Notorious Quebec hit man wanted to have La Presse journalist killed for $100K

Notorious Quebec hit man wanted to have La Presse journalist killed for $100K

In the past 50 years in Quebec, there have been two notable attempts to kill journalists by members of organized crime: when Jean-Pierre Charbonneau was shot the newsroom of Le Devoir in 1973 and when Michel C. Auger was shot six times

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