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In brief: A selection of today’s reports on montrealgazette.com
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The Coalition Avenir Québec government is demanding an apology after the Parti Québécois accused Premier François Legault of contravening provincial restrictions by snowboarding in his backyard with his sons. However, Legault says his sons live with him. Andy Riga has a report on the kerfuffle in his live blog, along with the rest of the day’s pandemic news. Read it here.
In Montreal news
Worries over COVID-19 variants
With 44 cases of a much more contagious and deadly variant of the COVID-19 virus now confirmed or suspected in Greater Montreal, the region’s public health director is begging Montrealers to be vigilant about following the rules for the next few weeks. Read the full report.
Bill to expand mail-in voting
Anticipating that the COVID-19 pandemic may drag on, the Legault government is legislating to expand mail-in voting for the November elections in Quebec’s 1,100 municipalities, including Montreal. Read the full report.
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Adapting for Lunar New Year
Last year, for Lunar New Year, Serena Zhang hosted an annual gala at Place des Arts’ Théâtre Maisonneuve, featuring traditional singing and dance performances by various local groups. This weekend, she’ll be hosting a similar celebration — on Zoom. It’s just one of the many ways Montreal’s Chinese community is adapting what is traditionally a time to come together, under the realities of the COVID-19 pandemic. Read the full report.
Plante calls for handgun ban
Three days after a 15-year-old girl was murdered in a drive-by shooting in St-Léonard, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante on Wednesday issued a public plea to the Trudeau government to follow through on a long-promised ban on handguns in municipalities. Read the full report.
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Former Gazette photographer Tedd Church was ‘one of the best of his generation’
Tedd Church, whose keen eye and whimsical nature would earn him two National Newspaper Awards in a 38-year career with the Montreal Gazette, has died. He was 81. Read the obituary.
More studies, more frustration
Activists say the City of Montreal is dragging its feet on building a nature park around the Turcot Interchange, while the administration says it’s taking the time needed to properly plan the project. On Wednesday, the city announced it would undertake two more feasibility studies for the project, which is to include a bridge for pedestrians and cyclists extending over railway tracks and Highway 20. Read the full report.
Killing was ‘planned and deliberate,’ court told
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The fatal shooting of a landlord hoping to collect overdue rent from a tenant in the West Island three years ago was planned and deliberate, a jury at the Montreal courthouse was told Wednesday. Michael David Burns, 36, is charged with first-degree murder in the death of Constantinos (Costa) Tountas, 45, who was shot on May 26, 2018 inside a quadruplex he owned on 1st. Ave. N., near Gouin Blvd., in Roxboro. Read the full report.
In Quebec news
Checkpoints at borders
The Quebec government is considering police checkpoints at borders to discourage non-essential travel during the various provincial March breaks, Public Security Minister Geneviève Guilbault said Wednesday. Read the full report.
In Local Music news
Film score by Arcade Fire
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The release date for Arcade Fire’s sixth album remains unknown, but fans will soon have something to listen to in the interim. In 2013, the Montreal band and pal Owen Pallett created the score for Spike Jonze’s film Her, starring Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson. Read the full report.
In Local Business news
Québecor deepens music push
Québecor Inc. is doubling down on its recorded music bet by snapping up the influential homegrown label Audiogram. Read the full report.
In Local Sports news
Habs and Leafs at the Bell Centre
Another chapter in the everlasting rivalry between Montreal and Toronto was written at the Bell Centre on Wednesday. Julian McKenzie covered all the action in his blog. Read it here.
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