Quebec News

Montreal will ban gas-powered systems in new construction starting next fall, with some notable exceptions.

Columbus Blue Jackets (3-2-1, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. Montreal Canadiens (3-2-1, fifth in the Atlantic Division) Montreal, Quebec; Thursday, 7 p.m.

MONTREAL (AP) — Tyler Toffoli had a hat trick against his former team, leading the New Jersey Devils to a 5-2 win over the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.

MONTREAL — Tyler Toffoli didn’t score in his first return to Montreal after the Canadiens traded him. In his second visit, he made up for it by scoring three.

Montreal Canadiens defenceman David Savard is out six to eight weeks with a fracture to his left hand, the club announced Tuesday.

MONTREAL — A peace bond was the only option for prosecutors trying to protect a Montreal woman whose estranged husband later killed her along with her two young sons, an inquest heard Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Canadian National Railway Co. reported a drastic drop in profits for the three months ended Sept. 30, citing falling consumer demand, fallout from the B.C. port workers strike and a raft of forest fires and floods.

Quebec's anti-corruption police force says although the scandals that defined the province's construction industry in the last decade have subsided, corrupt activities have sprouted on a smaller scale in other sectors.

Montreal's fire department reports it has carried out hundreds of inspections as part of a push to secure potentially hazardous buildings following a March fire in Old Montreal that killed seven people.

MONTREAL — The federal government has instructed workers and management in the St. Lawrence Seaway strike to sit down with a mediator this Friday and hash out their differences, as groups ranging from grain farmers to steelmakers feel the squeeze.