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• Former Noma Chef Dan Giusti Comes to Montréal en Lumière - Eater Montreal

  21-02-2019 15:30 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Former Noma Chef Dan Giusti Comes to Montréal en Lumière  Eater MontrealAnd other food news, including the return of Quebec's culinary awards.
  
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• Black History Month in Montreal

  21-02-2019 15:30 via : Montreal
  For the first time all spokespeople and laureates for Montreal’s Black History Month are women. With a week to go spokesperson Pat-Dillon Moore joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the honour and events to look out for during the rest of the month.
  
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• Envisioning your dream home

  21-02-2019 15:00 via : Montreal
  Don’t judge a book by its cover, or a house with an outdated kitchen. Real estate broker Shanna Garneau joins Global’s Laura Casella with tips to envision the home of your dreams when buying a fixer upper.
  
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• Cryptocurrency mystery stuns Kelowna neighbourhood where dead CEO owned home

  21-02-2019 14:55 via : Montreal
  With thousands of investors looking to recover an estimated $260 million from insolvent Canadian cryptocurrency exchange QuadrigaCX, it's no surprise at least one may have hired a private investigator.
  
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• Outremont by-election candidates face off at debate - CTV News

  21-02-2019 14:52 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Outremont by-election candidates face off at debate  CTV NewsWith less than one week until voters in Outremont head to the polls in a by-election, many candidates faced each other in a debate.
  
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• Classic Quebec kids show Passe-Partout to return to Télé-Québec

  21-02-2019 14:37 via Montreal Gazette
  We live in an era that is all about recycling and repackaging culture from the past, whether it be making blockbuster movies from superhero comics or Broadway shows built around classic pop songs or biopics about dead rock stars.
  So maybe it was inevitable that here in Quebec someone would come up with the idea of remaking Passe-Partout, the remarkably popular kids’ TV show that ran on Télé-Québec and Radio-Canada from 1977 to 1991. It was such a big deal that the kids
  
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• The winter that won’t end

  21-02-2019 14:28 via : Montreal
  If you haven’t looked out your window yet, the snow has made another appearance in Montreal Thursday morning. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, it’s not quite the storm, but its still making the commute tricky.
  
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• Mattress in a box

  21-02-2019 14:25 via : Montreal
  How does Endy fit its mattresses in a box? Global’s Kim Sullivan finds out how when she is joined by Mike Gettis the founder of Endy Mattress.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Child sex-doll ban, fatal fire in Dhaka, Nike shoe malfunction

  21-02-2019 14:21 via Montreal Gazette
  Good morning. Here are a few stories from the late news desk. You can find more news anytime at montrealgazette.com.
  Kentucky Senate passes bill to outlaw child sex dolls: The Kentucky state Senate has passed a bill to make possessing a “child sex doll” illegal. The Courier Journal reports Senate Bill 102 would prohibit owning anatomically correct dolls or robots that resemble minors and are meant for sexual purposes. Republican Sen. Whitney Westerfield says he introduced the bill th
  
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• Nike target of Twitter storm after basketball star's shoe splits

  21-02-2019 14:20 via Montreal Gazette
  Nike became a target of jokes when a star U.S. college basketball player sprained a knee midgame because one of his shoes split during play.
  Duke University star Zion Williamson limped off the court after the mishap during the game against his school’s archrival University of North Carolina. Twitter lit up with jibes and jeers aimed at the No. 1 sports brand, pushing the keyword Zion to the top of the worldwide trending list as of Wednesday night; Duke followed and Nike came fourth.
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• Endy Mattress

  21-02-2019 14:19 via : Montreal
  Did you know Endy mattresses are made right here in Montreal? Global’s Kim Sullivan gets a tour of the factory where the mattress loved by hundreds of Canadian athletes, influencers and celebrities is made.
  
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• Dismantling of old Champlain Bridge to begin later this year

  21-02-2019 14:17 via CBC | Montreal News
  The Jacques Cartier and Champlain Bridges Incorporated (JCCBI), the Crown corporation that oversees the bridge, will be tasked with taking it apart.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Thursday, February 21

  21-02-2019 14:05 via : Montreal
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Thursday, February 21
  
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• Theatre review: Boom X is a miracle of timing and technology

  21-02-2019 14:01 via Montreal Gazette
  It’s fitting that Rick Miller’s multimedia history show Boom X takes us through the ’70s and into the mid-’90s. That’s the era, after all, that saw the boom of the Hollywood sequel, and this latest from Canada’s own man-of-a-1,000 voices is itself a sequel.
  It follows his 2016 baby-boomer show, Boom, and is planned as the middle-entry of a trilogy that will end with Boom Z, about Millennials. For now, we’re in the company of Generation X, of which Miller
  
