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• Lachute hit by F1 tornado during intense storm Tuesday

  23-08-2017 17:21 via : Montreal
  Lachute was hit by an F1 tornado during the intense storm that hit parts of Quebec.
  
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• Campaign Trump vs. Teleprompter Trump https://t.co/qy6Vn9CJBt

  23-08-2017 16:38 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  Campaign Trump vs. Teleprompter Trump https://t.co/qy6Vn9CJBt
  
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• Severe storm hits Montreal sends debris flying through the air

  23-08-2017 16:31 via : Montreal
  Amateur footage shows debris flying through the air as a severe storm swept through the city on Tuesday.
  
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• Clean-up underway after severe storm, heavy winds rip through Montreal

  23-08-2017 16:28 via : Montreal
  There were no serious injuries reported as a result of the storm.
  
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• Montreal storm tears down trees, power lines

  23-08-2017 16:24 via : Montreal
  Wed, Aug 23: A Montreal storm tore up trees, damaged homes and took down power lines. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Swastikas on anchors in Pointe-des-Cascades park create controversy

  23-08-2017 16:09 via : Montreal
  Corey Fleischer of Erasing Hate was called to remove a black swastika painted on an anchor in nautical-themed Saint-Pierre Park in Pointe-des-Cascades.
  
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• Cities where Canadians feel most, least safe: poll

  23-08-2017 15:59 via : Montreal
  A poll released by Mainstreet Research/Postmedia on Wednesday ranked the Canadian cities in which Canadians feel the most and least safe.
  
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• ICYMI: Sherbrooke police dog comforts victims of abuse btmontreal.ca/videos/sherbro…

  23-08-2017 15:54 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  ICYMI: Sherbrooke police dog comforts victims of abuse btmontreal.ca/videos/sherbro…
  
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• Monumental Quebec author, Réjean Ducharme, dead at 76

  23-08-2017 15:22 via CBC | Montreal News
  The 1966 publication of Réjean Ducharme's novel The Swallower Swallowed is considered a historical event in Quebec.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Wednesday, August 23

  23-08-2017 15:16 via : Montreal
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Wednesday, August 23.
  
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• Trees litter NDG’s streets

  23-08-2017 15:13 via : Montreal
  Broken windows, crushed cars, and trees all over the streets are just some of what was leftover from Tuesday’s storm. Billy Shields has more.
  
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• Start the new school year on the right foot

  23-08-2017 14:55 via : Montreal
  Parenting blogger Jaime Damak joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the five thing you can do to start the new school year off on the right foot.
  
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• Discovering the river otter habitat

  23-08-2017 14:48 via : Montreal
  Global’s Kim Sullivan discovers the Ecomuseum Zoo’s river otters with biologist Elizabeth Landry.
  
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• Thousands without power Wednesday morning after storm hits Montreal

  23-08-2017 14:43
  Approximately 24,000 Montrealers remained without power as of 8 a.m. Wednesday after a storm blew through the city Tuesday night, according to Hydro-Québec. 
  That’s an improvement from the 115,000 who experienced power outages at the peak Tuesday night, said Hydro-Québec spokesperson Serge Abergel. 
  Abergel said there are more than 150 crews working to restore power as quickly as possible, but added that power is not expected to be restored in many ar
  
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• As N.D.G. wakes up to the calm after the storm, the cleanup begins

  23-08-2017 14:42
  Some witnesses say the chaos lasted for two or three minutes, others that it was over in 30 seconds. But no matter how long it took for a thunderstorm-created microburst to rage across several city blocks in Montreal’s Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood Tuesday afternoon, it was clear Wednesday morning that the cleanup will take days — and in some cases years — to repair.
  Hydro-Québec crews worked through the night Tuesday to literally untangle hundreds of metres of
  
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• Ecomuseum Zoo’s new arrivals

  23-08-2017 14:41 via : Montreal
  Global’s Kim Sullivan meets the Ecomusuem Zoo’s new baby foxes while biologist Elizabeth Landry explains feeding time.
  
