Provincial police say two drivers collided on Highway 55 in Sainte-Eulalie, Que., at around 2:45 p.m. on Friday, resulting in one of the vehicles catching fire.

Union members at CN and CPKC railways have voted to reauthorize strikes at both companies if negotiated settlements can't be reached. Teamsters Canada said in a statement Saturday that union members at both railways voted almost 99 per cent in favour of reauthorized strike action.

A cyclist has died after colliding with a vehicle in Saint-Charles-de-Bellechasse, 50 kilometres east of Quebec City in the province's Chaudire-Appalaches region.

Schedules show that service on the U.S. railway between Canada's second-biggest city and the upstate New York town of Whitehall has been halted between May 20 and June 30 just before high season begins to peak.

Police spokesperson Frdric Deshaies says preliminary information suggests a vehicle heading west on Quebec highway 50 entered the oncoming traffic lane and hit the car the woman was driving.

In St-Jrme, Que., water flow above 260 cubic metres per second led the province's Public Security Department to categorize flooding on the Rivire du Nord as "major" on Saturday morning.

Ontario is extending a program that helps rural and northern hospitals avoid temporary ER closures for another six months.