Quebec News

MONTREAL (AP) — Amanda Pelkey punched home a loose puck under the out-stretched stick of goalkeeper Ann-Renée Desbiens midway through overtime to give Boston its first win of the season, 3-2 to spoil Montreal's home opener Saturday at Verdun Auditori

MONTREAL — Former Le Devoir director Bernard Descôteaux died Saturday at the age of 77 after battling cancer, the Quebec newspaper has announced.

Montreal police are still working to identify a man in his thirties who was found dead in a truck parked in an alley east of downtown this morning. Police say the man's body bore signs of violence and they are investigating his death as suspicious.

MORIN-HEIGHTS, Que. — Quebec police are investigating the death of a 15-year-old following a Friday night fall from a ski lift in the town of Morin-Heights, about 70 kilometres northwest of Montreal. Sgt.

SAINT-GABRIEL-DE-VALCARTIER, Que. — Quebec provincial police say a five-year-old child has died after sustaining injuries apparently due to a fold-out bed at a hotel outside Quebec City Friday evening. Sgt.

MONTREAL — In recent years, Nicolas Delisle has made new guitars from old barns, logs pulled from river bottoms and even window frames from his 1930s-era Montreal apartment.

MONTREAL — Captain Marie-Philip Poulin believes it’s “bigger than hockey,” veteran forward Ann-Sophie Bettez calls it the “arrival of everything,” and general manager Danièle Sauvageau can’t even put it into words.

MONTREAL — The number of new nursing licences issued in Quebec has declined for a third consecutive year, reaching a 10-year low as the province struggles to staff its medical facilities and provide timely care to patients.

MONTREAL — Environment Canada issued weather warnings for large parts of Ontario and Quebec on Friday as a winter storm was expected to bring up to 40 centimetres of snow to some regions, along with strong winds and a risk of storm surges.

MONTREAL — Running back Mike Weber Jr., who earned a Super Bowl ring with the Kansas City Chiefs in 2020, was among five American players to sign with the Grey Cup-champion Montreal Alouettes on Friday.