Amendment to health reform bill could put bilingual services at risk, advocates say
Amendment to health reform bill could put bilingual services at risk, advocates say Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com Advocates for health-care access in English are alarmed by a …
Striking public sector workers fill Quebec City streets
Striking public sector workers fill Quebec City streets Cassandra Kerwin cassandra@qctonline.com Teachers, nurses and other public sector employees took to the streets of Quebec City from Nov. 21 to 23. …
OPINION: QCGN demands health reform rethink
OPINION: QCGN demands health reform rethink Submitted by the Quebec Community Groups Network The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) urges all Quebecers to sign a petition demanding the provincial government … Continue reading OPINION: QCGN demands health reform rethink
Subsidy for L.A. Kings games draws political backlash
Subsidy for L.A. Kings games draws political backlash Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com At a press conference on Nov. 15 announcing plans to stage two Los Angeles Kings …
QCGN denounces CAQ’s ‘kneecapping’ tuition fee hikes
QCGN denounces CAQ’s ‘kneecapping’ tuition fee hikes Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Quebec’s three English-language universities are scrambling to deal with the impact on registration and financing provoked … Continue reading QCGN denounces CAQ’s ‘kneecapping’ tuition fee hikes
Local public service unions vote to back general strike
Local public service unions vote to back general strike Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com Teachers at the Central Québec School Board voted in support of an unlimited general …
Province has far to go to build trust with Indigenous communities: report
Province has far to go to build trust with Indigenous communities: report Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com The province of Quebec has “a long way to go” to …
Government seeks input from local youth
Government seeks input from local youth Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com A delegation from the Quebec government’s youth affairs secretariat, the Secrétariat à la jeunesse, is touring the …
Public health officials launch fall vaccination campaign
Public health officials launch fall vaccination campaign Ruby Pratka Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com Anyone in the province who wishes to can now make an appoint- ment to receive a …
Paradis captures Jean-Talon for PQ in byelection
Paradis captures Jean-Talon for PQ in byelection QCT staff At 8:45 p.m. on Oct. 2, after the QCT went to press, Pascal Paradis of the Parti Québécois was declared the …