Sep 29 2022 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Quebec election is on Oct. 3, and for the first time, five parties have a chance of winning at least one seat in the 125-seat legislature. Here is where the parties stand on some major themes. — Economy and cost of living The Coalition A...
Sep 19 2022 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The head of a major employers' group in Quebec says an election campaign is not the time to have a serious discussion about immigration. Campaign slogans and political messages aren't suited for rational conversations about how newcomers con...
Sep 14 2022 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Gilles Bélanger, a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec, recently moved his children and partner out of his house, and he makes sure the doors are always locked. The drastic steps come after a car followed him home last Wednesday, and t...
Apr 11 2021 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Hundreds of protestors gathered in Montreal on Sunday in defiance of a newly adjusted curfew intended to stem surging COVID-19 case numbers before dozens of them started fires and damaged property in the city's old quarter. Police responded with tear gas in a bid to control the crowd, who were purportedly protesting Quebec […]
Apr 11 2021 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Hundreds of protestors gathered in Montreal on Sunday in defiance of a newly adjusted curfew intended to stem surging COVID-19 case numbers before dozens of them started fires and damaged property in the city's old quarter. Police responded with tear gas in a bid to control the crowd, who were purportedly protesting Quebec […]
Nov 17 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The former head of the provincial police is the latest big name in Quebec to take the government to court over a years-long saga involving leaked documents tied to anti-corruption unit investigations. Martin Prud'homme -- who has been suspended since March 2019 for reasons that were never made public -- is asking the […]
Nov 2 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Pandemic-related restrictions in place across much of the province must remain despite the risk they bring to people's mental health, Quebec Premier Francois Legault said Monday. He told reporters the government's partial lockdown orders -- banning gatherings and shutting bars, gyms and entertainment venues in so-called red zones -- are leading people to […]
Oct 28 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Quebec is suspending all private refugee sponsorships by organizations because it says it has serious concerns with the integrity of the program. The province said Wednesday that until November 2021, only groups of two to five people can privately sponsor a refugee. All larger organizations including church groups and non-profits that have privately […]
Oct 9 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, a 43-year-old lawyer without a seat in Quebec's legislature, defeated the establishment candidate on the third round of voting Friday to become the new leader of the sovereigntist Parti Quebecois. Plamondon, who didn't make it past the first ballot when he ran for party leader in 2016, beat PQ member […]
Oct 6 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A comedian, a historian, a lawyer and an establishment politician are all vying to lead the Parti Quebecois, the once-mighty political party whose purpose and future are today being openly questioned. The new leader, whose identity will be known Friday night, will inherit a party at its political nadir and without representation in […]
Aug 5 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — About 125,000 people in Quebec aged 18-69 are estimated to have contracted COVID-19, according to a new study published Wednesday by Quebec's blood collection agency — more than three times the official number reported by health authorities. But the Hema-Quebec study indicates the majority of Quebecers remain vulnerable to being infected by the novel coronavirus, agency vice-president Dr. […]
Jul 10 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Quebec's arts scene is being rocked by a wave of sexual assault and harassment allegations against well-known figures in the province's entertainment industry. Mostly anonymous allegations are being posted to an Instagram page that has garnered more than 49,000 followers and is focused on prominent Quebecers, including musicians, concert promoters and comedians. The page, which is less than […]
Jul 1 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The owner of a fireworks company in small-town Ontario says COVID-19 has forced the cancellation of dozens of shows he'd typically put on leading up to Canada Day — but his sales haven't been totally extinguished. Victor Anber, who owns K&H Fireworks in Tecumseh, Ont., said usually he'd have 60 major shows at this […]
Jun 25 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Quebec's public health director says the province has reached a turning point in its management of the COVID-19 pandemic, and therefore authorities will no longer be releasing daily data related to coronavirus infections. "Over the course of the past few weeks, the different indicators ... that we’ve been following closely regarding the number of cases, number […]
Jun 19 2020 — Giuseppe Valiante, The Canadian Press — QUEBEC — Three months after projecting a surplus of nearly $3 billion, Quebec's finance minister announced Friday that the COVID-19 pandemic will blow through Quebec's financial reserves and leave the province with a $15-billion deficit at the end of the fiscal year. That figure includes a $4-billion contingency fund that Eric Girard said will help the province survive a second wave […]