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News Update, 8:00am, Thursday, April 2, 2026

News Update, 8:00am, Thursday, April 2, 2026
News Desk
Apr 02, 2026 | 8:25 AM

It's Thursday, April 2nd. Good morning. Sunshine, 8 degrees this afternoon. It's cold right now. Minus 2 feels minus 7 with the wind chill. The dollar 71.87 cents U.S. I'm Stacey Englehart. Welcome to the Easter long weekend. Tomorrow is Good Friday. Some people get tomorrow off. Others won't have to work on Monday. Here's A rundown of what's opened and closed in the Montreal area. Now, everything on Sunday has to be closed under Quebec law, but some businesses are exempt. Grocery stores will be closed on Easter Sunday. The large format grocery stores, some of the smaller ones can stay open. Now, pharmacies will still be open for tomorrow, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, and Easter Monday. Stores that sell booze and weed will not be open Easter Sunday. Banks will be closed Good Friday. Some will also be closed on Easter Monday. Some will open. Government offices closed Good Friday and Easter Monday, including Canada Post. A man convicted of first-degree murder in the 2021 drive-by shooting death of a 15-year-old Montreal girl will return to court today for sentencing. A jury found Salim Tuabi guilty last week and also convicted him on 4 counts of attempted murder. He automatically faces life in prison without the possibility of parole for 25 years. As we've seen gas prices jump over the past month, almost 50 cents, the Conservative Party of Canada's asking Ottawa to drop the federal tax on gas and diesel for the rest of the year. Tory say their plan would save Canadians 25 cents a liter. To pay for it, they suggest cutting the Liberals' wasteful spending on the, quote, gun buyback, bureaucracy, consultants, and foreign aid. And the crew of the Artemis 2 moon mission racing around the earth this morning at nearly 3,700 kilometers an hour as they prepare for their first full day in space. London astronaut Jeremy Hansen is serving his mission on the 10-day adventure. At some point, they're going to move the capsule out of orbit and put it on a path to loop around the moon before returning back home. Light 1067 Sports NHL last night. Only three games were played. Vancouver beat Colorado. San Jose and LA were both winners. Montreal has a road game against the Rangers tonight at 7. PWHL Montreal blank Vancouver 3-0. Baseball yesterday. The Jays lost to Colorado 2-1 in 10 innings and start up a weekend Rd. series against the White Sox tomorrow at 2. And in the NBA yesterday, the Raptors lost to Sacramento 123-115. They're in Memphis tomorrow at Light 1067 weather, sunshine today, high of 8 degrees. Tonight, rain, windy, three. Tomorrow, rain, windy and 18. Saturday, cloudy and eight. Easter Sunday, rain, windy and 11. Right now, it's minus 2. From the Light 1067 News Center, I'm Stacey Englehart.