Three years in prison at a couple of abusers

Gilles Charron has used her son, accompanied by her husband, Arthur-Michel Roy, as "sex slaves" for nearly three years, deplored the judge Rousseau. Gilles Charron, 52 years old, and her husband, Arthur-Michel Roy, 61, of Quebec, were sentenced to three years in prison yesterday for using the son of the first as "sex slave" when he was teenager.
"Suffer in silence is not obvious" Judge Pierre Rousseau said that Cédric Charron was "the center of the couple's sexual activities during nearly three years between 1994 and 1996, when he was between 15 and 17 years. Although her husband offenses are more numerous, "the fault of the father is even more serious because it was up to him to protect his son. Cédric Charron took great courage to denounce it to free itself from its trauma and its torments, "said the magistrate. Having now 29 years old and himself a father of three children, Cedric Charron entered into the armed forces of its majority, where he had to attend therapy for problems with aggression and anxiety. "The attacks still reverberate on her married life," said the judge. However, the accused, while pleading guilty, continue to "minimize their gestures and trivialize the serious consequences for the victim." Their capacity for empathy for the victim is "poor" because they believe these sex (including "three trips each week and a painful anal attempt relationship by his own father) were" consensual ". Risk of recurrence In addition, the risk of recurrence is "undeniable" because neither one nor the other is a good candidate for therapy with the lack of recognition of the problem of sexual deviance, according to the judge. Gilles Michel Charron and Arthur Roy pleaded that they had themselves been sexually abused during their childhood. Their names appear on the National Register of sex offenders during the next decade and fill their DNA genetic data banks available to law enforcement.

Guy Lafleur requested that his trial be stopped before they begin

Guy Lafleur was shocked to be accused of obstruction of justice in January 2008, but to learn that a warrant of arrest was issued against him, as if he were a criminal, has literally reported sick, and his wife. "I do not know anyone who receives a warrant of arrest and not a criminal. I do not consider myself a criminal. It's very difficult to live today," he said Wednesday in its testimony before Judge Claude Parent, the Court of Quebec. Even before the start of the trial itself, his lawyer Louis Belleau requested a stay of proceedings because of abusive behavior deemed the police, the justice of the peace and the Crown Attorney who participated in the issuance of an arrest warrant against the former hockey star. Fearing that the police arrive home unannounced or that journalists face his arrival at the police station, Mr. Lafleur and his lawyer Jean-Pierre Rancourt decided to go to the police investigator, Françoise Fortin, Police Service the city of Montreal. He was right to a search. He was even asked if he had a weapon. He was assured that this was the normal procedure, he reported. "I could not find it normal," he argued. It has not been placed in the cell, but after his arrest he remained in detention fifteen minutes. He was particularly humiliated by telephone from Los Angeles, Florida, Italy, alerted by people in the media titles, including "Lafleur wanted." "They wondered what was happening," he said. Following the testimony of his client, Mr. Rancourt argued that under the Criminal Code issuance of a warrant of arrest is justified in cases where there is reason to believe that the person will abscond, will commit other crimes and we can join easily. Another factor is whether we shall issue a warrant referred as the one Mr. Lafleur has been is that we consider it important and crucial to impose conditions of release. The charges against Mr. Lafleur has to do what he promised in court to take his son Mark at him and see that it respects the curfew, if released . Guy Lafleur admitted thereafter, before another court, he had renewed his son at the hotel twice to allow him to spend the night with a girlfriend. Mark Lafleur was accused of threats, assault, sexual assault on a minor, and drunk driving. The judge then posed a question to Guy Lafleur. "Do you consider that these are serious charges brought against you?" "If I look at it coldly, I think things like that, he regularly goes to court. I can defend myself, what I will do. That is the accusation that surrounds me cause discomfort, "he replied. In the morning, the police Fortin assured that it had sought to ensure that everything is going as quietly as possible and wanted to avoid visiting the homes of Lafleur, Île Bizard, not to draw the attention of neighbors and to protect what Guy Lafleur mean for people. However, she stressed that making false statements before a court is a serious crime punishable by 14 years in prison. As it was expected that Guy Lafleur testifies again, always in the back of his son Mark, the Crown wanted to prevent it, accusing, to act again in the same way. In an issue of lawyer Guy Lafleur, the police admitted that the only question asked by the magistrate judge, Gilles Michaud, who authorized the issuance of the warrant of arrest was: "Is this the Guy Lafleur? "

