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• Montrealer Chris Boucher signs with Golden State Warriors

  23-06-2017 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal native Chris Boucher has been signed by the Golden State Warriors to a two-way contract as an undrafted free agent. As Global’s Matt Grillo reports, it’s a big opportunity for Boucher as he recovers from a torn ACL.
  
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• Saint-Jean festivities kick off

  23-06-2017 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quebecers are gearing up to celebrate Saint-Jean-Baptiste with festivities kicking off across the province. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Quebec company creates environmentally friendly moving boxes

  23-06-2017 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Moving out? One Quebec company is renting out reusable plastic boxes as an eco-friendly alternative to cardboard boxes. Global’s Paola Samuel reports.
  
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• Woman in her 60s dies in collision with truck in Abitibi-Témiscamingue

  23-06-2017 22:59 via montrealgazette.com
  
  LA MORANDIÈRE, QC — A woman in her 60s died Friday after her vehicle collided with a truck in La Morandière, in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
  Police believe the woman refused to allow the truck to pass her on Highway 397, said Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Marie-Josée Ouellet, who added that the investigation is ongoing, and that an SQ investigator was on-site to recreate the sequence of events.
  Highway 397 was closed to motorists Friday
  
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• Indigo backs down after illustrator claims they stole her Montreal 375 design

  23-06-2017 22:53 via cbc.ca
  
  Bookstore giant Indigo has stopped selling a gift card celebrating Montreal's 375th anniversary after an illustrator complained they had plagiarized her design.
  
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• Inside the CFL: Alouettes head coach gets results by empowering players

  23-06-2017 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It was mid-September, and the storm clouds had been hovering above the Alouettes for some time. It was clear something was about to transpire.
  The Als had just lost yet another close game at Hamilton, their ninth in 12 matches. Kavis Reed, then the special teams coordinator, presented general manager and head coach Jim Popp with the game ball, in defeat, but claimed it was no symbolic gesture — only that Popp had endured a difficult week back home in North Carolina after one of his childre
  
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• Barker: Impact find groove with Blerim Dzemaili anchoring new formation

  23-06-2017 22:10 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It’s that time of the year when, between international games, cup championships and MLS play, there is little time for the Montreal Impact players to train and prepare. When you factor in the inevitable injuries that will occur, these are also days that the depth of the squad faces its toughest tests.
  When the Impact play the second leg of the Canadian Championship Tuesday in Toronto, it will mark the fourth game in 10 days for both teams. The Eastern Conference rivals will eventually play
  
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• Officer stabbed in neck at Flint airport by Canadian suspect recovering well, doctors say

  23-06-2017 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Michigan airport officer survived after he was stabbed in the neck by a Canadian suspect. The officer spared major arteries and a nerve by "millimeters," one of his doctors said Friday.
  
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• Impact head to Columbus short at left back

  23-06-2017 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Montreal Impact will have to improvise at the left back position with Ambroise Oyongo and Daniel Lovitz both out with knee injuries.
  Right back Chris Duvall will move over to the left side for a game Saturday at Columbus, but Duvall and midfielder Marco Donadel will sit out the second leg of the hotly disputed Canadian Championship final in Toronto three days later with one-game suspensions for yellow card accumulation.
  Who will play on the left side in that match is anyone’s guess.
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• Montreal basketball player reported to have contract with Golden State

  23-06-2017 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal’s Chris Boucher wasn’t selected at Thursday night’s NBA draft in New York, but the Golden State Warriors are reported to have agreed to a two-way, free-agent contract with the 6-foot-10 centre.
  Shams Charania, who covers the NBA for Yahoo’s The Vertical, reported that Boucher had agreed to the deal with the Warriors, according to league sources. The Warriors, led by Steph Curry and Kevin Durant, won the NBA championship this season, beating LeBron James and the C
  
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• Old Quebec City loses beloved goat and donkey living on cathedral grounds

  23-06-2017 20:09 via cbc.ca
  
  A donkey and goat have been unusual celebrities of Old Quebec since they arrived on the grounds of the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity six years ago. Now they are leaving for the green pastures of the Eastern Townships.
  
