Tag Archives: Quebec

The mother of Claire Bell, the three-year-old girl reported missing on Sunday, was arrested and charged with child abandonment on Monday evening. Rachel Todd, 34, is scheduled to appear in court again today in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, Que. She’s been charged under section 218 (a) of the Criminal Code for allegedly abandoning a child under 10, “so that its …

Descrease article font size Increase article font size Environment Canada says air quality has improved across most of Quebec and Ontario as changes in wind and rain ease the situation east of the Prairies, where wildfires continue to rage. The federal department lifted alerts for most parts of both provinces …

The Cree Nation of Chisasibi has declared a state of emergency because of an ongoing water shortage. Many local services, including the hospital and elders home, are also operating on reduced services because of the issue. Chisasibi is the largest community in Eeyou Istchee, with about 5,200 residents. It also has …

Quebec Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe tabled a bill today that would force streaming giants to add French-language content and make it more easily accessible to users. Bill 109, titled An Act to affirm the cultural sovereignty of Quebec and to enact the Act respecting the discoverability of French-language cultural content in the digital environment, has been …

After users in Ontario and Quebec reported a widespread outage of Bell Canada’s services this morning, the company said an update triggered the interruption and that it had since fully restored its system. “Bell conducted an update that impacted some of our routers. We rolled back the update to quickly restore services,” a spokesperson for …

GameStop Canada says it has been acquired by French-Canadian entrepreneur Stephan Tetrault from the video game retailer’s struggling parent company. Officially named Electronics Boutique Canada Inc., GameStop Canada says it will relaunch its 185 stores as EB Games Canada — a name associated with retail gaming from bygone decades. Tetrault …

A public inquiry into the death of a quadriplegic man begins today in Quebec — over a year after he sought medical assistance in dying following a hospital stay that left him with a severe and painful bedsore.  Normand Meunier, 66, was stuck on a stretcher in an emergency room at …

Pierre Ny St-Amand, the 53-year-old man who crashed a bus into a daycare in Laval, Que., has been found not criminally responsible for his actions. Both the Crown and the defence recommended Ny St-Amand be found not criminally responsible during the trial. “In light of the evidence that was presented …

On a stretch of land by the Ottawa River, near the Quebec-Ontario border, Katherine Massam points to a sign warning of a pipeline under “high pressure.” Beneath her feet runs Enbridge Line 9B, which transports oil from Alberta to Montreal refineries. The proposed Energy East pipeline was also supposed to …

The Quebec government has put forward a bill that would extend the province’s ban on the wearing of religious symbols to support staff in schools, and prohibit students from having their faces covered. If passed, the legislation would extend the ban to all staff in public schools and school service centres, not …