Tag: Quebec

Jury Finds Quebec Man Guilty in Abduction, Extortion of NY Couple in September 2020

A Quebec man was found guilty of multiple charges on Sunday for his role in the abduction of a couple in their 70s from Upstate New York in September 2020. A jury convicted Gary Arnold on five counts including kidnapping, extortion and conspiracy to kidnap James and Sandra Helm of Moira, N.Y. The Helms were…


Quebec Bill Would Expand Assisted Dying to Include Advanced Consent

Sonia Bélanger, the Quebec minister responsible for health and seniors, tabled Bill 11 on Thursday, which would allow people diagnosed with serious illness—such as Alzheimers—to give advanced consent to medical assistance in dying (MAID) before they are incapacitated. Quebec currently has the highest number of MAID deaths per capita of any place in the world,…


Ottawa Paying to Move Roxham Road Migrants from Quebec to Other Provinces

The federal government is paying to have migrants who are entering the country at the unofficial border crossing of Roxham Road moved from Quebec into other provinces, says Quebec’s Minister of Immigration Christine Fréchette. Fréchette told reporters in Quebec City on Feb. 14 that the provincial government is “very happy” with the federal government’s action, which follows…


Quebec Premier Urges Trudeau to Dissuade Illegal Immigrants, Blames Him for Influx of Asylum Seekers

Quebec Premier François Legault is urging Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to send a new message to dissuade asylum seekers from coming to Canada, blaming the massive number of illegal border crossings on a 2017 tweet from the prime minister. Legault said that many people have come to Canada to claim asylum using Roxham Road, which…


Parents of Girl Killed in Quebec Bus Crash Remember Her as a ‘Ray of Sunshine’

The parents of one of the two children killed when a bus smashed into a Laval, Que., daycare last week are paying tribute to their four-year-old daughter in a letter sent to Quebec media. In the letter signed “Jessica and Nicolas,” the parents remember their daughter Maëva as a “ray of sunshine” who was full…


Conservatives Clarify Opposition to Bill 21 Following Vote for Notwithstanding Clause

The federal Conservatives are trying to reassure the World Sikh Organization of Canada that the party remains opposed to Quebec’s secularism law after its MPs voted in support of a provision the province used to make it into law. On Monday the Conservatives voted en masse in favour of a Bloc Québécois motion recognizing that…


Brian Giesbrecht: If Canada is Broken, Why Not Fix It?

Commentary Any suggestion that we should consider reopening Canada’s Constitution to solve our increasingly serious problems usually evokes snorts of derision and eye-rolling. The last attempts—Mulroney’s failed Meech Lake Accord in 1990, and Charlottetown in 1992—left the nation with constitutional fatigue. Those failures also left politicians understandably gun-shy of ever opening up that Pandora’s box…


Witnesses Describe How the Quebec Daycare Bus Crash Unfolded, Moment by Moment

It was just before 8:30 a.m. Wednesday when André Beaudoin pulled into the parking lot to bring his two-year-old son to daycare. The Garderie Éducative Ste-Rose in Laval, Que., was busy, with parents stopping to drop off their children for the day. The sound of an engine revving was Beaudoin’s first signal that something wasn’t…


Funeral to Be Held Thursday for Four-Year-Old Boy Killed in Quebec Bus Crash

A funeral will be held Thursday for one of the two children killed when a bus crashed into a daycare Wednesday in Laval, Que., just north of Montreal. Jacob Gauthier, 4, was identified in an obituary posted online and officials at Ste-Rose-de-Lima church confirmed the funeral is scheduled for Thursday at 11 a.m. The identity…


Neighbours of Accused Say No Warning Signs Before Quebec Daycare Bus Crash

Neighbours of the Quebec man accused of killing two four-year-olds when the bus he was driving slammed into a daycare were shocked by the charges, describing him as a pleasant individual and doting father. Pierre Ny St-Amand, a driver with the transit corporation in Laval, Que., was arrested at the scene and charged with two…