By Murray Sherriffs
Montreal police have met with Fierté Montréal’s executive producer, assuring him that security measures will be in place for Montreal Pride, a concern centering around what happened in Germany a few days ago, when Berlin Pride was attacked by a terrorist who drove a van into a crowd and attacked people with a machete, injuring 29 people.
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A 53-year-old Montreal man has been stabbed in a fight in Côte des Neiges, near the intersection of Van Horne and Victoria.
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A man has been murdered in Huntingdon; the Sûreté du Québec has arrested a man in his 30s.
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A stretch of Route 74 leading to Interstate 87, in Ticonderoga, New York, has been dedicated to nine-year-old Melina Frattolin, allegedly murdered by her father.
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Montrealers have until August 27 to claim their share of the $4.75 million class-action lawsuit approved by the Quebec Superior Court, involving the drug Rexulti produced by Otsuka Canada Pharmaceutical and Lundbeck Canada and its claim that it could help people with schizophrenia and depression, some of whom developed compulsive behaviours or impulse-control disorders such as gambling, shopping and binge-eating.
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A truck driver carrying refrigerated liquid carbon dioxide, caught on video reversing on Highway 20, after missing the St. Mathieu de Belœil road safety checkpoint on the South Shore, has been fined $1,600 and four demerit points by SAAQ Contrôle Routier officers.
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Chrtstian Brothers with the Institut des Frères de Notre Dame de Miséricorde are been named as serial sex abusers of boys entrusted to their care at the Institut St. Jean Baptiste, a school in Lac Sergent, near Quebec City.
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Quebec doctors are reporting a surge in eating disorders among young people that happens in the summer, because lighter clothing reveals what winter clothing can hide—extra weight—and pressures them to go after a beach body.
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Showers / 28º today
Showers / 25º tomorrow
