Quebec News

LAVAL, Que. — The preliminary hearing for a man accused of killing two children in February when he allegedly drove a city bus into a Laval, Que., daycare is set to begin on March 25.

MONTREAL — There was an outpouring of sadness, tears and love at Montreal's Bell Centre on Tuesday as thousands of music fans joined the remaining members of beloved folk-rock band Les Cowboys Fringants in paying tribute to lead singer Karl Tremblay.

LAVAL, Que. — Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. says its net earnings for the second quarter were US$819.2 million, up from US$810.4 million a year earlier. The Laval, Que.-based company says total merchandise and service revenues were US$4.

MONTREAL — Self-described feminist Olivier Bolduc has stood three times for election with leftist Québec solidaire, but now that the party has banned men from running in byelections, he gave up his membership in protest.

MONTREAL — Porter Airlines and Air Transat have announced a joint venture, as the two carriers look to expand their range of destinations, tap each other's markets and gear up for a battle with Canada's biggest carrier.

MONTREAL — Amid labour conflict across Quebec, a major public sector union has decided that sending its president to Dubai for a global environmental summit wasn't the best idea.

MONTREAL — Mexican boxer Jeanette Guadeloupe Zacarias Zapata did not declare a likely prior concussion before an August 2021 match in Montreal that led to her death, a Quebec coroner noted in a report released Tuesday.

GATINEAU, Que. — Rogers Communications Inc. says online streaming giants should be forced to contribute two per cent of their annual Canadian revenues to support Canadian and Indigenous content.

Montreal Canadiens (9-10-2, seventh in the Atlantic Division) vs. Columbus Blue Jackets (7-12-4, eighth in the Metropolitan Division) Columbus, Ohio; Wednesday, 7 p.m.

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge has denied a request to freeze the assets of a Montreal billionaire accused of paying underage girls for sex.