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A 'love affair' with French Quebec that led to a life in radio: Jeanette Kelly dies at 70

Jeanette Kelly discovered Quebec on a high school trip, fell in love with French and spent a career exploring arts and culture in the province. "She was really a pioneer in bringing the richness of Quebec's francophone culture to the anglophone audience," recalls her first boss at CBC. Kelly died last Thursday.
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78 days of unrest and an unresolved land claim hundreds of years in the making

Here's a look back at the key events of the standoff between Kanesatake Mohawks and police and the Canadian military in the summer of 1990 that still shapes the relationship between Indigenous peoples and Canada.

COVID-19 in Quebec: Risk of complications low if you're under 70, deputy premier assures worried teachers

As elementary school teachers gear up to head back to the classroom in much of the province, Quebec Deputy Premier Genevive Guilbault said its natural for them to be anxious about COVID-19, but public health authorities now conclude people 69 or younger face little risk.

Quebec City man charged with woman's murder was on day parole for ex-spouse's brutal slaying

A man charged with killing a Quebec City sex worker was allowed to have what the Parole Board of Canada deemed "inappropriate" sexual relations with women despite the "serious and worrisome risk."

Neil Cameron, history teacher and former Equality Party MNA, dies at 81

Cameron, who taught at John Abbott College for 30 years, was one of four candidates in the upstart anglophone rights Equality Party to stun Quebec by winning seats in the 1989 election. The erudite writer and history teacher is remembered as someone "who gave a lot to his community."

Point of View: I've been a journalist for 35 years the Polytechnique massacre left a scar on all of us

It took decades for the massacre to be recognized as a targeted, anti-feminist attack. Montreal is still struggling to understand the violence on Dec. 6, 1989.

Only Quebecers legally entitled to go to English school have right to be served in English, premier says

Quebec Premier Franois Legault has laid out who in the province he believes has the right to receive government services in English only those entitled to English schooling under Quebec's French language charter, Bill 101.

Organizers' silence after woman's Ironman Mont-Tremblant death made things worse, witness says

A witness to the death of Florida triathlete Jill Levy Morris at an Ironman 70.3 event in Mont-Tremblant last month says the way organizers handled the aftermath of the incident only made a tragic accident worse.

Husband of triathlete killed in Mont-Tremblant slams race organizers for 'vague, cryptic' account of her death

Ken Morris, whose wife Jill Levy Morris, 46, was crushed by a support vehicle while finishing the bike portion of Ironman 70.3 Mont-Tremblant last Sunday, is hoping an independent witness steps forward to report what they saw.

CBC Montreal, Quebec win 10 RTDNA journalism awards

The RTDNA awards recognize journalistic excellence in individual reporting, as well as for programs and stations across radio, television and digital platforms.