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According to the Montreal Gazette, officials from Public Health and the Montreal Health and Social Services Agency have issued the first heat alert of the summer for residents of Montreal.

Authorities warn that although the thermostat may read 29C on Monday, it will feel more like 37C due to the humidity.

Public health officials are warning people to take precautions, especially vulnerable populations such as the very old, the very young, or anyone suffering from pre-existing health conditions.

All but 6 Texas abortion clinics will be forced to close following a newly passed abortion ban bill.

The BBC is reporting the Texas senate has passed a bill obliging all abortion procedures to take place at surgical centres, instead of regular clinics.

The bill also will ban abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy.

The same bill was almost passed in June when Senator Wendy Davis delayed the legislative session with a successful filibuster. 

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Quebec Premier, Pauline Marois has expressed her satisfaction of how efforts in Lac-Megantic are progressing.

Marois told The Gazette on Thursday that her government have done everything and that their response has been quick and that everything is progressing nicely.

She and her ministers have reached out to the federal government for aid money after the P.Q. pledged 60 million dollars in immediate aid money to the eastern townships town.

Prosecutors of Montreal’s municipal courthouse say they will walk off the job in the near future if their demands are not met.

According to the Gazette, the lawyers say they are overworked and underpaid, and are asking for overtime hours, permanent posts and a wage increase for junior lawyers from $25 to $33.

The death toll at Lac Magentic has risen from 13 to 15, Tuesday.

According to C-T-V News, police announced the recovery of two additional bodies, Criminal negligence will be considered for investigation.

Inspector Michel Pho-jette says 35 are still missing. Firefighters say all visible flames are gone, but are still wary of hotspots.

They will also be investigating sections of the wreckage with infrared cameras. Mayor Collete Roy La Roche says twelve hundred residents are allowed to return home.

The Egyptian army has ended days of inactivity in naming top officials in parliament as they named an interim prime minister & vice-president on Tuesday.

CBC News reports that economist, Hazem el-Biblawi & former Nobel Peace Prize winner, Mohamed ElBaradei were named Egyptian prime minister & vice-president respectively.

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Investigators in Lac-Mégantic have recovered the derailed train’s event recorder in the hopes of learning what happened leading up to the deadly explosion.

The Gazette is reporting the death toll has risen to 5.  Police confirm 40 people are missing.

Over 150 people spent the night in a local high school in the small eastern Quebec town. 

A Red Cross spokesperson says 500 people are on the waitlist for a bed.

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Montréal will be making new efforts to hire more anglophone civil servants.

According to the Gazette, Montréal's director of human resources has outlined the measures the city will be undertaking.

In a meeting organized by City councillor Marvin Rotrand in June, many anglophone citizens expressed frustration at feeling discriminated against when applying for city jobs.

The construction strike that has gripped Quebec over the past week, is over.

CBC News reports, that MNAs approved a back to work legislation early Monday morning.

The Parti Quebecois government had to compromise on certain issues. They wanted to extend the employees' last agreement another 4 years and allow an 8.6 per cent raise.

With the CAQ and Liberals' opposition, the deal sees extension to one year and a 2 per cent raise over the next 365 days.