Stéphanie Marin

The fate of Ugo Fredette, a Quebec man charged with two counts of first-degree murder in the deaths of his ex-wife and a stranger he met at a highway rest stop, is now in the hands of a jury.

Armed with a court judgment that potentially expands access to medical aid in dying across the country, one of the Quebecers who led the legal fight described it on Thursday, September 12, 2019, as a win for those struggling with incurable, debilitating diseases.

Nobel Peace Prize winner Dr. Denis Mukwege said on Friday, June 7, 2019, that rape in armed conflict is a "weapon of mass destruction," the effects of which are felt for generations.

The Quebec Council on Tobacco and Health said on Monday, March 11, 2019, that smokers who won a recent court victory are being denied justice after an Ontario judge granted cigarette maker JTI-Macdonald Corp. protection from its creditors last week.