{"id":6990,"date":"2026-02-27T19:04:05","date_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:04:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=6990"},"modified":"2026-02-27T19:04:07","modified_gmt":"2026-02-27T19:04:07","slug":"newsbrief-27-2-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/02\/27\/newsbrief-27-2-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (27.2.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong><em><span>By<i style=\"font-weight: bold;\"> <\/i><\/span>Murray Sherriffs <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A separate investigation by Montreal police is seeing officers search a number of private homes in Candiac, Brossard, Longueuil, Beloeil and Saint-Philippe, looking at events leading to the shooting of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi by a Longueuil police officer, five months ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A number of educators in Quebec are unimpressed with Bill 94, the law that extends the ban of religious symbols to students, school support staff and parent volunteers, some feeling that Muslim women are being targeted.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Hakima Tamir has quit her job as a daycare educator because she will not remove her hijab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Premier Legault says that the 11 per cent increase offered by his government to Quebec&#8217;s specialist doctors is \u201c&#8230;more than sufficient\u201d because they are getting raises of many thousands of dollars on top of the $500,000+ that they already earn. 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