Quebec News

LONGUEUIL — Police are investigating after a body was found in a burnt-out vehicle at a cemetery outside Montreal. Longueuil police were called to the site shortly after 9 a.m. Sunday to help firefighters with a vehicle on fire.

MONTREAL — A 22-year-old man is dead and two people are injured after a stabbing in a Montreal park on Saturday night. Police were called to the scene in the St-Laurent borough at about 9:15 p.m. after a 911 call.

MONTREAL — Defensive commitment was on full display as CF Montreal and D.C. United played to an unwavering 1-1 draw on Saturday night at Stade Saputo. Jackson Hopkins opened the scoring for D.C.

VANCOUVER — The Montreal Alouettes will turn to yet another quarterback next week after Caleb Evans was sidelined by a knee injury in a 36-18 loss to the B.C. Lions on Saturday.

VERCHÈRES — The Canadian Coast Guard says an operation to free a ship that ran aground in the St. Lawrence River this week has been successful.

MONTREAL — Students at Concordia University in Montreal have pulled off what they're calling the first attempted space launch in Canada this century.

VERCHÈRES — Authorities began unloading thousands of tonnes of sugar from a cargo vessel run aground in the St. Lawrence River near Montreal on Friday in an attempt to free the ship. The Federal Yamaska became stuck near Verchères, Que.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Court of Appeal says a provincial court judge overstepped his jurisdiction when he ruled that part of the province's language law is unconstitutional.

MONTREAL — In its second high-profile reversal in recent months, Quebec's language watchdog has backed down after trying to get a well-known Montreal pub to change its outdoor sign.

MONTREAL — Caleb Evans never stopped believing he might get another chance, even after the back-to-back setbacks he suffered 12 months ago.