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Quebec’s police watchdog to investigate killing of 15-year-old boy by officers
Police opened fire within seconds after responding to a report of masked teens, according to a resident The head of Quebec’s police watchdog said it will investigate the death of a 15-year-old boy who was shot dead by officers, revealing that the only weapon recovered from the scene of the fatal shooting belonged to the…
Civil rights groups alarmed over Quebec’s move to ban prayer in public
Announcement follows statements from Quebec premier, who expressed frustration over public prayers in Montreal Quebec says it will ban prayer in public, a move that civil rights groups described as an “alarming measure” that targets religious minority groups and would infringe on “basic democratic freedoms”. The province’s secularism minister, Jean-François Roberge, said the move had…