The dance company Marie Chouinard will open the Montreal High Lights Festival

The dance company Marie Chouinard will launch the 10th edition of the Montreal High Lights Festival with his latest creation, "Orpheus and Eurydice." This iconoclastic dance revolves around themes of humor and sexuality. Fourteen dancers will be on stage to explore the visceral sources of creation. The movement of their bodies will be accompanied by breath, yells, vowels and consonants to form the "dancing demon". The announcement was made Wednesday by the team Spectra under the unveiling of the programming of the cultural component of the festival which runs from February 19 to March 1. Two weeks ago, organizers were forced to cancel due to lack of subsidies, two operas by François Girard, which were originally scheduled to start the festivities. "Flight of Lindbergh" and "Seven Deadly Sins", produced by the Opera de Lyon, were presented in France, the United Kingdom and New Zealand, but never in Canada. The budget of one million dollars required to submit two works should be equally funded by ticket sales and public and private funds. "The context does not allow us to complete the financing and did not want to do deficit, said in an interview Michel Labrecque, president and CEO of the Montreal High Lights Festival. The programming team has therefore proposed to Marie Chouinard to present the choreography she had to submit to Japan in opening the festival. " Paris to honor The cultural component of this 10th edition of the Montreal winter festival will honor Paris. The honorary chairmanship of the section devoted to the performing arts was given to the author Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt. It showed on stage with actor Benoît McGinnis and Chamber Orchestra I Musici to read extracts from his autobiography "My life with Mozart." Later music, programming includes the show "Mutantes" by Pierre Lapointe, a tribute to Leo Ferre and the concert "French" from the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. The circus arts also punctuate this anniversary edition of the Montreal High Lights Festival with, the show "La Vie" of the troupe The 7 fingers and a selection of the best numbers of the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain. In humor, French Guy Bedos give its first performance in Montreal. The show "Paris I" close this anniversary edition of the Montreal High Lights Festival. Artists will sing French and Quebec City in light staged by Monique Giroux. Tickets for the cultural festival will go on sale Saturday at noon.

Tessier and still meeting Senécal

More than five years after their first collaboration (the thriller On the threshold, released in 2003), director Eric Tessier and author Patrick Senécal team back to 5150, rue des Ormes, another thriller adapted from a novel by Senécal. "We started working on adapting 5150, rue des Ormes immediately after the shooting On the threshold," says Eric Tessier, met yesterday on the set of shooting in a warehouse in Saint-Hubert. "This has been a long, it's screenwriting. It is a very difficult book to adapt. It is a camera, it is written in the third person and there are several stories and dramatic curves at the same time, so we ended up getting lost. We had to write at least 25 or 30 versions of the script! " 5150, rue des Ormes is the first novel by Patrick Senécal, author of On the threshold and also Vacuum, and Aliss of Seven Days of retaliation-including one conducted by Podz adaptation is also now being shot. Like On the threshold and The Seven Days of retaliation is Senécal himself who wrote the screenplay for the adaptation. "5150, rue des Ormes is the third adaptation of one of my novels that I do and I must admit that it has been the most difficult to write, confirms Senécal. C'a taken four and a half years and it has been four and a half years of Gossage. " Produced by Cirrus Communications (CRAZY, The Banquet) with a budget of $ 4.3 million, 5150 ... features Normand D'Amour, Marc-Andre Grondin, Sonia Vachon and Mylène St-Sauveur. Return Grondin 5150, rue des Ormes therefore tells the story of Yannick Bérubé, a young man (Marc-Andre Grondin) that, following a fall in cycling, will seek help to the wrong address: the 5150 Street des Ormes. This innocuous house located at the end of a quiet side street is home to Beaulieu, a family worrying conducted with an iron hand by Jacques Beaulieu (Normand D'Amour), a taxi driver who turns into violent vigilante by night. "Jacques is a kind of Dexter, stresses Normand D'Amour. The day he is a taxi driver and night, it kills non-righteous, ie pedophiles and rapists. Yannick is not one, but he had the misfortune of alarm at the wrong door and having seen too much ... " Marc-Andre Grondin, his first film in Quebec since La Belle Bête, three years ago. We know that the actor C.R.A.Z.Y. just turn on blow up three films in France, whose comedy Bouquet final, in which he gives the reply to none other than Gérard Depardieu. "It's fun to turn back home, although I am a little fart face in the film by Normand (D'Amour)" launches Grondin laughs. "It feels good to work with a team in Quebec. I grew up on trays Quebecois, then there is something reassuring about it. "

