Quebec News

MONTREAL — Wellington Street in Montreal's Verdun borough is booming, with cheerful shop facades lining a district bustling with pedestrians.

VAL-D'OR, Que. — Jeremy Langlois scored 61 seconds into overtime as the visiting Rouyn-Noranda Huskies edged the Val-d'Or Foreurs 5-4 in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Saturday.

MONTREAL — Increasing demand for food assistance this year, coupled with a regular spike in users during the holiday season, has strained Canadian food banks this month, the directors of multiple Canadian food bank associations say.

MONTREAL — There will be no midnight fireworks to herald the new year in Montreal's Old Port.

MONTREAL — A labour group representing 80,000 Quebec nurses and other health care workers says its negotiations with the provincial government are still deadlocked heading into the new year.

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Félix Hamel stopped all 24 shots he faced as the Shawinigan Cataractes blanked the Gatineau Olympiques 4-0 on Friday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.

DOLBEAU-MISTASSINI, Que. — Quebec provincial police say they've suspended the search for a four-year-old girl who fell into a river one week ago. The child has been missing since Dec.

MONTREAL — A lack of snow is playing havoc with some of Quebec's traditional winter activities, but there's hope that Mother Nature will provide a much needed blast in the coming weeks to change that.

MONTREAL — With Christmas and Boxing Day in the rear-view mirror, consumers have one event left this year to mull how much they're willing to spend on: New Year's Eve.

MONTREAL — A successful resolution to Quebec's massive public sector strikes could serve as an inspiration to other workers in the province and elsewhere, a labour policy researcher said Friday after two union groups took major steps toward settling