Quebec News

OTTAWA — Former professional players Antony Auclair and Michael O'Connor have earned roster spots on Canada's national men's flag football team. The two were among 12 players named to the squad following its national identification camp.

MONTREAL — Workers in Quebec's residential construction sector officially began striking on Wednesday after last-minute talks failed to yield a deal.

MONTREAL — A Quebec religious group has lost a constitutional challenge after getting fined for going door-to-door in Waterloo, Que., to share its message about suicide prevention.

QUÉBEC — The Quebec legislature has passed a bill requiring immigrants to embrace the common culture of the province. Newcomers to the province must adhere to shared values including gender equality, secularism and protection of the French language.

TORONTO — Cody Chovancek won the Unified MMA bantamweight championship in June 2024 with a particularly nasty calf slicer submission victory over previously unbeaten American Gage (The Gremlin) Gill.

Canadians longing for sunshine and warmth will likely be pleased by a summer forecast that has an abundance of both, says Weather Network meteorologist Doug Gillham, but he cautioned the season "will highlight that you can get too much of a good thin

MONTREAL — A federal Crown corporation paid more than $330,000 to an outside marketing firm to rebrand a planned passenger rail project between Toronto and Quebec City and boost its popularity.

RIMOUSKI — Willie Desjardins didn’t think his group played the better game — but he had the winning goalie.

RIMOUSKI — Mathew Ward scored the winner at 1:17 of the third period and Harrison Meneghin stopped 35 shots as the Medicine Hat Tigers advanced to the Memorial Cup final with a 3-1 win over the London Knights on Tuesday night.

CALGARY — The chief executive of WestJet Group says the federal government should not treat air travel as a luxury in a country as vast as Canada and reducing costs to the industry would help foster national unity.