The former governor general, who was born in Haiti, says she is forced to conclude that the massive humanitarian aid effort that followed the 2010 earthquake was a missed opportunity and a "failure for the international community."

The trial of Ugo Fredette, a 43-year-old man accused of first-degree murder in the deaths ofhis ex-wife and another man, got underway today in Saint-Jrme.

Filling the reservoirs of Quebec's hydroelectric dams has sometimes caused small earthquakes a process that doesn't seem to have occurred elsewhere in Canada, according to a seismologist who has studied the phenomenon.

The Beretta CX4 Storm, the rifle used in the Dawson shooting, has been slightly modified especially for the Canadian market, meaning it's no longer a restricted weapon: only a regular gun licence is needed to buy it.