By Murray Sherriffs
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The Canadiens lost last night 4-0 to Carolina and are one loss away from elimination in the Eastern Conference final. Three goals scored within minutes beginning at 14.59 of the first period, took the wind out of Hab sails. The team couldn’t solve the overwhelming Hurricane forechecking and its physical play, beating up the smaller Nos Glorieux consistently and resulting the Canadiens chasing the game for most of the night. Former Montreal goaltender Jaroslav Halak carried the ceremonial torch into the Bell Centre. Many fans leaving the Centre admit Carolina’s aggressive forechecking was too much to handle. Next game in Raleigh tomorrow night at 8 p.m.
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A crisis unit and more money for boroughs are among new measures from the City of Montreal that will tackle homelessness and see weekly meetings that will achieve quicker decision-making, help the homeless find housing and deal with interventions at homeless camps.
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The Fréchette government may choose something less expensive and turn away from the Digital Health Record (cost = $400 million), now being tested in two CIUSSSs in Montreal and the Mauricie region. It is awaiting a report from Santé Québec.
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Premier Fréchette admits that she was not unaware that her government will raise the tax on insurance products on January 1, revealed in a challenge from the Opposition about her plans to cut the sales tax on certain perishables but raising taxes elsewhere.
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Quebec’s Legislature has unanimously passed a motion urging the NHL to allow Hab fans in Gatineau attend watch parties that are inside the terrirorial rights of the Ottawa Senators, noting that an event at the 4,000-seat Slush Puppie Centre, was cancelled because it is within the 80 km exclusion zone (40 km away) from Ottawa’s Canadian Tire Centre.
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Prime Minister Carney says that a bare majority (50% + 1) will not be enough for Quebec to leave Canada, and that Parliament will have the final say in any referendum, including the question asked and the percentage of eligible voters, as stipulated under the federal Clarity Act. Members of the CAQ, Liberals, Parti Québécois and Québec Solidaire have all denounced Carney’s statement.
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Two reports from the Commissaire à la Langue Française show that measures adopted by the Quebec government do not meet the objectives set by the legislature regarding the implementation of the Charter of the French Language.
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Montreal police have arrested three men, four years after the murder of a man outside a St. Leonard car wash in a gangland hit: 52-year-old Patrick Robert, 56-year-old Michel Duci and 58-year-old André Carrier.
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Montreal’s Centre for the Prevention of Radicalization Leading to Violence has been renamed and will now investigate the rise of conspiracy theories, disinformation, misogynist and anti-LGBTQ discourse, along with the issues of young Quebecers leaving to join the Islamic State and taking part in attacks in Canada inspired by the terror group.
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The Montreal police hate crimes unit is investigating what happened at a pro-Palestinian protest last weekend, where effigies of Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump and Itamar Ben Gvir were hanged.
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Gas prices will drop nine cents per litre on Thursday, a reflection of optimism in the marketplace, following reports that there is less tension between the US and Iran which could lead to the re-opening of the Strait of Hormuz.
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Thirteen minors have been arrested for their part of a donneybrook at the Quartier Dix30 in Brossard, which saw several teenagers beat up one young man, putting him in hospital with serious injuries from the punches, kicks and a baton. Police say that this did not involve street gang, rather students from a nearby high school.
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Researchers at the Université du Québec en Abitibi-Témiscaminque say that the number of Quebec Indigenous women who have been subjected to forced sterilization and other obstetric and gynecological violence is much higher than previously suspected.
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A 50-year-old man is dead in a stolen-car road crash at the intersection of Bossuet and Hochelaga streets in Mercier, after he ran a red light, collided with another vehicle and ended up hitting a house.
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Sun + cloud / 21º today
Showers / 18º tomorrow
