Quebec News

MONTREAL — Two people have died and one remains in critical condition after a fire early today in an apartment building in east-end Montreal. Montreal police Const. Sabrina Gauthier says the victims are a 58-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman.

SAGUENAY, Que. — Crown prosecutors completed their case Friday against a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of 19-year-old junior college student Guylaine Potvin nearly 24 years ago.

GATINEAU, Que. — Ottawa is launching a new pay transparency website that will offer comparable data on workforce representation rates and pay gaps experienced by four key groups at federally regulated private sector employers.

MONTREAL — A provincial court justice of the peace has upheld the Quebec government's imposition of curfews during the COVID-19 pandemic, finding several people guilty of breaking the health order during a protest.

BOISBRIAND, Que. — Louis-Philippe Fontaine, and Axel Dufresne both scored in the shootout as the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies defeated the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada 5-4 on Thursday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

MONTREAL — TC Transcontinental says it's closing its printing plant in St-Hyacinthe, Que. The Montreal-based company says it will gradually reduce operations at the plant, with a complete closure scheduled in April.

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say a 57-year-old man is dead after a Cessna 172 plane crashed in Western Quebec early Thursday.

MONTREAL — Matias Coccaro says he loves scoring goals. That will come as welcome news to a CF Montreal side that sorely needed them last season.

Quebec Premier François Legault says his Coalition Avenir Québec party will no longer accept donations amid mounting allegations that mayors were pushed to pay for access to cabinet ministers.

MONTREAL — The union representing 2,100 Air Transat flight attendants has rejected a tentative agreement for the second time this year.