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Ottawa commits to resettling 4,700 Sudanese refugees, reopens family pathway following outcry
After it was declared the worst humanitarian crisis in the world by the African Union, Federal Immigration Minister Marc Miller says Canada is committing to resettle 4,700 refugees fleeing the ongoing civil war in Sudan.
Sudanese Quebecers were excluded from a program to rescue family members. Then, they were told to wait
Mayada Ageeb is one of a few hundred Sudanese Quebecers who have so far been excluded from a humanitarian pathway program to help direct family members escape to Canada.
Legault calls for export tax on aluminum if U.S. follows through on tariffs
Quebec Premier François Legault called for an export tax on Canadian aluminum to the United States, in retaliation to President Donald Trump's 25 per cent tariffs on steel and aluminum, during his visit to Washington with Canada's 12 other premiers on Wednesday.
Colombian man charged in U.S. for smuggling pregnant woman who died crossing from Canada
A Colombian man has been arraigned in the United States after being extradited from Canada on charges related to the smuggling of a 32-year-old Mexican woman who drowned shortly after having crossed the border into Champlain, N.Y., south of Montreal, in December 2023.
Quebec companies announce layoffs ahead of Trump tariffs
Quebec manufacturers are announcing layoffs they are attributing to the threat of United States tariffs, expected to come into effect in a month.
Quebecers already boycotting U.S. goods, even though Trump backed off for now
Most shoppers CBC spoke with in Montreal said they were set on boycotting U.S. products by now, whether the tariffs came into effect or not.
Man agrees to plead guilty in drone crash with Quebec water bomber fighting L.A. fires
A 56-year-old Californian man has agreed to plead guilty to operating the drone that crashed into a Quebec water bomber plane fighting the Palisades Fire in Los Angeles earlier this month.
Could Montreal rents reach Toronto and Vancouver levels of unaffordability?
Tenants's rights groups are calling for a rent hike freeze until measures such as a mandatory rental registry and a ceiling on rent hikes are implemented.
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.