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• Hello, Mr. President @BarackObama. Bring a coat! It's cold in Montreal. https://t.co/DtMAYgqazQ

  05-06-2017 23:56
  
  Hello, Mr. President @BarackObama. Bring a coat! It's cold in Montreal. https://t.co/DtMAYgqazQ
  
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• Sherbrooke resident Ann-Marie Francis won last Friday's $55,000,000 Lotto Max jackpot. https://t.co/KRJby4Ym9i

  05-06-2017 23:55
  
  Sherbrooke resident Ann-Marie Francis won last Friday's $55,000,000 Lotto Max jackpot. https://t.co/KRJby4Ym9i
  
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• What to do when you find ticks on children?

  05-06-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  With news that tick encounters are on the rise in Canada, people are wondering what to do when you or your kids get bitten by a tick. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Legionella class action may have more defendants

  05-06-2017 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  A legionella outbreak in 2012 caused 14 deaths in Quebec City due to poor maintenance of building cooling towers. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, there’s another delay in the class-action lawsuit
  
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• Case dropped for Longueuil black man contesting traffic tickets

  05-06-2017 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Longueuil resident appeared in court for the fifth time in the last 20 months to fight a ticket he received from two local police officers in what is considered to be a racial profiling incident. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, the case was dropped because of delays.
  
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• Cavendish extension discussed at Town Hall meeting in Côte Saint-Luc

  05-06-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  There are renewed signs that the long-awaited extension to Cavendish Boulevard may actually happen. As Global’s Elysia Bryan-Baynes reports, the city of Côte Saint-Luc is holding a town hall meeting about the proposal.
  
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• Opinion: Forty years of Bill 101 is nothing for anglos to celebrate

  05-06-2017 23:08 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A famous Bugs Bunny cartoon titled Bunker Hill Bunny ends with Yosemite Sam conceding defeat and the loss of his stone fortress. In tatters, he trumpets the phrase “If you can’t beat ’em, join ’em” and marches off alongside a victorious Bugs Bunny playing the song The Girl I Left Behind.
  This August will mark the 40th anniversary of the adoption of Bill 101, the Charter of the French Language, which was society altering legislation. English speaking Quebecers won&rs
  
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• F1 driver Lance Stroll stops by the Montreal Children's Hospital - Globalnews.ca

  05-06-2017 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  
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  F1 driver Lance Stroll stops by the Montreal Children's Hospital
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  Montreal-born F1 pilot Lance Stroll made a pit stop at the Montreal Children's Hospital to raise the spirits of kids being treated there. The teenager is in town ahead of the big race this weekend. Stroll said he was happy to be back in Montreal, and ...and more »
  
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• Arcade Fire about to blow up with Everything Now

  05-06-2017 23:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Have you heard of this band Arcade Fire? They’re going to be huge.
  No, really huge.
  Arcade Fire has dominated the indie rock landscape for more than a decade, surviving changing times by continually reinventing itself while somehow maintaining the mystique that shot the band to stardom in the first place, back in 2004, when David Bowie, David Byrne and seemingly everyone else was freaking out about this cool new group from Montreal – cool being the operative word.
  Hard as it is to be
  
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• Trois-Rivières fishing festival cancelled after abrupt death of 1000s of rainbow trout

  05-06-2017 22:50 via cbc.ca
  
  Fish biologist Pierre Magnan says a lack of oxygen likely caused more than half the trout introduced to a pond last Friday to die suddenly — forcing the municipality to cancel its participation in the annual fishing festival.
  
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• Sherbrooke woman cashes $55-million lottery ticket - Montreal Gazette

  05-06-2017 22:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  Sherbrooke woman cashes $55-million lottery ticket
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  For a Quebec couple who'd just won a $55-million lottery prize, Ann-Marie Francis and Ian Warcup sounded like not much would immediately change in their lives. Francis and her husband said they will both likely retire from their respective jobs in the ...
  Eastern Townships couple wins Lotto Max prize worth $55 MCBC.caall 3 news articles »
  
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• Opinion: Housing is best governed by laws of the market - Montreal Gazette

