{"id":7628,"date":"2026-09-30T14:24:49","date_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:24:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7628"},"modified":"2026-09-30T14:24:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-30T14:24:50","slug":"newsbrief-30-09-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/09\/30\/newsbrief-30-09-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (30.09.2026)"},"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\">A \u201cradicalized\u201d subculture existed among the ranks of officers at Montreal Police Station 39 in Montreal North, before it became public and led to what we have now: 16 officers  disciplined amid allegations of racism and criminal misconduct; two officers suspended; three assigned desk duty; 11 officers relocated and a looming wider investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal police officer Catherine Feltrin, a five-year veteran, continues to get applause for singing with a street performer one night this summer on St. Laurent Boulevard, during the Jazz Fest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois appears ready to form the next government and political analyst Tom Mulcair says that even strong federalists \u201c&#8230;are preparing to roll the dice,\u201d but \u201c&#8230;it&#8217;s a bit of a dangerous game\u201d; that \u201c&#8230;the smart money would be on defeating the party that says it wants to hold a referendum that would be destructive socially and economically for Quebec and all of Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois says that improving the quality of food consumed by Quebecers, via a yet-to-be-formed \u201cQualit\u00e9 Qu\u00e9bec\u201d would see a label affixed on Quebec-produced goods that meet higher standards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The CAQ&#8217;s Christine Fr\u00e9chette will focus on undecided voters from now on.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 The Quebec Liberal Party would maintain Bill 94, which prohibits school employees from wearing religious symbols.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u2022 Voters in Greater Montreal, Quebec City and Sherbrooke will be able to use the Bixi and \u00e0V\u00e9lo bike-sharing services for free, to go cast their ballots next Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Indigenous leaders are reminding Quebec politicians that they will have to talk to them before even considering independence, citing historical land grievances.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">There&#8217;s a video making the rounds among cardiac surgeons in Canada and worldwide of a surgical procedure that Quebec cardiologist Dr. Raja Hatem is one of the few qualified to perform. 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