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Verdun-born hockey hero Richard Martin died Sunday. His car collided in a one-car crash in Clarence, near a suburb of Buffalo New York where he lived.

The Buffalo News has reported that Martin suffered a heart attack while driving. 

Martin was a memeber of the legendary French Connection line for the Buffalo Sabres in the nineteen seventies. He starred for the Montreal Junior Canadiens prior to joining the Buffalo squad.

Picture from the Montreal Gazette

Une Question de Choix - a choice of question - was the theme of the protest that took place Saturday March twelfth in Montreal. Thousands of people came together to rally against the upcoming release of the Quebec Government’s budget.

A former female Canadian national weight-lifting champion has been arrested for prostitution. Rhonda Lee Quaresma was charged with misdemeanour prostitution in Florida this week. 

Quaresma was arrested after police set up a Sting operation. They contacted a woman going by the name “Mrs. Sparkle” and set up a meeting. At the scheduled place, Bonita Beach, police arrested Quaresma.

Quaresma was Bodybuilding.com’s personal trainer of the month in November 2010. Her court appearance is scheduled March 29th.

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The Conservative government may be in breach of privilege. House of Commons Speaker Peter Milliken ruled that after two separate events there is enough evidence to indicate a prima facie breach of privilege.

The first motion complains that the government is refusing to produce information to the House regarding its anti-crime agenda. The other criticizes International Co-operation Minister Bev Oda for having misled a Commons committee. 

Liberal MP Scott Brison says these incidents disrespect Parliament and are an insult to Canadians.

Quebec launched its own model of WikiLeaks Wednesday morning. QuebecLeaks allows Quebecers to anonymously submit and access compromising documents online.

Access to Information Minister Pierre Moreau, however, says he’ll be keeping an eye on the whistle-blower site. Moreau claims that sites like QuebecLeaks are unnecessary because, according to him, Quebec is the most open province in Canada.

Concordia student and WikiLeaks mirror host Nadim Kobeissi disagrees. Kobeissi, who is also a security software developer, says pushing for better government transparency is in the public’s best interest.