Montreal

The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke is demanding that the Parti Québécois recognize Indigenous rights in its highly publicized Livre bleu.

When Derek Heatherington, a retired college professor living in the Eastern Townships region of Quebec, heard that the provincial elections agency was sending out unilingual French information guides this year, he decided to act.

The leaders of Quebec’s main political parties are continuing to appeal to voters with less than a week to go in the provincial election campaign.

Election day is less than a week away in Quebec. Candidates have six days left to pitch to voters ahead of election day on Oct. 5.

When Quebecers go to the polls Monday, for many, sovereignty will be on the ballot.

A total of 23.59 per cent of Quebecers voted in advance polling, according to Elections Quebec.

Voters in Greater Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke will be able to use the Bixi and àVélo bike-sharing services for free to cast their ballots next Monday.

Quebecers are heading to the polls on Oct. 5 in what could be a consequential provincial election and CTV will be the place to watch all the action unfold live.

The Quebec election campaign is entering its final stretch. Leaders have a week left to pitch to voters ahead of election day on Oct. 5.

Coalition Avenir Québec leader Christine Fréchette blamed members of her own party for trying to get journalists to pursue a story about foreign interference in the electoral process as she tried to distance herself on Monday from a controversy that has dogged her on the election campaign trail for days.

There are 15 other registered political parties on the campaign trail, some of which are running dozens of candidates with a fraction of the resources or visibility of their better-known counterparts.

Along the Saint-Lawrence River, with a view of the Montreal skyline, voters gathered at advance polling stations like one at the Montreal science centre to cast early ballots ahead of the province’s Oct. 5 general election.

Lawyers have sent a formal letter to Élections Québec and the Attorney General demanding that the independent electoral agency retract the practice of instructing workers to limit their use of English at polling stations.

With the Quebec election nearly a week away, advance polling begins on day 32 of the election campaign.

This Sunday marks the start of early voting in Quebec, which will help determine who will serve as members of the 44th legislature in the National Assembly.