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Quebec Superior Court authorizes class action against Uber over cancellation fees
1+ day, 49+ min ago (332+ words) MONTREAL " The Quebec Superior Court has authorized a class-action lawsuit against Uber that accuses the San Francisco-based company of violating the province's Consumer Protection Act with its cancellation fees. Ohayon was charged $5.75 after her son cancelled a ride on the…...
Drainville, Fréchette square off in second Coalition Avenir Québec leadership debate
5+ hour, 49+ min ago (146+ words) LAVAL " The two candidates vying to replace Fran'ois Legault as Coalition Avenir Qu'bec leader and Quebec premier are meeting today in a second and final debate. Bernard Drainville and Christine Fr'chette exchanged friendly greetings ahead of the start of the…...
New Democrats gather in Winnipeg to pick new leader, plot path out of political exile
1+ day, 12+ hour ago (619+ words) WINNIPEG " Manitoba Premier Wab Kinew called on NDP delegates Friday to focus on issues like affordability and health care and put off tackling bigger policy ideas until they form a government. Kinew offered a simple piece of advice to the…...
Quebec Superior Court rebukes feds for trying to block release of court decision
3+ day, 2+ hour ago (131+ words) MONTREAL " A Quebec Superior Court has ruled that it was inappropriate for the federal government to try to block publication of a court ruling in a case that has been shrouded in secrecy. The redacted ruling involved a former police…...
Quebec tables bill on involuntary hospitalization
3+ day, 22+ hour ago (452+ words) QU'BEC " Quebec's minister of health and social services has tabled a bill to relax the criteria for the involuntary hospitalization of patients experiencing a mental health crisis. The bill aims to overhaul Bill P-38, or the Act respecting the protection of…...
Lawyers tell Supreme Court Quebec’s Bill 21 goes beyond legal scope
4+ day, 21+ hour ago (939+ words) OTTAWA " Lawyers challenging Quebec's secularism law Bill 21 went before the Supreme Court of Canada on Monday arguing the legislation goes too far and is unconstitutional. The lawyers also argued the Quebec government overstepped its provincial jurisdiction on matters of linguistic…...
Man who drove bus into Quebec daycare, killing 2 children, labelled high-risk accused
1+ week, 5+ day ago (719+ words) MONTREAL " The Quebec man found not criminally responsible for killing two children after driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare has been labelled by a judge a high-risk accused, a designation that imposes additional restrictions on his detention and…...
Man charged in murder of Montreal store owner had stabbed to death B.C. woman in 2012
2+ week, 1+ day ago (498+ words) A man charged with first-degree murder in the death on Thursday of a Montreal convenience store owner has a lengthy criminal record, which includes a conviction in 2015 for stabbing to death a woman in British Columbia. Xavier Gellatly, 35, was formally…...
Quebec Tories sour on Grapes as caucus members support Don Cherry for Order of Canada
2+ week, 22+ hour ago (843+ words) OTTAWA " Opposition is mounting among Quebec's federal Conservatives to their own party's push to award the Order of Canada to controversial hockey commentator Don Cherry. In a social media post late Thursday, the party's Quebec lieutenant Pierre Paul-Hus said he…...
B.C. to bring in safety zones, ban harassment around sites of worship
2+ week, 5+ day ago (558+ words) VICTORIA " The British Columbia government is bringing in legislation to prevent intimidation, harassment and obstruction of people from going to their temples, churches and other places of worship. The 20-metre protection zones for religious sites represent an expansion of rules…...