Quebec, Canada News

Bruno Lafontaine of Gatineau, Que., captured first place in the Peterborough Half-Iron Man Triathlon today in four hours, 11 minutes and 42 seconds.

Melinda Walk needs her Canadian customers back - so much so that she's willing to give them full value for their currency at her convenience store-gas station just over the U.S.-Canadian border, even at a loss of 12 cents on the dollar.

Emperor Akihito and Empress Michiko talk to wellwishers at the Mackenzie King Estate in Gatineau Park, Que.

A 31-year-old man faces criminal charges and at least a short stay in a hospital after trying to pull off an armed robbery inside a Montreal bar early Saturday morning.

Liberal Leader Michael Ignatieff has blasted the Conservative government for using attack ads that suggest the Bloc Quebecois is soft on pedophiles, saying such tactics are "unworthy" of Canadian politics.

In new negotiations with Air Canada, its main union will focus over the next few days on the job security demands of its Montreal chapter that caused a sharp split this week.

A 22-year-old Club Med employee accused of raping a vacationing woman last week was arrested after the victim, who was bleeding and bruised, was taken to a hospital, according to an affidavit released Wednesday.

Gerald Tremblay is; Louise Harel is not. Tremblay is careful not to take cheap shots at her English.

A Quebec court has granted authorization to launch a class-action lawsuit against Groupe Aeroplan Inc., after the company began to cancel points accumulated in its loyalty program for those who did not contribute or redeem their accounts for one year.

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Tooba Mohammad Yahya, mother of the three sisters found in the Rideau Canal near Kingston, speaks to the press at her home in St-Leonard in eastern Montreal July 03, 2009.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper gives a youngster a high five as he greats the crowd during Canada Day celebrations in Ottawa, on Wednesday, July 1, 2009.

Dennis Cooney, pastor of St. Raphael's Parish in Lehigh Acres, is delighted that two students from his parish will be attending Ave Maria University this fall.

Autopsies are to be conducted today on the bodies of four people pulled from a car that wound up in a lock near Kingston, Ont.

Jim Coke was a fresh-faced and freshly minted engineering student out of McGill University when he signed up to work on the largest construction project on Earth in 1954.

Rescue workers look over the bodies of four people pulled from a submerged car in the locks northeast of Kingston, Ont., June 30, 2009.

Clinical pathways have been used in surgeries since the 1980s, but their nature and usefulness are still subjects of much debate, especially as procedures such as hip and knee joint replacement represent a significant cost to hospitals.

Take the Dominion Institute's annual Canada Day quiz and test your knowledge of Canada's historical people, places and events A The StarPhoenix June 30, 2009 A A Pre-Confederation history 1. In 1535, which famous European explorer charted the St.

A 15-year-old girl died Saturday night in an ATV crash 170 km north of Gatineau.

For Montreal mover Julien Myette, the chesterfield clean and jerk clearly isn't enough of a workout.