Quebec

On Monday, N.S. Environment and Climate Change Minister Timothy Halman said the province would put $20 million forward to protect land and water in the province and is designating 9,300 hectares of Crown land as protected. This will bring protected land in the province to 13 per cent.

Indigenous nations remain outside of formal COP15 negotiations. It's a parallel to how nation states take from Indigenous lands without consent and consultation. But Indigenous nations are clear: they want the land back.

Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault is certifying 14 more Canadian cities as bird-friendly.

Quebec's Coalition Avenir Québec government tabled a bill on Tuesday, December 6, 2022, that would make the oath to the monarch optional for members of the provincial legislature.

The Quebec government is updating its list of threatened or vulnerable species for the first time in more than a decade, with 27 species either added or deemed in greater danger.

Moose populations are declining in many provinces, with the exception of Newfoundland and Nova Scotia’s Cape Breton. Wildlife researchers and First Nations say logging, sport hunting and climate change are to blame.

There have been at least 22 cases of forced sterilization of First Nations and Inuit women in Quebec since 1980, a university study has found.

The Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance, led by Denmark, added Fiji, Tuvalu, Kenya, Chile and Washington state, which advocates say shows momentum is building from last year.

At COP27 in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, Quebec’s economy minister Pierre Fitzgibbon confirmed to Canada’s National Observer a massive LNG project in his province won’t be revived, despite earlier reports it was again under consideration. 

If Doug Ford and François Legault have their way, Canada may not have a Charter worth defending for much longer, writes columnist Max Fawcett.

The 14 Quebec politicians who refused to swear an oath to the King after the Oct. 3 election must do so or risk expulsion from the legislature, the outgoing Speaker said on Tuesday, November 1, 2022.

Quebec's professional order of nurses is launching a campaign this Halloween to encourage Quebecers to ditch "sexy costumes" in favour of more realistic nursing uniforms.

Patricia Lane talks to the Montreal-based founder of Arrêtons GNL, a coalition of most student unions in Quebec, about plans to make his movement Canada-wide.

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is increasing across Quebec, but the rise is not as rapid as in previous waves and is not being felt in intensive care units, Health Minister Christian Dubé said on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday, October 4, 2022, announced a $300-million fund to help the East Coast recover from the ravages of post-tropical storm Fiona.