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• Verdun beach project delayed as officials test water quality, wait for fish to spawn

  20-06-2018 19:36 via CBC | Montreal News
  Swimmers still can't use the public beach originally slated to open in 2017 as part of Montreal's 375th anniversary celebration because of water quality concerns.
  
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• When it comes to exercising, you need to banish the “I am too busy” excuse - @KTrotterFitness explains how… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-06-2018 18:08 via Breakfast Television Montreal @BTMontreal
  When it comes to exercising, you need to banish the “I am too busy” excuse - @KTrotterFitness explains how… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Montreal's traffic situation: We get the details from @RickLeckner youtu.be/7qv-th7j_Q0 https://t.co/sPy0Xu4svF

  20-06-2018 18:03 via Breakfast Television Montreal @BTMontreal
  
  Montreal's traffic situation: We get the details from @RickLeckner youtu.be/7qv-th7j_Q0 https://t.co/sPy0Xu4svF
  
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• Martin Patriquin: Weaponized public opinion and the damage done

  20-06-2018 17:41 via Montreal Gazette
  Public opinion has been used to justify any number of atrocities and overindulgences, from internment to environmental degradation to the scapegoating of religious minorities. Being on the side of a given majority — a demographic, jurisdiction or country — is a narcotic for too many politicians, in large part because it is amnesia-inducing. History’s cruelties mean little to anyone relying on the loudest voices for support.
  It is the reason why America is putting children in ca
  
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• Montreal Jazz Festival expands beyond downtown starting in 2019

  20-06-2018 17:29 via Montreal Gazette
  The Montreal International Jazz Festival is expanding beyond downtown starting next year.
  In addition to downtown venues and the outdoor stages in the Quartier des Spectacles, the city will erect an outdoor stage in a different borough each year.
  The move happens in time for the festival’s 40th edition.
  Which borough will be home to a stage in 2019 has not yet been announced.
  The city says the move is a way to make the festival more accessible to all Montrealers.
  The 2018 edition of the fe
  
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• Quebec mosque shooter’s sentencing hearings debate cumulative sentences

  20-06-2018 17:23 via : Montreal
  The Crown formally sought a 150-year jail sentence for Alexandre Bissonnette.
  
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• Quebec mosque shooter’s sentencing hearing to debate cumulative sentences

  20-06-2018 17:23 via : Montreal
  The Crown formally sought a 150-year jail sentence for Alexandre Bissonnette.
  
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• Most drownings happen in summer: Here's how to prevent them

  20-06-2018 17:20 via Montreal Gazette
  A 10-year-old boy drowned last Saturday in a small artificial lake a few feet deep at a friend’s house in the Lanaudière community of Ste-Julienne. The child, who was just learning to swim, according to media reports, was found unresponsive and promptly taken out of the water. First responders were unable to resuscitate him, and he was declared dead at Joliette Hospital.
  It was the 13th drowning death in the province this year.
  The previous Saturday, the 19-month-old daughter of Ame
  
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• June solstice: Montreal summer starts Thursday at 6:07 a.m.

  20-06-2018 17:20 via Montreal Gazette
  If you feel like Monday went on forever, just wait till Thursday — the actual longest day of the year.
  The June solstice is the true harbinger of summer and begins at 6:07 a.m. That’s high noon at the North Pole, which will be tilted directly at the sun. In Alert, Nunavut, which is the closest permanently inhabited place to the North Pole, it’ll be a moderately chilly 2 degrees Celsius. At the South Pole, it’ll be pitch black and minus-45C.
  Here in Montreal, we’ll h
  
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• Starlight Children’s Foundation searching for stolen pontoon boat

  20-06-2018 17:16 via : Montreal
  Starlight Children's Foundation Canada is asking anyone who has seen its pontoon boat to contact them.
  
