The two men accused of starting the fatal fire in Old Montreal are facing murder charges.
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Kate
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Kate
A vigil was held Friday evening to remember Zachary Laferté‑Landry, the young man killed this week when an STM bus turned out of Rigaud Street beside Sherbrooke metro.
Laferté‑Landry was from the Magdalen Islands and had arrived in town recently to go to CEGEP. So he wouldn’t have been accustomed to city traffic and not likely familiar with the knot of narrow streets around that metro station and its linking bus routes.
I hope the bus driver is getting some support.
ottawaowl
Every pedestrian and cyclist death is a tragedy that could be prevented if we had better politicians (like Valérie Plante, Alex Norris, François Limoges and Peter McQueen to name a few). The mayor was honoured last week at the Bikes on the Hill event organized by VéloCanadaBikes and BikeOttawa as “National Bike Advocate of the Year.” It was great to see MPs, MPPs, senators, City councillors and ambassadors biking on Parliament Hill and participating in the Slow Bike Race. But there were also LOTS of amazing cycling advocates inspired by the AMAZING Bicycle Bob. https://cultmtl.com/2022/04/how-robert-bicycle-bob-silverman-velorutionized-cycling-culture-in-montreal/. (The Danish ambassador won the Slow Bike Race.)
walkerp
Just so sad. His poor family.
Ian
@ottawaowl wtf are you on about? This has nothing to do bikes or PM for that matter.
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Kate
CTV surveys the latest wave of news stories about teenagers getting involved in gangs, speaks to experts, and finds that some of the blanket statements being made by police are not true. The claims that it’s a new trend that teenagers are being recruited and that gangs are less structured are debunked by academic criminologists.
However, there’s talk about preventive measures but not exactly what those could be. One man who runs a longstanding community centre in St‑Léonard admits that the kids who sign up for his wholesome programs are not the ones attracted to the gang world.
Apropos, Radio-Canada discusses with a lawyer who defends kids accused of crimes why they do it. Sadly, he mentions one case – and there must be many others – of a minor kid who was tempted by the quick cash offered for a “contract” so he could help his mother support the household.
Joey
The experts don’t exactly contradict or debunk the observation that more younger kids are getting involved in serious crime – they focus on the lack of police efforts spent on root causes.
Kate
Can the police help with the causes, though? What can police do about poverty, kids feeling alienated because their families speak a different language from the one they have to speak at school, which makes it harder to study and harder to imagine a future, when affiliation with a gang offers instant gratification, approval from a cooler class of adult from their parents and teachers, and – most importantly – immediate, almost effortless access to cash?
bob
Police are not responsible for the root causes, they just deal with the effects. The causes go back to racism, elitism, bad schools, lack of opportunity, social pathologies deriving thereof, the usual.
Ian
Yes, but the police reinforce systemic inequalities and literally enforce thier criminalization.
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