Train conductor Thomas Finn and engineer William Burnie failed to acknowledge a stop signal and the train fell through an open swing bridge into the Richelieu River. (29 June 1864)
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Monday 15th of March 1993 (x) — Mustapha Tabit is sentenced to death for indecent assault, rape, violence, abduction and of sequestrating a married woman, in addition to other assaults. Tabit was arrested in February for carrying pornographic tapes that featured more than 500 women and several important political figures. Around thirty people were accused of their complicity and involvement and were sentenced to various penalties.