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• U.S. child-detention policy could drive more asylum seekers to Canada

  20-06-2018 17:07 via Montreal Gazette
  The scenes from the southern U.S. border are heartbreaking: Inconsolable toddlers crying for their mamis and papis; mothers told their children are going to be bathed, only to realize they’ve been taken away indefinitely; parents deported without their sons and daughters.
  It seems a long way to the border of Mexico. But the new U.S. policy to separate children from their parents in immigration detention may soon be felt on the border with Canada as well, with greater numbers of asylum seek
  
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• Yummy Quebec food favourites in time for St. Jean Baptiste Day youtu.be/c7CU0DaLO7M https://t.co/OxTuoybKwg

  20-06-2018 16:57 via Breakfast Television Montreal @BTMontreal
  
  Yummy Quebec food favourites in time for St. Jean Baptiste Day youtu.be/c7CU0DaLO7M https://t.co/OxTuoybKwg
  
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• How to prep for your summer travels

  20-06-2018 16:53 via : Montreal
  Making your summer travels a stress-free time involves a fair amount of planning. Erin Nadler joins Global’s Laura Casella with the best ways to plan your trips and pack smart.
  
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• Tips for your baby’s gender reveal party

  20-06-2018 16:50 via : Montreal
  Is it a boy or a girl? Erica Diamond joins Global’s Laura Casella with tips for the best gender reveal party that will keep your guests guessing until the big reveal.
  
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• The life of a Pixar animator

  20-06-2018 16:50 via : Montreal
  Ever wonder how your favourite animated film is made? Global’s Kim Sullivan sits down with Pixar animator and Concordia graduate Emilie Goulet to find out about her animation repertoire.
  
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• Do gender-reveal parties perpetuate stereotypes?

  20-06-2018 16:37 via : Montreal
  Over the last decade, gender-reveal parties have become a common trend that has new parents jumping with joy. However, it makes some gender advocates cringe.
  
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• Feds celebrate passage of legal marijuana bill, but questions around home grow linger

  20-06-2018 16:29 via : Montreal
  An announcement about the exact date that recreational pot will become legal in Canada may come as early as Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Accident involving city bus slows Bonaventure Expressway

  20-06-2018 16:18 via Montreal Gazette
  The Bonaventure Expressway is congested following an accident involving an empty city bus Wednesday morning.
  The Sûreté du Québec said they received a call about the incident just after 9 a.m. The bus, which was initially identified as a school bus, collided with a car near the Victoria Bridge.
  The car had three children inside, but no one was injured. The accident was cleared around 10 a.m.
  
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• Quebec vows to fight Ottawa's pot bill in the courts

  20-06-2018 16:12 via Montreal Gazette
  QUEBEC – The Quebec government is ready to take Ottawa to court to defend its right to ban the home growth of cannabis, Premier Philippe Couillard said.
  Even before the last vote on Bill C-45 in the Senate Tuesday evening, Couillard said he was very disappointed the Commons didn’t agree with a proposal from the Senate to leave some flexibility in the plan so the provinces can decide about people growing marijuana at home.
  The federal bill adopted by the Senate Tuesday by a vote of 52
  
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• Planning your big family move

  20-06-2018 15:54 via : Montreal
  Moving day is a hassle whether you’re on your own or with your whole family. Lifestyle blogger Jaime Damak joins Global’s Laura Casella with tips to make your move as smooth as possible, and even get the kids involved.
  
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• Federal government punts decision on home cultivation to the provinces

  20-06-2018 15:44 via : Montreal
  Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould told reporters in Ottawa Wednesday morning that the federal government will defer to the provinces when it comes to the issue of home-grown marijuana plants.
  
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• Sun Youth co-founder Earl De La Perralle, 74, has died

  20-06-2018 14:34 via Montreal Gazette
  There was an outpouring of affection from the Montreal football community Wednesday in reaction to the news Sun Youth co-founder and beloved coach Earl De La Perralle had died at 74.
  De La Perralle, who was affectionately referred to as Coach Earl, served as a coach of the Sun Youth Hornets — a team that has produced a number of high level athletes — and as president of the Quebec Midget Football League. He was given a lifetime achievement award from the association in February.
  