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• How learning new things as an adult can change brain chemistry

  21-02-2019 14:00 via : Montreal
  Research shows children learn new things on average every six months, but adults only learn new things every nine years, said registered psychologist Kimberly Knull.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Thursday, February 21

  21-02-2019 13:43 via : Montreal
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Thursday, February 21
  
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• One dead, one injured after stabbing incident near Decarie Square

  21-02-2019 13:35 via Montreal Gazette
  One man is dead and another is in a hospital after a stabbing incident early Wednesday morning in Montreal’s west end.
  The attack occurred at 6:45 a.m., when Montreal police received a report that a person had been attacked and stabbed in the parking lot of the Decarie Square shopping centre near the corner of Vézina St. and Coolbrook Ave.
  When officers arrived at the scene, however, they found two stabbing victims. Both had been wounded in the upper body during what appeared to be
  
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• EMSB: Willingdon gets second campus, Edinburgh gets modular classrooms - CTV News

  21-02-2019 13:23 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  EMSB: Willingdon gets second campus, Edinburgh gets modular classrooms  CTV NewsThe English Montreal School Board has approved two plans to deal with overcrowding at elementary schools in western Montreal.
  
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• Quebec's measles vaccination rates improving, but not perfect - Montreal Gazette

  21-02-2019 12:01 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Quebec's measles vaccination rates improving, but not perfect  Montreal GazetteWith measles cases increasing worldwide, including nine cases in Vancouver, Canadians are being urged to ensure they are fully vaccinated.
  
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• Philadelphia Flyers at Canadiens: Five things you should know - Montreal Gazette

  21-02-2019 12:01 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Philadelphia Flyers at Canadiens: Five things you should know  Montreal GazetteThis game is important because (a) the Canadiens need the points and (b) they will play seven of their next eight games on the road.
  
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• Security supervisor fired at Montreal General Hospital after petition

  21-02-2019 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  The head of the McGill University Health Centre fired a security supervisor at the Montreal General Hospital on Friday after being presented on Feb. 13 with a 111-name petition by operating-room nurses and other employees complaining about continuing lax security in the ORs.
  The petition noted that in one case, gang members had “terrorized” OR staff, and warned that vagrants slip regularly into the Montreal General, sleeping in rooms and stealing items from staff.
  “The operatin
  
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• Quebec's measles vaccination rates improving, but not perfect

  21-02-2019 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Quebec has seen only a handful of measles cases in recent years and the vaccination rate in the province is relatively high, but local public health officials are nonetheless warning against complacency.
  “Measles is a disease that doesn’t need a lot of susceptible individuals to start a serious epidemic,” said Dr. Gaston De Serres, an epidemiologist and expert on vaccination with the Institut national de santé publique du Québec (INSPQ).
  Canada’s Public Heal
  
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• Philadelphia Flyers at Canadiens: Five things you should know

  21-02-2019 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Flyers game at the Bell Centre Thursday (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  The matchup: The Canadiens snapped a four-game losing streak with a 3-2 win over Columbus on Tuesday and they are holding the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference with 71 points. This game is important because the Canadiens (a) need the points and (b) are looking at a schedule that has them playing seven of their next eight games on the road. The Flyer
  
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• Montreal weather: A messy morning

  21-02-2019 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  You may need to give yourself extra time if you’re heading outdoors this morning: Montreal was forecast to receive 5 to 10 centimetres of snow overnight, followed by  chance of freezing drizzle this morning.
  Today’s forecast calls for light snow or freezing drizzle ending in the morning, then mainly cloudy with a 30-per-cent chance of wet flurries. Wind becoming southwest 30 km/h gusting to 50 in the morning. High plus 3.
  Tonight: Mainly cloudy with a 60-per-cent chance of flurr
  
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• Korf: It takes a Village to build one and keep it economically viable

  21-02-2019 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  I took a walk through Pointe-Claire Village last weekend and I enjoyed visiting some of the shops and taking in the sights along the waterfront. It made me wonder why I don’t go more often.
  On my walk I passed by the former Pioneer and was reminded about the controversy surrounding plans to tear it down.
  Everyone was upset when the Pioneer closed last summer, even though many people had not been there in years. The last time I went to the Pioneer myself was years ago, and I was one of only
  
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• History Through Our Eyes: Feb. 21, 1996, Mirabel airport

