{"id":6912,"date":"2026-02-03T14:22:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:22:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6912"},"modified":"2026-02-03T14:22:10","modified_gmt":"2026-02-03T14:22:10","slug":"newsbrief-3-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/03\/newsbrief-3-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (3.2.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A man and woman have been found dead in a home in Brossard and police suspect murder-suicide. Longueuil Police had been at the home several times since 2021, determining that the man would hurt the woman he lived with and ordered him to sign a peace bond, but three years later, police charged him with two counts of assault, armed assault, criminal harassment and uttering threats against the woman. 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