Montreal Gazette

The Montreal Gazette, which was originally known simply as The Gazette, is the sole English-language daily newspaper still in circulation in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. This is significant as three other English daily newspapers ceased operations at different points in the latter half of the 20th century. The Gazette is one of the last two English dailies in the French-speaking province; the other is the Sherbrooke Record, which caters to the English-speaking community in the Eastern Townships, located southeast of Montreal.

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Discord takes down racist channel used by Quebec med school applicants

1 day ago | montrealgazette.com | Aaron Derfel

Discord, an increasingly popular social media platform based in San Francisco, has deactivated a controversial channel used by Quebec medical school applicants that was overrun by antisemitic and other racist messages, including threats of violence, The Gazette can confirm. Hours after the newspaper reported last Friday about a virulent stream of hateful content on the 1,400-member Med serveur channel on Discord, the chat forum suddenly disappeared.
Judge reluctantly accepts joint recommendation of 7-year sentence for man who tried to kill ex-girlfriend

1 day ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

A Quebec Court judge who was clearly not impressed with the common suggestion made to him on a sentence for a man who tried to kill his ex-girlfriend by stabbing her multiple times inside a classroom at a downtown school said Tuesday that he felt “bound” to accept the recommended seven-year prison term because of past decisions made by the Quebec Court of Appeal.
Lawyers can’t agree on sentence for driver who killed cyclist in Pierrefonds after taking Ativan

1 day ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

The prosecution and a defence lawyer representing a woman who was convicted last year of driving while impaired when she struck and killed a cyclist in the West Island were unable to reach an agreement on a sentence. At the Montreal courthouse Tuesday, lawyers from both sides informed Quebec Court Judge Dennis Galiatsatos they will need two days to present arguments on a sentence for Christine Pryde. The judge agreed to schedule two dates early in September to hear the arguments.
Quebec urges students to help in racism investigation

2 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Aaron Derfel

Warning: This story contains offensive language and imagery. Quebec’s Higher Education Minister, Pascale Déry, is denouncing a virulent stream of racist and other hateful messages on a popular social media platform for medical school applicants after The Gazette broke the story over the weekend. “The calls for violence and expressions of hatred in these exchanges are totally unacceptable in Quebec,” Simon Savignac, Déry’s press attaché, said in a statement on Monday.
Man gets two-year prison term for fight in Lafontaine Park that left victim’s face scarred

2 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

A man who permanently disfigured the face of another man during a fight at Lafontaine Park more than two years ago was sentenced to a prison term of two years less a day Monday at the Montreal courthouse. Quebec Superior Court Justice Chantal Tremblay said that while it was not clear whether Soheib Henni Mansour, 29, was acting out of jealousy when he stabbed his ex-girlfriend’s new boyfriend five times during a fight that occurred on Nov.
Quebec Liberal leadership rivals decry Bill 21 during debate

4 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson

Candidates vying for the helm of the Quebec Liberal Party criticized Premier François Legault’s secularism policies at a Saturday debate focused on identity, language and immigration. The meeting was the third of six planned debates in the party’s five-way leadership race, with perceived front-runner Pablo Rodriguez facing off against Marc Bélanger, Karl Blackburn, Charles Milliard and Mario Roy. Columnist Marie-Ève Doyon moderated the debate.
Racist, sexist posts flood group chat for Quebec med student applicants

5 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Aaron Derfel

Warning: This story contains offensive language and imagery. A group chat for Quebec medical school applicants on the popular social media platform Discord has been overrun by misogynistic, racist, homophobic and antisemitic slurs, provoking widespread condemnation by Jewish doctors’ groups across the country. One of the groups, Jewish Clinicians Against Antisemitism, has filed a criminal complaint with Montreal police against at least one Discord user, alleging he is a student at Dawson College.
Appeal court orders new trial for man acquitted of murder in Dix30 restaurant

5 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered a new trial for the man who was acquitted by a jury of a homicide at the Dix30 shopping complex in Brossard. In a verdict delivered nearly two years ago, Joshua Sarroino, now 31, was acquitted on a charge alleging he murdered Éric Francis De Souza. On May 10, 2019, the victim was shot in the back of the head while he was dining at a restaurant with several people to celebrate a birthday.
Man who killed 2 women in Vaudreuil-Dorion should be found not criminally responsible, Crown and defence say

6 days ago | montrealgazette.com | Paul Cherry

Lawyers from both sides of the case brought against a man who killed two women, including his mother, in Vaudreuil-Dorion last year have recommended that he be found not criminally responsible for his actions because of a mental health problem. During a hearing held at the Valleyfield courthouse on Thursday, a Crown prosecutor said the prosecution and defence lawyers representing Fabio Puglisi, 45, were making the recommendation jointly.
‘I wasted my time’: People turned away from SAAQ outlets during tech blackout

1 week ago | montrealgazette.com | Jack Wilson

Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec locations across the province were shuttered Wednesday after an online crash blacked out services. The disruption is linked to a bank of servers used to maintain several support and mission services, according to the SAAQ. The problems began at 3 p.m. Tuesday. Apart from service shutdowns, the SAAQclic platform, while “functional,” cannot be accessed.