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Quebec’s population is changing, but the makeup of the province’s police forces is not, data shows

Police officers across the province remain overwhelmingly white, even as people of colour account for a growing percentage of those living in Montreal and municipalities farther afield, an analysis by CBC News has found.Pierre Richard Thomas, a spokesperson for Lakay Média, a Haitian community organization, says Black people in Repentigny, Que., do not feel like…

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One of Quebec’s hardest-hit longterm care homes won’t face criminal charges over COVID-19 deaths

The owners of CHSLD Herron, one of the province’s hardest-hit long-term care homes during the first wave of the pandemic, won’t face criminal charges.Paramedics are seen transporting a patient from CHSLD Herron, a long-term care home in Dorval, Que. (Graham Hughes/The Canadian Press)The owners of CHSLD Herron, one of the province’s hardest-hit long-term care homes during the…

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Quebec’s residential school system started later than most in Canada — and also has history of abuse

The effects of the residential school system are downplayed in Quebec’s provincial school curriculum, but testimony and documentation brought forward at recent federal and provincial inquiries shows their devastating impact on Indigenous people in Quebec.In this photo presented at the Truth and Reconciliation Commision, residential school students are seen at the Roman Catholic cemetery in…

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