By Murray Sherriffs
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The Quebec government has fired SAAQ president / CEO Eric Ducharme, appointed 2 years ago to restore order to the board, in crisis since the rollout of SAAQclic.
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Quebec will not accept new sponsorship applications from residents who want to sponsor spouses / common-law partners / adult children until next year, citing the cap for family reunification sponsorship.
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Canada Border Services says the number of asylum seekers entering Quebec at Lacolle has doubled this year, but overall requests are down.
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Standing outside with reporters outside of the Montreal courthouse, Just for Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon claims he has been treated like a pariah since being accused by several women of sexual assault; regrets not “writing cheques” to the women several years ago (choosing to go to court) but adding the women have formed a coalition against him to get money; that his life is ruined; his company lost; that he is a symbol of the #MeToo movement; the judge is under “colossal media pressure” as she reviews evidence.
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Montreal police are investigating a homicide of a man in his 20s in Anjou after receiving 911 calls about gunshots in a home on des Ormeaux near Georges Avenue.
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Quebec’s Transportation Ministry will not dismantle the homeless encampment on Notre-Dame, honoring yet another injunction preventing any action until July 10.
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A Longueuil man, Stéphane Thalès is suing the American funeral services company SCI and La Maison Darche in Longueuil, for cremating his mother without authorization 9 years ago, alleging undue pressure, gross negligence, abuse of power and violations of rights”
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Quebecer, 36 year old Jia Hua Liu, 36, has been arrested in the US for allegedly defrauding several seniors of more than $400,000.
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Two biomarkers identified by researchers at Laval University could lead to improved management of chronic musculoskeletal pain.
Professor Clermont Dionne’s team found the presence of acrylamide and cadmium in the body increased the risk of CMP.
It causes a lot of disability, ”…even if patients eventually recover within a few weeks, the pain will come back.”
Acrylamide and cadmium are toxic compounds found in cigarette smoke, in food and other products that people can be exposed to daily.
Researchers believe their accumulation in the body can influence the nervous system and contribute to chronic pain.
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The CFL has suspended B.C. Lions defensive lineman Kemoko Turay for one game following a post-game altercation with Montreal defensive lineman Isaac Adeyemi-Berglund.
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Showers / thunderstorms / 27 today
Cloud, sun / 29 tomorrow