  05-06-2017 21:19 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  Opinion: Housing is best governed by laws of the market
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  Montreal's housing market is quite different from those in Toronto and Vancouver. For example, Montreal's vacancy rate is high and stable at 3.9 per cent, compared to Toronto's 1.3 per cent and Vancouver's 0.7 per cent, Mathieu Bédard writes. Dario ...and more »
  
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• Opinion: Housing is best governed by laws of the market

  05-06-2017 21:17 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The government of Ontario has recently announced new policies intended to cool off its real estate market, imposing a 15 per cent tax on foreign home buyers like the one enacted in 2016 in British Columbia, and also extending its rent control regulations. In Montreal, the opposition is asking the city to follow the example set by these two provinces.
  Thankfully, Quebec Finance Minister Carlos Leitão has said he’s not interested in interfering with the market, and with good reason: T
  
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• Police escort lost family of ducks through Old Port

  05-06-2017 20:58 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A mother duck and her ducklings seem to have gotten lost in Old Montreal on Sunday — but Montreal police came to the rescue. 
  A video showing the family of ducks being escorted to safety by police through was widely shared on social media. Mother duck and babies got lost in Old Montreal, getting a police escort through the streets, back to the duck pond. #montreal #canada pic.twitter.com/R4TyTsxnKP
  — Joel Teitelbaum (@joelteitelbaum) June 4, 2017
  The tweet, posted Sunday by
  
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• Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre testifies at inquiry into police spying on journalists

  05-06-2017 20:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Coderre was grilled multiple times on the subject: did he order Montreal Police (SPVM) to look into La Presse journalist Patrick Lagacé?
  
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• Quebec to begin consultations before tabling cannabis legislation this fall

  05-06-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Public Health Minister Lucie Charlebois says the process will begin in Montreal late this month with a forum that will bring together national and international experts.
  
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• Officials confirm withdrawal of Canadian Forces involved in flooding relief

  05-06-2017 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ottawa and Quebec have announced the presence of Canadian Forces troops in the province to help with flooding relief is coming to an end.
  
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• Why therapists shouldn't approve their own patients' emotional support animals

  05-06-2017 20:06 via cbc.ca
  
  A growing number of therapists are certifying their patients' pets as emotional support animals.
  
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• Indigenous engagement on Energy East to be the focus of new 4-person NEB team

  05-06-2017 20:05 via cbc.ca
  
  The National Energy Board is dedicating a four-person team to make contact with Indigenous people and the general public about the Energy East pipeline over the next six weeks.
  
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• Saks to open first discount store in Montreal this summer

  05-06-2017 19:55 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The discount brand of luxury department store Saks Fifth Avenue will open its first Montreal location later this summer.
  Saks Fifth Avenue Off 5th is scheduled to open at the Galeries d’Anjou in August, according to the malls owners, Cadillac Fairview and Ivanhoe Cambridge.
  Two more Montreal-area locations of the “luxury off-price” retailer are in the works – an Eaton Centre location is scheduled to open in Fall 2018, while a location at the Premium Outlets Montreal,
  
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• Montreal police arrest 9 suspects in heroin-trafficking ring - CBC.ca

  05-06-2017 19:55 via cbc.ca
  
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  Montreal police arrest 9 suspects in heroin-trafficking ring
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  Montreal police say investigators have dismantled a heroin-trafficking ring operating in Montreal after a pair of raids in late May. Nine people have been arrested. They appeared in Quebec court and now face several charges, including drug trafficking ...
  
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• Montreal police arrest 9 suspects in heroin-trafficking ring

  05-06-2017 19:52 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say nine people have been charged in connection with a heroin-trafficking ring in Montreal that was dismantled after a pair of raids in late May.
  
