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4 hours ago · It was a quiet change, issued by Quebec's Justice Ministry in April 2023 with no fanfare: prosecutors should consider diverting simple drug possession cases away from the justice system, choosing treatment options instead of criminal charges.The directive, signed by Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, instructs Quebec's prosecution office, the DPCP, to weigh the public interest and the risk to public safety before pursuing charges against people suspected of simple drug possession.Louis Letel
1 day ago · It was a quiet change, issued by Quebec's Justice Ministry in April 2023 with no fanfare: prosecutors should consider diverting simple drug possession cases away from the justice system, choosing treatment options instead of criminal charges.The directive, signed by Justice Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette, instructs Quebec's prosecution office, the DPCP, to weigh the public interest and the risk to public safety before pursuing charges against people suspected of simple drug possession.Louis Letel
1 day ago · The Exorcist is a 1973 American supernatural horror film directed by William Friedkin from a screenplay by William Peter Blatty, based on his 1971 novel.The film stars Ellen Burstyn, Max von Sydow, Jason Miller, and Linda Blair, and follows the demonic possession of a young girl and her mother's attempt to rescue her through an exorcism by two Catholic priests.
1 day ago · MONTREAL — The Quebec government has quietly relaxed its approach to people caught with small quantities of drugs. In April 2023, the province recommended that simple possession cases should ...
1 day ago · In April 2023, the province published a guideline recommending that cases of simple drug possession should only be prosecuted when there is a public safety risk. In response, Quebec's director of prosecutions issued a new directive detailing that drug possession could be a threat to public safety in the context of organized crime, violence or when minors are present.
4 hours ago · In response, Quebec's director of prosecutions issued a new directive detailing that drug possession could be a threat to public safety in the context of organized crime, violence or when minors ...
1 day ago · A 54-year-old man was sentenced to a year in prison in the court in The Hague on Tuesday, with half of it suspended if he adheres to certain conditions, for threatening politician Frans Timmermans and possession of a weapon. The man had threatened the politician on social media. Police found various weapons and hundreds of cartridges in his house.