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QUE. POLICE WATCHDOG INVESTIGATES DEATH

LONGUEUIL, Que. Quebec’s police watchdog is investigating after a driver allegedly fleeing police in a stolen car struck and killed a man in his 60s in Longueuil, Que.

The agency, known as the Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes, says police in the Montreal suburb received a call about a stolen car shortly before 6 p.m. on Saturday.

It issued a news release saying officers in a patrol car found the stolen vehicle about half an hour later and began following in order to intercept it.

But the officers quickly lost sight of the vehicle, which struck the pedestrian about five minutes after police began following it.

The pedestrian was transported to hospital, where he was declared dead.

One of the occupants of the vehicle was also injured and is now in hospital in stable condition.

ONE PERSON DIES FROM SALMONELLA OUTBREAK

OTTAWA — The Public Health Agency of Canada says one person has died after a salmonella outbreak linked to Malichita and Rudy brand cantaloupes.

An update from the agency posted on Friday offered no details on the person who died, but says there have been 63 confirmed salmonella cases linked to the outbreak and seventeen people hospitalized.

The agency issued food recall warnings three times in November for Malichita cantaloupes sold between Oct. 11 and Nov. 14.

On Nov. 24, it updated its warning to include Rudy brand cantaloupes sold between Oct. 10 and Nov. 24.

The cantaloupes were distributed across the country, and the agency says confirmed salmonella cases have been identified in five provinces so far: Quebec, Ontario, British Columbia, Newfoundland and Labrador and Prince Edward Island.

It says it’s investigating other potential cases and notes the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention are also probing a salmonella outbreak linked to cantaloupes they describe as being the same genetic strain as the one in Canada. U.S. health officials said two people had died and 45 people were hospitalized nationwide due to the outbreak as of Friday

HUNGER STRIKE FOR GENDER ‘X’ MARKER

QUEBEC — Non-binary Montrealer Alexe Frédéric Migneault is on day six of a hunger strike to pressure Quebec’s public health insurance board to add a third gender option to its health cards.

Migneault, who uses they/them pronouns, says they’ve been trying for years to get an ‘X’ gender marker on the health cards, which currently only display the traditional ‘M’ and ‘F’ identifiers for male and female.

Migneault says they’re doing well on day six of the strike and relying on vegetable broth, water and the occasional hot chocolate to maintain hydration and keep up their blood sugar levels.

They’re vowing to continue their protest despite a call to end the strike from the provincial minister overseeing government efforts to expand inclusive gender marker options on official identity documents.

Minister Martine Biron, speaking to reporters in Quebec City on Friday, said the government is making progress and asked Migneault to be patient, though she didn’t say when an ‘X’ gender option would become available on health cards.

Migneault says they haven’t heard from any government officials since starting the hunger strike on Monday but are hoping to meet Biron to discuss the gender markers issue.

» The Canadian Press