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• Quebec construction strike: Back-to-work law passed

  30-05-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Quebec government has passed legislation to end the province’s construction strike, forcing workers back to work. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Violent crash simulation warns kids to drive safely

  30-05-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Royal West Academy students walked into a violent car crash right outside their school, as part of a simulation by MADD to encourage everyone to be safe on prom night. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Canadiens English language regional telecasts moving to TSN

  30-05-2017 22:41 via montrealgazette.com
  
  English language regional telecasts of weekday Canadiens games are moving back to TSN next season.
  While there has been no official confirmation of the move from Rogers Sportsnet, The Gazette has learned that the deal between TSN and the Canadiens was completed earlier this year.
  According to sources close to the negotiations, Sportsnet, which was in the final year of a three-season agreement to televise Canadiens games, made a strong push to retain the rights.
  They were thwarted because Bell, T
  
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• Snow removal company slapped with $3K fine over Highway 13 fiasco

  30-05-2017 21:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The company responsible for clearing Highway 13 during the March snowstorm that stranded hundreds in their vehicles has been fined $3,000 by Quebec's Transport Ministry.
  
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• Ontario's $15 an hour minimum wage not coming to Quebec any time soon

  30-05-2017 20:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Philippe Couillard says he will be watching closely to see how Ontario's commitment to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour affects the economy in that province, but he steered clear of committing to a similar raise here.
  
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• Montreal blue-collar union placed under trusteeship

  30-05-2017 20:37 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal’s blue-collar workers’ union has been placed under trusteeship by its parent union because of “serious operational difficulties.” 
  The Canadian Union of Public Employees (CUPE) announced Tuesday that it has named an administrator to oversee the 7,500-member Syndicat des cols bleus regroupés de Montréal, Local 301.
  The move comes two weeks after Marc Ranger, CUPE’s Quebec director, was reportedly cornered and intimidated&nbs
  
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• Montreal Jazz Fest free outdoor shows to feature plenty of Canadian artists

  30-05-2017 20:14 via cbc.ca
  
  The Montreal International Jazz Festival has unveiled which artists will be headlining three of its four big outdoor shows during the 38th edition of the event, which runs from June 28 to July 8.
  
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• Preliminary hearing begins for teen charged with fatal stabbing

  30-05-2017 20:04 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A preliminary hearing began on Tuesday for a 16-year-old charged with the fatal stabbing  a 15-year-old LaSalle boy following a party on Nun’s Island last October. The hearing resumes on Friday and is scheduled to last six days, said Tiago Murias, the youth’s defence lawyer. 
   A publication ban prevents the media from reporting on testimony given at the preliminary hearing, which is held to determine whether there is enough evidence to send the case to trial.
  The accus
  
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• Montreal jazz fest free shows: Bonifassi, Lafarge, Pat Thomas and Kwashibu

  30-05-2017 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The ticketed concerts have all been announced, but for many Montreal International Jazz Festival fans, the free shows are where the real fun lies. The 38th edition of the city’s world-famous summer music celebration presents more than 500 concerts from June 28 to July 8, and around 350 of those are free.
  Granted, they’re not all household names, but the international performers on the free stages dotting the jazz fest site are hand-picked for their ability to entertain. Styles r
  
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• Coderre called cops for personal matters, police inquiry hears

  30-05-2017 19:53 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is not shy to call on the people in charge of the Montreal police with questions on personal matters, according to testimony heard before the Chamberland Commission. 
  While testifying before the commission on Tuesday, Montreal police Chief Philippe Pichet said that the only elected official to contact him with a personal question was Coderre. He initially referred to the mayor in a generic way as “an elected official,” but later clarified he was
  
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• Dan Delmar: Pushing Quebec to innovate as well as inspire

  30-05-2017 19:52 via montrealgazette.com
  
  As summer approaches, waves of visitors descend on Montreal for festivals and conferences, seeking entertainment and inspiration. Few will stay past August, though.
  Building the city’s creative economy to the point that Montreal regains its status as a world-class commercial hub is a monumental task — and one in which creatives should play an active role.
  Even Montreal’s most optimistic would acknowledge the city is a shadow of its former self; leading in fe
  
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• Parents of man killed in Lac-Mégantic disaster don't want tracks moved next door

  30-05-2017 19:50 via cbc.ca
  
  René Boutin and Isabelle Boulanger lost their son Frédéric in the 2013 Lac-Mégantic train explosion that killed 47 people. Now they’re fighting to keep the railway tracks from being relocated close to their house.
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard advances to second round of French Open

  30-05-2017 19:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
  PARIS — Eugenie Bouchard overcame a tough first set and defeated Japan’s Risa Ozaki 2-6, 6-3, 6-2 in a first-round match at the French Tennis Open on Tuesday.
  Bouchard, who won in 1:48, will face Latvia’s Anastasija Sevastova, 17th seed, who defeated Germany’s Annika Beck, 6-2, 6-4.
   
