Quebec News

MONTREAL — The weapons used to murder three people in the Montreal area at random in August 2022 were homemade by the killer, an expert witness told a coroner's inquiry on Tuesday.

BLANC-SABLON, Que. — Quebec provincial police have identified the three fishermen who died after their boat sank off of Quebec's Lower North Shore early Monday morning. Provincial police spokesman Sgt.

MONTREAL — A nurses union on Quebec's Gaspé Peninsula says job postings by the local health-care network discriminate against francophones because they require that applicants speak English.

LAVAL, Que. — A preliminary hearing for a Quebec man accused of killing two four-year-olds and injuring six other children after he allegedly drove a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare is expected to take place in the new year.

SAGUENAY, Que. — A Quebec court has ordered Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. to pay $500,000 after the company allowed the discharge of acidic water into the Saguenay River following the failure of a boiler at its Arvida factory in Saguenay, Que., in 2019.

Montreal head coach Martin St. Louis said the New Jersey Devils’ recent progress from developing team to Stanley Cup contender is something he hopes the Canadiens can take steps toward this season.

MONTREAL — Three people are dead after a fishing boat sank off Quebec's Lower North Shore early Monday morning, provincial police say. The Canadian Coast Guard said six people were aboard the Silver Condor, out of Blanc Sablon, Que.

MONTREAL — A coroner's inquest heard Monday that a man killed two people at random in Montreal in August 2022, then travelled to Ontario to visit the Toronto Zoo and Canada's Wonderland before returning to Quebec to murder again.

OTTAWA — A lawyer is urging the Federal Court to direct the Canadian government to repatriate a Quebec woman being held in a Syrian detention camp with her six children.

GATINEAU, Que. — The military has dropped a charge related to alleged sexual misconduct against Lt.-Gen. Steve Whelan, who was removed from his job as head of military personnel in 2021 after the allegations were made.