Source Feed: The Globe and Mail
Author: Morgan Lowrie
Publication Date: June 16, 2025 - 07:26
Drones dropping contraband to inmates pose challenges in Quebec detention centres
June 16, 2025
On any given day, drones buzz in the skies above Quebec’s detention centres looking to drop tobacco, drugs or cellphones to the inmates below. Statistics from Quebec’s Public Security Minister show staff reported 274 drones flying over provincial centres between January and March – or just over three a day. That doesn’t include the 10 federally-managed prisons in the province.
OTTAWA — Conservatives will be supporting the Liberal government’s internal trade and major projects bill that is expected to be passed before Canada Day, revealed Leo Housakos, the leader of the Opposition in the Senate.
Housakos confirmed the news as he was questioning Minister of Transport and Internal Trade Chrystia Freeland during a pre-study of the bill on Monday afternoon.
“Obviously, the Conservative opposition in the House (of Commons) supports this bill, as the opposition does in this chamber,” he said, before criticizing current Liberals who were in his party’s view a “...
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Webequie First Nation is leading an environmental and impact assessment of the Webequie Supply Road that would connect to mining exploration activities in the Ring of Fire.
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