Joe Lofaro
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CTV News Montreal Digital Reporter // @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social
Past: Ottawa Citizen, CBC Ottawa
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Past: Ottawa Citizen, CBC Ottawa
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The decision comes the day after his daughter, Dr. Laurent Carmant, penned a letter in Le Devoir in response to Bill 2, saying she had no other choice but to seek employment in another province if Quebec does not “allow her to practice freely.”
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Lionel Carmant leaves CAQ, will sit as independent
A prominent member of Quebec Premier Francois Legault’s cabinet is leaving the party.
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October 30, 2025 at 2:15 PM
The decision comes the day after his daughter, Dr. Laurent Carmant, penned a letter in Le Devoir in response to Bill 2, saying she had no other choice but to seek employment in another province if Quebec does not “allow her to practice freely.”
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If Montrealers want to pay about a third of their income on rent, they have to make $33 an hour, a new report shows.
Montreal tenants need to make $33 an hour to afford a one-bedroom: study
If Montrealers want to pay about a third of their income on rent, they have to make $33 an hour, a new report shows.
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October 17, 2025 at 5:01 PM
If Montrealers want to pay about a third of their income on rent, they have to make $33 an hour, a new report shows.
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Projet Montreal’s Luc Rabouin and Ensemble Montreal’s Soraya Martinez Ferrada took to CJAD 800’s airwaves for an hour to debate on The Elias Makos Show Thursday morning.
Mobility gets Montreal mayoral candidates heated in CJAD 800 radio debate
Projet Montreal’s Luc Rabouin and Ensemble Montreal’s Soraya Martinez Ferrada took to CJAD 800’s airwaves for an hour to debate on The Elias Makos Show Thursday morning.
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October 16, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Projet Montreal’s Luc Rabouin and Ensemble Montreal’s Soraya Martinez Ferrada took to CJAD 800’s airwaves for an hour to debate on The Elias Makos Show Thursday morning.
A Quebec woman who left Canada in 2014 to join ISIS was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to participating in the activities of a terrorist group.
Quebec woman who left Canada to join ISIS pleads guilty to terrorism offence
A Quebec woman who left Canada to join a terrorist group was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to a terrorism offence.
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July 21, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A Quebec woman who left Canada in 2014 to join ISIS was sentenced Monday after pleading guilty to participating in the activities of a terrorist group.
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BREAKING: Metadata shows the FBI’s ‘raw’ Jeffrey Epstein prison video was likely modified.
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Metadata Shows the FBI’s ‘Raw’ Jeffrey Epstein Prison Video Was Likely Modified
There is no evidence the footage was deceptively manipulated, but ambiguities around how the video was processed may further fuel conspiracy theories about Epstein's death.
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July 11, 2025 at 4:27 PM
BREAKING: Metadata shows the FBI’s ‘raw’ Jeffrey Epstein prison video was likely modified.
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ABC EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is poised to accept a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar.
It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029.
DOJ insists it’s legal, not bribery, not violation of emoluments clause. w/ @KFaulders
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It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029.
DOJ insists it’s legal, not bribery, not violation of emoluments clause. w/ @KFaulders
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Trump administration poised to accept 'palace in the sky' as a gift for Trump from Qatar: Sources
President Trump poised to accept "palace in the sky" as a gift from Qatar: Sources
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May 11, 2025 at 11:19 AM
ABC EXCLUSIVE: President Trump is poised to accept a luxury jet as a gift from Qatar.
It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029.
DOJ insists it’s legal, not bribery, not violation of emoluments clause. w/ @KFaulders
abcnews.go.com/Politics/tru...
It’s to be used as Air Force One and then transferred to the Trump library by January 2029.
DOJ insists it’s legal, not bribery, not violation of emoluments clause. w/ @KFaulders
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Omg. Terrebonne riding flips back to Liberals by A SINGLE VOTE after a judicial recount.
May 11, 2025 at 12:42 AM
Omg. Terrebonne riding flips back to Liberals by A SINGLE VOTE after a judicial recount.
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A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after a tree fell on him during last night's powerful windstorm.
Almost 100,000 Quebec addresses without electricity after windstorm
A windstorm that hit Quebec has left tens of thousands of Hydro-Quebec customers in the dark.
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April 30, 2025 at 12:20 PM
A 15-year-old boy is in critical condition after a tree fell on him during last night's powerful windstorm.
Wow. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his Ottawa seat he has held since 2004.
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April 29, 2025 at 11:47 AM
Wow. Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre has lost his Ottawa seat he has held since 2004.
