Quebec News

MONTREAL — Saputo Inc. says it earned $156 million in its second quarter, up from $145 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based company says revenues for the quarter ended Sept. 30 were $4.3 billion, down from 4.

MONTREAL — Olivier Renard made it clear at season’s end that he wasn’t pleased with CF Montreal’s play this year. On Thursday, he decided to do something about it.

MONTREAL — Air Canada CEO Michael Rousseau has apologized for the airline's accessibility shortfalls and announced new measures to improve the travel experience for hundreds of thousands of passengers living with a disability.

MONTREAL (AP) — Montreal fired Hernán Losada on Thursday after the team failed to reach the playoffs, the 11th of 29 Major League Soccer coaches to leave his job this year. Assistant coach Sebastian Setti also was fired.

MONTREAL — The head of WSP Global Inc. says its spate of acquisitions — four so far this year, plus its biggest ever last fall — is no barrier to future deals by the engineering company, even as interest rates remain high.

MONTREAL — The president of Concordia University in Montreal is condemning the recent violence on campus linked to the Israel-Hamas war.

MONTREAL — Quebecor Inc. reported its third-quarter profit rose compared with a year ago as the acquisition of Freedom Mobile Inc. earlier this year helped boost revenue. The company reported $209.

BAIE-COMEAU, Que. — Justin Poirier scored twice as the Baie-Comeau Drakkar defeated the Chicoutimi Saguenéens 5-3 in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action on Wednesday night.

MONTREAL — Guardian journalist Tania Branigan's debut book about China's deadly Cultural Revolution has won the US$75,000 Cundill History Prize.

MONTREAL — National Bank won’t offer any more new safety deposit boxes, which allow customers to keep valuable items or important documents at bank branches. It’s the first large Canadian bank to stop offering this service.