{"id":7135,"date":"2026-04-20T11:59:08","date_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:59:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7135"},"modified":"2026-04-20T11:59:10","modified_gmt":"2026-04-20T11:59:10","slug":"newsbrief-4-20-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/04\/20\/newsbrief-4-20-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (4.20.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Game one of the Stanley Cup Playoff series involving the Montreal Canadiens and Tampa Bay Lightning ended in 4-3 overtime win. Juraj Slafkovsky has become the first Habs player ever to notch three power-play goals in a playoff game, the last one in overtime, to give the Canadiens the win. Next game tomorrow night.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Two men are recovering from gunshot wounds picked up in downtown Montreal, in a fight that involved several people on Guy near Sainte Catherine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Four regions of Quebec are under a close flood watch\u2014Quebec City, Argenteuil, Outaouais and Lanaudi\u00e8re\u2014with high water, bridge closures, and swollen waterways already the reality.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A <em>Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec<\/em> survey has revealed that Lakeshore General Hospital holds top spot for the longest wait times: an average of 30 hours and 54 minutes lying on a stretcher awaiting assessment, nearly double the provincial average of 16 hours and 46 minutes. Sant\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec says that there were 108,000<sup>+<\/sup> fewer visits to the emergency room last year. 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