Quebec

Cable issues force a second shutdown at new Hydro-Quebec line supplying New York City electricity

The current cable issue with the power line Champlain Hudson Power Express, which operated during New York City's recent heat wave, is unrelated to a shutdown that happened on July 1.

The road to Hydro-Quebec's Romaine 4 hydroelectric dam is seen in the Côte-Nord Administrative Region of Quebec, Canada.
 Example of post from Discord server.

Quebec medical applicants use public Discord groups to post antisemitic content

 Student protest at McGill University in Quebec.

Anti-Israel protesters block McGill classes in pro-Palestinian strike

 MONTREAL, CANADA - OCTOBER 13: People attend a Pro-Palestinian demonstration with Palestinian flags and banners as they march from downtown Montreal to the Consulate General of Israel in support of Palestinians in Montreal, Canada on October 13, 2023.

Canada holds national antisemitism forum amid rising anti-Jewish incidents


Two Jewish women elected to Quebec’s National Assembly

Elisabeth Prass will be representing the Liberal Party of Quebec, while Pascale Déry, a former journalist, will be representing the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ).

The Fontaine de Tourny east of the Parliament Building in Quebec, Canada

Canada ends anti-racism program with adviser who said Zionists are ‘human feces’

The Canadian government had funded a firm whose leading consultant Laith Marouf said Zionists should be shot in the head.

 National Flag of Canada (Queen's Park, Toronto).

WATCH: Canadian man with Israeli flag beaten with stick on Independence Day

"Give us the flag," the attackers demanded of the victim before assaulting him.

Two attackers attempt to seize an Israeli flag from a Quebec man on May 5, 2022.

Quebec shutters houses of worship due to Omicron variant

Quebec synagogues first shut down during the first thee months of the pandemic in 2020 and then again at the start of the first curfew in January, 2021.

Police maintain a security cordon after media reports of a hostage incident at the offices of gaming software developer Ubisoft in Montreal, Quebec, Canada November 13, 2020.

Quebec adopts IHRA definition of antisemitism

“Today, the Minister responsible for the Fight Against Racism, Benoit Charette, and the Government of Quebec have taken a concrete step forward in the fight against antisemitism."

The arts building of McGill University in Montreal, Québec.

Quebec court upholds law banning Jewish religious symbols in workplace

The Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs, a Jewish advocacy organization, said in a statement Tuesday that it was “deeply disappointed” by the ruling.

A church in Middlesboro, Kentucky, prays to a Star of David in a still from Maya Zinshtein's documentary "'Til Kingdom Come."

Canada court voids part of disputed Quebec law on religious symbols

The 2019 law prohibits many civil servants, including police officers, from wearing religious symbols such as hijabs and turbans on the job.

Montreal City Hall

Quebec's Hasidic Jewish community submits challenge on COVID-19 curfew

The council noted that the filing of the claim was driven by the Quebec government's unwillingness to change the current curfew rules to accommodate religious communities.

Montreal skyline 370

Quebec OKs Christmas, but not Hanukkah in COVID-19 holiday plan

"It is bewildering that the government would prize one faith community over the other," said a local rabbi.

A man plays with his kid in a street before the beginning of an annual "Christmas Run" in Mi'ilya, a Christian Arab village in northern Israel December 21, 2018

Quebec City stabbings - Police arrest suspect after two left dead

The police had earlier said that they were on the hunt for a man dressed in medieval clothing carrying a bladed weapon, leaving "multiple victims."

Swat team police officer walk aournd a mosque after a shooting in Quebec City, January 29, 2017.