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• Groups ask Federal Court to strike down Safe Third Country deal with the U.S.

  05-07-2017 23:55 via cbc.ca
  
  A legal challenge is being launched against the Canada-U.S. agreement that governs where people can make asylum claims on either side of the border.
  
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• Seniors party at Pointe-Calumet’s Beachclub

  05-07-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of Montrealers are partying it up at Pointe-Calumet’s famous Beachclub – but these aren’t your average partygoers. Global’s Matt Grillo explains.
  
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• Beaconsfield improves water works

  05-07-2017 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Beaconsfield is planning to improve its aging water system, with help from the federal and provincial governments. Global’s Paola Samuel reports.
  
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• Parc Safari ‘stands by’ decision to rent space to Muslim association

  05-07-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Parc Safari in Quebec is standing by its decision to rent an outdoor space to the Canadian Muslim Association. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Don't move forward with MUHC merger, report says

  05-07-2017 23:22 via cbc.ca
  
  In what is a shared consensus among hospital-affiliated staff, a new consultation report has found that there is "almost no interest" when it comes to the possibility of a McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) merger.
  
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• Chartwell senior residents party at Pointe-Calumet Beachclub

  05-07-2017 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Hundreds of residents from Chartwell senior homes in Quebec and Ontario party at the Beachclub.
  
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• Criminal trial delays drop dramatically in Quebec a year after Jordan ruling

  05-07-2017 21:55 via cbc.ca
  
  The time it takes to complete a criminal trial in Quebec has been nearly halved since the Supreme Court handed down the Jordan ruling, but it has caused delays in other areas of the justice system, says one of Quebec's top judges.
  
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• La Prairie man faces 16 charges related to child pornography

  05-07-2017 21:37 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Sûreté du Québec’s major crime investigation unit arrested a man from La Prairie Tuesday for alleged crimes related to child pornography.
  Pierre-Yves Cormier, 26, appeared at the Longueuil courthouse Wednesday to hear 16 charges, including production and distribution of child pornography.
  In April 2016, Cormier was arrested and charged with possession and distribution of child pornography, among other offences. He was released with orders to respect parti
  
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• Enrique Iglesias and Pitbull's Bell Centre show postponed to October

  05-07-2017 21:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Enrique Iglesias/Pitbull double bill scheduled for Wednesday, July 5 at the Bell Centre has been postponed at the 11th hour.
  Promoter Evenko cited Iglesias’s illness as the reason the concert would not go ahead as scheduled.
  The show has been rescheduled for Monday, Oct. 9 at the Bell Centre. Tickets for Wednesday’s show will be honoured, and refunds are available to those who are not able to attend on the new date.
  
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• Jazz fest: Dessy Di Lauro and Ric’key Pageot's Harlem Renaissance

  05-07-2017 21:19 via montrealgazette.com
  
  When Dessy Di Lauro and Ric’key Pageot headlined at Montreal’s Diese Onze in February, they packed the intimate jazz club for their first homecoming show in four years.
  The musical Pageot family was out in full force, sharing the stage with Dessy and Ric’key — renowned Montreal drummer Anthony, flutist Steve and their father, Fritz, on bass. “Before that night, I had played music with all of my brothers, but Diese Onze was the first time we played together in public
  
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• Woman faces arson charges after series of fires in apartment complex

  05-07-2017 21:18 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A 49-year-old woman has been charged in connection with 10 fires in the last three months in a Côte-des-Neiges apartment complex.
  Montreal police say Loga Potgureanu is responsible for setting fires in the building, located on Swail Ave. near Côte-des-Neiges Rd.
  They say paper was used in a series of fires, which began in April, in the hallways. While they didn’t cause any damage, the blazes still required intervention by firefighters. 
  Potgureanu faces multiple arson char
  
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• Opinion: Former Montreal Children's Hospital site requires a rethink

  05-07-2017 21:12 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The highrise development proposed for the site of the former Montreal Children’s Hospital, recently approved by the city of Montreal’s executive committee, needs to be improved.The number and height of towers in this largely residential development put neighbouring green spaces in shade and limit the space needed in this area for recreational activities. And these towers offer little in the way of social and affordable housing truly suitable for families. 
  Residents in the area
  
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• Judge agrees to extend period of alleged offences in Contrecœur case

  05-07-2017 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The judge presiding over the Contrecœur fraud trial has ruled in favour of the Crown’s request to expand the period during which certain offences are alleged to have occurred in the sale of municipal land in east-end Montreal.
  Court of Quebec Judge Yvan Poulin said in his ruling on Wednesday that extending by more than 20 months the period during which some of the offences are alleged to have occurred is justified by the evidence. He also said the change to the indictment causes
  
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• Next Supreme Court chief justice should be a Quebecer: Montreal bar

  05-07-2017 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  The bar wrote that it's also important to alternate between French and English chief justices.
  
