A helicopter flight in Quebec meant to celebrate a mother’s birthday ended in tragedy when the aircraft crashed, killing all four people aboard, including its 50-year-old pilot.

Suzanne Jutras was at the controls when the helicopter went down in a field on Montreal’s South Shore on Saturday afternoon. Everyone on board died in the crash.

The passengers were Chantal Raymond, whose birthday the outing was intended to mark, her son Loucas Perreault, and Gabriel Jasmin, the fiancé of her daughter Oceane.

Oceane Perreault has suffered an unimaginable loss, losing her mother, brother and fiancé in the same afternoon. Jasmin was also the father of her young daughter.

“On September 26, a part of my world flew away to heaven,” Perreault wrote in a heartbreaking Facebook tribute.

“I don’t have the words to describe the pain, the shock, and the emptiness I feel. Three people I love more than anything were taken from me far too soon, right before my eyes.”

Jutras had flown helicopters for several years and owned two aircraft. She operated helicopter tours and was recognized in the aviation communities where she worked.

Just before the crash, her partner, Yves Boulais, was watching her return to the farm they shared in Sainte-Brigide-d’Iberville.

Jutras had completed one tour earlier that day and was returning from her second flight when Boulais saw the helicopter approaching its usual landing area.

He told Le Journal de Quebec that the aircraft was about 300 feet from the landing site when it appeared to stop and then began turning.

The helicopter tilted toward the passenger side before slamming into the ground. The impact triggered a fierce fire.

Boulais rushed toward the wreckage, taking a tractor from a neighboring property in an effort to reach the victims.

However, he could get no closer than about 10 feet from the burning helicopter and was forced to stop.

He said he realized there was nothing he could do.

The Sûreté du Québec was called to the scene at approximately 2:30 p.m. after the helicopter crashed near Rang des Ecossais, off Highway 10.

All four occupants were pronounced dead at the scene.

The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is now investigating what caused the aircraft to crash.

Jutras had reportedly accumulated more than 500 hours of flying experience and had built a life around her love of aviation.

For three years, she had been the pilot for Les Felixeries, a family festival in Saint-Felix-de-Kingsey.

The festival hailed her as its ‘favorite pilot’ and paid gushing tributes to her after learning of her death.

‘It is with great sadness that we have learned of the death of our favorite pilot of the past three years, Suzanne Jutras, in a terrible accident,’ the organization wrote.

‘We salute you… Thank you for taking us up into the skies with your kindness.’

Her husband, Yves Boulais, is a field-crop farmer and former dairy farmer in the region, according to the Haut-Richelieu UPA Union, which also issued condolences to the family.

Jasmin was a host on Sherbrooke-based radio station 106.1 Energie and had a daughter with Oceane.

Bell Media, which owns the station, offered its condolences and said psychological support would be available to members of its Sherbrooke team.

Raymond’s husband, Martin Perreault, was left mourning his wife of almost 40 years.

He described her as his ‘better half’, his best friend and his constant companion. ‘We built a life, a family, and so many memories together,’ he wrote.

He said Raymond had been beside him through both the happiest and most difficult periods of their life together. ‘A huge part of my life is gone with her, but everything we experienced together will remain etched in my memory forever.’

He also described Loucas Perreault as his ‘pride and joy’, saying his son still had ‘so many plans, so much left to accomplish’.

And he remembered Jasmin as much more than a son-in-law, describing him as an integral part of the family, a man with a big heart, an incredible sense of humor and a zest for life.

Oceane Perreault said the tragedy was a reminder to cherish the people in your life.

‘Hold your loved ones a little tighter. Tell them you love them. Call the people you miss,’ she wrote in French. ‘Cherish the little moments, the fits of laughter, the ordinary days. And above all, stop worrying about the small stuff. Because, in the end, the people we love are what matter most.’

Investigators are now examining the wreckage to determine what happened during the helicopter’s final moments, the matter is now in the hands of the Transportation Safety Board of Canada.

Federal Transport Minister Steven MacKinnon said: ‘The safety of civil aviation operations is Transport Canada’s top priority.’

‘The department will continue to closely monitor the situation on the ground and remains ready to provide support and collaborate with all stakeholders involved in the unfolding events.’

The Daily Mail has reached out to Oceane Perrault for comment. 

Sen. Chuck Schumer said that people who oppose Israel’s existence as a Jewish state are antisemitic—a definition that could encompass New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani and Michigan Democratic Senate candidate Abdul El-Sayed.

Schumer, the Senate’s Democratic minority leader, made the comments at a New York Public Library event in May 2025 while discussing his book, “Antisemitism in America, A Warning.”

