Quebec News

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens signed fifth-overall draft pick David Reinbacher to a three-year, entry-level contract on Wednesday.

LAC-MÉGANTIC, Que. — Pierre Grenier says that ever since the 2013 train derailment in Lac-Megantic, Que., spilled 100,000 litres of crude oil into the Chaudière River, the fishing hasn't been the same.

SAGUENAY, Que. — Quebec provincial police say two bodies have been found by divers near the site of one of the landslides in the Saguenay-Lac-St-Jean region triggered Saturday by a "phenomenal" rainfall that washed away roads and caused flooding.

MONTREAL — Air Canada delayed or cancelled nearly 2,000 flights over the Canada Day long weekend in a potential taste of more trouble ahead for passengers.

BROSSARD, Que. — Canadiens fifth-overall draft pick David Reinbacher had some high praise for talented defence partner Lane Hutson at Montreal’s development camp on Tuesday.

MONTREAL — Police in Akwesasne Mohawk Territory say a body has been found near a small island in the St. Lawrence River.

LAC-MÉGANTIC, Que. — Ten years after a runaway train derailed and killed 47 people in Lac-Mégantic, Que.

MONTREAL — The forest fire situation in Quebec is improving after recent rain, the province's wildfire prevention agency said Monday, though large blazes continue to burn and fire risk remains high in dry areas along James Bay.

SAGUENAY, Que. — The search for two people swept away by a landslide and a flooded river in Quebec's Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean region is being complicated by the river's geography and debris in the water, provincial police said Monday.

MONTREAL — The Montreal Canadiens have signed forward Rafael Harvey-Pinard to a two-year, US$2.2-million contract extension. The 24-year-old from Saguenay, Que., had 20 points (14 goals, six assists) in 34 games with the Canadiens last season.