Here’s our roundup of the best and brightest stories this morning.
The SQ always get their man: They added “arrêté” to biker Guy Rodrigue’s mugshot on the 10-most-wanted list at the Sûreté du Québec website. Rodrigue, 59, considered one of the key figures of the Quebec Hell’s Angels, turned himself in to provincial police after meeting with his lawyer. He was detained after a brief appearance at the Montreal courthouse. Sought by police since 2009, Rodrigue faces 22 charges of murder, conspiracy, drug trafficking and gangsterism.
One less sign to read (sort of): It’s Parking Freedom Day. Regulations that restrict parking on city streets during certain hours to allow for street cleaning — in effect from April 1 to Dec. 1 for most of Montreal — have come to an end. But stickered residential parking remains in effect, and not all boroughs follow the April 1-Dec. 1 parking regulations. Always read parking signs from the top down. Or save the earth a little bit and take the bus.
The glass ceiling won’t break itself: Status of Women Minister Patty Hajdu says the federal government can learn a lot from some business leaders about how to include more women in their ranks, beyond setting a quota and hoping for the best. Bill C-25 would require publicly traded companies to disclose the number of women on their boards and in senior management, as well as diversity policies — or explain why they do not have any. Hajdu said she is not against setting targets but said that having more women as directors does not always trickle down into having more women at lower levels. “What we heard over and over and over is this will never happen by accident. The CEO has to be firmly committed to this, loudly and visibly leading these efforts.” She singled out Coca-Cola for being proactive in hiring more women.
Guns in schools: Police are applauding a mother and father who disarmed their 15-year-old at a Utah junior high school, after they noticed him acting strangely in the morning and realized he had taken the family’s shotgun and handgun. The parents arrived shortly after the boy entered a classroom and fired one round into the ceiling, injuring no one but leaving a hole the size of a small plate, Bountiful police said. The boy didn’t say a word as a teacher and one of 26 students tried to talk him out of firing again, giving his parents a few extra second to arrive at the classroom and take him into the hallway. The police chief applauded that the parents had recognized something was off and took action, though he declined to provide specifics on what the parents noticed. Like, maybe that their guns were missing?
Montreal Gazette, Canadian Press, Associated Press
