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• La Fête du Canada de 1967 met la table à celle de 2017

  29-06-2017 23:59 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Ottawa a organisé la plus grande Fête du Canada de son histoire en 1967 pour célébrer son centenaire en grandes pompes.
  
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• France : une voiture percute les barrières protégeant une mosquée

  29-06-2017 23:53 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Un homme à bord d’un véhicule a percuté jeudi les barrières protégeant la mosquée de Créteil, au sud-est de Paris, sans faire de blessés, avant d’être interpellé, une «tentative d’attaque» selon des responsables musulmans qui ont évoqué un «drame» évité de justesse. Selon un communiqué de la préfecture de police de Paris, en fin d’apr&egra
  
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• Parc des Fondateurs: un voleur de balançoire recherché

  29-06-2017 23:52 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La balançoire parent-enfant de l’aire de jeux du Parc des Fondateurs de Stoneham a été volée la fin de semaine dernière.
  
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• Head of Rock Machine biker gang arrested in drug bust: report

  29-06-2017 23:48 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Jean-François Émard, the presumed head of biker gang Rock Machine, was among six arrested in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Thursday morning. The arrests were part of a larger anti-drug operation by the Sûreté du Québec, in which his home was searched and methamphetamine, prescription pills and a loaded weapon were seized. 
  The SQ also searched two other locations where drugs, notably cocaine, methamphetamine and weed, were known to be sold. Émard and
  
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• CAQ decries cuts at MUHC, to table nurses' petition in National Assembly

  29-06-2017 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The union representing nursing staff at the McGill University Health Centre got the backing of the second opposition party in the Quebec legislature on Thursday in its fight against spending cuts to the institution.
  Coalition Avenir Québec MNAs Nathalie Roy and Lise Lavallée held a joint news conference together with the head of the union, Denyse Joseph, to denounce what they say has been $120 million in cuts over the last five years. The result has been a decline in patient c
  
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• Update: Passenger on school bus during crash says driver behaved "recklessly"

  29-06-2017 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A school bus carrying 34 children between the ages of six and 16 collided with a 10-wheel truck on the interchange ramp on Highway 640 East headed towards Highway 15 North in Boisbriand on Thursday.
  The bus veered off the circular ramp and into a ditch about 10 feet off the road. It remained upright.
  There were also 10 adults on board the school bus, the Sûreté du Québec said.
  Those on board were campers and counsellors heading to the Y Country Camp, a sleep-away camp in Hube
  
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• Stu Cowan: Montrealer Lance Stroll's F1 career kicking into high gear

  29-06-2017 23:33 via montrealgazette.com
  
  After getting a tour through the team garage three days before the Canadian Grand Prix, I asked Graeme Hackland, the Chief Information Officer of Williams Martini Racing, about Montreal driver Lance Stroll.
  “The kid can drive,” said Hackland, who has been involved in Formula One for 20 years.
  Hackland added that the 18-year-old Stroll just needed a confidence boost after failing to earn a point in the drivers’ standings in his first six races, finishing only two of them. Hackla
  
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• We're Acting Out! overflowing with wow power

  29-06-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Buckle up, Montreal, because for the next few weeks our streets are going to be known for so much more than potholes, construction signs and hair-tearing parking regulations. 
  As part of Montreal’s 375th celebrations, more than 50 outdoor performance troupes will transform the city’s public spaces into a riot of colours, eccentric spectacle and family-friendly mayhem with a month-long festival called We’re Acting Out! (or À nous la rue! in French). The organizers pr
  
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• Montreal traffic update June 30-July 2: Ville-Marie and Bonaventure Expressways closed

  29-06-2017 23:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Here are some road closures to expect for Canada Day weekend.
  Ville-Marie Expressway
  Complete closure of the eastbound side (toward downtown) of the Ville-Marie Expressway from the Turcot Interchange to the Ville-Marie Tunnel from Friday at midnight until Sunday at 5 a.m. 
  Bonaventure Expressway
  The Bonaventure Expressway heading east (toward downtown) will be closed between Wellington St. and Highway 15 from 7:30 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Sunday. 
  Jacques-Cartier Bridge
  The Jacques-Cartier
  
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• Opinion: We must engage in active citizenship

  29-06-2017 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Former U.S. president Barack Obama’s recent speech in Montreal reminded us of his intelligence and eloquence, but it was his passionate call for all citizens to vigorously engage in the civic life of their country that resonated most. As we reflect on the 150th anniversary of Confederation amid a rising global tide of alienation, tribalism and conflict, I can think of no greater way to commemorate than to heed Obama’s advice.
  The international political climate at this moment is quit
  
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• Pouvoir accru d’expropriation: Régis Labeaume pense avoir convaincu Martin Coiteux

  29-06-2017 22:42 via journaldequebec.com
  
  À défaut d’avoir obtenu le pouvoir d’expropriation qu’il réclamait dans le projet de loi 122 au printemps, le maire de Québec est convaincu que ce n’est que partie remise à l’automne.
  
