The Islamic Cultural Centre in Quebec City honoured the six men who were killed on the night of Jan. 29, 2017, when a gunman opened fire in an attack that left 17 children fatherless.
Only one bullet hole remains in the wall of the Centre culturel islamique de Québec, eight years after a gunman stormed into the mosque and killed six Muslim men who had come to pray.
There was a bit of a scare in Canada’s capital when Ottawa Senators owner Michael Andlauer stated he would like to see his team play regular season games in Quebec City. Fuel was added to the fire when the Senators’ mascot,
At a commemoration for the 2017 tragedy that saw six lives lost at a mosque in Quebec's capital, organizers called for bridges to be built with other communities, especially in the current political climate.
The Prime Minister, Justin Trudeau, today issued the following statement on the National Day of Remembrance of the Quebec City Mosque Attack and Action against Islamophobia:
The weather may be in the single digits but there’s skating, vintage luxury shops, an ice hotel, a jazz bar to cozy up in. Not to mention tobogganing down a track at 45 mph.
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has met with the families of six men who were killed at a Quebec City mosque, days before the anniversary of the 2017 attack. Eight years ago, on Jan. 29, 2017, Alexandre Bissonnette killed six men at the Centre culturel islamique du Québec and this year the centre has planned several events to mark the tragedy.
Canada’s highest court will decide whether a law that Quebec enacted in 2019, barring public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, violates their rights.
I visited Montréal, a city in Canada that feels like Europe but is cheaper to visit. With its metro and cafés, it even feels like a dupe for Paris.
Quebecers can expect another day of windy, chilly conditions on Tuesday, with instability continuing to affect the province. According to Environment Canada, the gusty winds and dropping temperatures will create a particularly harsh winter day.
The federal industry minister is calling for a review of Ottawa's business relationship with Amazon after the company said it will close all seven of its warehouses in Quebec. They'll have me fighting to make sure that this is not going to go unanswered in Canada, Industry Minister François-Philippe Champagne said.
None are believed to have survived the Wednesday night collision, which caused both aircraft to plunge into the frigid Potomac River.