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After divisive campaign, Quebec's Legault eyes unity in second term

Coalition Avenir Quebec leader Francois Legault, the former airline executive turned politician who is projected to win re-election as premier of Quebec, Canada has a new goal after running what experts called a "divisive" campaign: being a unifier.

Reuters

Incumbent Legault's center-right CAQ party projected to win majority in Quebec -CBC News

The nationalist Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ) is on track to retain power in the mostly French-speaking Canadian province of Quebec, CBC News projected on Monday, after leader Francois Legault campaigned on protecting French and the economy.

Reuters

Quebec premier: Adding immigrants who do not speak French would be 'suicidal'

Quebec Premier Francois Legault, who is favored to win next week's provincial election, said on Wednesday it would be "suicidal" for the mainly French-speaking province to add immigrants without ensuring they speak French.

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Quebec's incumbent Legault ahead in next week's election polls

Francois Legault, the nationalist leader of Coalition Avenir Quebec (CAQ), is favoured to stay in power with a bigger margin in the Canadian province's election next week, promising to cut middle class taxes and protect the province's official French language.

Reuters

Hurricane Fiona to wallop Canada as one of its strongest storms on record

A Friday morning forecast said Fiona "will be a severe event for Atlantic Canada and eastern Quebec."

Axios

'Yes Cymru lost its way but I'm determined to get it back on track'

Gwern Gwynfil, the new head of Welsh independence campaign group Yes Cymru, gave a wide-ranging interview to WalesOnline

Wales Online

More Canadians see monarchy as 'outdated' but political risks block change

A growing number of Canadians do not want a foreign monarch to represent them despite deep historical ties to Britain and affection for the queen, but risks that come with constitutional reform mean there is little political will for change.

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Canadian family embarks on global trip to show children losing their sight as many ‘visual memories’ as possible

Three of the Quebec family’s four young children were diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa, a rare genetic condition that leaves most people with no vision by their mid 30s to 40s

The Independent UK

Most Quebecers Don’t Want Sovereignty. Can This Politician Change Their Minds?

Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois plans to unseat the premier with a new, more “inclusive” vision of separation

The Walrus

Canadian PM 'unsurprised' by ongoing decline of French language in Quebec

Despite a law to protect and promote the French language in the Canadian francophone province of Quebec, a report released this month shows French usage in continual decline.

Radio France Internationale

A language ‘revival’? Quebec moves to protect French amid Canada’s shift towards English

New figures show that French language use continues to decline in Canada, including in Quebec, the historically Francophone province, where the number of people whose first spoken language is English now exceeds 1 million. This unprecedented situation comes at a time when efforts to protect French in Quebec are intensifying.

France 24

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet denies sexual assault allegations

Ouellet, a prominent figure in the Catholic Church, ‘firmly’ denies accusation he sexually assaulted a woman in Quebec.

Al Jazeera

Canadian Cardinal Ouellet denies accusations of sexual assault

Canadian Cardinal Marc Ouellet denied on Friday accusations of sexual assault levelled against him by a woman who has said the aggression took place more than a decade ago when he was archbishop of Quebec.

Reuters

Prominent Canadian cardinal once considered strong candidate for pope accused of sexual assault

He was accused of inappropriately touching then 23-year-old complainant multiple times

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Prominent Vatican cardinal named in Canada sexual assault lawsuit -filing

Vatican Cardinal Marc Ouellet is the highest-ranking clergyman accused in a court document in Canada made public on Tuesday as part of a class action lawsuit against the Quebec Catholic diocese alleging sexual assault, the plaintiffs' lawyer said.

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Watch: Livestream action from Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières

Watch the live broadcast of the 2022 Grand Prix de Trois-Rivières Sunday's action of the Défi Urbain Chevrolet, SCCC and Legendes Modifiees races at Trois-Rivieres street circuit, Quebec.

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Pope again asks for forgiveness as tour ends in Canada's north

Pope Francis again asked for forgiveness after meeting on Friday with residential school survivors in the Arctic territory of Nunavut, the last stop in his six-day visit to Canada to apologize to indigenous people for abuse in government schools run by the Roman Catholic Church.

The Independent UK

Pope in Quebec amid decline of Catholic Church in province

Pope Francis arrives in Quebec at a time when many French Canadians are not only continuing to move away from religion but explicitly rejecting it

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Canada leaders tell pope of horrors of indigenous schools

Canada's leaders on Wednesday pointedly told Pope Francis of the horrors of Church-run residential schools for indigenous and the pontiff lamented that many were still living in poverty in one of the world's richest countries.

Al Jazeera

Quebec still grapples with ‘dark chapter’ as pope visit nears

Amid push to fully uncover colonial abuses, Indigenous leaders say Canadian province must acknowledge systemic racism.

WEKU

Canadian researchers seek paths for animals to migrate in response to climate change

Global warming is causing many species to migrate northward, but roads often can prevent them from doing that. Scientists are looking for ways to make that passage easier and safer.

Daily Mirror

Quebec City has one of the world's most famous hotels but there's so much more to see

Famous hotel loved by stars and royalty is a dream base for exploring Quebec City, which is now connected by a new route with Canadian airline Air Transat from Gatwick

Reason

Brickbat: Shhhh!

The Université Laval, a public university in Quebec, has suspended Patrick Provost, a professor of microbiology and immunology, for eight weeks without pay for saying at a conference that he believes the risks of vaccinating children for COVID-19 outweigh the benefits. A university committee declared that his remarks were not…

Tribune News Service

Kraken take center Shane Wright with fourth overall pick in NHL draft

MONTREAL, Quebec — A series of unexpected events has landed the Kraken a centerman widely expected to go No. 1 overall in the NHL entry draft most of the past two years.

Reason

Brickbat: Say You're Sorry

The Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission has ordered Radio-Canada (CRTC) to apologize and review its broadcast practices after a segment in which commentators discussed a petition to fire a Concordia University professor who quoted from Quebec separatist Pierre Vallières' 1971 book White Niggers of America: The Precocious Autobiography of a…

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