{"id":7483,"date":"2026-08-20T12:44:48","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:44:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7483"},"modified":"2026-08-20T12:44:50","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T12:44:50","slug":"newsbrief-20-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/20\/newsbrief-20-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (20.8.2026)"},"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\">Montreal police shot a man who came at officers with a knife yesterday, and an officer has sustained a knife wound, as police conducted a wellness check on 14th Avenue near \u00c9mile Journault Street in Parc Extension.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec\u2019s Crown prosecutor has stayed charges against 11 teens in Longueuil, charges that related to events preceding the death of a 15-year-old boy Nooran Rezavi, who was fatally shot by Longueuil police a year ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The federation of teachers\u2019 union in Quebec is calling on all political parties to do something about the reality that one in five teachers have indicated in a survey by the <em>F\u00e9d\u00e9ration Autonome de l\u2019Enseignement<\/em> of 2,400 Quebec teachers that they may leave the profession because of poor working conditions,.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Montreal Chamber of Commerce has revealed what it wants from Quebec&#8217;s political parties campaigning for elections in November, highlighting economic, infrastructure, administrative areas, cutbacks in regulations. tax relief. allocation of public contracts towards innovation, and a full inventory and assessment of public infrastructure, indicating that \u201c&#8230;strengthening Montreal is not just a Montreal project. 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