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• Canada Goose inaugurates first Quebec factory in Boisbriand

  29-06-2017 22:35 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Winter coat manufacturer Canada Goose inaugurated its first factory in Quebec on Thursday.  
  The facility in Boisbriand is expected to employ 450 people by the end of 2018. 
  “We’ve been building and expanding our capacity in Canada for over a decade now,” said Dani Reiss, the company’s president and CEO. “Quebec and the Montreal area, in particular Boisbriand, has been an area which has been a very strong apparel hub in Canada for a long time. The apparel
  
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• Agressions sexuelles dans un CHSLD de Lévis: il écope 42 mois de prison

  29-06-2017 22:32 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Pour des agressions sexuelles qui se sont multipliées sur une «longue période» et parce que «malgré son âge», l’accusé était «très conscient de ce qu’il faisait» subir à ses victimes, un homme de 71 ans a été condamné à purger une peine de pénitencier de 42 mois.
  
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• Une seule fête pour le 100e anniversaire du pont de Québec, confirme Labeaume

  29-06-2017 22:11 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le maire de Québec a confirmé, jeudi, qu’il soutient l’initiative des chambres de commerce de Québec et Lévis visant à célébrer le centenaire du pont de Québec. Il n’y aura donc pas deux mais bien une seule fête en septembre.
  
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• L’Otan va augmenter sa présence en Afghanistan, mais pas pour combattre

  29-06-2017 21:46 via journaldequebec.com
  
  L’Otan va augmenter sa présence en Afghanistan, non pas pour y reprendre des opérations de combat mais pour aider davantage les forces afghanes à faire face aux talibans, a déclaré jeudi son secrétaire général Jens Stoltenberg.
  
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• Loterie: de nouveaux millionnaires au Québec

  29-06-2017 21:42 via journaldequebec.com
  
  MONTRÉAL – En plus du billet gagnant du million garanti, un autre billet avec la bonne combinaison du gros lot du 6/49 a été acheté au Québec, a annoncé jeudi Loto-Québec.
  
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• Venus Williams responsable d'un accident mortel

  29-06-2017 21:40 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La joueuse de tennis Venus Williams serait responsable d’un accident de la route qui s’est conclu par le décès d’un homme de 78 ans.
  
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• Les maudits règlements de la pataugeoire

  29-06-2017 21:40 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Certains surveillants de pataugeoire sont plus zélés qu'Isla la louve des SS.
  
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• Possible grève générale à la STLévis

  29-06-2017 21:38 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Sans convention collective depuis six mois, les 107 chauffeurs de bus de la Société de transport de Lévis (STLévis) ne portent plus leurs uniformes depuis deux semaines.
  
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• Moyens de pression et grève générale en vue à la STLévis

  29-06-2017 21:38 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Sans convention collective depuis six mois, les 107 chauffeurs de bus de la Société de transport de Lévis (STLévis) ne portent plus leur uniforme depuis deux semaines. Le syndicat pourrait déclencher une grève générale illimitée «au moment jugé opportun».
  
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• La 50e édition du FEQ à guichets fermés?

  29-06-2017 21:33 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le Festival d'été de Québec a vendu 134 500 laissez-passer jusqu'à maintenant et tout indique que son édition 50e anniversaire se tiendra à guichets fermés.
  
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• Un deuxième accident en trois semaines sur le chantier de l'autoroute Laurentienne

  29-06-2017 21:23 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Un accident est survenu mercredi soir sur le chantier de l'autoroute Laurentienne, à Québec. Il s'agit du deuxième à survenir en moins de trois semaines sur ce même chantier.
  
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• Abus sexuels: l’Église ébranlée au sommet

  29-06-2017 21:20 via journaldequebec.com
  
  L’inculpation jeudi pour abus sexuels du numéro trois du Vatican, le cardinal australien George Pell, a provoqué un nouveau coup de tonnerre au Saint-Siège, régulièrement critiqué pour son manque de sévérité dans ce type d’affaires.
  
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• Corée du Nord: premières sanctions américaines contre une banque chinoise

  29-06-2017 21:15 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Les États-Unis ont, pour la première fois jeudi, annoncé des sanctions financières contre une banque chinoise accusée de mener des activités illicites avec la Corée du Nord «afin de mettre la pression» sur le régime de Pyongyang.
  
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• Les terrasses à découvrir dans la région de la capitale nationale

  29-06-2017 21:11 via journaldequebec.com
  
  GATINEAU | Avec la saison estivale qui s’installe, le Journal vous propose un top 5 des meilleures terrasses à visiter en Outaouais et ses environs cet été.
  
