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• Montreal mother, daughter fight cancer diagnoses together

  22-06-2017 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  A Montreal mother and daughter who were both diagnosed with breast cancer talk about their double mastectomies and fighting the deadly disease together. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Montreal suspect in Michigan airport stabbing had tried to buy a gun, FBI says

  22-06-2017 23:46 via cbc.ca
  
  A 49-year-old Montreal resident, suspected of stabbing a police officer at a Michigan airport, tried and failed to buy a gun before purchasing the knife allegedly used in the attack, the FBI said Thursday.
  
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• Flowers not planted again in Greenfield Park

  22-06-2017 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  A flowerbed that is supposed to spell out “Greenfield Park,” the name of Longueuil’s English-speaking borough, is still sitting empty. As Global’s Paola Samuel reports, residents were dismayed to find out several flowerbeds spelling out “Longueuil” have already been planted.
  
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• Quebec floods: Hundreds of homes destroyed

  22-06-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of homes have been completely destroyed after the intense spring flooding that ravaged much of Quebec. Global’s Gloria Henriquez has the details.
  
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• Fresh in Montreal: Strawberries have arrived, earlier than usual

  22-06-2017 23:18 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Fresh in Montreal is a series where we find the best, locally-produced food and share ideas on preparation.
  With the start of summer, strawberry season is in full swing.
  The Quebec-grown varieties, known to be especially sweet and juicy, are in abundance all over the city wherever fresh fruit is sold.
  This could be the best week to buy them. At the Jean-Talon Market, prices on strawberries have gone down by about half in the last week, as farmers have flooded the market. A three-litre container
  
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• Status quo for construction workers' holidays: labour minister

  22-06-2017 23:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Holidays for construction workers will not change until at least Oct. 30 despite the continuing labour unrest, Dominique Vien, Quebec’s Minister of Labour, announced Wednesday. 
  From July 23 to Aug. 5, the province’s labourers will have their annual construction holiday. They will also have regular holidays on June 23, June 30, Sept. 4 and Oct. 9. 
  Striking construction workers were forced to go back to work at the end of May when the Quebec government passed Bill 142. A co
  
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• Restaurant review: Bold chef Simon Mathys moves to Manitoba

  22-06-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Manitoba
  ★★★ out of ★★★★
  $$$
  Address: 271 St-Zotique St. W. (Near Jeanne-Mance St.)
  Phone: 514-270-8000
  Website: restaurantmanitoba.com
  Open: Lunch Tues.-Fri. 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.; dinner Mon.-Sat. 6 p.m. to midnight.
  Licensed: Yes
  Credit cards: All major
  Wheelchair access: No
  Parking: On the street
  Vegetarian friendly: Yes
  Reservations: Essential
  Price range: Starters $9-$16; main courses $25-$35; desserts $8-$9.
  Restaurants occasionally go throu
  
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• Quebec floods: Some residents not permitted to rebuild homes, minister says

  22-06-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Victims of this spring’s flooding in high-risk zones whose homes are considered a total loss will not be able to rebuild, the public safety minister declared Thursday at a news conference in Montreal.
  A policy that already exists to prevent the kind of damages seen when streets and basements were flooded in May will be enforced, said Martin Coiteux.
  As such homeowners will have to have their homes evaluated before they can get a permit. If more than 50 per cent is damaged, it will be consi
  
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• Montrealers to compete in The Amazing Race Canada's fifth season

  22-06-2017 21:59 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A brother-and-sister team from Montreal will appear on this year’s season of The Amazing Race Canada, CTV announced Thursday.Adam and Andrea Cavaleri, a bartender and graphic designer respectively, are the only team from Montreal to compete in the show’s fifth season. There are ten teams overall.“We’re going to win The Amazing Race Canada because of our strong family bond,” Adam said in a promotional trailer for the show.The Amazing Race Canada begins on July 4, and
  
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• Officials say additional charges are forthcoming against Canadian suspect in Flint airport stabbing

  22-06-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officials updating the Flint airport stabbing say additional charges are likely forthcoming against the Canadian suspect Amor Ftouhi.
  
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• Mother and daughter fight breast cancer together, undergo double mastectomies

  22-06-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  A mother and daughter from Montreal were diagnosed with breast cancer within six months of each other.
  
