Quebec News

LONDON — Just a few years ago, Fatima Zahra Hafdi was working in a series of hair salons in Montreal, hoping to one day find her true creative passion in life.

MONTREAL — A psychiatric hospital has completed an evaluation of a man accused of killing two young children by driving a city bus into a Montreal-area daycare, but its contents will remain sealed, a court heard on Wednesday.

MONTREAL — CGI Inc. reported a second-quarter profit of $419.4 million, up from $372.0 million in the same quarter last year, as its revenue rose nearly 14 per cent. The business and technology consulting firm says its profit amounted to $1.

MONTREAL — Along a downtown Montreal street, in sight of city hall, orange-and-white-striped traffic cones stand in a row on the sidewalk.

MONTREAL — TFI International Inc. says its net income for the first quarter of 2023 was US$111.9 million, down more than 24 per centfrom US$147.7 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based trucking company says total revenue was US$1.

Quebec Premier François Legault on Tuesday defended his decision to break a major election promise toward voters in the Quebec City region, a subject that has dominated politics in the province for nearly a week.

MONTREAL — Canadian airports and airlines logged a large number of flight delays last month, raising questions about their readiness for the summer travel rush. Big airports and carriers had a much weaker on-time record in March than comparable U.S.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Court of Appeal has approved a $28-million settlement in a class-action lawsuit filed against the Clerics of Saint-Viateur of Canada by sexual-assault victims.

MONTREAL — Quebec's electric utility says hundreds of thousands of customers were temporarily without power Tuesday due to a problem at the Churchill Falls generating station in Labrador.

KINGSEY FALLS, Que. — Cascades is restructuring its tissue business, changes that will affect 300 employees in the United States. The company says it will progressively close plants in Barnwell, S.C., and Scappoose, Ore.