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• Pay should reflect the shifting responsibilities of elected officials

  20-06-2018 14:01 via Montreal Gazette
  Last week Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue town council approved a pay raise for elected officials. Beaconsfield’s council has not had a pay raise beyond the cost-of-living bump since 2015. The last time Baie-D’Urfé’s elected officials had a pay raise was 2013.
  Talking remuneration can be awkward. What job deserves what money?
  Municipal councils were prompted to study their pay situation following the adoption of a new pay grid by the Union des municipalités du Qué
  
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• Threatening incident at MUHC birthing centre renews security concerns

  20-06-2018 13:53 via Montreal Gazette
  A threatening incident involving an emotionally disturbed man in the birthing centre of the McGill University Health Centre on Sunday has renewed concerns about whether the MUHC’s security protocols are being followed properly.
  A 53-year-old man showed up in the birthing centre around 10:45 a.m. asking to see a member of his family. However, the man suddenly grew agitated in front of a nurse, claiming there were people trying to kill him, a Montreal police spokesperson told the Montreal Ga
  
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• Dorval mayor says 130-year-old home is not a heritage property

  20-06-2018 13:30 via Montreal Gazette
  Some Dorval residents are upset the city has granted a demolition permit to tear down one of the city’s oldest homes.
  The Maison LaFrance at 18 Martin St., just up the street from city hall, was built in 1888 by Joseph LaFrance, a blacksmith.
  The home was awarded a prize in 2002 by Patrimoine Architectural de Montréal for its preservation, but has since fallen into disrepair, according to Dorval Mayor Edgar Rouleau.
  Rouleau personally visited the home in May, along with other town o
  
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• BTMTL #needtoknow Your news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/5iHf5nbRdh

  20-06-2018 13:24 via Breakfast Television Montreal @BTMontreal
  
  BTMTL #needtoknow Your news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/5iHf5nbRdh
  
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• Young suburbanites head to Montreal, but families are taking their place: CMHC

  20-06-2018 13:17 via Montreal Gazette
  Young families are leaving the city of Montreal for cheaper suburbs, but downtown condos are attracting young suburbanites without kids, according to a new report by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
  The report, which uses 2016 census data on primary home purchases, found that about 80 per cent of property buyers in the city of Montreal lived in the city the year before. About 10 per cent were living in other parts of the region.
  Some neighbourhoods were particularly attractive
  
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• While you were sleeping: Officer who stopped slow driver becomes folk hero

  20-06-2018 13:11 via Montreal Gazette
  Here’s what happened while you were getting some refreshing shut-eye.
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Donald Trump is a “direct threat” to the province’s economy. Emerging from a crisis meeting with the province’s top business and union leaders, Couillard announced Quebec will launch a fresh offensive in the United States to sell Quebec business interests directly to American decision-makers and detour the Trump administration. “I know a
  
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• Pointe-Claire Deli and others fined by food inspection agency

  20-06-2018 13:05 via Montreal Gazette
  The Pointe-Claire Deli has been a mainstay in the Valois Village of Pointe-Claire for over 50 years.
  But the venerable deli has been fined several times by the Montreal Food Inspection department in recent years, most recently in April when the restaurant was hit with a $1,000 fine.
  The fine came after an inspection of the restaurant, located at 51 Donegani Ave., on Nov. 8, 2016.
  A $1,000 fine was levied April 26 for the following infraction:
  “Premises, vehicles, equipment, materials and u
  
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• Hudson becomes first town in Quebec to raise Métis flag

  20-06-2018 13:00 via Montreal Gazette
  On Saturday, Hudson became the first town east of Ontario to raise the Métis flag in recognition of the presence and contributions made by the children of European settlers and Indigenous peoples in Canada.
  The flag was raised in a small ceremony timed to coincide with National Aboriginal Day, with the ceremony happening a few days prior to the June 21 event. Archie Martin, deputy chief on the Council of the First Métis People of Canada, was invited to attend the ceremony
  
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• Driver in critical condition after somehow falling out of his own car

