City:
Thank you for concern! It is still going on. Latest report: R will be on tomorrow. His friend who was also severely assaulted broke down and they had to take a recess for him to recover. Having had the guy's thumbs - one in each eye as his head was pounded against a wall, M is terrified he may yet loss his sight. The poor man cared for a blind mother until her death a few years ago. I feel tearful and deserving of my inertia.

However, I drove R to the court this morning then went to Bureau en Gros (Staples, I think, if you are anywhere but Quebec. I left the printer at the mill due to not wanting to carry it through the snow to the car. So, realizing I may be needing to do more scanning and sending re the property - at the lawyer stage soon, I bought another printer with the idea that a printer is not something I want to be schlepping all over two provinces. One at the mill and one in Ontario, eventually.

Then I went home and offloaded printer and some groceries, and went to Home Depot to check out flooring. Some interesting and not too expensive stuff. R is home and we have had some food. Now he needs to get some real work done. I may go with him tomorrow to the court. R may also break down.

There has already been news coverage of the case. It actually caused changes in how things are done and we believe at least one person may have lost his job over the lack of security. The Minister of Justice actually came to Montreal from Quebec City immediately to survey what needed to change. tbc...