By Murray Sherrifs
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James Theramene, 31, sits in a Montreal jail cell, waiting for the Crown to decide if it will file upgraded charges, after Tadjan’ah Desir, 31, the woman whom he allegedly pushed from a third floor balcony in Mercier, died. His lawyer William McCann convinced the court, yesterday, to delay proceedings until Monday.
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Family Physician Dr. Chris Forest at the Hudson Medical Centre says that the planned closing of the clinic has been postponed, along with several others, because the Legault government has backed down on Bill 2.
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Quebec’s SAAQclic has suspended some of its online booking services after technical issues made the online appointment booking platform unavailable.
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Laval city councillor David De Cotis has offered his condolences to the families of those involved in a multi-vehicle road crash this week that saw a six-year-old girl killed. He suggested that the dangers of Route 335 could be mitigated with the installation of concrete barriers, reinforced medians and traffic-control devices to prevent cross-lane collisions and said that a review by transport authorities is urgently needed.
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The Société de transport de Montréal says that the overtime strike by maintenance workers has resulted in several buses not operating but that the nightmare scenario it had predicted has not ensued.
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Quebec’s coroner is investigating the case of a 90-year-old woman who died after her body was found outside her retirement home in Lac au Saumon, northeast of Montreal, on New Year’s Day.
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A coroner’s report has identified large gaps in emergency department procedures at a Laval hospital that contributed to the death of 69-year-old Umberto Mastantuono, who died after spending 10 hours in the emergency room without seeing a doctor.
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The disciplinary council of the Ordre des ingénieurs du Québec has fined former SNC-Lavalin president and CEO Jacques Lamarre $75,000 after finding him guilty of collusion and corruption in his role as head of the engineering firm, from 2001 to 2009.
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Quebec’s independent police watchdog has arrested former police officer Cass Barnaby at the Mi’kmaq community of Listuguj, on the Gaspé, charging him with extortion, sharing intimate images and harassment.
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The freeze-thaw patterns and snow this Winter have made a mess of Montreal-area roads and the city of Montreal is dealing with 15 hundred-plus pothole complaints, double that of last year.
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Quebec’s Justice Ministry says that mobile photo radars brought in almost $97 million last year.
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Canadiens 4 Calgary 1
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Sun & cloud / flurries / 2º
Rain / 4º tomorrow
