By Murray Sherriffs
=
J.J. Moser scored in overtime to give Tampa Bay a 3-2 win over Montreal last night. The first-round series is now tied at one. Next game, Friday night in Montreal.
=
The Cathedral of St. Jean l’Évangéliste in St. Jean sur Richelieu has set up a big screen and last night hundreds of “believers” showed up to watch their Habs play Tampa.
=
Quebec Premier Christine Fréchette has decided to change not much from the Legault era, formulating her new cabinet with several of his ministers, months ahead of the next provincial election—even giving leadership rival Bernard Drainville a prominent position.
=
Several environmental groups are hoping that past texts written by Quebec’s new Environment Minister Pascale Déry, won’t be reflected in upcoming political decisions—that the instability of the world oil markets have created real economic uncertainty and now is not the time for Quebec to slow down electrification and decarbonization.
=
A number of women’s groups have joined Québec Solidaire MNAs, standing in front of the new Premier’s Montreal office demanding concrete action to prevent more women from being murdered, citing that as many women have been killed by their partners in the first four months of this year—nine—than all of last year.
=
Academics at McGill and Toronto Universities are unimpressed with a federal government plan to ban social media and AI for teens under the age of 16, saying that improved guidelines and education on the use of digital platforms, would be a better option.
=
City of Montreal lawyers have asked the Quebec Court of Appeal to overturn a landmark class-action ruling on racial profiling by police, claiming that it’s too complicated to determine how much each member is eligible for.
=
A Montreal man, 53-year-old Kyle Douglas Prouse has been named by Toronto police as their suspect in the shooting of a security guard who stepped up and tried to stop a man from escaping, after robbing a jewelry store in North York, yesterday.
=
Amnesty International says that Quebec’s Bill 9, which bans wearing religious symbols at public daycares and schools, undermines human rights.
=
Sun + cloud / 10º today
Sun / 12º tomorrow