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• Earthquake, the dog found buried alive, had a brain tumour: autopsy

  23-06-2017 20:09 via cbc.ca
  
  Earthquake, the dog found buried alive in a South Shore field last month, was suffering from a brain tumour, an autopsy has found.
  
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• Air India 182: How much does Canada care about the worst mass murder in its history?

  23-06-2017 20:08 via cbc.ca
  
  Dr. Chandrima Chakraborty from McMaster University takes a look at what place the worst mass murder in Canada's history has in the minds of Canadians.
  
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• Jazz fest launches safety strategy for women, LGBTQ+ community

  23-06-2017 19:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  More than 50 per cent of women who attend outdoor events in Montreal reported being harassed in a recently released study by the Conseil des Montréalaises, a group that advises Montreal’s city council on issues of gender equality.
  In response, the Montreal International Jazz Festival is taking steps to improve conditions and build a safer atmosphere at its events for women, seniors and members of the LGBTQ community.
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  Specially trained safety teams will patrol the gr
  
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• Quebec floods: Île Bizard residents angry after province says some homes may not be rebuilt

  23-06-2017 19:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Île Bizard residents are angry over a provincial announcement about which flood-damaged homes can be rebuilt in Quebec.
  
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• Three arrested and charged in Beauce narcotics seizure

  23-06-2017 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  
  ST-GEORGES-DE-BEAUCE — Three men were arrested in St-Georges-de-Beauce following a narcotics seizure on 25th St. 
  Police found 1,600 methamphetamine tablets, 230 grams of cannabis, and 20 grams of white powder suspected to be cocaine. Prescription drugs, money, and an electric taser were also seized. 
  The searches conducted by the MRC Saint-Georges Service Centre on Thursday and the Sûreté du Québec tactical intervention team.
  The three accused appeared at the
  
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• Police search for Tinder fraudster targeting Montreal women

  23-06-2017 19:23 via cbc.ca
  
  Police say the suspect — who goes by the names of Hugo Guérin, Samuel Guérin and Valentin — meets his victims on dating websites and apps like Tinder and Badoo.
  
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• They swiped right. He swiped their money.

  23-06-2017 19:22 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Montreal police are looking for a sweet-talking fraud artist who they say seeks out women on dating websites with the goal of stealing their money. 
  According to a statement issued by the police on Friday, the man meets women through dating sites like Tinder and Badoo. He claims that he is a foreign student who just arrived in Canada and needs to purchase furniture. He uses a sleight-of-hand trick to convince women that he is depositing a “government cheque” into their bank
  
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• Police nab Fête nationale mailbox vandal in Montreal

  23-06-2017 19:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal police foiled an act of protest art Friday when they caught a man modifying a Canada Post mailboxes to read Poste Québec.
  On the eve of Quebec’s Fête Nationale, the suspected trickster placed blue and white decals along the boxes and replaced the Crown corporation’s logo with a modified fleur de lys. A witness called police, who arrived at the corner of René-Lévesque Blvd. and Papineau Ave. around 10 a.m. and — after having a good laugh &mdas
  
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• Burgundy Lion restaurateur gives back in a big way

  23-06-2017 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Each year, Burgundy Lion organizes Goal MTL, a charity soccer tournament featuring a who's who of Montreal's bar and restaurant scene.
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: June 23

  23-06-2017 19:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  From an STM employee's dangerous driving to a mother and daughter fighting breast cancer together, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal.
  
