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• Try not to whine: SAQ delivery delays means less wine on terrasses this weekend

  17-06-2017 23:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Winos beware, there might be a limited selection of wine at restaurants and bars this week.
  
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• Environment Canada issues heat warning for Montreal for Sunday afternoon

  17-06-2017 23:48 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Environment Canada is warning high temperatures and high humidity could cause heat stroke on Sunday afternoon.
  The agency is forecasting a high of 30 degrees Celsius, with a humidex value of 40.
  “The risks are greater for young children, pregnant women, older adults, people with chronic illnesses and people working or exercising outdoors,” it said in an advisory issued Saturday afternoon. It advises to drink plenty of water and never leave people or pets in parked vehicles.
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• Beluga rescued from N.B. river swims toward possible reunion with pod

  17-06-2017 23:34 via montrealgazette.com
  
  BATHURST, N.B. — A young beluga whale that was rescued from a New Brunswick river looks closer to being reunited with a pod, a marine mammal group says.
  The Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals says the wayward whale was tracked swimming in waters often frequented by belugas on Friday night, but it remains unclear whether the young male has joined the pod.
  “The team is very encouraged by these early news,” scientific director Robert Michaud said in a statement Sat
  
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• Elm Park Pool celebrates 50th anniversary

  17-06-2017 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Elm Park Pool in Dollard-des-Ormeaux is celebrating their 50th anniversary Saturday.
  
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• Montreal man gets $749 in tickets after dropping off special needs son - Montreal Gazette

  17-06-2017 22:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal man gets $749 in tickets after dropping off special needs son
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  A Montreal man was hit with $749 in traffic fines last month after he double parked while dropping off his special needs son at school. Luca Amico says he takes extra care when driving his son to school lately because the boy has been experiencing ...
  
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• Montreal man gets $749 in tickets after dropping off special needs son

  17-06-2017 22:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A Montreal man is crying foul after he was hit with $749 in traffic fines last month after he double parked while dropping off his special needs son at school.
  Luca Amico says he takes extra care when driving his son to school lately because the boy has been experiencing brain seizures. Amico’s son, a teenager, also has cerebral palsy.
  So when he dropped him off at school in St-Leonard on May 10, Amico pulled up up to the building, turned on his hazard lights and left the car running while
  
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• Technical problems delay SAQ wine deliveries to Montreal restaurants

  17-06-2017 21:56 via montrealgazette.com
  
  More than 900 Montreal-area restaurants and bars are facing lengthy delays in their wine and liquor shipments because of a computer glitch in a new system that was just set up by the Société des alcools du Québec.
  Many downtown restaurants were already running low on supplies a week after last weekend’s busy Grand Prix, and they don’t know when they will be getting their next deliveries from the SAQ.
  “It’s not a pretty situation,” said Sind
  
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• Canadiens trade Nathan Beaulieu to Buffalo for third-round draft pick

  17-06-2017 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Canadiens’ need to add a veteran defenceman became more acute Saturday when the team gave up on 2011 first-round draft choice Nathan Beaulieu.
  While the rumour mill has the Canadiens in play for Ottawa’s Dion Phaneuf and Winnipeg’s Marco Scandella or Jonas Brodin, the Canadiens traded Beaulieu to the Buffalo Sabres for a third-round 2017 draft pick.
  He is the fourth first-round defenceman to be traded in this decade, following Ryan McDonagh, Jarred Tinordi and Mikhail Serga
  
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• Tennis: Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime reaches Lyon tournament final

  17-06-2017 21:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  LYON, France — Montrealer Félix Auger-Aliassime has reached a Challenger tournament final for the first time in his career.
  On Saturday, he defeated Ukrainian Aleksandr Nedovyesov 6-0, 6-3, in Lyon, to reach the final of the Sopra Steria Omnium, where he’s the youngest player at 16 years old.
  Nedovyesov is ranked 244th in the world, Auger-Aliassime 336th. The Montrealer will face France’s Mathias Bourgue, who beat Tristan Lamasine 6-2, 6-2 in the other semifina
  
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• People are sharing rent info in Montreal -- and landlords aren't ... - CTV News

  17-06-2017 21:08 via ctvnews.ca
  
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  People are sharing rent info in Montreal -- and landlords aren't ...
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  Montrealers are sharing information about how much they pay to rent their apartments on a new website – and some landlords in the city are getting upset.and more »
  
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• How to avoid getting bedbugs this moving season - CBC.ca

  17-06-2017 21:03 via cbc.ca
  
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  How to avoid getting bedbugs this moving season
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  Moving season means garage sales, free furniture on the curb, rented moving vans and increased anxiety that bed bugs might take advantage of any of these things to work their way into new homes. After two years of stability, there's an increase in bed ...
  
