{"id":7460,"date":"2026-08-06T18:10:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:10:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7460"},"modified":"2026-08-06T18:10:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T18:10:06","slug":"newsbrief-6-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/06\/newsbrief-6-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (6.8.2026)"},"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 young people have been killed fleeing police who had stopped the chase, slamming into Atlantis gym on Boulevard des Laurentides in Laval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A number of police forces in Quebec and Ontario have broken up a massive theft ring, centred in Ste Julie, seizing dozens of stolen boats, trailers and tractors, stolen between 2019 and this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The RCMP has recovered 392 stolen vehicles, hitting a transnational organized crime network that used stolen and fake personal information to get vehicle loans and insurance policies, shipping the goods through the Port of Montreal, as well as Halifax, Toronto and Vancouver.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Evidence gleaned from the phone of the man charged with killing Melina Frattolin in New York state last year, has revealed that her mother texted the girl\u2019s father several times, the night the nine-year-old went missing while on a road trip with her father, Luciano, who is charged with her murder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Marc-Aur\u00e8le Chabot, the Quebec man charged with facilitating terrorist activity, is no longer a member of the Canadian Armed Forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Canadian Armed Forces explosive techs have determined that a grenade found at the Lac Cristal campground in St. Bernard de Lacolle, contained no explosives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Val David mayor Jean-Claude Rocheleau says that a rainbow pride flag, vandalized three times so far this summer, will go back up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Quebec Association of Psychiatrists is pushing the next Quebec government to appoint a Minister responsible for mental health.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A group of Jewish students is suing McGill University, alleging assault, harassment and intimidation during pro-Palestinian protests. two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Hudson-Oka Ferry is back in service: One vessel, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sun + showers \/ 28 today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Cloud \/ 28 tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs = Two young people have been killed fleeing police who had stopped the chase, slamming into Atlantis gym on Boulevard des Laurentides in Laval. = A number of police forces in Quebec and Ontario have broken up a massive theft ring, centred in Ste Julie, seizing dozens of stolen boats, trailers and<\/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-7460","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.2 - 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