{"id":6964,"date":"2026-02-19T13:58:13","date_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:58:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6964"},"modified":"2026-02-19T13:58:15","modified_gmt":"2026-02-19T13:58:15","slug":"newsbrief-19-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/19\/newsbrief-19-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (19.2.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the heels of Prime Minister Carney’s visit to Montreal, Industry Minister M\u00e9lanie Joly has revealed that scores of Quebec companies will share nearly $34 million Defence ministry dollars, to \u201c…accelerate their integration into national and international defence supply chains.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Premier Legault says that the pay increase demands from Quebec’s specialist doctors are \u201cnot reasonable\u201d; that the government’s 11% offer is more reasonable than the 14.5% being demanded, citing budgetary constraints.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An Angus Reid survey has determined that only a quarter of the Quebec electorate would vote to separate, if a referendum were held today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Legault government’s moves to encourage the growth of data centres has seen the Energy Board decree that such companies will have to pay more for their electricity than other industrial customers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Laval man, Kamaljit Arora, on trial for murdering his two children and attempting to kill his eldest daughter Jasmine and for strangling his wife Rama Rani Arora, claims to be unable to remember anything on the day that he unleashed his terror.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Liberal leader Charles Milliard says MLA Marwah Rizqy will not be allowed to rejoin the Liberal caucus because legal proceedings tied to last year\u2019s internal party conflict have not been resolved. He has told her that this is not punishment but is his \u201c…rigorous, methodical way of establishing myself as a political leader\u201d; that he wants to have all the information.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A planned move to Chinatown by Stella\u2014a Montreal sex worker support organization\u2014has seen residents calling NIMBY; that the city’ failure to consult Chinese residents shows a \u201clack of respect\u201d and doesn’t mean that \u201c…we don\u2019t like Stella\u201d, but that there must be another place in Montreal where it can offer its services.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A Leger survey done for the Quebec Professional Association of Real Estate Brokers has determined that 33% of young people aged 18-34 want to buy a home in the coming five years but that they are stymied by an inability to secure a down payment, either through savings or help from family or friends.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire plans to bend its own rules to allow a \u201cleft-wing independence supporter\u201d to run in Gouin in the upcoming provincial elections because the party wants a woman or a non-binary candidate to run in that riding.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has ordered a Montreal hair salon to pay $500 to a non-binary person who filed a complaint because he was forced to choose between a male or female hair cut.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Sun \/ -2\u00ba today<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Flurries \/ -4\u00ba tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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