{"id":7509,"date":"2026-08-27T23:17:58","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:17:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7509"},"modified":"2026-08-27T23:18:00","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T23:18:00","slug":"newsbrief-27-8-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/08\/27\/newsbrief-27-8-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (27.8.2026)"},"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 Canadian government officials say that the U.S did not target Quebec\u2019s French language rules on products in trade talks, as claimed by Premier Fr\u00e9chette who labelled it a \u2018red line\u2019 and the feds\u2019 claim backs up what U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and President Trump have said\u2014that French was not a deal-breaker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Premier Fr\u00e9chette met with Quebec\u2019s lieutenant-governor this morning, the first step in formally calling a provincial election.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal Mayor Martinez Ferrada has offered her administration\u2019s election wishlist, calling on whatever party gets the nod from the electorate, to build a \u201cnew partnership\u201d with the city; that the policies should reflect Montreal&#8217;s significance as the economic engine of the province.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Luc Godbout, chair director of the Taxation and Public Finance at the University of Sherbrooke says that to win election this fall, the candidate must develop a credible financial framework. but Godbout acknowledged that it will be hard to convince Quebecers, because the dollars aren&#8217;t there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pierre-Alexandre Blouin, president of the Quebec Food Retailers Association says that political parties must take shoplifting gangs that target grocery stores more seriously; that thefts by <em>Les Robins des ruelles<\/em> in Montreal and Quebec City aren&#8217;t being condemned by politicians.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal Auditor General Andr\u00e9e Cossette says that the city needs to improve the oversight of how public funds are spent, following discovery of \u201c&#8230;shortcomings in the oversight, monitoring, and accountability of research and support expenses.\u201d He noted that more than half of hotel and meal expenses incurred by city officials exceed federal rates used for city employees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">36-year-old Beaconsfield resident Alvin Narciso\u2014charged with voyeurism, is under investigation involving at least 300 more women in his work as a massage therapist\u2014remains in jail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal police are dismantling a drug lab in a condo in Griffintown, after arresting a 33-year-old man and a 35-year-old woman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">An illegal immigrant from Senegal, 45-year-old Omar Ndiaye, has been charged with stealing $180,000 of taxpayer money from the Quebec government in a scam that allegedly saw him file social assistance claims using fake identities.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sun + showers \/ 26\u00ba today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sun + showers \/ 21\u00ba tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs = Two Canadian government officials say that the U.S did not target Quebec\u2019s French language rules on products in trade talks, as claimed by Premier Fr\u00e9chette who labelled it a \u2018red line\u2019 and the feds\u2019 claim backs up what U.S. Trade Representative Jamieson Greer and President Trump have said\u2014that French was not<\/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-7509","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.3 - 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