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• Body of construction boss Antonino Catania found in river

  28-06-2017 23:56 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The former head of a Quebec construction firm who pleaded guilty on bribery charges earlier this month was found dead near his Repentigny home Tuesday.
  
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• In bid to extend its reach, Projet Montréal recruits West Island borough mayor

  28-06-2017 23:48 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  Mayor of Île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève Normand Marinacci becomes the fourth borough mayor among Projet Montréal's ranks, as Montreal's Official Opposition party tries to expand outside its urban area comfort zone and into the West Island.
  
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• 'Where do we go from here?': Fatal shooting by Montreal police raises hard questions

  28-06-2017 22:54 via CBC | Montreal News
  The fatal shooting of a 58-year-old black man by Montreal police has renewed concerns from civil rights advocates about the way officers are trained to handle individuals in distress.
  
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• Île-Bizard resident charged in drug case with border guard seeks to have cases tossed out

  28-06-2017 22:36 via Montreal Gazette
  
  The Île-Bizard resident who is alleged to have orchestrated a cocaine-smuggling effort that resulted in a former border guard being sentenced to an 11-year prison term this week is seeking to have the case brought against him tossed out, as well as another case.
  Sonider Dhingra, 44, made a brief appearance before Quebec Court Judge Geneviève Graton at the Montreal courthouse on Wednesday as his lawyer, Debora De Thomasis, updated the court on her plans to have one of two drug-relate
  
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• Residents unhappy Open Door homeless centre may move to Little Burgundy

  28-06-2017 22:33 via : Montreal
  
  Residents in Montreal's Little Burgundy neighbourhood weren't happy to find out the Open Door may have found a new home in their backyard.
  
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• Antonino Catania has been found dead: multiple reports

  28-06-2017 22:31 via Montreal Gazette
  
  Multiple reports are circulating that Antonino Catania has been found dead. 
  Antonino Catania had been missing for several days, according to CBC Radio-Canada, and his son reportedly alerted the police to his disappearance on Monday night.  
  He was found dead in the L’Assomption River in Repentigny, near his home. 
  Aged 72, Catania is the founder of Les entreprises Catcan construction firm.
  Earlier this month, Catania pleaded guilty to committing fraud to
  
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• Market growers to donate less-than-perfect produce to food banks

  28-06-2017 22:16 via Montreal Gazette
  
  Merchants at the Jean-Talon Market discard a lot of food in a day, but most of it is still perfectly edible.
  “There’s a lot of competition, so we have to show the most beautiful produce,” explained Thomas Ramon, an employee at Ferme René Lussier. “We hate to waste the food.”
  Now, a new program will allow merchants to keep the food they can’t sell, and have it picked up by a local food bank.
  The borough of Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie is contributing
  
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• Man killed by police was facing eviction and distressed, neighbours say

  28-06-2017 22:16 via Montreal Gazette
  
  A distressed man shot dead by Montreal police in his subsidized housing unit Tuesday night was facing eviction from his apartment on July 1 and appeared to have mental health problems, his neighbours said.
  The Quebec rental board issued an eviction order against Pierre Coriolan on June 1 because he had been disturbing the peace in the complex and tried to start a fire in his studio apartment, said Claudine Laurin, director general of la Fédération des OSBL d’habitation d
  
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• Note to readers: There will be newspapers on Canada Day

  28-06-2017 22:14 via Montreal Gazette
  
  The Montreal Gazette will be publishing a print edition on Saturday, July 1, and Monday, July 3.
  There will be no disruption in service for any subscribers except those in Granby, Sherbrooke and Trois Rivières. Because the company that trucks newspapers to those regions does not work July 1, subscribers in those communities will receive their Saturday, July 1, edition with their home delivery on Monday, July 3.
  Happy Canada Day!
   
