Father accused of drowning 9-year-old daughter in New York to request bail — again | 5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges | Quebec health minister slams doctors' federations for refusing to negotiate pay changes
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Father accused of drowning 9-year-old daughter in New York to request bail — again; Luciano Frattolin, left, speaks to assistant public defender Eric Weyand, while making a court appearance at the Essex County court in Elizabethtown, N\.Y\., on Tuesday, Aug\. 19, 2025\.

Father accused of drowning 9-year-old daughter in New York to request bail — again

August 19 , 2025 at 06:34:11 p.m. EDT • :

The lawyer representing a father charged with murdering his nine-year-old Canadian daughter in Upstate New York said his client will ask for bail.

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5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges; Five Quebec-based soldiers have been suspended from duty while an investigation takes place into a 2023 party that was caught on video\.

5 Canadian soldiers suspended after Nazi salute video emerges

August 19 , 2025 at 03:58:36 p.m. EDT • :

The Canadian Army is now dealing with another incident of alleged hateful conduct that involves Quebec-based soldiers caught on video allegedly partying while some of them delivered Nazi salutes. It's the latest case of right-wing extremism to rock the military.

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Quebec health minister slams doctors' federations for refusing to negotiate pay changes; Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé answers questions while seated behind a microphone\.

Quebec health minister slams doctors' federations for refusing to negotiate pay changes

August 19 , 2025 at 06:41:46 p.m. EDT • :

Under Bill 106, up to 25 per cent of doctors' compensation would be linked to their performance, in an effort to get them to take on more patients. Quebec Health Minister Christian Dubé had set a summer deadline to negotiate with the doctors' federations in the province. But they want the government to scrap the bill altogether.

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Tentative Air Canada deal to include pay increases, at least 60 minutes ground pay; Air Canada strike over, with tentative deal reached, airline and union say

Tentative Air Canada deal to include pay increases, at least 60 minutes ground pay

August 19 , 2025 at 05:44:56 a.m. EDT • :

A tentative agreement has been reached to end the contract dispute between Air Canada and its flight attendants, both the airline and the Canadian Union of Public Employees announced Tuesday. Details of the deal include proposed pay increases and at least 60 minutes of ground pay before each flight.

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Man, 72, in critical condition after fight breaks out in Montreal Metro; Montreal police are investigating after a physical altercation left a 72-year-old man in critical condition Tuesday\.

Man, 72, in critical condition after fight breaks out in Montreal Metro

August 19 , 2025 at 05:01:27 p.m. EDT • :

A 72-year-old man is in hospital with life-threatening injuries after an altercation at the Pie-IX Metro station in Montreal's Mercier–Hochelaga-Maisonneuve borough.

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Montreal man accused of death threat against Jewish man released from custody; In a video posted on X, a man is seen yelling "we will kill you" at a man wearing a kippah\.  

August 19 , 2025 at 01:10:37 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal man accused of death threat against Jewish man released from custody

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Montreal mayor wants Quebec to appoint homelessness minister; Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante also proposed \$22\.5 million to tackle homelessness\.  

August 19 , 2025 at 02:15:34 p.m. EDT • :

Montreal mayor wants Quebec to appoint homelessness minister

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Man, 22, dies in Montreal park stabbing that left 2 others injured; The three men were stabbed at Roman-Zytynsky Park on Jules-Poitras Street in Montreal's Saint-Laurent borough Saturday night\.  

August 17 , 2025 at 08:17:04 a.m. EDT • :

Man, 22, dies in Montreal park stabbing that left 2 others injured

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Students caught in limbo as LaSalle College scrambles to comply with Quebec quotas; The private college says the measure affects about 90 students and concerns only the fall semester\.  

August 19 , 2025 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Students caught in limbo as LaSalle College scrambles to comply with Quebec quotas

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Quebec workers could face same fate as Air Canada flight attendants, union leaders say; Magali Picard, the president of the Fédération des travailleurs et travailleuses du Québec, is one of two union presidents drawing a parallel between a new Quebec law and federal legislation that permits Ottawa to force two sides in a labour dispute into binding arbitration\.  

August 18 , 2025 at 04:15:09 p.m. EDT • :

Quebec workers could face same fate as Air Canada flight attendants, union leaders say

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