  20-06-2018 12:41 via Montreal Gazette
  A motorist is in critical condition Wednesday morning after being involved in a mysterious accident in the Rosemont borough.
  The 31-year-old man fell out of his car at the corner of Bourbonnière Ave. and Saint-Joseph Blvd. around 10:45 p.m on Tuesday.
  First responders who arrived on scene initially thought the man had been struck by a car before realizing that he had fallen from his own car, which continued to roll into parked vehicles a short distance away.
  Police say that no one else is
  
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• Old Montreal merchant feels the pinch as construction hits during peak tourist season

  20-06-2018 12:37 via CBC | Montreal News
  The city says the roadwork is unavoidable as it's part of its effort to revitalize Saint-Paul Street, a major draw for tourists visiting Old Montreal with its many restaurants, bars and souvenir shops.
  
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• Electric cars are increasingly attractive for both cost and comfort

  20-06-2018 12:30 via Montreal Gazette
  Electric and hybrid vehicles of various shapes and sizes were lined up in the Marriott Montreal Airport Hotel parking lot last week as part of the Rendez-vous branché au travail organized by Aéroports de Montréal (ADM) with Équiterre and the West Island of Montreal Chamber of Commerce.
  The idea was to let people know about the latest advances in electric vehicles. West Island car dealerships and Montréal Auto Prix supplied 10 models to try.
  This reporter took a
  
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• Val Kilmer to appear at Montreal Comiccon

  20-06-2018 11:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Val Kilmer of Top Gun fame will be making an appearance at the Montreal Comiccon in July.
  The film star, also known for his roles in The Doors and Batman Forever, will be taking photos and signing autographs with fans at the convention, which will be held at Palais des congrès from July 6 to 8.
  More details about Kilmer’s appearance will be released as Comiccon approaches.
  
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• Partial leaf-blower ban in Beaconsfield provokes cheers and jeers

  20-06-2018 11:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Beaconsfield has moved one step closer to banning the use of leaf blowers during the summer months. The move is a polarizing one and triggered a ruckus during the council meeting Monday.
  Mayor Georges Bourelle said the ban is not just a question of noise pollution. He said research has shown that the tiny particulates released into the air during the leaf-blowing process stay afloat for long periods and have proven to cause very serious health issues. And he said the gas-powered leaf blower also
  
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• Migration within the Montreal region fuels suburban growth: CMHC study

  20-06-2018 11:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Young families are leaving the city of Montreal for cheaper suburbs, but downtown condos are attracting young suburbanites without kids, according to a new report by the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation.
  The report, which uses 2016 census data on primary home purchases, found that about 80 per cent of property buyers in the city of Montreal lived in the city the year before. About 10 per cent were living in other parts of the region.
  Some neighbourhoods were particularly attractive
  
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• Drummondville's only English elementary school gets $6M to expand

  20-06-2018 11:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  A $6.15-million investment from the Quebec government will allow the overcrowded Drummondville Elementary to build six new classes and a gym.
  
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• Choir's 38-year union with Chelsea church hits sour note

  20-06-2018 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  A Chelsea, Que., choir and a local church have parted ways over a disagreement over the choir's musical selections.
  
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• Chelsea choir splits with church over musical theme

  20-06-2018 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  A Chelsea, Que., choir and a local church have parted ways over a disagreement over the choir's musical selections.
  
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• Canada also detains migrant children, sometimes for months at a time

  20-06-2018 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  The U.S. is the focus of international outrage for its policy of detaining children and separating them from their parents after they cross the border seeking asylum. But Canada also detains migrant children — despite the fact its stated policy is to do whatever possible to avoid it.
  
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• Canada aims to avoid detaining migrant children, but it happens

  20-06-2018 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  The U.S. is the focus of international outrage for its policy of detaining children and separating them from their parents after they cross the border seeking asylum. But Canada has also detained migrant children — despite its stated policy to do whatever possible to avoid it.
  