   
  
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• The number of people who died in Montreal fires jumped last year

  28-06-2017 22:09 via Montreal Gazette
  
  More people died in fires on the island of Montreal in 2016 than in the two previous years, despite the fact the fire department battled roughly the same number of major blazes.
  Eleven people died last year, up from seven in 2015 and nine in 2014, according to the Montreal fire department’s 2016 annual report, presented to city council’s public-security commission at city hall on Wednesday.
  In 2016, firefighters took on 315 major fires in buildings. A year earlier, there were 313 fir
  
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• LaSalle man sentenced for double homicide

  28-06-2017 21:52 via Montreal Gazette
  
  A Lasalle resident will have to serve at least 10 more years behind bars for killing his estranged wife and her boyfriend four years ago. 
  Superior Court Justice Michel Pennou delivered his sentence on Wednesday at the Montreal courthouse in the case against Altamond Little, 46, who was found guilty last month of manslaughter and second-degree murder. On Oct. 8, 2013, Little killed his wife, Marjorie Dammier, 29, by shooting her in the head with a shotgun inside her apartment on des Oblats
  
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• Île-Bizard–Ste-Genevieve mayor joins Projet Montréal

  28-06-2017 21:50 via Montreal Gazette
  
  On Wednesday, Île-Bizard–Ste-Geneviève borough mayor Normand Marinacci became the fourth borough mayor to join Projet Montréal, the official opposition party at Montreal city hall.
  Borough councillors Christian Larocque and Jean-Dominic Lévesque-René also joined Projet Montréal. All three new Projet Montréal members are former members of Vrai changement pour Montréal, the party formed by Mélanie Joly during the 2013 municipal el
  
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• ‘Flexible blade’ left inside Quebec woman’s abdomen after cancer surgery

  28-06-2017 21:39 via : Montreal
  
  A medical report found a "flexible blade", 33-centimetres long, had been left inside a Quebec woman's abdomen during her surgery in March.
  
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• Montreal woman guilty of animal cruelty after dog left in sweltering hot car dies

  28-06-2017 21:26 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  A municipal court judge has found a Montreal woman guilty of willfully causing unnecessary pain and suffering to her dog after the animal was left in a hot car. She faces a fine of up to $10,000 and up to 18 months jail time.
  
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• Quebec to seek competitive bids on drugs after talks collapse

  28-06-2017 21:15 via Montreal Gazette
  
  Quebec will seek lower generic drug prices through a bidding process starting July 1 after negotiations over a compromise plan with pharmaceutical companies fell through, according to the government.
  After months of discussions that brought parties close to a “balanced” agreement, drug companies withdrew their offer, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette said in a phone interview Wednesday. He declined to give the names of the targeted drugs and said bidding will focus on drug manuf
  
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• Quebec hopes changes to generic drug-buying process will save taxpayers millions

  28-06-2017 21:07 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The provincial Health Ministry is launching its first tender process for generic drugs this weekend, hoping the new system will make medication cheaper for patients and save taxpayers $300 million a year.
  
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  28-06-2017 21:01 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  
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• Police arrest suspect from 20-year-old attempted murder case

  28-06-2017 19:54 via Montreal Gazette
  
  The suspect in an attempted murder that took place 20 years ago has been arrested by Laval police.
  Police say that Sylvain Belisle, 50, entered the Ste-Rose home of a man, who was a Quebec correctional officer at the time on the evening of Aug. 11, 1995. The victim awoke from his sleep as he was being stabbed in the abdomen. 
  Laval police spokesperson Geneviève Major said that the victim’s name was not being released as he did not with to have his name associated with
  
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• City square landscape design to be determined by int'l competition

  28-06-2017 19:51 via Montreal Gazette
  
  An international landscaping competition will determine the development of Place des Montréalaises, a city square near the Champ-de-Mars métro station, mayor Denis Coderre announced Wednesday at the city’s executive committee’s weekly meeting. 
  The square was given its name Wednesday at an unveiling where Coderre was present. 
  The jury will be composed of 11 people, including nine women, and the winner will be announced in the spring of 2018, according to a pr
  
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• City moves to protect discovered Fort Lorette ruins

  28-06-2017 19:43 via Montreal Gazette
  
  An archaeological survey of land near l’Île-de-la-Visitation nature park conducted by Heritage Montreal has uncovered the ruins of a 17th century fort and religious residence.
  Fort Lorette, built in 1696, was owned by the Society of the Priests of St-Sulpice, or Sulpicians, who were crucial to the settlement and building of Montreal, according to Dinu Bumbaru, the policy director at Heritage Montreal.
  The city of Montreal is hoping to preserve the land under which Fort Lorette lies,
  
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• Opinion: Should we re-think Lester B. Pearson's legacy, too?

