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The Story So Far: State of city’s water still murky, shocking stats on school...
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The Story So Far: Tap water safe, PQ targets federal firms
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The Story So Far: Duchesneau to head SQ? And Thibault fraud trial begins
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Gazette Midday: no royal immunity for fraud suspect; no pardon for jailed...
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault has lost a bid...
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The Story So Far: Thibault fraud trial to proceed; senate mulls sanction...
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Gazette Midday: Hackers hit NRC; Quebec to settle school spat
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Chinese hackers have infiltrated the computer systems at the...
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Lise Thibault’s fraud trial postponed to Sept. 2 after ex-lieutenant-governor...
QUEBEC — The fraud trial against Quebec’s former lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault had to be suspended Friday after Thibault suffered an epileptic attack overnight. Thibault’s lawyer, Marc Labelle,...
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The Story So Far: Thibault trial postponed; Revenue Quebec slaps firms with...
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Midday: Ex-lieutenant governor pleads guilty to fraud
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault has pleaded...
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Lise Thibault pleads guilty to breach of trust, fraud
By Alexandre Robillard QUEBEC More than five years after her first court appearance in September 2009, former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault pleaded guilty on Monday to charges of fraud and...
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Thibault shouldn’t have to pay back $430,000: lawyer
QUEBEC Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault should not have to pay the entire $430,000 being sought by the Crown in connection with her guilty pleas to fraud and breach of trust charges, her...
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Montreal this morning: Back to seasonal norms for now
We’re still seeing cooler temperatures than last week, but Mother Nature has us back in the seasonal norms. Expect a mainly sunny day with southwesterly winds gusting up to 20 km/h. The high is of 20C....
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Former lieutenant-governor Thibault seeks leniency in fraud case
QUEBEC — Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault deserves leniency because she was a kind of “Robin Hood” for the disabled, her lawyer said Thursday during sentencing arguments at her fraud...
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Crown seeks 4-year prison term for former lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault
QUEBEC — Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault burst into tears Friday when a judge asked her whether she had anything to say after a prosecutor’s recommendation she receive a four-year...
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Lise Thibault to receive her sentence Wednesday
QUEBEC – Quebec’s former lieutenant governor will receive her sentence Wednesday afternoon, six years after her case was first brought to court. Lise Thibault, 76, pleaded guilty last December to...
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Former Quebec lieutenant-governor sentenced to 18 months in prison
QUEBEC — Calling her behaviour “highly reprehensible” and part of a “culture of deceit,” a judge sentenced former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault to 18 months in prison on Wednesday. The...
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Former lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault in jail until at least Tuesday
QUEBEC — Former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault will remain behind bars until at least next Tuesday. Her lawyer, Marc Labelle, wanted to seek leave to appeal on Thursday, a day after Thibault...
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Editorial: Former lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault 'highly reprehensible'...
Calling her behaviour part of a “culture of deceit,” a judge sentenced former Quebec lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault to 18 months in prison on Wednesday for fraud and breach of trust and ordered her...
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Letters: Too tough on Thibault
Judgment has been rendered in two high-profile cases: Guy Lafleur’s civil suit against the police and the Crown, and the criminal prosecution against Lise Thibault, the former lieutenant-governor....
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Letter: Jailing Thibault is a waste of money
Re: “Too tough on Thibault” (Letters, Oct. 5) Howard Greenfield asks what is gained by the incarceration of former lieutenant-governor Lise Thibault, who has been sentenced to 18 months in jail for...
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