Quebec News

Quebec Finance Minister Eric Girard on Tuesday tabled his sixth budget, with big spending increases for health and education. Here are some highlights. - Deficit of $11 billion, which includes a $1.5-billion contingency reserve and a $2.

QUEBEC — A stagnant economy, a historic forest fire season and billions of dollars in public sector wage increases are what Quebec’s finance minister says have led to one of the biggest budget deficits in the province’s history.

MONTREAL — Dorel Industries Inc. laid off workers last quarter amid ongoing losses fuelled by low demand for furniture, even as it reported its best financial results in two and a half years.

MONTREAL — Quebec's police watchdog says a person found unconscious in a provincial police interrogation room this month has died.

MONTREAL — A U.S. investor looking to replace a majority of the board of directors at Gildan Activewear Inc.

MONTREAL — A Professional Women's Hockey League game between rivals Montreal and Toronto is being moved to the Bell Centre. The April 20 game was originally scheduled to be played April 21 at Verdun Auditorium, which seats 4,114 fans.

MONTREAL — Six years to the day since a Montreal boy vanished, the Missing Children's Network is hoping a photo showing what he might look like today could help find him.

MONTREAL — A Quebec provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Monday that there isn't enough collaboration between police and the mental health system on matters of public safety.

MONTREAL — Wedne Colin says he feels like he's leading a "double life," living in Montreal but constantly worrying for his family in Haiti. "It's like we're here, but at the same time we're in Haiti," he said Monday in an interview.

QUEBEC — Before the U Sports men's basketball champion, Laval University's head coach Nathan Grant said his team rises to challenges from a superior team. On Sunday, players on the Rouge et Or showed their head coach was right.