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• Conflit dans la construction: la loi spéciale contestée devant les tribunaux

  29-06-2017 21:10 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Les cinq organisations syndicales qui représentent les travailleurs de la construction contestent devant les tribunaux la loi spéciale qui a forcé leur retour au travail, à la fin mai.
  
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• Google reconnaîtra les personnes sur vos photos

  29-06-2017 21:05 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Grâce à sa nouvelle mise à jour de son application «Photos», Google pourra dorénavant identifier les personnes qui apparaissent sur vos images, par l’entremise de leur technologie dite «d’apprentissage».
  
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• Trump rencontrera Poutine en marge du G20 en Allemagne

  29-06-2017 21:02 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le président américain Donald Trump rencontrera pour la première fois son homologue russe Vladimir Poutine en marge du G20 prévu les 7 et 8 juillet à Hambourg (Allemagne), a annoncé jeudi la Maison-Blanche.
  
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• Cette Acura Integra Type R nous fait saliver d’envie

  29-06-2017 20:56 via journaldequebec.com
  
  On s’ennuie de l’Acura Integra. Surtout dans sa version Type R, à la fois très rare et très puissante.
  
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• La fin approche pour Bartolo Colon

  29-06-2017 20:54 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Les Braves d’Atlanta ont désigné pour assignation l’ancien lanceur des Expos de Montréal Bartolo Colon, jeudi. L’artilleur de 44 ans semble sur les derniers milles de sa carrière, car il a conservé une fiche de 2-8 et une moyenne de points mérités de 8,14 cette saison.
  
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• Man arrested on fraud charges after allegedly embezzling $9 million

  29-06-2017 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal police’s fraud department arrested Bassam Salman on fraud charges in Longueuil on June 21. He is suspected of orchestrating an elaborate fraud scheme and allegedly embezzling $9 million in funds over nine years.
  It is considered to be one of the biggest fraud schemes in Quebec’s history. Montreal police said he is facing fraud charges of over $5,000.
  Salman, a bank employee at the time, allegedly embezzled money from customers, produced false documents and made transactions
  
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• Right whales: Why are they dying in the Gulf of St. Lawrence?

  29-06-2017 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A necropsy – or animal autopsy – is underway Thursday to determine why six endangered right whales have died this month in the triangle between Quebec’s Iles-de-la-Madeleine, Miscou Island in New Brunswick and the northern tip of Prince Edward Island. 
  A team of marine biologists and rescue workers successfully towed one of the carcasses of North Atlantic right whales to shore in Norway, P.E.I., on Wednesday afternoon so they could finally begin to examine it and shed
  
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• Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique will be swinging at the jazz fest

  29-06-2017 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Alas, the Grand Orgue Pierre-Béique does not have a saxophone stop. No one thought to ask Casavant Frères to install one.
  But the splendid behemoth that adorns the Maison symphonique does boast eight trumpet stops, as well as clarinet, oboe, horn and other solo options.
  With careful alchemy, Jean-Willy Kunz has no doubt that he can make this redoubtably classical instrument sound perfectly jazzy on Wednesday evening with a quartet of colleagues on trombone (Hélène Lem
  
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• Man barricades himself in South Shore motel following hit-and-run

  29-06-2017 20:24 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A man who barricaded himself in a motel on Montreal’s South Shore following a hit-and-run Thursday has been arrested by police.
  The Sûreté du Québec is on the scene and has made contact with the 30-year-old man, at the Motel Champlain in Brossard. After barricading himself for multiple hours, he opened the door for SQ officers and is currently being interrogated by them. 
  At 9:15 a.m., there was a collision on the Champlain Bridge. The man in question was driving s
  
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• Quebec is on a lucky lotto streak. Are you the latest winner?

  29-06-2017 20:15 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Quebec is on a lucky streak. According to a report from Loto-Québec, Quebecers are racking up a record-number of lottery wins this year. The latest: the Lotto 6/49 jackpot and guaranteed million-dollar prize were both won in Quebec.  
  “Since Jan. 1, 2017, Quebec has 85 new millionaires,” Isabelle Jean, Loto-Québec’s president of lottery operations and vice-president of public affairs, is quoted in a press release. “Quebecers pocketed two&
  
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• La fermeture de la Clef de sol encore reportée

  29-06-2017 20:11 via journaldequebec.com
  
  La fermeture de la Clef de Sol est une fois de plus reportée d’une semaine, alors que la «fermeture définitive» aura lieu le 6 juillet prochain, confirme le propriétaire.
  
