A Quebec man who posted conspiracy theories online that forest fires were being deliberately set by the government has pleaded guilty to starting a series of fires himself that forced hundreds of people from their homes.
Thick, smoky air blanketed many parts of Quebec on Sunday, June 25, 2023, as more than 110 wildfires raging in the northern parts of the province set more communities on high alert for new evacuation orders.
Lamenting the "fly in and fly out" culture of workers in Quebec's northern communities, Premier François Legault said on Monday, August 16, 2021, his government would build more affordable housing in the north to entice families to settle.
James Duggan, a well-known Montreal lawyer who spent years fighting for the rights of RCMP officers to unionize, was among the three victims of a plane crash that occurred in a remote region of northern Quebec on Friday, July 12, 2019.
A longtime Liberal member of the Quebec legislature stepped away from the party on Thursday, October 26, 2017, following his arrest by the province's anti-corruption unit.