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• Community Events: Wanderlust

  23-08-2017 14:41 via : Montreal
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Wednesday, August 23.
  
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• Thousands without power after storm tears through province, N.D.G. badly affected

  23-08-2017 14:39
  A severe thunderstorm with strong winds left nearly 48,000 clients without power in Montreal Tuesday evening, according to Hydro-Québec, after a string of thunderstorms hit in the afternoon.
  By 11 p.m., more than 100 Hydro-Québec crews were at work in the south of the province, repairing power lines. On their website, the province’s electricity provider said that the Laurentians, Richelieu and Montreal regions were the most affected by the storm and about 65,000 hom
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Wednesday, August 23

  23-08-2017 14:37 via : Montreal
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Wednesday, August 23.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/uaLN5Fd1by

  23-08-2017 14:34 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/uaLN5Fd1by
  
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• Community Events: Esplanade Place Ville Marie

  23-08-2017 14:33 via : Montreal
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Wednesday, August 23.
  
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• Possible tornado tears roof off of Lachute home

  23-08-2017 13:25 via CBC | Montreal News
  Hundreds of residences were damaged and some people were forced to leave their homes when a storm passed through Lachute, in Quebec's Laurentians region, Tuesday evening. Now, Environment Canada is investigating whether that storm was a tornado.
  
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• Possible tornado tears roof off Lachute home

  23-08-2017 13:25 via CBC | Montreal News
  Hundreds of residences were damaged and some people were forced to leave their homes when a storm passed through Lachute, in Quebec's Laurentians region, Tuesday evening. Now, Environment Canada is investigating whether that storm was a tornado.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/U5iTvEwJHN

  23-08-2017 13:22 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/U5iTvEwJHN
  
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• NDIP to hold public meetings with shoreline expert

  23-08-2017 13:00
  Residents of Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot who suffered erosion damage to their waterfront property during the spring floods will likely not be compensated for their loss.
  Mayor Danie Deschênes said there are no provisions for shoreline damage caused by erosion under the provincial government’s present guidelines.
  “About a hundred homes are concerned and the issue is regulations, as prepared by the government, does not apply to homeowners for their land,” she sai
  
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• Homeowner and neighbours at odds about future of bungalow

  23-08-2017 13:00
  Property owner Gabriel Lemmo is both frustrated and discouraged.
  “I did every single thing they asked me to and now they turn me down,” he said.
  Lemmo was under the impression that the Pointe-Claire demolition committee would grant his request to demolish a brick bungalow he owns on Bras D’Or Avenue. He purchased the property five years ago with the plan to raze the bungalow and build two cottages.
  Bras D’Or Avenue is part of swath of neighbourhood of modest, brick bungal
  
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• Over the last year, “Kanak” has comforted more than a hundred victims of abuse across the Eastern Townships. BT’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-08-2017 12:34 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  Over the last year, “Kanak” has comforted more than a hundred victims of abuse across the Eastern Townships.BT’s… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Dorval mayor makes "serious offer" for McConnell woods

  23-08-2017 12:30
  The city of Dorval has made an offer to buy the McConnell woods, a majestic waterfront property that is currently for sale.
  Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau said the city submitted an offer of $15.1 million for the Lakeshore Road property in an attempt to preserve the McConnell woods, a sprawling private lot that includes waterfront on Lake St. Louis.
  “I think it’s a serious offer,” said Rouleau, who noted the property is evaluated at approximately $10 million.
  However, Rouleau told
  
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• The Quebecor media company has invested in the Imperial Theatre in downtown Montreal. https://t.co/lHzmm3qF0M

  23-08-2017 12:19 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  The Quebecor media company has invested in the Imperial Theatre in downtown Montreal. https://t.co/lHzmm3qF0M
  
