{"id":7648,"date":"2026-10-06T14:04:04","date_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:04:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7648"},"modified":"2026-10-06T14:04:38","modified_gmt":"2026-10-06T14:04:38","slug":"newsbrief-6-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/06\/newsbrief-6-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (6.10.2026)"},"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\">Paul St. Pierre Plamondon is Premier-elect of Quebec. Quebecers have decided that a Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois minority government is good for now. The resurgence for the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois follows 10<sup>+<\/sup> years in the shadows. The PQ has won 59 seats; 64 are needed to form a majority. The Liberal Party of Quebec under Charles Milliard will be the official Opposition, with 40 seats. \u00c9ric Duhaime\u2019s Conservative Party is in official party territory, winning 19 seats (12 is needed to be considered an official party in Quebec. Qu\u00e9bec Solidaire comes in fourth, with nine seats, and its spokeswoman, Ruba Ghazal, likes the party&#8217;s \u201cstrong showing\u201d. Outgoing Premier Fr\u00e9chette is blaming herself for the CAQ&#8217;s showing, with zero seats.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec\u2019s business community is digesting the choice that Quebecers have made at the polls. S\u00e9bastien Lacha\u00eene, Quebec director at the lobbying firm Sussex Strategy, says that the uncertainty of another referendum is a \u201ccloud\u201d over Quebec companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Muslim women have again protested in downtown Montreal (4<sup>+<\/sup> consecutive months) demanding complete withdrawal or amendments to the province&#8217;s secularism laws.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal police are looking to talk to two men who are at the CHUM for treatment of gunshot wounds.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal police say that a brick was tossed through a window of the Canadian Youth Development Center, which offers Islamic and other studies, on Sources near Gouin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Montreal police are investigating the firebombing of a restaurant in Dollard at Sources and Brunswick.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">25-year-old Shneur Gurkow of Montreal has been sent to jail in New York for six-and-a-half years, after 700<sup>+<\/sup> files of children being sexually abused were found on his phone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New rules have taken effect in Quebec that allows consumers to demand that retailers and manufacturers, repair products that fail within three-to-six years after purchase.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec Lottery players are looking at this week&#8217;s $75 million Lotto Max jackpot that also includes 12 Maxmillions prizes worth $1 million each.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Carolina vs Habs \/ 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sun \/ 13\u00ba today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Showers \/ 18\u00ba tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs = Paul St. Pierre Plamondon is Premier-elect of Quebec. Quebecers have decided that a Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois minority government is good for now. The resurgence for the Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois follows 10+ years in the shadows. The PQ has won 59 seats; 64 are needed to form a majority. 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