Quebec News

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — Circle Wednesday on the calendar if you enjoy do-or-die showdowns between acrimonious rivals.

MONTREAL — Quebec's premier is asking Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to make the flow of migrants across an irregular border crossing in southern Quebec a priority during a meeting next month with U.S. President Joe Biden.

MONTREAL — The proposed rail bypass around the Quebec town where a freight train derailment killed 47 people nearly 10 years ago hit another snag this week when residents of a neighbouring town voted overwhelmingly against the project.

GATINEAU, Que. — Gatineau police say a body found inside a submerged vehicle discovered by amateur divers in November was that of a 79-year-old man who disappeared two and a half years ago.

GATINEAU, Que. — The Competition Bureau says it is investigating whether the Quebec Professional Association for Real Estate Brokers' data sharing restrictions are stifling competition in the housing market.

Montreal police say a woman is dead and a man was seriously injured in a stabbing in the city's Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension borough. Police say they received a 911 call for an armed assault inside an apartment building around 1:30 p.m.

MONTREAL — A Quebec man was found guilty of multiple charges on Sunday for his role in the abduction of a couple in their 70s from Upstate New York in September 2020.

GATINEAU, Que. — Alexis Gendron was a one-man show on Saturday afternoon. Gendron scored five goals to lead the Gatineau Olympiques past the Cape Breton Eagles 8-4 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

MONTREAL — Two artifacts sacred to some of Canada's Indigenous peoples are now back on home territory after a Swiss museum returned them to the Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) confederacy this month.

MONTREAL — Some Ontario communities that have seen a surge in arrivals of asylum seekers say they have been caught off guard by the numbers of migrants the federal government is sending from Quebec.