{"id":6869,"date":"2026-01-13T17:33:53","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:33:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6869"},"modified":"2026-01-13T17:33:55","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T17:33:55","slug":"newsbrief-13-1-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/01\/13\/newsbrief-13-1-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (13.1.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-size: revert;\">=<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada will try to reduce the city\u2019s debt in her first budget, paying down loans and returning the city to a healthier debt burden, all of this a year earlier than planned by the Plante administration. The Mayor says that the city&#8217;s credit has been maxed out \u201c&#8230;over the limit\u201d and that her move is responsible and \u201c&#8230;signals credibility and is important for the future of the city.\u201d The new administration will tackle the homelessness crisis through a tripling of the monies allocated to community organizations serving the unhoused with the purchasing of buildings to convert them into emergency shelters during the coming nine years.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Montreal Police service is cutting overtime and other expenses because of a $60 million spending overrun. Montreal has invested $40 million in police bodycams, but officers won\u2019t be wearing them for at least another decade and critics are saying \u201c&#8230;not good enough.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Quebec\u2019s families ministry has given F\u00e9lix Mercier, the owner of four daycares in the St. Lin\u2013Laurentides area <em>(Garderie \u00c9ducative St-Esprit, Garderie \u00c9ducative St-Lin, Garderie \u00c9ducative St. Jacques<\/em> and <em>Garderie \u00c9ducative St-Alexis)<\/em> until early next month to find new buyers, after he was charged with assaulting a six-year-old child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An Ontario woman, Elnaz Hajtamiri, who was kidnapped four years ago, may have ties to Quebec and the United Arab Emirates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Charles Milliard, the only candidate so far in the Quebec Liberal party leadership race says that another long leadership race would advantageous to the Liberal party, in the lead-up to the October general election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A fire in Montreal earlier this week in a residential building on Sherbrooke Street East, near Lyall, which forced the evacuation of dozens of people, was arson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An academic associate in the Faculty of Education at McGill University, Naz B\u00f6ke, says that stress among teachers is global and that a program to help future teachers is being developed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Montreal-bound train carrying more than 100 passengers derailed in the early hours yesterday in St. Alexandre de Kamouraska, after it collided with two tractor-trailers that had been parked too close to the tracks, forcing the evacuation of the train and another coming from Halifax. All passengers were ferried to destinations in buses.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A 49-year-old man shot late Sunday night in Lachine, will survive his injury.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The City of Laval is changing garbage pick-up from weekly to bi-weekly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Starting the day with a bowl of healthy cereal is the norm for many but are they as heathy as claimed? No, say experts. Many of the big brands&#8217; claims of being high in fibre, packed with wholegrains and fortified with countless added vitamins and minerals aren&#8217;t true. Nutionists say many contain high amounts of the blood-pressure-raising ingredients, are laden with sugar and contain very little protein or fibre. Rhiannon Lambert, lead nutritionist and best-selling author of <em>The Fibre Formula<\/em> says that the cereals have pushed eggs, porridge and yogurt aside but are popular because they&#8217;re convenient and affordable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Canadiens 6 Canucks3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Cloud \/ 4\u00ba today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Showers \/ 5\u00ba tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs = Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada will try to reduce the city\u2019s debt in her first budget, paying down loans and returning the city to a healthier debt burden, all of this a year earlier than planned by the Plante administration. 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