It's over -- the tuition increase that triggered such social strife in Quebec has been cancelled. The Parti Quebecois government repealed the fee hike, by decree, in its first cabinet meeting Thursday on its first full day in office.
The accused killer who allegedly ruined the Parti Quebecois election-night celebration surfaced again Wednesday -- speaking out from his jailhouse just as the new government was being sworn in.
The newly installed Parti Quebecois government wasted no time showing its sovereigntist stripes by appointing, on its first day in office, a minister responsible for advancing the cause of Quebec independence.
As Parti Quebecois leader Pauline Marois prepares to be officially sworn in as premier of Quebec, some experts say that Ottawa is ill-equipped to deal with a separatist government in the province.
The Parti Quebecois may have won the Quebec election Tuesday night, but voters did not give Pauline Marois’ minority government the green light to pursue a separation from Canada, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said Thursday.
A rare civic funeral is being prepared for the stage technician whose shooting death at an election-night party in Quebec has struck a deep emotional chord in the province.
The suspect in a Quebec election night shooting that left one dead and another injured appeared in court Thursday and was arraigned on 16 charges, including murder, attempted murder, arson and explosives charges.
Whether or not the fatal shooting outside the Parti Quebecois victory party turns out to be related to politics, it serves as a pointed reminder that politically motivated violence in Canada is real -- if rare.
Quebec Premier Jean Charest officially resigned Wednesday, less than 24 hours after he lost his own seat in a provincial election which relegated his Liberal party to opposition status.
