By Murray Sherriffs
Parti Quebecois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says that if the separatists take power in Quebec, they would stand in the way Ottawa’s high-speed rail plans and demand the billions of federal monies be given to Quebec for infrastructure.
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Quebec is partnering with Canadian company Cohere to explore opportunities to integrate artificial intelligence into the public sector, citing the fact that the company has a branch in Montreal.
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A Quebec Superior Court judge has stopped the City of Montreal from dismantling an encampment under the Van Horne overpass until the case is adjudicated, because of the impact its removal would have on the safety and dignity of the camp’s residents.
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Health experts have told a Quebec legislative committee looking at a law to ban energy drinks to young people that there are no health benefits to the product. A representative from the Canadian Beverage Association has admitted that there are no health benefits to energy drinks but suggests that education is a better option to a ban.
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Hundreds of mourners have honored three-year-old Ava Ciampini, the LaSalle youngster who died weeks ago in a bouncy castle accident.
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Montreal Mayor Martinez Ferrada would support the creation of a municipal bylaw that would penalize people who insult city police officers, in light of a Léger survey sponsored by the Montreal Police Brotherhood, which saw 70 per cent of respondents supporting such a law.
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Former Montreal police officer, Philippe Bertrand, who shot a black man dead eight years ago, is suing Quebec’s police ethics watchdog, alleging that the five years which it has taken to dismiss a complaint against him has ended his career and caused him psychological harm.
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A 38-year-old cyclist is not doing well (critical condition) after being hit by two cars at the intersection of Notre Dame and Davidson—one as he pedalled alongside a bike path, then knocked into the path of a second vehicle that caused further injury.
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St. Hyacinthe Mayor Andre Beauregard says that residents cannot water their lawns this summer, as the community deals with a water shortage, despite the Yamaska River passing through the town but in the face of the water filtration plant running at 80 per cent capacity and looking at near capacity in the months ahead. An expansion project remains years away.
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Several of environment groups and 12 municipalities say that Quebec’s groundwater reserves are dwindling, claiming that communities along the St. Lawrence River Valley are hurting because the government takes freshwater for granted. They are demanding that it conduct a province-wide evaluation and increase regulation.
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Showers/ 25º today
Showers / 28º tomorrow
