By Murray Sherriffs
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A 13-year-old Ottawa girl, strangled by her clothing as she hung from a chairlift she was attempting to dismount at the Centre Vorlage in western Quebec last week, has died.
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Charles Millard, 46, the acclaimed leader of the Quebec Liberal party, was welcomed by a boisterous crowd in Trois Rivières yesterday, after no other candidates stepped forward by Friday’s deadline.
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Four Quebecers died on Saturday in separate snowmobile accidents: on Gage Road, in Stanbridge East, in the Eastern Townships; in St. David de Falardeau, where two of three snowmobilers who went into the water in the Saguenay–Lac St. Jean region perished; and in Hemmingford and Mont Carmel, where a snow machine failed to stop and was hit by a pickup truck.
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Two people have died in a head-on road crash of two vehicles in Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle; on route 202.
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Protesters marched on Ste. Catherine street, Saturday, in support of people in Iran—part of a worldwide Global Day of Action.
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Plans to convert the former Royal Victoria Hospital into student housing have been shelved, in light of a feasibility report which determined that all six buildings are in an advanced state of deterioration, including four of historic value (100+ years old) which cannot be demolished.
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Many Montreallers don’t eat out these days because it costs so much. Restaurants Canada says that 44 per cent of restaurants operate at a loss or break even and that others have profit margins of only 3%.
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The Mayor of Dorval wants something done to the horrid road conditions in the Dorval circle.
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Sun & cloud 3º today
Showers / 6º tomorrow
