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• Projet Montréal courts Southwest Mayor Benoit Dorais

  31-05-2017 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Southwest Borough Mayor Benoit Dorais joins opposition party, Projet Montréal
  
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• Police question Lachine daycare operator accused of mistreating children - CBC.ca

  31-05-2017 22:43 via cbc.ca
  
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  Police question Lachine daycare operator accused of mistreating children
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  A 59-year-old woman who runs a daycare in Montreal's Lachine borough was taken into police custody Wednesday after being accused of mistreating a number of children. Montreal police closed the private Collège des petits anges daycare on 6th Avenue ...
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• Police question Lachine daycare operator accused of mistreating children

  31-05-2017 22:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Montreal police closed the Collège des petits anges on 6th Avenue temporarily Wednesday afternoon after the woman operating the daycare was taken into custody.
  
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• Is convicted killer Karla Homolka legally allowed to volunteer in schools?

  31-05-2017 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Convicted killer Karla Hamolka has allegedly been volunteering at her child's school in NDG.
  
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• A guide to Montreal's 2017 summer street festivals and sales - Montreal Gazette

  31-05-2017 22:38 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  A guide to Montreal's 2017 summer street festivals and sales
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  The Ste-Catherine Street Sale is just one of the festivals to take over blocks of Montreal this summer. Dave Sidaway / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. Montreal is known for its summer festivities, especially its sidewalk sales. It's ...
  
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• Government developing new firearms marking scheme

  31-05-2017 22:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The federal government has once again deferred bringing into force firearms marking regulations that were approved by Parliament in 2004. It says the destruction of the long-gun registry and absence of consistent record-keeping by gun shops mean the existing scheme would do little to help police track gun crimes.
  
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• Parents of autistic girl take demand for help to Health Minister Lucie Charlebois

  31-05-2017 22:17 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The parents of a six-year-old autistic girl say they will confront the Quebec minister responsible for autism services on Thursday to demand therapy for their daughter.
  Sam Kühn and Lynn Buchanan say they plan to go to the office of rehabilitation and public health minister Lucie Charlebois at noon to plead for speech and occupational therapy for their daughter Charlotte.
  In August 2015, Charlotte was given a diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder and delayed language skills, but has receive
  
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• Lachine daycare owner arrested after alleged mistreatment of children

  31-05-2017 22:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal police have arrested a 59-year-old daycare owner in Lachine on suspicion of mistreating children in her care.
  
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• Child abuse in Quebec 'affects thousands' under 5, says new report

  31-05-2017 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Substantiated reports of maltreatment of preschool-aged children have increased by 27 per cent over the past decade, says a study conducted for the Montreal-based Early Childhood Observatory.
  
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• Child abuse in Quebec 'affects 1000s' under 5, says new report

  31-05-2017 22:11 via cbc.ca
  
  Substantiated reports of maltreatment of preschool-aged children have increased by 27 per cent over the past decade, says a study conducted for the Montreal-based Early Childhood Observatory.
  
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• Lachine daycare owner arrested for allegedly shaking children

  31-05-2017 21:56 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The 59-year-old owner of a Lachine daycare was arrested Wednesday amid allegations she shook children in her care.
  Police descended on the Collège des petits anges daycare at 12:45 p.m. after receiving a tip late Tuesday. They also decided to shut down the 6th Ave. facility Wednesday — a decision they took after meeting with youth protection workers, Crown prosecutors and criminal investigators.
  Officers intervened swiftly because the welfare of young children was at
  
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• Stu Cowan: Memorial Cup caps whirlwind year for Mikhail Sergachev - Montreal Gazette

  31-05-2017 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  Stu Cowan: Memorial Cup caps whirlwind year for Mikhail Sergachev
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  Defenceman Mikhail Sergachev of the Windsor Spitfires celebrates winning the championship game of the Mastercard Memorial Cup against the Erie Otters 4-3 on May 28, 2017, at the WFCU Centre in Windsor, Ontario. Dennis Pajot / Getty Images.and more »
  
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• Stu Cowan: Memorial Cup caps whirlwind year for Mikhail Sergachev

  31-05-2017 21:39 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Mikhail Sergachev would have loved to be part of a Stanley Cup parade this year in Montreal, but he’ll have to settle for a Memorial Cup parade in Windsor, Ont., instead.
  Sergachev, the Canadiens’ first round pick (ninth overall) at last year’s NHL Draft, was part of the Spitfires team that won the Memorial Cup last Sunday with a 4-3 win over the Erie Otters and the parade through Windsor was set for 6 p.m. Wednesday.
  During a phone interview earlier in the day, Sergachev looke
  
