Jan 25 2023 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Sean Bérubé said he thought it was a joke when he was first asked to help assemble a team of Ukrainian preteen refugees, displaced by war and spread out across Europe, to play in a renowned Quebec City hockey tournament. Bérubé, a businessma...
Dec 30 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Cauliflower, garden beet, reishi mushroom — these are some of the odd flavours of edibles for sale at Quebec's provincially owned cannabis stores. Quebec prohibits edibles — cannabis-infused food — sold in the province from appealing to youn...
Dec 30 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Cauliflower, garden beet, reishi mushroom — these are some of the odd flavours of edibles for sale at Quebec's provincially owned cannabis stores. Quebec prohibits edibles — cannabis-infused food — sold in the province from appealing to youn...
Dec 29 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Twelve months ago Quebec became the first jurisdiction in Canada to launch a two-pronged tracking system for domestic violence suspects, and while victims' rights groups welcome the technology, they want to know more about its effectiveness....
Dec 29 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Twelve months ago Quebec became the first jurisdiction in Canada to launch a two-pronged tracking system for domestic violence suspects, and while victims' rights groups welcome the technology, they want to know more about its effectiveness....
Nov 23 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Jewish groups in Quebec say they are deeply disturbed and horrified after a driver was video-recorded hitting a baby in a stroller that was being pushed along a Montreal intersection by an Orthodox Jewish woman. The video, circulated widely ...
Oct 30 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — A psychiatrist involved in efforts to support children of Canadian women detained in Syria after travelling to join the Islamic State is urging Ottawa to speed up repatriation efforts. Dr. Cécile Rousseau, a pediatric psychiatrist at McGill ...
Oct 26 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Université Laval formally launched an $80-million fundraising initiative on Wednesday for its Carrefour international Brian-Mulroney, with the former prime minister taking on a central role in the push to increase Quebec's footprint on the w...
Oct 26 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Université Laval formally launched an $80-million fundraising initiative on Wednesday for its Carrefour international Brian-Mulroney, with the former prime minister taking on a central role in the push to increase Quebec's footprint on the w...
Oct 14 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial in a sexual assault case after concluding that the lower court judge based his ruling on "myths, prejudices or generalizations." The recent high court decision involves the June 2021 acquitt...
Oct 4 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Coalition Avenir Québec, led by François Legault, won a second consecutive majority mandate in Monday's election. Here are five things to watch out for as the CAQ leader prepares to name his new cabinet and begins to make good on his par...
Oct 4 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — The Coalition Avenir Québec, led by François Legault, won a second consecutive majority mandate in Monday's election. Here are five things to watch out for as the CAQ leader prepares to name his new cabinet and begins to make good on his par...
Sep 22 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — With polls suggesting her party could be relegated to third place in the Oct. 3 election, Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is trying to turn around her team's fortunes by putting more of herself forward. Speaking to a lunchtime crowd ...
Sep 22 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — With polls suggesting her party could be relegated to third place in the Oct. 3 election, Quebec Liberal Leader Dominique Anglade is trying to turn around her team's fortunes by putting more of herself forward. Speaking to a lunchtime crowd ...
Sep 18 2022 — Sidhartha Banerjee, The Canadian Press — The Canadian Press — MONTREAL — Elections Quebec is flipping their usual campaign advertising script in hopes that some fresh messaging will propel more voters out to the polls next month. The province's elections organizer is mounting a campaign of its own — one to "rever...