{"id":7216,"date":"2026-06-02T13:30:51","date_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:30:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7216"},"modified":"2026-06-02T13:30:53","modified_gmt":"2026-06-02T13:30:53","slug":"newsbrief-2-6-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/06\/02\/newsbrief-2-6-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (2.6.2026)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong><em>By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A three-year-old girl is dealing with severe injuries that she suffered last week-end when high winds ripped into a church gathering in LaSalle, tossing debris and inflatables across Quimet park.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec Minister of Internal Security Ian Lafreni\u00e8re has launched an administrative inquiry into police action in 2025 which led to the death of 15-year-old Nooran Rezayi, acting on a request from Longueuil Mayor Catherine Fournier.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premier Fr\u00e9chette is reaching out to Quebec&#8217;s English in a speech to the Montreal Chamber of Commerce, emphasizing the importance of protecting, promoting the French language in Quebec but recognizing the reality that more than a million of Quebec\u2019s population of nine million people speak English.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec and Ottawa have indicated that an agreement on how new federal public transit investments will be spent will be revealed in detail this afternoon in Longueuil by Prime Minister Carney and Premier Fr\u00e9chette.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The REM parking situation at the Kirkland stop that has frustrated so many area residents has drawn reaction from the Mayor&#8217;s office with this statement: \u201cThe Town of Kirkland took the initiative months in advance to secure parking for its residents when no parking was being offered by the REM at the Kirkland station. 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