MONTREAL — The number of Quebecers without power following Friday’s intense storm dropped steadily throughout the day Saturday, as hundreds of hydro employees worked to repair broken electrical poles and downed power lines across the province. As of Saturday afternoon, about 340,000 customers were without power, down from a high of almost one million the…
MONTREAL—The Liberals and the Bloc Quebecois are jockeying for the lead in Quebec, with each party having been declared the winner in 27 of the province’s 78 ridings almost two hours after polls closed. Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-Francois Blanchet was projected to win his riding, as was Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau and a handful of…
MONTREAL— Mac the Moose can rest easy — a Quebec town that wants to build its own massive moose statue next year says it doesn’t want to challenge the record for the world’s tallest, recently regained by the famed Moose Jaw, Sask., roadside attraction. Nicolas Martel, the mayor of Desbiens, Que., told The Canadian Press…
QUEBEC—The Quebec government tabled legislation Tuesday to abolish school boards across the province, transforming the 72 existing boards into so-called service centres. Education Minister Jean-Francois Roberge says the boards will be abolished as of Feb. 29, 2020, and the estimated $ 45 million in savings over four years will be put back into the system.…
SAINT-JEROME, QUE.—The trial of a Quebec man accused of murdering his partner and killing another man for a getaway vehicle began Friday at a courthouse north of Montreal. Crown prosecutor Steve Baribeau told the jury Ugo Fredette couldn’t accept the end of his relationship with Veronique Barbe, 41, so the accused allegedly stabbed her 17…
