By Murray Sherriffs
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The Montreal father of nine-year-old Melina Frattolin has been charged with second-degree murder, after the child’s body was found under a log by New York State Police in Ticonderoga, and 45-year-old Luciano Frattolin will next appear in court next, on Friday.
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29-year-old Oumaima Chouay, the Montreal-area woman who left Canada eleven years ago to join ISIS has been sentenced to a day in jail and 3 years probation after pleading guilty to one count of participating in the activities of a terrorist group, and must also take part in deprogramming therapy and avoid direct or indirect contact with extremists.
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The deadline for some private seniors’ homes in Quebec to install improved security systems has passed and still more than half of them have not complied.
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At the first day of the Council of the Federation in Ontario, Premier Legault has told the federal government that it must it must pursue a tariff deal President Trump by August 1st and allow predictability for the economy, but never compromise on “key sectors” for Quebec.
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Julie White, head of the Quebec Manufacturers and Exporters, says the decline in the number of temporary foreign workers is worrisome for the manufacturing sector that fears a “catastrophic autumn” for the workers and businesses because “…it’s really one minute to midnight as people are starting to leave” because they don’t know if they are going to have a job and is pushing Prime Minister Carney to grant grandfathering rights to workers already in Canada.
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A Quebec Superior Court judge has granted yet another injunction that prevents people living in tents on Notre Dame street in Montreal from being evicted until August 27.
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52-year-old Martin Charest has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of fellow inmate, serial killer Robert Pickton in Quebec’s Port-Cartier maximum security prison.
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Montreal police have arrested a 23-year-old man who stabbed two people at the corner of Atwater and Delisle, near the Lionel-Groulx Metro station.
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A genetic test may one day predict a child’s risk of obesity in adulthood.
Certain genetic variants can affect how a person’s body stores fat or make them more prone to overeating.
Genetic variation can also predict how well a person responds to weight loss drugs. In a study in the journal Nature Medicine, more than 600 researchers from around the world compiled genetic data from more than five million people.
They used genetic data from 23andMe.
They were able to create a polygenic risk score, which takes into account which genetic variants a person has that have been linked to a higher BMI in adulthood.
The score can be used to predict a youngster’s risk of obesity as an adult, as early as the age of five.
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