{"id":7437,"date":"2026-07-31T12:27:41","date_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:27:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7437"},"modified":"2026-07-31T12:27:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-31T12:27:56","slug":"newsbrief-31-7-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/07\/31\/newsbrief-31-7-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (31.7.2026)"},"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\">Quebec\u2019s Bureau of Independent Investigators is looking at the hard takedown arrest of the man suspected of murdering his 16-year-old son, because he resisted and was shot by police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New York State Police detectives have compiled 200,000+ location data points gleaned from Google Maps, in their investigation of the alleged murder of nine-year-old Melina Frattolin of Montreal by her father, Luciano Frattolin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal police say four people have been arrested after two officers were assaulted at a traffic stop in Park Extension that saw one suspect attempt to remove an officer&#8217;s side arm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">More than 15 people have been killed on Quebec roads since the start of the construction holiday, and the SAAQ is again pleading for motorists to be more cautious.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two American men\u2014neighbors and killers of Quebec filmmaker Daniel Langlois and his partner Dominique Marchand in Dominica\u2014are appealing their guilty verdict.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Jean Abou Ghannam and Roula Bou Chahla have adopted a child in Lebanon, but they can&#8217;t bring her to Montreal because the adoption was arranged through an international adoption service, <em>Secr\u00e9tariat aux Services internationaux \u00e0 l\u2019enfant, <\/em>which is not recognized by Quebec because certain conditions haven&#8217;t been met to ensure that: \u201c&#8230;the compliance of the adoption process, the validity of the consents obtained, adherence to cooperation mechanisms between competent authorities, the required documentation and the safeguards ensuring the adoption were carried out in the child\u2019s best interests and with due regard for their rights.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Three Quebecers have been treated for rabies, inflicted on them by a rabid cat in Godmanchester, in Mont\u00e9r\u00e9gie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Two people have been badly hurt in a head-on collision on Highway 20 in Saint-Hyacinthe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Montreal Metropolitan Community says that the Quebec government is delaying publication of new flood zone maps.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Memphr\u00e9magog police in the Eastern Townships have issued a warning, after five motorists lost control of their vehicles, victims of the TicToc \u201clug nut challenge\u201d where people are encouraged to loosen lug nuts on a vehicle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sun + showers 28\u00ba \/ today + tomorrow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Rain \/ 26\u00ba Sunday<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs = Quebec\u2019s Bureau of Independent Investigators is looking at the hard takedown arrest of the man suspected of murdering his 16-year-old son, because he resisted and was shot by police. = New York State Police detectives have compiled 200,000+ location data points gleaned from Google Maps, in their investigation of the alleged<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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