Quebec News

MONTREAL — CF Montréal has beefed up its defence ahead of the Major League Soccer season. The team announced Friday that it has added Canadian defender Luca Petrasso and American defender Brandan Craig.

MONTREAL — The RCMP say three men in Quebec have been charged for helping to smuggle people into Canada from the United States. During two separate events last year, the three men were intercepted in vehicles near the U.S.

QUÉBEC — Former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre's bid to become the next leader of the Liberal Party of Quebec was in jeopardy Friday after the party announced it wouldn't accept his candidacy.

MONTREAL — A Quebec zoo is mourning the death of Shaboola, a 45-year-old white rhino who was the first of her species born in Canada. The Granby zoo announced this week the rhino had been euthanized after her health had recently declined.

MONTREAL — The Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers says Montreal-area home sales rose 36 per cent year-over-year in January.

OTTAWA — The national unemployment rate was 6.6 per cent in January. Statistics Canada also released seasonally adjusted, three-month moving average unemployment rates for major cities.

West Georgia Wolves (8-14, 2-9 ASUN) at Queens (NC) Royals (8-14, 2-9 ASUN) Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 4 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Destiny Jones and West Georgia visit Jordyn Weaver and Queens (NC) in ASUN action Saturday.

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MONTREAL — U.S.

MONTREAL — Federal Energy Minister Jonathan Wilkinson says Ottawa and the provinces should discuss the possibility of an oil pipeline to Eastern Canada to improve energy security and diversify trade.