Quebec News

MONTREAL — Reitmans (Canada) Ltd. says it saw sales rise in its fourth quarter and full fiscal year, while net earnings were down. The Montreal-based retailer says sales for the fourth quarter of fiscal 2023 increased by 11.4 per cent to $211.

MONTREAL — Quebec's power utility said Thursday it was working to get its website and mobile application running again after they were knocked off-line by a cyberattack, for which a pro-Russian hacker group claimed responsibility.

TROIS-RIVIÈRES, Que. — A Quebec provincial police officer who was killed while on duty was remembered Thursday as a mother, a daughter, a friend and as a policewoman who dedicated her career to keeping others safe.

MONTREAL — A $14.7-million settlement has been reached in a class-action lawsuit brought against the Montreal Roman Catholic archdiocese, and a judge will be asked to sign off on the deal in the coming weeks, the plaintiffs' lawyer said Thursday.

OTTAWA — The Université de Montreal says in a statement that it is considering all options in light of new information about a $750,000 donation it received in 2016 that reportedly had ties to Beijing.

MONTREAL — Hydro-Québec has announced that all but one of the power outages caused by last week's ice storm have been repaired. The electric utility says there is still one outage affecting about four customers that requires extensive repairs.

MONTREAL — Ali Wong and Jonathan Van Ness are among the performers headed to this year's edition of Just For Laughs in Montreal.

MONTREAL — The Montreal airport has an illegal taxi problem, says its regulatory authority, which is calling for a crackdown.

Montreal police say a suspect accused in a violent break-in at a downtown mosque is facing more charges.

MONTREAL — As some Quebecers remained in the dark Wednesday a week after an ice storm struck the province, energy experts said the lengthy outages raised questions about the resilience of the province's electrical grid.