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• Concert review: Sam Smith embraces the thrill of it all at Bell Centre

  20-06-2018 08:50 via Montreal Gazette
  “You might think I’m lying …”
  Sam Smith has a showman’s smile, but it’s an honest smile. So when the English pop/soul powerhouse told his Bell Centre audience Tuesday that his 2015 performance at the venue was “the best show I’ve ever done in my life,” you were inclined to believe him even before his pre-emptive protest. This is someone who can exclaim “this room is f—ing huge” with believable wonderment even when his itine
  
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• Gas price watch: Prices hit $1.439 a litre at the pump for Montrealers on June 19

  20-06-2018 04:18 via Montreal Gazette
  Gas prices jumped late Tuesday at Montreal-area gas stations to hit a high of $1.439 a litre.
  Earlier in the day, prices varied from a low of $1.275 a litre at the Costco in Anjou, to a high late Tuesday of $1.439 at a Petro-Canada in Pointe-aux-Trembles, according to essencemontreal.com.
  Your best bet on the island, if you don’t mind the usual lineups, is always your friendly neighbourhood Costco. Costco warehouse gas bars, on and off the island, were listing a price averaging $1.276 a li
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on June 19

  20-06-2018 04:15 via Montreal Gazette
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Suspended Montreal police chief resigns post, abandons lawsuit
  Suspended Montreal police chief Philippe Pichet has given up his battle to get his job back.
  Pichet has agreed to give up his former position as police chief and will remain in the city’s employ as chief inspector for the Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM), Mayor Valérie Plante announced Tuesday.
  He is also abandoning a lawsuit he had laun
  
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• Singh disappointed by NDP collapse in Quebec byelection, vows more effort

  20-06-2018 03:50 via : Montreal
  NDP Leader Jagmeet Singh says he's reviewing his tour schedule and his party's policies in the wake of a federal byelection Monday in Quebec, in which the New Democrats' vote collapsed.
  
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• Trump a 'direct threat' to Quebec economy, Couillard says

  20-06-2018 03:49 via Montreal Gazette
  QUEBEC — U.S. President Donald Trump is a “direct threat” to the Quebec economy, a tough-talking Premier Philippe Couillard said Tuesday.
  And emerging from a crisis meeting with the province’s top business and union leaders, Couillard announced Quebec will launch a fresh offensive in the United States to sell Quebec business interests directly to American decision-makers and detour the Trump administration.
  Details of the plan are to be announced Wednesday following a mee
  
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• U.S. policy could drive more asylum seekers to Canada, experts say

  20-06-2018 02:28 via Montreal Gazette
  The scenes from the southern U.S. border are heartbreaking: Inconsolable toddlers crying for their mamis and papis; mothers told their children are going to be bathed, only to realize tthey’ve been taken away indefinitely; parents deported without their sons and daughters.
  It seems a long way to the border of Mexico. But the new U.S. policy to separate children from their parents in immigration detention may soon be felt on the border with Canada as well, with greater numbers of asylum see
  
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• Quebec coroner’s inquest: System failed man with nowhere to go

  20-06-2018 02:14 via Montreal Gazette
  From the day she met him, Johanna Duprey knew Mario-Nelson Boucher was going to require a lot of help, but something about him convinced her he was worth it.
  Duprey, a social worker employed by the NAHA Centre, a residence for homeless men trying to transition to more stable lifestyles, was in charge of screening applicants for the centre’s 19 apartments. Boucher was coming there from nearly 23 years spent in prison.
  Meeting in her office in late 2015, Boucher told Duprey he was motivated
  
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• Quebec premier won’t rule out legal challenge if Ottawa allows home-grown cannabis

  20-06-2018 02:06 via : Montreal
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is not ruling out a legal challenge as the federal government's cannabis bill allowing Canadians to grow recreational marijuana at home is one step closer to becoming law.
  
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• Suspended Montreal police chief resigns post, abandons lawsuit

  20-06-2018 01:52 via Montreal Gazette
  Suspended Montreal police chief Philippe Pichet has given up his battle to get his job back.
  Pichet has agreed to give up his former position as police chief and will remain in the city’s employ as chief inspector for the Service de police de la ville de Montréal (SPVM), Mayor Valérie Plante announced Tuesday.
  He is also abandoning a lawsuit he had launched against the city of Montreal and Quebec’s public security department, demanding his reinstatement as police c
  
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