by Alyssia Rubertucci and CityNews Staff POSTED JUN 14, 2021 6:18 PM MDT MONTREAL (CityNews) – A new community-based police team in Longueuil, on Montreal’s south shore, is being established. The Quebec government investing $3.6 million to train officers on social issues and immerse them in the community to work on prevention first. Something deputy Premier Genevieve Guilbault says could lay the foundations for a new policing model for the entire province and change the role of officers in Quebec forever.  Read More

Province hopes more forces will opt for officers who work with community groups to prevent incidents Verity Stevenson · CBC News · Posted: Jun 14, 2021 2:29 PM ET Last Updated: June 14 Quebec is investing in Longueuil police Chief Fady Dagher's model of community police work, allowing 24 more officers to train in different neighbourhoods without weapons or uniforms in the fall. The government hopes more police forces in the province will adopt similar models. Quebec's deputy premier and public security minister, Geneviève Guilbault, said her government will spend $3.6 million on the project with an added, recurring $300,000 from the Health Ministry for the Service de police de l'agglomération de Longueuil (SPAL) to hire social workers.  Read More

MONTREAL, QUEBEC, CANADA – Marianna Naturals Corp. is pleased to announce that it has been approved as a Best Buy Marketplace Seller as of May 17th, 2021. Contrary to everyone’s belief, Best Buy boasts various products other than electronics in their marketplace including skincare. With over 250 million annual visits and 2.3 million orders per year, the Best Buy platform is an excellent opportunity for driving revenue and increasing growth and awareness for the brand.  Read More

MONTREAL -- In a push to be more diverse, the Longueuil Police Service wants to recruit more officers from minority communities, a strategy that the police chief hopes will also build trust among youth. "We always have to try to build some bridges between us and the youth, sometimes [there is] a lack of trust. So it's our responsibility as a police department to be able to get closer and closer to the community," police chief Fady Dagher said in an interview with CTV Montreal. "We need diversity in the police force."  Read More

Self confidence is key. It is not about how you look on the outside, it’s how you feel on the inside. That sounds so cliché right but the energy you give off when you are self-confident is really powerful and attracts others, money and big opportunities! As a part of our series about how technology will be changing the beauty industry over the next five years I had the pleasure of interviewing Heather Marianna, who originally skyrocketed in popularity with the launch of her Beauty Kitchen YouTube series in 2012, where she showcased simple DIY beauty recipes made with common kitchen household ingredients. She quickly generated a powerful following of more than 3 million viewers.  Read More

PAR LIGUE DES NOIRS DU QUÉBEC, FÉVRIER 2, 2021 Le fait qu’un avocat ait récemment été victime de profilage racial n’est que la partie visible de l’iceberg. Il y a eu d’autres victimes de profilage racial depuis la nouvelle politique d’interpellation du Service de Police de la Ville de Montréal (SPVM). Cette politique n’était qu’une façade et une insulte à l’intelligence des citoyens et des élus. En 2020, la Ligue des Noirs du Québec et plusieurs élus ont été contraints de contester publiquement le contenu déficient de la nouvelle politique d’arrestation policière du SPVM. La problématique demeure en 2021. Dans le contexte où le SPVM était visé par le profilage racial pour discrimination systémique, le directeur de la police du SPVM a déclaré publiquement en 2019 qu’il faudrait du temps pour changer la culture policière au Québec :  Read More