Your province this week
March 10, 2026
Eleven of 16 doctors residency positions unfilled in Outaouais after first round of apps According to Le Droit, roughly two thirds (11 of 16) family
Eleven of 16 doctors residency positions unfilled in Outaouais after first round of apps According to Le Droit, roughly two thirds (11 of 16) family
Quebec scraps royalty program for sawmills The Quebec government announced last week the termination of a royalty program for sawmills in the province, an attempt
Quebec’s specialist doctors introduce pressure tactics in negotiations with government Quebec’s federation of specialist doctors, which goes by the acronym FMSQ, is introducing new pressure
Blitz on surgeries to cut down on Outaouais wait times Regional health authority CISSSO has launched a series of “surgical blitzes” to cut down on
Protest at National Assembly over intimate partner violence A protest was held at Quebec’s National Assembly Tuesday morning by a group representing 50 women’s shelters
Best not put money on it, but there seems to have been a change in how Hydro-Québec is managing the consequences of its decision to
Concerns around Quebec’s new immigration program The Quebec government has announced a new immigration pathway, after cancelling the Programme de l’expérience québécois (PEQ), a popular
Quebec police report increase in intimate partner violence Reporting from CBC News last week shows that the number of domestic violence cases opened by police
Staff at the Pontiac Continuing Education Centre (PCEC) have spent the past few years creating an online course delivery system to make classes more accessible
High-profile ministers Guilbault, Lebel leaving politics this fall Two high-profile CAQ cabinet ministers have announced that they will not be seeking re-election in the fall,
Eleven of 16 doctors residency positions unfilled in Outaouais after first round of apps According to Le Droit, roughly two thirds (11 of 16) family medicine residency positions in the Outaouais region haven’t been filled after the first round of
Quebec scraps royalty program for sawmills The Quebec government announced last week the termination of a royalty program for sawmills in the province, an attempt to provide relief to an industry that has been hit hard by tariffs, according to
Quebec’s specialist doctors introduce pressure tactics in negotiations with government Quebec’s federation of specialist doctors, which goes by the acronym FMSQ, is introducing new pressure tactics in their negotiations with the provincial government. The pressure tactics include refusing to offer
Blitz on surgeries to cut down on Outaouais wait times Regional health authority CISSSO has launched a series of “surgical blitzes” to cut down on the number of people waiting more than a year for surgery, Le Droit reports. With
Protest at National Assembly over intimate partner violence A protest was held at Quebec’s National Assembly Tuesday morning by a group representing 50 women’s shelters to demand action against conjugal violence, CBC News reported. The move comes after a report
Best not put money on it, but there seems to have been a change in how Hydro-Québec is managing the consequences of its decision to ignore its aging infrastructure in the upper Pontiac. For years, when extreme heat, cold or
Concerns around Quebec’s new immigration program The Quebec government has announced a new immigration pathway, after cancelling the Programme de l’expérience québécois (PEQ), a popular pathway to attain permanent residency in the province last November. The new program, known by
Quebec police report increase in intimate partner violence Reporting from CBC News last week shows that the number of domestic violence cases opened by police forces across the province have significantly increased since 2015, roughly tripling. However, police and
Staff at the Pontiac Continuing Education Centre (PCEC) have spent the past few years creating an online course delivery system to make classes more accessible to students, and are now expanding it to include the centre’s personal support worker (PSW)
High-profile ministers Guilbault, Lebel leaving politics this fall Two high-profile CAQ cabinet ministers have announced that they will not be seeking re-election in the fall, in the wake of Premier François Legault’s resignation last Wednesday, Radio-Canada reports. Former deputy premier,
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