By Murray Sherriffs
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Power outages are in the thousands as yesterday’s wind storm leaves and cold weather settles in.
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The Parti Québécois is pushing anti-corruption police to release what it has uncovered in its investigation into suspected irregularities involving the Liberal party, before the next election in October. UPAC has not verified the authenticity of text messages published in the Journal de Montréal last November, suggesting that Quebec Liberal Party members who supported Pablo Rodriguez during the 2025 leadership race were rewarded financially.
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49-year-old Sebastien Rollin of Montreal has been extradited to the United States on charges of importing opioids and money laundering. He is looking at 120 years in federal prison, if the maximum penalty is applied.
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Convicted child killer Tomy Carranza-Ladry, the former daycare worker who murdered an 18-month-old baby, is appealing his conviction, with his lawyers claiming that errors were made by Quebec Superior Court Justice Marc-André Blanchard.
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The jury has been sequestered in the case of Salim Touaibi and Aymane Bouadi, accused of murdering 15-year-old girl Meriem Boundaoui in a drive-by shooting in Montreal, five years ago.
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Police have raided several homes in St Hubert and Brossard in an effort to shut down a car theft ring operating in Quebec and Ontario, a ring that exported the vehicles from Montreal.
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Former Bloc Québécois MP Pascal-Pierre Paillé has been arrested by police in Quebec City police on sex charges involving minors.
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Longueuil police have for a second time launched its SALUT project, which targets criminals who commit fraud against seniors.
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Habs 3 Boston 2 (OT)
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Sun / -3º today
Showers + flurries / 3º tomorrow