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Habs clinch playoff spot
Get out your riot gear, the Habs are headed to the playoffs.
Thanks to an overtime goal by defenceman PK Subban, the Habs eliminated the Blackhawks and nabbed a spot in the playoffs.
The final score was 2-1.
Goalie Carey Price made forty-two saves.
The Canadiens are in sixth place in the Eastern Conference.
Sheen looking to trademark catch phrases
Charlie Sheen is looking to cash in on his predilection for coining catch phrases. You've no doubt heard all the troubled star's latest musings. Phrases like “Duh, winning” “vatican assassin” and “tiger blood” have since entered the pop culture lexicon.
In mid-March a company with ties to Sheen filed trademark applications for twenty-two eccentric phrases. The move covers a variety of products, including drinks, candy and bras. In the late nineties, Sheen attempted to trademark the phrase “drugs are loser friendly.”
The actor who was bounced from his hit show Two and Half Men is on a comedy tour that has been widely panned.
Street vendors could be allowed downtown Montreal
The city is considering allowing food vendors back on the streets. Jacques-Alain Lavallée, a spokesman for Ville-Marie borough, says the city is weighing the pros and cons carefully. If given a green a light we would see the vendors hit the streets in the summer. The street meet carts would only by allowed to operate in designated areas.
Street food vendors have been banned in Montreal for. The city has cites competition to local business and hygiene as main reasons for the prohibition. If allowed Montreal would join cities like Toronto, New York and Seoul where street food is readily available.
Photo by Erica Fisher.
Jacques Chagnon Quebec's new national assembly speaker
Jacques Chagnon was elected as Quebec’s new national assembly speaker. In his opening speech he talked about the need to stop the acrimony in the legislature.
A veteran Liberal MNA, Chagnon was elected after Yvon Vallieres stepped down unexpectedly last week.
Engineers Stop Radioactive Water From Leaking Into Sea
In Fukushima Japan engineers were able to stop radioactive water from leaking into the sea. A spokesperson for Tokyo Electric Power says the leaks were stopped after they injected a mixture of liquid rock and hardening agent.
However, due to a lack of storage space Tokyo Electric says they will still have to pump contaminated water into the sea. The water has low levels of radiation and will continue to be released until Friday.
As well, the Japanese Government is considering putting radioactivity restrictions on seafood. This is after finding contaminated fish in the sea. India is the only country so far to ban food imports from Japan.
Sexual offender blames Hockey Quebec
A Montreal North minor-league hockey coach convicted of sexual abuse is blaming Hockey Quebec for allowing him near children. 55-year-old Gilbert Dubé has been sentenced to five years in jail for sexually abusing four children on his teams.
Dubé was also convicted in 1993 for sexual touching.
He told reporters before his sentence hearing Tuesday that Hockey Quebec should have checked his background before permitting him to coach. Dubé says he's come into contact with over 400 youths during his 20 years of coaching.
Although he's pleaded guilty to six counts, Dubé vows he has protected most of the young players.
Dubé's own son contacted police in 2002 after finding photos of victims on Dubé's computer. It wasn't until another victim came forward that Dubé was charged in 2009. According to the prosecution, he targeted boys from underprivileged families.
News April 5th 2011
Read by Samah Fadil
Produced by Jacqueline Di Bartolomeo
Stories by Aisha Samu, Dominique Daoust, Sofia Gay and Joel Balsam
New Speaker To Be Elected in Quebec National Assembly
Quebec’s next speaker of the house could be veteran Liberal MNA Jacques Chagnon. He is to replace the outgoing speaker Yvon Vallières after a secret ballot is held this week.
Vallières resigned, stating that he could no longer cope with the endless unruly debates at Quebec’s legislature. The debates reached a climax last week when Vallières refused to force a Liberal to apologize for a controversial statement. While the Parti Québécois threatened to remove support for Vallières, the Liberals are accusing the PQ of initiating the crisis.
Although three candidates have come forward, it is expected that the Liberal majority will secure a win for Chagnon.
Timmy's Raises Prices
Prices of Tim Horton's coffee may be going up, but will that deter its most adamant supporters?
The price of your Tim Horton’s Joe will go up slightly next week. Tim Horton’s announced that it will raise prices, but did not say by how much.
Over the years, the Canadian coffee giant has raised prices slightly to keep up with the rising price of sugar. An example: Timbits used to be 17cents and are now 19.
B.C. Teen Killers Given Adult Sentences
Months after pleading guilty, the teen killers behind Kimberly Proctor’s death in BC were sentenced as adults on Monday. Cameron Moffatt and Kruse Wellwood received life sentences, with no chance of parole for 10 years.
The publication ban on the teens’ identities was lifted at the time of the sentencing.
The judge says because the crime was so brutal, the boys should be jailed as long as possible. He says both teens tried laying the blame on each other, so it’s impossible to sort out the truth.
The teens raped and murdered 16-year-old Proctor in a Victoria home last summer. They were 16 and 17 when they committed the crime.
Last fall, they both pleaded guilty to first-degree murder and indignity to human remains.
Proctor’s parents were at the trial and expressed their anger at what the teens did to their daughter.
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