“To be anti-Zionist—to not believe the Jewish people should have a state—is in my view a form of antisemitism,” Schumer said, according to video of the event that has resurfaced. Pro-Palestinian protesters repeatedly heckled him during the appearance.

“If you believe every other people should have their own state, but the Jewish people should not, that is antisemitic,” Schumer added.

Mamdani faced criticism during last year’s mayoral campaign after declining to say whether Israel should exist as a Jewish state.

“I believe Israel has a right to exist and it has a right to exist also with equal rights for all,” Mamdani said at a UJA-Federation-sponsored event in May 2025.

Mamdani, a vocal critic of Israel, supports the controversial boycott, divestment and sanctions campaign against the Jewish-led country and has accused Israel of committing genocide in Gaza. The mayor also skipped this year’s Salute to Israel Day Parade in New York.

He has also drawn controversy by calling for the arrest of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu over alleged war crimes in Gaza.

Speaking at the United Nations General Assembly in New York last week, Netanyahu accused Mamdani of antisemitism, saying he had fueled hatred and made New York City less safe for Jews.

Mamdani has said he supports Jewish New Yorkers and maintains “zero tolerance” for antisemitism and bigotry of any kind, despite his criticism of Israel and Netanyahu.

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El-Sayed, the Democratic Senate candidate in Michigan, has tried to recast the debate when asked whether he rejects Israel’s right to exist as a Jewish state.

“I do not. I just dispute the idea that you should have an ethno-state,” he told an interviewer. “I dispute Egypt’s right to be an ethno-state, and Saudi Arabia’s right to be an ethno-state.”

During a recent CNN interview, El-Sayed similarly redirected a question about whether Israel has a “right to exist” as a Jewish state.

“It’s interesting. Nobody has ever asked me if Palestinians have a right to exist,” El-Sayed told host Kasie Hunt.

“The question of whether or not Israel has a right to exist is quite secondary to whether they have a right to our tax dollars,” he continued. “Israel exists. The question is whether or not we want a politics where our money is sent over to Israel to do genocide and apartheid instead of investing in our own kids.”

El-Sayed continued to resist the framing when Hunt pressed him on the issue.

“The question of Israel’s existence is not a question. I’m not going to play this gotcha game,” he said. “The question we ought to ask is, ‘Does everyone have equal rights to peace, dignity and self-determination?’”

Schumer, Mamdani’s office and El-Sayed’s campaign did not immediately respond to requests for comment.

Last week, the NYPL hosted an event featuring Benjamin Moser, a Jewish author who compared the Jewish state to a “dog shelter.” Moser’s book, “Anti-Zionism, a Jewish History,” criticizes Israel and its existence as a Jewish-led state.

The NYPL said it presents a range of perspectives on contentious and politically sensitive issues.

Brendan Fraser has been photographed on the set of the next installment in The Mummy franchise for the first time.

The 57-year-old action star was seen both in costume and between takes in Suffolk, eastern England, on Monday. He was filming the currently untitled sequel, which will become the fourth movie in the main Mummy series.

The project marks another major moment in Fraser’s so-called “Brennaissance,” the career resurgence that began early in the decade and culminated in his Best Actor Oscar win for his acclaimed role in The Whale.

Fraser’s return to the franchise comes 18 years after he appeared in the 2008 horror thriller The Mummy: Tomb of the Dragon Emperor.

His original co-star, Rachel Weisz, was confirmed to be returning just days earlier. She had been spotted filming a separate scene in London.

Fraser appeared to be shooting a sequence in which his character takes the wheel of a rocket-shaped, high-speed vehicle.

The sequence called for Fraser’s character, treasure hunter Rick O’Connell, to climb behind the wheel of the experimental machine. His stunt double ultimately took over for the driving portion.

Fraser and his double wore rugged brown leather jackets, coordinating gloves and brown trousers for the scene.

After piloting the long, tubular vehicle, both men were seen with soot-like makeup covering their faces.

Filming took place at a former military base being used as the fictional Daubach Air Base. Its runway had been transformed into a test track where O’Connell races to set a new speed record.

The silver rocket car was decorated in blue and red, complete with stylized lightning bolts and the words “Great Britain Speed Shop.” American and British flags were painted on its tail fin.

Fraser’s stunt double appeared to handle the actual high-speed run. The vehicle shot past a cheering crowd, kicking up a dense plume of smoke as it sped along the track.

The new Mummy film will bypass the events of Fraser’s previous entry and instead take place decades after 2001’s The Mummy Returns, the last movie in the franchise to feature Weisz.

Weisz’s character, Evelyn Carnahan, was recast with Maria Bello for Tomb of the Dragon Emperor. The upcoming sequel, however, reunites the original leading cast.