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• How to avoid getting bedbugs this moving season

  17-06-2017 21:01 via cbc.ca
  
  Moving season means garage sales, free furniture on the curb, rented moving vans and increased anxiety that bed bugs might take advantage of any of these things to work their way into new homes.
  
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• Montreal Firefighters reach agreement in principle with the city over pension dispute

  17-06-2017 20:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Firefighters will go back to their regular uniforms.
  
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• Montreal woman overcomes homelessness, gives back with free BBQ

  17-06-2017 20:43 via cbc.ca
  
  On the weekends Anne Las will fill her backpack and shopping bags with homemade sandwiches and cookies, and granola bars and juice.
  
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• Formerly homeless woman organizes free BBQ for those without somewhere to live

  17-06-2017 20:43 via cbc.ca
  
  On the weekends Anne Las will fill her backpack and shopping bags with homemade sandwiches and cookies, and granola bars and juice.
  
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• Formerly homeless woman organizes a BBQ for those without somewhere to live

  17-06-2017 20:43 via cbc.ca
  
  On the weekends Anne Las will fill her backpack and shopping bags with homemade sandwiches and cookies, and granola bars and juice.
  
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• Canadiens send Nathan Beaulieu to Sabres ahead of trade freeze

  17-06-2017 20:28 via cbc.ca
  
  The Montreal Canadiens traded defenceman Nathan Beaulieu to the Buffalo Sabres on Saturday in exchange for a third-round pick in the 2017 NHL Entry Draft.
  
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• Transgender veteran fights for identity

  17-06-2017 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  By Mike Blanchfield
  At 5-foot-5 and 140 pounds, the soldier was “petit gars” — little boy — to 41 male Canadian Forces comrades. To their Afghan army allies, the armed woman in full combat gear was an object of unwanted flirtation.
  Looking back, Cpl. Vincent Lamarre now realizes his Canadian comrades were closer to the truth of what he felt he was at the time, and has since become — a man.
  And he’s amused by how amorously he was regarded by the Afghan National
  
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• Canadiens trade Nathan Beaulieu to Buffalo for third-round draft ... - Montreal Gazette

  17-06-2017 19:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  The Canadiens' need to add a veteran defenceman became more acute Saturday when the team gave up on 2011 first-round draft choice Nathan Beaulieu.
  Montreal Canadiens send Nathan Beaulieu to Buffalo as teams sort out rosters ahead of expansion draftNational Post
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• Beluga rescued from N.B. river swims towards possible reunion with pod: group

  17-06-2017 19:39 via montrealgazette.com
  
  BATHURST, N.B. — A young beluga whale that was rescued from a New Brunswick river looks closer to being reunited with a pod, a marine mammal group says.
  The Group for Research and Education on Marine Mammals says the wayward whale was tracked swimming in waters often frequented by belugas on Friday night, but it remains unclear whether the young male has joined the pod.
  “The team is very encouraged by these early news,” scientific director Robert Michaud said in a statement Sat
  
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• West Island resident arrested during flood relief efforts granted discharge

  17-06-2017 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Alain Furlano won't serve jail time, will not have a criminal record and has no probation. 
  
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• Housing groups demonstrate in front of Coderre's house

  17-06-2017 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Housing activists are holding a social housing fair in front of Mayor Denis Coderre’s house in Montreal North to demand that the city set aside buildings and land for subsidized dwellings.
  The Front d’action populaire en réaménagement urbain (FRAPRU) said it’s becoming increasingly difficult for social housing projects to find a non-contaminated site at a reasonable price. The organization, affiliated with more than 120 local housing groups, wants the city to set
  
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• Firefighters settle pension dispute after years of negotiation - CBC.ca

  17-06-2017 17:19 via cbc.ca
  
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  Firefighters settle pension dispute after years of negotiation
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  Montreal's fire stations have come to an agreement in principle, which is set to end the long-term labour dispute between the city and the first responders. For years now, the two sides have been at loggerheads. In August 2014, some municipal workers ...
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• Firefighters settle pension dispute after years of negotiation

  17-06-2017 17:16 via cbc.ca
  
  Montreal's fire departments have come to an agreement in principle, which answers disputes regarding their pension plans, as well as labour relation disputes.
  
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• More calls to release Raif Badawi as supporters mark 5 years today

  17-06-2017 16:53 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It was five years ago, on June 17, 2012, Raif Badawi was imprisoned in Saudi Arabia for having asked on his blog for more tolerance toward non-Muslims and a greater openness of mind on the part of Saudi Arabia.
  The campaign to press for his release is still going strong, including a plea today on social media featuring a video of Badawi’s wife and three children, who live in Sherbrooke: “10 years. 1000 lashes for writing a blog. Today marks 5 years since Raif Badawi’s
  
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• Prosecutors will retry Bill Cosby after judge declares mistrial in sex assault case

  17-06-2017 16:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The judge involved in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case has declared a mistrial after the jury says it's deadlocked.
  
