By Murray Sherriffs
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Soraya Martinez Ferrada is Montreal’s new mayor, leading Ensemble Montréal to oust the left-leaning Projet Montréal government hitherto led by Valérie Plante. In her victory speech last night, Martinez Ferrada said that Montreal has broken a new “glass ceiling” by electing its first mayor from a diverse background. Valerie Plant’s successor, Luc Rabouin, has taken full responsibility for Projet Montréal’s resounding loss and says he’ll resign and leave municipal politics altogether, after facing “a very strong wind of change”.
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Three top doctors in the Centre Intégré de Santé et des Services Sociaux de l’Outaouais have quit and will move to Ontario, citing Bill 2 and their inability to accept its restrictions: Dr. Trevor Hennessey (head of the anesthesiology department) Dr. Éric Bégin (head of surgery) and Dr. Lionel Ange Poungui (head of the obstetrics / gynecology). 1,000+ gathered at the National Assembly on Saturday, denouncing Bill 2. Emergency doctor Gabrielle Voisine said that the law is “…the final nail in the coffin of the health-care system” adding that “…a majority government with historically low public support that pushes a complex law under closure with profound societal impacts is an authoritarian drift.” Protesters carried signs that referenced the Putin regime in Russia: “Vladimir Dubé, François Lénine” “Kim Jong Legault.” The Quebec College of Physicians is urging the government to suspend the law’s implementation and remove performance targets and sanctions but the Legeault government immediately rejected the call. Reacting to the rejection, the College said that it protects the patient not doctors, and that “now the government says: ‘This is not good for patients.’ That’s very significant, and for the government to turn a deaf ear is beyond comprehension.” Physicians have organized another protest at Centre Bell for November 9.
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Detectives with the Sûreté du Quebec’s major crimes unit are hunting for a motorist who killed a 35-year-old pedestrian in St. Lazare, Saturday night, as she walked on Bédard street, near Saint-Louis.
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A 42-year-old man has died from the stab wounds that he received in a fight near the Place Saint Henri metro stop, early yesterday morning.
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The injunction that closed Montreal’s La Tulipe concert venue has been overturned by Quebec Superior Court judge Patrick Ferland, who has ruled that the injunction is void because the municipal noise bylaw had been amended to exclude concert halls like La Tulipe.
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The ever-so-popular (NOT) time change happened on the weekend and again we are hearing from sleep experts who say that sleep is harmed as the body’s internal clock adjusts. Doctor Michael Mak, psychiatrist and sleep medicine specialist at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health said that the internal body clock aligns itself to the solar clock and that the light-dark cycle translates to significant health issues. University of Ottawa associate professor Rebecca Robillard, director of clinical sleep research at the Institute of Mental Health Research cited evidence pointing to the spring change being more harmful than gaining an hour in the fall. University of Ottawa associate professor Rebecca Robillard, director of clinical sleep research at the school’s Institute of Mental Health Research, said that the already sleep-deprived population hurts when the clocks change, increasing the risk of heart attack, stroke and digestive system problems, as well as issues around childbirth and pregnancy.
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Alouettes beat Winnipeg 42-33 in the CFL’s East Division semifinal.
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Rain / 14 today
Cloud / 9 tomorrow