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• 'I was furious' information was leaked to reporter, Coderre tells police spying inquiry

  05-06-2017 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said it was apparent that police officers were leaking personal information about him to reporters as a tactic in city contract negotiations that were not going well. 
  The mayor made the comments while testifying Monday before the Chamberland Commission. 
  “I was furious,” Coderre said in reference to what he called “the third event,” when, in December 2014, La Presse reporter Patrick Lagacé obtained a copy of a traffic ticket
  
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• Woman found guilty of murdering daughters to be heard by Court of Appeal

  05-06-2017 19:37 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Adèle Sorella, who was found guilty of murdering her two daughters in June 2013, will be heard by the Quebec Court of Appeal on Monday.
  Sorella’s lawyer, Pierre Poupart, is invoking error of law on the part of the Honourable Carol Cohen, of Quebec’s Superior Court, especially in her instructions to the jury.
  At the end of a lengthy trial, the accused was found guilty of the murder of her two daughters, Amanda, 9, and Sabrina, 8, found dead in the playroom of their residence in
  
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• P.K. Subban joked about his bad breath and Twitter lost control

  05-06-2017 19:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  People on Twitter are losing control over P.K. Subban’s latest off-ice antic.Apparently, the former Montreal Canadien heard Sidney Crosby say that his breath smells bad.
  Near the end of the third period of Game 3 of the Stanley Cup Final on Saturday, which the Nashville Predators won five-nothing, the two star players had a close conversation. Subban approached Crosby, and in what appeared to be a miscommunication, heard the Pittsburgh Penguins player say that Subban has bad breath.Subban
  
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• Laval police test increased security measures during weekend family festival

  05-06-2017 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  The annual firefighter festival in Laval over the weekend provided police with the perfect opportunity to put increased security measures for large events to the test.
  
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• Quebec flooding: Canadian Forces pack up as relief efforts wind down

  05-06-2017 18:51 via montrealgazette.com
  
  GATINEAU — Ottawa and Quebec have announced the presence of Canadian Forces troops in the province to help with flooding relief is coming to an end.
  Officials held a news conference Monday in the western Quebec community of Gatineau to go over some of the numbers relating to unprecedented flooding in the province this year.
  Between April 5 and May 16, more than 5,300 homes were flooded and more than 4,000 people forced from their homes.
  Martin Coiteux, Quebec’s municipal affairs and
  
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• “Pony Up” raises money and hair for cancer

  05-06-2017 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Valleyfield school is asking kids to take the chop for a good cause -- donating hair to make wigs for cancer patients.
  
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• Students! Share your Canada pride and you could be on BT Montreal! #BTCanada150 https://t.co/VqJAKE34Yk

  05-06-2017 18:18
  
  Students! Share your Canada pride and you could be on BT Montreal! #BTCanada150 https://t.co/VqJAKE34Yk
  
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• Organize your kitchen for less stress & easier meal prep btmontreal.ca/videos/organiz…

  05-06-2017 18:13
  Organize your kitchen for less stress & easier meal prep btmontreal.ca/videos/organiz…
  
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• CityNews expanding to provide local news across Canada ... - Montreal Gazette

  05-06-2017 17:55 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  The Toronto-based broadcast news program CityNews is coming to Montreal next winter, Rogers Media announced Monday.and more »
  
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• CityNews expanding to provide local news across Canada, including Montreal

  05-06-2017 17:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Toronto-based broadcast news program CityNews is coming to Montreal next winter, Rogers Media announced Monday.On Sept. 4, CityNews will begin broadcasting locally-produced daily evening newscasts in Edmonton and Winnipeg, then take the plunge in Vancouver, Calgary and Montreal in winter 2018.The evening newscasts will focus on viewer-driven, original stories introduced by local reporters, Rogers said. They will also provide regional and national stories from Rogers Media’s partner bra
  
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• New life breathed into decades-old dream of a Cavendish extension

  05-06-2017 17:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  You may have heard this before, but there are signs the city will soon move ahead with the decades-long stalled extension of Cavendish Blvd.
  While the Cavendish extension from Côte-St-Luc to St-Laurent has been talked about since the 1940s, it’s expected that this week, the city will announce a major housing development that would have an extended Cavendish Blvd as its key access road.
  The development is being planned for the land formerly occupied by the Blue Bonnets horse
  
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• Robert Libman from the archives 2015: Cavendish extension progress too slow

  05-06-2017 17:48 via montrealgazette.com
  
  This opinion piece by Robert Libman was published Dec. 8, 2015.
  It’s long overdue. The Cavendish extension, the missing link to connect both dead-ends of Cavendish to create another northsouth axis between Décarie Blvd. and Highway 13 has been talked about for almost 40 years. Had it been built in the 1980s, it could have been completed for under $20 million.
  Currently before city council is Montreal’s three-year capital works budget, the Programme triennal d’immobilisat
  
