Sidhartha Banerjee
Reporter with the Canadian Press
About Sidhartha Banerjee
Feds granted extension to overhaul medical assistance in dying legislation
Quebec Superior Court has granted the federal government a five-month extension to revise its legislation on medical assistance in dying, giving Ottawa until just before Christmas to conform with a provincial court ruling.
Quebec premier replaces health minister in cabinet shift
Quebec Premier Francois Legault made major changes to his cabinet on Monday, June 22, 2020, including replacing the province's health minister in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Thousands march in anti-racism, anti-police brutality rally in Montreal
Thousands hit Montreal streets again on Sunday, June 7, 2020, to speak out in turn against racism, systemic discrimination and police brutality, following other Canadian communities that held marches this weekend.
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.
Quebec implores teens to stop socializing as COVID-19 cases spike
Quebec Premier Francois Legault on Tuesday, March 17, 2020, implored teens and young adults in the province to abide by extraordinary rules forbidding social gatherings amid the biggest spike yet in the number of cases of COVID-19.
Quebec Premier calls on seniors to stay home
Quebec Premier Francois Legault called on the province's seniors and those who may be inclined to visit them to stay home until further notice on Saturday, March 14, 2020, in a bid to stop the growing spread of COVID-19.
Quebec responds to COVID-19 with school shutdowns
Quebec is closing all schools, junior colleges, universities and daycare centres in the province for two weeks beginning on Monday, March 16, 2020, to reduce the spread of COVID-19.
Wet'suwet'en hereditary chiefs meet with Mohawks in Quebec
Traditional chiefs of the Wet'suwet'en First Nation maintained on Saturday, February 22, 2020, that they want to see RCMP gone from their territory and a halt to construction of a natural-gas pipeline on their lands to kickstart talks with the federal government and see a possible end to crippling rail blockades.
Police break up Quebec rail blockade
A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late on Friday, February 21, 2020, after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction.
Police to take apart rail blockade if injunction granted
Quebec Premier Francois Legault says police will dismantle a rail blockade in St-Lambert, south of Montreal, if a court grants an injunction.