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• Community soup festival returns

  23-08-2017 12:11
  Everyone, everywhere eats soup. Thrifty cooks make it with vegetable ends and trimmings, using up the last of the limp vegetables in the fridge. Foodies make it with farmer’s market finds and spices sourced from specialty boutiques. Even those who can’t cook make it with the help of a Campbell’s can or Lipton’s packet. And every year, thousands of people gather in Notre-Dame-de-l’Île-Perrot to celebrate this universal dish.
  The sixth annual Symbol of Openness
  
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• Developers unwavering in their claim of disguised expropriation

  23-08-2017 12:01
  A trio of developers who are suing Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue for $35.6 million for what they describe as disguised expropriation remain undeterred by a recent Quebec Superior Court decision in a similar case involving another municipality and another developer.
  In August, Quebec Superior Court judge Johanne Mainville ruled that she did not recognize the City of Beaconsfield’s actions involving a piece of land owned by Yale Properties as a form of disguised expropriation. 
  Following that ru
  
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• Quebec CEGEP starts classes later for sleep-hungry students

  23-08-2017 12:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  A CEGEP in Lévis has switched schedules for the majority of the students from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m. with the hopes it will improve their attention levels and overall sense of well-being.
  
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• Montreal this morning: Don't forget your umbrella, just in case

  23-08-2017 12:00
  A mix of sun and clouds with a 30 per cent chance of showers late in the afternoon.
  Winds southwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40. Environment Canada predicts a high of 20 Celsius, with a UV index of 6 or high.
  Tonight: Partly cloudy with a 40 per cent chance of showers in the evening. Clearing before morning. Winds southwest at 20 km/h, gusting to 40 and becoming light around midnight. The overnight low: around 13 C.
  Photo of the day:Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Face
  
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• Local dancer accepted into prestigious Royal Winnipeg Ballet program

  23-08-2017 12:00
  When Quintin Cianci was 9 years old, his mom Kim Reeve asked him if he would like to take a dance class and he said, “why not?”
  Cianci, who is from Kirkland, was 10 years old at the time and already involved in acting and art classes, gymnastics and speed skating. He walked into a hip-hop class at the 8 Count Dance Complex in Dollard-des-Ormeaux and it was fun.  
  He began to think dance was more than just a fun, one-hour every week after signing up at the Dollard-based Sheila Pa
  
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• From the archives: Mysterious gunman resurfaced to kill crime boss

  23-08-2017 12:00
  This story was first published on Aug. 22, 2004, in the Montreal Gazette.
  ”The stranger flashed a revolver which blazed immediately. It barked six times and Feigenbaum fell to the sidewalk.”
  The Gazette, Aug. 22, 1934
  Charlie Feigenbaum was by nature a nervous man, but for weeks he’d been more on edge than ever. A year earlier, the Montreal hoodlum had betrayed his boss, the notorious Harry Davis, with testimony that got Davis 14 years and 10 strokes of the lash. But though Dav
  
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• Free swim at Pointe-Claire Aquatic Centre for MULTI card holders

  23-08-2017 11:45
  Adjustments have been made to certain fees at the Pointe-Claire Aquatic Centre.
  Beginning in September, Pointe-Claire residents with a MULTI card can swim for free on weekends.
  The annual fee for swimming lessons for a swimmer who is 9 or 10 years old and a resident of Pointe-Claire has increased by $50 to $665. The annual fee for non-residents in the same age group has increased by $65 to $865. A city spokesman said the increase in fees was necessary because one more weekly lesson has been adde
  
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• Cleanup underway in NDG after intense storm leaves destruction in its wake

  23-08-2017 11:39 via CBC | Montreal News
  A major cleanup effort could last several days in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, which was hardest hit by a powerful storm that passed through the region Tuesday.
  