  28-06-2017 19:34 via Montreal Gazette
  
  On June 21, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced he was removing the name of Hector-Louis Langevin from the Ottawa building that houses the Prime Minister’s Office. Many Canadians are unhappy about Langevin’s involvement, as a minister in Sir John A. Macdonald’s cabinet, with racially based assimilation policies. But the move raises disturbing questions.
  If we condemn Langevin, we must also condemn Lester B. Pearson for his racial policies. To understand why, let’s go
  
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• Peter Mansbridge on some of his most memorable stories at CBC

  28-06-2017 19:28 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  As Peter Mansbridge steps down as chief correspondent of CBC's The National, he sat down with CBCNews.ca to talk about memorable conventions, political scandals and how the coverage of acts of violence has evolved.
  
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• Pitch Perfect’s Hailee Steinfeld talks music, acting on Global News Morning in Montreal

  28-06-2017 19:24 via : Montreal
  
  Hollywood star and pop singing sensation Hailee Steinfeld speaks to Global's Laura Casella in Montreal.
  
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• Quebec invests $147 million in five-year plan to help First Nations and Inuit

  28-06-2017 19:15 via : Montreal
  
  The plan would provide better assistance in the justice and prison systems.
  
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• From Vietnam to Canada: The Trinh family journey

  28-06-2017 19:11 via Montreal Gazette
  
  Judy Trinh is not much of a hockey fan.
  When she was a child in Lethbridge, Alta., she remembers receiving a Montreal Canadiens jacket. Trinh said her little sister was fascinated by the bright red, blue and white colours.
  They asked their father what the ‘C’ and ‘H’ stood for, but he didn’t know. So, he made it up. He said ‘C’ stood for Canada.
  But what about the ‘H’?
  “He had no idea,” Trinh recalled. “So he said, ‘I
  
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• 'It felt like I had been stabbed,' says Montreal patient after 33-cm plate was left in her after surgery

  28-06-2017 19:10 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  An investigation has been launched after Montreal cancer patient Sylvie Dubé learned a 33-centimetre metal plate was left inside her during a hysterectomy, causing her severe pain in her shoulder.
  
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• 'It felt like I had been stabbed,' says Montreal patient after 30-cm plate was left in her after surgery

  28-06-2017 19:10 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  An investigation has been launched after Montreal cancer patient Sylvie Dubé learned a 33-centimetre metal plate was left inside her during a hysterectomy, causing her severe pain in her shoulder.
  
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• Preparations underway to bring dead right whales ashore

  28-06-2017 18:59 via CBC | Montreal News
  
  The Canadian Coast Guard and Fisheries and Oceans Canada are getting ready in western P.E.I. to bring ashore at least one of six right whales recently found dead.
  
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• McGill camp for high schoolers promotes diversity in health field

  28-06-2017 18:47 via Montreal Gazette
  
  This isn’t your usual day camp. Here, young people do simulation suturing and blood drawing, and try an ultrasound machine on a real human being.
  The camp is called Explore! Careers in Health Camp, and it’s part of the McGill University medicine faculty’s effort to introduce high school students from under-represented groups to the health profession.
  “The student body is already quite diverse, but there are sectors that are under-represented — primarily First Nation
  
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• Vrai changement pour Montréal leader to run for borough mayor

  28-06-2017 18:44 via Montreal Gazette
  
  Summer has arrived. While most of us slather on the sunscreen and pack the van for the holidays, elected officials in West Island municipalities ponder their futures. Run again? Retire? Move on? Others prepare to toss their hats into the municipal-politics ring for the first time. For these present and future politicians, the summer before an election can be busy — a time to gather volunteers and a support team, raise money and agonize over the wording of campaign platforms. And a time to
  
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• Great Canadian Corolla Road Trip – Île d’Orléans, Quebec

  28-06-2017 18:36 via : Montreal
  
  (SPONSORED CONTENT) Kristen and Siya travel to a little known island just outside of Quebec City to indulge in strawberries, sunshine and the healing power of lavender.
  