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• Police in Montreal have been remarkably cooperative: officials on Flint airport stabbing

  22-06-2017 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  Officials comment on the work being done by police in Montreal saying they’re being “remarkably cooperative.”
  
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• FBI says Flint airport likely targeted because of international airport status

  22-06-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  The FBI says they have no evidence that Flint airport stabbing suspect Amor Ftouhi had any ties to area and may have selected target because Flint is an international airport.
  
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• Happy Fête nationale: What you need to know about Montreal celebrations and closures

  22-06-2017 21:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Here's a breakdown of what's going this holiday weekend in Montreal – whether you want to hit the main festivities or try something different.
  
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• Happy Fête nationale: What's open, what's closed this holiday weekend

  22-06-2017 21:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Here's a breakdown of what's open and what's closed for the June 24 holiday. Some government offices and businesses around the city will also be closed Friday and Monday.
  
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• SPVM arrest 14 in large-scale narcotics investigation

  22-06-2017 21:33 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Cocaine, methamphetamine and heroin were among the plethora of illegal narcotics seized by Montreal police on Thursday, according to a statement from the SPVM.
  Fourteen suspects were arrested after the police conducted 16 searches — 14 in Montreal and two in Laval.Suspects face several counts related to drug trafficking, and will appear in court Thursday afternoon.Other substances seized by police include hashish, marijuana, steroid powder and crystal meth. Police also report retrieving $1
  
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• Flint airport stabbing suspect Amor Ftouhi attempted to buy gun in U.S.

  22-06-2017 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Investigators are learning more about Amor Ftouhi, the suspect in a stabbing at an airport in Flint, Michigan.
  
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• Speed skater Marie-Ève Drolet retires again to focus on family

  22-06-2017 21:25 via cbc.ca
  
  Canadian speed skater Marie-Ève Drolet , a two-time Olympic medallist in short track, has decided to retire for a second time to focus on parenting. The 35-year-old won 36 international medals at the senior level.
  
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• Wayne Tennant and the challenge of being authentic about love

  22-06-2017 21:12 via cbc.ca
  
  After being questioned about representing gay love in his music videos, Montreal artist Wayne Tennant decided to make a change.
  
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• Quebec floods: Hundreds of West Island homes may never be rebuilt

  22-06-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of homes are destroyed following the intense flooding that ravaged much of Quebec this spring.
  
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• Quebec floods: Hundreds of homes destroyed in Montreal’s West Island

  22-06-2017 21:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of homes are destroyed following the intense flooding that ravaged much of Quebec this spring.
  
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• Review: John Coltrane documentary is more biographical than musical

  22-06-2017 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Chasing Trane: The John Coltrane Documentary
  ★★★
  Documentary
  Directed by: John Scheinfeld
  Duration: 99 minutes
  How does one encompass the universe-expanding genius of saxophonist John Coltrane? A conventional, made-for-TV-style biopic may not be the best answer, but director John Scheinfeld does a serviceable job of taking viewers through the key talking points of the iconic jazzman — from his early days under Miles Davis through his brush with solo stardom and his untime
  
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• Sears closing Laval home centre, Place Vertu outlet in restructuring

  22-06-2017 20:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Sears Canada Inc., the struggling offshoot of Sears Holdings Corp., sought court protection from creditors to carry out a restructuring plan after it ran short of cash.
  The retailer is aiming to exit court proceedings as soon as possible this year, Sears Canada said in a statement Thursday. An order was granted by the Ontario Superior Court of Justice under the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act, known as the CCAA, which allows it to stay in business while a recovery plan is worked
  
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• Montreal photographers awarded at Canadian Museum for Human Rights

  22-06-2017 20:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Two Montreal photographers are being awarded at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights in Winnipeg, the museum announced Thursday.
  On Friday, Darren Ell and Philippe Montbazet’s photograph, called Melinda, 2014, will be deemed best photograph under the theme of inclusion and diversity.The category is part of an exhibition at the CMHR called Points of View: A National Human Rights Photography Exhibition. Seventy photos were chosen from nearly 1,000 submissions from across Canada, according to
  
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• Everything you need to know about July 1 moving day in Montreal

