Quebec News

DRUMMONDVILLE, Que. — Thomas Verdon scored twice — including the winner at 1:36 in overtime — and the Rouyn-Noranda Huskies edged the Drummondville Voltigeurs 3-2 on Wednesday.

CONWAY, Ark. (AP) — Chris Ashby scored 27 points as Queens beat Central Arkansas 63-47 on Wednesday night. Ashby also had three steals for the Royals (15-9, 8-3 Atlantic Sun Conference).

HALIFAX — The Canadian and American national women’s hockey teams aren’t worried about the current political climate overshadowing Game 4 of the Rivalry Series.

MONTREAL — Quebec City officials are urging the public not to boo the preteen American hockey players who will be in town for a prestigious international peewee tournament that begins next week.

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it would be open to reviving a liquefied natural gas project in the Saguenay region to transport Alberta energy overseas, as a way to reduce the country's reliance on the United States as an export market.

LONGUEUIL, Que. — Héroux-Devtek Inc. says it received a final regulatory green light for its purchase by a U.S. private equity firm.

MONTREAL — A Quebec furniture manufacturer says the threat of U.S. tariffs on Canadian goods has forced it to lay off 115 people in the province. South Shore Furniture says it's laying off 97 people at its headquarters and factory in Ste-Croix, Que.

The CEO of Sheertex says she's had to temporarily lay off 40 per cent of the company's staff, in part because of tariffs the U.S. has promised to place on Canadian goods.

Adarius Pickett has started taking significant steps forward in his preparation for the 2025 CFL season. The veteran linebacker started sprinting this week as part of his off-season workouts.

WASHINGTON — Key cabinet ministers returned to Washington Tuesday to keep pressing Canada's economic case as a month-long pause on Donald Trump's tariff threat has done little to ease Canada's concerns.