By Murray Sherriffs
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Premier Legault says that special legislation will be introduced tomorrow, to break the talks-deadlock with doctors, to …“change their method of remuneration” and “end their pressure tactics”, claiming the bill is not aimed “…against doctors, we are doing this for Quebecers.”
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Premier Legault has digested the SOM poll, showing that he has fallen into disfavour with the electorate (74%) but insists that he will lead the CAQ into the next election. The poll has 31% of respondents believing that the premier should leave before the next election; 43% wanting him to step aside after finishing his term; and 16% saying that he should run again.
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The lawyer for a Quebec Liberal MP who won her riding in Terrebonne has argued that it would be unfair to voters to cancel the result over one uncounted ballot and that calling another election would be “unreasonable” and disenfranchise the tens of thousands of people who cast ballots.
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Quebec’s Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette will now work to get Québec Solidaire to team up with the government on a proposed Quebec constitution, after winning support from the other two opposition parties.
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Pointe Claire Mayor Tim Thomas plans to appeal a municipal ethics ruling that he violated the city’s code of conduct by using a city vehicle to travel between work and home.
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Kanesatake resident Kanme Montour says people should get educated about the Mohawk culture, after being demeaned by an employee at Costco Laval, who asked pejorative questions about how he wore his hair, a traditional braid as a proud reminder of his Kanien’kehá:ka culture.
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Bus drivers, subway operators, station attendants and drivers at the Société de transport de Montréal will be on strike on November 1, 8 and 9, in an effort to get a new contract.
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The Quebec government will equip road inspectors with sidearms, admitting that they face danger on their jobs ensuring that Quebec tractor-trailer trucks are safe to operate.
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The Big O ring has been removed as part of an $870 million project to replace the Olympic Stadium’s roof.
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A class action lawsuit has been filed in Quebec, naming Gameloft, Bandai, Nintendo, Microsoft and Montreal-based Ubisoft, claiming that their games gather children’s data without parental consent.
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A new type of blood test has been developed that can detect multiple cancers earlier Researchers in California say that a multi-cancer early detection test called Galleri has detected 50 types of the disease in an analysis of 23,161 participants, 50 years of age and older in Canada and the United States, who did not have any symptoms. They underwent standard screenings recommended by the US Preventive Services Task Force for breast, cervical, colorectal and lung cancers. The researchers compared the standard screenings alone to the standard screenings plus the Galleri blood test. Of the more than 23,000 people, the Galleri test detected a cancer signal in 216 of them, 133 of whom were confirmed to have the disease. That means there was a 61.6% chance that someone with a positive Galleri test had cancer. The results showed that three-quarters of the cancers identified in the trial group do not currently have standard screening options in the United States.
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Habs 2 Calgary 1 (OT)
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Showers / 10 today
Sun / cloud 9 tomorrow
