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Montreal public library says it can't host English book club, citing Quebec's new language law
Montreal writer Christopher DiRaddo says he's disappointed after a municipal library told him he's not allowed to hold his monthly book club there because it would violate Quebec's new language law.
Hydro-Québec fined $5M for acting in institutional bad faith toward Innu community
The Quebec Superior Court has found that Hydro-Québec acted in institutional bad faith in its dealings with the Innu First Nation of Uashat and Mani-Utenam, failing to honour an agreement reached with the community during the development of the La Romaine hydroelectric complex a decade ago.
Rio Tinto fined $2M for contaminating water near Quebec mine
The company plead guilty to eight counts of violating the Fisheries Act and the Metal and Diamond Mining Effluent Regulations, said Environment Climate Change Canada (ECCC) in a news release Tuesday morning.
15 years after earthquake, Haitian Montrealers disappointed by lack of change in country
On Sunday, Montreal's Haitian community commemorated the lives of more than 220,000 people who died in the 2010 earthquake that struck their home country.
Montreal councillor Abdelhaq Sari hopes to become next MP for Bourassa
Abdelhaq Sari has represented the Marie-Clarac district in Montréal-Nord at city hall since 2017 with Ensemble Montréal. He says that after seven years on the job, he thinks he can do more for his constituents from Ottawa.
Woman detained after newborn found abandoned outside in Trois-Rivières, Que.
A passerby found the baby at the intersection of Royale and Bureau streets in the afternoon of Jan. 1. The mother was found a few streets over. She had given birth outside, police said.
Quebec man dead after boat explodes in Florida marina, also injuring 6
A 41-year-old man from Quebec died following a boat explosion at a South Florida marina that also injured six people. The explosion occurred Monday, and Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission confirmed the man's identity to CBC on Wednesday.
Make the Season Kind 2024
How one organization in Longueuil, Que., is helping people with schizophrenia make ends meet
Forty per cent of people who accessed a food bank in Quebec in 2024 declared welfare as their primary source of income. Non-profit organization Initium in Longueuil, Que., helps their members, many on welfare, budget, find work and build community.
Make the Season Kind 2024
Food banks scramble to serve community as demand for help in Quebec keeps growing
The director of philanthropy for Food Banks of Quebec, Véronique Beaulieu-Fowler, says they've seen an increase of one million additional demands for food aid per month in the last three years.
'We're all here together': Montreal English theatre shows its resilience with award ceremony
The Montreal English Theatre Awards ceremony is being held this evening at Le Gesù theatre. For the community, it's a time to celebrate their achievements and resilience coming out of the pandemic, together.