Quebec News

MONTREAL (AP) — Defenseman Brandon Montour had three goals and one assist, and the Seattle Kraken defeated the Montreal Canadiens 8-2 on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL — Defenceman Brandon Montour had three goals and one assist, and the Seattle Kraken thumped the Montreal Canadiens 8-2 on Tuesday night.

COLORADO SPRINGS — Two Canadian female boxers earned bronze medals on Tuesday while competing at the under-19 Youth World Championships in Colorado Springs, Colo.

MONTREAL — A Quebec politician has closed her riding office in the lower Laurentians region indefinitely because she fears for her safety and the safety of her employees, the longtime Coalition Avenir Québec member said Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Quebec wants to cut the number of international students in the province, and has singled out private colleges that it says are using education as a "business model to sell Quebec and Canadian citizenship.

MONTREAL — Montreal police say a 53-year-old man was stabbed by a fellow hospital patient early Tuesday.

OTTAWA — Health Minister Mark Holland said the federal government will launch consultations this fall about expanding the medical assistance in dying regime to include advanced requests.

A dramedy about a Pakistani Canadian woman's complex relationship with her mom and a drama about a small-town Ontario band's rise to fame were among the big winners at this year's Directors Guild of Canada Awards.

MONTREAL — A welcome sign in the lobby of Montreal's newly renovated city hall depicting a woman wearing a headscarf will be removed in the name of secularism, Montreal's mayor says, following criticism that the image is offensive.

OTTAWA — Former senator Mobina Jaffer says the director of Sudan's intelligence service told her Canadian officials thought Abousfian Abdelrazik was a terrorist, and wanted to find out if the Montreal man was indeed an extremist.