  21-02-2019 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  On Feb. 21, 1996, our front-page headline screamed: “Flights shift to Dorval.” Aéroports de Montréal had just announced what had long seemed inevitable.
  Mirabel Airport in the lower Laurentians would no longer handle regularly scheduled passenger flights; they were to be relocated to Montreal’s other airport, in the West Island (since renamed for Pierre Elliott Trudeau).
  “By April 1997, Montrealers who want to fly to Paris will no longer have to drive throug
  
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• Former notorious Hells Angel spent months in jail for road-rage incident

  21-02-2019 12:00 via Montreal Gazette
  A former Hells Angel who took part in one of the most notorious crimes committed in Quebec when he and other bikers slaughtered fellow gang members three decades ago is a free man again, despite having recently pleaded guilty to assaulting someone during a road-rage incident in Montreal.
  Jacques Pelletier, 63, was a full-patch member of the Hells Angels in 1985 when the gang decided to slaughter several members of its now-defunct Laval chapter. The gang members who were killed in what became kno
  
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• EMSB approves Willingdon annex, modular classrooms for Edinburgh

  21-02-2019 11:36 via CBC | Montreal News
  The two west-end schools have been asking for solution to overcrowding.
  
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• First post-SNC-Lavalin polls look bad for Trudeau Liberals

  21-02-2019 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  The Liberals were on track for re-election at year's end - but the SNC-Lavalin affair has taken its toll on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  
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• Can Wilson-Raybould claim solicitor-client privilege over SNC-Lavalin? The jury's out

  21-02-2019 10:00 via CBC | Montreal News
  Former justice minister Jody Wilson-Raybould was not formally a lawyer in the eyes of the legal profession at the time the decision was made to continue with the prosecution of SNC-Lavalin on charges of fraud and corruption, CBC News has learned.
  
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• One dead, one injured after stabbing incident near Decarie Square - Montreal Gazette

  21-02-2019 05:29 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  One dead, one injured after stabbing incident near Decarie Square  Montreal GazetteOfficers received a report that a person had been stabbed at the corner of Vézina and Coolbrook, but when they arrived, they found two victims.
  
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• One dead, one injured after stabbing incident near Décarie Square

  21-02-2019 05:29 via Montreal Gazette
  One man is dead and another is in a hospital after a stabbing incident early Wednesday morning in Montreal’s west end.
  The attack occurred at 6:45 a.m., when Montreal police received a report that a person had been attacked and stabbed in the parking lot of the Décarie Square shopping centre near the corner of Vézina St. and Coolbrook Ave.
  When officers arrived at the scene, however, they found two stabbing victims. Both had been wounded in the upper body during what appeared
  
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• QMJHL Roundup: Wednesday, February 20, 2019

  21-02-2019 05:22 via : Montreal
  SHAWINIGAN, Que. - Pier-Olivier Lacombe scored the tiebreaking goal midway through the second period and Etienne Verrette had two power-play goals to lift the Quebec Remparts to a 7-3 victory over the Shawinigan Cataractes on Wednesday in Quebec Major Junior Hockey League action.
  
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• One dead, one injured after stabbing incident near Décarie Square - Montreal Gazette

  21-02-2019 05:18 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  One dead, one injured after stabbing incident near Décarie Square  Montreal GazetteOfficers received a report that a person had been stabbed at the corner of Vézina and Coolbrook, but when they arrived, they found two victims.
  
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• EMSB votes for extra classroom space; Mancini apologizes - Montreal Gazette

  21-02-2019 05:09 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  EMSB votes for extra classroom space; Mancini apologizes  Montreal GazetteWillingdon and Edinburgh schools received approval for measures to ease overcrowding. Meanwhile, EMSB chair Angela Mancini made a formal apology to ...
  
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• EMSB votes for extra classroom space; Mancini apologizes

  21-02-2019 05:08 via Montreal Gazette
  Two French-immersion schools in west-end Montreal suffering from chronic overcrowding were granted a reprieve Wednesday when the English Montreal School Board voted to allow one to transfer its senior grades to a separate school, and allow another to add four modular classrooms.
  Willingdon School in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce was given permission to take over the former St. Ignatius of Loyola School, in order to open a senior campus to handle a surge in enrolment that has put it at 90 per cent ca
  
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• Overcrowded Edinburgh elementary school in Montreal-West to get modular classrooms

  21-02-2019 05:02 via : Montreal
  The school has the capacity for 330 students and the population currently stands at 400.
  
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• English Montreal School Board meeting gets tense as chair issues apology - Global News

  21-02-2019 04:34 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  English Montreal School Board meeting gets tense as chair issues apology  Global NewsIt was a tense start to the English Montreal School Board's monthly meeting on Wednesday as chair Angela Mancini apologized for a series of ethics code ...
  
