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MONTREAL — Before she owned one, Sarah Evans had no experience in hair-removal clinics — other than the personal kind. She began searching for a new spot for treatments after moving to Toronto from the U.K. in 2013 and found a suitable service.

OTTAWA — Montreal-based visual artist Abbas Akhavan will represent Canada at one of the biggest and most prestigious art forums in the world.

TORONTO — Chris Boucher was back, for at least one game. The veteran forward spent most of last season at the far end of the Toronto Raptors' bench, rarely seeing playing time. Even with the team rocked by a raft of injuries, Boucher averaged 14.

MONTREAL — An investigation into a climate of fear at a Montreal primary school has reignited a debate about secularism in Quebec's education system, with the provincial government pledging to consider new measures to keep religion out of classrooms.

QUÉBEC — Justin Cote scored the game-winning goal early in the third period as the Quebec Remparts edged Charlottetown 4-3 in the lone game in the Quebec Maritimes Junior Hockey League on Wednesday. Nathan Leek scored twice for the Islanders.

MONTREAL — Quebec's Court of Appeal has upheld a landmark 2022 decision that found a law permitting random traffic stops by police led to racial profiling.

OTTAWA — Abousfian Abdelrazik told a court Wednesday about the roller-coaster of emotions he experienced during the tense days of early 2009 when he awaited the green light to return to Canada from Sudan.

LAVAL, Que. — A labour tribunal has dismissed Amazon's challenge of the unionization of its warehouse workers in Laval, Que.

MONTREAL — Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says she will quit municipal politics after serving the final year of her second term, which comes to an end in November 2025.

MONTREAL — Mayor Valérie Plante, the first woman elected to Montreal's top job and whose vision for urban mobility helped make Montreal renowned for its many car-free streets, said Wednesday she won't seek re-election in the November 2025 municipal e