Dan Spector

4 days ago | globalnews.ca | Dan Spector

At a meeting of Canada's premiers in Saskatchewan, François Legault said he's willing to listen to proposals about a new pipeline through the province. He said any pipeline through the province would need to be approved by the government of Quebec. "We need to see what's the economic impact back for Quebec, what is the impact on the environment," he said.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Dan Spector

It's one of Canada's most majestic and iconic animals, and now scientists are concerned for its survival as a species. The snowy owl - Quebec's official bird - was recently classified as a threatened wild animal in Canada. Get breaking National newsScientists estimate there are just 25,000 snowy owls left across the entire globe.

1 week ago | globalnews.ca | Dan Spector

Opposition continues to grow against Quebec's new legislation regulating family doctors. A group of family doctors spoke out against Bill 106 in Montreal on Monday, saying it will have a direct negative impact on the quality of care patients receive. "This is very frustrating for us because we're just trying to do the best that we can with what we have," said Dr. Nacim Kerouch, a family doctor at GMF-U Maisonneuve-Rosemont.

2 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Dan Spector

A Quebec family doctor, whose life was thrust into the spotlight by a widely-publicized tragedy, is speaking out - frustrated by what she sees as the government's repeated insinuations that physicians like her aren't pulling their weight. Dr. Isabelle Gaston is the former wife of Guy Turcotte, the disgraced cardiologist sentenced to life in prison for the 2009 murders of their two children.

3 weeks ago | globalnews.ca | Dan Spector

Major conferences that would usually be held in the U.S. are switching to venues in Montreal, giving the city thousands of extra visitors. "I've got seven, eight in front of me that have made the change," Tourisme Montreal president Yves Lalumiere said. With inflammatory rhetoric regularly coming out of the White House, many academics have growing fears about gathering in the United States.