Quebec News

MONTREAL — There's no doubt the weather across much of Eastern Canada this week is very, very hot. But is the region experiencing a heat wave or a heat dome, and what is the difference between the two? It depends on whom you ask.

MONTREAL — Nuvei Corp. shareholders have voted overwhelmingly in favour of a plan that will see the company bought by an American private equity firm and taken private at a US$6.3-billion valuation. The company says 99.

MONTREAL — Forward Kwadwo Opoku isn’t complaining as CF Montreal gears up for a meeting with the New York Red Bulls under scorching-hot conditions Wednesday at Saputo Stadium.

LONDON (AP) — Milos Raonic sent down a record 47 aces and saved two match points while beating Cameron Norrie in the first round at Queen's Club on Monday. Raonic's 47 was an ATP record for a three-set match since the statistic was kept from 1991.

MONTREAL — Pro-Palestinian activists who have been encamped on McGill University's downtown campus since April launched what they call their own summer school on Monday, despite controversy over photos of armed fighters used to promote the program.

MONTREAL — Head coach Jason Maas had a message for Walter Fletcher after the running back signed a one-year extension with the Montreal Alouettes in February. The Alouettes' No.

MONTREAL — Quebec director Érik Canuel, who scored a box office smash with the bilingual comedy "Bon Cop Bad Cop," died Saturday at age 63. Public relations agency Annexe says Canuel died of secondary plasma cell leukemia.

MONTRÉAL — Montreal’s Professional Women’s Hockey League team signed defenders Amanda Boulier and Mariah Keopple and goaltender Elaine Chuli to contract extensions Monday.

OTTAWA — The annual pace of housing starts in May climbed 10 per cent compared with April, helped by gains in Montreal and Toronto, Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. said.

MONTREAL — Montreal police are investigating what they describe as the suspicious death of a 38-year-old woman in the city's Rosemont–La Petite-Patrie borough. Police received a 911 call at about 5:30 p.m.