Hydro-Québec says it wants to assess the feasibility of connecting the province’s electricity grid with Nova Scotia’s proposed offshore wind farms. The provincially owned utility has issued a formal request for information from energy developers to help it determine timelines and costs for building transmission lines and other technologies. But the utility’s request does not […]

Quebec’s Superior Court heard arguments Friday in a case about a high school teacher who alleges her Charter rights were violated when she was ordered to hide a student’s gender identity from their parents.  The teacher, identified only through the initials A.B. in court documents, alleges she was asked to use masculine pronouns for the […]

Two women testified on Friday to experiencing alleged inappropriate behaviour from Quebec Cardinal Marc Ouellet, including one who told the court she felt like a “prisoner” during a 1992 encounter. Marie-Louise Moreau testified that Ouellet came up behind her while she was preparing items for a mass in Montreal, put his hands on either side […]

Union leaders from sectors across the province gathered in Quebec City on Sunday to decry a new bill they say could severely limit how unions are allowed to use dues collected from their members.  Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet tabled the bill, which proposes dividing union dues into mandatory and optional ones. Under the proposed […]

Most Quebecers have only to twist a tap to get a seemingly endless source of clean water. The reality is completely different in the northern region of Nunavik, where the water supply system faces a host of problems, from bad weather to outdated equipment and labour shortages.  Some would be inclined to blame a lack […]

A former researcher with Quebec’s hydro utility who is facing economic espionage charges said Thursday he was applying for work at universities in China as a contingency plan because he was unhappy at Hydro-Québec. Yuesheng Wang, 38, maintained under cross-examination that there was nothing nefarious about his interest in moving back to China. He explained […]

Facing the threat of cyberattacks and with limited budgets, non-profit organizations across Quebec are being offered free cybersecurity consulting sessions through a pilot project led by Polytechnique Montréal engineering school. Many non-profits are often below the “cybersecurity poverty line,” says Marc Gervais, executive director of IMC2, a cybersecurity institute involving Polytechnique and other Quebec universities […]

Quebec residents paid more than $10 million out of pocket to receive health care in other provinces last year.  Unlike other provinces, Quebec has opted not to adopt reciprocal billing agreements with other jurisdictions for most medical services.  That means Quebecers travelling outside the province have to pay for health care upfront and then submit […]

Six days before the nail-biting 1995 Quebec referendum that nearly tore the country apart, Jean Chrétien told his ministers to keep their cool. The prime minister acknowledged that day that Quebecers might vote to separate from Canada on Oct. 30. He told his cabinet it wasn’t the time to discuss the consequences of a vote […]

An accountant who quit a panel overseeing energy negotiations between the electric utilities of Newfoundland and Labrador and Quebec says the public should be able to read his full resignation letter. Mike Wilson said Wednesday he is unable to share the letter himself because he signed a non-disclosure agreement. However, he called on the panel’s […]

Quebec’s language watchdog has changed its tune on whether it’s acceptable to use the word “go” to cheer on sports teams. In a new guideline posted in its online dictionary, the Office québécois de la langue française says that while “allez” is the preferred term, it’s now “partially legitimized” to use the English word to […]

Quebec’s language watchdog contacted the Montreal transit agency at least six times in the wake of a complaint about using the word “go” on city buses to cheer on a local soccer team.  The watchdog — the Office québécois de la langue française — asked for multiple updates on the agency’s efforts to remove the […]