  
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• Medellin is now a hub for Montreal's remote workers

  30-05-2017 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  
  MEDELLIN, Colombia — In between sips of soda water, JF Brou, a 29-year-old Montrealer and “serial digital entrepreneur,” paws at his face and stares intensely at his laptop screen.
  This scene could easily be at any of the many cafés and co-working spaces in Montreal, but it’s in Medellin, Colombia, the city made infamous by decades of narcotraffickers and its drug kingpin, Pablo Escobar. 
  But it’s not Pablo’s Medellin anymore. While many believe th
  
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• 'Failure to apply basic leadership' found in army's handling of sexual assault

  30-05-2017 19:21 via cbc.ca
  
  A military inquiry has determined there was a failure of "basic leadership" by the army in a high-profile case of alleged sexual assault.
  
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• Montreal duo She-Devils paint 'very visual' blend of rock, art history

  30-05-2017 19:02 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Art-pop is a term that is sometimes bandied about by critics when they’re talking about artsy bands, but it’s actually literally a perfect description of Montreal duo She-Devils.
  When Kyle Jukka and Audrey Ann Boucher first began making music together three years ago in a Mile Ex rehearsal space, Jukka – who’d been playing in bands for a while – wasn’t in the least put off by the fact that Boucher had pretty close to zero musical experience. She was, and is, a
  
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• VIDEO: Details on the @jfkfoundation Golf Tournament & Cycling Tour btmontreal.ca/videos/just-fo…

  30-05-2017 18:36
  VIDEO: Details on the @jfkfoundation Golf Tournament & Cycling Tour btmontreal.ca/videos/just-fo…
  
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• Montreal intersection 'needs a redesign,' city councillor says after pedestrian death

  30-05-2017 18:21 via cbc.ca
  
  A councillor in Rosemont—La-Petite-Patrie is calling for changes to the intersection of Beaubien Street and Pie-IX Boulevard after a pedestrian was fatally struck by a school bus Monday.
  
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• Author @ThisFunnyGirl explores Montreal couples and their relationships in new book "Swap Club" btmontreal.ca/videos/new-boo…

  30-05-2017 18:10
  Author @ThisFunnyGirl explores Montreal couples and their relationships in new book "Swap Club" btmontreal.ca/videos/new-boo…
  
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• VIDEO: @karolinajez tells us about @delissio’s Pop-Up Pizzeria: Ma Rustico btmontreal.ca/videos/delissi…

  30-05-2017 18:09
  VIDEO: @karolinajez tells us about @delissio’s Pop-Up Pizzeria: Ma Rustico btmontreal.ca/videos/delissi…
  
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• Mom charged in death of 7-month-old baby in Gatineau

  30-05-2017 17:39 via cbc.ca
  
  A mother has been charged after her seven-month-old baby girl was found without vital signs in their home Monday morning and later died.
  
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• Highway 20 in Lachine gets ‘beautified’ for Montreal’s 375th anniversary

  30-05-2017 17:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The vibrant blue stripes on the Highway 20 sound barrier in Lachine are part of a new art installation, a gift to Montrealers from private donors.
  
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• Montreal worker paves around car on René Lévesque Boulevard

  30-05-2017 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Tue, May 30: A worker paving René Lévesque Boulevard in downtown Montreal didn’t let a car stop him from doing his job.
  
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• Parked car? No problem, says Montreal worker paving René Lévesque Boulevard

  30-05-2017 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  
  Workers paving René Lévesque Boulevard last Friday didn't let a car stop them from doing their jobs.
  
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• Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois on his election victory, squabbles with the PQ and winning over Liberal voters

  30-05-2017 16:11 via cbc.ca
  
  The former student leader and Québec Solidaire co-spokesperson spoke to CBC Montreal Daybreak host Mike Finnerty after winning the Gouin byelection in a landslide.
  
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• Parti Québécois wants Québec Solidaire to disavow 'racism' accusations

  30-05-2017 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Parti Québécois is urging Québec solidaire to firmly and publicly disassociate itself from accusations of racism made against the PQ during Québec solidaire’s convention last Sunday.
  In an official letter sent to Québec solidaire on Monday and obtained by Presse Canadienne, PQ president Raymond Archambault wrote that his party’s executive had adopted a motion asking that Québec solidaire disavow “unacceptable” statem
  
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• Getting kids to bed with yoga

  30-05-2017 15:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fitness educator Amanda DeGrace shows Laura Casella a yoga program to help children settle down for bedtime.
  
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• Busy mom bootcamp

  30-05-2017 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Fitness expert Tina Toner joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about her busy mom bootcamp.
  
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• What’s new in men’s fashion

  30-05-2017 15:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Image consultant Claude Laframboise joins Global’s Laura Casella for a look at the latest men’s fashion trends.
  
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• Ontario becomes 2nd province to go ahead with $15 an hour minimum wage

  30-05-2017 14:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne has announced a plan to increase the provincial minimum wage to $15 an hour by Jan. 1, 2019.
  