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• Cleanup underway in NDG after intense storm inflicts significant damage

  23-08-2017 11:39 via CBC | Montreal News
  A major cleanup effort could last several days in Montreal's Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood, which was hardest hit by a powerful storm that passed through the region Tuesday.
  
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• NDP MP says Trudeau Liberals misleading asylum seekers over border crossings

  23-08-2017 11:32 via : Montreal
  The government is ignoring what should be a manageable issue, she said.
  
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• Environment Canada is investigating a possible tornado in the Lachute region. https://t.co/B1ewm5mQJO

  23-08-2017 11:27 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  Environment Canada is investigating a possible tornado in the Lachute region. https://t.co/B1ewm5mQJO
  
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• Go ahead! Treat yourself to some ice cream.... https://t.co/iMS9KJ3fSO

  23-08-2017 11:23 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  Go ahead! Treat yourself to some ice cream.... https://t.co/iMS9KJ3fSO
  
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• According to Forbes magazine, Mark Wahlberg is the world's top-earning actor in 2017. https://t.co/0I7wkshcr8

  23-08-2017 11:21 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  According to Forbes magazine, Mark Wahlberg is the world's top-earning actor in 2017. https://t.co/0I7wkshcr8
  
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• Yowza! Tonight's Powerball jackpot is an estimated $700 million dollars (U.S.). https://t.co/sekMIQo7z2

  23-08-2017 11:20 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  Yowza! Tonight's Powerball jackpot is an estimated $700 million dollars (U.S.). https://t.co/sekMIQo7z2
  
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• Former ntl ski coach Bertrand Charest has a pre-sentencing hearing today at the St-Jerome Courthouse. Sexually assa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  23-08-2017 11:19 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  Former ntl ski coach Bertrand Charest has a pre-sentencing hearing today at the St-Jerome Courthouse. Sexually assa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• As of 5:00am, Hydro Quebec reports close to 30,000 homes without electricity. https://t.co/BYw2m2CbwM

  23-08-2017 11:18 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
  As of 5:00am, Hydro Quebec reports close to 30,000 homes without electricity. https://t.co/BYw2m2CbwM
  
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• Montreal wrongly perceived as third most dangerous city in Canada: poll

  23-08-2017 11:00
  Canadians find Montreal to be significantly more dangerous than it actually is, a poll by Mainstreet Research has found. 
  Montreal is considered the third most dangerous of 15 major cities, according to a survey of 2,050 Canadian adults conducted last week. That’s despite 2016 Statistics Canada data, released on July 24, showing Montreal has the third-lowest police-reported crime rate of the cities included in the poll.
  The Mainstreet results were based on the difference between the p
  
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• Fire officials ask people in NDG to stay away from areas damaged by powerful storm

  23-08-2017 05:54 via : Montreal
  Fire officials are asking people to stay away from areas damaged by a storm that ripped through Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• N.D.G. bears brunt of storm that clobbers Montreal area

  23-08-2017 04:59
  After a flash thunderstorm ravaged most of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Tuesday afternoon, some of its residents compared the damage to the disastrous Ice Storm of 1998.“Particularly N.D.G., with the damage to the houses, the cars, the street closures, with these 100-year-old trees everywhere,” said Sharon Dawe, a magazine publisher who lives in Monkland Village.Across the neighbourhood, and in other parts of the city, the short but powerful storm knocked huge trees to the ground, so
  
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• Beloved Notre Dame de Grâce Park devastated by strong winds

  23-08-2017 04:26 via CBC | Montreal News
  Dozens of trees, branches downed by strong winds during thunderstorm.
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on Aug. 22

  23-08-2017 04:25
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Hate crimes unit investigates anti-immigrant banner at Olympic Stadium
  The Montreal police department’s hate crimes unit has been assigned to investigate the posting of an anti-immigrant banner late Sunday outside the Olympic Stadium, which has been used to house the overflow of migrants who have been crossing into Canada from the United States.
  But a police spokesperson stressed on Tuesday that the unit’s immediate m
  
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