Benjamin Shingler

Montreal

Reporter at Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC)

Covering climate change and policy for @cbcnews. Send me a DM or email [email protected]

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Quebec to impose full ban on cellphones in schools

1 week ago | canadianinquirer.net | Benjamin Shingler

Quebec is expected to move ahead with a full ban on cellphones and other electronic devices in schools. The regulation will apply from the beginning to the end of the school day, including breaks, according to Radio-Canada (new window). The province has already banned cellphones in classrooms, joining a growing list of provinces with similar policies (new window). That measure took effect on Jan. 1, 2024.
Why Quebec could once again tip the balance in this federal election

2 weeks ago | kamumedya.com | Benjamin Shingler

MontrealThe shadow cast by Trump has loomed large in Quebec, where the Liberals are hoping to make big gains at the expense of the Bloc Québécois. Liberals hoping for big gains at expense of Bloc QuébécoisBenjamin Shingler · CBC News · Posted: Apr 27, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 6 hours agoLiberal Leader Mark Carney sported a Habs jersey at a rally in Laval, Que., last Tuesday.
Trump threats revive push for pipelines. Is Quebec on board?

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Benjamin Shingler

Montreal·NewU.S. President Donald Trump's tariffs and threats to Canadian sovereignty have breathed new life into talk of national energy projects — including in Quebec. Calls for secure Canadian supply, greater energy co-operation amid vulnerability to U.S.Benjamin Shingler · CBC News · Posted: Apr 10, 2025 4:00 AM EDT | Last Updated: 9 minutes agoKatherine Massam stands along the path of the Enbridge Line 9B pipeline in Pointe-Fortune, Que.
For Quebec voters, this time it's Canadian sovereignty that's on the table

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Benjamin Shingler

Montreal·NewQuebec nationalism and provincial issues like language, immigration and secularism often loom large in federal election campaigns, but Trump's tariffs and threat of making Canada the 51st state has reshaped the campaign so far across the province.
Montreal Tesla dealership vandalized amid backlash against Elon Musk

1 month ago | canadianinquirer.net | Benjamin Shingler

By Benjamin Shingler, CBC News, RCIClimate group claims responsibility for splashing paint on dealership in city’s west endActivists sprayed paint on the exterior of a Tesla dealership in Montreal on Wednesday, as cases of vandalism climb in the United States and around the world against Elon Musk’s electric car company. Montreal police arrested a young man and woman at the dealership on Décarie Boulevard in the city’s Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.
Quebec bill would ban Muslim students from wearing a full face veil

1 month ago | canadianinquirer.net | Benjamin Shingler

The Quebec government is putting forward a bill that would prohibit students from having their faces covered at school. The legislation, if passed, would mean Muslim girls who wear a full face veil would be unable to do so.
U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library, officials say

1 month ago | msn.com | Benjamin Shingler

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U.S. limits Canadian access to iconic Stanstead, Que., border-straddling library, local officials say

1 month ago | flipboard.com | Benjamin Shingler

13 hours agoPentagon Set Up Briefing for Musk on Potential War With ChinaThe Pentagon was scheduled on Friday to brief Elon Musk on the U.S. military’s plan for any war that might break out with China, two U.S. officials said on Thursday. Another official said the briefing would be China focused, without providing additional details. A fourth official confirmed Mr. Musk …3 hours agoAnthropologist who studies MAGA explains why Trump voters want to destroy ed dept. 1.
U.S. blocks Canadian access to iconic Stanstead border-straddling library, local officials say

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Benjamin Shingler

Montreal·NewThe U.S. government is closing the access Canadians use to the Stanstead, Que., library, an iconic building that straddles both borders, according to town and library officials.
Quebec bill would ban Muslim students from wearing a full face veil

1 month ago | cbc.ca | Benjamin Shingler

Montreal·BreakingThe Quebec government is putting forward a bill that would prohibit students and staff who care for them from having their face covered at school. The legislation, if passed, would mean Muslim girls who wear a full face veil will be unable to do so.