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Potton pushes for Priority 3 first responders as fires, church plans and road project move ahead
1+ hour, 50+ min ago (608+ words) Potton Township Mayor Louis Veillon says the municipality is continuing to press the Quebec government and the regional health authority to let local first responders attend Priority 3 medical calls, even as an otherwise quiet early summer has kept Mansonville's fire…...
Lennoxville Borough Council fields questions on Queen Street rooms and St. Francis truck traffic
3+ hour, 30+ min ago (542+ words) Lennoxville Borough President Bert Collins (top right) presides over the borough council's June 23 regular meeting, joined by borough coordinator Gino Rouleau (top left) and other councillors and staff. (Courtesy Lennoxville/You Tube) Residents pressed the Lennoxville Borough Council over a…...
Granby council meeting, June 22, 2026: taxibus suspension, housing projects and infrastructure
4+ hour, 27+ min ago (699+ words) One of the meeting's most significant announcements concerned Granby's Taxibus service. Council approved the termination of its contract with Taxi 3000, citing irregularities in the service provided and circumstances beyond the city's control. Mayor Julie Bourdon said Taxibus service would be…...
Bedford launches stray cat trap-neuter-return program
5+ hour, 6+ min ago (290+ words) The City of Bedford has launched a new trap-neuter-return (TNR) program in partnership with the SPA des Cantons to help control the local stray cat population, improve animal welfare and reduce the impact of feral cat colonies in residential neighbourhoods....
Sherbrooke police arrest teen in foiled "fake representative" fraud targeting 81-year-old
1+ day, 24+ min ago (292+ words) Sherbrooke police arrested an 18-year-old man from Mascouche on June 26 after intercepting an alleged "fake representative" fraud aimed at an 81-year-old woman, the Service de police de Sherbrooke (SPS) said. Officers were alerted to the fraud in progress at about…...
I'm not celebrating': Rachelle Wrathmall's sister reacts as Guinea jails murder suspect
21+ hour, 57+ min ago (944+ words) For nearly two decades, Donna Wrathmall watched the man Quebec police consider the prime suspect in her sister's killing build a public life an ocean away " and felt powerless to do anything about it. Now that man is sitting in…...
Brome-Missisquoi launches regional campaign to recruit specialist doctors
1+ day, 24+ min ago (346+ words) COWANSVILLE " Municipal leaders, physicians and health partners across Brome-Missisquoi launched a regional recruitment campaign on June 19 aimed at drawing new specialists and family doctors to the Brome-Missisquoi-Perkins (BMP) Hospital, with the hiring of hematologist-oncologists singled out as the most pressing…...
Granby hospital to get new mother-child unit by 2028 in $11-million project
1+ day, 50+ min ago (413+ words) GRANBY " A new mother-child unit will be built at the H'pital de Granby, Sant" Qu"bec Estrie " CHUS announced on June 26. Construction is set to begin this fall, with an opening targeted for 2028. The unit will occupy the fourth floor…...
Worker seriously injured in accident at Sherbrooke's Larocque school, CNESST investigating
1+ day, 2+ hour ago (199+ words) A 35-year-old man suffered serious injuries in a workplace accident at "cole Larocque in Sherbrooke on the morning of June 26, and Quebec's workplace health and safety board will investigate. Emergency services were called to the school at 910 rue Larocque at…...
Ex-Cirque du Soleil acrobat brings transplant tap-dance show "By Our Side" to Theatre Lac Brome July 3
1+ day, 3+ hour ago (723+ words) A teaser for "By Our Side: An Entertaining Transplant Story," the tap-dancing rom-com docudrama from Sutton performers Andrea Conway and Wayne Doba, coming to Theatre Lac Brome on July 3 at 8 p. m. Tickets at theatrelacbrome. ca. (Video courtesy of Conway & Doba) A…...