Quebec News

QUÉBEC — Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre has officially applied to enter the race to lead the Quebec Liberal Party, but the spectre of a dispute with the provincial tax agency is hanging over his candidacy.

MONTREAL — An extradition hearing has been scheduled for February for a Pakistani national arrested in Quebec for allegedly plotting to kill Jews in New York City on behalf of the Islamic State.

LAVAL, Que. — Deanna Stellato-Dudek feels like a new woman since gaining Canadian citizenship. “Every day since I’ve felt like a champion,” the U.S.-born Stellato-Dudek said Thursday at Place Bell.

Matt (The Hawk) Socholotiuk's sporting journey has had its painful moments. But he found his way.

Queens Royals (12-6, 5-0 ASUN) at Florida Gulf Coast Eagles (9-9, 4-1 ASUN) Fort Myers, Florida; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: FGCU faces Queens after Dallion Johnson scored 21 points in FGCU's 82-60 win against the West Georgia Wolves.

Lipscomb Bisons (11-5, 4-1 ASUN) at Queens (NC) Royals (6-10, 0-5 ASUN) Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m.

DELAND, Fla. (AP) — Nasir Mann scored 15 points as Queens beat Stetson 95-60 on Thursday night. Mann added five rebounds and three steals for the Royals (12-6, 5-0 Atlantic Sun Conference). Kalib Mathews scored 13 points and added eight rebounds.

MONCTON, N.B. — Caleb Desnoyers scored twice to lead the Moncton Wildcats to a 5-2 in over the Charlottetown Islanders in the Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League on Thursday.

Reactions to the death of David Lynch, the visionary filmmaker behind “Twin Peaks” and “Mulholland Drive,” whose death at 78 was announced Thursday. — “He’s one of those filmmakers who was influential but impossible to imitate.

MONTREAL — Quebec's opposition parties are calling for answers about whether Lion Electric Co. misled investors while receiving government financial aid.