By Murray Sherriffs
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Intense cross-examination of 49-year-old Kamaljit Arora, a Laval man who drowned two of his children, four years ago, has ended at his first-degree murder trial which featured him claiming to remember nothing about his Google searches about carbon monoxide deaths, drownings, homicides and fentanyl, in his effort to convince the court that the murders were not premeditated
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45-year-old Luciano Frattolin—the Montreal man accused in the death of his nine-year-old daughter in New York state—has again tried to limit what prosecutors can present at his trial: material taken from his cellphone, what he said to police and items collected from his home in Montreal.
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Parti Québécois Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon is trying to dismiss concerns that his party will hold off on calling a referendum, should it take power from the CAQ this year, because President Trump is in power.
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All parties except Québec Solidaire have denounced comments made by member Haroun Bouazzi, who says that the National Assembly is a “toxic” place where “…lying, manipulation and intimidation” is part of everyday life.
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Parents of students who attend Royal West Academy in Montreal West are protesting the lack of action on their demands for a crossing guard to be stationed at Westminster South and Ainslie Road, where children are constantly a risk from vehicles.
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As of March 11, retailers in Quebec will be permitted to stay open until 9 p.m.
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U.S. country singer Charley Crockett has been told that he cannot perform in Montreal—or any other Canadian city—this year, because of his criminal record: a 2016 conviction in Virginia for selling more than five pounds of cannabis.
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Companies may be slow to allow artificial intelligence in the workplace but a Léger survey on behalf of the Regroupement des Jeunes Chambres de Commerce du Québec, says that employees are doing it on their own—albeit in the shadows.
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Snow (2-4 cm) / -2º today
Sun + cloud / -2º tomorrow
