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Ottawa to transfer $6 billion to Quebec to strengthen child care
The federal government will transfer about $6 billion to Quebec over five years in connection with Ottawa's national child-care program, but the money comes without conditions and Quebec's government can spend it how it pleases.
Quebec researchers propose new heat wave alert system
Researchers in Quebec have developed a new warning system for heat waves that they say is more precise and better adapted to climate change.
Protecting biodiversity in Montreal with Canada's largest city park
Montreal has the least parkland per capita among major Canadian cities — but the 3,000-hectare Grand Parc de l'Ouest aims to improve that.
Calls for police to review use of force in Quebec after video of Black youth's arrest
Opposition party Québec solidaire and a Black community group in Montreal are calling on the provincial government to introduce a policy governing how police interact with young, racialized people.
Kahnawake occupy camp set up near Châteauguay to protest housing project
Newly appointed Kahnawake Grand Chief Kahsennenhawe Sky-Deer says she is offering her full support to members of the Montreal-area First Nations territory who are occupying a disputed parcel of land to stop a proposed housing project.
Quebec tornado causes one death and extensive damage
One person was killed after a tornado struck Mascouche, Que., a suburb north of Montreal, late Monday, June 21, 2021, afternoon.
How solitary bees are finding solace on Montreal billboards
To recreate a natural environment, researchers made nesting boxes, and then attached them to 10 Montreal billboards. Twice over the summer, part of the nests will be taken back to the lab at Université de Montréal to look for a way to beef up the bee population.
For the love of the ice rink, let’s fight climate change
Patricia Lane introduces us to Mitchell Dickau, who reckoned the best way to illustrate the impact of climate change for skate-loving Montrealers was to calculate how many days without ice rinks rising temperatures will mean.
Habitat protected for Quebec's endangered spiny softshell turtle
The Nature Conservancy of Canada said on Thursday, May 13, 2021, it acquired two hectares of land southeast of Montreal to protect the habitat of the endangered spiny softshell turtle.
New Ottawa fund to support, challenge city’s climate efforts
The fund is the latest addition to the Low Carbon Cities Canada network run by the Federation of Canadian Municipalities, joining cities like Toronto, Vancouver and Montreal.
Denis Coderre to challenge Valerie Plante for mayor of Montreal
Denis Coderre says he's running again against the woman who made him a one-term mayor in 2017.
Masks and online learning help Ontario schools with COVID-19
Elementary teachers in Ontario have filed fewer COVID-19 workplace insurance claims per capita than their counterparts in British Columbia. How big a role did masks on kids play in that?
Conservative grassroots at stake during this convention
If there's been one constant at Conservative conventions since the party's first in Montreal in 2005, it's been a fellow known as "Gord, from Red Deer."