{"id":6764,"date":"2025-11-06T13:25:07","date_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:25:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6764"},"modified":"2025-11-06T13:25:38","modified_gmt":"2025-11-06T13:25:38","slug":"newsbrief-6-11-2025","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2025\/11\/06\/newsbrief-6-11-2025\/","title":{"rendered":"Newsbrief (6.11.2025)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Former CAQ MNA Isabelle Poulet, who has been likened to a political ping-pong ball over events in Quebec city this week, has revealed what she planned to say at a news conference, before Premier Legault called her into his office to tell her she was out of the CAQ caucus for seeking to join the Liberals, \u201c&#8230;I no longer recognize the party I ran for, three years ago. This confidence is eroded. Citizens are disappointed in the CAQ. 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It was the Ariane 6 rocket launch, taking the Copernicus Sentinel-1D satellite to orbit. 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