What the Puck: Patrick Laine’s arrival has Habs fans drooling

They are loving the idea of hopping on the Laine train and Montreal has been starved for a star for years. Canadiens’ Patrick Laine is congratulated by teammates, from left, Kirby Dach, Alex Newhook and Brendan Gallagher after scoring a power-play goal against the Nashville Predators in Montreal on Thursday, Dec. 5, 2024.Photo by John … Read more

Letters: Polytechnique remembrance mixed with dread

My husband and I have been watching The Handmaid’s Tale. Its dystopian depiction of women’s oppression seems highly improbable — or is it? A plaque commemorates the 14 women murdered in the École Polytechnique massacre on Dec. 6, 1989.Photo by Pierre Obendrauf /Montreal Gazette I’ve just finished reading Allison Hanes’s thoughtful column in remembrance of … Read more

Removing B.C. girl’s ’emotional support rats’ was not discrimination, rights tribunal rules

The province denied discriminating against the girl and argued successfully her complaint should be dismissed A child’s emotional support rats were the subject of a hearing of the British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal.SunMediaArchive Taking away a child’s emotional support rats doesn’t constitute discrimination based on mental disability, according to a British Columbia Human Rights Tribunal. … Read more

A bright spot for Democrats as voters shifted right: Flipping 3 House seats in California

Democrat George Whitesides ousted the incumbent Republican congressman for the Antelope Valley, one of three House districts that the Democrats flipped in California. Above, the Antelope Valley California Poppy Reserve State Natural Reserve in Lancaster. (Francine Orr / Los Angeles Times) The electoral map in November was largely a sea of red, but there is … Read more

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