When a tour to the country said hello

It is a very smiling Mario Pelchat who announced this morning that the project When the country said hello, which he is the originator, will be a tour to Quebec from March 2009. Indeed, under the leadership of Antoine Gratton, the artists who participated in one or other of two albums When the country said hello will meet on stage and try to recreate the atmosphere of these two opus that sold together with 150 000 copies. "All the artists who participated in this project then did so with all their heart and great enthusiasm. For this reason C'a worked, "said Mario Pelchat, the producer of the project. Thus, Marie-Eve Janvier, Jean-François Breau, Etienne Drapeau, The Respectables and Cindy Daniel will be among the artists who, among a dozen per night, will occur on stage to rediscover the public some classics country music like When the sun says hello to the mountains, and a promise If I had a tank. One idea that has come a long way "This crazy idea to pay tribute to country music was born in July 2006. I wanted to meet on disk artists who were not necessarily associated with this genre, but sooner or later would end up flirting with it is part of our musical roots, "said Mario Pelchat. Through the artistic talent of Eloi Painchaud, who was carrying out two opus, Mario Pelchat said he was now very pleased with the success that wins this idea "crazy", which won the second version of Felix 'Country album of the year at the Other ADISQ gala held on October 27 last. "When we launched the first album, we realized that occurs something extraordinary on stage and in the room: it was the party. However, as this was a launch, after playing a few songs, we had to stop, told Mario Pelchat. The same thing was repeated in the launch of the second album and that's when we said it would be really fun to mount a big show and go on tour. " So far, twelve calendar dates included in the tour When the country said hello which among other stops in Montreal, Trois-Rivieres, Granby, Quebec, Gatineau, Drummondville and Brossard. In the coming days, the list of artists participating in each show will be unveiled to the public. Thirty surprise guests, including singer Mario Pelchat, added to those previously confirmed. Tickets for the show to be held in Montreal on March 5 2009, Théâtre Saint-Denis, are already on sale.

Everything about me sooner than expected

What good news a few weeks before Christmas: the third season is all about me, who should arrive on our screens until the 2009-2010 season, will be finally released in January at Radio-Canada. A balm for the fans, quite ill last spring. The broadcaster had chosen to end the series before returning its decision before the outcry. Fans of the work of Stéphane Bourguignon may be fewer than those of bankers, but they value their series and become nasty when the threat of their off! The assembly must still work hard to deliver the series in time. While whereas before I was on tour during the summer, registering the third season had to wait until the fall, so it always turns at this time, just weeks before the CW .

Amy Winehouse back in hospital

Amy Winehouse was again taken to hospital Sunday in London. She reportedly suffered an allergic reaction to a drug, said the spokesman for the singer. Chris Goodman said the singer was admitted to the London Clinic before yesterday to treat an allergic reaction. He did not want to specify the drug involved. Winehouse, 25, knows many setbacks related to drugs and health problems. This year she has made several trips to the hospital.