
Inside the ‘con code’, the unwritten rules that may be fuelling prison violence
The "con code" — a set of unwritten rules among inmates that they believe is behind a sharp rise in attacks behind bars.
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The "con code" — a set of unwritten rules among inmates that they believe is behind a sharp rise in attacks behind bars.

Claude Pinard, chair of the city's executive committee, says this winter is one of the worst for potholes since 2018, calling the state of the roadways "catastrophic."

RCMP say a Quebec City-area teenager is facing a terrorism charge for allegedly using social media to promote the neo-Nazi group Atomwaffen Division.

Announced on Monday, the $5.1-million deal will be put to the Quebec Superior Court for approval on March 3.

Police say a body was found in the rubble of an industrial building after a major fire in Longueuil, just south of Montreal.

Prosecutors say two teens apprehended last week in connection with a double homicide in a First Nations community in northern Quebec are facing first-degree murder charges.

Demonstrators gathered in downtown Montreal to protest U.S. immigration enforcement after the deaths of two Americans during federal operations in Minneapolis.

Bernard Drainville is officially entering the race to succeed François Legault as leader of the governing Coalition Avenir Québec.

One year after 22-year-old Liam Toman disappeared from a Mont-Tremblant ski resort, Quebec police and his family are asking anyone with information to come forward.

An Ontario man who pleaded guilty to terrorism charges told a Toronto judge he regrets his neo-Nazi past, as his lawyer asked for a reduced sentence.

Alstom Canada says it has identified defective electronic components as the source of many of the recent disruptions that have plagued the network.

Extreme cold forces Hydro-Québec to temporarily halt electricity exports to Massachusetts as demand surged in Quebec during the recent polar vortex.

Paul St-Pierre Plamondon criticized Doug Ford, who for the past two days has been urging Quebecers to reject the PQ for the good of Canada.

Quebec’s private doctors' federation challenges a law requiring new doctors to work five years in the public system, calling it discriminatory and harmful to patient care.

The Colorado Avalanche will wear Quebec Nordiques jerseys Thursday night against the Montreal Canadiens at the Bell Centre.

Sobeys parent company Empire Co. Ltd. is closing its Voilà grocery delivery facilities in Alberta and pausing the online service's expansion in the Vancouver area.

Quebec is launching a new home health-care policy that will make some family caregivers eligible for government funding.

A vigil will be held in Montreal at 4:30 p.m. Thursday to mark the ninth anniversary of the Jan. 29, 2017, Quebec City mosque attack and to honor the six people killed.

Montreal Canadiens' president of hockey operations Jeff Gorton announced Wednesday that the NHL club has fired goalie coach Eric Raymond.

Quebec provincial police are setting up a command post in Mont-Tremblant, Que., as they pursue an investigation in the case of an Ontario man who disappeared last February.

Both athletes made their Canadian Olympic debuts at the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics and are set to compete in their fourth Winter Games.

Montreal-area transit service Exo is cutting dozens of jobs and is warning of future service reductions as Quebec's public transportation sector continues to struggle.

The woman has been detained since her bail was revoked in October and will now have 20 months left on her sentence, a Quebec court judge ordered.

Creditors of former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre have unanimously accepted a proposal for him to pay back less than a quarter of his roughly $1.1-million debt.

Quebec provincial police are investigating an apparent case of domestic violence after discovering two bodies in an apartment in Manawan.

Quebec Premier François Legault will shuffle his cabinet later today as two ministers step aside to run in the Coalition Avenir Québec leadership race.

Brock Nelson scored goals 72 seconds apart early in the first period before sealing his fifth career hat trick into the empty net as the Colorado Avalanche cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Toronto Maple Leafs on Sunday afternoon.

If you were to look up the top playoff scorer in Montreal Victoire history, it wouldn't be Marie-Philip Poulin, or even Laura Stacey.

Quebec Environment Minister Bernard Drainville launched his bid for the CAQ leadership Saturday, as Premier François Legault prepares to step down.

At a key party convention in Saint-Hyacinthe, Que., this weekend, the Parti Québécois is rallying supporters around the prospect of Quebec independence.

The Quebec government says it's removing the British crown from the province's official coat of arms.

Quebec is delaying its greenhouse gas reduction target by five years, saying meeting the 2030 goal would risk jobs and the economy amid U.S. tariff uncertainty.

A judge is to rule today in the case of a man who stabbed his parents and grandmother to death inside their Montreal home.

Peacekeepers say there is no active threat to the Kahnawake Mohawk community in connection with the 40-year-old man's shooting death.

François Legault says he's confident the party he co-founded as a third option to federalism and sovereignty will remain relevant after he is replaced as leader.

Connor Hellebuyck had plenty of welts and bruises.

A vacant industrial building on the Montreal side of the bridge caught fire Tuesday, with firefighters called to the scene around 11:30 p.m.

The sudden closure of a major ski resort because of a labour dispute has thrown Quebec's Charlevoix region into uncertainty threatening winter-season revenues for local businesses.

Cole Caufield scored the winner with 15 seconds remaining to lift the Montreal Canadiens to a 4-3 win over the Minnesota Wild on Tuesday night.

Alto says it plans to burrow from just north of the river that rims Montreal’s north side to downtown in a north-south corridor that would exceed 10 kilometres.

After more than seven years in power, Quebec Premier François Legault announced on Jan. 15 that he would step down after the Coalition Avenir Québec chooses his replacement.

Quebec's finance minister says he has shared his concerns with his Ontario counterpart about that province's intention to remove Crown Royal whisky from liquor stores.

Management says that to ensure safe skiing conditions, Le Massif had to continue artificial snow-making by the end of the month and operations needed to resume as of Tuesday.

Montreal’s public transit agency says commuters took about 20 million fewer trips on its network in 2025 as metros and buses were disrupted by rotating strikes.

Quebec provincial police say a 40-year-old woman died on Sunday east of Montreal following an argument with a man that had escalated.

Montreal scored three straight goals, including in overtime, to give the Canadiens a 6-5 come-from-behind win over the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.

The leader of the Parti Québécois says it's time to refocus the political debate in Quebec to sovereignty following Premier François Legault's resignation.

Bombardier says it will build a new 126,000-square-foot manufacturing centre west of Montreal to respond to growing demand for its business aircraft.

Police say a five-month-old girl has died from injuries she sustained in a multi-vehicle crash earlier this month in the Montreal area that also killed her six-year-old sister.

Former Montreal mayor and federal cabinet minister Denis Coderre has filed for bankruptcy protection, seeking relief from nearly $1.1 million in debt.