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U.S. officials say a Colombian man who was living in Quebec has been extradited and arraigned in connection with the case of a pregnant Mexican woman who died while trying to cross a frigid river after illegally entering the United States in 2023. The U.S. attorney’s office for the northern District of New York has…
Amazon Canada will close all seven of its facilities in Quebec over the next couple of months, the company announced Wednesday. Some 1,950 workers — 1,700 permanent and 250 temporary — will be laid off. Amazon spokesperson Barbara Agrait dismissed concerns that the closures are linked to the recent unionization push in the province. She…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 17, 2025 11:18 am 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has officially applied to enter the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party. Coderre announced last June that he would run for the leadership, but has struggled to get ahead…
Donald Trump is “picking the wrong target” by threatening Canada with sweeping tariffs, Quebec’s premier says. As Francois Legault wrote Wednesday in The Hill, a U.S. political news website, the president-elect’s proposal of a 25 per cent tariff on all Canadian exports “can backfire.” “Canada will not become the 51st state in the union, but…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 14, 2025 2:48 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size Quebec’s education minister is asking a school in the Charlevoix region to reconsider its decision to force students to choose between sports-oriented programs and advanced math and science. Bernard Drainville’s office says he…
By Staff The Canadian Press Posted January 13, 2025 2:47 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size The Quebec government says thousands of people might have been exposed to measles at a shopping mall north of Montreal earlier this month, as an outbreak of the highly contagious disease continues to grow. Officials…
Immigrants are increasingly choosing to stay in Quebec, according to a new report from Statistics Canada, but the same isn’t true in the Atlantic region, which continues to lose newcomers to the rest of the country. Out of all the immigrants admitted into Quebec in 2021, almost 94 per cent of them were still in…
Descrease article font size Increase article font size Peel Regional Police have dismantled a sophisticated car theft ring, recovering nearly $4-million worth of stolen vehicles and laying over 100 criminal charges. The ring, which targeted over 100 vehicles near Toronto Pearson International Airport, specialized in newer high-end models such as Lexus SUVs, Toyota trucks, and…
Gisèle Benoit still gets goosebumps when she remembers the first time she saw a family of eastern wolves emerge from the forests of the Mauricie National Park, under the backdrop of a rising moon. It was 1984 and Benoit, then in her early 20s, had been using a horn to try to call a bull…
The consortium behind the redevelopment of the old Molson Brewery in Montreal revealed their plans for the redevelopment of the historic site on Wednesday. The six-million-square-foot development will include close to 5,000 mixed residential units along the massive 1.1 million-square-foot waterfront site, according to a release from Montoni and Fonds immobilier de solidarité FTQ, the…
