By Murray Sherriffs
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Montreal Mayor-elect Soraya Martinez Ferrada has called for an emergency meeting with the head of the city’s transportation system and the city’s manager, telling reporters that preventing future STM strikes is her top priority.
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Martinez Ferrada says she is not in favor of legislation to end a strike: that “…we must respect workers’ right to negotiate.” The union representing striking maintenance workers at the STM is asking Mayor-elect Martinez Ferrada to get involved in the strike by maintenance workers and also says it has no intention of playing nice with the system’s bosses because managers have offered nothing new. The head of the union representing striking STM maintenance workers says talks have stopped because of disagreement over salaries and the city’s insistence that it use sub-contractors for some maintenance tasks.
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It has been nearly two weeks since Bill 2 was passed by the Legault government and Quebec’s health authority (Santé Québec) has still not made comment about the doctor crisis that has resulted with spokeswoman Catherine Brousseau saying, “…we want to take the time to fully understand its scope and hear from the field as well.”
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Nathalie Sinclair-Desgagné, the Bloc Québécois candidate who lost by one vote in Terrebonne, is taking her case to Canada’s Supreme court after the Quebec Superior court ruled she had no case, in the face of an error by Elections Canada.
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A 17-year-old Montreal girl whom the prosecution said is “…completely indifferent to human life” and embraces the gangster lifestyle is looking at another 10-year sentence for her role in the 2023 murder of a 16-year-old West Island boy, whose body was dumped in a field in St. Zotique.
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Montreal police are looking at surveillance cameras in the area of a second arson attack on a duplex on Girouard near St. Jacques in Notre Dame de Grâce.
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A 43-year-old woman is in critical condition, after being hit by a car in Lasalle on Lise Street and Newman.
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76% of Quebecers have told Leger pollsters that there should be free access to contraception and Québec Solidaire is urging the Legault government to adopt the measure to make it financially easier on Quebecers.
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The Montreal Symphony Orchestra has linked with Médecins francophones du Canada to give each patient a prescription of two free tickets to the orchestra, because music is good for the soul. Montreal physicians will prescribe concert tickets to patients because music therapy calms people down, makes people feel good and helps to deal with stress, according to cardiologist Dr. Christopher Labos.
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Speaking of…AC/DC is coming to Montreal. The veteran Aussie rockers will play Parc Jean Drapeau September 21. The gang will also play Toronto, Edmonton and Vancouver. Tickets go on sale Friday at 10A, at livenation.com .
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Flyers / Habs 7 p.m.
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Cloud / sun / 10 today
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