Quebec's public sector unions must be more "flexible"in their approach to collective bargaining talks with the province, Premier FranoisLegault said Saturday, weeks before current contracts were set to expire.

Educators in Quebec say the rising numbers of would-be refugees and asylum-seekers arriving in Montreal mean schools are increasingly taking on the role of community-aid group.

AQuebecInnu community is suing Hydro-Quebecfor $2.2 billion, claiming the Churchill Falls hydroelectric station has destroyed a significant part of its traditional territory.

Quebec Premier Franois Legault is criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau for "attacking Quebec's democracy and people" by proposing to limit the use of the notwithstanding clause.

A resident of Saint-Roch-de-l'Achigan, Que., whose home is just metres from Propane Lafortune, said he was in the middle of trying to rescuethose trapped by the Thursday morning blast.

Between January and November 2022, 45,250 asylum seekers arrived in Quebec, compared to 7,290 would-be refugees who entered the country through the province for all of 2021. Many have difficulty finding food and shelter once here.

A nurse in a long-term care facility south ofMontrealhad been accused of theft and suspended 3 days without pay for eating a slice of toast and peanut butter intended for residents. An orderlywas suspended 30 days in the summer of 2020 for eating a doughnut taken from the kitchen.