NewsBrief (14.8.2026)

By Murray Sherriffs

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A 16-year-old boy who worked as a day camp employee has been charged with sexually assaulting three children last month at a camp in Ahuntsic–Cartierville: sexual assault, sexual contact, voyeurism as well as production and possession distribution of child sexual abuse and exploitation material.

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Quebec politicians are expressing outrage over the death of a four-year-old boy in the Nunavik village of Ivujivik; that the youngster was denied medical treatment after his mom and dad brought him to the local clinic several times for stomach pains.

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Premier Fréchette has met with Quebec business leaders for a roundtable discussion in Montreal, to talk about the 50 per cent tariffs that will be imposed on hundreds of Canadian goods by the U.S. next week.

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A construction worker who was on-the-job training when she fell from a ladder a year ago and the Commission des Normes de l’équité de la Santé et de la Sécurité du Travail says that she was helping repair the roof at the Notre Dame des Anges boarding school in Montreal.

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Urgences Santé has launched a project to provide medication for people, allowing paramedics to provide naloxone to people suspected of experiencing opioid intoxication.

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Montreal police are removing a fixed camera from a lamp post on Henri Bourassa in Rivière des Prairies, part of a widening network of AI-powered tools that track vehicles and residents, which has raised questions about public transparency and privacy rights.

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A 17-year-old boy has been charged with attempted murder in the knife attack on another teen in LaSalle earlier this week.

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Inmates in Quebec’s correctional facilities will soon be wearing uniforms and face stricter disciplinary measures, in an effort to “…enhance security in detention facilities”.

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