By Murray Sherriffs
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Many questions are left to be answered following the recovery of 3 year old Claire Bell near St. Albert, Ontario, following her disappearance last Sunday in Lasalle.
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The youngster’s family members have travelled to be with her, including dad who wrote on social media, ”…she has been found!!! Thank you to everyone. Please allow me and my family to take this time with our girl.”
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Her 34-year-old mother remains in jail, preparing another court appearance for bail tomorrow but the Crown doesn’t want her released, citing the seriousness of what happened, risks to public safety and the potential of hurting the investigation.
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Police have revealed tips from the public and witnesses were instrumental in helping find Claire.
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The search for the child took a major step forward yesterday with investigators able to establish the girl and her mother were spotted together in the Casselman / St. Albert area on Sunday, at around 2P, which narrowed the timeframe considerably, as investigators had been working off information the child was last seen alive at her home in LaSalle and narrowed the location of the mother’s vehicle, which would have been on the road (likely on highways 417, 40, 30 and 20) — between 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. to get from the Ontario communities to Coteau-du-Lac, where the mother showed up without her daughter, saying she was missing.
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There has been no application made for a psychiatric evaluation of the mother to assess mental stability and her ability to stand trial, either from the judge, Crown or her lawyer.
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Premier Legault; ”..I would like to extend my heartfelt thanks to all the police officers, from the Surete du Quebec and their partners, who worked tirelessly to find her, as well as to their colleagues at the Ontario Provincial Police, and I want to acknowledge the contribution of all those who provided information to the police, enabling them to find the little girl alive.”
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Quebec’s corruption police are searching the headquarters of the SAAQ as the scandal over the botched rollout of its new online platform is investigate by the Gallant Commission.
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An agreement in principle has been reached between the Alliance syndicale de la construction and the Association des professionnels de la construction et de l’habitation du Québec, ending residential construction work stoppage.
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Premier Legault has admitted disappointment that the popularity of his government has waned as revealed in a recent polling, but says the numbers inspire him to keep trying.
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In the face of negative reaction, Education Minister Bernard Drainville is defending Quebec’s decision to slash education funding by $570 million.
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English school boards and French school service centres warn the provincial cuts will directly affect elementary and high school students.
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Food bank leaders and food insecurity advocates have gathered in Montreal for the first-ever ‘Food Insecurity Summit’, where hundreds of representatives from across the country prepare to find solutions.
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A group of residents from the Plateau is seeking permission to launch a class action lawsuit against several government bodies, citing a lack of effective solutions for addressing the homeless crisis in the neighborhood, seeking damages of $25,000 per person, claiming “cohabitation issues” in the Milton-Parc / Devonshire areas, near Hôtel-Dieu, which operates a shelter.
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51 year old Scott Shein from Laval and 52 year old John Papadimitriou of Saint-Eustache are facing 17 charges of smuggling prohibited guns from the United States.
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The lawyer for Steve Gagnon, charged with murdering 3 people by driving his truck into them in Ambui, Quebec says it was an accident caused by the accused reaching down for a e-cigarette, but also admits Gagnon drove onto the sidewalk in 5 different locations but points out 2 of the locations had no pedestrians present.
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A man from Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is facing charges after pointing a firearm at another motorist in St. Constant.
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Quebec’s public security minister says transgender inmates will serve their time based on their anatomical sex, not gender identity.
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