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Latest person tarred at Quebec corruption inquiry: a sitting judge

MONTREAL – The fast-growing list of people tarred by testimony at Quebec’s corruption inquiry...

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Parti Quebecois warns judicial inquiry: be careful where you tread

The Parti Quebecois government has fired off a warning for the province’s ongoing corruption...

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Mayor of Montreal position posted on job search website

The Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal wants a mayor who will represent the...

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Gilles Vaillancourt: breaking down the ‘gangsterism’ charges

Martin Patriquin on the unprecedented allegations against Laval's former mayor

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Scrutiny shifts to police in corruption-tainted Laval

MONTREAL – The day after a once-mighty mayor was arrested in his own city...

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Gilles Cloutier tells Charbonneau inquiry that he lied on the stand

MONTREAL – A witness who has delivered bombshell testimony at Quebec’s corruption inquiry is...

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Quebec inquiry delayed by concerns about witness credibility

MONTREAL – Quebec’s corruption inquiry is being delayed today because of questions about the...

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Van Loan on Mulcair: why so quiet on corruption, Tom?

The Government House Leader's statement on bribery allegations in La Presse

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Tom Mulcair spoke to police ‘to help’ with Quebec corruption probe

The fallout from Quebec’s corruption scandals has reached the epicentre of Canada’s Parliament, with...

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Quebec construction exec describes how his car was blown up

MONTREAL – Quebec’s corruption inquiry has heard its fair share of explosive allegations. The...

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The gangster politics of Laval

Martin Patriquin explains why It’s no surprise Quebec’s third-largest city is now a ward of the province

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Dessau CEO Jean-Pierre Sauriol quits in wake of corruption scandal

MONTREAL – A major Quebec engineering firm has become the latest to lose its...

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Montreal and the Applebaum arrest: From bad to worse to ‘What next?’

Martin Patriquin explains why the arrest of interim mayor Michael Applebaum is just one of the city's problems

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Jean-Francois Lisee: Montreal needs you

The PQ minister has little to offer in Montreal's moment of crisis

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Cleaning up a culture of corruption

Anti-corruption expert Michael Hershman on the slow and painful process ahead for Quebec

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What next at the Charbonneau inquiry?

Watch for unions to be put under the microscope

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Quebec’s explosive corruption inquiry is back from its summer break

MONTREAL – Quebec’s corruption inquiry has resumed after a two-month summer break — and...

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1-800-O-Collusion: Quebec inquiry hears how feds’ Economic Action Plan targeted

MONTREAL – Quebec’s corruption inquiry has heard how the federal Economic Action Plan featured...

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Corruption suspects gave $2 million to federal parties: CP report

An analysis by The Canadian Press involving all 102 individuals charged after sweeps by Quebec's anti-corruption police squad shows that nearly half — 45 of them — made registered legal contributions...

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Quebec corruption suspects donated most to the Liberals, until recently

Donation history of 102 people charged by Quebec's anti-corruption squad shows nearly half contributed to federal parties

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Quebec union doesn’t want wiretaps played at corruption inquiry

MONTREAL – A powerful Quebec labour union is fighting to keep wiretaps from being...

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PQ defends Boisclair after testimony at corruption inquiry

QUEBEC – The Parti Quebecois government has brushed off a demand for the suspension...

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Quebec’s corruption problem

While the values charter has dominated debates outside Quebec, corruption has riled those within

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Quebec corruption probe resumes with renewed labour union scrutiny

MONTREAL – Quebec’s high-profile probe into corruption in the construction industry is kicking off...

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Marois says there was no deal with major union to thwart corruption inquiry

DAVOS, Switzerland – Premier Pauline Marois defiantly denied Wednesday that her husband ever struck...

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Former Quebec premier denies receiving $3,000 cheque from lobbyist

SAINT-FELICIEN, Que. – Former Premier Jean Charest’s name has surfaced for the first time...

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Quebec construction boss cries

MONTREAL – A construction boss cried at Quebec’s corruption inquiry on Wednesday as he described a harrowing attack on his own brothers by protesters at a work site. The tears flowed as Normand...

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Bernard ‘Rambo’ Gauthier testifies at Que. inquiry

FTQ-C union organizer Bernard “Rambo” Gauthier is seen in the video feed from the Charbonneau inquiry. (Charbonneau Commission/CP) Bernard “Rambo” Gauthier, a union representative based on Quebec’s...

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Competition Bureau of Canada raids Quebec construction firms

MONTREAL – The Competition Bureau of Canada says it is conducting seizures at several construction firms in the Montreal area today. The bureau is looking into allegations of an anti-competitive...

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Ex-deputy premier subpoenaed by Quebec corruption inquiry

MONTREAL – Former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau has received a subpoena from Quebec’s corruption probe. Normandeau says in a statement she received the subpoena this morning. Jean Charest’s...

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On deck at Charbonneau inquiry: Tony Accurso

MONTREAL — A powerful former construction magnate could finally take the stand when Quebec’s corruption inquiry returns today from its summer break. Tony Accurso, once the owner of several influential...

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Ex-construction magnate takes stand at Quebec corruption inquiry

Tony Accurso testifies before the Charbonneau Commission on Tuesday September 2, 2014 in a frame grab from the video feed. (Handout, Charbonneau Commission/The Canadian Press) MONTREAL – A powerful...

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Mick Jagger boarded Quebec construction magnate’s luxury yacht

Tony Accurso testifies before the Charbonneau Commission on Tuesday September 2, 2014 in a frame grab from the video feed. (Handout, Charbonneau Commission/The Canadian Press) MONTREAL — An unlikely...

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Tony Accurso helped former police chief after failed election bid

Construction magnate Tony Accurso is seen on an image taken off a television monitor at the Charbonneau inquiry looking into corruption in the Quebec construction industry Wednesday, September 3, 2014...

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Quebec’s corruption probe hears last witness testimony

MONTREAL – Quebec’s corruption inquiry has completed the portion of its public hearings that dealt with witness testimony. A Hydro-Quebec forensic accountant was the last witness at the Charbonneau...

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Quebec corruption inquiry ends after 30 months of hearings

MONTREAL – The judge who spearheaded the Quebec probe into systemic wrongdoing in the province’s construction industry urged all citizens on Friday to do their part to fight corruption and collusion....

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Union representative who testified at the Charbonneau Commission convicted

SEPT-ILES, Que. – A high-ranking Quebec union representative who testified at the Charbonneau Commission has been found guilty of intimidating a contractor. The construction wing of the Quebec...

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Cleaning house after Charbonneau

CREDIT: Graham Hughes/CP The year 2015 will be a notable bookend to one of the more ignominious chapters in Quebec’s recent history. In April, Judge France Charbonneau will table her report on...

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Charbonneau: ‘Only collectively will we make Quebec a better society’

(Graham Hughes/CP) MONTREAL — The commission that looked into corruption in Quebec’s construction industry has come out with some 60 recommendations it hopes will help clean up the system of handing...

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No one can deny it now: Quebec is facing a corruption crisis.

Superior Court Justice France Charbonneau ends her presentation at a press conference after releasing her report that looked into corruption in Quebec’s construction industry Tuesday, November 24, 2015...

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