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• Couillard defends his honour over email exchange with Marc-Yvan Côté

  31-05-2017 21:38 via montrealgazette.com
  
  QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard is defending his decision to console disgraced former Liberal organizer Marc-Yvan Côté when he was down on his luck saying it was the human thing to do.
  Under attack from the opposition following fresh revelations about an exchange of emails between Couillard and Côté in 2012, the premier lashed back saying if he is guilty of anything it is of being a good listener with a big heart.
  “I don’t dump people in the garbag
  
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• Hells Angels and associates target of major Quebec drug raids

  31-05-2017 21:22 via globalnews.ca
  
  About 200 police officers are participating in drug raids in the Mauricie region targeting the Hells Angels and their alleged associates.
  
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• Quebecers plead guilty in case of cocaine on plane that made emergency landing

  31-05-2017 20:46 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Two men from Mirabel have pleaded guilty to being in possession of the large quantity of cocaine seized from their aircraft after it was forced to make an emergency landing in Ohio more than two months ago. 
  The guilty pleas, submitted in writing over the past two weeks in a U.S. District Court in Ohio, come with 10-year mandatory minimum sentences because of the quantity of the cocaine involved. The maximum sentence is life in prison.
  David Ayotte, 46, the first of the pair to submit a gui
  
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• Public Safety Minister reacts to Karla Homolka volunteering at school

  31-05-2017 20:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale rejected claims the criminal justice system is “broken” and reassured the that systems set-up to provide background checks for volunteers at schools are effective.
  
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• Opinion: Fighting a losing battle against cellphone addiction

  31-05-2017 20:12 via montrealgazette.com
  
  I don’t know why people are so concerned with events like global warming. Quite frankly, I don’t think anyone will really notice when the polar ice sheets melt and the oceans rise, swamping coastal cities. No one will spend much time worrying for the future of people whose countries have been racked by drought or torrential rains. And will masses of people be galvanized into action to stave off the extinction of some of the planet’s most precious creatures when the world’
  
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• Opinion: A time for Canadians to unite around our common values

  31-05-2017 19:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  As we prepare to celebrate 150 years of Confederation, there is much discussion around the question of a Canadian identity and around what unites us as a country.
  Many seem to believe that there is no core Canadian identity, no real heritage of value, and that all that unites us is our diversity.
  When looking back to those who founded this country, however, one will find that this diverse group of men united not on the basis of their differences, but on the basis of that which they shared,
  
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• Parents express confusion, concern upon learning Karla Homolka volunteers at their children’s school

  31-05-2017 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Convicted killer Karla Homolka has been occasionally volunteering at her children’s Montreal elementary school, and the parents we spoke to expressed their concern and frustration that someone with her criminal history would be allowed near children.
  
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• Back to the lab with Suoni per il Popolo's avant garde Montreal music fest

  31-05-2017 19:36 via montrealgazette.com
  
  How to describe Suoni per il Popolo? The question is daunting when one considers the festival’s wildly varied lineup – a mix of free jazz, punk rock, world music and assorted underground sounds.
  For Suoni executive director Peter Burton, it’s just another day at the office.
  “We’re a 21st century, avant garde, experimental music festival,” Burton said of the nearly month-long event, the 17th edition of which runs June 1 to 24.
  “We have really eclectic mus
  
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• Meet the Quebec teacher who found way to inspire students with exam jitters

  31-05-2017 19:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Nathalie Lemay, who teaches high school in Bromont, Que., spent the evening before her classes' ministerial exams writing personalized notes on the desks of each of her 45 students.
  
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• Court orders former Brossard MNA to pay $24,000 in libel judgement

  31-05-2017 19:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
   A Quebec Court judge ruled Wednesday that former Quebec MNA Fatima Houda-Pepin libelled Brossard mayor Paul Leduc during the provincial election campaign in 2014 and must pay $24,000 in damages.
  Judge Chantale Sirois ordered Houda-Pepin to pay $20,000 in moral damages and $4,000 in punitive damages as well as court costs.
  Leduc launched the libel suit against Houda-Pepin, who between 1994 and 2014 was the MNA for the provincial riding that encompasses Brossard, after the latter wrote a let
  
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• Court orders Montreal blue collars to cease obstruction of trusteeship - Montreal Gazette

  31-05-2017 18:58 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  Court orders Montreal blue collars to cease obstruction of trusteeship
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  Thousands of Montreal blue-collar workers, joined by blue-collar workers from other regions of Canada rallied outside Montreal city hall Wednesday, October 7, 2009 to protest lagging contract talks with the City. JOHN KENNEY / Montreal Gazette files.
  
