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Industry Minister Melanie Joly says new federal investments announced Friday are a first step toward reducing the Canadian aluminum sector's dependence on the United States.
MONTREAL -- The Canadian Press is celebrating the 75th anniversary of its French-language service, which sent out its first dispatches on Sept. 30, 1951.
MONTREAL -- The Coalition Avenir Quebec did not win a single seat at the provincial legislature in Monday's election after eight years in power.
MONTREAL -- Quebec's courts have issued new guidelines restricting judges' use of generative artificial intelligence, stressing that judging must remain a fundamentally human responsibility.
MONTREAL -- The steady increase in requests for medical assistance in dying (MAID) has made Quebec the world leader in this practice, which accounted for 7.9 per cent of deaths in the province in 2024--2025. However, a longtime palliative care doctor says the province falls short when it comes to the ability to die with dignity at home from old age.
MIRABEL -- The federal government is creating a research facility to advance Canada's military capabilities with drones.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec government says it is tightening the rules to curb dangerous trucking, particularly for drivers from Ontario.
TROIS-RIVIERES -- Quebec Premier Christine Frechette has confirmed she is switching ridings and will run to represent her hometown of Trois-Rivieres, Que., in the fall general election.
LONGUEUIL -- Quebec public health officials are sounding the alarm as rabies cases continue to spread in regions to the south and east of Montreal.
SAINT-HYACINTHE -- Bloc Quebecois MP Simon-Pierre Savard-Tremblay has confirmed he'll resign his seat in the House of Commons to run for the Parti Quebecois in the fall provincial election.
MONTREAL -- Canada Post says rural residents with individual roadside mailboxes will continue to receive home mail delivery for the foreseeable future.
MONTREAL -- The Supreme Court of Canada has rejected an appeal by the Quebec government that sought to block a redrawing of the provincial electoral map.
MONTREAL -- A legal challenge to Quebec's secularism law, known as Bill 21, will be heard at the Supreme Court of Canada beginning Monday, and legal experts say whatever the eventual ruling, it will have a profound effect on constitutional law in Canada.
MONTREAL -- Quebec's public security minister says he's open to publicly releasing the reports by the province's independent police watchdog, as is the case with police oversight bodies in other provinces.
MONTREAL -- The City of Montreal is changing the way it deals with homeless encampments by moving away from dismantling operations condemned by advocates.
MONTREAL -- Montreal has become the latest Canadian city to put its name forward to become the global headquarters for the proposed International Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB).
MONTREAL -- From founding a successful airline to creating a political party that won back-to-back majority mandates, Francois Legault is stepping down as Quebec premier with a reputation as a builder and as someone who has had a profound influence on Quebec society.
MONTREAL -- A Quebec teachers' union released the findings of a survey of its members on Monday that found 90 per cent of respondents said they were victims of some form of violence at work since the beginning of their careers.
MONTREAL -- A Quebec teachers' union says 90 per cent of its members said in a recent survey they were victims of some form of violence.
MONTREAL -- A doctor and former head of a Quebec political party has been suspended for six months from practising medicine by the province's college of physicians for his approach to treating patients with Lyme disease.
MONTREAL -- Lise Bacon, a former senator and Quebec cabinet minister who was the first woman to hold the post of deputy premier, has died at the age of 91.