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• Maureen Breau, Quebec police officer, stabbed and killed during arrest

  A Quebec provincial police officer was fatally stabbed Monday night while performing an arrest in Louiseville, west of Trois-Rivieres, Que. The Surete du Quebec (SQ) has confirmed the identity of the officer, Sgt. Maureen Breau, who had been on the force for over 20 years. She was assigned to the post of the MRC de Maskinonge. Another officer was injured during the incident, but their life is not in danger.

  

• Habs eliminated from playoff race with 2-3 defeat by Flyers

  Morgan Frost scored his second goal of the game with 2:15 left in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night. Brendan Gallagher and Rafael Harvey-Pinard scored for the Canadiens, who were officially eliminated from playoff contention with the loss.

  

• Police identify last two victims of Old Montreal fire, both 18 years old

  Montreal police say they have identified two more victims found in the rubble of a fire in Old Montreal 12 days ago. Charlie Lacroix and Walid Belkahla, both 18, are the sixth and seventh victims of the fire.

• Former Chambly mayor arrested by UPAC on two charges

  Denis Lavoie, former mayor of the South Shore City of Chambly, was arrested Tuesday by Quebec's anti-corruption unit (UPAC) for obstruction of justice and breach of trust.

• Budget 2023 prioritizes pocketbook help and clean economy, deficit projected at $40.1B

  In the 2023 federal budget, the government is unveiling continued deficit spending targeted at Canadians' pocketbooks, public health care and the clean economy.

• Montreal single-use plastics ban comes into effect, covering range of products

  A Montreal municipal bylaw banning the use of single-use plastic items comes into effect today, with glasses, stir sticks, straws and utensils among the items that will be prohibited.

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  SPORTS | Frost scores 2 goals, leads Flyers beat Habs in 4th straight win

  Morgan Frost scored his second goal of the game with 2:15 left in the third period and the Philadelphia Flyers beat the Montreal Canadiens 3-2 on Tuesday night.

• Montreal to overhaul complaint process amid racism allegations from workers

  The City of Montreal says it's overhauling its complaint process to make it easier for those experiencing racism and discrimination at work. It will also create a committee to accompany victims through the process.

• Mark Weightman returns as president/CEO of the Montreal Alouettes

  Mark Weightman is back as president and chief executive officer of the Montreal Alouettes. The club announced Weightman's appointment Tuesday. He will take office April 11.

• Airbnb: 79 per cent of Quebec rentals in February not certified, housing group says

  A report by a Montreal tenants' rights association says 79 per cent of the roughly 30,000 units in Quebec that were available for rent in February on Airbnb were not certified by the province.

• Accused bus driver in Laval daycare crash to undergo further evaluation

  A Quebec man accused of killing two children after ramming a city bus into a Laval daycare last month will require further psychiatric evaluation.

• Child labour: Quebec tables bill regulating minimum age, hours per week

  Quebec Labour Minister Jean Boulet tabled Bill 19 on Tuesday to limit children in the labour market. The general age to allow children to enter the workforce will be 14.

• Montreal police ticketing drivers who block intersections

  Montreal police are handing out tickets to drivers blocking busy intersections during a week-long crackdown. The goal is to protect cyclists and pedestrians by stopping cars from prematurely advancing through intersections, which also impedes traffic.

• Quebec restaurateurs say the 'no-show' phenomenon is getting worse

  Restaurateurs in Quebec are getting stood up more often. Customers who don't honour their reservations cause restaurants to miss out on nearly $50,000 in revenue per establishment on average, according to an estimate by the Quebec Restaurant Association (ARQ).

• Here's why advocates want 'femicide' in Canada's Criminal Code

  Advocates against women's violence are urging the government to add femicide to the Criminal Code, saying it would bring further awareness to the term and the tragedies it describes.

• Police find 6th and 7th bodies inside site of Old Montreal fire

  Police say they have found the sixth and seventh bodies inside a building in Old Montreal that burned down 11 days ago and do not expect find any more victims. With the death toll now expected to remain at seven, police said they can begin to focus their efforts on finding the cause of the deadly March 16 fire.

• Quebec community mourns loss of nine-year-old girl killed in snow fort collapse

  A small community west of Quebec City is mourning the loss of a nine-year-old girl who died after a snow fort collapsed. Provincial police (SQ) say it happened Sunday afternoon in the woods behind a rural home in Saint-Ubalde in the Portneuf RCM.

• Grocery rebate doesn't go far enough to fight inflation: food policy expert

  In grocery store aisles across Quebec, food inflation is no longer an impression but a fact. "I know it's more. I can see from everything that we buy is costing a lot more." a woman tells CTV News at Esposito in NDG.