News via RAWQ

In this section you will find media stories and items of interest to the English-speaking population of West Quebec.  Click on an item title to see the whole story.

Business Concerned Over Census Changes
Jul 30, 2010
The proposed changes have been widely criticized by economists, educators, city planners and religious groups....

Premiers Seek Difficult Compromise On Census
Jul 29, 2010
Quebec joins Ontario in calling for Ottawa to reverse its stand, but McGuinty acknowledges it won't be easy...

'Québécois Name' Too Much For Cop
Jul 29, 2010
Tops police report. Man pulled over four times in a week  The driver was a black man with a "Québécois name." ...

The Bloc 20 Years Later is Still a Sterile Waste
Jul 28, 2010
Twenty years ago this summer the Parliament of Canada took a sharp turn for the worse. It's about time we got our government back on track....

Angers Boils Over Aylmer Water Warning
Jul 21, 2010
'Inadequate' alert meant dozens drank unsafe water...

School Tax Bills Higher for Anglos
Jul 19, 2010
It costs more to be an anglophone in Laval this summer....

Write a Letter for Leamy Road
Jul 08, 2010
Request from Rick Henderson to write to your City Councillor and Mayor Bureau to maintain historical names in the English-speaking community....

The Role of Minorities in Canada
Jul 07, 2010
... let me turn to our Ontario neighbours for a good example of minorities in action. When Montfort Hospital, the only French hospital outside Quebec,...

More Historical Street Names to Vanish?
May 17, 2010
Slowly but surely, the local heritage is being erased ... no one remembers, it seems, not even the custodians of the city, our civil servants or counc...