By Murray Sherriffs
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SOS Violence Conjugale, a Quebec group that works to ensure victims of intimate partner violence and their children are safe, is once again focusing societal attention of the murder of a Brossard woman, 54-year-old Sonia Maricela Gonzalez Vasquez, saying that “… for years, we have been talking about the high prevalence of domestic violence and the risks women face in their own homes, the lack of resources and concerns about post-separation violence, which keeps the danger alive long after the relationship has ended.”
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The jury trial has begun of a Laval man charged with murdering two of his children three-plus years ago, with 49-year-old Kamaljit Arora admitting that he drowned them but denies first degree murder guilt in planning the murders or planning to kill his eldest daughter and strangling his wife on the same day.
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Western Quebec’s health authority (CISSSO) says that 15,000 people are about to lose their family doctor because 24 family doctors and nine specialists are leaving the province, despite the government backing off on Bill 2.
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Montreal Mayor Martinez Ferrada says tminutes before the tihat res of her car were destroyed in a pothole, she had asked her husband to slow down because of the condition of Notre Dame street and that the video of her laughing was not meant to make light of what happened but show Montrealers that she understands what’s happening on the streets.
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Montreal blue-collar workers are on strike this morning, but the city says that snow removal, road repairs, arena inspections, cleaning of public spaces, traffic sign and street light repairs in case of accidents, maintenance of water mains and sewers and drinking water production and wastewater treatment will be maintained, but not household waste collection, selective collection or composting.
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Quebec Minister Responsible for Secularism Jean-François Roberge told public hearings into Bill 9— the attempt to strengthen secularism in the province—that the Quebec secularity movement is not against specific religions. Some groups have spoken about ways that the bill could infringe upon fundamental rights, but other organizations say that Bill 9 is crucial to protect the education system and public services. Bill 9 will ban subsidized daycare and private school workers from wearing religious symbols and groups that want to pray in public would need to acquire a permit from a municipality first, but that praying in public institutions will not be permitted.
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A pilot project has been launched at the Tupper YMCA in Westmount which will attempt to change what happens when a homelessness patient is discharged from a hospital, by offering them temporary housing.
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What’s inexpensive, sold in greasy plastic bags and profoundly d e l i c i o u s s s s s ! Costco’s rotisserie chickens! They’re a mainstay for many but in California, a lawsuit has been filed that claims Costco “…has systematically cheated customers out of tens of millions of dollars by falsely advertising its Kirkland Signature Seasoned Rotisserie chicken as containing ‘no preservatives.’” The lawsuit says that Costco uses sodium phosphate and carrageenan, which extends shelf life and maintains texture. The two ingredients are common in prepared foods. Health Canada has listed them as safe. Costco admits to using them. The suit says that the chicken is advertised ‘no preservatives’. Two California women who are behind the lawsuit say that they wouldn’t have purchased the chicken, had they known. They presented court with pictures of the chicken on sale and a sign that claims “no preservatives.”
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Canadiens / Winnipeg 7 p.m.
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Flurries / -6º today
Sun / -7º tomorrow
