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2024 Black Changemakers
A Montreal drag artist ties clowning and harm reduction into their sensual performances
FrankieB Lambert is familiar with complicated and layered histories. By night, they are a burlesque drag clown artist known as EnvyTheClown. By day, they work for a Montreal non-profit supporting drug users and sex workers.
Quebec coroner says Fritznel Richard died of drowning, hypothermia
A Quebec coroner says a 44-year-old Haitian man who was found dead in 2023 after trying to cross into the United States likely experienced hypothermia before drowning in shallow water.
At a friendly diner on the U.S. border, patrons react to Trump's inauguration
Best Friends Family Diner sits on the border with Quebec, just a few kilometres from Roxham Road, an unofficial border crossing where thousands of asylum seekers walked into Canada before it effectively closed in 2023.
New and old fears at a well-trodden Canada-U.S. border ahead of Trump's inauguration
Canadian law enforcement may be battening down the hatches, but groups helping migrants near Roxham Road say they aren't seeing a surge of asylum seekers. For now, at least.
Jury finds accused in Brossard, Que., triple homicide guilty on all counts
Levana Ballouz, previously known as Mohamad Al Ballouz, has been found guilty of killing her partner and two young children two years ago at their home in Brossard.
Quebec premier says he wants to stop people from praying in public
Quebec Premier François Legault said Friday afternoon that he wants to ban praying in public spaces and that he was considering using the notwithstanding clause to do so.
Notorious Quebec hit man wanted to have La Presse journalist killed for $100K
A threat recently made public revealed Frédérick Silva had a contract put on the head of La Presse crime reporter Daniel Renaud.
Quebec premier calls Trump's border security concerns 'legitimate' after tariff threat
Quebec Premier François Legault wants Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to appease Donald Trump by tightening border security and clamping down on the illegal drug trade in response to the president-elect's threat of imposing 25 per cent tariffs on Canadian and Mexican imports.
Students hold pro-Palestinian strikes and protest across Quebec
Chants and speeches broke the quiet that surrounded the shuttered campus of Dawson College in downtown Montreal Thursday, as student protesters held a rally calling for Quebec post-secondary institutions to divest from companies with ties to Israel and called on the federal government to take a stance against the war in Gaza.
Former special ops soldier says he faced 'retaliation' for reporting alleged killing of Afghan civilians
A former special forces soldier is suing the federal government, alleging he was shunned by his unit and pushed out of the military after he denounced Canadian troops' alleged involvement in the killing of unarmed people in Afghanistan.