Junior hockey player who pleaded guilty to assault wants Supreme Court to hear appeal | Storm knocks out power, causes chaos and sparks protest at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital | Teen injured, tens of thousands without power after strong storms rip through Quebec
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Junior hockey player who pleaded guilty to assault wants Supreme Court to hear appeal; Massimo Siciliano, right, pictured with his lawyer Charles Levasseur\.  Siciliano was a player for the Victoriaville Tigres and  setenced to serve 30 months in prison\.

Junior hockey player who pleaded guilty to assault wants Supreme Court to hear appeal

April 30 , 2025 at 05:13:41 p.m. EDT • :

Former Quebec junior hockey player Massimo Siciliano is asking for the Supreme Court to intervene in his case after his sentence was upheld by the Court of Appeal.

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Storm knocks out power, causes chaos and sparks protest at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital; The backup generators at the Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital didn't work properly, leaving parts of the hospital in the dark after a powerful storm struck Montreal\.

Storm knocks out power, causes chaos and sparks protest at Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital

April 30 , 2025 at 10:45:35 a.m. EDT • :

The storm damage and the failure of the generators sparked renewed criticism that the CAQ government has taken too long to go ahead with renovations at the aging hospital. 

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Teen injured, tens of thousands without power after strong storms rip through Quebec; See the damage after severe storm rips through Montreal

Teen injured, tens of thousands without power after strong storms rip through Quebec

April 30 , 2025 at 06:58:40 a.m. EDT • :

A series of thunderstorms that swept through southern Quebec on Tuesday evening left a teenage boy in critical condition in Montreal and thousands without power.

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Will the Bloc still be an important player in Parliament?; An image of a smiling Yves-Francois Blanchet is superimposed over a thinking Mark Carney and the flag tower of parliament

Will the Bloc still be an important player in Parliament?

April 30 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The Bloc Québécois went from potential Official Opposition to potentially sidelined in the months leading up to election day. The party finally landed somewhere in between, and its leader hopes it will be able to exert influence on the Carney government in the near future.

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Ex-Second Cup franchisee charged with uttering threats after antisemitic incident at Montreal protest; The alleged incident outside Concordia University led to the termination of Mai Abdulhadi's franchise agreement with Second Cup\.

Ex-Second Cup franchisee charged with uttering threats after antisemitic incident at Montreal protest

April 28 , 2025 at 06:33:27 p.m. EDT • :

A woman filmed making antisemitic remarks and performing a Nazi salute at a protest in Montreal in November has been charged with uttering threats.

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See how the 2025 election played out in Quebec; map of quebec with images of the 4 main federal party leaders  

April 29 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

See how the 2025 election played out in Quebec

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Bus driver in Laval, Que., daycare crash found not criminally responsible; In 2023, a makeshift memorial was set up at the scene of the daycare bus crash\.   

April 29 , 2025 at 10:02:32 a.m. EDT • :

Bus driver in Laval, Que., daycare crash found not criminally responsible

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Brothers acquitted in connection with 2021 Amber Alert in Montreal's West Island; Two brothers charged with the abduction of a 16-year-old girl were acquitted at the Montreal courthouse\.  

April 29 , 2025 at 12:57:33 p.m. EDT • :

Brothers acquitted in connection with 2021 Amber Alert in Montreal's West Island

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Quebec helped Carney's Liberals. Will they return the favour?; Mark Carney smiles at a podium and points, and that image is superimposed over Francois Legault at a podium in front of Quebec flags  

April 30 , 2025 at 12:00:00 p.m. EDT • :

Quebec helped Carney's Liberals. Will they return the favour?

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Calls for investigation after some in Nunavik left out of vote due to polling station issues; Tiivi Tulaugak from Ivujivik didn't get the opportunity to vote in his first election due to polling station issues in his community\.  

April 30 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Calls for investigation after some in Nunavik left out of vote due to polling station issues

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