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1+ hour, 54+ min ago   (181+ words) The commissioner who oversaw the public inquiry into the $500-million cost-overrun scandal at Quebec's auto insurance board is scheduled to release his report publicly on Feb. 16. Judge Denis Gallant presided over 75 days of hearings in 2025 into how costs soared when…...

1+ hour, 55+ min ago   (193+ words) Officers began investigating in 2024 A Quebec man is facing charges after what the Manitoulin OPP describes as a complex, multi-agency investigation into "a major cyber financial fraud." On Jan. 22, officers arrested with assistance from the Hawkesbury OPP Crime Unit, Canada…...

1+ hour, 56+ min ago   (463+ words) Posted February 9, 2026 2:16 pm. An alliance dedicated to positioning Montreal as a major cultural metropolis is being reinstated. The "Montreal, Cultural Metropolis" brings together the municipal, provincial and federal governments as well as the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal, Culture…...

3+ hour, 27+ min ago   (651+ words) By Caroline Plante, The Canadian Press Posted February 9, 2026 12:46 pm. The professional order of Quebec lawyers, Barreau du Qu'bec (the Bar), is concerned about the "increasingly frequent" invocation of the notwithstanding clause to exempt laws that violate certain fundamental rights from…...

3+ hour, 46+ min ago   (341+ words) Posted February 9, 2026 12:27 pm. After years of planning and construction, Saint-Joseph's Oratory opened its doors with a new reception pavilion. The new pavilion was designed to better welcome the nearly two million visitors who come each year to this iconic Montreal…...

4+ hour, 24+ min ago   (231+ words) Province-Wide Protests Erupt as Quebec Scraps Popular PEQ Fast-Track to Permanent Residency'VisaHQ The PEQ has, for more than a decade, offered a fast-track to permanent residence for foreign graduates and skilled workers with French proficiency (newsminimalist.com)Demonstrators argue the…...

4+ hour, 27+ min ago   (856+ words) Posted Feb 9, 2026 9:45 am. Over half of Albertans would "definitely" vote to keep the province in Canada if a referendum on separation were held, according to a new poll from the Angus Reid Institute. The poll released Monday says only one-in…...

4+ hour, 48+ min ago   (453+ words) For a generation still figuring out where it belongs in society, watching Amira confront hate, harassment, and discrimination with grace gave thousands of Canadian Muslims, including young girls like myself. She helped us reimagine what the future should look like…...

5+ hour, 28+ min ago   (954+ words) It might come as news to many, but Parti Qu'b'cois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon said recently that the next sovereignty referendum campaign is already underway. Although he credits Prime Minister Mark Carney for kicking it off with a speech last…...

7+ hour, 46+ min ago   (381+ words) Windswept Chemin Duhamel along the Ottawa River in Pincourt on Saturday morning. Strong winds up to 50km/h drifted snow across the frozen river and onto the roadway. The winds also resulted in bitter windchills falling into the minus 30s. Temperatures over…...