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Flavoured vape flavours may soon be a thing of the past in Quebec as the provincial government may ban them after it proposed new rules today. According to the government journal, Gazette officielle du Québec, vaping itself will still be legal, but the government’s focus on restricting flavours aims to deter youth from doing it altogether. […]
Yesterday, an ice storm ravaged most of southern Quebec, leaving one million households without power. Many trees fell in Montreal and its surrounding towns while many school boards cancelled classes for the day. Hydro-Quebec continues to scramble to bring electricity back to its customers. Of the million affected, nearly half of them reside in Montreal. Image via […]
Gatineau police have arrested six people who identify as “pedophile hunters” in the Gatineau region. The individuals face over 38 charges including distribution of child pornography. In a press release, the Service de police de la Ville de Gatineau (SPVG) explained that they had received numerous complaints from citizens worried about the situation or who […]
Quebec Judge Dennis Galiatsatos said that Canadians have a “God-given” right to give the middle finger to people who’ve annoyed them. The quote comes off the heels of a ruling that acquitted a Montreal man of criminal harassment in 2021. Police originally arrested Neall Epstein in May 2021 for harassment after he gave the middle […]
Felipe Arriagada-Nunez wants to tell stories. Born and raised in Montreal’s Mile End, the artist—a.k.a Chien Champion—comes fresh off a recent collaboration with Nike, illustrating the Canada-exclusive box art for the limited edition “Montreal Bagel” Dunk Lows. But this isn’t the first time he’s paid tribute to the city and its people. From album covers and […]
After stops in Hawaii and Italy, tourism organization Destinations Québec Cité wants HBO’s The White Lotus to consider Quebec City as a possible location for season three. In a publically available pitch deck, Robert Mercure, the general manager of Destinations Québec Cité, pleaded his case to the series creator Mike White, hoping that the veteran writer would bring The […]
Due to an incident where police once mistook a human body for a silicone mannequin and threw it in a dumpster, first responders in Quebec are now being trained on how to tell the difference and avoid such an incident in the future. According to a story by Canadian Press, in July 2020, Quebec woman Laurette […]
A Santa Claus impersonator in the Quebec City area has been arrested on multiple sexual assault and drug related charges. According to a news release by the Sûreté du Québec provincial police, 71-year-old Réjean Bacon is believed to have sexually assaulted five women. Bacon also faces charges of voyeurism, drug possession and trafficking, and obtaining sexual […]
Not even a seventh wave of COVID could stop hundreds of thousands of people from descending upon la belle province’s capital for this year’s Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ). Billed as Canada’s largest outdoor musical event, it took over Quebec City for 12 days of wildly diverse programming. The final weekend of the fest, which we attended, […]
After 25 cases of monkeypox were reported in the Montreal area, Quebec is planning to combat the disease by jabbing some people with a smallpox vaccine. Dr. Luc Boileau, Quebec’s public health director, said on Thursday that the vaccine will be offered to those most vulnerable to catching monkeypox, including people who have been in contact with […]
