By Murray Sherriffs
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A three-year-old girl is dealing with severe injuries that she suffered last week-end when high winds ripped into a church gathering in LaSalle, tossing debris and inflatables across Quimet park.
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Quebec Minister of Internal Security Ian Lafrenière has launched an administrative inquiry into police action in 2025 which led to the death of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi, acting on a request from Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier.
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Premier Fréchette is reaching out to Quebec’s English in a speech to the Montreal Chamber of Commerce, emphasizing the importance of protecting, promoting the French language in Quebec but recognizing the reality that more than a million of Quebec’s population of nine million people speak English.
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Quebec and Ottawa have indicated that an agreement on how new federal public transit investments will be spent will be revealed in detail this afternoon in Longueuil by Prime Minister Carney and Premier Fréchette.
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The REM parking situation at the Kirkland stop that has frustrated so many area residents has drawn reaction from the Mayor’s office with this statement: “The Town of Kirkland took the initiative months in advance to secure parking for its residents when no parking was being offered by the REM at the Kirkland station. To do so, the Town negotiated an agreement with RioCan, the owner of the land, to make 200 spaces available for Kirkland residents.”
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Alberta Premier Smith will meet with Premier Fréchette this week in Quebec City to talk about separatism and energy.
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Former cardiologist Guy Turcotte, who murdered his children in 2009, has been granted permission to delay his parole hearing until September.
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The Quebec Institute of Statistics says that fewer Quebecers are going to cinemas: A 15 per cent drop in attendance in 2025 compared to the previous year and a 39 per cent drop since 2019.
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Quebec is banning open fires in and near forests in seven regions: Abitibi-Témiscamingue, Côte-Nord, Laurentides, Mauricie, Nord-du-Québec, Outaouais and Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean.
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Brendan Gallagher has confirmed that he’s no longer a Hab; that after so many years, the veteran right-wing expects that his NHL career will continue somewhere else, after 14 seasons with the Canadiens.
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Sun / 24º today
Sun / 27º tomorrow
