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Nunavut man charged with second-degree murder
2+ hour, 36+ min ago (127+ words) The RCMP's Major Crimes Unit has charged a man in relation to the death of a 45-year-old Baker Lake resident, police announced on April 7. Richard Niuqtuq, 28, was charged with second-degree murder. The charge is not proven in court. Niuqtuq will…...
Carney defends high-speed rail project between Toronto and Quebec City
4+ hour, 12+ min ago (211+ words) Prime Minister Mark Carney visits a construction site next to the Century Garden Recreation Centre in Brampton, Ont. before making an announcement on Tuesday April 7 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young OTTAWA - Prime Minister Mark Carney is defending the government's high-speed…...
CAQ leadership and Quebec premier’s office is still up for grabs, pollsters say
1+ day, 5+ hour ago (553+ words) Coalition Avenir Qu'bec (CAQ) leadership candidates Christine Frechette and Bernard Drainville shake hands prior to taking part in a leadership debate in Laval, Que., Saturday, March 28, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes With less than a week left in the race…...
Man in his 50s killed in collision with snowplow in central Quebec
3+ day, 4+ hour ago (141+ words) A Quebec provincial police logo is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby MONTREAL - A man in his 50s died Friday evening following a collision between his vehicle and a snowplow in central Quebec. "lizabeth Marquis, Quebec…...
Driver in his 20s dies in overnight crash in southwestern Quebec
3+ day, 6+ hour ago (138+ words) A Quebec provincial police logo is seen in Ottawa, on Sunday, Sept. 28, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Spencer Colby MONTREAL - A man in his 20s was killed overnight in a car crash in southwestern Quebec near the U.S. border. "lizabeth Marquis, Quebec provincial police…...
New secularism law is looming over Way of the Cross marches on Good Friday in Quebec
4+ day, 17+ hour ago (738+ words) People take part in a Way of the Cross procession in Montreal, Friday, March 29, 2024. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes MONTREAL - Christians across Quebec are about to face a new legal landscape on Good Friday, only a day after the provincial…...
Whisky standards create a potent economic driver for Alberta, MLA says
4+ day, 20+ hour ago (419+ words) The province hopes to make the authenticity and quality of Alberta whisky a selling point, prompting a UCP MLA to toast the industry and proposed new legislation. Lacombe-Ponoka MLA Jennifer Johnson raised a glass Wednesday to Alberta's proposed new whisky…...
Coroner’s inquest announced in 2020 death of Toronto woman who fell from balcony
5+ day, 1+ hour ago (222+ words) Demonstrators march as they mark the first anniversary of the death of Regis Korchinski-Paquet, the 29-year-old African Indigenous woman who died in the presence of Toronto police officers, in Toronto on Monday, May 24, 2021. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Chris Young TORONTO - A…...
AFNQL calls on CAQ to drop “Quebec Constitution”
5+ day, 6+ hour 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…...
Quebec coroner investigating after three homeless people died last week in Montreal
6+ day, 5+ hour ago (290+ words) Tents are seen at an unhoused encampment in Montreal on Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Christinne Muschi After three unhoused people died in Montreal last week, the Quebec coroner's office has ordered an investigation into the underlying issues that are…...