Quebec

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Last week, Trudeau announced his government would pause for three years the carbon price on home heating oil to make it easier for users of that fuel to switch to electric heat pumps.

Three union federations representing more than 400,000 public sector workers announced on Sunday, October 29th, 2023, they intend to move forward with strike plans after rejecting a new contract offer from the Quebec government.

How many workers does it take to shift a wall in Quebec? Too many, says Isabelle Rinfret of construction and real estate management company Arvisais, based roughly 95 kilometres northeast of Montreal, in Louiseville, Que.

That infatuation has reached a new fervour under Premier Danielle Smith, who might not be able to speak much French but is already fluent in Quebec’s unofficial language of grievance politics.

The Quebec government has committed upto $2.9 billion to secure the deal, including both construction help and production incentives, while the federal government will contribute up to $1.34 billion.

Andrew Furey made the comments at the conference of New England governors and Eastern Canadian premiers in Quebec City.

My analysis of data from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration reveals a staggering revelation — more than 150 monthly temperature records have been broken across Canada this year.

Published by the World Weather Attribution, an international collaboration of scientists who study how climate change and extreme weather events interact, the study also found climate change made the fire-prone weather about 20 to 50 per cent more intense.

High housing prices have forced many Canadians to accept that they may never be able to afford buying their own home.

From great white sharks around Quebec's Îles-de-la-Madeleine to lobsters conquering new territory, oceanographers say the warming of the Gulf of St. Lawrence is having an impact on the creatures that live in its unique ecosystem.

Montreal researchers are joining an international study to learn more about a little-understood genetic disease that is found in Canada, and especially in Quebec and in Acadian regions of the Maritimes.

The Crown corporation expects demand for clean energy to increase "significantly" as efforts to reduce carbon emissions continue.

Writing on Twitter, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Ottawa's resources will support "emergency evacuation efforts." 

Intact Financial Corp. estimates its catastrophe losses for the second quarter were around $421 million on a pre-tax basis.