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A Sunwing Flight Guy vs. Balarama Holness MMA Fight Might Actually Happen

You might soon be able to watch Sunwing Flight guy James William Awad and ex-Montreal mayoral candidate Balarama Holness fight each other.

Awad has accepted an offer from Holness to compete in a five-round MMA match. Holness challenged Awad to wager $50,000 plus his media presence. "If Balarama Wins, Awad has to be quiet," Holness' team said in a statement shared with MTL Blog.

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Balarama Holness Challenged The Sunwing Party Flight Guy To An MMA Fight To Shut Him Up

In a story that just keeps getting delightfully weirder, ex-Montreal mayoral candidate and Mouvement Montréal leader Balarama Holness has challenged Sunwing Party flight guy James William Awad to a five-round MMA fight.

Asked by MTL Blog if this was an April Fool's joke, Holness replied, "no it is not. 100% serious." So this is where we're at now.

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Quebec Sunwing Flight Organizer James William Awad Insists Partiers Won't Pay Their Fines

As of March 28, the Government of Canada has issued a total of 24 fines to passengers aboard the December 30 Quebec Sunwing flight to Cancun. The chartered flight made international headlines after videos from the cabin showed passengers, including local influencers and celebrities, partying maskless in their seats and the aisle.

But as Transport Canada continues its crackdown, James William Awad, the flamboyant and enigmatic flight organizer, says passengers have no plans to pay penalties. Instead, they aim to challenge them.

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Quebec Sunwing Flight Influencers Face New Fines

The federal government is not done holding the Sunwing partiers accountable for flouting health guidelines on a flight from Montreal to Mexico during the fifth wave of the pandemic.

A dozen more tickets were issued today — seven for not following vaccine regulations, and five for not wearing a mask during the trip.

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More Quebec Sunwing Flight 'Ostrogoths' Got Fines From The Federal Government

Members of the infamous Quebec Sunwing flight to Cancún continue to face consequences for their mile-high party. On Monday, the federal Minister of Transport, Omar Alghabra, announced authorities had issued six new penalties to flight passengers. That's in addition to the six fines that went out at the beginning of March.

All six of the earlier fines went to individuals who were not fully vaccinated before boarding the charter flight to Mexico, despite federal vaccination rules for airline passengers.

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Transport Canada Fined 6 Quebec Sunwing Flight Passengers As Much As $5,000 Each

As an investigation continues, Transport Canada announced it has issued penalties to six passengers aboard the now-infamous Quebec Sunwing flight to Cancun on December 30. The penalties could carry fines as high as $5,000.

Minister of Transport Omar Alghabra said the six people were not fully vaccinated when they boarded the charter flight despite a federal vaccination requirement for air travellers.

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The Sunwing Party Flight Vaper Revealed How Much She Earned On OnlyFans In One Month

Time has passed since images of a party on a Sunwing flight to Mexico rocked the Internet — perhaps best encapsulated by that iconic photo of a woman in sunglasses vaping on the plane. Between frequent headlines about organizer James William Awad, public apologies and poutine inspired by the affair, the Quebec influencers involved racked up a lot of online attention.

For the vaping woman, Vanessa Sicotte, this has also meant racking up big bucks on OnlyFans. In an Instagram story, Sicotte revealed how much money she made in her first month on the popular content-sharing platform that most people use for adult content.

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La Belle Et La Boeuf Is Advertising A Joke 'Influencer Burger' & It Looks Like Regret

Those Quebec influencers now apparently scrambling to get out of Mexico have captured the minds, bitter hearts and now, even stomachs of their fellow citizens. On Wednesday, local burger chain La Belle et La Boeuf capitalized on the cultural frenzy ignited by that fateful flight to Cancun by jokingly advertising a fake new "Influencer Burger Tulum" complete with "gros jambon, gros piment, gros sans dessein" and "gros Ostrogoth."

In French, if you don't know, a "gros jambon" can mean a "big idiot." As can "gros piment."

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