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• Prosecutors to retry Bill Cosby after judge declares mistrial in sex assault case

  17-06-2017 16:26 via cbc.ca
  
  The judge involved in Bill Cosby's sexual assault case has declared a mistrial after the jury says it's deadlocked.
  
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• Montreal foundation surveys LGBT youth across Canada - Montreal Gazette

  17-06-2017 15:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
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  Montreal foundation surveys LGBT youth across Canada
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  Couple Simon (right) and Sébastien (no last names given) embrace during a kiss-in in support of them at Place Simon-Valois in Montreal on Monday, May 9, 2016. The two men say they were beaten because they embraced outside a ...
  
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• Montreal foundation surveys LGBT youth across Canada

  17-06-2017 15:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A foundation that combats bullying has just done an extensive survey across Canada to better understand the needs, values ​​and expectations of LGBT youth.
  The Jasmin Roy Foundation, whose mandate is to fight discrimination, bullying and violence against children in elementary and high school, is currently compiling the results of the survey of 15- to 25-year-olds, which will be released on August 9 in Montreal.
  The foundation said there is currently a generation gap in the LGBT comm
  
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• ATV drivers, be alert and be safe: Sûreté du Québec are cracking down this weekend

  17-06-2017 15:31 via montrealgazette.com
  
  In tandem with the Fédération québécoise des clubs quads, the Sûreté du Québec are launching a province-wide crackdown on ATVs this weekend in the hopes of encouraging safe-driving practices.
  One hundreds stops will be conducted by SQ officers on trails and crossings to target such infractions as speeding, impaired driving, driving without a helmet and improper use of or failure to use signals. 
  Five people have died so far this year in A
  
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• For Montreal ball hockey players, Le Rinque is the new temple in town

  17-06-2017 14:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Move over Bell Centre — there’s a new temple of hockey in town. Ball hockey, that is.
  Le Rinque, which has operated since 2007 in a rented indoor ball hockey arena on Côte-de-Liesse Rd., has opened a state-of-the art facility on Montview Rd., in the industrial sector of Town of Mount Royal.
  Unlike the original facility, which had only one rink for four-on-four play, the 35,000 square foot building has two rinks for five-on-five and four-on-four games. The site was previously ho
  
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• Tomorrow is Father's Day. Get your Dad something special! https://t.co/40xXHT4jSM

  17-06-2017 14:17
  
  Tomorrow is Father's Day. Get your Dad something special! https://t.co/40xXHT4jSM
  
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• Montreal bagels and the pollution problem

  17-06-2017 14:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Dominique Charbonneau cradles her six-week-old baby in the kitchen of her Clark St. apartment, just around the corner from Fairmount Bagel and a few hundred metres from two St-Viateur bagel bakeries.
  Bagel lovers might be envious, but living in Bagel Central has some serious downsides.
  With the windows open, the smell of wood smoke in this kitchen is strong enough to give a visitor, who does not suffer from asthma or any other respiratory ailment, a brief coughing fit and watery eyes.
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• These Montreal ice cream spots are cool

  17-06-2017 14:07 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Ice cream myths abound. Catherine di Medici introduced Italian gelato to France. Marco Polo brought it to Italy from China. Mongol horseriders had a happy accident involving mare’s milk and cold nights. All apocryphal, though Queen Victoria may have indeed popularized ice cream. Who wouldn’t want to take credit for this emperor of desserts?
  Why, icy sweets were even thought to be medicinal. The 18th-century Neapolitan Dr. Baldini said that those made with sheep’s milk were good
  
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• Yoga at 77: Meet the Montreal teachers devoted to making yoga free for all

  17-06-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Montreal-based yoga teachers Narendra and Neelam Kumar, make it their goal to open yoga up for a broader public on International Day of Yoga.
  
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• The Week in Review: Police and anglophones dominate the news

  17-06-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Auditor-general blasts city’s handling of police, fire radio network
  In her first report as the new auditor general of Montreal, whose job it is to ensure the city is making proper use of its public funds, Michèle Galipeau was critical of the city’s management of its emerald ash borer crisis, as well as its handling of traffic light upgrades. But she was scathing in her overview of the management of attempts to upgrade the city’s multi-million-dollar radio-communications
  
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• Habs' prospects, Part IV: Noah Juulsen 'plays the game the right way'

