Quebec News Roundup: Recent Headlines

Recent days have brought a flurry of news from across Quebec, covering a range of events from Amber Alerts to tragic accidents and legal battles. Here’s a summary of the key headlines:

Amber Alert Resolved: Children Found Safe

(Trois-Rivières) A tense situation concluded successfully on Sunday morning when two young children, aged 2 and 4, who were the subject of an Amber Alert, were located safe and sound in Saint-Paulin, approximately 60 kilometers from Trois-Rivières. The discovery was made possible thanks to information provided by the public, in collaboration with the Trois-Rivières Police Service.

Sergeant Élizabeth Marquis-Guy of the Sûreté du Québec (SQ) confirmed the children’s safe return, emphasizing the crucial role played by the public in providing leads. The Amber Alert was lifted at 7:55 AM on Sunday. The children had been taken by their 29-year-old mother on Saturday evening. To protect the children’s identity, the mother’s name is being withheld.

Other Notable News from Quebec:

• Montreal Shooting: A business on Newman Boulevard in LaSalle, Montreal, was targeted in a shooting overnight between Tuesday and Wednesday.
• Donnacona Penitentiary Attack: Two inmates at the Donnacona penitentiary, both in their twenties, were attacked by other inmates on Tuesday, resulting in one fatality.
• Tragic Death in Dominican Republic: A 19-year-old Quebecer was fatally shot while on a family vacation in the Dominican Republic on Monday morning.
• Fraudulent Email Scheme: A man was found guilty of diverting over $200,000 in public funds simply by sending an email. His implausible defense failed to convince the judge.
• Drug Trafficking Arrests: Three alleged accomplices of two Quebecers recently convicted of exporting cocaine from Peru to Canada were arrested in Montérégie on Tuesday morning, following a sting operation by the RCMP.
• Repeat Offender Accused of Terrorizing Women: Rosenthal Jr Dorleans, a repeat offender, is facing new accusations of terrorizing women on Montreal buses, despite previously vowing to stay out of trouble.
• Shooting in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce: A storefront on Édouard-Montpetit Boulevard in Montreal was struck by gunfire Monday night following a dispute that escalated.
• Bank Employee Sentenced for Mortgage Fraud: A former bank employee involved in mortgage fraud received a sentence of over two years in prison after a judge rejected her claims of remorse.
• Construction Site Deaths: Coroner Andrée Kronström has begun a public inquiry to investigate the circumstances surrounding the deaths of four construction workers in Quebec.
• Supreme Court Challenge to Quebec’s Secularism Law: Opponents of Quebec’s secularism law argued before the Supreme Court of Canada that the court must limit the abusive use of the notwithstanding clause to protect minority rights.
• Appeal in Pimping Case: The Crown is appealing the acquittal of a Montreal man accused of pimping, arguing that his own admission of working for an escort agency should have led to a conviction.
• Fire Department Equipment Theft: The Montreal Fire Department lost nearly $150,000 worth of equipment when a firefighter used a department vehicle to attend his son’s hockey game. An internal investigation is underway.
• Fraudster Served Sentence in Luxury: A man who defrauded the state of $158,000 served his prison sentence in the luxurious home of his friend, Chris Boucher, an assistant to a Toronto Raptors player. The Crown is seeking to have him return to prison.
• Fatal Collisions: Two separate traffic collisions resulted in fatalities over the weekend – one in Quebec City and another in Sainte-Cécile-de-Milton, near Granby. A teenager also lost her life after being hit by a vehicle in Vaudreuil-Dorion.

Sources: La Presse