  22-06-2017 20:26 via montrealgazette.com
  
  So, you’re one of the estimated 130,000 people moving out on July 1 in Montreal. It might be Canada Day, but for Montrealers who rent, it’s known as the island’s official moving day. Whether this is your first or 10th time moving, there are some things you just need to get done when you move into a new dwelling.Find a place to live
  Check out ‘Apartments for Rent in Montreal,’ or ‘J’te cède mon bail,’ two Facebook groups for people looking fo
  
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• EMSB elementary gets prestigious grant for library

  22-06-2017 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thu, Jun 22: The Indigo Books and Music Foundation had chosen St. Dorothy Elementary to receive a $20,000 grant to upgrade its book collection. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Foreign home buyers surge in Montreal as Chinese continue to buy

  22-06-2017 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  
  Condominiums were the first choice of foreign buyers.
  
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• Trade alert: Canadiens acquire David Schlemko from Vegas Golden Knights

  22-06-2017 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Canadiens filled one of the holes on their blue line Thursday when they acquired left-handed defenceman David Schlemko from the Vegas Golden Knights in return for a fifth-round draft choice.
  If you count the 15 hours Schlemko spent with Vegas after being selected in Wednesday’s expansion, the Canadiens are Schlemko’s seventh NHL team. He previously played for Arizona, Dallas, Calgary, New Jersey and San Jose.
  The 30-year-old is known as a puck-moving defenceman with good mobility
  
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• You can't disconnect terrorism from Islam, Couillard says in wake of Flint attack

  22-06-2017 19:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Muslims have an important responsibility in the fight against terrorism, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Thursday, as authorities continued to search the Montreal home of a suspect in an attack at the airport in Flint, Mich.
  
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• Can't disconnect terrorism from Islam, Couillard says in wake of Flint attack

  22-06-2017 19:37 via cbc.ca
  
  Muslims have an important responsibility in the fight against terrorism, Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said Thursday, as authorities continued to search the Montreal home of a suspect in an attack at the airport in Flint, Mich.
  
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• Alleged Montreal terrorist used jungle survival knife to stab officer

  22-06-2017 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montrealer Amor M. Ftouhi is alleged to have stabbed a police officer in the neck at a Michigan airport on Wednesday with a large jungle survival knife, then wondered aloud why he was arrested rather than killed.
  Ftouhi walked up to a uniformed police officer at 9:38 a.m. and pulled out his knife — a green-handled Amazon Jungle Survival Knife with a black serrated blade — according to a criminal complaint filed at the United States District Court in Detroit.
  The attack, being investi
  
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• EMSB elementary school gets prestigious grant to bolster library

  22-06-2017 19:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  St. Dorothy School has received a grant that makes it one of only 30 schools in Canada to bolster its book collection.
  
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• Senate passes budget bill with no amendments as Parliament breaks for summer

  22-06-2017 19:07 via cbc.ca
  
  Senators have agreed to pass the federal budget bill without amendments, ending the possibility of a standoff between Canada's two Houses of Parliament and paving the way for the politicians' summer break.
  
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• Brakes & batteries: Get your car summer ready at a Certified Service centre with @GMcanada #RoadTrip https://t.co/DtQZYYySEi

  22-06-2017 18:47
  
  Brakes & batteries: Get your car summer ready at a Certified Service centre with @GMcanada #RoadTrip https://t.co/DtQZYYySEi
  
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• Jazz fest: Charlotte Cardin finds her voice after La Voix

  22-06-2017 18:45 via montrealgazette.com
  
  In the end, it’s probably best Charlotte Cardin didn’t win La Voix.
  The Montreal singer-songwriter placed in the top four on Quebec’s version of the hit reality show The Voice in 2013, bringing her instant fame and record deal offers, which she refused.
  Had she taken the top prize, she would have been forced to sign and put out an album right away. Were that the case, it might be a very different Charlotte Cardin making waves today. Instead, she had time to let things percolate
  
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• SNC-Lavalin sells Montreal headquarters for $170M, to lease building for 20 years - BNN

  22-06-2017 18:42 via bnn.ca
  
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  SNC-Lavalin sells Montreal headquarters for $170M, to lease building for 20 years
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  MONTREAL - Engineering and construction company SNC-Lavalin Group (SNC.TO) has sold its Montreal head office and an adjacent lot for about $170 million. The deal with GWL Realty Advisors on behalf of institutional clients also allows SNC to lease the ...and more »
  
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• Officials describe screaming, wrestling during Flint airport stabbing

  22-06-2017 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lieutenant Dan Owen with Bishop International Airport Fire and Rescue Squad described what he heard and saw after an officer was stabbed in the neck on Wednesday by a Canadian suspect.
  
