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MONTREAL Tyler Toffoli’s 25th goal of the season was just enough to get the Montreal Canadiens over the line and likely into the playoffs with a 2-1 win over the Calgary Flames. The hockey gods showed a sense of humour late last night to sum up the Habs goal-scoring futility against the Flames. With Calgary goaltender Jakob Markstrom on the bench for the extra attacker, the Habs had multiple chances to kill the game off. Through a combination of inaccuracy and Flames blocks at least five shots somehow didn’t find the back of the net. Even that was a struggle.
GOVERNMENT plans to place undercover police officers in bars and nightclubs have been slammed as a knee-jerk reaction . The scheme was among several immediate measures discussed at a meeting of the crime and justice taskforce this week, chaired by Boris Johnson, to protect women following the death of Sarah Everard. The programme would see uniformed and plain clothes officers seek to actively identify predatory and suspicious offenders. Dubbed Project Vigilant , the programme can involve officers attending areas around clubs and bars undercover, along with increased police patrols as people leave at closing time. Other steps unveiled by Downing Street include a doubling of the Safer Streets fund - which provides neighbourhood measures such as better lighting and CCTV - to £45 million.
Erin O Toole, question mark
Paul Wells: The Conservative leader can only be sure of having one shot, and people in his party are still not sure what that shot will look like O Toole holds a press conference on Parliament Hill on March 2, 2021 (Sean Kilpatrick/CP)
The good news for Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole, as an election looms more or less ominously, is that winners often look like losers before they win. In July 2005 I attended a dinner at the Calgary Stampede with assorted federal Conservatives. “Stephen Harper has earned the right to run one more campaign,” one said mournfully. “We’ll do our best and then pick up the pieces.” Seven months later Harper was Prime Minister.