By Murray Sherriffs
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Federal Industry Minister Mélanie Joly is worried about Parti Québécois leader Plamandon’s call for a “closer alignment” with the United States, should Quebec become an independent country; that “…the leader of the PQ wants to give Quebec to Donald Trump, to throw it into the arms” of the American president and “make sure Quebec is weakened in the face of an America that is gaining enormous power and wants to impose its own rules around the world.”
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Premier Legault wants to develop a wind power project in Montmagny, L’Islet, Kamouraska, Rivière-du-Loup and Témiscouata and has signed a deal between Alliance de l’énergie de l’Est and Hydro Québec.
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The Société Québécoise du Cannabis will begin selling cannabis vaping products at the end of this month to “…better fulfil its mission of protecting public health by offering lower-risk products,” while admitting knowing that these products are dangerous but believes that “…the lack of legal supply poses an even greater risk” and its products will comply with all legal requirements.
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A 12-year-old boy who approached police officers at the intersection of Barclay and Victoria, telling them he had been stabbed, is in critical-stable condition and the hunt is on for his attacker.
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A Montreal man is dealing with the trauma of having been attacked by two men armed with bear spray, while the three were negotiating the sale of his cellphone outside his home in Saint Laurent. Police are reviewing imagery from a neighbor’s doorbell camera which recorded video of the attack.
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About 20 people were trapped on a REM elevator yesterday afternoon for more than an hour at the Edouard-Montpetit station.
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Canada’s national public alert system, Alert Ready, will conduct testing across Quebec and Canada today that will see radio, television and wireless devices engaged and allow the system to practise issuing alerts for emergencies such as tornadoes, wildfires and Amber Alerts.
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Quebec households waste $600 a year on food. Half of the waste is caused by people respecting “best before” dates that can be ignored in many cases. Sylvain Charlebois, head of Dalhousie University’s Agri-Food Analytics Lab, says that best-before before doesn’t mean that you toss it, because there is no science to these dates; that food manufacturers label their products when they come off the production line, which does not necessarily correlate to when the food can go bad. The study says 74 per cent of Quebecers rely on the best-before date when deciding if a product is safe to eat. Charlebois says “trust your senses.“ The “Look, Smell, Taste” campaign helps consumers decide when a product is bad. Nicolas Dot of TooGoodToGo.com says that if a product isn’t opened and is stored properly, use your eyes, nose and taste to decide what to do next. Forty-six per cent of all the food produced in Canada is wasted, at every level, from farm to fork. The study revealed that more than half of Quebecers consider the cost of food when deciding whether to eat products past their best-before date. Look for the “Too Good To Go” label to help you decide.
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