The system as a whole — not one person or service — is to blame for lapses in the case of a slain seven-year-old Quebec girl who'd been followed by youth protection, according to an internal probe by the regional health authority released on Wednesday, July 3, 2019.
The family of a 93-year-old Quebec woman who died after spending about 36 hours inert on her balcony at a seniors' residence wants to see better surveillance for the elderly in such establishments.
With the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission that landed humans on the moon for the first time approaching, Canada Post released a pair of commemorative stamps on Thursday, June 27, 2019, highlighting the Canadian minds and technology that went a long way to making the moment happen.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau added his voice on Thursday, June 20, 2019, to the growing opposition to Quebec's new law prohibiting teachers, police officers and other public servants in positions of authority from wearing religious symbols.
Canadian astronaut David Saint-Jacques is set to return to Earth in less than a week as his mission aboard the International Space Station comes to an end.
The disciplinary case against a Quebec judge who refused to allow a Muslim woman to appear before her wearing a hijab more than four years ago was put on hold again on Friday, June 7, 2019.
The Quebec government launched a wide-ranging independent commission on Thursday, May 30, 2019, to look into youth protection in the province, prompted by the death last month of a seven-year-old girl who had been followed by child services and whose case fell between the cracks.
