Quebecers are riled up about Northvolt's EV battery plant. Here's why
An environmental group sued; Quebecers complained that the price tag was too high at a time when Legault was crying poverty during salary negotiations with teachers and nurses; and vandals sabotaged the work site east of Montreal by driving metal bars into trees, hoping to damage clear-cutting machinery.
Immigration a political football in Quebec election
The head of a major employers' group in Quebec says an election campaign is not the time to have a serious discussion about immigration.
Quebec politicians face 'out of control' intimidation on campaign trail
Gilles Bélanger, a candidate for the Coalition Avenir Québec, recently moved his children and partner out of his house, and he makes sure the doors are always locked.
Sex misconduct allegations shake Quebec arts scene
Quebec's arts scene is being rocked by a wave of sexual assault and harassment allegations against well-known figures in the province's entertainment industry.
Canadians protest George Floyd killing and racism in Canada in Montreal, Toronto and Vancouver
A Montreal anti-racism protest demanding justice for a black Minnesota man who died following a police intervention last week degenerated into clashes between police and some demonstrators on Sunday, May 31, 2020, night.
Farmers say it takes more than two Quebecers to replace one migrant worker
Melina Plante has found that, on her five-hectare fruit and vegetable farm south of Montreal by the U.S. border, one experienced Guatemalan farmhand can produce more than two Quebecers.
No 'immunity passports' for people recovered from COVID
It's premature to talk about "immunity passports" for Canadians who have been infected with COVID-19, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Saturday, April 25, 2020, because the science is unclear about whether those who have recovered from the virus are protected from catching it again.
Heavy fines and policing won't make people safer from COVID-19: criminologists
Corey Yanofsky, a data scientist living in Ottawa, took his dog out for a walk last week and ended up with an $880 fine for standing in the wrong place during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Pandemic-generated panic of COVID-19
When a Quebec couple recently travelled to the far reaches of Yukon in a bid to escape the novel coronavirus, only to be turned away, it seemed a textbook case of pandemic-generated panic.
COVID-19 endangering democratic rights?
While Canadians monitor their bodies for signs of COVID-19 symptoms, civil liberties advocates and human rights lawyers are urging citizens to also keep track of the possible erosion of democratic rights.