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By Murray Sherriffs<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Loyola High School has decided to not comply with Quebec’s Bill 9 language law and will give up provincial subsidies, rather than change its Jesuit Catholic mission. That will result in cost increases for parents to send their offspring to be educated there: now $7,500 per student annually; by 2029 $20,000+<\/sup>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the campaign trail:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Premier Fr\u00e9chette has temporarily suspended her campaign to deal with U.S. tariffs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 The CAQ has offered financial support for children attending school\u2014a $900 million, four-year commitment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire is proposing a $20 minimum wage by next year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 The Conservatives are reaching out to labor, offering four measures to entice its vote.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 The Liberals are promising to modernize the Cit\u00e9 de la Sant\u00e9 superhospital in Laval.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A class-action lawsuit has been filed in Quebec Superior Court against Air Canada Vacations, Air Transat Vacations, Sunwing Vacations, WestJet Vacations, Voyages Bergeron and Voyages \u00e0 Rabais alleging a failure to honour advertised prices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Eight teens aged 14-18, have been arrested, following a police chase that began with an armed attempt to rob a woman in Longueuil and ended in Montreal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 26-year-old man has been arrested, after attacking his parents with a knife last weekend in their St Leonard apartment on Viau boulevard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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A 34-year-old man is recovering from stab wounds that he received in a fight near the intersection of Ren\u00e9 L\u00e9vesque Boulevard and Drummond.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Showers \/ 24\u00ba today + tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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