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April 26, 2025 at 1:46 AM
"He made the comment in response to a question about previous remarks he made referring to the House of Commons as a 'foreign parliament' that he sits in."
Blanchet calls Canada ‘an artificial country with very little meaning’
Bloc Quebecois Leader Yves-Francois Blanchet issued a scathing assessment Friday of Canada as a country, and Quebec’s place in it as he made his case to Quebecers that only he would protect their inte...
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April 26, 2025 at 12:56 AM
"He made the comment in response to a question about previous remarks he made referring to the House of Commons as a 'foreign parliament' that he sits in."
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It may be playoff season for the Montreal Canadiens, but don’t expect to see any “Go Habs Go!” signs on the city’s buses any time soon.
No more ‘Go Habs Go’: STM changes messaging after OQLF complaint
It may be playoff season for the Montreal Canadiens, but don’t expect to see any 'Go Habs Go!' signs on the city’s buses any time soon.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:43 PM
It may be playoff season for the Montreal Canadiens, but don’t expect to see any “Go Habs Go!” signs on the city’s buses any time soon.
A former Montreal-area daycare manager who was arrested in 2023 by the RCMP has pleaded guilty to smuggling ghost guns across the Canada-U.S. border.
Former Montreal-area daycare manager pleads guilty to smuggling ghost guns across Canadian border
A former Montreal-area daycare manager who was arrested in 2023 by the RCMP has pleaded guilty to smuggling ghost guns across the Canada-U.S. border.
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April 24, 2025 at 12:58 PM
A former Montreal-area daycare manager who was arrested in 2023 by the RCMP has pleaded guilty to smuggling ghost guns across the Canada-U.S. border.
"I was prepared to run into his vehicle. There was no way he was getting past me."
Carrie Burton was on her way to do groceries in Brossard when she decided to put herself in harm's way to stop a suspect who was dragging a Montreal-area police officer with his car.
Carrie Burton was on her way to do groceries in Brossard when she decided to put herself in harm's way to stop a suspect who was dragging a Montreal-area police officer with his car.
‘Just horrible to see’: Witness says Longueuil police officer was dragged by suspect’s vehicle
A Brossard resident she said she intervened when a Longueuil police officer was dragged by a suspect's vehicle following a suspected case of road rage.
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April 22, 2025 at 3:21 PM
"I was prepared to run into his vehicle. There was no way he was getting past me."
Carrie Burton was on her way to do groceries in Brossard when she decided to put herself in harm's way to stop a suspect who was dragging a Montreal-area police officer with his car.
Carrie Burton was on her way to do groceries in Brossard when she decided to put herself in harm's way to stop a suspect who was dragging a Montreal-area police officer with his car.
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We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
April 21, 2025 at 4:02 PM
We’re introducing a new layer of verification on Bluesky — a user-friendly, easily recognizable blue check.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
In addition to account verification issued by Bluesky, we're also introducing Trusted Verifiers. Select independent organizations can verify accounts directly.
"In the midst of a federal election using an image of Carney and a fake CBC news website on a platform that bans the news – this feels like we’re kind of in like a Black Mirror kind of moment."
Dramatic rise in fake political content on social media as Canada prepares to vote
Dramatic rise in fake political content on social media as Canada prepares to vote
Report finds over a quarter of Canadians exposed to ‘more sophisticated and more politically polarizing’ fake content
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April 19, 2025 at 2:52 PM
"In the midst of a federal election using an image of Carney and a fake CBC news website on a platform that bans the news – this feels like we’re kind of in like a Black Mirror kind of moment."
The head of the Leaders’ Debates Commission said Thursday he wasn’t aware that right-wing media group Rebel News — which was permitted more opportunities to question leaders after Wednesday’s debate than most mainstream outlets — had registered as an official third party in the federal election.
Federal debates chief says he was unaware Rebel News had registered as advocacy group
The head of the Leaders’ Debates Commission said Thursday he wasn’t aware that right-wing media group Rebel News — which was permitted more opportunities to question leaders after Wednesday’s debate t...
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April 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM
The head of the Leaders’ Debates Commission said Thursday he wasn’t aware that right-wing media group Rebel News — which was permitted more opportunities to question leaders after Wednesday’s debate than most mainstream outlets — had registered as an official third party in the federal election.
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Debates Commission has cancelled the post-debate scrums after this English leaders debate. This cancellation follows an altercation prior to the debate involving Rebel News and other journalists. #elxn45
April 18, 2025 at 12:23 AM
Debates Commission has cancelled the post-debate scrums after this English leaders debate. This cancellation follows an altercation prior to the debate involving Rebel News and other journalists. #elxn45
This is wild.
