Quebec News

MONTREAL — An Evan Bouchard power-play blast from the point at 2:01 of overtime extended the Edmonton Oilers’ win streak to a franchise-record 10 games, as the visitors edged the Montreal Canadiens 2-1 on Saturday night.

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Alexis Gendron scored twice, Luke Woodworth had a goal and three assists and the Drummondville Voltigeurs crushed the visiting Val-d'Or Foreurs6-0 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

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.