By Murray Sherriffs
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Quebec’s language police have backed off and will allow ‘Pub Burgundy Lion’ to keep its sign because the word ‘Burgundy’, despite being an English word, is acceptable because it’s a place name and there are exceptions in the charter that allow the use place names that are in English without translating them”. blah.
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A Quebec court judge has overturned most of the sanctions placed on two Montreal police officers, suspended for lying about their interactions with an inmate who died nine years ago, because the officers were not advised to remain silent.
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Quebec’s Court of Appeal says a provincial court judge overstepped his jurisdiction when he ruled part of Quebec’s language law is unconstitutional in the case of a woman charged with criminal negligence causing the death of a cyclist, seeking a trial in English.
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At the end of a CAQ caucus, MNA’s have labelled the meeting constructive, solutions were found, the party is united and Premier Legault proclaiming, “…I consider myself very fortunate to have a wonderful family, a wonderful team of 86 members in all regions of Quebec who have given me all kinds of ideas and we really got down to work, and I felt that they are ready to fight with me.”
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Premier Legault had urged his MNAs to not hold back in telling him what the government is doing wrong, to have created so much voter discontent, following defeat in the Arthabaska byelection.
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CAQ backbench MNAs (22 of them) have confirmed they met privately at the Manoir du Lac-Delage resort in June, to talk about problems plaguing the Legault government; that Premier Leqault was not invited, not even aware it was happening, but has been presented a summary of views expressed.
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With two weeks remaining until school begins, over 41 hundred teaching positions are still not filled.
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Montreal Public Health has confirmed the death of a 3rd person from the extreme heat.
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Quebec’s Wildfire Protection Agency is expected to place Montreal under an extreme fire danger rating this week-end, citing the lack of rain this Summer that has dried out much of the vegetation across southern Quebec.
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Quebec farmers say the lack of rain is affecting their crops.
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Sun / 28 today
Sun / 32 tomorrow
Showers / 24 Sunday