A Quebec couple is accused of using poison from a fish to kill the man’s ex-wife, according to @noovo.info.
"According to court documents, Estimé traveled to the Dominican Republic to purchase the deadly fish poison one month before Daudier was found dead."
A Quebec couple is accused of using poison from a fish to kill the man’s ex-wife, according to @noovo.info.
"According to court documents, Estimé traveled to the Dominican Republic to purchase the deadly fish poison one month before Daudier was found dead."
Quebec couple may have used fish poison to kill ex-wife
A Quebec couple on trial for murder is being accused of using poison from a fish to kill the man’s ex-wife.
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April 16, 2025 at 2:34 PM
This is wild.
A Quebec couple is accused of using poison from a fish to kill the man’s ex-wife, according to @noovo.info.
"According to court documents, Estimé traveled to the Dominican Republic to purchase the deadly fish poison one month before Daudier was found dead."
A Quebec couple is accused of using poison from a fish to kill the man’s ex-wife, according to @noovo.info.
"According to court documents, Estimé traveled to the Dominican Republic to purchase the deadly fish poison one month before Daudier was found dead."
The Conservative Party’s promise to bypass a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling to impose consecutive life sentences on mass murderers would undermine Canada’s rule of law, two constitutional lawyers say.
Constitutional experts raise concerns with Conservative proposal to bypass Supreme Court ruling on consecutive sentences
The Conservative party’s promise to bypass a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling to impose consecutive life sentences on mass murderers would undermine Canada’s rule of law, two constitutional law...
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April 15, 2025 at 8:39 PM
The Conservative Party’s promise to bypass a landmark Supreme Court of Canada ruling to impose consecutive life sentences on mass murderers would undermine Canada’s rule of law, two constitutional lawyers say.
"U.S.. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the government can’t retaliate against the AP’s decision not to follow Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico."
The Associated Press wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists, citing the 1st Amendment.
AP wins reinstatement to White House events after judge rules government can’t bar its journalists
A federal judge has ordered the White House to restore The Associated Press’ full access to cover presidential events.
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April 8, 2025 at 10:02 PM
"U.S.. District Judge Trevor N. McFadden, an appointee of President Donald Trump, ruled that the government can’t retaliate against the AP’s decision not to follow Trump’s executive order to rename the Gulf of Mexico."
🚨 @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social is hiring a temporary digital reporter.
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April 7, 2025 at 8:43 PM
🚨 @ctvnewsmontreal.bsky.social is hiring a temporary digital reporter.
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Lockdown declared at Parliament Hill's East Block: Parliamentary Protective Service
Lockdown declared at Parliament Hill East Block: PPS
A lockdown was declared at Parliament Hill’s East Block Saturday afternoon, according to an alert from the Parliamentary Protective Service (PPS).
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April 5, 2025 at 8:26 PM
Lockdown declared at Parliament Hill's East Block: Parliamentary Protective Service
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Breaking: The Quebec English School Boards Association is celebrating another victory in its legal battle against the contentious Bill 40 after the Court of Appeal ruled parts of it are unconstitutional.
English school boards ‘thrilled’ by Court of Appeal ruling on Quebec’s Bill 40
The Quebec English School Boards Association (QESBA) is celebrating another victory in its legal battle against the contentious Bill 40 after the Court of Appeal ruled parts of it are unconstitutional...
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April 3, 2025 at 5:57 PM
Breaking: The Quebec English School Boards Association is celebrating another victory in its legal battle against the contentious Bill 40 after the Court of Appeal ruled parts of it are unconstitutional.
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As a result of Meta’s news ban, popular posts about the election in Canada are mostly from groups such as Canada Proud, or from politicians, meme accounts and influencers.
The news ban has been to “the enormous detriment of Canadians,” said @abridgman.bsky.social.
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The news ban has been to “the enormous detriment of Canadians,” said @abridgman.bsky.social.
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Canada Proud is dominating Facebook ahead of the election - The Logic
The conservative group’s posts about the election are finding a huge audience in the vacuum created by Meta’s ongoing ban on all news in Canada.
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March 31, 2025 at 6:45 PM
As a result of Meta’s news ban, popular posts about the election in Canada are mostly from groups such as Canada Proud, or from politicians, meme accounts and influencers.
The news ban has been to “the enormous detriment of Canadians,” said @abridgman.bsky.social.
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The news ban has been to “the enormous detriment of Canadians,” said @abridgman.bsky.social.
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