Quebec News

QUÉBEC — The new director of Quebec's youth protection system promised on Thursday to shed light on what's ailing the troubled network and to provide more transparency.

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 — The Quebec government has frozen two major immigration streams that provide a pathway to permanent residency, after complaining for years that the number of newcomers settling in the province is threatening its language and culture.

TORONTO — Creditors are set to vote later this year on a proposed settlement that would see three tobacco giants pay out billions to provinces and smokers across Canada, an Ontario court ruled Thursday as one of the companies indicated it opposes the

It was a single photograph that started Oscar-winning filmmaker Steve McQueen on the journey to make “Blitz.” As a Londoner, the German bombing raids on the city during World War II are never all that far from his mind.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A judge has granted bail to a Quebec woman charged with aggravated assault after she allegedly scalded a 10-year-old Black boy with hot water earlier this month.

TORONTO — Another year, another dual nomination for Brady Oliveira. The Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back is the West Division's nominee for the CFL's outstanding player and top Canadian.

MONTREAL — Gildan Activewear Inc. reported its third-quarter profit and sales rose compared with a year ago. The clothing maker, which keeps its books in U.S. dollars, says it earned US$131.

TORONTO — Andrée McGrath is living "a really wonderful life." She and her husband of 49 years, Rick McGrath, live in Kanata, Ont., where they golf, take walks and laugh loudly and often.

MONTREAL — A U.S. historian's book on North America's Indigenous history, “Native Nations: A Millennium in North America,” has won the Cundill History Prize.