With a robust economy and a main opponent seen as vulnerable, Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard calculated that a longer election campaign would be the secret to securing a second mandate.

When the Quebec election was called on Aug. 23, Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault sat atop the polls and the race was his to lose.

Pawning off immigrant health care costs on the federal government and a "racist" website displaying embarrassing comments from Parti Quebecois members were some of the highlights from Day 37 of Quebec's election campaign.

Quebecers head to the polls on Monday, October 1, 2018, after a rare election campaign in which independence was not an issue and parties were left struggling to present a clear vision to voters.

Seven years ago, Manon Masse was aboard a flotilla of ships bound for the Gaza Strip in an attempt to break the Israeli-Egyptian blockade of the embattled territory.

As political scientists anticipate a short-lived alliance between the centre-right CAQ and the Parti Québécois in order to ensure the smooth running of parliament until the next election, Montrealers told National Observer on Friday that they would welcome a minority government.

A group of housing rights activists from across Quebec walked 500 kilometres from Ottawa to Quebec City to push for concrete commitments to affordable housing from the federal and Quebec governments.

With two weeks to go before la Francophonie names its new leader, former governor general Michaelle Jean is receiving only lukewarm support from Quebec's political party leaders as she seeks a second term.

Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault was forced to backtrack on Thursday, September 27, 2018, after responding with an emphatic "yes" to a woman asking if he would stand strong against immigrants seeking to "erase" Quebecers.

After a three-year hiatus, Marguerite Blais, former Quebec Liberal cabinet minister, returned this year to politics, but not to the Liberals. She switched to the centre-right Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) party that is currently neck-and-neck with the Liberals to win the provincial election on Monday. Find out why she made the leap.

Criticism of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau by the wife of Coalition Avenir Quebec Leader Francois Legault raised questions on Wednesday, September 26, 2018, about how a possible Coalition government would get along with the federal Liberals.

A leading contender in Quebec's election campaign has come under fire from dozens of scientists for openly musing about ending a province-wide ban on shale fracking for oil and gas.

Jean-Louis Themis believes the true measure of a society is how well it eats.

Quebec's political party leaders set their political differences aside on Saturday, September 22, 2018, as they headed to Gatineau, Que., to survey the damage from a tornado that ripped through homes and sent several people to hospital on Friday, September 21, 2018, night.

At a downtown Montreal hotel last week, Quebec solidaire co-spokesperson Manon Masse looked out at members of the city's business community and calmly declared she wanted a revolution.