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She is enraged. And when she laughs, it's a hearty laughter, but very, very determined, resilient. She never took "no" for an answer. Never took "no" for an answer. [Dan]Soucy has marked every anniversary of Jolène's disappearance and did the same on the 25th anniversary. Along with family and friends, she released balloons near where her daughter's bones were found. [speaking French] [people cheering] [Dolores] I dreamed about her. She came and told me, "I'd like to come back home, mom, but I can't." And I seen her go into... this beautiful little chapel. The doors opened. She left. It still feels numb, weird. I miss her. We got to catch this guy. He's going to hurt somebody else. [Antony]We reached out to Robert Laramée through lawyers who had represented him. They did not respond to our request for comment. He has never been formally accused in Jolène's murder and has always denied any involvement. Since being released from a federal penitentiary in 2016, the parolee has alternated between freedom, a halfway house and prison. He has breached conditions imposed on him a half a dozen times. The parole board has called him impulsive, irritable and unpredictable. In 2023, Laramée was sent back to prison for three months after repeatedly harassing his parole officer. According to parole board documents, he also reached out to a sex worker, tried to access pornography, and made an account on TikTok, none of which are allowed under his parole conditions. Laramée is now back in a halfway house. Dolores Soucy continues to hold out hope someone will one day pay for what happened to Jolène. I'm Antony Robart. Thank you for joining us tonight onCrime Beat. Want more episodes ofCrime Beat? Listen to theCrime Beat podcast now for free on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you find your favourite podcast. And for past episodes ofCrime Beat, go to the Global TV app, visit GlobalTV.com or check out ourCrime BeatYouTube page. Ram Power Days are here.The power to choose fromthe most awarded truck brand over the last five years. Like Ram Classic.As versatile as it is capable. Ram 1500, voted bestlarge pickup in Canada. Or Ram Heavy Dutywith a no-charge Cummins. And you don't pay for 90 days. The power is yours.The time is now. Get 20% off MSRP on Ram Classic for up to $14,200 in discounts. Plus get 4.99% financing. When things heat up, you don't just want a cold one. You want the coldest one. [psst] The cold lagered, cold filtered, cold certified one. Coors Light. The Chill Choice. The next LOTTO 6/49 Gold Ball jackpot is a big one. It's a massive $54 MILLION! Imagine the possibilities Plus, the Classic $5 MILLION jackpot. That's two jackpots on every ticket: the LOTTO 6/49 Classic Jackpot and the growing Gold Ball Jackpot. Two chances tofind your possible. [OLG Sting] Pain makes a lot of noise. There's the "Ow, ow, ow, ow" The “twist and ahhhhh” And the “*deep exhale*”. Tell pain to pipe down When pain says you can't... Advil says you can. - I'm going to grab us some cold foam... coffee...? Wait... Cold foam coffee... at home! - It's International Delight Cold Foam - We're foaming baristas! Foam and cream your coffee with International Delight Cold Foam. It's foaming delicious. ( ) ( ) Stop dreaming. Start shopping.

Get the team there now. Announcer: TheFBIfranchise, only on Global. >> From "global-kingston. This is ckws s news at 11. >> Good evening. It's become a daily source of congestion and frustration among commuters, especially during the causeways lengthy closure. The city of kingston plans a major upgrade now at the intersection of john carpenter boulevard and montreal street to handle traffic volumes by the waaban crossing. The city's own website said this work was supposed to start this spring, but as fawwaz muhammad-yusuf reports, it now appears construction won't begin for at least a year and a half. >> Congestion has become a common sight for anyone who frequents the intersection of montreal street and john connor boulevard. Due to the recent closure of the lasalle causeway. Chaos robert busch is one such driver. He says he goes through the intersection about 5 or 6 times a day, and it can be quite time consuming. >> Sometimes I'll sit at that late, just up the street, maybe a quarter of a mile or so. I might wait there 20 minutes and then get to this light, and then have to wait for this light while help is on the way. >> In the form of a major upgrade the city has planned for the intersection. It won't be coming anytime soon. >> Our current estimates are telling us that we probably need about a, you know, a year and a half to two years for full buildout of the bridge, rehab and road works. >> The city is currently looking for a contractor to oversee what they expect to be a major operation. >> When you add in a couple extra turning lanes, some through lanes, better sight lines, you know, essentially a wider intersection that does improve the level of service for, you know, operability of the intersection itself. >> The city says the expansion of the intersection was always planned to come with the waaban crossing, but was delayed by the pandemic. >> And with covid, that threw a wrench in the gears of some of our construction projects. As you know, with with projects being deemed essential versus non-essential. >> The city is expecting to have a contractor chosen by late summer, and while that won't help commuters like busch in the meantime, he's taking the situation in stride. >> It is what it is. >> Fawwaz muhammad-yusuf, "global news, kingston. >> Funerals and celebrations of life are being held for the three victims in last weekend's deadly boat crash on bob's lake. A celebration of life was held at the family home of juliette cote this afternoon. Memorial donations can be made to the canadian mental health association. Riley orr was laid to rest during a graveside service at sand hill cemetery. In lieu of flowers, the family requests any donations be made to the cancer center of southeastern ontario. Funeral service information for the third victim, caleb behrman, was not immediately available. Meanwhile, opp say they have wrapped up the on scene portion of their investigation into the deadly crash. No word yet on whether the driver of the speedboat involved in the collision will face any charges. The future of the extendicare nursing home is returning to city council. Councillor jeff mclaren has a motion to turn the building into a full health care clinic. Once the city takes ownership of the property this summer. But not everyone is on board with the idea. Kaytlyn-poberznick has more. >> The bath road extended care facility is set to become city property later this year, but what it will become is still up in the air. Originally purchased to help address the need for transitional housing, the district's councillor jeff mclaren, has made a pitch to his fellow councillors to do away with that idea and make the building a fully equipped super clinic for things that don't require, like overnight or aren't emergencies. >> That's what we have clinics for and one of the things that we could use here is all of that kind of walk in clinic, as well as family medicine clinics, to serve the population. >> Councillor is free to put forward any motion they'd like, as long as it can be seconded. But you know, that doesn't mean it will pass. Council. >> The most recent proposal by city staff was to make this a multifaceted building that serves three separate purposes. >> The proposal is so far that have a community space, it have a health care space and also have a transitional housing space that's why we bought the property and that's the intended use of the property. The integrated care hub will not be moving there. The consumption treatment center will not be moving there. >> But jeff mclaren says having access to a property that is prepared to offer the community services that are currently lacking within the city and give doctors a place to work is a better use of the space. >> Last year, when we passed our strategic plan, we didn't know that this opportunity existed, so we passed a motion. We passed a strategic plan that just said facilitate better health care,

