Quebec News

OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced the appointment of a new senator from Quebec. Manuelle Oudar is joining the Senate's ranks after most recently serving with a Quebec government commission on workplace equity, health and safety.

GATINEAU, Que. — New Brunswick-based rural internet company Xplore Inc.

RCMP have charged two Montreal men after they were allegedly caught trying to smuggle people across the border into the United States last year.

KINGSEY FALLS, Que. — Cascades Inc. is closing three plants as part of changes to its containerboard operations that will affect 310 employees. The paper and packaging company says its corrugated medium mill in Trenton, Ont.

SAGUENAY, Que. — There will be no colourful ice-fishing huts dotting the frozen water near Saguenay, Que., this year after mild winter weather forced authorities to cancel the popular tradition for the first time.

MONTREAL — The parents of a Quebec man who killed a provincial police sergeant last March had tried to get him help in the days leading up to the attack because of how seriously his mental health had deteriorated.

MONTREAL — Quebec's justice minister is giving more responsibility to justices of the peace to free up provincial court judges and reduce delays.

BOWMAN, Que. — Provincial police say two people died in a house fire on Sunday in Western Quebec. Authorities found the two bodies in the rubble of the home in Bowman, Que.

SAGUENAY, Que. — Lawyers for a Quebec man charged with the first-degree murder and sexual assault of a 19-year-old junior college student nearly 24 years ago will not present a defence. Marc-André Grenon's lawyers told a courtroom in Saguenay, Que.

SHAWINIGAN, Que. — Alexis Bonefon's second goal of the game, scored 67 seconds into overtime, lifted the Shawinigan Cataractes to a 3-2 victory over the visiting Quebec Remparts in Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League action on Sunday.