Quebec News

MONTREAL — Quebec Premier François Legault testified on Tuesday that he was kept in the dark about hundreds of millions of dollars in cost overruns at the auto insurance board, laying most of the blame for the scandal on the leaders of the state-run

MONTREAL — The Quebec government is pulling the plug on a $7-billion electric-vehicle battery project near Montreal and trying to recoup some of its investment.

MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner is urging the province's professional farmers association to increase efforts to educate its members on the dangers of slurry pits.

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Mark Carney headed to Toronto on Tuesday for two days of private meetings with his cabinet ahead of the fall legislative sitting.

Quebec artificial intelligence institute Mila has a new scientific director. Hugo Larochelle started in the job today. He is the former head of Google's AI research lab in Montreal and an adjunct professor at the Université de Montréal.

MONTREAL — The Quebec government has turned down federal funding aimed at combating systemic racism in the criminal justice system, saying it doesn’t agree with the program’s approach. The federal government first offered $6.

Former world figure skating champions Deanna Stellato-Dudek and Maxime Deschamps are feeling lighter heading into the Olympic year.

QUÉBEC — Police are reporting a man has succumbed to his injuries after falling from an elevated work station on a job site in an industrial part of Quebec City. Quebec City police say the accident happened around 8:30 a.m.

LA TUQUE — Provincial police in Quebec have confirmed two people are dead following a plane crash near La Tuque in the Mauricie region.

MONTREAL — All eyes will be on Quebec Premier François Legault on Tuesday as he is set to testify at the public inquiry into the cost overrun scandal at the province’s auto insurance board.