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A former Notre-Dame-de-Grâce resident accused of driving while impaired when the pickup truck belonging to NHL player Zack Kassian crashed into a tree five years ago was informed Monday that she will have to wait even longer for a decision in her case.

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Alison De Courcy Ireland, 25, who now resides in New Brunswick, was not required to be at the Montreal courthouse where her case was postponed to a date in March — and even that is only scheduled to be a formality hearing.

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She has been waiting nearly two years for a decision. She is alleged to have been impaired while she was behind the wheel of Kassian’s Ford F150 when it crashed into a tree in the Côte-Des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-De-Grâce borough on Oct. 4, 2015. Kassian, who had just joined the Canadiens, was inside the truck along with one of De Courcy Ireland’s friends.

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Quebec Court Judge Denis Mondor, the first judge to hear her trial, was scheduled to deliver his decision on May 3, 2019, after he finished hearing evidence on Feb. 7, 2019. Months later, he later agreed to delay the decision after being advised that De Courcy Ireland was pregnant.

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Then, in May last year, she was informed that Mondor was unable to deliver his decision for health reasons and a second trial was ordered.

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Three months ago, in an abbreviated version of the first trial, Quebec Court Judge Christian Tremblay was presented with a series of admissions and transcripts of arguments lawyers made the first time around.

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No reason was mentioned in court on Monday when De Courcy Ireland’s case was pushed back for the seventh time since 2019. But according to sources, Tremblay is also suffering from a health problem and is currently unable to deliver a decision.

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“The client is very disappointed,” defence attorney Andrew Barbacki said on Monday. He declined to comment any further.

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The following is a timeline of the case and Zack Kassian’s very brief time with the Canadiens:

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July 1, 2015: The Montreal Canadiens trade fan favourite Brandon Prust to the Vancouver Canucks in exchange for Kassian and a draft pick. Despite his past history with drugs and alcohol the Habs gambled and hoped they had acquired a much needed power forward. Veteran Montreal Gazette sports reporter Pat Hickey referred to Kassian as a “potential migraine” in his article about the trade.

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Oct. 4, 2015: After Kassian showed promise in preseason training, Twitter exploded with images of Kassian’s damaged truck after it crashed into a tree on Clanranald Ave., near Côte-St-Luc Rd. As would later be revealed in court, Kassian broke his left foot and his nose in the crash.

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Oct. 5, 2015: The National Hockey League and NHL Players Association suspend Kassian without pay and he is placed in their joint substance abuse program.

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Dec. 28, 2015:The Canadiens trade Kassian to the Edmonton Oilers for goaltender Ben Scrivens. Kassian never played a regular season game for the Habs. He is expected to play when the Oilers play the Canadiens Monday night.

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