By Murray Sherriffs
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Prime Minister Carney, speaking in Quebec city at the Liberal Cabinet retreat, said that Canada is at a moment in history where “our values must be fought for” as a country based on inclusion, setting an example to the rest of the world and refuted U.S. President Trump; that Canada “lives because of the United States” saying that “…Canada thrives because we are Canadian.”
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22-year-old Arthur Galarneau, the Montreal man who murdered his parents and grandmother, stabbing them 212+ times, will do no jail time because he is not considered criminally responsible for what he did, due to his schizophrenia with delusions, hallucinations, and psychotic symptoms.
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The politicians who used to run Montreal say that Ensemble Montréal’s 2026 budget will not “…improve urban life and reverse the exodus of Montrealers” as promised. Projet Montréal has launched a petition calling for a budget that “doesn’t leave families behind” by cutting recreational services, green spaces and the city’s welcome boxes for unwanted newborns.
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The new leader of the CAQ will be Quebec’s new Premier and will be chosen at a convention, April 12.
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34-year-old Omer Naek, a Montreal investment planner who “misappropriated” more than $200,000 from three of his clients, has been fined by the Canadian Investment Regulatory Organization.
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Toronto police are hunting for a Montreal man who pretends to be a bank employee, talks people into giving him their credit cards and then goes on spending sprees.
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The Sûreté du Quebec has arrested three men in connection with the theft of copper wire from Bell Canada.
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300 employees at Le Massif de Charlevoix have accepted a wage deal from management and the Quebec ski resort, which shut down this week, will re-open.
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Quebec’s minimum wage, now at $16.10, will rise to $16.60 an hour, May 1.
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A Quebec City woman, Karine Sirois, is retiring thanks to her $14-million Lotto Max win. Loto-Québec called her the day after the draw. Sirois will use her winnings to fulfil long-held dreams, buy a house and travel with her loved ones.
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Buffalo 4 Habs 2
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Sun / flurries / -8º today
Sun / -17º tomorrow
Snow / -15º Sunday
