By Murray Sherriffs
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The Quebec government has tabled a draft Constitution that it says will protect the core values Quebecers hold dear; that even though Quebec has chosen to remain part of Canada, “…we must assert its distinct national character” to ensure Quebec’s culture and language that are threatened in North America and the government must ensure its survival for future generations.
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There are renewed calls for tougher rules to prevent dog attacks following an attack on a 45-year-old Montreal woman in St Leonard that put her in hospital with serious injuries.
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Montreal police are looking into the shooting of a man in his 30s who was dropped off at the Royal Victoria Hospital yesterday.
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In raids conducted on properties owned by murdered crime boss Charalambos Theologou, seven years ago, police found thousands of dollars in cash, a bulletproof vest and financial records that showed he was involved in crime and records that revealed who owed him money, nicknames, the names of Montreal-area restaurants being extorted and revelations that he headed up a prominent, active drug-trafficking network.
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The union representing Canada Post employees will switch tactics, from a countrywide strike to rotating strikes, beginning tomorrow.
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Homelessness has been debated by candidates from three of Montreal’s political parties in an event last night organized by the Movement to End Homelessness in Montreal with Robert Beaudry of Projet Montréal, Benoit Langevin of Ensemble Montréal, and Craig Sauvé, leader of Transition Montréal, offering their solutions of the following topics: homelessness prevention, emergency services, housing, transitional accommodation, social inclusion and the criminalization of the homeless.
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Revelations contained in a Noovo Info report about what’s going on at schools operated by the Mission de l’Esprit-Saint has prompted Quebec Education Minister Sonia LeBel, Public Security Minister Ian Lafrenière and Social Services Minister Lionel Carmant to investigate the “…unacceptable” situation and ensure the safety of children.
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A 24-year-old man is critical condition, after being hit by a train yesterday afternoon in Dorval.
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Longueuil police have arrested two young people known to them for other illegal activities, aged 18 and 15, for pepper-spraying a young girl at a McDonald’s on Curé Poirier Boulevard yesterday morning.
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Researcher Annie Barreck has published her doctoral thesis on work-life balance in the Journal of Transport & Health. She has determined commuting between home and work can interfere with the balance, to the point it can cause psychological distress for workers, particularly if they use public transportation. Cars best protect mental health, well ahead of cycling or walking. She says that the time one spends commuting is a main determining factor; and that the more time that workers spend commuting, the more that they report work-family conflicts and the greater that their mental health is affected and that they display more symptoms of psychological distress: anxiety, loss of interest, frustration, headaches.
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Habs beat Detroit 5-1
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Sun 16 today
Sun / 19 tomorrow / Sunday
