Canada PM Justin Trudeau calls two federal byelections for Sep 16
Jul 30, 2024, at 05:03 am
Toronto/IBNS: Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced two federal byelections to be held in the ridings of Elmwood-Transcona in Winnipeg and LaSalle—Emard—Verdun in Montreal on Sept 16.
Canada to deploy country's armed forces to help extinguish Quebec fires
Jun 04, 2023, at 07:58 pm
Ottawa: Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Sunday that the government would send the country’s armed forces to support the Quebec authorities in extinguishing wildfires in the province.
Canada: Quebec to pass bill to ensure crackdown on illegal Airbnbs
May 17, 2023, at 03:45 am
Montreal/IBNS: Quebec’s regulation in holding short-term rental platforms such as Airbnb accountable for uncertified listings should reportedly be followed by more provinces, say advocates.
Canada: Over one million Hydro-Quebec customers still without power after ice storm
Apr 07, 2023, at 05:31 am
Montreal/IBNS: Over one million customers were still without power on Thursday morning, and some of them are likely to stay without it for days after an ice storm hit southern Quebec with falling trees and causing flooding.
US-Canada border: 8 bodies discovered in St Lawrence River
Apr 02, 2023, at 05:19 am
Quebec (Canada): The bodies of eight migrants, including two minors, have been retrieved after they perished while attempting to unlawfully cross from Canada into the United States, BBC reported citing the authorities
Canada: Bill 96 implementation may see a decline in Quebec English-language college courses
Mar 16, 2023, at 05:14 am
Montreal/IBNS: Quebec‘s new French-language law (Bill-96) may reportedly see a cut in the province's English-language colleges.
Quebec is challenged by spread of viruses, thousands of students miss classes
Oct 20, 2022, at 04:50 am
Quebec/IBNS: There has reportedly been a jump in absences of Canada's Quebec students in recent weeks with approximately 4,000 of them missing classes during the week of Oct 12 due to illness.
Canada: Quebec sees spike in COVID-19 infections, hospitalizations
Jun 30, 2022, at 03:09 am
Montreal/IBNS: The province of Quebec witnessed an increase in infections related to COVID-19, with reportedly 1,226 hospitalizations in the last 24 hours and five more deaths.
Quebec’s new language law could hurt tech companies' recruitment, damage economy: Report
Jun 17, 2022, at 04:46 am
Quebec/IBNS: Quebec’s Premier François Legault has been warned by the leaders of dozens of Quebec-based technology companies that the province’s new language law, known as Bill 96 could cause enormous damage to the province’s economy due to the problems in recruiting talented people.
Canada: Quebec's spring budget to offset inflation impact, offers one-time payment of $500 to adults
Mar 24, 2022, at 04:56 am
Quebec/IBNS: With a motive to help offset the impact of inflation, Quebec’s spring budget is including a one-time payment of $500 to every adult earning $100,000 or less with the cash scheduled to arrive a few months ahead of the provincial election.
Ontario's plans to lift COVID-19 restrictions not being followed by Quebec, Alberta
Jan 22, 2022, at 04:55 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Ontario's plan to ease restrictions starting from Jan 31 will not be followed by Quebec and Alberta.
Canada: Quebec’s anti-corruption squad probes large number of fake vaccine passports
Jan 21, 2022, at 06:07 am
Quebec/IBNS: Various fraudulent schemes to make and distribute fake vaccine passports in the province of Quebec are being investigated by the province's anti-corruption squad with a warning that people involved could face serious criminal charges.
Canada: Most schools in Ontario and Quebec to be closed today due to severe snowstorm
Jan 18, 2022, at 05:01 am
Ottawa/IBNS: Most of the schools in the provinces of Canada's Ontario and Quebec have either been closed or been moved to online learning Monday due to a severe snowstorm.
Ontario not to follow Quebec's proposal of taxing the unvaccinated: Premier Doug Ford
Jan 14, 2022, at 04:40 am
Toronto/IBNS: Ontario Premier Doug Ford while touring a vaccination site at the Toronto Zoo has said that Ontario would not follow Quebec's policy of taxing unvaccinated people.
Canada: Unvaccinated Quebecers without medical exemptions to pay health tax, says Quebec Premier
Jan 13, 2022, at 05:35 am
Quebec/IBNS: Health tax will be imposed on Quebecers who refuse to get their first dose of a COVID-19 vaccine in the coming weeks, Premier François Legault has announced at a news conference.
Canada: Quebec's imposition of curfew to protect healthcare system faces criticism
Jan 05, 2022, at 05:39 am
Montreal/IBNS: Quebec Premier François Legault alongside Health Minister Christian Dubé and public health director Horacio Arruda have announced in a news conference to impose a night curfew between 10 p.m. and 5 a.m. effective Dec 31 amid rising COVID-19 cases.