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• Karla Homolka volunteering at her kids’ school: reports

  31-05-2017 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, May 31: Karla Homolka served 12 years after pleading guilty to the killings of two schoolgirls in Ontario, but now she’s repotedly volunteering at her children’s NDG school. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Borough mayor Benoit Dorais joins Projet Montréal ahead of fall election

  31-05-2017 18:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Projet Montréal has succeeded in persuading a high-profile candidate, Southwest borough mayor Benoit Dorais, to join its ranks leading up to this fall's municipal election.
  
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• MP concerned about reports of Karla Homolka volunteering at Montreal-area school

  31-05-2017 17:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  MP Marc Miller talks about how worrying it is that Karla Homolka is reportedly volunteering at a Montreal school.
  
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• Revenue Quebec fails to follow up on delinquent taxpayers: auditor-general

  31-05-2017 17:52 via montrealgazette.com
  
  QUEBEC — Revenue Quebec is not aggressively chasing down people who regularly fail to file income tax returns, the province’s auditor-general says.
  And Guylaine Leclerc says it’s taking way too long for the victims of unscrupulous financial agents to be compensated. Overall not enough people are benefiting from the system.
  Tabling her annual report in the legislature, Leclerc said only two of her eight recommendations of a 2013 audit of Revenue Quebec designed to improve its pe
  
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• Parents who criticized Homolka say school asked them to leave

  31-05-2017 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  
  As Karla Homolka rushed past news cameras and photographers snapping pictures in front of Greaves Academy in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, a woman was pacing behind her, screaming and clapping her hands.
  “In the name of Jesus, leave her alone,” she yelled at the throng of reporters. “It is written that everyone of us is sinful and we must forgive, because God is a forgiving God. Leave her alone.”
  But when approached by reporters, the woman declined to comment.
  “I don&r
  
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• Convicted killer Karla Homolka volunteers at her children’s Montreal school: reports

  31-05-2017 17:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  The school, a private Christian academy, says it is aware of Homolka's past.
  
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• Weather, displacement, epidemics: Climate denial's deadly consequences

  31-05-2017 17:20 via montrealgazette.com
  
  by Brian Deese and Ronald A. Klain, The Washington Post
  With President Donald Trump’s decision on U.S. participation in the Paris climate accords expected in the next few days, there has been widespread discussion of the many consequences that climate change will have for us and our children, including extreme weather events, displacement of people, submergence of lands and devastation to our oceans. But one of the most potentially deadly effects has been far less discussed: an increase in
  
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• Time to explore the fringes of the Montreal Fringe festival

  31-05-2017 17:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The St-Ambroise Montreal Fringe Festival got underway Monday with the two-minute-teasers extravaganza Fringe-for-All, and although the official program of over 100 shows doesn’t begin until June 8, there are lots of other activities to get you in the mood. Like Pinball Karaoke (Thursday, June 1, North Star, 3908 St-Laurent Blvd.) and the Provincial Air Guitar Championships (Saturday, June 3, MainLine Theatre, 3997 St-Laurent Blvd.).
  Stealing a march on the main program
  
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• Long flight? No Problem! @Isabellekroeh shares fitness and stretching on a plane btmontreal.ca/videos/fitness…

  31-05-2017 16:56
  Long flight? No Problem! @Isabellekroeh shares fitness and stretching on a plane btmontreal.ca/videos/fitness…
  
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• Cops probe murder attempt at Gatineau casino

  31-05-2017 16:56 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Gatineau police are trying piece together why someone wanted to shoot a 27-year-old man Tuesday night as he sat in his car in the parking lot of the Lac Leamy casino.
  The victim, a resident of Gatineau, is in critical condition in hospital after his assailant opened fire and struck him at least once.
  A crime scene perimeter has been set up and witnesses are being interviewed, including a person who was in the car with the victim when the attack occurred.
  Gatineau police say that at this stage on
  
