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A month after Boston Bruins defenceman Zdeno Chara hit another player, the investigation continues, but police wouldn’t say if Chara will be questioned when he comes into town for playoffs this week.

The Bruins’ general manager said the Montreal authorities have been good and nothing “untoward” will happen.

Chara hit Canadiens player Max Pacioretty on March 8 at the Bell centre, leaving him seriously injured. Pacioretty fractured his fourth cervical vertebra and got a concussion.

The investigation began right after the hit, a day after the National Hockey League decided not to suspend Chara.

You watched it play out on the big screen, and now the lawsuit against Facebook may be over. It was affirmed on Monday by a federal appeals judge that the Winklevoss twins can’t unwind a settlement they signed three years ago.

In national news, Hockey wins over politics ! The debate on French language was moved up to Wednesday April 13th, instead of Thursday April 14th. The consortium organizing the debate wanted to avoid a conflict with the opening playoff game between the Montreal Canadiens and the Boston Bruins for viewers.

Today's news was read and produced by Erica Bridgeman

The stories were written by Erica Fisher, Michael Lemieux and Michael Moore.

NATO is refusing to apologize for mistakenly bombing rebel tanks in eastern Libya. The air strike pounded the rebel forces near the port city Brega, killing at least four people and forcing the rebels to retreat.

On Friday, NATO rear admiral Russell Harding claimed that the coalition forces hadn’t been told that the rebels were operating tanks, which had previously only been used by pro-government forces.

Produced by Dominique Daoust and Melissa Mulligan 

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In sports news, a winter Olympic event that has previously been open to men only will now be welcoming female athletes. Women's ski jumping is among the few new events that will be added to the program at the 2014 winter games in Sochi, Russia.

Among the new events are men's and women's ski halfpipe and mixed relay in biathlon. Team events in luge and figure skating will also be premiering.

Charlie Sheen is looking to cash in on his predilection for coining catch phrases. You've no doubt heard all the troubled star's latest musings. Phrases like “Duh, winning” “vatican assassin” and “tiger blood” have since entered the pop culture lexicon. 

Jacques Chagnon was elected as Quebec’s new national assembly speaker.  In his opening speech he talked about the need to stop the acrimony in the legislature.

A veteran Liberal MNA, Chagnon was elected after Yvon Vallieres stepped down unexpectedly last week.

A Montreal North minor-league hockey coach convicted of sexual abuse is blaming Hockey Quebec for allowing him near children. 55-year-old Gilbert Dubé has been sentenced to five years in jail for sexually abusing four children on his teams.

Dubé was also convicted in 1993 for sexual touching.

He told reporters before his sentence hearing Tuesday that Hockey Quebec should have checked his background before permitting him to coach. Dubé says he's come into contact with over 400 youths during his 20 years of coaching. 

Although he's pleaded guilty to six counts,  Dubé vows he has protected most of the young players.

Quebec’s next speaker of the house could be veteran Liberal MNA Jacques Chagnon. He is to replace the outgoing speaker Yvon Vallières after a secret ballot is held this week.

Vallières resigned, stating that he could no longer cope with the endless unruly debates at Quebec’s legislature. The debates reached a climax last week when Vallières refused to force a Liberal to apologize for a controversial statement. While the Parti Québécois threatened to remove support for Vallières, the Liberals are accusing the PQ of initiating the crisis.

Months after pleading guilty, the teen killers behind Kimberly Proctor’s death in BC were sentenced as adults on Monday. Cameron Moffatt and Kruse Wellwood received life sentences, with no chance of parole for 10 years.

The publication ban on the teens’ identities was lifted at the time of the sentencing.

The judge says because the crime was so brutal, the boys should be jailed as long as possible. He says both teens tried laying the blame on each other, so it’s impossible to sort out the truth.

The teens raped and murdered 16-year-old Proctor in a Victoria home last summer. They were 16 and 17 when they committed the crime.