The situation in Quebec's health-care system 'will continue to be difficult' in the coming weeks, Health Minister Christian Dube warned Thursday. He is calling on nurses to come and help out at busy Info-Santé 811 phone line, which received around 10,000 calls on Wednesday.
Montreal police said they arrested two teenage boys and a woman in her 20s after a daylight shooting in a St-Leonard grocery store parking lot Thursday.
The RCMP said investigators are searching a home in Vaudreuil-Dorion, a suburb west of Montreal, as part of a 'national security' operation. The national police force began its operation Wednesday night. Police at the scene would not say what led them to the house on Aquin Avenue, in Quebec's Monteregie region.
The three recently elected Parti Quebecois members who have steadfastly refused to swear the oath of office to the King were barred Thursday from taking their seats in the legislature. PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon and the two other members were blocked from entering by the sergeant-at-arms.
Longueuil police have arrested a man for the alleged murder of 41-year-old Luc Domingue who died in hospital after he was stabbed in November. Philipp Peter Czaputowicz, 36, was arrested Thursday and is expected to face second-degree murder charges, according to police.
Montreal historian and radio commentator Graeme Decarie has died. Decarie was a popular history professor and chair of the history department at Concordia University.
Small and medium-sized business are now speaking out against the phenomenon of ghost employees, or 'ghosting' - people who are newly hired and either don't show up for work or leave shortly after being hired.
Montreal children are behind on their vaccines, according to the city's public health department, and a newly-launched campaign is trying to change that. TIn a press release, the city noted that just 80 to 85 per cent of five-year-old children in Montreal are vaccinated against measles, while the target rate is 95 per cent.
The case of the Levis, Que. man accused of planning a terrorist act to overthrow the government of President Jovenel Moise in Haiti has been postponed until next year. Gerald Nicolas was not present in Quebec City court Thursday during a brief hearing in which a judge postponed the case to Jan. 31.
A Winnipeg man charged with first-degree murder in connection with the homicide of a woman in May police described as horrific has been charged in connection with the deaths of three more Indigenous women in the city.
WestJet has declined to provide compensation to passengers who were stuck in a sweltering airplane cabin in Jamaica earlier this month, claiming the flight was cancelled because of 'a security-related incident' outside the airline's control.
A slew of luxury detergent brand The Laundress products have been recalled in Canada due to the risk of bacteria exposure with as many as 11 people reporting infections, according to Health Canada.
Poland's culture authorities said Thursday a painting by Wassily Kandinsky that was auctioned in Germany for almost 390,000 euros belongs to Poland, where it was stolen in 1984.
Health care has surpassed inflation and jobs as the top national issue of concern, according to Nanos Research’s weekly tracking, as Canadians read reports of hospital emergency rooms under strain and a 'tripledemic' of flu, RSV and COVID-19 cases spiking across the country.
This ferry in B.C. had to deal with some unusual rush-hour traffic – but the passengers weren't complaining about the rare sight.