  17-06-2017 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  With the Canadiens preparing to select a new crop of prospects at the NHL entry draft, June 23-24 in Chicago, we look at five prospects ready to make an impact in the NHL. No. 2 is defenceman Noah Juulsen.  
  When Marc Bergevin sent Mikhail Sergachev back to junior hockey last fall, he said he expected the Russian teen to challenge for a job in the 2017-18 season, but he also reminded folks not to forget about Juulsen, the Canadiens’ first-round selection in 2015.
  Juulsen has been over
  
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• Gov. Gen. David Johnston says there's room for 'continual debate' on the Constitution

  17-06-2017 14:00 via cbc.ca
  
  As Canada prepares to ring in its 150th anniversary, Gov. Gen. David Johnston says there's room to discuss Quebec's role in Canada and its signature on the Constitution — despite the prime minister's categorical refusal to reopen the debate.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Queen Elizabeth's 'somber' birthday address in wake of London fire

  17-06-2017 13:58 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Good morning. Here are a few notes from the overnight desk.
  Queen’s birthday address: A solemn Queen Elizabeth II and husband Prince Philip marked a minute of silence Saturday for victims of the London high-rise inferno that killed at least 30 people as exhausted firefighters continued their grim search for more bodies. Public anger was mounting as residents and neighbours demanded answers for how the blaze spread so quickly amid reports that contractors installed a cheaper, less flam
  
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• Yesterday, jury in Montreal found Jean-Philippe Tremblay guilty of the 1st degree murder of hairstylist Pina Rizzi. https://t.co/S2ZrbIs6ff

  17-06-2017 13:54
  
  Yesterday, jury in Montreal found Jean-Philippe Tremblay guilty of the 1st degree murder of hairstylist Pina Rizzi. https://t.co/S2ZrbIs6ff
  
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• MISSING TEENS: Have info? Call 911 twitter.com/enfantsretour/…

  17-06-2017 13:53
  MISSING TEENS: Have info? Call 911 twitter.com/enfantsretour/…
  
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• Shelter: Sumptuous style on display in former Mount Royal Hotel

  17-06-2017 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Emile Saleh’s life sounds like one of those glamorous Merchant Ivory movies whose plot lines centre around past events in exotic locations. Saleh, 84, was born in Iraq but when his father got a job in India, the family moved to Mumbai — Saleh still refers to it as Bombay.
  As a youngster, he attended a private boarding school in Pune — an area east of Mumbai surrounded by high-altitude towns known as hill stations favoured by colonial rulers during the British Raj. Saleh complet
  
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• Josh Freed: Montrealers desperate for warm weather quick to crowd outside

  17-06-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  I wonder who’ll be hanging out in my front yard this weekend?
  Will there be another 25,000 cyclists in a sea of Lycra, like there were for the recent Tour de L’Île, which ended outside my door?
  Will there be another humongous Ferris Wheel opposite my balcony, like two weeks ago, when hordes of screaming 20-somethings rode amusement rides till 1 a.m.?
  Or will it just be the usual crowd of bare-chested drummers over at the Tam-Tams, beating on their bongos all day?
  I live at Grou
  
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• Fire forces 15 people from their homes in Saint-Rémi

  17-06-2017 12:42 via cbc.ca
  
  Approximately 15 people were forced to leave their homes after a fire broke out, Saturday morning.
  
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• Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea, other factors: coroner's office

  17-06-2017 12:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Carrie Fisher died from sleep apnea and a combination of other factors, but investigators were not able to pinpoint an exact cause, coroner's officials said Friday.
  
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• Opinion: Montreal police action plan will bring necessary changes

  17-06-2017 12:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  On Friday, I updated the Commission de la sécurité publique de Montréal on the progress of the Service de police de la Ville de Montréal’s action plan to reassure citizens and improve their trust in the SPVM. This plan had been submitted to Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux on March 31.
  It is based on three key elements: transforming police culture with the SPVM, improving governance and, last but not least, the performance of the organizational struc
  
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• After 25 years, Montreal Biodôme's oldest animals celebrate ... - CBC.ca

  17-06-2017 12:01 via cbc.ca
  
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  After 25 years, Montreal Biodôme's oldest animals celebrate ...
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  The Montreal Biodôme first opened its doors 25 years ago and that means some of its long-standing residents are also celebrating a special anniversary this ...and more »
  
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• From the archives: Trouble started with a Sulpician mission at Oka, which led to a land dispute

  17-06-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  This story was first published on June 13, 2010, in the Montreal Gazette.
  About five minutes past 4, he observed three Indians getting over the fence. … A few minutes afterwards he saw the flame and smoke.
  The Gazette, Saturday, June 16, 1877
  Twenty years have passed since the Oka Crisis erupted. In 1990, the Mohawks of Kanesatake barricaded a highway to protest against the expansion of a golf course onto land, including a cemetery, that they regarded as theirs. Months would pass, and one
  
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