Boisbriand

• 4 people killed in 2 house fires north of Montreal, investigations launched

  Four people are dead after two separate house fires Friday morning in communities north of Montreal, authorities say. The cause of both blazes are under investigation.

  Fire

  Jan 5
  
• Laval woman kidnapped in home invasion Monday: police

  A 26-year-old woman is recovering after being kidnapped in a home invasion in Laval Monday night.

  Crime

  Jan 18, 2022
  
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• Ex-Hasidic couple lose case against Quebec government over inadequate religious education

  Justice Martin Castonguay declined to issue a declaratory judgment against the Quebec government and several ultra-Orthodox Hasidic schools.

  Canada

  Dec 3, 2020
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• Mass COVID-19 screening at elementary school north of Montreal

  A positive COVID-19 test result has triggered an intensive screening operation at Gabrielle-Roy Elementary in Boisbriand, north of Montreal.

  Oct 30, 2020
• Coronavirus: Quarantine lifted for Boisbriand’s Hasidic Jewish community

  A quarantine order for a Hasidic Jewish community in Quebec's Laurentians, where several cases of the novel coronavirus were detected in March, has ended.

  Health

  Apr 22, 2020
• Lawyer for Quebec couple urges court to act against ultra-Orthodox Hasidic schools

  The lawyer for a Quebec couple who left their ultra-Orthodox Hasidic community north of Montreal is telling a courtroom that Jewish schools operating there are illegal and leave no time for secular education.

  Canada

  Feb 19, 2020
• Head of home-schooling association tells trial Jewish education rigorous but only for boys

  The head of a Jewish home-schooling association is telling a Montreal courtroom that the rigorous Talmudic education offered by the Hasidic community prepares a child for any possible career.

  Education

  Feb 17, 2020
• Ex-Hasidic couple taking Quebec government to court over religious school education

  The couple are not seeking damages but want a declaratory judgment against the province and the Boisbriand Hasidic schools declaring they have violated the Quebec Education Act.

  Education

  Feb 10, 2020
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• 55-year-old man in critical condition after Boisbriand crash

  According to Éric Huard, spokesperson for the Thérèse-de-Blainville police, witnesses told police that the driver in question was traveling at a high speed in the moments before the crash.

  News

  Nov 30, 2019
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• Mitsubishi to put down roots in Quebec with new aircraft design centre

  The SpaceJet centre in the Laurentians will create 100 jobs in its first year.

  Canada

  Sep 19, 2019