Steeve Lavoie, Liberal MP-elect for Beauport–Limoilou, campaigned alongside Prime Minister Mark Carney before the April 28 election. (Photo supplied by the Lavoie campaign) Meet Steeve Lavoie, dairy farmer, lumberjack, banker, MP for Beauport–Limoilou Kevin Dougherty kevin@qctonline.com After a 20-year banking career and four years as CEO of the Chambre de commerce et de…
Liberals win minority government, Poilievre loses seat Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com Voters narrowly gave the Liberal Party of Canada a fourth mandate in the April 28 federal…
Prime Minister Mark Carney had a breakfast meeting with Mayor Bruno Marchand in the closing days of the election campaign. (Photo courtesy of Jean-Yves Duclos via Facebook) Marchand meets Carney, talks transit with Guilbault Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com Mayor Bruno Marchand got to talk transit matters with Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault on April 23,…
Student volunteers at the Quebec High School Student Vote 2025 election simulation pause for a group picture before checking in the next group of student voters. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) QHS students get taste of democracy at election simulation Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com The Webster Auditorium at Quebec High School was transformed into a polling place on…
Liberal Leader Mark Carney, Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet, NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh and Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre pose for an official photo before Radio-Canada anchor Patrice Roy (out of shot) launches the French debate on April 16 in Montreal. (Photo by Ruby Pratka) Four party leaders share agendas in debates Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter and Montreal correspondent editor@qctonline.com The leaders of Canada’s four main political parties held two wide-ranging debates in…
Québec-Centre Liberal MP Jean-Yves Duclos responds to Gérard Deltell, Conservative MP for Louis-Saint-Laurent–Akiawenhrahk, during a debate on local issues broadcast April 15 on Radio-Canada. (screenshot) Duclos, Deltell clash over tramway, third link in local debate Peter Black, Local Journalism Initiative reporter peterblack@qctonline.com The future of Quebec City’s transit was a flash- point between Liberal and…
Steeve Lavoie, Liberal candidate in Beauport–Limoilou, speaks with Liberal MPs Jean-Yves Duclos and François-Philippe Champagne on April 15. (Photo by Kevin Dougherty) Champagne in Beauport-Limoilou to give boost to Liberal candidate Kevin Dougherty kevin@qctonline.com Jean-Yves Duclos, running for the Liberals for a fourth time in Québec- Centre, was joined by Liberal candidate…
South Shore candidates face series of challenges Manuel Cardenas, Lévis correspondent manuel@qctonline.com Just days before the federal election, voters in the ridings of Bellechasse–Les Etchemins– Lévis, Lévis–Lotbinière and Mégantic–L’Érable were…
COMMENTARY: Election may knock a chip off the old Bloc Québécois Peter Black peterblack@qctonline.com The Bloc Québécois will mark a milestone later this year. It was on Aug. 13, 1990…
Conservatives lose candidate in Québec-Centre Ruby Pratka, Local Journalism Initiative reporter editor@qctonline.com The Conservative Party will not be able to run a candidate in the downtown riding of Québec- Centre…