Today marks the end of Operation Nez Rouge’s holiday taxi-service. Taking New Year’s Eve in to account – historically it is one of the busier nights of the year for the volunteers – Nez Rouge will surely surpass the approximately 4,000 rides they provided last Christmas season in Sherbrooke.

This winter the City of Sherbrooke has expanded the area that will not use de-icing salt to include the portion of Boulevard l’Université that runs close to the Magog River. The environmental effort is an attempt by the City to reduce the harmful effects that salt can have on the environment, particularly bodies of water.

The Regroupement citoyen de St-Élie (Citizen’s Group of St-Élie) is threatening a class-action lawsuit against Ani-Mat – a rubber flooring manufacturer based in Sherbrooke – unless they deal with their noise and pollution problems in the near future.

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Not the kind of burning rubber you’d see at the races and a lot less pleasant, say residents of Saint-Élie-d’Orford.

A family gathering in Sutton turned deadly on Christmas Day.
28-year-old Benjamin Moynan has passed away after being stabbed at a residence on Bullock Road just before 11 p.m on December 25th.
Moynan was quickly rushed to a Cowansville hospital where he died from his injuries.
A 21-year-old man, the victim’s brother-in-law, was arrested at the scene in connection to the incident.
“We are just beginning our investigation,” said Gregory Gomez del Prado, spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec, in a report shortly after the arrest. “We will examine the crime scene. (Our) criminal investigators will survey the scene in collaboration with judicial technicians to determine exactly what happened. Witnesses will also be spoken with. There were lots of people present at the time of the attack.”
Reports indicate that four other people witnessed the alleged attack by the husband of Moynan’s sister. According to a report from over the weekend, all of the witnesses underwent lengthy police interrogations.
In an interview with The Record, officer del Prado indicated that the suspect appeared in a court on Monday and was charged with second-degree murder.
A recent report in the Montreal Gazette indicated that the Sutton homicide was the latest of five stabbing incidents that took place in Southern Quebec during last week’s Christmas holidays. The four victims in the other cases survived their attacks.

By Doug McCooeye

2009-12-29