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Publication Date: April 1, 2026 - 18:43
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Deaths of 5 homeless Montrealers in 7 months prompt Quebec coroner inquiry
April 1, 2026
Quebec coroner Stéphanie Gamache will lead a public inquiry into the deaths of five unhoused people, which took place over the past seven months in Montreal. The city’s mayor, who was in tears in late March while announcing the deaths of two people experiencing homelessness, says the final report will include recommendations for authorities aimed at preventing such occurrences.
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Saskatchewan is taking aim at reducing the rise in drugs and weapons being dropped by drones into prison yards – sometimes right to an inmate’s cell window.
April 21, 2026 - 06:55 | Jeremy Simes | The Globe and Mail
A man found not criminally responsible on three counts of attempted murder for a March 2016 knife attack at a Canadian Forces Recruiting Centre in Toronto has been granted a three-week travel pass for Saudi Arabia and Somalia, despite the fact that he “continues to pose a significant threat to public safety.”
Ayanle Hassan Ali, who is Muslim, plans to go on a pilgrimage to Mecca with his father and meet a potential bride his dad found for him in Somalia.
He wants to travel abroad “to facilitate a meeting with a woman as his father has been working on arranging a possible marriage...
April 21, 2026 - 06:30 | Chris Lambie | National Post
This is how the story of a great chess grandmaster usually begins.
A parent or teacher discovers an exceptional mind: a memory of shocking precision; a special intuition for geometry; a gift for logic and abstraction. When they are introduced to the game at four or five or six, fluency comes quickly. When that talent is cultivated, others are revealed: monastic discipline, fierce competitiveness, myopic focus.
Chess, for the child, becomes everything. They are transfixed by its beauty, lured by its depth, compelled by the contest. Family, friends, hobbies—all life beyond the board begins...
April 21, 2026 - 06:30 | Jordan Himelfarb | Walrus
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