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• Five things to do: Your guide to a massive weekend in Montreal

  29-06-2017 20:06 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Festivals, festivals, festivals: get ready for a big weekend in Montreal. Here are five things you’ll likely want to do.
  1. The Jazz Festival
  You must listen to jazz music this weekend. As you’ve likely heard, the Montreal International Jazz Festival will run throughout the weekend, featuring an abundance of impressive artists — including Bob Dylan!
  The festival will also present a lengthy list of free performances, including a show on Canada Day featuring Carly Rae J
  
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• Quebec City restaurant changes name to Chez Muffy, awkwardness ensues

  29-06-2017 20:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  If you want diners to dive into their meals with complete abandon, Chez Muffy may not be the ideal name for your restaurant.
  That, however, is the new name for one of Quebec City’s most prestigious spots, located in the Auberge Saint-Antoine Hotel — the restaurant formerly known as Le Panache.
  In French, the name is unusual but fine. In English, however, it’s profoundly awkward.
  As The Lost Fingers singer and guitarist Byron Mikaloff pointed out on Facebook, the name is also cr
  
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• Montreal Comiccon: Barbeau and Sorbo relish opportunities to meet their fans

  29-06-2017 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Comiccon, by its very nature, is a fan-driven phenomenon. It’s all about the community found in the shared love of a (sub)culture, and the chance for fans to get up close with the objects of their loyalty. There may well be stars who feel uneasy with the whole dynamic, but you won’t be hearing any of that from two of this year’s Montreal Comiccon (or officially, Comic-Con) attractions, Adrienne Barbeau and Kevin Sorbo.
  “I love talking, I love meeting people,” Barbea
  
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• Update: Counselor onboard school bus crash says driver behaved "recklessly"

  29-06-2017 19:52 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A school bus carrying 34 children between the ages of six and 16 collided with a 10-wheel truck on the interchange ramp on Highway 640 East headed towards Highway 15 North in Boisbriand on Thursday.
  The bus veered off the circular ramp and into a ditch near the middle of the curve about 10 feet off the road. It remained upright.
  There were also 10 adults onboard the school bus, the Sûreté du Québec said.
  Those onboard were campers and counselors heading to the Y Country Camp,
  
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• No topic too risqué in new CBC radio show Seat at the Table

  29-06-2017 19:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
  No longer will strangers have to eavesdrop surreptitiously on the spicy conversations of Isabelle Racicot and Martine St-Victor at neighbourhood bistros.
  Now everyone – across the country – can have a seat at their table as the two discourse on hot-button issues from politics to pop culture to racism on their new chat show, appropriately titled, Seat at the Table.
  It debuts Friday on CBC’s podcast service and Saturday at 11 a.m. on CBC Radio One.
  Those familiar with best buddie
  
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• OSM: Kent Nagano quittera son poste en 2020

  29-06-2017 19:04 via journaldequebec.com
  
  MONTRÉAL – L’Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM) a annoncé jeudi le départ de son directeur musical Kent Nagano en 2020, ce dernier refusant l’offre de prolongation de son contrat.
  
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• Un automobiliste meurt suite à une violente collision en Beauce

  29-06-2017 18:50 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Un automobiliste est décédé après être entré en collision avec un camion lourd en Beauce, jeudi matin.
  
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• Le prochain sommet de l’Otan aura lieu à Bruxelles à l’été 2018

  29-06-2017 18:49 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Les dirigeants de l’Otan se retrouveront en sommet à Bruxelles à l’été 2018, a annoncé jeudi le secrétaire général de cette organisation de coopération militaire des grandes puissances occidentales, Jens Stoltenberg.
  
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• 13 photos qui prouvent que la famille Price est parfaite

  29-06-2017 18:40 via journaldequebec.com
  
  On peut se faire adopter?
  
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• Bombardier, Siemens AG Said to Explore Two Rail Joint Ventures

  29-06-2017 18:34 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Bombardier Inc. and Siemens AG are exploring options including two rail joint ventures as part of their planned train-equipment tie up, according to people familiar with the matter.
  The companies are making progress on one joint venture for their rolling stock operations, which would be controlled by Montreal-based Bombardier, and another for signaling, in which Siemens would have a majority, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the talks are private. A deal could be reached i
  
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• Les Oilers ne veulent plus de Benoît Pouliot

  29-06-2017 18:23 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Les Oilers d’Edmonton ont confirmé jeudi qu’ils avaient placé au ballottage le nom de l’attaquant Benoît Pouliot dans le but de racheter son contrat.
  
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• 8 activités pour mettre du soleil dans la vie de vos petits quand il fait gris

  29-06-2017 18:08 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Quand on est parents, il faut toujours se réinventer!
  
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• Quel avenir pour la Dodge Grand Caravan?

  29-06-2017 18:01 via journaldequebec.com
  
  On la croyait sur ses derniers miles. Et pourtant, la Dodge Grand Caravan est toujours en vie. Mais pour combien de temps encore?
  
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• Volkswagen en mode séduction avec le Tiguan 2018

  29-06-2017 17:44 via journaldequebec.com
  
  Le constructeur allemand propose une nouvelle génération pour son VUS compact, une première depuis sa mise en marché en 2007.
  
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