By Murray Sherriffs
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Two Montreal police homicide investigations of two murdered women in Parc Extension who were allegedly killed by partners who loved them, has seen Premier Fréchette calling the murders “disconcerting”; that violence against women appears to be worsening, despite several measures being adopted and pointing to increased funding for women’s shelters.
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A 43 year old man is critical condition after being stabbed in downtown Montreal, in Cabot Square at Sainte Catherine and Atwater.
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Premier Fréchette has told the Montreal Council on Foreign Relations that Quebec needs to become more economically independent as the world grows increasingly uncertain, outlining the CAQ’s new international policy that will see Quebec expand its trading relationships, strengthen its presence abroad and defend its interests worldwide.
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A top man in Montreal Hell’s Angels, Stephane Plouffe, disappeared earlier this month, his car was discovered in Saint Eustache and his house firebombed.
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A number of unauthorized drugs have been seized by Health Canada from “Rabais 4Saisons” on rue de Charleroi: oral emergency contraceptive medication, erectile dysfunction drugs, antibiotics and anti-parasitic drugs.
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Parti Québécois leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon says that his government would not hold a referendum on Quebec separation from Canada, while President Trump is in power.
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The Canadian Association of Chiefs of Police has elected Montreal police Chief Fady Dagher as president for the next two years.
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Teachers at John Abbott College have protested the toxic work environment at the school, supported by teachers from other CEGEPs, demanding that college management to settle the many labor disputes; complaining that there is no full-time Human Resources Department director and that there are unjustified attacks on members who sit on governance bodies, undermining academic freedom and collegiality in the institution.
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Quebec health authorities are warning the public not to eat certain trompe l’oeil pastries sold in Montreal and elsewhere in the province, citing possible contamination by staphylococcus aureus.
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The Canadian Taxpayers Federation is calling on Quebec to scrap the carbon tax
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Carey Price will be inducted into the Canadiens’ Ring of Honour on November 10, in an on-ice ceremony at the Bell Centre, a day after he is immortalized in the Hockey Hall of Fame.
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Showers / 21º today
Sun + cloud / 24º tomorrow
