Tuesday, March 19, 2024

Quebec Legislators Call Out English Speaking Children, Blames Their Lack Of French Fluency On...

Quebec’s school children were the centre of bill 96 tough exchanges last Thursday over provincial language laws. English speaking children were lambasted over what legislators called their lack of...

Quebec Enacts Law Prohibiting Anti-Vaccine Protests Near Schools, Hospitals

After only a handful of hours of deliberations, the National Assembly swiftly passed Bill 105 into law prohibiting anti-vaccine demonstrations nears schools and hospitals. The new law prescribes a...

Bonuses Set Up For Health Workers In Understaffed Public Network

Quebec health system is in the middle of s staffing crisis and is planning to cut cheques to its health workers in order to bolster system that is under...

Two Montreal Schools Closed due to COVID-19 Outbreak

Two Elementary Schools in Montreal were closed this week as a result of a COVID-19 outbreak. The first confirmed closure was that of Saint-Odile Elementary, on Depatie Street, Ahuntsic-Cartierville. All...

Quebec Plans To Table Anti-Vax Protestors Bill Thursday, One MNA Likely To Stay Out

Quebec’s Francois Legault noted the province plans to table a bill this Thursday that will fine anti-vax protestors who are found causing disturbance or blocking access to schools and...

Bloc Quebecois Secure Two More Seats, Ballot Counts In One Riding Still Too Close...

Ruth Brosseau’s return to politics after a two-year hiatus farming may have to wait a while longer. The last mail-in ballots have been counted and the results favour the...

Quebec Might Enact Law To Deter Anti-Vax Protesters From Blocking Access To Schools, Hospitals

Premier Francois Legault stated announced Tuesday that it is not acceptable for protester against the COVID-19 vaccines to block access to schools and hospitals, adding that the province might...

French Language Minister Urges Calm As Bill 96 Deliberations Begins

Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, in charge of the French language Ministry, urged calm last Tuesday during his early morning statement before deliberations on bill 96 start. He noted that he had...

Operating-Room Nurse At Lakeshore Hospital Organize Sit-In In To Protest Shift To ICU

Operating room nurses at the Lakeshore Hospital organized a sit-in noting they had been made to work tough hours, and are now being asked to shift to the ICU...

Early Results Show Liberals In The Lead, Bloc Losing In Quebec

Early polling results show the liberals to be in the lead in Quebec, a race that has seen nationalism as the dominating theme. A few minutes after 11pm, approximately one...