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• VIDEO: @MTLAlouettes GM Kavis Reed wants to bring winning culture back to Montreal btmontreal.ca/videos/alouett…

  22-06-2017 18:32
  VIDEO: @MTLAlouettes GM Kavis Reed wants to bring winning culture back to Montreal btmontreal.ca/videos/alouett…
  
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• Vice & Vertu immerses audience in city's Red Light District

  22-06-2017 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Burlesque stripper Lili St. Cyr and nightclub emcee Texas Guinan provide the vice, and crusading lawyers Jean Drapeau, Pacifique (Pax) Plante along with the Morality Squad provide the virtue: The new show by the acrobatic troupe Les 7 Doigts, appropriately called Vice & Vertu, re-creates Montreal’s nightclub heyday in the mid-20th century.
  Audience members are encouraged to dress in their best 1940s and ’50s outfits so they can feel like part of the show and better interact with
  
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• Don Macpherson: The summer heat on Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée

  22-06-2017 18:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Regardless of what the summer weather will be like for the rest of us, a heat warning should already have been issued for Jean-François Lisée.
  The heat on the Parti Québécois leader will rise to an uncomfortable degree by early September. That’s when Lisée will face a party convention where delegates will vote on his leadership and his proposed policy program. And PQ conventions have always been unpredictable.
  Officially, the leader can be forced to step
  
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• Paramedics union in Lac-St-Jean agrees to vote on collective agreement

  22-06-2017 18:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A paramedics union in the Lac-St-Jean region has reached a consensus to renew its collective agreement with its employer, the Corporation des services d’ambulance du Québec.
  The union, called the Syndicat des paramédics d’Ambulance Mido, is located in Dolbeau-Mistassini, and has about 30 members.
  Negotiations had been on-going for more than a year, said Marc Gagnon, the president of the union, in an interview with La Presse canadienne on Thursday.
  The union did not publ
  
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• Tires & wipers: Get your car summer ready at a Certified Service centre with @GMcanada #RoadTrip https://t.co/2kTuV2kz0y

  22-06-2017 18:12
  
  Tires & wipers: Get your car summer ready at a Certified Service centre with @GMcanada #RoadTrip https://t.co/2kTuV2kz0y
  
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• Kevin Tierney: Venerable Upstairs club will be buzzing during jazz fest again

  22-06-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  I don’t think a city should be allowed to call itself a city unless it has a jazz bar.
  Somehow “city” and “jazz” work together. A jazz bar is where live music can be heard virtually every night of the year. In fact, in the case of Upstairs, a venerable downtown club, 364 nights of the year.
  I don’t go there nearly as much as I want to, but somehow just knowing how much fine stuff is happening there comforts me tremendously. Live music is good for the soul &mda
  
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• Wedding bliss for one couple at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

  22-06-2017 17:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  One lucky couple will be treated to the wedding of a lifetime, surrounded by the works of French fashion designer Jean Paul Gaulthier at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts’ latest exhibit, Love is Love: Wedding Bliss for All à la Jean Paul Gaulthier. 
  The museum, in partnership with Montreal Pride, launched a contest to win a wedding ceremony — cake and wine included — in the exhibition space on Aug. 12.  To enter, couples must submit their love story to Mon
  
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• Sears Canada to axe 14 Quebec stores as part of nation-wide restructuring

  22-06-2017 17:51 via cbc.ca
  
  Stores in Montreal, Laval and Quebec City are among those that will shut down as part of chain's restructuring.
  
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• Ex-ski coach Bertrand Charest found guilty of 37 charges in sex trial

  22-06-2017 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  
  Charest was facing 57 counts, including sexual assault and breach of trust.
  
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