Your Province This Week

Coroners call for Hwy. 50 widening, safety barriers Two Quebec coroners issued a report last week related to several deaths on Hwy. 50, which connects Gatineau to Montreal, and have urged authorities to install barriers or widen the route to improve

Bloc, Libs set for rematch in federal riding of Terrebonne  Following a Supreme Court decision back in February overturning its 2025 federal election result, the Montreal-area riding of Terrebonne is heading back to the polls, CBC News reports. The two

Eleven of 16 doctors residency positions unfilled in Outaouais after first round of apps According to Le Droit, roughly two thirds (11 of 16) family medicine residency positions in the Outaouais region haven’t been filled after the first round of

Quebec scraps royalty program for sawmills The Quebec government announced last week the termination of a royalty program for sawmills in the province, an attempt to provide relief to an industry that has been hit hard by tariffs, according to

Quebec’s specialist doctors introduce pressure tactics in negotiations with government Quebec’s federation of specialist doctors, which goes by the acronym FMSQ, is introducing new pressure tactics in their negotiations with the provincial government.  The pressure tactics include refusing to offer

Blitz on surgeries to cut down on Outaouais wait times  Regional health authority CISSSO has launched a series of “surgical blitzes” to cut down on the number of people waiting more than a year for surgery, Le Droit reports.  With

Protest at National Assembly over intimate partner violence A protest was held at Quebec’s National Assembly Tuesday morning by a group representing 50 women’s shelters to demand action against conjugal violence, CBC News reported.  The move comes after a report

Concerns around Quebec’s new immigration program The Quebec government has announced a new immigration pathway, after cancelling the Programme de l’expérience québécois (PEQ), a popular pathway to attain permanent residency in the province last November. The new program, known by

Quebec police report increase in intimate partner violence Reporting from CBC News last week shows that the number of domestic violence cases opened by police forces across the province have significantly increased since 2015, roughly tripling.   However, police and