About twenty tenants are fighting their landlord, who is trying to evict them to expand his apartment and rent them twice as much.

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“We don’t want to leave. “We love our building, we want to keep it, we don’t want to be forced to leave home and be sent to retirement homes because we can’t find somewhere to live,” says Edouard Fell, 70, who is 4 1/2 in the Rue Durocher for 14 years.

Of the eight tenants in his building, seven have received an eviction notice from their landlord, who wants an extension. They all decided to fight by appealing their eviction to the Administrative Housing Tribunal (TAL) and thus preventing their landlord from evicting them.

“He just wants to make money while we’ve been here a long time,” continues Mr. Fell, who pays $710 a month for his housing.

It is said that its owner bought the building in 2021 for $1.22 million before reselling it to his own company for $1.6 million a few months later.

Oldest

Almost all tenants have lived in the residential building for more than ten years. Some have been for more than 30 years, says Mr. Fell, who draws a small pension and lives off his savings.

“I am 70 years old, my neighbor is in his 70s and another is in his 85s. Two others are in their late 60s. We are a building with a senior community,” he explains.

For André Trépanier from the Parc-Extension action committee, it is clear that the owner has bad intentions. Especially since the evictions in the neighborhood have increased drastically in recent years due to the new building

“He says he wants to expand backwards, but he’s offered some tenants to pay more every month and told them they won’t get kicked out,” he says.

Same fight at Rosemont

In Rosemont, the same owner is faced with 15 tenants of two buildings who have also decided to contest the eviction notice he sent them for the same reason, explains Jean-Claude Laporte of the Rosemont Housing Committee.

“We’re in trouble because the borough’s statute prohibiting expansion is very clear if it’s an interior expansion. It’s just that the owner wants to enlarge it from behind, so it’s not framed,” he complains.

For Edouard Fell it is clear that the lack of political will to better protect tenants is responsible for this situation.

“The prime minister doesn’t care about the tenants, he doesn’t deserve to be the head of government,” he claims.

That’s why he, along with dozens of other tenants and a housing rights advocacy group, will demonstrate tomorrow at Montreal’s Parc subway station, specifically against the government bill’s removal of the lease allocation.

At the time of writing this article it was not possible to reach the owner.

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The suitability of feeding children cow’s milk is often challenged by claims without scientific evidence, such as that consumption worsens asthma symptoms or raises cholesterol levels. Affirmations heard in the School’s Moms and Dads Groups. And to which paediatricians answer with a clear no. “These assumptions are wrong, as is the fact that lactose intolerance in young children is permanent because it is usually transient and is overcome spontaneously,” explains Iván Carabaño, associate professor of pediatrics at the Complutense University of Madrid. Carabaño assures that milk is a complete food for the little ones and that humans have efficient machines to process it, so if it is properly tolerated there is no need to stop taking it.

The recommended amount of milk in children varies by age. According to the United States Department of Agriculture (US Department of Agriculture), these are the recommended daily amounts of this food for children and adolescents: aged two to three years: two cups (480 milliliters); from four to eight years about two and a half cups (600 milliliters); and three cups (720 milliliters) from ages nine to 18. “Higher intakes of calcium are required during puberty,” the pediatrician continues, “and it makes sense to increase intakes of calcium, as well as other dairy products, to help build strong bones as you grow.” Carabaño adds that calcium does too contained in other foods such as legumes, nuts or canned fish.

More information

“If the mother is also not breastfeeding the baby, a glass of whole milk and yoghurt can be given as part of her diet from the age of one,” explains Laura Llorente, nutritionist and psychologist at Centta Institute. a psychological clinic in Madrid. “Milk is a wholesome food because it also provides protein – casein -, phosphorus, carbohydrates, vitamins A, B and D and minerals,” emphasizes the expert. According to the Spanish Association of Pediatrics (AEP), 100 milliliters of milk provide around 60-65 calories.

What happens if the child does not tolerate milk?

Carabaño explains that cow’s milk also contains lactose – milk sugar – and can cause intolerance, which in babies manifests as symptoms such as abdominal pain, bloating, watery diarrhea or redness in the diaper area. “Between 10 and 20% of children are lactose intolerant,” the expert continues, “and the diagnosis is made through breath testing or a genetic test.”

“Lactose malabsorption is very rare in children under the age of six and increases with age, peaking between the ages of 10 and 16,” explains José Carlos Marín, Scientific Director of the Clinical Institute of the Digestive System, in Madrid. “Tolerability varies depending on how much is taken. In any case, people who are lactose intolerant tend to digest some of this sugar well. Usually this equates to a glass of milk a day, about 10 grams of lactose a day.”

