Quebec News

MONTREAL — A little gridlock won't stop Juraj Slafkovsky from reaching his destination as a talented player in the NHL, if you ask Martin St. Louis.

MONTREAL — The heads of Quebec's three English-language universities met the premier and his minister of higher education on Monday, promising to ensure that more out-of-province students graduate with a knowledge of French.

LAVAL, Que. — Teamsters Canada says retail and call centre workers at Freedom Mobile across the country have unionized after a six-month organizing drive and negotiated their first collective agreement.

MONTREAL — A renowned Canadian pairs skating coach was sentenced on Monday to 12 months in jail for sexual assault and gross indecency against a teenage athlete in the 1980s.

TORONTO — A real estate project that was slated to be office space in downtown Montreal will instead be built as rental apartments, Cadillac Fairview Corp. Ltd. said on Monday.

MONTREAL — Members of four major public sector unions in Quebec walked off the job on Monday and promised another series of strikes later this month if progress isn't made at the bargaining table.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers say home sales in the Montreal area in October fell two per cent compared with the same month last year to their second-lowest level since it began compiling market data in 2000.

LAVAL, Que. — William Dandjinou took gold in the men's 1,000 metres as Canadian speedskaters reached the podium six times on Sunday at the ISU Four Continents Short Track Championships.

MONTREAL — There is almost nothing to suggest that the mix of parking lots and industrial lands near Montreal's Victoria Bridge was once a vibrant residential neighbourhood.

MONTREAL — Michael Wenger still remembers the patches of blood red and vivid violet that daub the landscape of the Northwest Passage. “People usually think it's ice and glaciers and rocks.