Quebec News

MONTREAL — One of the world’s smallest and most endangered turtle species was found on the shores Quebec’s Magdalen Islands last week in a first for the province.

TORONTO — Shoppers and businesses across Canada are expressing mixed feeling and showing little enthusiasm as a two-month break from the federal GST took effect Saturday.

Western Carolina Catamounts (6-4) at Queens (NC) Royals (5-4) Charlotte, North Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BOTTOM LINE: Western Carolina takes on Queens (NC) for a Division 1 Division matchup Saturday. The Royals have gone 3-2 in home games.

Queens Royals (5-5) at Gardner-Webb Runnin' Bulldogs (4-6) Boiling Springs, North Carolina; Saturday, 2 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Runnin' Bulldogs -5.5; over/under is 155.

Lawyers representing tens of thousands of Quebecers in two class-action lawsuits against three major tobacco manufacturers will seek to receive more than $900 million in fees for their work in the landmark case that has spanned decades.

MONTREAL — Canadian boxer Tammara Thibeault has signed with a company owned by boxing promoter and influencer Jake Paul ahead of her professional debut.

ST. JOHN'S, N.L. — Two former premiers of Newfoundland and Labrador say a draft energy agreement signed Thursday with Quebec shattered a political standoff that leaders had been trying to end for decades.

MONTREAL — Ottawa and Quebec announced an agreement Friday to help unhoused Quebecers as homeless encampments continue to multiply in the province and frigid weather sets in.

Vernon Adams Jr. is the present for the Calgary Stampeders but the CFL club could have two interesting future candidates for its starting quarterback job.

MONTREAL — Gisèle Benoit still gets goosebumps when she remembers the first time she saw a family of eastern wolves emerge from the forests of the Mauricie National Park, under the backdrop of a rising moon.