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• Police officer stabbed in Michigan, allegedly by Montrealer, recovering well

  23-06-2017 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  
  FLINT, Mich. — The Flint, Mich., airport officer stabbed in the neck during what authorities are investigating as a terrorist act is recovering well from a 12-inch “slash” that caused significant bleeding but spared major arteries and a nerve by “millimeters,” one of his doctors said Friday.
  Hurley Medical Center doctors said during a news conference that Bishop International Airport police Lt. Jeff Neville could be released from the hospital within a couple days. D
  
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• A (beautiful) Canada Day: U2's Bono, The Edge coming to Ottawa July 1

  23-06-2017 18:45 via cbc.ca
  
  Rock stars Bono and The Edge from U2 will be making an appearance on Parliament Hill on Canada Day, the Department of Canadian Heritage announced Friday.
  
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• Trudeau remembers victims of terrorism

  23-06-2017 18:43 via montrealgazette.com
  
  OTTAWA — On Friday, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau marked the National Day of Remembrance for Victims of Terrorism.
  For the occasion, he commemorated the 32nd anniversary of the bombing of Air India flight 182 between Toronto and Mumbai, which killed 329 people.
  Trudeau described the incident, which took place on June 23, 1985, as “the worst killing and the worst attack in Canadian history.”
  He also made note to remember the Canadian citizens who lost their lives in the aftermat
  
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• A school in Rosemount has honoured the memory of murder victim Clémence Beaulieu-Patry with a special plaque in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  23-06-2017 18:23
  A school in Rosemount has honoured the memory of murder victim Clémence Beaulieu-Patry with a special plaque in the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Sad news for fans of "Cake Boss". Buddy Valastro's mother Mary has passed away at the age of 69. She was fighting A… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  23-06-2017 18:20
  Sad news for fans of "Cake Boss". Buddy Valastro's mother Mary has passed away at the age of 69. She was fighting A… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Montreal police looking for sweet-talking Tinder-using suspected fraud artist

  23-06-2017 17:38 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Montreal police are looking for a sweet-talking fraud artist who they say seeks out women on dating websites with the goal of stealing their money. 
  According to a statement issued by the police on Friday, the man meets women through dating sites like Tinder and Badoo. He claims that he is a foreign student who just arrived in Canada and needs to purchase furniture. He uses a sleight-of-hand trick to convince women that he is depositing a “government cheque” into their bank
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Bile, bears and bubbles

  23-06-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  We, at the McGill Office for Science and Society, often receive questions about consumer products that can require us to engage in an investigation. Such was the case when a query about the effectiveness of “bile” or “gall” soap in removing stains from fabrics came our way. That investigation took us down a road that diverged into two paths, one intriguing, the other dark, dingy and disturbing. Let’s deal with the latter first.
  Bile is a fluid generated by the liver
  
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• Québec: My Country Mon Pays

  23-06-2017 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  
  Director John Walker joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his latest movie, “Québec: My Country Mon Pays.”
  
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• City of Montreal drafts funding agreement for Laurier Ave. W.

  23-06-2017 17:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The City of Montreal is set to spend $22,250 to decorate shop windows on Laurier Ave. W.
  Montreal’s executive committee approved a draft agreement to grant a financial contribution to the Laurier Ave. traders’ association on Wednesday.
  If the agreement is finalized, the city’s contribution would be used to hire professionals to handle the layout and decoration of shop windows on the Mile End street.
  Laurier Ave. is undergoing major infrastructure projects, the city said, l
  
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• Going on a great Canadian road trip

  23-06-2017 16:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kristen Sarah and Siya Zarrabi from Hopscotch the Globe join Global’s Andrea Howick to talk about the Quebec leg of their Great Canadian Road Trip, celebrating Canada’s 150th anniversary.
  
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• VIDEO: @djjojoflores drops some beats and @eliasmakos delivers a musical weather report (Watch to the end!) https://t.co/hlQAcG80Xk

  23-06-2017 16:18
  
  VIDEO: @djjojoflores drops some beats and @eliasmakos delivers a musical weather report (Watch to the end!) https://t.co/hlQAcG80Xk
  
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• Montreal entertainment: Saint-Jean celebrations

  23-06-2017 16:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  Entertainment columnist Jay Walker joins Global’s Kim Sullivan and guest co-host Paul Desbaillets to talk about what’s happening this Saint-Jean-Baptiste holiday weekend.
  
