Genevieve Beauchemin

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Genevieve Beauchemin

As part of CTV News’ coverage of the 37-day federal election, journalists will be telling stories from communities across the country to showcase issues that matter to Canadians in this election. Our next dispatch is from CTV News reporter Genevieve Beauchemin in Quebec City. Quebec City, rich with more than four hundred years of history, is now where the trade war against the U.S. is centre stage during the federal election.

2 months ago | bnnbloomberg.ca | Genevieve Beauchemin

The Bloc Quebecois election bus rolled into the Montreal region today, showing off the party’s campaign slogan: Je choisis le Québec, I choose Quebec. But this time, issues that have traditionally been a cornerstone of federal contests have taken a back seat on the campaign trail. “For the time being, what we have ahead of us is tackling the intimidation being put into place by the American president,” said Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-François Blanchet.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Genevieve Beauchemin

The Bloc Quebecois election bus rolled into the Montreal region today, showing off the party’s campaign slogan: Je choisis le Québec, I choose Quebec. But this time, issues that have traditionally been a cornerstone of federal contests have taken a back seat on the campaign trail. “For the time being, what we have ahead of us is tackling the intimidation being put into place by the American president,” said Bloc Quebecois leader Yves-François Blanchet.

2 months ago | ctvnews.ca | Genevieve Beauchemin

Warnings of delays on the arrivals and departures board at Via Rail’s Montreal Central Station are now happening at historic levels. Via Rail passenger trains travelling along the key Quebec City to Windsor corridor increasingly run more than ten to fifteen minutes late, and Via blames a dispute with CN for much of the tardiness. “It was a bit of a pain,” says Nancy Diller, who arrived in Montreal forty-five minutes late from Toronto aboard a Via train.

Mar 2, 2025 | ctvnews.ca | Genevieve Beauchemin

Winooski, Vt., is not exactly a border town. It’s a nearly forty-minute drive from the dividing line between Canada and the United States. But many of its residents have deep roots and connections with their northern neighbours and are bracing for the impact of tariffs. “Bouleversant,” French for upsetting, is the word Raymonde Parent uses to describe how she feels about levies. She was born and raised in the U.S., but her ancestors are Canadians.