ID ); $exclude_types = array( '' ); $exclude_types = apply_filters( 'eat_exclude_types', $exclude_types ); // do nothing if the post has already a featured image set if ( $already_has_thumb ) { return; } // do the job if the post is not from an excluded type if ( ! in_array( $post_type, $exclude_types ) ) { // get first attached image $img = rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ); $attachment_id = attachment_url_to_postid( $img ); if ( $attachment_id ) { // add attachment ID add_post_meta( $post->ID, '_thumbnail_id', $attachment_id, true ); } } } // set featured image before post is displayed (for old posts) add_action( 'the_post', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); // hooks added to set the thumbnail when publishing too add_action( 'new_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'draft_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'pending_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); add_action( 'future_to_publish', 'rv_auto_featured_image_add_thumbnail' ); function rv_auto_featured_image_catch_that_image( $post ) { // Find the images in the post_content. $output = preg_match_all( '//i', $post->post_content, $matches ); $first_img = isset( $matches[1][0] ) ? $matches[1][0]:''; // if no images found, do nothing if ( empty ( $first_img ) ) { return false; } return $first_img; } } Quebec Replaces Digital Technology Minister Who Resigned Over Auto Board Scandal – BCI 24 News Network
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Quebec Replaces Digital Technology Minister Who Resigned Over Auto Board Scandal

28 February 2025 7:20 PM
BCI 24 News Network

Quebec’s premier has replaced his cybersecurity and digital technology minister after a scandal with the auto insurance board’s online platform forced the resignation of Éric Caire.
Premier François Legault today named backbencher Gilles Bélanger as Caire’s replacement, after an explosive report last week revealed cost overruns of at least $500 million in the creation of the online platform.
Bélanger, first elected in the Orford riding in 2018, has been legislature assistant to Legault and to the finance minister, and was notably responsible for the deployment of high-speed internet in rural areas.
Caire resigned on Thursday, saying he had become a distraction to the government but maintaining that he had been kept in the dark about the cost overruns….