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Pride celebrations take over downtown Montreal with parade
1+ mon, 4+ day ago (128+ words) Participants pull a rainbow flag along a street during the Pride parade in Montreal, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes MONTREAL - After a week of daily events and celebrations, Pride events are taking over downtown Montreal. Fierté Montréal is…...
Six Canadians detained by Israel off coast of Cyprus: flotilla organizer
3+ mon, 3+ week ago (511+ words) This grab from CCTV footage shows activists aboard a flotilla boat with their hands in the air as a boat approaches one of more than 50 vessels that departed from the port of Marmaris, Turkey, last week in what organizers of…...
Quebec minister challenged on lack of action in Kanesatake
3+ mon, 4+ week ago (857+ words) Manon Massé at the National Assembly on May 12. A summary of pleas from Kanehsata’kehró:non desperate for support was read out at the National Assembly this week as the provincial government was questioned for its sluggishness in confronting the organized…...
Minister files judicial review of First Nations child welfare agreement
4+ mon, 5+ day ago (208+ words) Minister of Indigenous Services Mandy Gull-Masty speaks in the Foyer of the House of Commons on Parliament Hill in Ottawa, on Friday, May 8, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby OTTAWA - Indigenous Services Minister Mandy Gull-Masty says her government has filed a…...
‘We’re struggling:’ Remains of missing First Nations woman found in Winnipeg
5+ mon, 5+ day ago (464+ words) WINNIPEG - Winnipeg police say DNA tests have confirmed the death of a First Nations woman who disappeared more than two years ago. Police said Wednesday the tests determined that partial remains found near a back lane in the city’s North…...
AFNQL calls on CAQ to drop “Quebec Constitution”
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (559+ words) Assembly of First Nations of Quebec and Labrador (AFNQL) Regional Chief Francis Verreault-Paul is once again calling on the provincial government to withdraw Bill 1 in its entirety. In an open letter published in the Montreal Gazette last Wednesday, Verreault-Paul described…...
Scrap And Start Over – Cree leaders criticize ‘ridiculous’ Quebec constitution process
6+ mon, 4+ day ago (702+ words) Cree leaders at National Assembly The Cree Nation has joined other First Nations leaders, civil liberties groups and legal experts in condemning legislation that would establish a Quebec constitution. On February 12, Cree leadership appeared before the Parliamentary Committee in Quebec…...
The Honourable Rechie Valdez is set to lead Canada at the 70th session of the UNCSW
6+ mon, 5+ day ago (159+ words) OTTAWA - Valdez, Canada’s Minister for Women and Gender Equality, will highlight Ottawa’s commitment to gender equality and share best practices with international partners. This year’s priority theme for the session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women…...
Quebec justice minister withdraws article on abortion rights in constitution bill
6+ mon, 3+ week ago (460+ words) Quebec Minister of Justice Simon Jolin-Barrette walks in the Red Room before question period begins, at the legislature in Quebec City, Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Karoline Boucher The Canadian Press QUÉBEC - Quebec’s justice minister has reversed course in the…...
Quebec government is removing the British crown from province’s coat of arms
7+ mon, 3+ week ago (514+ words) MONTREAL - The Quebec government announced Friday that it’s removing the British crown from the province’s official coat of arms, in what it described as a reaffirmation of the province’s autonomy. Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette and French Language Minister Jean-François Roberge…...