Quebec News

MONTREAL — Quebec provincial police say the search for a man who had been described as potentially armed and dangerous has now become a hunt for a missing person. Police had warned residents of Lac-Bouchette, Que.

MONTREAL — A Cree community in northern Quebec was being evacuated Friday because heavy smoke from a nearby forest fire was blanketing the town and threatening to cut off the main road to the south of the province. The wildfire in Mistissini, Que.

MONTREAL — Peter Smith will return as head coach of the Premier Hockey League's Montreal Force next season and the club has signed free-agent goaltender Lauren Bench.

MONTREAL — After tying the Major League Soccer record for most consecutive shutout wins at home with six, CF Montreal is looking to duplicate that success on the road.

MONTREAL — Eighteen-year-old Hunter Sousa from Maine celebrated his high school graduation by hopping in a truck and heading to Nova Scotia to fight the biggest forest fire in the province's history.

CF Montreal (8-9-1, seventh in the Eastern Conference) vs. Charlotte FC (6-8-5, eighth in the Eastern Conference) Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 7:30 p.m.

MONTREAL — A northern Quebec city and a Cree community have ordered to residents to leave their homes as the areas face the threat of forest fires.

Montreal's police chief is refusing to impose a moratorium on street checks despite a second independent report concluding that racialized people are disproportionately targeted by the practice.

MONTREAL — CF Montreal won their eighth consecutive home game in all competitions, beating Nashville SC 1-0 at Stade Saputo on Wednesday night.

MONTREAL (AP) — Bryce Duke scored in the 27th minute, rookie goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois collected his seventh clean sheet and CF Montreal ended Nashville 10-match unbeaten streak with a 1-0 victory on Wednesday night.