Quebec News

MONTREAL — Canada and nearly 200 other countries around the world now have eight years to set aside almost one-third of their land and marine territories for conservation under a landmark new biodiversity deal reached in Montreal on Monday.

Canadian defender Moise Bombito, a junior defender at the University of New Hampshire, is one of eight players named to the Generation Adidas class ahead of Wednesday's MLS SuperDraft.

OTTAWA — The Canadian Judicial Council recommended Monday that a Quebec Superior Court judge be removed from the bench for what it called serious misconduct.

MONTREAL — As some Canadian airlines look to cut costs and lower ticket prices, Porter Airlines is catering to a more premium economy experience.

QUEBEC — It took a covert operation after nightfall and the help of freshly fallen snow to round up four cows from a herd of cattle that have been on the loose for months in central Quebec, an official with Quebec's farmers union said Monday.

MONTREAL — Negotiators in Montreal have adopted a new agreement aimed at halting the destruction of nature and beginning to repair the damage. Here are six of the main commitments in the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

MONTREAL — Foodtastic Inc. has signed a deal to buy healthy fast food restaurant chain Freshii Inc. for $74.4 million. Foodtastic CEO Peter Mammas says Freshii will help Foodtastic expand into a new category.

MONTREAL — Countries taking part in the COP15 biodiversity conference in Montreal say they've reached an agreement on four goals and 23 targets.

RICHFIELD, Minn. — Sarah Lefort and Samantha Isbell each had a goal and an assist to help the Montreal Force to a 4-1 win over the Minnesota Whitecaps on Sunday at the Richfield Ice Arena.

MONTREAL — A global agreement to protect a significant percentage of the world's lands and waters will be reached by the time the COP15 nature convention ends on Monday, Environment Minister Steven Guilbeault said Sunday.