Quebec News

MONTREAL — The Montreal Carabins and University of British Columbia Thunderbirds each advanced to the Vanier Cup on Saturday with convincing bowl wins on home turf.

RIVIERE-AU-RENARD, Que. — Quebec's premier is defending his government's decision to spend up to $7 million on two NHL pre-season games as opposition parties decry what they say is a poor use of public funds amid other economic and fiscal challenges.

HAMILTON — The Montreal Alouettes like their tunes, with loudspeakers blaring during practice. On Friday, Tim Hortons Field reverberated to the likes of the Notorious B.I.G.

MONTREAL — A Montreal billionaire who allegedly paid dozens of minors for sex may try to hide his assets in case he loses a class-action lawsuit, a lawyer for the alleged victims told a Montreal court Friday.

MONTREAL — A proposed class-action lawsuit accuses Concordia University in Montreal and its student union of creating a safe space for antisemitism on campus over decades, leaving students and faculty psychologically scarred.

MONTREAL — An influential organized crime leader has been killed in a daytime shooting in St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, southeast of Montreal.

MONTREAL (AP) — Shea Theodore had a goal and three assists and the Vegas Golden Knights beat Montreal 6-5 on Thursday night, sending the Canadiens to their third straight loss.

MONTREAL — Winning 6-5 in a back-and-forth game that rarely looked in control isn’t how the reigning Stanley Cup-champion Vegas Golden Knights drew it up.

SHERBROOKE, Que. — Samuel St-Hilaire made 26 saves for the shutout as Sherbrooke downed Rimouski 5-0 on Thursday night. Hugo Primeau, Jean-Félix Lapointe, Lewis Gendron, Jakub Hujer and Mavrick Lachance all scored for Sherbrooke.

MONTREAL — Foreign workers who allege they were lured to Montreal under false pretences say they're unable to gets jobs in the country or return home because the federal government reneged on a promise to help them get work permits.