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• Court approves wheelchair accessibility class-action suit against transit agencies, Montreal

  30-05-2017 14:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Quebec Superior Court has approved a class-action lawsuit over métro wheelchair accessibility requested by the Regroupement des activistes pour l’inclusion au Québec.
  RAPLIQ’s suit is against the Société de transport de Montréal, the Agence métropolitaine de transport and the city of Montreal.
  In an April hearing, the organization’s lawyers argued that the Quebec Charter of Human Rights and Freedoms guarantees t
  
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• Opinion: Racialized minorities in Montreal continue to suffer

  30-05-2017 14:41 via montrealgazette.com
  
  On May 24, it was reported that Montreal police officer Christian Gilbert faces charges of manslaughter for the 2016 death of Bony Jean-Pierre, a 46-year old Haitian man shot in the head with rubber bullets. While this is unexpected news — police officers are rarely charged in connection with the deaths of marginalized civilians — racial injustice is ongoing.
  The last time that a police officer was charged criminally in connection with the death of
  
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• Table of Hope feeds foodies for Share the Warmth https://t.co/GfqL7Mv7fz

  30-05-2017 14:39
  
  Table of Hope feeds foodies for Share the Warmth https://t.co/GfqL7Mv7fz
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/ETUXWlt4Jo

  30-05-2017 14:39
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/ETUXWlt4Jo
  
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• Have you seen this? Typical Montreal?lapresse.ca/actualites/mon…

  30-05-2017 14:35
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• Global News Morning headlines: Tuesday, May 30

  30-05-2017 14:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Tuesday, May 30.
  
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• COMING UP LATER: @karolinajez tells us all about a new pop-up pizza shop @delissio!

  30-05-2017 14:20
  COMING UP LATER: @karolinajez tells us all about a new pop-up pizza shop @delissio!
  
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  30-05-2017 14:14
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• Quebec passes back-to-work law to end construction strike

  30-05-2017 14:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Provincial Liberals passes back-to-work law amidst general Quebec construction strike.
  
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• 15-year-old girl hospitalized after shooting in Laval

  30-05-2017 14:09 via globalnews.ca
  
  Overnight shooting leaves a 15-year-old girl injured.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Tuesday, May 30

  30-05-2017 14:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Gloria Henriquez has Montreal’s weather forecast for Tuesday, May 30.
  
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• Crunches for Crohn’s and Colitis

  30-05-2017 14:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Crohn’s sufferer Mona Segal and her husband Brian Strasser join Global’s Laura Casella to talk about Crunches for Crohn’s, a fundraiser to raise awareness about Crohn’s and colitis.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/a7dCMIxFoZ

  30-05-2017 13:34
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/a7dCMIxFoZ
  
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• Community Events: Book Launch

  30-05-2017 13:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Tuesday, May 30.
  
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• How much gold would buy you a home in Toronto?

  30-05-2017 13:27 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Toronto homes aren’t that expensive, if you pay in gold.
  Douglas Porter, chief economist at the Bank of Montreal, mined data showing that when expressed in terms of gold, house prices in Canada’s red-hot real estate market are far from record highs. An average home in Toronto today costs just over 540 ounces of gold, well below the record 655 ounces in 2005, Porter found.
  “The slightly more serious point is that gold is again close to a record high in Canadian dollar terms
  
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• Alleged Laval con artist arrested for scam that lasted 14 years

  30-05-2017 13:15 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Laval police are seeking possible victims of 52-year-old woman they allege has bilking gullible investors for the past 14 years.
  Lucie Paquette was arrested early Tuesday after an investigation where at least six victims were defrauded for more than $1 million.
  Police allege that Paquette, once she had gained her victims’ trust, would tell them that she was due to inherit a large sum of money but that the inheritance was being disputed in court and she needed money for her legal
  
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• Things are heating up in the #BTStudio with @ThisFunnyGirl - talking #SwapClub https://t.co/N6fZxSNirG

  30-05-2017 13:00
  
  Things are heating up in the #BTStudio with @ThisFunnyGirl - talking #SwapClub https://t.co/N6fZxSNirG
  
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• Special fundraiser at Sacred Heart School https://t.co/qLbzNp9Pk4

  30-05-2017 12:53
  
  Special fundraiser at Sacred Heart School https://t.co/qLbzNp9Pk4
  
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• Looking to do a little golf or biking - Just For Kids Foundation has some great events coming up - stream us live… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  30-05-2017 12:45
  Looking to do a little golf or biking - Just For Kids Foundation has some great events coming up - stream us live… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Dispute ends with teenage girl shot outside Laval métro station

  30-05-2017 12:32 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Laval police are trying to unravel the sequence of events that led to a 15-year-old girl’s being shot in the stomach outside the Cartier métro station in Laval early Tuesday.
  Police spokesperson Franco Di Genova said officers arrived at the scene about 12:30 a.m. after receiving 911 calls of shots being fired. On their arrival they found the girl, who had been shot once in the stomach, and her friends outside the métro station.
  Thus far, police only know the gunshot followed
  
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