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• Nature group to preserve 'untouched' historic forest near Montreal - CTV News

  05-06-2017 17:43 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
  
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  Nature group to preserve 'untouched' historic forest near Montreal
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  A pristine section of forest that was once owned by a famous 19th century Quebec politician will become a conservation area, a nature group announced Monday. The Nature Conservancy of Canada announced it will preserve some 6,000 hectares of what ...and more »
  
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• 50 years of @GrandPrixF1Can btmontreal.ca/videos/50-year…

  05-06-2017 17:40
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• Check out this week's BT Calendar https://t.co/dUHIUsj1pq

  05-06-2017 17:32
  
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• MNA Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois promises to bring 'stirring debates' to National Assembly

  05-06-2017 17:31 via montrealgazette.com
  
  More than five years after travelling to Quebec City to negotiate a compromise on raising tuition fees during the 2012 student strikes, Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois is returning to the capital on Tuesday – this time, to be sworn in as a new member of the National Assembly for Québec solidaire.The 27-year-old politician said he does not intend to “remain quiet,” and promises to bring “stirring debates” to the table.“For years, we’ve been saying we want yo
  
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• Barack Obama in Montreal: What has former president been up to since he left office?

  05-06-2017 17:28 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Former U.S. President Barack Obama, who will speak in Montreal on Tuesday, has continued to make headlines since leaving office in January. His speech, organized by the Board of Trade of Metropolitan Montreal, is sold out, though some are available on ticket-reselling sites for more than $1,000.
  Here’s a look at some of what Obama has been up to since President Donald Trump took office.
  Supports Paris accord
  Obama condemned Trump’s announcement the U.S. will withdraw from the Paris c
  
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• Marijuana legalization: Quebec to hold public consultations

  05-06-2017 17:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Quebec government won’t say what a legal marijuana market might look like in the province until a series of public consultations are held this summer.
  Social Services Minister Lucie Charlebois said Monday that the government will draft legislation this fall outlining how cannabis will be bought and sold in Quebec. But she wouldn’t speculate about the proposed bill until experts and the public weigh in.
  “There’s no consensus or decisions yet, everything is on the table
  
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• Barack Obama in Montreal: What has former president been up to since he left office? - Montreal Gazette

  05-06-2017 17:24 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  Barack Obama in Montreal: What has former president been up to since he left office?
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  In a recent handout picture released by Virgin on February 7, 2017, former US president Barack Obama is pictured during a kitesurfing session with British billionaire Richard Branson, off the coast of Moskito Island in the British Virgin Islands in the ...
  
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• Climbing Stairs for a Good Cause btmontreal.ca/videos/climbin…

  05-06-2017 17:21
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• World Environment Day: Huge swath of Quebec forest, wetland to be protected forever

  05-06-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A 6,000-hectare swath of forest and wetland with historical significance in western Quebec will be conserved forever thanks to the Nature Conservancy of Canada and federal and private funding.
  The non-profit Nature Conservancy of Canada made the announcement of the protection of the Kenauk property, near Montebello, at a news conference on Monday. The day is designated World Environment Day.
  The land, which once belonged to Patriote leader Louis-Joseph Papineau, who led the 1837-38 rebellio
  
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• Community Events: Quebec Drama Federation

  05-06-2017 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Monday, June 5.
  
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• Community Events: LaFetedesRestos

  05-06-2017 16:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Monday, June 5.
  
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• Living your dream as a DJ

  05-06-2017 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  DJ Universal owner Andrea Guido joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about working smart to be able to live your dream as a business owner.
  
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• Hottest toys for summer 2017

  05-06-2017 16:50 via globalnews.ca
  
  Emile Burbidge, a chief play officer at Toy’s R Us, drops by Global News Morning to show Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan the hottest toys for summer 2017.
  
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• Weight loss tips

  05-06-2017 16:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dietitian Tracy Satov joins Global’s Laura Casella with weight loss tips to help you get ready for summer.
  
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• World-Champion skater’s path to athletic & academic success

  05-06-2017 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  World-champion synchronized ice skater Rachel Cecere talks to Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan about the path she took to that led her to success in athletics and academics.
  
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