Quebec News

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MONTREAL — Almost a year and a half after it was widely seen as being near death, the Parti Québécois is topping provincial polls. And the party's leader, Paul St-Pierre Plamondon, is the seen as the best person to be premier.

MONTREAL — Cayden Primeau believes the Montreal Canadiens played their best game of the season on Tuesday night. Judging by the number of shots the young netminder faced, he might have a point.

MONTREAL (AP) — Nick Suzuki had two goals and an assist and the Montreal Canadiens cruised to a 5-0 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Tuesday night.

QUEBEC — Jacob Lafontaine scored twice, Emmanuel Vermette had a goal and two assists, and the visiting Chicoutimi Sagueneens scored three goals in the first period then coasted to a 7-2 Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League victory over the Quebec Re

MONTREAL — Psychiatrists who treated a mentally ill Quebec man who killed a provincial police officer told a coroner's inquest on Tuesday about the challenges in getting patients to follow conditions from the province's mental-health board.

Montreal's Lu Dort is becoming more of an opportunist on the court for the Oklahoma City Thunder. Dort is averaging 3.8 rebounds per game this season but he had nine as Oklahoma City dropped the Sacramento Kings 127-113 on Sunday.

MONTREAL — A Quebec judge says a Montreal billionaire who faces a proposed class-action lawsuit alleging he paid underage girls for sex can be questioned before the case is authorized, but only in writing.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Alouettes signed defensive linemen Derek Wiggan and Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund, running back Sean Thomas Erlington and receiver Tevin Jones on Tuesday. The moves came on the first day of CFL free agency.

MONTREAL — United States prosecutors say a Montreal woman has pleaded guilty to being part of a scheme to illegally export millions of dollars' worth of electronic components to Russia for military use.