Quebec Premier François Legault told a public inquiry on Tuesday that he knew nothing about the $500-million cost overrun tied to digitization efforts at the province’s auto-insurance board until it became public knowledge in February.

Mr. Legault’s appearance before the Gallant commission into mismanagement and alleged cover-ups at the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec was the culmination of months of speculation about how much the Premier knew, and when, about a scandal that has already claimed one of his cabinet ministers.

The province’s embattled leader, facing plummeting poll numbers as he approaches seven years in office, said that details of mounting problems and ballooning costs within the SAAQclic project should have reached his desk, but didn’t.

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Les dossiers de candidature sont mis à disposition depuis le 20 août.

Susan Duong was standing behind the counter, stacking containers of chicken fried rice, hot off the wok and ready to eat.

She looked out the window at Riverdale Collegiate – the large high school directly across the street from her little takeout restaurant – and checked her watch. 11:36 a.m. The lunch bell was about to ring. It was time to open the doors. Yummy House was once again open for business.

Google devra mettre à la disposition des « concurrents qualifiés » certaines données de recherche.

British Columbia’s core public service union has launched strike action, hoping to force a labour-friendly but debt-swamped government to more than double its wage offer in contract talks.

A segment of the B.C. General Employees’ Union’s 34,000 public sector workers walked off the job on Tuesday, and union president Paul Finch promised to escalate job action if the provincial government doesn’t return to the bargaining table with a better offer.

Nombre de partisans de Donald Trump ont adhéré à une série de théories du complot entourant Epstein.

Foreign Affairs Minister Anita Anand says she spoke today with the Canadian judge facing American sanctions for her work at an international tribunal, without condemning Washington’s decision.

U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio last month announced sanctions on International Criminal Court judges including Kimberly Prost for her work on a case involving American troops in Afghanistan.

Il est le nouveau directeur scientifique de l’institut québécois de recherche en intelligence artificielle.

Le gouverneur de l'Illinois s’oppose à l’envoi de troupes fédérales à Chicago.

Erin McLeod, the oldest player in the Northern Super League, has announced her retirement in the wake of a season-ending foot injury.

The 42-year-old goalkeeper, the first-ever signing by Halifax Tides FC, has been sidelined since June. She played in six games for Halifax (3-11-3) during the NSL’s inaugural campaign.

Selon l’ex-premier ministre, les politiques économiques américaines forcent le Canada à se transformer pour le mieux.

A mayor near Newfoundland and Labrador’s capital city said his town of about 27,000 people would likely run out of water by Tuesday evening.

Darrin Bent said officials noticed earlier in the day that the water flow was decreasing to Conception Bay South, on the outskirts of St. John’s. They soon found a main pipe was leaking and the town’s water reserves were running out, he said.

Three weeks after the Long Lake wildfire in western Nova Scotia forced evacuations and eventually destroyed 20 homes, fire officials say some evacuation orders will be lifted.

They say that of the almost 500 orders imposed on individual residences since Aug. 13, residents living at 360 civic addresses will be allowed to return home on Wednesday.

Il n’y a probablement rien de plus triste et intrigant que de voir un ou une athlète combattre les « yips ».

Une cour d'appel a jugé que le président n'avait pas le pouvoir d'instaurer une grande partie des tarifs.

La Québécoise Leylah Annie Fernandez sera en action en double avec Venus Williams plus tard mardi.

Des villes comme Buffalo, qui attirent normalement beaucoup de Canadiens, souffrent depuis l’hiver.

If there was a fire, a flood, kids in need of skates or a hungry family in Montreal, Sid Stevens could be counted on to organize help.

For seven decades, his name was synonymous with Sun Youth, the community organization he founded with his friend Earl De La Perralle when they were both barely into puberty.

The Alberta government is pausing its controversial order for the removal of books from school libraries that the province had deemed as sexually explicit content.

In a brief e-mail to school boards and divisions Tuesday, Alberta’s Education and Childcare Minister Demetrios Nicolaides said the restrictions on books should be paused “until further notice.”

Ontario Premier Doug Ford reacted angrily to news that spirits maker Diageo will close its Crown Royal bottling plant in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year, pouring out a bottle at a press conference and encouraging others to dump the whisky as well.

