Quebec News

MONTREAL — Less than five years after it embarked on a program of streamlining, SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. aims to blaze a "methodical" trail of mergers and acquisitions starting as early as 2024, its CEO says.

MONTREAL — The National Ballet of Ukraine says an upcoming tour of Canada will celebrate “art and beauty over tyranny and destruction.

TORONTO — Vancouver and Montreal will be hosting NBA pre-season games come October in the ninth NBA Canada Series. The Toronto Raptors will be taking on the Sacramento Kings at Vancouver's Rogers Arena on Oct. 8.

MONTREAL — Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is reporting a US$48.7 million net loss in its most recent quarter as it introduced several products to new markets.

MONTREAL — BCE Inc. says its net earnings tumbled almost 40 per cent in its most recent quarter as it began laying off 1,300 workers.

MONTREAL — Quebec English school boards celebrated what they called a "clear victory" on Wednesday, as a Quebec Superior Court judge ruled that parts of a provincial law abolishing school boards violate English-language minority education rights.

SAINT-ANSELME, Que. — A funeral will be held Friday for a Ukrainian refugee who drowned in a river southeast of Quebec City.

MONTREAL — Michel-André Grégoire's plan to ride Montreal's new light-rail train Monday night to the cinema for the new "Mission: Impossible" movie turned into an adventure of its own.

MONTREAL — Najee Murray's season is over. The Montreal Alouettes defensive back will be out the remainder of the year with a torn pectoral muscle, according to a person with direct knowledge of the injury.

MONTREAL — The organization responsible for Montreal's new light-rail train line says it's looking into the situation after track switch problems led to two service disruptions within 24 hours of the network's official launch on Monday.