By Murray Sherriffs
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The death of a three-year-old girl last weekend in a bouncy castle that flew in heavy winds in a Lasalle park, is raising focus on how safe are inflatable play structures. Support for the youngster’s family has seen an online fundraiser raising $350,000+ from 3,000 contributors.
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49-year-old Kamaljit Arora will be 74 when he will first be allowed to apply for parole, following his life sentence (minimum 25 years) for murdering his 11-year-old son and 13-year-old daughter, in their home, four years ago.
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25-year-old Chetan Kumar, charged with smuggling five people into Quebec, has now been charged with attacking an RCMP officer who tried to stop his vehicle.
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Alberta Premier Danielle Smith has addressed business leaders in Quebec city, telling them that Alberta and Quebec should forge ahead with a stronger economic alliance.
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On the heels of a ‘whites only’ gathering last week-end in Quebec, police in Halifax say that the white nationalist group, Second Sons, was behind a demonstration in the suburb of Bedford South, also last weekend.
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72-year-old Maurice Nadeau has been sentenced to 12 years in prison for smuggling more than seven kilograms of heroin into Canada, after travelling to South Africa on an all-expenses-paid trip he ‘won’ online, with the judge disbelieving his claim that he didn’t know that there were drugs in the suitcase he was given to bring home by a woman he didn’t know, and to give to man whom he didn’t know.
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Montreal police are asking families to check that the columbariums where loved one ashes are stored have not been broken into, following the arrest of André Diderot Gustave and Christina Loubounakis, charged with stealing more than $5,000 worth of jewelry and other valuables in Montreal and other Quebec locations.
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The annual report from Laval Police shows that overall crime declined in 2025, recording less violence involving guns, vehicle thefts and crimes against people.
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The Express Mondor trucking company in Joliette is offering a $50,000 reward to anyone who can help them recover a trailer carrying a load of aluminum, stolen last weekend.
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The Center for World University Rankings has moved a number of Canada’s most prestigious universities down a bit among the world’s best universities, based on teaching quality, graduate employability, faculty prestige and research: University of Toronto maintained 23rd-place for the fourth consecutive year. McGill University (28), University of British Columbia (49), University of Alberta (82) each slipped one level from last year’s ranking.
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Pulsar, which operates the REM, has corrected an earlier statement that heavy morning dew caused trains to move more slowly yesterday. Rather, it was excessive grease applied to the rails, during rush hour.
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Hurricane Rod Bring’Amour says he told Habs coach Martin St. Louis that his team is just beginning its golden years and understands what the Habs have been through, having suffered his own share of crushing defeats with his team in the Eastern Conference Finals.
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The Toronto Maple Leafs have interviewed Hab legend Patrick Roy for the team’s coaching job, along with Peter Laviolette and 13 others.
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Sun / 30º today
Cloud 29º tomorrow
