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Jacob Serebrin

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75 Articles
Amira Elghawaby,

Former colleague jumps to defence of new anti-Islamophobia special rep

The federal government's appointment of Amira Elghawaby as its first special representative on combating Islamophobia has caused an uproar in Quebec and raised eyebrows elsewhere in the country.
News, Politics | February 3rd 2023

Quebec wants federal anti-Islamophobia representative to resign

The Quebec government is calling for the resignation of the federal government's special representative to combat Islamophobia over a 2019 opinion piece in an Ottawa newspaper in which she suggested Quebecers are influenced by anti-Muslim attitudes.
News, Politics | January 31st 2023
Gabriel Sohier-Chaput,

Quebec man found guilty of promoting hatred against Jews

To advocate for Nazism is to call for the persecution of Jews, a Quebec court judge ruled on Monday, January 23, 2023, in a decision against a 36-year-old man who wrote hundreds of online articles for an American neo-Nazi website.
News | January 24th 2023

Mourning begins after victims of Quebec propane blast identified

The mayor of a Quebec town where a propane explosion left three people dead last week says the identification of the victims on Thursday, January 19, 2023, will allow people to begin mourning.
News | January 20th 2023

A week post-storm, lights are still out for about 6,000 Hydro-Québec customers

Spokeswoman Lynn St-Laurent said that while the utility would like to tell customers when their electricity will return, it's difficult to estimate because most of those who are still without power are in remote areas and require complex repairs. 
News | December 30th 2022

COVID hospitalizations rise in Quebec

The number of COVID-19 hospitalizations is increasing across Quebec, but the rise is not as rapid as in previous waves and is not being felt in intensive care units, Health Minister Christian Dubé said on Wednesday, October 12, 2022.
News, Politics | October 13th 2022

Immigration could be pending source of conflict between Ottawa and Quebec's CAQ

Control over immigration and Quebec's religious symbols ban could be sources of conflict between Ottawa and the province as Premier François Legault begins his second mandate.
News, Politics | October 4th 2022

Legault roasted for saying Quebec hospital's racism problem fixed

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault faced criticism from his political rivals over the weekend after he said members of an Indigenous community want to reopen a semantic debate rather than fix racism problems at a nearby hospital.
News, Politics | September 19th 2022

Legault's rivals take shots at his immigration, COVID record at first debate

Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault was forced to defend recent controversial comments on immigration as well as his handling of COVID-19 during a leaders debate on Thursday, September 15, 2022, as his four opponents tried to wrest support from the popular premier.
News, Politics | September 16th 2022

Queen's death raises questions in Quebec about future of the monarchy

The mixed reactions in Quebec to the death of Queen Elizabeth II highlight the province’s complex relationship with the monarchy.
News, Politics | September 12th 2022
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