Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns | Dominique Fils-Aimé getting ready to release 2nd album in trilogy | New pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Victoria Square in downtown Montreal
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Sunday, June 23, 2024.
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Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns; Quebec's forest fire prevention agency, or SOPFEU, said late Saturday that several fires remained out of control near Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles, although favourable winds had slowed their progression toward the communities\.

Quebec's Port-Cartier maximum security prison evacuated as wildfire burns

June 23 , 2024 at 01:37:09 p.m. EDT • :

The province's forest fire prevention agency, SOPFEU, said Sunday that several fires remained out of control near Port-Cartier and Sept-Îles in eastern Quebec north of the St. Lawrence river, although favourable weather was helping to halt their progression towards the communities.

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Dominique Fils-Aimé getting ready to release 2nd album in trilogy; Dominique Fils-Aimé is an award-winning Canadian singer-songwriter from Quebec\.

Dominique Fils-Aimé getting ready to release 2nd album in trilogy

June 23 , 2024 at 02:24:48 p.m. EDT • :

Juno-award-winning artist Dominique Fils-Aimé just released her first single in French, "Moi je t'aime", ahead of the release of the second album in her latest trilogy. The first examined her connection to nature while this next album, she says, will reflect her personal connection to music.

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New pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Victoria Square in downtown Montreal; A Pro-Palestine supporter puts up fencing at an encampment set up in Square Victoria in Montreal, Saturday, June 22, 2024\. Police say protesters began barricading themselves in Victoria Square using construction materials at around 1:20 p\.m\. on Saturday\. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Graham Hughes

New pro-Palestinian encampment set up at Victoria Square in downtown Montreal

June 23 , 2024 at 11:11:10 a.m. EDT • :

Protestors began barricading themselves using construction materials around 1:20 p.m. Saturday, according to Service de police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). Police say they're monitoring the situation.

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Man, 53, dies in workplace accident in Varennes, Que.; The 53-year-old man was pronounced dead at the scene\.

Man, 53, dies in workplace accident in Varennes, Que.

June 23 , 2024 at 03:31:36 p.m. EDT • :

The man was found crushed under a forklift in the backyard of the inflatable boat manufacturing company AIRSOLID in Varennes on Montreal's South Shore.

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Montreal's Canada Day parade cancelled after organizer pulls plug; A marching band entertains the crowd along Ste-Catherine Street\.

Montreal's Canada Day parade cancelled after organizer pulls plug

June 21 , 2024 at 05:40:55 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal's Canada Day parade has been cancelled less than two weeks ahead of time. While organizers are blaming the city, city officials are blaming organizers.

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Unifor says 1,350 of its members are on strike at Bombardier after deal deadline passes; Bombardier workers assemble a Global 7500 business jet at the company's Mississauga, Ont\., plant on Jan\. 22, 2024\.  

June 23 , 2024 at 04:21:18 p.m. EDT • :

Unifor says 1,350 of its members are on strike at Bombardier after deal deadline passes

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3 adults found, 1 still missing, after kidnapping in Old Montreal; Montreal police set up a command post on De la Commune Street in Old Montreal on Friday afternoon in connection with a kidnapping investigation\.  

June 22 , 2024 at 06:12:42 p.m. EDT • :

3 adults found, 1 still missing, after kidnapping in Old Montreal

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Laval police searching for missing 15-year-old girl; Shayna St-Philippe Louis-Jacques was last seen Friday  

June 23 , 2024 at 02:52:15 p.m. EDT • :

Laval police searching for missing 15-year-old girl

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Montreal borough mayor considers banning religious events in park after Eid celebration draws complaints; Religious celebrations are not uncommon at Parc des Hirondelles in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough, but members of the Muslim community celebrating Eid led to a dozen complaints\.  

June 21 , 2024 at 08:55:37 a.m. EDT • :

Montreal borough mayor considers banning religious events in park after Eid celebration draws complaints

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70-year-old man missing in Laval; The Service de police de Laval was looking for an 83-year-old man who went missing on June 17\.  

June 23 , 2024 at 10:33:11 a.m. EDT • :

70-year-old man missing in Laval

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