As generative artificial intelligence tools become more readily accessible than ever, parents and educators are struggling to navigate its use in classrooms as the new school year begins.

There’s the worry that secondary and postsecondary students could use AI to cheat on assignments, potentially generating false sources or entirely made-up essays. But others say AI is a helpful tool to enhance learning, if used properly.

Le no 2 mondial remporte un autre match en trois manches.

Le bilan du premier séisme de dimanche dépasse déjà 1400 morts et 3100 blessés.

En quête de temps de jeu ou prêts à franchir un cap, ils ont animé la période des transferts à leur façon.

Les leaders autochtones se réunissent en assemblée générale dès demain, à Winnipeg.

Le directeur parlementaire du budget fournit des analyses économiques et financières indépendantes aux élus.

Malgré une contestation interne, l'armée israélienne ne déroge pas à son plan de conquête.

Alberta’s education minister is directing school boards to pause a government order to remove books with explicit sexual content from libraries.

Demetrios Nicolaides, in an e-mail to school divisions and officials Tuesday, said they should pause any development or distribution of lists of books that are to be removed, “including removing materials containing depictions of explicit sexual content.”

The Quebec government says it is ending funding for Northvolt’s planned battery plant in the province’s Montérégie region.

Economy Minister Christine Fréchette says the government made its decision after the company failed to produce an acceptable plan for Quebeckers.

Ontario Premier Doug Ford is reacting angrily to news of the closure of a plant that bottles Crown Royal, pouring out a bottle at a press conference and encouraging others to dump the whisky as well.

Spirits maker Diageo announced last week that it will cease operations at its bottling facility in Amherstburg, Ont., early next year, as it shifts some bottling volume to the United States.

Le demi Sean Thomas Erlington et les receveurs Tyson Philpot et Austin Mack s’approchent d’un retour au jeu.

L'IA cite comme source d'information un article qui dément la fausse nouvelle qu'elle propage.

Il s'agit de la deuxième retraite ministérielle du premier ministre depuis sa victoire aux élections d'avril.

The federal NDP officially launched the race to find its next leader on Tuesday, leaving seven months for interested candidates to mount a campaign.

The next NDP leader will be elected at a national convention in Winnipeg in March.

L'entreprise veut fermer une usine en Ontario et déménager une partie de sa production aux États-Unis.

It took 11 years, loads of equipment and multiple attempts to pull an excavator-turned-landmark out of an east-central Saskatchewan lake.

But for the owner of the company that got the job done, it was just another day.

Members of the union representing thousands of British Columbia public service workers set up picket lines Tuesday in what the union says is a “last resort” in its labour fight with the province.

Members of the BC General Employees’ Union set up picket lines at provincial government offices in Victoria, Surrey and Prince George as well as in front of the Royal BC Museum.

Le gouvernement perd 270 M$, et tentera de récupérer 240 autres millions octroyés sous forme de prêts.

Pegula a vaincu Barbora Krejcikova, tandis que Sabalenka a profité du retrait de Marketa Vondrousova.

La fille du cinéaste français Louis Malle et de l’actrice américaine Candice Bergen a rejoint Vogue en 2011.

Selon M. Legault, les ministres Guilbault et Bonnardel « auraient dû poser plus de questions » à la SAAQ.

Le Québec s’est donné pour objectif d’atteindre la carboneutralité dès 2050.

Plusieurs employeurs exigent une présence accrue au bureau à partir du mois de l'automne.

Jonas Vingegaard, grand favori, a désormais 26 secondes d’avance sur Torstein Traeen.

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La société d'État veut y construire son futur poste électrique en remplacement de celui de la rue Berri.

Les peuples autochtones devront s’armer de patience et surtout rester aux aguets.

Elle a été 10 semaines au 1^er rang du Billboard Hot 100 et trôné tout l’été au sommet de Songs of the Summer.

En juin, le président a envoyé plusieurs milliers de militaires à Los Angeles, secouée par des manifestations.

Le 2 septembre, la capitulation officielle du Japon met fin à la Seconde Guerre mondiale.