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This article written in french by Nicholas Pereira was automatically translated using AI Canada Post has received strike notices from the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) for both the Urban Operations and Rural and Suburban Mail Carriers (RSMC) bargaining units. These notices indicate that CUPW will be legally allowed to initiate a strike starting November 15 at 12:01 a.m. If CUPW proceeds with a rotating strike, Canada Post intends to maintain its services while working toward negotiated agreements. “Canada Post is committed to protecting what matters most to employees,” a statement reads. “There will be no rollbacks for current…

This article written in french by Geneviève Quessy was automatically translated using AI Gilles Brassard, husband of Thérèse Brassard Lévesque, who was strangled in a private senior residence in Terrebonne in 2023, admitted to killing his wife of 53 years in exchange for a reduced charge of second-degree murder. The 82-year-old man appeared disoriented when Judge Hélène Di Salvo informed him he would spend at least the next ten years in prison due to his guilty plea on Wednesday, November 13, at the Laval courthouse. “That just gave me a shock,” said Gilles Brassard. “Once I’m inside those walls, they’ll…

This article written in french by Nicholas Pereira was automatically translated using AI The Centre intégré de santé et services sociaux (CISSS) de Laval launched a new foster family recruitment campaign on September 18. The campaign is themed “La famille, à Laval, on y croit sous toutes ses formes” (Family, in Laval, we believe in it in all its forms). The CISSS de Laval aims to add at least 20 foster care spots for clients with intellectual disabilities or autism spectrum disorder in family-type resources. Gaétan Laprise, a social worker and evaluator at CISSS de Laval for foster family applicants,…

This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI A 25-year-old man, a 22-year-old woman, and their eight-month-old baby from Laval died in a road accident involving their minivan on Highway 401 in Quinte West. While the Laval couple was pronounced dead at the scene, their infant was later declared deceased at the hospital. The fourth member of this Laval family, a four-year-old child, was transported to a trauma center in Toronto by Ornge Air Ambulance with serious injuries. The incident occurred around 1:15 p.m. on Saturday, November 9, on the westbound lanes of Highway 401,…

This article written in french by Nicholas Pereira was automatically translated using AI The use of Winrevair, also known as sotatercept, is now authorized in Canada in combination with standard treatment for adults with group 1 and functional class II or III pulmonary arterial hypertension. This product from the pharmaceutical company Merck is the first activin signaling inhibitor indicated for the treatment of pulmonary arterial hypertension in Canada. It represents a new class of medication that works by improving the balance between pro-proliferative and anti-proliferative signaling to modulate vascular proliferation in patients with pulmonary arterial hypertension. “We are excited about…

This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI An object left on the hot stove burner caused an expensive fire in a multi-unit building on Tekakwitha Street on the afternoon of Thursday, November 7. The 911 call reporting the incident came in at 2:59 p.m., and the first of seven units from the Laval Fire Department (SSIL) – consisting of 26 firefighters and their officers – arrived on the scene at 3:03 p.m., located slightly west of Laurentides Boulevard in Auteuil. At that moment, thick, dark smoke was billowing from a window of an apartment…

This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI The Laval Police Service (SPL) collaborated in a large-scale provincial operation targeting child sexual exploitation on the Internet from November 4 to 7. This extensive operation involved over 200 police officers and civilians and led to around twenty searches related to child sexual exploitation online. In total, 17 men between the ages of 38 and 80 were arrested and appeared in court on charges of possession, distribution, and access to child pornography. The operation was led by the Internet Child Sexual Exploitation Investigation Team (ESEI) of the…

This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI Known to law enforcement, 70-year-old Bert-Laird Crawford was apprehended on the evening of Thursday, November 7, after injuring two people with a hatchet in a Fabreville mobile home park located on Dagenais Boulevard West. The armed assault occurred around 9 p.m., following a 911 call reporting a conflict between three people that risked escalating in this residential area on Dagenais Boulevard West, just west of Highway 13 and north of Highway 440. Upon arrival, patrol officers from the Laval Police Service (SPL) found two women who had…

This article written in french by Nicholas Pereira was automatically translated using AI The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has issued a recall of various brands of breads, hamburger buns, and hot dog buns due to the presence of metal fragments. Recalled The recalled products come from brands such as Country Harvest, D’Italiano, Deli World, Giant Value, Great Value, President’s Choice, No Name, and Wonder. A total of 37 products are included in this recall. The full list of affected breads is available here. All of these types of breads were sold in Quebec, Ontario, and Newfoundland and Labrador. As…

This article written in french by Benoit Leblanc was automatically translated using AI For reasons still unknown, a driver lost control of their vehicle and rolled over multiple times before coming to a stop on the service road of Highway 440 East in the afternoon of Thursday, November 7. Dramatic Rollover The accident occurred around 12:56 PM on the ramp near the exit to Chomedey Boulevard, prompting an emergency response from four units of the Laval Fire Department, involving 14 firefighters and their officers. Arriving on scene at 1:04 PM, firefighters used extrication tools to free the driver from the…