NewsBrief (8.10.2026)

By Murray Sherriffs

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The Parti Québécois has filed a request for a judicial recount in Vachon riding on the South Shore), where ten votes separated the winner, Quebec Liberal Affine Lwalalika and the PQ’s Stephan Fogaing.

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Quebec Superior Court has been asked to grant an emergency order and force newly elected members to swear an oath of allegiance to the King.

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TALQ—the English-rights group Talking. Advocating. Living in Quebec—is optimistic about the PQ winning power and is looking forward to working with Premier-designate Paul St. Pierre Plamondon.

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Elon Musk said “Good. Quebec should separate,” after hearing the that PQ had won the Quebec vote and said that Alberta and Saskatchewan should leave Canada, too.

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A woman in her 50s, has perished in a fire in a homeless camp in Montreal North, prompting calls for society to step up and protect the homeless, as winter approaches.

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Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer is on Instagram, praising doctors and nurses, following a 13-hour operation to remove a tumour from his brain.

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Quebec Chief Coroner Reno Bernier will not accede to a request of many doctors who want a special public inquiry into the suicides of five physicians this year, preferring to allow the ongoing investigations into suicides to be consolidated and entrusted to coroner Géhane Kamel.

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A Montreal jury has reached an impasse in the trial of yacht captain Pierre Alarie, of Pointe Calumet, who is charged with criminal negligence in the death of a tourist two years ago.

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A truck driver will likely be charged with impaired driving after his big rig slammed into five vehicles stopped at a red light in Sainte Anne de Beaupré.

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Hundreds of demonstrators have held a vigil at McGill University to honor the 1,200+ victims killed in the Hamas attacks on October 7, in 2023, waving Canadian, Israeli and Iranian monarchist flags.

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Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested Israel’s response to the attacks, killing thousands of Palestinians and destroying much of Gaza, according to local health authorities and the United Nations, demanding the “…boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel.”

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Quebec’s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has recalled smoked cooked ham sold by Boucherie Viau: possible Listeria; affected product = regular smoked cooked ham; CUP = 6 46437 75444 6; Lot = 100926JCFR; best before date = October 26, 2020.

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Habs vs Nashville 7 p.m.

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The Habs have recalled goalie Jacob Fowler from the Laval Rocket after Samuel Montembeault was injured in practice yesterday.

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Showers / 17º today

Showers / 13º tomorrow

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