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• Local roundup: Express stay hot at home with win over Edge - Montreal Gazette

  21-02-2019 04:15 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Local roundup: Express stay hot at home with win over Edge  Montreal GazetteHome continues to be sweet for the Windsor Express.The club reeled off its ninth-straight win at the WFCU Centre with a 123-116 decision over the St. John's ...
  
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• Overcrowded Edinburgh elementary school in Montreal-West to get modular classrooms - Global News

  21-02-2019 04:02 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Overcrowded Edinburgh elementary school in Montreal-West to get modular classrooms  Global NewsEdinburgh Elementary's chair Michael Rodger reacts to the EMSB's decision to approve the addition of modular classrooms ...
  
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• #ICYMI: Botched Mob hit?, SNC public inquiry motion defeated, Smollett charged, more news

  21-02-2019 04:00 via Montreal Gazette
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) highlights some of today’s local, national and international news.
  A sentencing hearing is to begin at the Montreal courthouse Thursday in a case involving a shooting in Dollard-des-Ormeaux where the gunman might have selected the wrong target while attempting to kill an alleged leader in the Montreal Mafia.
  More here: Was attempted murder in the West Island a botched Mafia hit?
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  The Liberals have defeated an opposition motion calling for a public inquiry
  
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• Ex-SNC Lavalin executive allegedly hid almost $25M from Revenu Québec

  21-02-2019 03:53 via Montreal Gazette
  A former SNC-Lavalin executive, facing criminal charges in connection with the company’s operations in Libya, owes more than $11 million in unpaid taxes to the Quebec government, according to a court filing by Revenu Québec.
  Revenu Québec claims Sami Bebawi, a former SNC-Lavalin vice-president, failed to declare $24.7 million in personal revenue between 2010 and 2013 — money it alleges came from kickbacks paid by suppliers in exchange for contracts with SNC-Lavalin in L
  
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• Quebec news channel deletes Facebook post about fatal Halifax fire that drew hateful comments

  21-02-2019 03:50 via : Montreal
  The comments took aim at the family for being refugees.
  
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• Quebec says former SNC-Lavalin exec owes $11 million in back taxes 

  21-02-2019 03:45 via : Montreal
  Quebec's Revenue Department is trying to seize the assets of a former SNC-Lavalin executive facing trial on fraud-related charges.
  
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• Montreal price growth may soon overtake Vancouver's pace - Mortgage Broker News

  21-02-2019 03:00 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Montreal price growth may soon overtake Vancouver's pace  Mortgage Broker NewsMontreal's soaring residential prices are placing it in a strong position to overtake the Vancouver housing market's pace in the very near future, according to data ...
  
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• West-end Picasso's restaurant is reborn — sort of

  21-02-2019 02:33 via Montreal Gazette
  In the decade since the popular 24-hour west-end diner/greasy spoon Serre Picasso served its last all-day breakfast, loyalists have not given up hope that it would return. Occasionally a story would be floated to that effect. “Every year we say we are going to reopen Picasso,” said Peter Sergakis, who owns the St-Jacques St. W. building that housed the establishment, “but we had other projects.”
  And so the spot remained vacant, sinking slowly into disrepair.
  On Wednesday,
  
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• Citizens push to extend REM light-rail train to Vaudreuil

  21-02-2019 02:33 via : Montreal
  There is a grassroots movement growing to extend the REM to Vaudreuil.
  
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• SNC-Lavalin lawyers rushed to prosecutors before MPs knew of proposed law change

  21-02-2019 02:17 via CBC | Montreal News
  Representatives for SNC-Lavalin hustled to connect with federal prosecutors after the Liberal government quietly introduced a proposal last year to allow corporations to strike settlement deals and avoid criminal prosecution, court documents show.
  
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• PM apologizes to Wilson-Raybould; JWR speaks in House

  21-02-2019 01:53 via : Montreal
  The Trudeau government has vowed again to speak to the circumstances that led Jody Wilson-Raybould to resign from cabinet, and this week’s surprise decision by top PMO aide Gerry Butts to quit his job. While the Trudeau government may be promising transparency, as David Akin reports, they’re a long way from delivering on that promise.
  
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• Citizens push to extend REM light-rail train to Vaudreuil - Global News

  21-02-2019 01:33 via "allintitle:Montreal" - Google News
  Citizens push to extend REM light-rail train to Vaudreuil  Global NewsTue, Feb 20: A grassroots movement is calling for an extension of the REM to Vaudreuil. Citizens say they don't want the new light rail system to stop in ...
  
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