Montreal Gazette

2 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Erik Leijon

The moment has finally arrived for these young Montreal Canadiens: they begin their best-of-seven series with Game 1 against the Washington Capitals on Monday night at Capital One Arena. Puck drop at 7 p.m. (SN, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690, 98.5 FM). Stay tuned to this page throughout the game for live updates and fan comments. Many Canadiens will be making their playoff debuts, including recent arrival Ivan Demidov. So too will starting netminder Sam Montembeault.

6 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

Sami Bebawi, the former SNC-Lavalin executive convicted of fraud and corruption over how he supervised the engineering firm’s projects in Libya, has been out on day parole for months, but still has the possibility of serving another prison term looming over him. In a decision made in March, the Parole Board of Canada agreed with a request from Bebawi, 78, to modify his leave privileges at the halfway house he was ordered to reside at when he was first granted day parole in July last year.

6 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

A 58-year-old businessman who was shot several times in Île-Perrot in February has since died of the wounds he suffered in the attempted murder, The Gazette has learned. On Feb. 23, Adamo Izzi, a man who owned a limousine company in Florida was shot outside the home where he resided on 24th Ave. in Île-Perrot. According to a police source, he died of his gunshot wounds weeks later in a hospital.

6 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

This story includes details some readers might find disturbing. Another woman faces criminal charges related to the investigation into billionaire Robert Miller that led to his arrest last year following allegations he paid teenage girls to have sex with him. A warrant for the 41-year-old woman’s arrest was issued in March out of the Montreal courthouse. Her name is under a publication ban and, according to court records, no court date has been set.

1 week ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

A Quebec Superior Court judge has ordered the extradition of four West Island residents who are wanted in the U.S. where they face charges alleging they operated a telemarketing scheme out of an address in Pierrefonds and bilked elderly people out of more than $1 million. Justice Alexandre Bien-Aimé delivered his decision Thursday morning at the Montreal courthouse. He decided there is enough evidence to support a request from the U.S. government that the four men be extradited there for a trial.