Exactly, Marín continues, lactose intolerance occurs when this substance cannot be digested properly and when it is not absorbed by the intestines, irritation of the digestive system occurs. According to the expert, children who have the genetic variant that causes lactose intolerance are just as healthy as those who have the genetic variant that allows them to consume lactose normally. And he clarifies that treatment can be as simple as replacing the milk with a product that doesn’t contain lactose.

Differences in allergies

“Lactose does not usually cause a food allergy. The latter is an atypical immune system response, usually caused by the proteins found in this food, such as casein, lactoglobulins and bovine antibodies,” adds Marín. Data shows that, according to the AEP, between 2 and 5% of Spanish children suffer from it. “In this case, children often suffer from intestinal irritations such as chronic diarrhea, low weight gain, vomiting and tooth decay,” Carabaño lists as symptoms. The allergic reaction occurs immediately after the child eats it and the symptoms can range from mild to severe. In addition to those already mentioned, it can cause wheezing and hives and cause anaphylaxis, a serious reaction that can endanger the life of the child, according to the Mayo Clinic in the US on its website.

“The allergy usually occurs in the first three years of life and after that it is only an exception,” adds Marín. This expert explains that while it’s rare in teenagers, it’s one of the most common around the age of four. Minors who suffer from this must eat a diet strictly free of cow’s milk protein. “If the child was taking an artificial formula, it would be replaced with one containing hydrolyzed cow’s milk,” explains Carabaño. For his part, Llorente recalls that the consumption of dairy products is not essential: “They have been sold as a star product as the main source of calcium and protein, but they are not the only food from which these nutrients can be obtained. They are also in vegetable drinks such as oatmeal or almond drinks.”

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The death of a 20-year-old student who fatally hit her head while queuing at the entrance to a popular nightclub after an “inadequate” cordon gave way a second time was “predictable and avoidable,” according to a prosecutor.

“By re-erecting that barrier and allowing the queue to continue, we say that they have allowed the conditions that led to Olivia’s death to continue,” the Durham County Council prosecutor said Monday. Jamie Hill in a lawsuit against one of Britain’s biggest advertising companies, according to various local media.

In February 2018, in Durham, England, young Olivia Burt was queuing to attend a student party at the Missoula Bar when a decorative barrier that used to contain the queue allegedly gave way due to the dense crowd.

When she fell, the young woman would have fatally hit herself on the edge of the metal barrier under the weight of other people who were being pulled down by the movement.

“She sustained an incurable head injury,” the prosecutor said, according to the BBC.

However, the decorative barrier should not have been used in this way because it was not “sufficient” for this type of use, the prosecutor in court estimated, in turn reported The Guardian.

What’s more, the heavy structure would have first fallen just 30 minutes earlier, requiring four people to get it back up: a “major missed opportunity” to move it away from the crowd, the prosecutor reiterated, adding that the structure “already unsuitable” for dealing with crowds was further weakened.

For its part, the Missoula Bar’s parent company, the Stonegate Pub Company, will defend itself over the next few weeks of the trial.

Russian-installed authorities in occupied Ukraine accused Kiev of storming a bridge connecting the annexed Crimea peninsula to mainland Ukraine early Thursday.

“The criminal Kiev regime barbarically shelled civilian bridges on the administrative border between the Kherson region and Crimea near Khonhar,” Kremlin-appointed leader of Kherson Vladimir Saldo said, without naming the number of bridges which the attack was directed.

Several bridges connect Crimea to the partially occupied Kherson region in southern Ukraine via the smaller peninsula of Chonhar.

Photos posted by Saldo to messaging app Telegram showed a gaping hole in the surface of a bridge.

He claimed the attack was carried out by UK-supplied Storm Shadow missiles.

No injuries were reported in the strike.

Another Moscow-backed official in occupied Ukraine, Vladimir Rogov, claimed the Chonhar Bridge was hit next to an older, unused bridge.

But Russia’s installed Crimea governor Sergei Aksyonov said only one bridge was damaged.

The Ukrainian authorities did not respond to the allegations, which could not be independently verified.

Russia’s Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu warned Tuesday that Ukrainian forces are planning an attack on Crimea using Storm Shadows or US-supplied HIMARS missiles.

Shoigu promised swift retaliation if Western weapons were used to attack the territory annexed from Moscow in 2014.

Earlier, the Kremlin blamed Kiev for an October 2022 explosion on the Crimean Bridge, which connects the peninsula to mainland Russia.

Ukraine has denied involvement in the attack.