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Quebec gives rosy economic update with changes to tax credits and $2B in new spending

November 21 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EST • :

Despite running a historic deficit this year, Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard has announced more than $2 billion in new spending, crediting a slightly stronger than expected economy and some newly found government savings.

Canada Post still delivering letters to Santa, despite strike

November 21 , 2024 at 07:53:40 p.m. EST • :

About 55,000 workers across the country began picketing Nov. 15. While delivery of regular mail is on pause, Canada Post employees on strike are still getting letters to the North Pole.

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Northvolt's bankruptcy filing won't affect Quebec battery plant, says economy minister

November 21 , 2024 at 05:05:53 p.m. EST • :

Quebec Economy Minister Christine Fréchette is reassuring the province following the announcement that Northvolt, the Swedish battery manufacturer, has filed for bankruptcy protection.

Canada's oldest queer film festival explores the psychology of a bad haircut and more

November 21 , 2024 at 12:00:00 p.m. EST • :

Image+nation film festival features a variety of films from across the world. One of them is a dark comedy called 'Bangs.'

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Students hold pro-Palestinian strikes and protest across Quebec

November 21 , 2024 at 04:38:11 p.m. EST • :

Chants and speeches broke the quiet that surrounded the shuttered campus of Dawson College in downtown Montreal Thursday, as student protesters held a rally calling for Quebec post-secondary institutions to divest from companies with ties to Israel and called on the federal government to take a stance against the war in Gaza.