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Quebec coroner calls for better communication after father kills two children, self

Quebec coroner calls for better communication after father kills two children, self

MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner's report into the 2019 deaths of a Montreal father and his two young children is calling for better communication among health professionals to monitor the risk of domestic violence after suicide attempts.
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Quebec premier warns Ottawa against unilateral action to protect province's caribou

Quebec premier warns Ottawa against unilateral action to protect province's caribou

QUEBEC — Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier François Legault said Tuesday would be interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction.
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Charest, Brown both promise to honour federal childcare agreements with provinces

Charest, Brown both promise to honour federal childcare agreements with provinces

OTTAWA — At least two of the candidates running for leadership of the Conservative party say they would do something the former party leader wouldn't: honour childcare agreements signed between the federal Liberal government and provinces.
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Quebec Halloween stabbing suspect did not get immediate psychiatric help, trial hears

Quebec Halloween stabbing suspect did not get immediate psychiatric help, trial hears

QUEBEC — The suspect in Quebec's murderous Halloween night sword attack was unable to get immediate psychiatric help after he had professed disturbing and delusional views six years before the stabbing rampage, a trial heard Tuesday.
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Treat our families as well as Ukrainians fleeing to Canada: Afghan interpreters

Treat our families as well as Ukrainians fleeing to Canada: Afghan interpreters

OTTAWA — Afghan interpreters who have made it to Canada say their family members fleeing the Taliban deserve the same treatment as Ukrainians escaping from Russian troops.
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Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions: Immigration tribunal

Chelsea Manning barred from Canada due to prior convictions: Immigration tribunal

OTTAWA — Famed whistleblower Chelsea Manning has been barred from Canada by the Immigration and Refugee Boardover her prior convictions in the United States.
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Foreign minister Mélanie Joly presses China to help end Russian invasion of Ukraine

Foreign minister Mélanie Joly presses China to help end Russian invasion of Ukraine

OTTAWA — Canada and China disagree on many things but Beijing's buy-in is essential on one key issue — helping end the Russian war on Ukraine, says Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly.
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Manitoba budget highlights: Tax rebates and credits, more intensive care capacity

Manitoba budget highlights: Tax rebates and credits, more intensive care capacity

WINNIPEG — Highlights of Tuesday's Manitoba budget: — The education tax rebate for residential and farm properties is to rise to 37.5 per cent from 25 per cent, which would saving the average homeowner $196 annually.
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Legault's CAQ victorious in Quebec byelection as once-dominant parties fall

Legault's CAQ victorious in Quebec byelection as once-dominant parties fall

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault warned his troops to stay humble on Tuesday after his Coalition Avenir Québec won a Montreal-area byelection the day prior, and as the two once-dominant parties — the Liberals and Parti Québécois — suffered
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Multiple-property holders own upwards of 41% of housing in some provinces: StatCan

Multiple-property holders own upwards of 41% of housing in some provinces: StatCan

New data from Statistics Canada shows multiple-property owners held between 29 and 41 per cent of the housing stock in Ontario, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, and New Brunswick in 2019 and 2020.
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