{"id":7096,"date":"2026-04-01T10:54:59","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:54:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7096"},"modified":"2026-04-01T10:55:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:55:01","slug":"newsbrief-1-4-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/01\/newsbrief-1-4-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (1.4.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A video recorded last June is circulating on TikToc which shows a motorist insulting a Montreal police officer, as he objected to being ticketed for having too-dark windows on his car; \u201c&#8230;you\u2019re my slave, if I want you to be, you\u2019d be my slave. You fucking bitch.\u201d \/ \u201cshut the fuck up, shut the fuck up, you fucking bitch\u201d and showing the officer maintaining her professionalsim. Montreal police chief Fady Dagher has damned the comments directed at his officer and is calling on the city to determine if a bylaw can be introduced to stop such behavior. 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In his tribute to the two Jazz pilots killed at New York&#8217;s Laguardia airport, he said \u201c&#8230;that\u2019s crazy and not reciprocal. There are many one-sided laws in Canada that mandate French at the expense of English\u2014extremely hypocritical and unfair!\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cirque du Soleil is cutting nearly 70 jobs at its Montreal headquarters.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Habs 4 Tampa Bay 1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Showers + rain \/ 7\u00ba today and tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs = A video recorded last June is circulating on TikToc which shows a motorist insulting a Montreal police officer, as he objected to being ticketed for having too-dark windows on his car; \u201c&#8230;you\u2019re my slave, if I want you to be, you\u2019d be my slave. 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