🚨 Crime & Public Safety
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Dawson families call on Ottawa to finish promised gun reforms ahead of Sept. 13 anniversary. In an open letter released Wednesday, Dawson Families for Gun Control urged Prime Minister Mark Carney’s government to complete the ban on assault-style firearms, close large-capacity magazine loopholes and tighten oversight of handgun-freeze exemptions. The group noted the 20th anniversary of the 2006 Dawson College shooting, when a gunman killed 18-year-old Anastasia De Sousa and injured 19 others.
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Mother of slain children says she will deliver victim impact statement at Guy Turcotte’s Sept. 22 parole hearing. Isabelle Gaston posted she is not ready to face Turcotte but will attend the Parole Board of Canada hearing on Sept. 22 to argue against supervised temporary absences; Turcotte was sentenced in 2016 to 17 years without parole eligibility for murdering his two children in 2009.
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Montreal man charged after CBSA seized 250 blank PR-card-style cards and 250 holograms at Mirabel. The CBSA says the March 2024 seizure at Mirabel led to a July 11 search warrant on the North Shore that recovered forged identity documents, counterfeit-document materials, a restricted firearm and three magazines; charges include smuggling prohibited goods and making false identification documents.
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Quebec police watchdog probes motorcyclist’s death after crash while fleeing police near Waterville. The Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes says officers saw the motorcyclist breaking traffic laws around 9:15 p.m. Tuesday, the rider fled, crashed into a guardrail and was declared dead at the scene; Montreal police were asked to assist the investigation.
🏛️ Government & Politics
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PQ Leader Paul St-Pierre Plamondon vows to pursue a referendum whether in minority or majority government. Speaking Tuesday on the campaign trail, St-Pierre Plamondon said the referendum commitment “doesn’t change,” with the provincial election scheduled for Oct. 5 and leaders set to debate on Sept. 15. Conservative Leader Éric Duhaime warned on Tuesday he would block any referendum if his party held the balance of power.
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Quebec party leaders to face back-to-back Radio-Canada interviews in Quebec City tonight. The five main party leaders are attending interviews on Wednesday evening amid a campaign dominated by tariffs, cost of living, education and language, with polls showing many voters still undecided ahead of the Oct. 5 election.
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Montreal West parents call crossing-guard return a “short-lived victory” after months of lobbying. The crossing guard returned to Ainslie Road and Westminster Avenue this school year after a summer safety campaign by Royal West Academy parents; three students were struck and injured at the intersection in the past two years, and planned lane reductions did not occur over the summer.
📰 Also Today
- Former Canadiens winger André Pronovost dead at 90.
- Quebec-made vehicles cited in response to US counter-tariff move.
- Mayors west of Montreal press next Quebec government to revamp Highway 20.
- Guy Turcotte requests supervised temporary absences from prison.
- Lawsuit asks Quebec to provide election voter info in English urgently.
- Conservatives lose Pontiac candidate over anti-abortion, 2SLGBTQ+ remarks.
- Valérie Plante transitions from mayor’s office to host chair in Montreal.
- Provincial police chase ended in motorcyclist’s death near Waterville, Que.
- Quebec judge finds rapper K'naan not guilty in sexual-assault trial.
- Explainer: counter-tariffs’ effects on Quebec businesses.
- Montreal private school to shift to remote learning for cycling championships.
- Report examines Montreal police cutting locs and anti-Black history.
- US federal film tax-incentive talk could affect Canadian industry.
- Former Montreal priest to remain detained on child sex-abuse material charges.
- After stop-and-go process, Royal West students have a crossing guard again.
- Quebec City mayor urges provincial leaders to commit to zero homelessness goal.