John Hannah is also returning as Carnahan’s brother, while Arnold Vosloo – who played the title monster in the original films – will be back. 

Kevin J. O’Connor, who played the mummy’s henchman, has also been cast in the upcoming sequel, even though his character met a gruesome fate at the conclusion of the original film.

Although the new film is set decades after the last Mummy film starring Weisz, few details have been revealed about the sequel’s plot.

The 54-year-old actress – who is married to former James Bond star Daniel Craig – was pictured filming a scene outside the British Museum, which is expected to be featured early on in the movie.

Stephen Sommers, who directed the first two modern Mummy films, is being replaced on the latest entry by the directing team of Matt Bettinelli-Olpin and Tyler Gillett, who were previously credited as Radio Silence.

The two broke out with the 2019 horror-comedy hit Ready or Not, as well as the fifth and sixth entries in the Scream franchise and a sequel to Ready or Not that was released earlier this year.

In May, the latest entry in Fraser’s return to prominence, Pressure, was released in theaters. 

He starred in the World War II film as Dwight D. Eisenhower, who collaborated with the Scottish meteorologist James Stagg (played by Andrew Scott) as he planned out the monumental Operation Overlord, which began on June 5, 1944, with the storming of the beaches in Normandy.

While Pressure disappointed at the US box office after its May release, it was only released in France and the UK earlier this month.

Last year, Fraser led the dramedy Rental Family, which also disappointed at the box office but charmed critics. 

He played an American actor living in Tokyo who found unconventional work as part of a company that hires actors to stand in as fake family members to its clients.

Fraser’s return to prominence began in 2021, when Steven Soderbergh cast him as a heavy in his period crime thriller No Sudden Move, but it wasn’t until the following year that he cemented his return with his Oscar-winning role in The Whale.

He starred in the Darren Aronofsky–directed drama as a morbidly obese homebound English teacher who struggled to teach his classes remotely while also using his limited time to reconnect with his estranged teenage daughter.

Fraser’s upcoming Mummy sequel was originally scheduled to hit theaters in May 2028, but its release was later bumped up to October 15, 2027. 

Arizona authorities investigating Nancy Guthrie’s disappearance are examining a “new, possible ransom note” as they search for a breakthrough nearly eight months after the 84-year-old vanished.

The Pima County Sheriff’s Department has not said when the alleged note was sent, who received it or what it contained, but indicated that investigators are also reviewing discussion about it on social media.

“The PCSD [Pima County Sheriff’s Department]/FBI Guthrie Task Force was recently made aware of a new possible ransom note related to the Nancy Guthrie investigation,” the department said in a post on X Monday.

“Investigators are also aware of social media comments regarding the note and are looking further into the information to determine its credibility.”

The FBI has not publicly commented on the development, and neither has Guthrie’s daughter, television star Savannah Guthrie.

Two ransom notes were sent to Arizona news station KOLD-13 within a week of Guthrie being taken from her home in Tucson’s Catalina Foothills.

Authorities have long suspected that Guthrie was abducted from her bed.

The first note, received February 2, stated that Guthrie would be “released unharmed” if her family paid $4 million in bitcoin by 5 p.m. on February 5.

“If payment is not received, the ransom will be increased to 6 million USD which will need to be paid by 5PM on Monday the 9th,” the alleged kidnappers wrote.

“Once payment is received to the bitcoin address below she will be released within 12 hours of deposit to a safe drop off location back in Tucson. If payment is not recieved [sic] by the last deadline on Monday the 9th at 5PM, she will be killed.”

“Your mother is aware of this and her life is in your hands,” the note continued, warning the Guthrie family “not to play games.”

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A second note, sent February 6, adopted a more remorseful tone while suggesting that Guthrie might already have died.

“We did not fully grasp the seriousness of her physical condition,” the message stated, apparently referring to Guthrie’s frailty.

“We never intended to hurt her, that was not our intention. She perished shortly after she was taken.

“We believe it was heart related. She is buried in nature now. Nothing you could have done could have changed the outcome. We want your family to know this and hope you all can find peace. We are truly sorry.”

The identities of the people who sent the two notes remain unknown. However, forensic psychologist Gary Brucato said in August that the messages appeared to have been written by two different individuals.

Brucato believed the ransom demand came from someone calculating and intelligent, while the second message appeared to have been written by a more emotional person.

He also suggested that the author of one of the notes may have had a connection to Savannah Guthrie.

No arrests have been made, despite the notes being released publicly around the six-month mark of the investigation.

Pima County Sheriff Chris Nanos previously said he hoped publishing the notes would prompt someone in the community to come forward with information.

The Guthrie family are offering a $1 million reward for information that leads to the matriarch being recovered.

That reward remains active and the FBI is offering a $100,000 reward.