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Author: Maura Forrest
Publication Date: January 25, 2026 - 10:56
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Push for Quebec independence in focus at PQ convention
January 25, 2026
The campaign for an independent Quebec is beginning to take shape at a Parti Québécois convention this weekend, ahead of a provincial election that will likely be fought over the prospect of a third referendum.
Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon urged hundreds of party members assembled Friday evening in St-Hyacinthe, a small city east of Montreal, not to give into “fear of the moment” as they plan for another vote on independence.
Prime Minister Mark Carney is expected to speak Tuesday at an event in Ottawa marking International Holocaust Remembrance Day. This year marks the 81st anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, the largest Nazi concentration camp.
January 27, 2026 - 11:00 | | CBC News - Ottawa
Colin Tweedie struck and killed 10-year-old Talia Forrest in Big Bras d’Or on Cape Breton Island while she was out for a bike ride.
January 27, 2026 - 10:47 | Globalnews Digital | Global News - Canada
Timothy Smith was found guilty of causing Landon Waddell's injuries in a fistfight that contributed to a fatal compression of his central nervous system.
January 27, 2026 - 10:40 | Grace Miller | Global News - Canada





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