Quebec News

MONTREAL — TFI International Inc. says it earned US$131.4 million in the fourth quarter, down from US$153.5 million a year earlier. The Montreal-based transportation and logistics company says revenue for the quarter ended Dec. 31 was US$1.

MONTREAL — Bombardier Inc. shares slid almost 15 per cent on Thursday after the business jet maker forecast slower-than-expected growth, despite a jump in plane deliveries and profit last year.

MONTREAL — Almondo Sewell is hitting the free-agent market a little early. The Montreal Alouettes announced Thursday that they have granted the veteran defensive lineman's request to be released. CFL free agency begins at noon ET on Tuesday.

Quebec Culture Minister Mathieu Lacombe is denouncing the burning of a local author's book by a prospective U.S. Republican lawmaker.

QUEBEC — The Quebec government tabled legislation Thursday to continue shielding the province's secularism law — known as Bill 21 — from court challenges over Charter violations.

LAVAL — Two white balloons floated into the sky on Thursday, as a community north of Montreal gathered to remember two young children who were killed exactly a year earlier when a bus smashed through the front of a Montreal-area daycare.

MONTREAL — BCE Inc. is cutting nine per cent of its workforce and making sweeping changes at its media division, including the sale of 45 of its 103 regional radio stations.

MONTREAL — Lightspeed Commerce Inc. reported a loss of US$40.2 million in its latest quarter as its revenue rose 27 per cent compared with a year earlier. The Montreal-based e-commerce technology company, which keeps its books in U.S.

WASHINGTON (AP) — Juraj Slafkovsky met with Slovakia's ambassador to the U.S.

MONTREAL — BCE Inc. is cutting nine per cent of its workforce or about 4,800 jobs, including journalists and other workers at its Bell Media subsidiary. It is also selling off 45 of its 103 regional radio stations.