Quebec News

TekSavvy 'running on hope' as it urges CRTC to allow wholesale fibre internet access

GATINEAU, Que. — Independent telecom TekSavvy says the federal regulator must urgently level the playing field when it comes to internet competition amid a shrinking market for small providers. The Chatham, Ont.

Feb 16, 2024 12:31 PM Read more >

Ottawa promised Canadians two billion new trees, Quebec wants to cut some down

MONTREAL — The federal government committed to planting two billion trees across the country to restore natural habitats and fight climate change, and now Quebec wants to harvest some of them.

Feb 16, 2024 11:09 AM Read more >

QMJHL Roundup: Voltigeurs top Foreurs 2-0 to extend win streak to five games

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Louis-Félix Charrois earned a 28-save shutout to lead the Drummondville Voltigeurs to a 2-0 win over the Val-d'Or Foreurs on Thursday in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action.

Feb 15, 2024 11:49 PM Read more >

Two women killed, one critically injured in stabbing attack west of Montreal

VAUDREUIL-DORION, Que. — Two women were killed and a third was critically injured in a stabbing attack Thursday in a condo tower west of Montreal, provincial police said. Sgt.

Feb 15, 2024 3:46 PM Read more >

Poilievre says he would 'cut wasteful foreign aid,' work toward NATO spending target

POINTE-CLAIRE, Que. — Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre is pledging that a future government would cut what he calls "wasteful foreign aid" and would not allow funding to go to "dictators, terrorists and multinational bureaucracies.

Feb 15, 2024 3:14 PM Read more >

Quebec cold case murder: Defence says accused killed victim but denies premeditation

SAGUENAY, Que. — The lawyer for a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of a 19-year-old junior college student in 2000 told a jury her client admits to killing the student, but he denies the act was planned.

Feb 15, 2024 2:38 PM Read more >

Quebecor CEO slams Bell's 'habitual obstruction' to prevent wider access to network

GATINEAU, Que. — Quebecor Inc. CEO Pierre Karl Péladeau slammed Bell Canada's recent warnings to the CRTC that it could further scale back investments in its fibre network, saying the company is "exasperating Canadians.

Feb 15, 2024 11:33 AM Read more >

MTY Group reports Q4 profit more than doubled compared with year earlier

MONTREAL — MTY Food Group Inc. reported its fourth-quarter profit more than doubled compared with a year ago. The restaurant franchisor and operator says it earned $16.4 million or 67 cents per diluted share for the quarter ended Nov. 30, up from $7.

Feb 15, 2024 6:19 AM Read more >

Dax Dasilva returns to Lightspeed as interim CEO, JP Chauvet steps down

MONTREAL — Lightspeed Commerce Inc. says founder Dax Dasilva is returning to the company as interim chief executive. He replaces JP Chauvet, who the Montreal-based tech business says is stepping down immediately.

Feb 15, 2024 5:28 AM Read more >

Quebec cold case murder: Crown tells jury accused admits he killed teen in 2000

SAGUENAY, Que. — The Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of 19-year-old junior college student Guylaine Potvin nearly 24 years ago now admits to causing her death, a Crown prosecutor said Wednesday.

Feb 14, 2024 3:34 PM Read more >