Author: Courrier Laval News
The Ministry of Transport has announced night closures of Route 335, that will be put in place this week. Those closures are required in order to continue the construction of the Saint-Saëns interchange, carried out as part of the extension of Highway 19. Route 335 will be closed between Saint-Saëns Street (east) and Dagenais Boulevard (east). The closure will be in effect, southbound, from Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 9 p.m., until the next day at 5 a.m. The north direction will be closed from Wednesday, Sept. 21, at 10 p.m., to the next day at 6 a.m. Route 335’s closure…
An analysis published by HelloSafe reveals that the average car insurance premium for Laval residents is the third highest in Quebec behind the Nord-du-Québec and Montreal regions. The average annual premium will be $873 in the region, which represents an increase of 5.66 per cent between 2020 and 2021. The provincial average is more around $775. This amount is up by 5.87 per cent. This data, obtained by HelloSafe, are coming from the general results of the Rapport statistique sur l’assurance automobile 2021, which is published each year by the Groupement des Assureurs Automobiles (GAA) du Québec. High Risks Laval (9.76 per…
During a press conference held this week in Montreal, leader of the Conservative Party of Quebec, Éric Duhaime, unveiled the measures proposed by his political group regarding the protection of the French language, including its strategy for the francization of immigrants. Samson Report The Party’s proposals are inspired by the Samson Report, submitted in 2016 by Claire Samson, outgoing MP for Iberville. This report aimed to take stock of the policies aimed at promoting French. It concluded, at the time, that “the decline in francization in Quebec is not attributable to immigrants’s lack of interest in French, nor to the…
The Government of Canada announced yesterday that Monday, Sept. 19, would be a Canadian National Day of Mourning to mark the death of Queen Elizabeth II. It will be a public holiday for employees of the Public Service of Canada. Sept. 19 will coincide with the planned state funeral in London, UK, and the end of the official period of mourning in the country. In a press release issued by the federal government, we’re mentioning that “Canadians from coast to coast will have the opportunity to honor the memory of Her Majesty”. “She is the only sovereign most Canadians have…
The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) of Laval announced an increase of 193 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past week. That brings Laval’s total to 76,570 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic. However, let’s recall that the general population can now obtain rapid screening tests, and that screening centres offer PCR tests to only specific groups of the population, which could explain such a variation in the data from the last 33 reports. Unfortunately, 1,160 Laval citizens died from it, a number that hasn’t changed over the past week. As for vaccination, 89.7…
A call has been made to the administrators of educational establishments by the Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) and its Fédération du personnel de l’enseignement privé (FPEP-CSQ), in order to establish measures to lighten the workload of teachers at the start of the ongoing school year. In total, the CSQ and the FPEP-CSQ are asking for four actions, which, in their opinion, will make a difference for all workers of the private sector. First, they want to put an end to “abusive pedagogical differentiation”, which consists in treating teachers who work in private schools differently. “Like what happened in…
The Défi sans auto solo, organized by the Association des Centres de gestion des déplacements du Québec, returns for a 14th edition, which will be held from Sept. 19–25. This friendly competition between businesses and institutions from all Quebec regions is a way to raise public awareness about the use of sustainable means of transport. Moreover, since this year, the challenge offers its services through a free app, that can be downloaded on any smartphone. The latter will make it possible to count the total kilometers travelled, as well as the kilograms of greenhouse gases. Participating organizations have the chance…
The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) presented the road network report for the Labour Day long weekend across the province. Five fatal collisions were recorded on Quebec’s roads and recreational tourism network between Sept. 2–5. Five people died, four of them on the road. Those deaths occurred despite numerous police operations across the country. SQ police officers offered an increased presence during this long weekend, especially when there was more traffic. Last year, six people died in five fatal collisions on the road during this same period. The police authority also specifies that “speed and reckless driving, distraction, driving impaired by…
The Centre intégré de santé et de services sociaux (CISSS) of Laval announced an increase of 354 confirmed cases of COVID-19 over the past week. That brings Laval’s total to 76,402 confirmed cases since the start of the pandemic. However, let’s recall that the general population can now obtain rapid screening tests, and that screening centres offer PCR tests to only specific groups of the population, which could explain such a variation in the data from the last 32 reports. Unfortunately, 1,160 Laval citizens died from it, which represents an increase of four compared to the previous seven days. As…
Reviews are great, visitors are thrilled, producers are happy, and the creator, Normand Latourelle, has much to be proud of. Cavalia has just concluded the third edition of Illumi Féerie de Lumières, and announces that the biggest multimedia, sound and light trail in the world attracted a record crowd, on foot and by car, for an event of this kind in North America. No less than 585,000 visitors of all ages gathered in Laval to let themselves be carried away by the luminous poetry of the 19 universes that made the third edition of Illumi a resounding success. The luminous…