The legislation tabled last month has been the subject of growing consternation among legal experts and civil liberties groups, who warn it would centralize power, weaken judicial oversight and infringe on individual freedoms.
Traffic congestion in and around Montreal is getting worse — and it’s no longer just a downtown problem. Rapid population growth on the city’s outskirts, coupled with limited public transit, is causing traffic nightmares from Laval to the South Shore and beyond.
Despite a court ruling striking down its tuition hikes for out-of-province Canadian students, the Quebec government will not appeal the decision. Yet the higher education minister said it intends to stay the course.
Quebec is moving ahead with a full ban on cellphones and other electronic devices in schools. The regulation will apply from the beginning to the end of the school day, including breaks.
With housing costs having risen dramatically over the past decade, a Montreal developer says he'd like the next federal government to finally 'treat it like a crisis.'
Quebec nationalism and provincial issues like language, immigration and secularism often loom large in federal election campaigns, but Trump's tariffs and threat of making Canada the 51st state has reshaped the campaign so far across the province.
The U.S. government is making it more difficult for Canadians to access the Stanstead, Que., library, an iconic building that straddles the border, according to town and library officials.
The Quebec government is putting 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.
The site in Blainville, Que., has been operating for more than 40 years, but is now the subject of a heated dispute involving local residents, the municipality and the provincial government.
Five years after the pandemic began, Quebec's curfew remains controversial — more than half the fines are unpaid, legal battles continue and health experts still debate whether the benefits outweighed the costs.
Montreal’s small concert venues and theatres will be getting financial assistance from the city to help them stay afloat. Venues with fewer than 1,000 seats will be eligible.