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• William Shatner calls Montreal a 'grey beard' (by comparison)

  23-06-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  By Bill Brioux
  William Shatner doesn’t get all the fuss about Canada’s 150th birthday on July 1.
  “I was there at Confederation,” jokes Shatner, not quite Canada’s age at 86. “I said to John A.,” he continues, “you know, you should incorporate this country.”
  Though he’s lived and worked most of his life in the United States, Shatner is very proud of his Montreal roots.
  “Canada may be 150 but Montreal is 375 years old,” he poi
  
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• Making the perfect BBQ burger

  23-06-2017 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chef Martin Patenaude from PC Cooking Schools joins Global’s Andrea Howick and guest co-host Paul Desbaillets to talk about making the perfect burger on the BBQ.
  
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• 32,000 Quebec teachers must be paid on St-Jean-Baptiste Day: ruling

  23-06-2017 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Thousands of Quebec teachers, thanks to a new ruling, will soon receive pay for working on the day of Fête nationale. 
  The Journal de Montreal reports that 32,000 of the province’s 104,000 teachers with “precarious and non-permanent status,” such as substitutes, who were previously not paid to work the holiday, will now receive a cheque if they worked the weeks prior, as required by the labour standards Act.
  The arbitration tribunal’s May 4 ruling is
  
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• Burgundy Lion hosts charity soccer tournament

  23-06-2017 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Paul Desbaillets from Burgundy Lion pub joins Global’s Andrea Howick and Kim Sullivan to talk about his growing restaurant group and the upcoming GOAL charity soccer tournament.
  
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• What’s open and closed in Montreal this Fête nationale weekend

  23-06-2017 15:31 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rushing out the door to head to the bank? Need to stock up on goodies at the grocery store for your Saturday Fête nationale barbecue party?
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Friday, June 23

  23-06-2017 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Friday, June 23.
  
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• BT Summer Sizzle: @UrbanBonfire shows us the perfect BBQ pizza btmontreal.ca/videos/bt-summ…

  23-06-2017 15:15
  BT Summer Sizzle: @UrbanBonfire shows us the perfect BBQ pizza btmontreal.ca/videos/bt-summ…
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Friday, June 23

  23-06-2017 15:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Andrea Howick has the Global News Morning headlines for Friday, June 23.
  
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• Check out these festival beauty tips from @kik_tweets that are perfect for Montreal's summer of festivals! btmontreal.ca/videos/festiva…

  23-06-2017 15:05
  Check out these festival beauty tips from @kik_tweets that are perfect for Montreal's summer of festivals! btmontreal.ca/videos/festiva…
  
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• Montreal Old Port looks to a new master plan - @lucianodiorio shares the details btmontreal.ca/videos/montrea…

  23-06-2017 14:53
  Montreal Old Port looks to a new master plan -@lucianodiorio shares the details btmontreal.ca/videos/montrea…
  
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• NEXT: @JonRoyOfficial shares how proud he was of his dad, Patrick Roy, and all Canadians at the Nagano Games… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  23-06-2017 14:45
  NEXT: @JonRoyOfficial shares how proud he was of his dad, Patrick Roy, and all Canadians at the Nagano Games… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• BORDER WAIT TIMES ENTERING: Champlain, NY: No wait, 8 lanes open Highgate Springs, VT: 30 mins Derby Line, VT: 55 mins

  23-06-2017 14:44
  BORDER WAIT TIMES ENTERING: Champlain, NY: No wait, 8 lanes open Highgate Springs, VT: 30 mins Derby Line, VT: 55 mins
  
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• NOW: Have you heard of the World Transplant Games? Stream us live btmontreal.ca

  23-06-2017 14:40
  NOW: Have you heard of the World Transplant Games? Stream us live btmontreal.ca
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/B4SwX9mj1u

  23-06-2017 14:34
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/B4SwX9mj1u
  
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