Quebec News

MONTREAL — Cogeco Inc. reported its first-quarter profit fell compared with a year earlier as its revenue also edged lower. The company reported a profit attributable to owners of the corporation of $34.5 million or $2.

ELMONT, N.Y. (AP) — Marie-Philip Poulin scored a hat trick and Elaine Chuli earned a win in her first game as Montreal beat New York 5-2 Wednesday at UBS Arena at Belmont Park.

GATINEAU, Que. — Jérémie Minville scored the overtime winner to cap a 5-4 Gatineau Olympiques comeback win over the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada on Wednesday night in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League.

MONTREAL — Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé had mostly bad news Wednesday as he provided an update on the province's overtaxed emergency room network.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — The suspect in Tuesday's stabbing of an interpreter at a suburban Montreal courthouse is facing multiple charges. Alexandre Garcés, 44, appeared in court in Longueuil, Que.

ROUYN-NORANDA, Que. — The Rouyn-Noranda Huskies blew a 5-3 third-period lead, but scored the lone goal in a shootout to edge the Val-d'Or Foreurs 6-5 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Tuesday night.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — A man in his 60s was seriously injured after being stabbed on Tuesday at the courthouse in Longueuil, southeast of Montreal. A 43-year-old suspect was arrested on the scene, and police said he could face an attempted murder charge.

MONTREAL — As a recent winner with a knack for developing young players, Laurent Courtois was the fit CF Montreal was looking for in its next head coach.

MONTREAL — U.S. investment firm Browning West has requested a special meeting of Gildan Activewear Inc. shareholders to replace a majority of the company's directors and reinstate Glenn Chamandy as chief executive.

MONTREAL — As children ran up a snow-covered hill toward a Montreal elementary school Tuesday morning, few looked back to their parents on the sidewalk, who exchanged greetings with one another for the first time in nearly seven weeks.