Quebec News

Quebec's College of Physicians says the government is taking a "paternalistic and colonialist" approach with new legislation aimed at improving the treatment of Indigenous people in the health network.

MONTREAL — A missing man is "almost certainly alive" after he was pronounced dead more than five years ago, Quebec's Court of Appeal reaffirmed in a recent decision.

Quebec's education minister says it's out of the question to have mixed-gender bathrooms in the province's schools.

MONTREAL — A police informant at the heart of a secret trial in Quebec is suing authorities for roughly $5.8 million, claiming that police and a prosecutor have undermined confidence in the system to protect collaborators.

Montreal police say they are investigating allegations that an Ontario man accused of sending lethal substances to people who later took their own lives also sent those chemicals to Montreal residents.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes announced Monday the signing of American linebacker Darnell Sankey. The six-foot-one, 245-pound Sankey, a native of San Jose, Calif.

MONTREAL — Eight overdoses over a few hours in downtown Montreal this weekend reflect how homeless Indigenous people have started consuming hard and unsafe street drugs, says the head of a shelter that serves the vulnerable community.

MONTREAL — A settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit providing compensation for victims of sexual abuse at orphanages and other institutions run by the Frères de Saint-Gabriel religious order in Quebec.

Quebec MP Alain Rayes says he won't run again for federal office, a year after leaving the Conservative Party.

LAVAL-SUR-LE-LAC, Que. — Defenceman Mike Matheson has been named an assistant captain of the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced Monday. The club said the decision was made by the Canadiens' management team.