Maura Forrest

Maura Forrest is a reporter with The Canadian Press.

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Gilbert Rozon, Just for Laughs founder, begins testimony in sex-assault civil trial

Gilbert Rozon, 70, testified for nearly an hour at the courthouse in Montreal on Monday afternoon, giving a lengthy recounting of his childhood and the early stages of his career in show business.

From signs to packaging, here are Quebec's new language rules

The rules are part of Quebec's 2022 overhaul of its French-language law, known as Bill 96. Here's a breakdown of what's new.

Quebec language office pressed transit agency for months before Habs playoff run

Quebec's language watchdog asked for multiple updates on the agency's efforts to remove the word, and kept the complaint open for nine months until 'go' had been scrubbed from more than 1,000 city buses in Montreal, according to emails obtained by The Canadian Press.

Quebec reports high immigration, record low fertility in 2024

Quebec is reporting a near-record rate of immigration in 2024, with the province's population increasing to more than 9.1 million at the start of this year.

Quebec border sees asylum claims double between March and April

Asylum claims doubled at a Quebec border crossing in April as the Trump administration seeks to strip legal protections from hundreds of thousands of migrants. That's a fourfold increase over the same period last year.

Quebec Liberal leadership candidates talk energy, fossil-fuel projects in 1st debate

Five candidates vying to become the next leader of the Quebec Liberal Party (PLQ) faced off in Laval on Saturday for the first of six debates.

Quebec raises doubts about electrification as it refuses to reinvest in Lion Electric

Quebec government says it would be irresponsible to continue injecting public money into the struggling company.

Quebec becomes only province with a price on carbon, but it might not last

Quebec is now the only province in Canada that hasn't abandoned carbon pricing, choosing to maintain its 2013 cap-and-trade system. Critics of carbon pricing see this as an opportunity to pressure the provincial government to get rid of it.

Foreign nurses recruitment program in Quebec plagued by major flaws, internal report reveals

Foreign nurses recruited to Quebec through a provincial government program faced "major obstacles" upon their arrival, including a lack of housing, child care and transportation, according to an internal report.

Quebec committee to look at how to strengthen secularism, possible public prayer ban

The Quebec government has announced a new committee to make recommendations on how to strengthen secularism in the province, including by possibly restricting public prayer.