raise awareness about soft tissue sarcoma, a rare and aggressive form of cancer that claimed his brother Cedric's life in 2017.

Solar power: This Quebecer pays $50 per month for hydro

Que. resident Jose Legris pays $557 per year in energy costs. His house is warm in the winter and cool in the summer. He has a modern kitchen, an electric car, and even a summer spa – all for less than $50 a month.

'Every victim counts': Suspected femicides in northern Quebec went unnoticed by the press

The number of suspected femicides in Quebec quietly rose over the spring, with the deaths of two Indigenous women going largely unreported by the media until recently.

Montreal's Mount Royal Park is getting a makeover. What would architect Olmsted say?

The park's architect, Frederick Law Olmsted, is responsible for some of the most celebrated public green spaces in North America, including New York's Central Park. But what the famous landscape artist would think of the closure of Camillien-Houde Way is unclear, says University of Pennsylvania professor emeritus and Olmsted biographer Witold Rybczynski.

Claude Cormier, landscape architect behind rainbow balls in Montreal's Village, dies at 63

Claude Cormier, Quebec's most renowned landscape architect whose projects have revitalized public spaces across North America, has died. He was 63.

Mercier Bridge between Montreal and Kahnawake lined with Indigenous artwork

The Honore-Mercier Bridge has lined both spans of the bridge with work from Kanien'kehá:ka (Mohawk) artists since 2017. This year, eight artists from Kahnawake, two from Kanesatake and one from Oneida have work on display.

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HEALTH

Quebec health-care establishments argue against allowing COVID-19 class action

A lawyer for Quebec's regional health authorities says a proposed class-action lawsuit on behalf of residents of long-term care homes that had COVID-19 outbreaks should not go forward.

Reinstating masks in Quebec hospitals? It's up to their CEOs to decide, says Dube

Quebec Health Minister Christian Dube says it's up to the heads of healthcare establishments to decide whether to reimpose masks as the respiratory virus season approaches.

Up to 10 per cent of Quebec health-care workers affected with long COVID

Between six and 10 per cent of health-care workers in Quebec have suffered from the long COVID since the start of the pandemic, preliminary data released on Thursday revealed at the first Canadian Symposium on long COVID, in Montreal.

Quebec eyes progressive retirement for family doctors to address shortage

There could be a deal announced soon that would allow retiring physicians in Quebec to work part-time to help address the shortage of family doctors in the province.

Gut flora of some long COVID patients is less diverse, say researchers

People whose long COVID symptoms include neurological issues have a different gut flora, researchers say.

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Student housing development in the works for downtown Montreal

A new apartment building just for students is coming to downtown Montreal, just a few metro stops away from Concordia, McGill and UQAM. Located on the corner of St-Laurent Boulevard and Ontario Street, "Le Méridien" will house up to 281 students by the start of the 2026 academic year.

Abolishing the QST on building materials would be too expensive, says Quebec premier

Premier François Legault says that abolishing the Quebec sales tax (QST) on building materials would be far too costly a measure in relation to its effectiveness.

Transferring your lease 'is giving the next person someone else's property,' says Que. housing minister

Quebec's minister responsible for housing, France-Élaine Duranceau, wonders whether it would be better to intervene in rent increases when a dwelling is transferred from one tenant to another, rather than in lease transfers.

CLIMATE AND ENVIRONMENT

Francois Legault praises Quebec's environmental record in front of Al Gore

Quebec Premier François Legault bragged about his environmental record on Tuesday at a meeting of representatives of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance. Former US vice president Al Gore was sitting next to him.

Quebec's Anticosti Island added to UNESCO World Heritage List

Ten years after Quebec's government wanted to launch oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island, the picturesque territory in the Gulf of St. Lawrence has been added to the list of UNESCO World Heritage Sites.

Quebec premier will speak about the environment at UN next week in rare honour

Quebec Premier François Legault will speak about the environment at the United Nations in New York next week, the Canadian Press has learned. Secretary-General Antonio Guterres invited Legault to attend the UN General Assembly and participate in the first Climate Ambition Summit.

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Alberta deserves more than half CPP assets if it exits program: report

A report commissioned by the Alberta government says the province would be entitled to more than half the assets of the Canada Pension Plan - $334 billion - if it were to exit the national retirement savings program in 2027.

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BREAKING 1 dead, dozens injured in bus crash on I-84 in Orange County, New York

At least one person has died and dozen more were injured when a bus rolled over on Interstate 84 in Orange County, New York, north of New York City, authorities said.

Freeland tables 'affordable housing and groceries' bill, Trudeau calls for all-party backing

Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland has tabled new legislation to implement the promised removal of GST from new rental developments, and to revamp Canada's competition laws, framing the bill as a package that will result in more affordable housing and groceries, eventually.