Here are the hot topics that marked the week.
A tweet from Legault sows controversy
Prime Minister François Legault defended himself a few minutes before noon on Monday for a tweet published five hours earlier, in which he seemed to romanticize Catholicism while his government preaches for secularism.
Pro-Russian cyberattacks target Justin Trudeau and Hydro-Québec
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Pro-Russian hacker group NoName057(16) claimed responsibility for the Hydro-Quebec cyberattack on social media.
It was the turn of the Hydro-Quebec web page to be decommissioned on Thursday. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s site was still struggling after a cyberattack on Tuesday. These cyberattacks are claimed by the pro-Russian hacker group NoName. Other Quebec and Canadian companies were added to the long list of victims on Thursday.
The Biden administration will take the Supreme Court to protect the abortion pill
PHOTO CALLAGHAN O’HARE, REUTERS
At the origin of this legal saga: the decision last week of a judge, known for his ultra-conservative views, who had withdrawn his marketing authorization for mifepristone.
The future of the abortion pill in the United States will be decided before the Supreme Court: the Biden administration announced Thursday that it would seize the temple of law to challenge the restrictions on access to this stamp, decided a few hours earlier by a Court of Appeal.
Trudeau Foundation: impossible to return the “Chinese donation”
PHOTO DOMINICK GRAVEL, THE PRESS
The head office of the company issuing the funds, Aigle d’or du Millénaire International, is located in a deserted area in Dorval.
The Trudeau Foundation tried “repeatedly” to return a controversial check to a Chinese donor, but came up against a closed door: the issuing company’s head office is in a decrepit – and deserted – estate located in Dorval. The contract formalizing this donation, which The Press obtained, was signed on behalf of the foundation in 2016 by Alexandre Trudeau, brother of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
Power outages: major losses for restaurants
PHOTO MARTIN TREMBLAY, THE PRESS
Chef Maxime Gauthier of La Brasserie Bernard and the owners estimate the losses related to the food that had to be thrown away at around $15,000.
Considered an extremely lucrative holiday, the Easter weekend was instead synonymous with financial losses of tens of thousands of dollars for restaurants without electricity due to the ice storm.
Celine Dion will perform five new songs
PHOTO FRANCOIS ROY, LA PRESSE ARCHIVES
Celine’s latest album, Couragewas released in November 2019. The pandemic followed, and the singer’s health issues surfaced, forcing her to put her tour and Las Vegas residency on hold.
Within a month, we’ll be able to hear five new Celine Dion songs in the full soundtrack of James Strouse’s romantic comedy, Love Again, which hits theaters on May 12.