Although a cabinet minister has become a casualty, and the conflict between the Quebec Liberal government and student protesters remains unresolved, Premier Jean Charest may emerge as the winner in the dispute, some observers say.

Representatives of Quebec's striking student federations say they are "relatively satisfied," after getting reassurances from the newly appointed minister that the channels of communication are open.

Tuesday's tense standoff at Collège Lionel-Groulx in Sainte-Thérèse, Que., has forced college administrators to give up on plans to re-open the school for a handful of students for the time being — and possibly for the remainder of the week.

Montreal's auditor-general said Tuesday the city administration is doing a better job in the way it hands out road construction contracts, no longer handing out the bulk of its contracts to the same few firms.

A Quebec coroner is calling for mandatory alertness detectors in vehicles after finding driver fatigue to be the primary factor in a crash that killed three cyclists in 2010.

Quebec theatre producer Normand Latourelle is back with Odysseo, the newest production of his equestrian and performing arts troupe Cavalia.

A modest Leonard Cohen accepted the $50,000 Glenn Gould Prize at a star-studded gala tribute in Toronto on Monday night, before promptly donating the cash to the Canada Council for the Arts.

Power Corp. of Canada says first-quarter net earnings attributable to shareholders grew 15 per cent to $264 million.

Police are looking for a grey truck owned by Richard Blanchet after the man was found dead inside his home Saturday afternoon.

Commuters have played and can play an extremely important role in the security of their transit system.

Quebec's new education minister, Michelle Courchesne, has summoned student leaders and post-secondary officials to meet her Tuesday, hours after her predecessor Line Beauchamp's surprise announcement that she was quitting her post and giving up politics.

Former premier Lucien Bouchard stunned his former PQ colleagues recently by speaking out in favour of tuition hikes and Liberal Premier Jean Charest. But as Terence McKenna writes, Bouchard has always been his own man and has no taste for the wild demonstrations going on these past weeks.

The bail hearing for four people charged in connection with the smoke bombing in the Montreal metro system was postponed today for another week.

John F. Kennedy high school students will finish their school year at Rosemount high school, while public health authorities study the asbestos risk and another clean-up is carried out.