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• The Nasty Show returns to @justforlaughs - We speak with @robertkelly btmontreal.ca/videos/robert-…

  28-06-2017 18:08 via Breakfast Television @BTMontreal
  The Nasty Show returns to @justforlaughs - We speak with @robertkelly btmontreal.ca/videos/robert-…
  
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• Woman discovers surgical tool in abdomen after ovarian cancer surgery

  28-06-2017 18:07 via Montreal Gazette
  
  After getting surgery for ovarian cancer, Sylvie Dubé found out a 33-centimetre surgical tool had been forgotten in her abdomen, Radio-Canada reported. 
  Weeks after Dubé had her surgery, the stabbing pain that reached all the way to her shoulder persisted. 
  The Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal says this is an exceptional event. 
  This story will be updated. 
  
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• Man who attacked three women in the Plateau to undergo psych eval

  28-06-2017 17:55 via Montreal Gazette
  
  A man who attacked three women in less than seven hours in the Plateau last year has been ordered to undergo a psychiatric evaluation to determine if he can be declared a dangerous offender. 
  On Wednesday, Quebec Court Judge Thierry Nadon agreed with the request from prosecutor Stécie Jérôme that François Dulude, 27, undergo the 60-day evaluation at the Philippe-Pinel Institute as part of the sentencing process in his case. Based on what comes out of the evaluatio
  
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• Hailee Steinfeld visits Global News Morning

  28-06-2017 17:28 via : Montreal
  
  Actress Hailee Steinfeld joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about her career in film and music and what she’s doing in Montreal.
  
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• City to fund indigenous kids camp, respite for flood victims and more

  28-06-2017 17:28 via Montreal Gazette
  
  The city of Montreal plans to invest $50,000 in a pilot project for a summer program for indigenous children, city councillor Anie Samson announced at an executive committee meeting Wednesday morning.The project will include a summer day camp for children, and activities for the whole family in the evenings and on weekends, said Monique Vallée, a member of the executive committee in charge of social and community development and homelessness.“This project has been part of the plan o
  
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• Alleged drug traffickers arrested in Rimouski

  28-06-2017 17:17 via Montreal Gazette
  
  Rimouski — Searches and arrests related to drug trafficking took place Wednesday in Rimouski.
  The operation, conducted by about 35 police officers, aims to end the street sale of cocaine, methamphetamine and cannabis in Rimouski. Four searches took place.
  By 8 a.m., five suspects had been arrested.
  The accused are scheduled to appear in court on Wednesday at the Rimouski courthouse to face various counts of drug trafficking.
  The police operation was carried out by the Sûreté d
  
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• Users flustered over Longueuil metro parking rules

  28-06-2017 17:11 via : Montreal
  
  Rules in Longueuil’s metro station parking lot requires drivers to park frontwards, leaving some users upset. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Community Events: #GOALMTL

  28-06-2017 16:57 via : Montreal
  
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Wednesday, June 28.
  
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• Update: Man dies after being shot by Montreal police in Gay Village

  28-06-2017 16:52 via Montreal Gazette
  
  A distressed man shot dead by Montreal police in his subsidized housing unit in the Gay Village on Tuesday night was a troubled individual who lived alone, neighbours say.
  Area residents were reacting Wednesday morning to the fatal shooting in unclear circumstances at an apartment building at Robillard Ave. and St-André St.
  The dead man’s identity has not yet been made public. Neighbours knew him as Pierre, and he was said to be 58 years old.
  Quebec’s police watchdog &mda
  
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• Singer Thea Cruz heads to world championships in L.A.

  28-06-2017 16:45 via : Montreal
  
  Wed, Jun 28: Montreal singer Thea Cruz joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about her upcoming trip to Los Angeles to represent Canada at the World Championships of Performing Arts.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Wednesday, June 28

  28-06-2017 16:45 via : Montreal
  
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Wednesday, June 28.
  
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