By Murray Sherriffs
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A 31-year-old construction worker has died in a fall from a ladder at a construction site in Rosemont, as she helped repair a roof on a school.
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The Mohawk Council of Kahnawà:ke is thinking about imposing tolls on vehicles passing through Mohawk territory, in response to federal budget cuts that could cut 15% of Indigenous Services Canada’s budget over the coming three years.
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The operator of a drone, trying to ferry prohibited items to inmates of the jail in Saint Jérôme, has been arrested.
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Police in Blainville have arrested Thanh-Tung Vana, on a suspicion he drugged several coworkers without their knowledge, causing them dizziness, blurred vision, and overall weakness.
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Nine people have been hospitalized and 52 people have been sickened (39 in Quebec) and Canada’s public health agency says it is because they consumed pistachios products.
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Karl Malenfant, the former IT boss with the SAAQ says that the Gallant hearings into the launch of the SAAQclic mess, are constructing “a narrative” that does not reflect the real story.
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Organizers for the upcoming Montreal Pride parade have reversed a decision to ban a radical Jewish LBGTQ+ group from taking part, with Fierté Montréal saying “all communities” are now welcome during the 11-day festival, even Ga’ava that says pro-Palestinian groups who disrupted last year’s Toronto parade are “pro-terror.”
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Bernard Truong, head of the board of directors of Fierté Montréal has quit, citing the organization’s position on the Israel-Palestinian conflict; “…we’re already in a damned-if-you do or don’t-situation, no longer neutral and that makes me feel extremely uncomfortable.”
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How many kilometres or miles are on your car?
The Toyota Tercel owned by Andy Campbell has 1,253,070 kilometers; three times the distance to the moon, enough kilometres to drive around the Earth 31 times.
When the odometer turned over at 999,999 kilometres to 000,000 kilometres in September 2017, he pulled over to take pictures.
Campbell bought the ’85 Tercel in Halifax around 1990, paying $2,500 for the car which had 125,000 kilometres.
It was his daily driver, putting on about 120 kilometres a day, driving from his home in Wyses Corner, N.S., to Halifax and back, each day of his working life.
He’s retired now and uses it scoot about the Maritimes and Newfoundland.
Over the years, nearly everything on the vehicle has been replaced or repaired (he does his own work) and Campbell says that the only original part is the body, but has been Bondo’ed here and there.
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