NewsBrief (16.6.2026)

By Murray Sherriffs

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Quebec Court judge Éric Poudrier has told 67-year-old Pramela Kooblall that she’s lucky that she’s not going to jail for what she did to three elderly people under her care at a residence in Beaconsfield, after agreeing with the joint recommendation of house arrest made by lawyers on both sides of the case .

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Several businesses in Saint Henri are telling Quebec’s language police “Nosh around and find out”, as they express their support for Arthurs which is in Office crosshairs because of the word ‘nosh’ in its menu.

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A Projet Montréal motion that would have pushed Montreal to cut institutional ties with Israel was supposed to have been voted on last night at council, but has been delayed until August: Not cool, says the opposition party.

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That kangaroo remains free in the Boucherville area and its run for the hills has prompted Chamie Angie Cadorette with Galahad SPCA to talk about the real problem of the illegal trafficking of exotic animals in Canada.

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Former Premier Legault has defended his decision to invest in the battery sector, disagreeing with Quebec’s Auditor General, Christine Roy that his government’s investments were “poorly planned” and that “significant risks” weren’t “…sufficiently considered”, claiming that “…it was difficult to plan the development of an entirely new industry.”

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Sun + showers / 22º tomorrow

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