Quebec News

MONTREAL — Quebec’s ban on prayer rooms in public schools is harmful to Muslim students and should be suspended immediately, lawyers for a civil liberties group and a Muslim advocacy organization told a Montreal court Tuesday.

QUEBEC — Patrick Roy has resigned as general manager and head coach of the Quebec Remparts just over a week after the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team won the Memorial Cup.

LAVAL, Que. — The court case of a Quebec man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare was postponed on Tuesday to the end of August.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Trudeau International Airport is cracking down on picnickers at its plane-spotting park, fearing hungry birds will collide with landing or departing aircraft.

Quebec was on the offensive in its battle against a record wildfire season as gusting winds fuelled growing blazes out West, and the federal government said it would provide free travel documents and visa extensions for people affected across the cou

MONTREAL — Thousands of Quebecers who were forced from their towns by out-of-control wildfires started to return home on Monday, as the province's public security minister praised the work of firefighters in saving lives and property.

TRURO, N.S. — Police in Nova Scotia have charged a man with abduction following a June 7 Amber Alert in southern Quebec. Jessie Wayne MacPhee, 31, is expected to appear in a provincial court in Truro, N.S., on June 12.

SAGUENAY, Que. — Rio Tinto said Monday it will make a $1.4-billion investment to expand an aluminum smelter equipped with low-carbon technology in Saguenay, Que.

MONTREAL — Quebec's provincially-owned cannabis retailer says its growth has plateaued for the first time despite an increasing number of pot shops because some two dozen stores have been affected by strikes.

MONTREAL — The forest fire threatening the northwestern Quebec city of Normétal has been contained, the province's forest fire service said Sunday, as the fire situation in the province continued to improve.