Stephane Blais
Reporter with the Canadian Press
About Stephane Blais
Montreal Pride Festival to investigate embarrassing parade cancellation
Pride Montreal, the organization that runs the city's annual celebration of LGBTQ communities, is conducting an internal investigation after it abruptly cancelled the official Pride parade on Sunday, August 9, 2022.
Guilbeault 'optimistic' about the phase out of coal by G7 countries
Federal Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said on Thursday, May 26, 2022, he's "very optimistic" this week's meeting of G7 climate and energy ministers will produce a consensus to gradually phase out the use of coal.
Quebec premier warns Ottawa not to dictate caribou protection plans
Ottawa is threatening to act unilaterally to protect caribou in Quebec, a move that Premier François Legault said on Tuesday, April 12, 2022, would be interference in an area of provincial jurisdiction.
Quebec invests $15 million to improve care for Indigenous patients
Quebec is investing $15 million into the province's health-care system to increase cultural security among First Nations and Inuit communities.
Police break up Quebec rail blockade
A blockade south of Montreal that halted rail traffic and frayed nerves since Wednesday was abandoned late on Friday, February 21, 2020, after riot police arrived to enforce a court injunction.
Montreal's tam-tams could be 40 years old, but origin remains contested
Every Sunday afternoon from spring through fall, hundreds of people gather on the slopes of Mount Royal for the tam-tams, a loosely organized weekly festival of drumming, dancing, and outdoor picnicking designed to soak up the most of Montreal's short outdoor season.
Quebec officials warn of possible dam failure, forcing evacuation of 250 people
Quebec public security officials called for the immediate evacuation of an area along the Rouge River west of Montreal on Thursday because of the risk a hydro dam could fail.
Rising Democratic party star and possible Trump rival an ex-Montrealer
Sen. Kamala Harris, an alumna from a Montreal suburban high school, is increasingly being mentioned as a potential candidate to prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from winning a second term in 2020.