By Murray Sherriffs
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Thousands of Montrealers have reacted to an online poll about a Montreal bylaw that would impose big-time fines on bars and music venues, if the noise-level is deemed too loud, with many feeling the financial penalties are too severe ($10,000, first offence; $20,000, if the first message isn’t heeded).
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In yesterday’s heat and humidity, Montreal firefighters had to battle a five-alarm fire in the downtown sector, at the intersection of Sainte Catherine and Towers.
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Montreal firefighters have also fought the good fight in Rosemont, as a fire that began on the roof of a three-storey residential spread elsewhere and has forced 30 families to vacate.
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A Quebec court judge will rule tomorrow on a bail application from three men facing terrorism charges in the Quebec City region with 24-year-old Simon Angers-Audet, 25-year-old Raphaël Lagacé and 24-year-old Marc-Aurèle Chabot facing charges of facilitating a terrorist activity, illegal storage of firearms and possession of explosives and prohibited devices.
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Too many road-crashes in Quebec has seen the Sûreté du Québec to issue a call for motorists to slow down, stop tailgating and relax for the rest of the summer, citing the funerals for 17 people who have been killed so far in the first week of the annual construction holiday period.
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Quebec’s Auditor General is investigating the millions of dollars in subsidies given to the electric battery industry, because several of them are in dire financial straits ( Lion Electric and battery manufacturer Northvolt ).
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Quebec wine sales have risen dramatically, since American alcohol products have been removed from SAQ shelves.
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More than a thousand mathematicians, data scientists and computer engineers are in Montreal for a five-day conference aimed at inspiring students.
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Showers / 26 today
Cloud / sun / 23 tomorrow
