Quebec News

MONTREAL — Laura Stacey learned a lot about playoff hockey in her first trip to the Professional Women's Hockey League post-season a year ago. The razor-thin margins. The gruelling physical demands.

LANGFORD — Goalkeeper Callum Irving's penalty shootout heroics helped Vancouver FC get past Pacific FC in an all-Canadian Premier League matchup in Telus Canadian Championship preliminary-round play Tuesday. David Norman Jr.

TORONTO — Quebec semi-pro side FC Laval learned a painful lesson Tuesday in its second-ever trip to the Telus Canadian Championship. "The learnings are simple," said Laval coach Amro Radwan.

RIMOUSKI — Erik Mateiko scored at 17:08 of the second overtime period to lift the Rimouski Oceanic to a 4-3 series-clinching victory over the visiting Shawinigan Cataractes on Tuesday night at Colisee Financiere Sun Life.

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government has tabled legislation that would ensure a minimum 150-metre distance between supervised injection sites and schools and daycares.

QUÉBEC — The leader of the sovereigntist Parti Québécois is throwing his support behind a possible referendum in Alberta, applauding Premier Danielle Smith for standing up for her province.

MONTREAL — Former Quebec Maritime Junior Hockey League player Noah Corson has been sentenced to two years less a day in jail for sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl.

There's a lot on the line Wednesday for TSS Rovers when the semi-pro League1 B.C.

QUÉBEC — The Quebec government says it has found the funds to begin much-needed repairs this year to a major Quebec hospital, following severe criticism from the opposition.

CALGARY — Calgary goaltender Dustin Wolf, Montreal defenceman Lane Hutson and San Jose centre Macklin Celebrini are the finalists for the Calder Memorial Trophy, awarded to the player selected "as the most proficient" in his first year of NHL competi