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Environment Canada issues snowfall warning for eastern Nova Scotia
3+ hour, 44+ min ago (98+ words) HALIFAX " Eastern Nova Scotia is under a snowfall warning Sunday. The weather service says a narrow band of heavy snow is set to develop over Cape Breton and Victoria County. Officials say roads and walkways will likely be messy and…...
Quicksketch: A look at newly acclaimed Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard
1+ day, 19+ hour ago (259+ words) MONTREAL " Charles Milliard was acclaimed leader of the Quebec Liberal Party on Friday, replacing Pablo Rodriguez who resigned in December after just six months in the role. The party has been facing a political crisis involving allegations of vote-buying and…...
Ontario lifting post-secondary tuition freeze, boosting funding
3+ day, 5+ hour ago (868+ words) TORONTO " Ontario is giving colleges and universities a multi-billion-dollar funding boost, while also lifting a seven-year tuition fee freeze in order to address severe financial strain critics say is at least partly of the provincial government's own making. Colleges and…...
Double murder, suicide in western Quebec First Nation, provincial police say
4+ day, 6+ hour ago (252+ words) MANIWAKI " A father fatally shot his two children before killing himself in the First Nation community of Kitigan Zibi, in Quebec's western region, provincial police said Wednesday. Provincial police said officers with the Kitigan Zibi Police Service were called to…...
Loss of government funding, secularism putting many Quebec churches 'on the brink"
4+ day, 9+ hour ago (1044+ words) MONTREAL " In 2023, the Ste-Marie-de-l'Isle Maligne church in Alma, Que., completed its transformation into the St-Cr'me " a combination hotel, ice cream shop and event space. It's one of dozens of churches that have been restored in recent years, with some finding…...