News
Quebec Liberal Party welcomes new leader Charles Milliard
22+ hour, 5+ min ago (550+ words) TROIS-RIVI'RES " About 600 people welcomed Charles Milliard as the new head of the Quebec Liberal Party in Trois-Rivi'res on Sunday, days after he was acclaimed in a leadership race that no one else joined. Milliard, who entered the room at the…...
Environment Canada issues snowfall warning for eastern Nova Scotia
1+ day, 7+ hour 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…...
Warmer temperatures ahead for southern Ontario as longest cold spell in a decade ends
2+ day, 6+ hour ago (222+ words) TORONTO " A cold spell that has gripped southern Ontario since mid-January is finally set to break in time for the Family Day long weekend. Environment Canada is forecasting temperatures of 2 C this weekend in Toronto, warming up to 6 C on…...
Quicksketch: A look at newly acclaimed Quebec Liberal Leader Charles Milliard
2+ 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…...
Charles Milliard acclaimed as new leader of Quebec Liberal Party
2+ day, 23+ hour ago (632+ words) MONTREAL " The Quebec Liberals have acclaimed 46-year-old Charles Milliard as their new leader, forgoing the need for a second leadership race in less than one year. With no other candidate accepted by the party, the Liberals formally announced Milliard as…...
Quebec political, business leaders backing Montreal's bid to host NATO defence bank
3+ day, 53+ min ago (553+ words) MONTREAL " Montreal has become the latest Canadian city to put its name forward to become the global headquarters for the proposed International Defence, Security and Resilience Bank (DSRB). Quebec Premier Fran'ois Legault and other government officials joined with Montreal business…...
Ontario lifting post-secondary tuition freeze, boosting funding
3+ day, 19+ hour ago (880+ 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…...
Report into Quebec Liberal scandals finds ex-leader Pablo Rodriguez was unaware
4+ day, 18+ hour ago (256+ words) QU'BEC " A retired Superior Court judge who investigated a text message scandal that helped bring down former Quebec Liberal leader Pablo Rodriguez has reached few firm conclusions. Jacques R. Fournier says it's impossible to say whether the messages, purportedly about the…...
Double murder, suicide in western Quebec First Nation, provincial police say
4+ day, 23+ 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"
5+ day, 13+ 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…...