{"id":7655,"date":"2026-10-08T13:24:23","date_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:24:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?p=7655"},"modified":"2026-10-08T13:24:25","modified_gmt":"2026-10-08T13:24:25","slug":"newsbrief-8-10-2026","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/","title":{"rendered":"NewsBrief (8.10.2026)"},"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\">The Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois has filed a request for a judicial recount in Vachon riding on the South Shore), where ten votes separated the winner, Quebec Liberal Affine Lwalalika and the PQ\u2019s Stephan Fogaing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec Superior Court has been asked to grant an emergency order and force newly elected members to swear an oath of allegiance to the King.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">TALQ\u2014the English-rights group Talking. Advocating. Living in Quebec\u2014is optimistic about the PQ winning power and is looking forward to working with Premier-designate Paul St. Pierre Plamondon.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Elon Musk said \u201cGood. Quebec should separate,\u201d after hearing the that PQ had won the Quebec vote and said that Alberta and Saskatchewan should leave Canada, too.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A woman in her 50s, has perished in a fire in a homeless camp in Montreal North, prompting calls for society to step up and protect the homeless, as winter approaches.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Laval Mayor St\u00e9phane Boyer is on Instagram, praising doctors and nurses, following a 13-hour operation to remove a tumour from his brain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec Chief Coroner Reno Bernier will not accede to a request of many doctors who want a special public inquiry into the suicides of five physicians this year, preferring to allow the ongoing investigations into suicides to be consolidated and entrusted to coroner G\u00e9hane Kamel.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A Montreal jury has reached an impasse in the trial of yacht captain Pierre Alarie, of Pointe Calumet, who is charged with criminal negligence in the death of a tourist two years ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A truck driver will likely be charged with impaired driving after his big rig slammed into five vehicles stopped at a red light in Sainte Anne de Beaupr\u00e9.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Hundreds of demonstrators have held a vigil at McGill University to honor the 1,200<sup>+<\/sup> victims killed in the Hamas attacks on October 7, in 2023, waving Canadian, Israeli and Iranian monarchist flags.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Pro-Palestinian demonstrators protested Israel\u2019s response to the attacks, killing thousands of Palestinians and destroying much of Gaza, according to local health authorities and the United Nations, demanding the \u201c&#8230;boycott, divestment and sanctions on Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Quebec\u2019s Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food has recalled smoked cooked ham sold by Boucherie Viau: possible Listeria; affected product = regular smoked cooked ham; CUP = 6 46437 75444 6; Lot = 100926JCFR; best before date = October 26, 2020.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Habs vs Nashville 7 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Habs have recalled goalie Jacob Fowler from the Laval Rocket after Samuel Montembeault was injured in practice yesterday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">=<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Showers \/ 17\u00ba today<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Showers \/ 13\u00ba tomorrow<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Murray Sherriffs = The Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois has filed a request for a judicial recount in Vachon riding on the South Shore), where ten votes separated the winner, Quebec Liberal Affine Lwalalika and the PQ\u2019s Stephan Fogaing. = Quebec Superior Court has been asked to grant an emergency order and force newly elected members to<\/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-7655","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>NewsBrief (8.10.2026) - Newscoverage<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"NewsBrief (8.10.2026) - Newscoverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Murray Sherriffs = The Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois has filed a request for a judicial recount in Vachon riding on the South Shore), where ten votes separated the winner, Quebec Liberal Affine Lwalalika and the PQ\u2019s Stephan Fogaing. = Quebec Superior Court has been asked to grant an emergency order and force newly elected members to\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Newscoverage\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:author\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robert.frank.90834\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-10-08T13:24:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2026-10-08T13:24:25+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"editor robert\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"editor robert\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"editor robert\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc82a2a747f4a72f7a4833658ab077a3\"},\"headline\":\"NewsBrief (8.10.2026)\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-08T13:24:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-08T13:24:25+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":405,\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/\",\"name\":\"NewsBrief (8.10.2026) - Newscoverage\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2026-10-08T13:24:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2026-10-08T13:24:25+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc82a2a747f4a72f7a4833658ab077a3\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/2026\\\/10\\\/08\\\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"NewsBrief (8.10.2026)\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/\",\"name\":\"Newscoverage\",\"description\":\"newscoverage.org\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/fc82a2a747f4a72f7a4833658ab077a3\",\"name\":\"editor robert\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-CA\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8218f97425a88f0212b8636d21d09c56391445f892db32b08ed4f8e5613c37ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8218f97425a88f0212b8636d21d09c56391445f892db32b08ed4f8e5613c37ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/8218f97425a88f0212b8636d21d09c56391445f892db32b08ed4f8e5613c37ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"editor robert\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/robert.frank.90834\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/newscoverage.org\\\/index.php\\\/author\\\/editor-robert\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"NewsBrief (8.10.2026) - Newscoverage","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"NewsBrief (8.10.2026) - Newscoverage","og_description":"By Murray Sherriffs = The Parti Qu\u00e9b\u00e9cois has filed a request for a judicial recount in Vachon riding on the South Shore), where ten votes separated the winner, Quebec Liberal Affine Lwalalika and the PQ\u2019s Stephan Fogaing. = Quebec Superior Court has been asked to grant an emergency order and force newly elected members to","og_url":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/","og_site_name":"Newscoverage","article_author":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robert.frank.90834","article_published_time":"2026-10-08T13:24:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2026-10-08T13:24:25+00:00","author":"editor robert","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"editor robert","Est. reading time":"2 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/"},"author":{"name":"editor robert","@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fc82a2a747f4a72f7a4833658ab077a3"},"headline":"NewsBrief (8.10.2026)","datePublished":"2026-10-08T13:24:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-08T13:24:25+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/"},"wordCount":405,"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/","url":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/","name":"NewsBrief (8.10.2026) - Newscoverage","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/#website"},"datePublished":"2026-10-08T13:24:23+00:00","dateModified":"2026-10-08T13:24:25+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fc82a2a747f4a72f7a4833658ab077a3"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-CA","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/2026\/10\/08\/newsbrief-8-10-2026\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"NewsBrief (8.10.2026)"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/#website","url":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/","name":"Newscoverage","description":"newscoverage.org","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-CA"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/#\/schema\/person\/fc82a2a747f4a72f7a4833658ab077a3","name":"editor robert","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-CA","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8218f97425a88f0212b8636d21d09c56391445f892db32b08ed4f8e5613c37ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8218f97425a88f0212b8636d21d09c56391445f892db32b08ed4f8e5613c37ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/8218f97425a88f0212b8636d21d09c56391445f892db32b08ed4f8e5613c37ac?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"editor robert"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/robert.frank.90834"],"url":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/author\/editor-robert\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7655"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7656,"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7655\/revisions\/7656"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7655"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7655"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newscoverage.org\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7655"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}