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• Quebec taps record amount of maple syrup

  31-05-2017 16:55 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Quebec harvested a record amount of maple syrup this spring.
  The 13,700 syrup producers in the province collected 152.2 million pounds of syrup. Last year, they harvested 148 million pounds — and that was a record-breaker, too. In 2013, they collected 120 million pounds.
  The sugar season started early in 2017. It was launched in February but then, after several weeks of cold, there was a new surge in March. In eastern parts of the province, the season lasted until early May.
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• EXCLUSIVE: Karla Homolka occasionally volunteers at Montreal elementary school citynews.ca/2017/05/30/exc…

  31-05-2017 16:50
  EXCLUSIVE: Karla Homolka occasionally volunteers at Montreal elementary school citynews.ca/2017/05/30/exc…
  
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• 'Nothing to gain' from inflating grades, Quebec education minister says

  31-05-2017 16:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Quebec Education Minister Sébastien Proulx has issued a directive to school boards ordering them to make sure failing grades aren't bumped up.
  
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• VIDEO: @repertoiredeco reinvents the classic blue and white to refresh your décor btmontreal.ca/videos/reinven…

  31-05-2017 16:30
  VIDEO: @repertoiredeco reinvents the classic blue and white to refresh your décor btmontreal.ca/videos/reinven…
  
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• Alleged members of biker gang linked to Hells Angels targeted in raids

  31-05-2017 16:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say the people they are members of the Deimos Crew, which controls a drug trafficking ring that operates in several regions of Quebec. They expect to arrest at least 30 people as part of the operation.
  
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• Reporter @DomenicFazioli discusses reaction to Karla Homolka story btmontreal.ca/videos/reporte…

  31-05-2017 16:23
  Reporter @DomenicFazioli discusses reaction to Karla Homolka story btmontreal.ca/videos/reporte…
  
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• Angela Price sparks feeding frenzy after posting nursing photo

  31-05-2017 16:15 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Angela Price feeds her kid and the Internet gives her unconditional support. 
  The wife of Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price posted her breastfeeding story to her personal blog Tuesday. It is a heartfelt account of her time nursing, and later uncertainties over how to feed one-year-old Liv. Her considerations — when to introduce a bottle, when and how much formula to use, whether to select cow’s milk or almond — read like those of many other mothers in the Western w
  
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• Montreal singer Jonathan Catalano hits European Top 5

  31-05-2017 15:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal singer Jonathan Catalano joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk about hitting the Top 5 in Europe and to play his single “Wait for Me.”
  
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• What’s so cool about fidget spinners?

  31-05-2017 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Life coach and parenting expert Erica Diamond and her son, Sean, join Laura Casella to explain the fidget spinner craze.
  
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• Quebec report of child abuse and neglect increasing: 20 new cases a day

  31-05-2017 15:23 via montrealgazette.com
  
  According to a new report, Quebec has about 20 new cases a day of child abuse: babies shaken and choked, sexually molested, beaten or starved. But child abuse is more than bruises and broken bones. Children can be neglected, left to their own devices in dangerous situations, made to feel stupid and useless, or abandoned altogether.
  Whatever the maltreatment, the emotional toll on children can be heavy and last a lifetime, said the head of the 44-page report into child ab
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Wednesday, May 31

  31-05-2017 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Wednesday, May 31.
  
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• Canada's economy grew at 3.7% pace in first quarter of 2017

  31-05-2017 15:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's economy expanded at an annual pace of nearly four per cent in the first quarter, more than three times the growth seen in the U.S. in the same period.
  
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• Canada's economy grew at 3.7% pace in first 3 months of 2017

  31-05-2017 15:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's economy expanded at an annual pace of nearly four per cent in the first quarter, more than three times the growth seen in the U.S. in the same period.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather & traffic update at 8:30! https://t.co/MbIHGms9HP

  31-05-2017 14:45
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather & traffic update at 8:30! https://t.co/MbIHGms9HP
  
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• Ontario is raising its minimum wage to $15.00/hour. Quebec staying put. https://t.co/b3LVCqJeiN

  31-05-2017 14:21
  
  Ontario is raising its minimum wage to $15.00/hour. Quebec staying put. https://t.co/b3LVCqJeiN
  
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• Community Events: “It Shoulda Been You”

  31-05-2017 14:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Wednesday, May 31.
  
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