🎨 Community & Culture
- Classical concerts are being held inside Bordeaux jail and inmates attend. The article reports musicians performed inside Bordeaux penitentiary and officials say inmates responded positively to the programming. Organizers and corrections staff cited repeated sessions of classical music aimed at rehabilitation and enrichment inside the facility.
- Lori Schubert of the Quebec Writers' Federation says her work is never boring. The profile highlights Schubert's role at the Quebec Writers' Federation and references her day-to-day responsibilities promoting writers and events across the province. The piece lists specific Federation activities and Schubert's involvement in them.
- The Montreal Roses set a new Northern Super League attendance record. The report states the Roses drew a league-record crowd at their most recent home game, marking the highest single-match attendance in Northern Super League history for the club. Team representatives and league figures commented on the turnout and its significance for local soccer growth.
🏛️ Government & Politics
- Affordability dominated Day 4 of Quebec's election, with parties unveiling competing plans. The Coalition Avenir Québec released a full fiscal plan that projects $9.7 billion in new spending over five years, and leader Christine Fréchette said Quebec would need $6 billion in revenue to balance the budget under the province's balanced-budget law requiring elimination of the multi-billion dollar deficit by 2029-2030. The Liberals and Québec solidaire pledged housing measures while the Parti Québécois proposed stricter immigration rules to protect French.
- Federal by-elections set for Monday include one in Quebec after an MP resignation. The article notes three by-elections in B.C., Ontario and Quebec following MP departures, and profiles candidates in the British Columbia riding formerly held by Jonathan Wilkinson; it also flags the broader national context of trade tensions with the U.S. as an issue on voters' minds.
- Sûreté du Québec is investigating a homicide and a related missing-persons case in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts. The report states the SQ opened a homicide investigation and linked it to an ongoing missing-persons file in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, with police handling evidence collection and urging anyone with information to contact investigators.
