{"id":7345,"date":"2026-07-06T12:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7345"},"modified":"2026-07-06T12:32:23","modified_gmt":"2026-07-06T12:32:23","slug":"newsbrief-6-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/06\/newsbrief-6-7-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (6.7.2026)"},"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\">Two people are near death after being rescued from the Lachine Canal, near Parc Ren\u00e9-L\u00e9vesque by the Montreal Fire Department and Canadian Coast Guard, using sonar equipment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Lifesaving Society is pushing the next Quebec government to make its Swim to Survive program permanent, to help new Quebecers not drown when they go swimming, as the province&#8217;s population diversifies, noting that new Quebcers are overrepresented in drowning tragedies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There are new signs prohibiting swimming in front of the boat docks in Verdun and more will be added in the coming days. 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