By Murray Sherriffs
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A Quebec Superior Court judge has okayed a class-action lawsuit against McGill University, the Royal Victoria Hospital and the federal government over psychiatric experiments on behalf of the CIA, that affected hundreds of patients, leaving them with permanent psychological damage. It will allow survivors and their families to seek compensation for alleged “unlawful human experimentation” at Montreal’s Allan Memorial Institute between 1948 and 1964.
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Montreal Pride organizers have barred Ga’ava, a Montreal LGBTQ2+ group affiliated with Toronto’s Centre for Israel and Jewish Affairs from marching in this year’s parade, saying it spreads “…hateful discourse.”
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A criminal case against a Quebec drug trafficking network is at risk because one of the Crown prosecutors on the case has admitted to being intimate with one of the defence lawyers.
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Montreal police arson squad detectives are investigating an arson attack on a vehicle at a home on Pierrefonds boulevard near Louis-Frechette.
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Hydro-Québec is asking for annual rate increases of three per cent for residential customers and 4.8 per cent for commercial and industrial customers over the coming three years.
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Residents, businesses and community organizations in 11 Montreal boroughs can now call 211, when they see conflicts related to the use of public space by homeless people.
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The Institut de la statistique du Québec says the number of Quebecers who don’t have a family doctor is growing, citing a 10% drop from 2019 to 2024.
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Montreal police have arrested three men, suspected in the smash / grab robbery of a jewelry store at Place Vertu mall yesterday afternoon.
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Quebec’s Lion Electric will no longer honour warranties on school buses and trucks sold in the United States as it seeks protection from creditors.
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Quebec is sending 40 of our best to help fight forest fires in Alberta in the coming days.
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Today is the day that the Microsoft Authenticator app will no longer manage passwords.
It will no longer will be able to save and manage passwords and use two-factor authentication or auto-fill.
Microsoft is moving to passkeys.
No more creating a password, a mix of letters, symbols and numbers.
From now on PINs, fingerprint scans, facial recognition or a pattern on your device’s lock screen will be needed to log in.
Experts say that passkeys are safer than passwords.
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