Canada: Quebec changes its vaccination campaign
Jan 21, 2021, at 02:36 am
Quebec/IBNS: Canada's Quebec will make changes to its vaccination plan, the province's health minister Christian Dubé has announced.
Candian physician calls for travel ban following surge in Covid-19 cases
Jan 14, 2021, at 05:19 am
British Columbia/IBNS: After seeing a surge in the number of Covid patients from Ontario and Quebec after the holidays, Dr. Annie Gareau, an emergency physician at Whistler Health Care Centre told Radio-Canada about her concern and called on the B.C. government to contain travel from other provinces.
Quebec to be under curfew for 4 weeks to curb COVID-19 case count
Jan 09, 2021, at 01:39 am
Quebec/IBNS: In an attempt to lower its alarming increase of COVID-19 case count, Quebec would be placed under curfew, the first of its kind in Canada since the declaration of the coronavirus pandemic, for four weeks effective tomorrow from 8 p.m. to 5 a.m. during which time residents in much of Quebec will be prohibited from going outside at night, Quebec health officials said.
Canada: Quebec stabbing incident leaves two killed
Nov 01, 2020, at 10:19 pm
Quebec: At least two people were killed and five others were hurt in a stabbing incident in Canadian city of Quebec on Sunday, media reports said.
Suspect in Quebec attack hospitalized after being detained by Police : Reports
Nov 01, 2020, at 10:09 pm
Moscow/Sputnik: The suspect in attacks on people in Canada's city of Quebec has been hospitalized after being detained by the police, the Radio Canada broadcaster has reported.
Canada: 2 dead, 5 injured in stabbing incident in Quebec, suspect arrested
Nov 01, 2020, at 06:30 pm
Toronto/IBNS: Two people were killed and five others injured in a stabbing incident in the Canadian city of Quebec, police said.
Canada: Fluctuating spike in COVID-19 cases in Quebec pushes it to balance lockdown with freedom
Oct 17, 2020, at 04:42 am
Quebec/IBNS: Quebec Premier François Legault on Friday said during a news conference that the current partial lockdown, which is already halfway through a 28-day period is yielding the desired results.
Canada: Quebec joins COVID-19 Alert app, few provinces resist
Oct 07, 2020, at 01:20 am
Quebec/IBNS: Canadian province Quebec's joining in the COVID-19 Alert app, and Nova Scotia and Prince Edward Island (PEI)'s commitment to join it in the coming days, has left British Columbia (B.C.), and Alberta as the only remaining provinces with no immediate plans to activate the digital app, media reports said.
Correctional Service Canada seizes contraband, unauthorized items at Donnacona Institution in Quebec
Sep 30, 2020, at 04:16 am
Quebec/IBNS: Packages containing contraband and unauthorized items were seized Sept 20, 21, and 22, 2020 at Donnacona Institution in Quebec, a federal maximum-security institution by vigilant staff members of the Correctional Service Canada (CSC), reported CSC on Monday.
Canada: Montreal and Quebec City to be upgraded to COVID-19 red alert level
Sep 29, 2020, at 02:32 am
Quebec/IBNS: Christian Dubé, Quebec Health Minister, has confirmed while speaking on Radio-Canada's popular Sunday night talk show 'Tout le monde en parle,' that Montreal and Quebec City would move from orange to red alert, the highest alert level "in the coming days."
Jul 23, 2020, at 05:28 am
Quebec, Jul 22 (IBNS): Quebec's surge in the number of new cases of coronavirus since the end of June has been mainly due to increased family contacts, Quebec Health Ministry was quoted as saying in media reports.
Canada: Quebec orders public inquiry into COVID-19 related deaths in long-term care homes
Jun 18, 2020, at 11:46 pm
Quebec/IBNS: Quebec's chief coroner Pascale Descary ordered a wide-ranging public inquiry into the occurrence of deaths in the province's long-term care homes, private seniors' residences and other residential institutions for vulnerable people over the first six weeks of the COVID-19 pandemic, media reports said.
Windstorm rips through southern Quebec causing power outages
Jun 12, 2020, at 02:31 am
Montreal/IBNS: More than 100,000 Hydro-Québec customers across southern Quebec have been without electricity due to power outages caused by strong and gusting winds, media reports said.
Quebec, Ontario report highest Covid-19 cases in Canada
May 26, 2020, at 07:07 pm
Ottawa/IBNS: Quebec and Ontario have reported the largest number of Covid-19 cases nationwide in Canada, media reports said.