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We counted Canada's water bombers and there might not be enough
The worst wildfire season of the century has tested Canada's water bomber capacity with an aging fleet and not enough capacity to fight fires burning simultaneously from coast to coast.
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Rain helping to contain wildfires in Quebec
More than 400 wildfires are burning in Canada, making it one of the worst fire seasons in recent memory.
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Fresh plume of wildfire smoke heading to southern Ontario Thursday
CBC senior meteorologist Johanna Wagstaffe explains how a new dense pocket of smoke from wildfires in Quebec will disperse through southern Ontario on Thursday.
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Wildfires blanket Quebec in smoke, haze as more troops arrive
About 200 Canadian military personnel are now on the ground in Quebec as more than 160 wildfires burn, most of them out of control. Air quality advisories are in effect across much of the province, including Montreal.
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Quebec English speakers brace for impact of language law changes
There are concerns newly implemented elements of Quebec’s Bill 96 could impact access to services for those who don't speak French. The new rules limit English in some settings and require the use of French in some contracts. Small...
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2 wildfires near Sept-Îles, Que., force thousands to evacuate
Thousands of people were ordered out of their homes in and around Sept-Îles, Que., because of two fires burning nearby, with more than 100 wildfires burning across the province.
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Quebec overwhelmed by more than 150 wildfires
Wildfires in Quebec are forcing more people from their homes, including more than 4,000 from the area around Val d'Or. With so many fires burning at once, the province is concentrating efforts on the blazes threatening people and...
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Hundreds of bodies await burial at Montreal cemetery
There are 250 bodies waiting to be buried at Canada's largest cemetery, Notre-Dame-des-Neiges. Striking grounds keepers at the Montreal cemetery have stopped all burials and the bodies remain in cold storage while grieving families wait...
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Quebec cracks down on Airbnb
The Quebec government has tabled a bill to crack down on short-term rentals after a deadly fire in Old Montreal killed seven people in March. Most of the dead were staying at illegal Airbnbs. The bill will target digital platforms like...
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Quebec flood cleanup and the search for missing firefighters continue
Two missing firefighters who were swept away during intense flooding in Quebec have been identified. So far, they have not been found and there's concern more flooding is on the way with rain in the forecast just when residents have...
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Search for Quebec firefighters swept away by floodwaters
The search continues for two missing firefighters swept away by floodwaters in Saint-Urbain, Que. The two men have been identified as Christopher Lavoie and Régis Lavoie.
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Bodies of 2 Quebec firefighters found
Police have found the bodies of two firefighters swept away by floodwaters northeast of Quebec City. The bodies of Régis Lavoie, 55, and Christopher Lavoie, 23, were found Wednesday between the communities of Saint-Urbain and...
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Private surgeries cost twice as much as public, Quebec data shows
Recently available data from Quebec shows that the cost for surgery in a private, for-profit clinic costs the government up to two-and-a-half times that of the same treatment in public facilities.
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Blanchet troubled by Twitter, Conservative actions regarding CBC
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says there's a difference between state-funded media in China or Russia and the CBC. He warns that, without the corporation's work, francophone communities outside of Quebec would be cut off...
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Ice storm wallops parts of Quebec, Ontario
Parts of Quebec and Ontario are cleaning up after an ice storm hit, part of a major system that brought messy and dangerous weather from Manitoba to all points east.
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Ice storm death toll rises amid widespread power outages
A third person has died in connection with a powerful ice storm that hit Quebec and Ontario. This comes as hundreds of thousands of customers remain without power.
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Hundreds of thousands in Quebec without power after deadly ice storm
Two days after ice storm hit Ontario and Quebec, two people are dead and hundreds of thousands remain without power. Hydro-Québec aims to restore power to most customers by end of Friday.
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Bloc leader will not support the budget
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves- François Blanchet says the budget does not meet the bar for health care funding that Quebec and other provinces need.
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‘I understand the words and the way I said them have hurt people in Quebec': Elghawaby on her comments about Bill 21
Ahead of her meeting with Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, newly appointed federal anti-Islamophobia representative Amira Elghawaby discusses the importance of having ‘difficult conversations.’
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Elghawaby 'does not know Quebec,' Blanchet says
Ahead of his meeting with federal anti-Islamaphobia adviser Amira Elghawaby, Bloc Quebeçois Leader Yves-François Blanchet claims she doesn't understand the history behind the province's Bill 21 and its drive to secularism.
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Quebec minister calls for anti-Islamophobia rep to resign despite apology
Canada's first anti-Islamophobia representative Amira Elghawaby is still facing strong opposition from Quebec politicians, despite her apology for past comments that some felt framed Quebecers as being anti-Muslim.
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Blanchet 'still has preoccupations' after meeting with Amira Elghawaby
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet says Elghawaby was a 'bad choice' for the role of Islamophobia adviser. He is calling for her resignation and for the position to be eliminated.
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Bloc Québécois leader says anti-Islamophobia rep should resign despite apology
One day after meeting with Amira Elghawaby, Yves-François Blanchet is now the second federal leader to denounce the government's new anti-islamophobia representative. The Bloc Québécois leader says he doesn't think she is suited to the...
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Zach Zoya says Montreal’s bilingual hip-hop scene is ‘like one big melting pot’
‘We’re a speck of French in an ocean of English,’ says the Canadian hip-hop artist, who stresses the importance of keeping linguistic diversity alive in Quebec's rap and hip-hop scene.