The union representing dockworkers at the Port of Montreal says it has ended a long-standing hiring practice that has been criticized for fostering nepotism — to the point where workers' preschool offspring were placed on a list of potential employees.

Two major fireworks displays, including for Canada Day, have been cancelled in Montreal as air-quality concerns persist because of wildfires burning in northern Quebec.

Canada pledged to keep a close eye on tensions in Russia on Saturday, June 24, 2023, as armed rebel mercenaries marched on Moscow before their commander said they were halting their advance.

The wildfire in Mistissini, Que., was about 10 kilometres from the road to southern Quebec — and about 30 kilometres from the town itself, Chief Michael Petawabno said in an interview. Mistissini is the second largest Cree community in the province, home to around 4,000 people.

A northern Quebec city and a Cree community have ordered to residents to leave their homes as the areas face the threat of forest fires.

The Montreal Trudeau International Airport is cracking down on picnickers at its plane-spotting park, fearing hungry birds will collide with landing or departing aircraft.

Quebec's language law reform is continuing to draw criticism and legal challenges from the province's English community as more of its provisions come into effect Thursday, exactly a year after it received royal assent.

A Quebec company building a lithium mine and production plan has signed an 11 year deal to sell products to Ford for use in electric car batteries.

Premier François Legault said Quebec already has the lowest emissions per capita in North America and he wants that to be remain true in 2030 

Along a downtown Montreal street, in sight of city hall, orange-and-white-striped traffic cones stand in a row on the sidewalk. A few metres away, more cones mark off construction sites, while a solitary cone is perched atop a blue bollard separating the street from a bike lane.