By Murray Sherriffs
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Projet Montréal mayoral candidate Luc Rabouin has portrayed his main opponent, Ensemble Montréal’s Soraya Martinez Ferrada, as an opportunist who has shifting values and unclear ideas.
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Teachers and librarians at McGill have voted to boycott Israel’s cultural and academic institutions, as debates continue to swirl about academic freedom insisting that this is ”…aimed at Israeli academic institutions, ensuring the boycott applies to institutional partnerships and agreements, not individual Israeli academics.”
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Montreal police have revealed that one of Canada’s most wanted men, 39-year-old Pierry Philogène, has been arrested in Surrey, B.C., and will answer to a first-degree murder charge relating to the 2021 killing of Charles-Olivier Boucher Savard in Montreal.
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Suspected Montreal mafia boss Leonardo Rizzuto has appeared in court with 10 other people, charged with crimes linked to organized crime, in an appearance meant to put order to the large number of cases.
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Canada’s latest university rankings from Macleans magazine has revealed that McGill has topped the list in the Medical Doctoral category, edging out University of Toronto, which has been dominating McGill for years.
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Macleans says that McGill attracts some of the brightest students from across Canada and from around the world with its mix of academic excellence and diversity that helps fuel its strong global reputation and produces more Rhodes scholars and Nobel laureates than any other Canadian university, with 12 Nobel Prizes credited to its faculty and graduates.
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Premier Legault has congratulated the newly-elected premier of Newfoundland and Labrador and is convinced the hydro deal signed last year by the defeated Liberal government is still solid, but some feel Tony Wakeham’s election will throw cold water on that optimism.
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Quebec City police have arrested a 42-year-old man from England and is taking care of the 16-year-old girl who was with him who is reported in good physical health.
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Peter Schiefke, MP for Vaudreuil, has unveiled a $52 million program that will improve access to health-care services for anglos in Quebec by supporting projects to improve health services in English through the Official Languages Health Program.
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The union representing Quebec’s family doctors says that talks with the provincial government have broken down and pressure tactics will resume that will include its boycott of teaching medical students and says the federation participated in the mediation process with openness to improve patient care but claims that it has become “impossible to continue mediation.”
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Félix Boyer, president of the Association de Hockey Mineur Jardins du Quebec in St. Remi, has quit, citing toxic hockey parents who have been hassling him with emails critical of his work. “…You don’t know hockey.” “…you have no business being here.” “…you’re doing a bad job” “…volunteers like you shouldn’t be in our association.”
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Hockey Quebec had launched a campaign “Do you recognize yourself” complete with educational videos reminding hockey parents how to not behave. “…take a little step back and make sure you’re there to accompany your youngster; you’re not living through your child.”
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Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière has unveiled the Quebec Crime Control Program ($140 million) to help community groups prevent crime and intervene quickly with vulnerable people. It contains three components: support for organizations working to prevent crime and sexual exploitation of minors; funding for new intervention methods; rapid deployment of concrete actions targeting urgent crime-related issues
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Scammers are very good at phishing; emails that are very, very convincing. Your best defence is think critically, double-check before you click. Here are three major signs that a criminal has made contact:
1. Pressure to take action. This is the “bait.” Phishers create a false sense of urgency to get you to engage without fully thinking it through. Your financial institution will never send you an email threatening to close your account unless you take action, and you cannot win a lottery you didn’t enter. Remember: real emergencies don’t happen via email; if it seems too good to be true, it isn’t.
2. Suspicious links or attachments. This is the “hook.” Has the organization ever sent you an attachment before? When you hover your mouse over the link, is the address preview a string of random characters? If you click a link or download an attachment from a phishing email, the sender can gain access to your accounts / personal information. Never click on anything that makes you uncomfortable, and before you do, check for Inconsistencies in the email. Phishing emails often seem slightly “off.”
3. Watch for generic greetings like “dear customer,” and incorrect or blurred logos. Check the sender’s address; compare it to previous emails from the same organization you know are legitimate. If the address is different, even by one character, click delete. Check after the “@” symbol, if suspicions, clink delete. A phishing email can only hurt you, if you engage.
If you’re unsure, make contact with the organization that sent an email by phone, or send it an email.
Find out more at getcybersafe.ca
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Nashville vs. Habs tonight
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Sun / 13 today and tomorrow
