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• Calls mount to put Montreal's LRT project under greater scrutiny - CBC - CBC.ca

  29-01-2017 23:58
  
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  Calls mount to put Montreal's LRT project under greater scrutiny - CBC
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  When an independent review of Montreal's expensive light-rail project questioned its transparence and viability earlier this week, the mayor and premier ...and more »
  
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• Brawl breaks out at Bell Centre boxing match, injuring 4 - CBC.ca

  29-01-2017 15:03
  
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  Brawl breaks out at Bell Centre boxing match, injuring 4
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  At least four people were injured after fights broke out during a boxing match Saturday night at Montreal's Bell Centre. Around 11 p.m., following a victory by Toronto's Brandon Cook over Montrealer Steven Butler, objects were thrown at the ring ...
  Cook scores stunning TKO upset over Montreal's ButlerMontreal Gazette
  Fight breaks out at Bell Centre boxing match, two arrestedCTV News
  Ajax boxer Brandon 'Bad Boy' Cook still p
  
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• Man, 23, shot outside bar on St-Laurent and Prince-Arthur - CBC.ca

  29-01-2017 13:07
  
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  Man, 23, shot outside bar on St-Laurent and Prince-Arthur
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  A 23-year-old man is recovering in hospital after being shot outside a bar in Montreal's Plateau neighbourhood early this morning. Shortly after closing time, at around 3:30 a.m., police were called to the corner of St-Laurent Boulevard and Prince ...
  23-year-old man shot outside Plateau bar around closing timeMontreal Gazette
  Fight ends with shooting on St-Laurent Blvd.CTV Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• Advocates urge protection for refugees who enter Canada via the US - CBC.ca

  29-01-2017 12:42
  
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  Advocates urge protection for refugees who enter Canada via the US
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  Canada should revisit a pact that considers the United States safe for refugees now that U.S. President Donald Trump has put a hold on allowing many of them into the country, says the head of a prominent Canadian refugee rights organization. Calling ...and more »
  
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• Female guerrilla fighters battle ISIS in documentary 'Gulîstan, Land of Roses' - CBC.ca

  29-01-2017 12:01
  
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  Female guerrilla fighters battle ISIS in documentary 'Gulîstan, Land of Roses'
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  Akyol went on to study filmmaking at L'Université du Québec à Montréal and made several films before beginning work on the script for Gulîstan. She intended to find its namesake among the PKK fighters in northern Iraq to make a documentary about her.
  
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• US judge blocks deportations under Trump travel ban - Montreal Gazette

  29-01-2017 05:11
  
  US judge blocks deportations under Trump travel ban
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  WASHINGTON — A federal judge issued an emergency order Saturday night temporarily barring the U.S. from deporting people from nations subject to President Donald Trump's travel ban, saying travellers who had been detained had a strong argument ...and more »
  
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• Vandal caught on camera spray painting east-end Montreal restaurant - CBC.ca

  29-01-2017 04:01
  
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  Vandal caught on camera spray painting east-end Montreal restaurant
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  The owner of a Hochelaga-Maisonneuve restaurant says an anti-gentrification vandal was caught in the act of spray-painting the front door of the business with a vulgar message. Stéphane Allard, owner of the Lapin Blanc bistro on the corner of Ste ...
  Anti-gentrification vandals strike Hochelaga-Maisonneuve restaurantsCTV Newsall 2 news articles »
  
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• Canadian dual citizens affected by US travel ban from 7 countries - Montreal Gazette

  29-01-2017 00:57
  
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  Canadian dual citizens affected by US travel ban from 7 countries
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  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau greets refugee families who recently arrived in Canada at an open house of the Masjid Al-Salaam Mosque in Peterborough Ont., Sunday, Jan. 17, 2016. Fred Thornhill / THE CANADIAN PRESS. Share Adjust Comment Print.
  WestJet, Air Canada turn back travellers after Trump's executive orderCTV News
  Quebec politicians stress diversity, inclusion in face of Trump refugee banCB
  
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