
Montreal buses remove 'Go! Canadiens Go!' after complaint to language watchdog
MONTREAL -- City buses in Montreal have dropped the expression "Go! Canadiens Go!" following a complaint to Quebec's language watchdog.
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MONTREAL -- City buses in Montreal have dropped the expression "Go! Canadiens Go!" following a complaint to Quebec's language watchdog.
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MONTREAL -- Pressure is starting to mount on Quebec to reconsider its cap-and-trade emissions pricing system after the federal consumer price ended Tuesday.
MONTREAL -- As Quebec becomes the last province in Canada that hasn't abandoned carbon pricing, the provincial government could start feeling pressure to align itself with the rest of the country.
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MONTREAL -- The federal government and the Canadian dairy industry are vowing to protect the country's supply management system in the face of threats from the United States.
MONTREAL -- Quebec's immigration minister says newcomers to the province need to embrace the "common culture," as the government looks to put Quebec identity back at the forefront of the political agenda.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec legislature resumes sitting Tuesday for a spring session likely to be dominated by the threat of a trade war with the United States and a renewed focus on secularism and identity.
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MONTREAL -- The Montreal massacre, which took place 35 years ago on Friday, sparked a national discussion about violence against women and drove major public policy changes, especially around gun control. Here is a timeline of some of the major events that have occurred since the 1989 mass shooting.
MONTREAL -- As Australia moves to ban social media for children under 16, Quebec is debating whether to follow suit.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault is putting pressure on the Montreal police to arrest everyone involved in an anti-NATO protest that turned violent last week.
MONTREAL -- An anti-NATO protest in Montreal that turned violent on Friday is stirring up talk about a controversial former bylaw that once prohibited protesters in the city from wearing masks.
MONTREAL -- Municipal officials have opted to end water fluoridation on the Island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
MONTREAL -- Municipal officials are considering an end to water fluoridation on the Island of Montreal in a move spurred by a petition from a resident who claims he has the support of Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
MONTREAL -- Quebec wants to improve access to abortion services as part of a new plan to counter what the government describes as an erosion of women's rights around the world.
MONTREAL -- Quebec wants to increase access to abortion pills as part of a new plan aimed at reaffirming the province's commitment to reproductive rights.
MONTREAL -- A First Nation near Quebec City says the provincial government and Quebec's hydro utility have ignored their constitutional duty to consult about four planned wind projects south of the St. Lawrence River.
MONTREAL -- Quebec Premier Francois Legault is raising concerns about the prospect of a wave of migrants coming to the province following Donald Trump's victory in the U.S. presidential election.
MONTREAL -- More than 45 nations signed a pledge in Montreal on Thursday to repatriate to Ukraine the civilians, prisoners of war and children taken by Russia since it invaded the country nearly three years ago.
MONTREAL -- Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly says she hopes countries from around the world will support a plan to bring back Ukrainian children who have been deported to Russia since the war in Ukraine began nearly three years ago.
MONTREAL -- Quebec wants to cut its share of international students to ease housing pressure and protect the French language, but a recent uptick in study permits has mostly gone to people from francophone countries where the province has explicitly sought to attract more students.
MONTREAL -- An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec's education system, with the provincial government pledging to consider new measures to keep religion out of classrooms.
MONTREAL -- Quebec has introduced legislation to cap the number of international students in the province, part of a larger push by the government to reduce temporary immigration.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec government is facing criticism for a program that paid students to learn a construction skill -- as less than half the graduates are certified to work in the industry.
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MONTREAL -- Travellers, business groups and politicians expressed fervent relief on Sunday after Air Canada and the union representing thousands of its pilots negotiated a new labour deal and averted a disruptive, countrywide shutdown.
MONTREAL -- In the final stretch of a Montreal byelection campaign widely seen as a referendum on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's leadership, the Liberal candidate wants people to focus on her -- not her leader.
MONTREAL -- Montreal Mayor Valerie Plante's decision to restrict access to her social media accounts is facing pushback over concerns it could stifle criticism.
MONTREAL -- As the fall session of Quebec's legislature kicks off this week, Premier Francois Legault will have to fend off claims his government is past its best-before date, even as he works to shepherd a pivotal energy bill into law.
MONTREAL -- The Quebec government says it has an "action plan" to fight illegal dumping of contaminated soil in a Mohawk community west of Montreal, but residents of Kanesatake and the neighbouring town of Oka say they've yet to see the signs of a permanent fix.
MONTREAL -- One familiar face is conspicuously absent from a federal byelection campaign in Montreal that could have major implications for the Liberal government.
MONTREAL -- One of Quebec's three English-language universities is reporting a nearly 30 per cent drop in enrolment of out-of-province students following a controversial tuition hike announced last year by the provincial government.
MONTREAL -- An upcoming byelection in Montreal will have the longest ballot in the history of Canadian federal elections, breaking a record set earlier this summer in Toronto.
MONTREAL -- A spokesperson for Transport Minister Pablo Rodriguez says he is fielding "a lot of requests" to join the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party.
MONTREAL -- More than two years after Quebec lifted most of its COVID-era public health measures, the province has only recouped a little over one-third of the $68 million it issued in pandemic-related fines.
MONTREAL -- A small Quebec community has been locked in a drawn-out battle for the last two years with a local family that accuses it of being "the most racist city in the world."
MONTREAL -- A Montreal elementary school has been inadvertently flushing raw sewage into a nearby river for years, and the city, despite identifying the problem in 2021, is only now taking action to fix it.
MONTREAL -- It's the end of an era for a giant of Quebec media.
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