Quebec News

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police arrested a man on Thursday in connection with the disappearance of 29-year-old Kelsey Watt, who was reported missing over the weekend.

VANCOUVER — Quarterback Nathan Rourke says the B.C. Lions “have to have a sense of urgency” as they prepare for their final four games of the CFL season. “There’s a lot of importance in these last four games,” Rourke said after practice this week.

The Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. says construction of new homes in Canada's six largest cities rose four per cent year-over-year during the first half of 2024, but housing starts were still not enough to meet growing demand.

MONTREAL — Lightspeed Commerce Inc. is conducting a review of its business and operations including talks relating to a range of potential strategic alternatives.

MONTREAL — Dockworkers at the Port of Montreal have approved a strike mandate after more than a year of contract negotiations. Longshore workers voted 97.

MONTREAL — National Bank of Canada has cleared a key regulatory hurdle in its proposed acquisition of Canadian Western Bank. The Montreal-based bank said Thursday it has received the Competition Bureau's clearance for the deal.

MONTREAL — Visual effects and animation companies are uniting to strike a better deal with the Quebec government after it implemented tax changes that some firms say will cost them nearly two-thirds of their revenues next year.

TOKYO — Canada's Felix Auger-Aliassime is out of the Japan Open in the first round. Auger-Aliassime fell 7-6 (5), 3-6, 7-6 (5) to Japan's Yoshihito Nishioka in a three-hour-12-minute match at Ariake Tennis Park on Thursday.

L'ÎLE-BIZARD—SAINTE-GENEVIÈVE — The Presidents Cup begins on Thursday at Royal Montreal Golf Club. The best-on-best match-play tournament sees 12 American golfers take on 12 players from around the world, excluding Europe.

OTTAWA — Francis Fox, a former senator and cabinet minister in Pierre Elliott Trudeau's government, has died at 84.