access to health care. Now, what we have is an opportunity to make that a reality. And a sustainable way that actually benefits a huge number like tens of thousands of people in kingston. >> But as of right now, council seems to be leaning towards the multi-use space, including transitional housing. >> The question that I would have for, I guess some of my councillors is which crisis is best fixed at this particular location? >> Jeff mclaren's motion to move forward with the super clinic will happen at the june 4th council meeting. Kaytlyn-poberznick "global news" kingston. >> The ford government is speeding up the timetable for low alcohol beverages to be sold in corner stores, and more grocery outlets. The premier says starting in august, already licensed supermarkets can sell ready to drink coolers. The sale of beer, wine and coolers will then expand to corner stores and other supermarkets in september. Colin-d'mello has more on the supporting the small. >> It's the type of convenience that can only come with a cost. The ford government is speeding up access to beer and wine in corner stores, but in exchange, ontarians will have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars to a private company just to make it happen. >> It's a no brainer. You walk into your local convenience store, you pick up your wine, your case of beer, or you're ready to drink. People want it, and we're going to do it. And it's overwhelmingly popular. >> The province says starting this august, licensed grocery stores will be allowed to sell ready to drink beverages and sell larger packs of beer. After september 5th, convenience stores province wide will be allowed to sell beer, cider, wine and ready to drink beverages, while new grocery stores can start selling all those products just after halloween. >> And this represents, without a shadow of a doubt, the largest transformation of ontario's alcohol marketplace since the end of prohibition nearly 100 years ago. >> But the province had to pay a premium just to speed up the timeline. Taxpayers will give $225 million to the privately owned beer store, which until now was an exclusive retailer. The province says the cash will ensure that the beer store doesn't close too many locations when their revenues drop over the next two years. >> Ford is giving $225 million to the beer store and handing billions like billions of public revenue, to grocery store ceos, lcbo employees are also worried about the future. >> The government acknowledged the crown corporation will lose revenue when 8000 convenience stores start cutting into their profits. The worry that publicly owned stores could close. >> Preparing to close stores? Yes, and lay off full time employees. Exactly. That's exactly what this is. >> But the most interesting cost of all could be an early election. The premier was asked multiple times whether he was speeding up alcohol convenience in order to speed up the timeline for an election. >> So are you committing then to sticking with the june 2026 election schedule? You're going to stick to that date. >> We're going to make sure that we fulfill our agenda and our promises that we made. >> Leaving many wondering whether the true convenience here is for the progressive conservatives themselves. Colin-d'mello "global news" toronto queen's university held the first of many convocations this spring. >> Over 100 graduates from the school of medicine and executive mba program got their degrees inside stately grand hall this morning. They were joined by family, friends and faculty. Most of these grads are from the school of medicine. The others were from the 18 month executive mba program, which is a partnership between queen's and cornell university in the U.S. the bulk of convocations will take place early next month at the downtown arena, kingston is getting another traffic circle, this one along highway 15. It will be located near a new housing development in a former quarry just north of gore road. An exact date for the construction hasn't been determined yet, but the transportation director says it will be timed with the completion of the subdivision. The roundabout will cost just over $1 million. The developer will contribute $375,000 and also do the construction work. >> The design of the roundabout is not yet complete, right. So that that we still need to go through a lot of steps with the developer to understand, you know, the feasibility of the footprint, I imagine that there will be many questions about like, how will pedestrian and cyclists, you know, be able to cross those components. That's all, things that will work to understand, in the design piece. >> Well, after a successful debut last year, the summer kickoff music festival is making a return to south frontenac this weekend. This is one of the first festivals of the season in our region. It will feature live local music, food trucks, craft

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