Verity Stevenson

Verity is a reporter for CBC in Montreal. She previously worked for the Globe and Mail, Toronto Star, Telegraph-Journal and the Sherbrooke Record. She's originally from the Eastern Townships and has gone to school both in French and English.

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Quebec premier calls Trump's border security concerns 'legitimate' after tariff threat

Quebec Premier François Legault wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to appease Donald Trump by tightening border security and clamping  down on the illegal drug trade in response to the president-elect's threat of imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.

Students hold pro-Palestinian strikes and protest across Quebec

Chants and speeches broke the quiet that surrounded the shuttered campus of Dawson College in downtown Montreal Thursday, as student protesters held a rally calling for Quebec post-secondary institutions to divest from companies with ties to Israel and called on the federal government to take a stance against the war in Gaza.

Former special ops soldier says he faced 'retaliation' for reporting alleged killing of Afghan civilians

A former special forces soldier is suing the federal government, alleging he was shunned by his unit and pushed out of the military after he denounced Canadian troops' alleged involvement in the killing of unarmed people in Afghanistan.

Quebec's 'super minister' of economy and energy resigns from cabinet

Pierre Fitzgibbon, the provincial minister for economy and energy and a prominent figure of the ruling Coalition Avenir Québec cabinet, is stepping down a week before the fall parliamentary session begins and with several big projects in motion.

Building collapse in Saint-Henri came as no surprise to some tenants

Aerial images now show three floors of the residential building in southwestern Montreal exposed and caved-in downwards, as if some giant hand had pressed a finger into its roof. A red bicycle with a milk carton as a basket somehow hung vertically among the debris.

RCMP investigating after bomb threat sent to Jewish institutions across Canada

A threatening email was sent early Wednesday morning to dozens of Jewish institutions across Canada, including several in Montreal, prompting an RCMP investigation. 

Pipe in Montreal's water main break was predicted to last another 10 years

The portion of water main pipe that broke last week, resulting in a geyser that flooded dozens of homes and businesses east of downtown, was expected to last another decade, according to an analysis ordered by the City of Montreal after the pipe's last inspection in 2018.

Montreal's recent floods reveal the locations of hidden rivers

As heavy rainfalls multiply, scientists and urban planners have turned to centuries-old cartography to understand areas that could be vulnerable to flooding. 

Quebec widens scope of tropical storm Debby flooding compensation

The province will now compensate owners of homes that were flooded by overflowing sewers on Aug. 9.

McGill withdraws injunction request against pro-Palestinian groups

McGill University has withdrawn its injunction request against pro-Palestinian groups that had for months camped on its downtown campus, CBC News has learned.