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• Quebec floods: Rigaud residents frustrated with slow services

  05-07-2017 20:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rigaud residents are getting fed up as they wait for flood services, including building inspections and construction permits.
  
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• RCMP's 'Dark Web' investigation leads to searches in Montreal, Trois-Rivières

  05-07-2017 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Investigators with the RCMP were in the process of executing search warrants in Montreal and Trois-Rivières Wednesday morning, reportedly in connection with the sale of merchandise on the “Dark Web” of the Internet.
  An RCMP spokesperson in Montreal confirmed two raids on residences in Trois-Rivières as well as one on a business address in Montreal, but stopped short of confirming a TVA report that the raids were carried out in connection the online sale of illicit merch
  
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• 'We're building for the future': Molson plans new Montreal-area brewery

  05-07-2017 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Molson-Coors (NYSE: TAP) is planning to build a brewery in the Montreal area instead of renovating its existing brewery on Notre-Dame St. E.
  Molson Brewery – Photos from the Molsons Their Lives and Times 1780-2000 by Karen Molson. 
  The decision, which was announced to employees on Wednesday, comes at the end of a two-year feasibility study, says François Lefebvre, Molson-Coors’ director of corporate affairs for the Quebec and Atlantic regions.
  The company says it sti
  
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• Beaconsfield gets $8M for water system overhaul

  05-07-2017 19:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Both Quebec and Ottawa are each giving $4.1 million to Beaconsfield to fund three revitalization projects, including renovating aqueducts, and replacing drinking water and wastewater pipes.
  
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• Molson Coors plans to build new $500 million Montreal brewery

  05-07-2017 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  
  The location of the new brewery hasn't been announced.
  
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• Ursulines leaving Old Quebec monastery

  05-07-2017 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jul 5: The Catholic Sisters of the Ursulines are moving from their monastery in Quebec City. Global’s Raquel Fletcher finds out why.
  
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• Quebec floods: Residents still can’t go home

  05-07-2017 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jul 5: Hundreds of families affected by the intense Quebec floods say they still don’t know whether or not they’ll be able to return home. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Molson Coors to build new brewery in greater Montreal area

  05-07-2017 18:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Molson Coors has announced it will be building a brand new brewery in the greater Montreal region rather than modernize the building on Notre-Dame Street where it’s been brewing beer for the last 231 years.
  
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• Molson Coors plans to spend up to $500M to build new Montreal brewery

  05-07-2017 18:27 via cbc.ca
  
  Molson Coors plans to spend up to $500 million to build a new Montreal brewery instead of modernizing its 231-year-old facility along the St. Lawrence River.
  
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• High water levels force beaches to close around Montreal - CBC.ca

  05-07-2017 18:18 via cbc.ca
  
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  High water levels in the St. Lawrence River and Lac des Deux-Montagnes have forced a number of beaches in the Montreal area to close temporarily. Among them is the Longueuil municipal beach on Île Charron, which is closed until mid-July at least.
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• High water levels force beaches to close around Montreal

  05-07-2017 18:17 via cbc.ca
  
  High water levels in the St. Lawrence River and Lac des Deux Montagnes have forced a number of beaches around the Montreal area to close temporarily.
  
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• Skatepark to be built in Mile-End

  05-07-2017 18:10 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Mile End will be getting a new skatepark next spring as part of the Plateau-Mont-Royal’s plan to create a green corridor along the northern edge of the neighbourhood.
  The skatepark, set to be built under the Van Horne-Rosemont viaduct bordered by St-Laurent Blvd. and Cloutier St., will include two distinct areas for skateboarders: a flat-ground, street-style park with ledges and rails, and a serpentine concrete pool.
  “We really have an original, unique concept that will attract both
  
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• Ursulines leave Old Quebec monastery after four centuries

  05-07-2017 17:59 via globalnews.ca
  
  The Ursulines started the first school for girls in Quebec in the 1600's. Now, their numbers are dwindling.
  
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• CFL names former player Randy Ambrosie as commissioner

  05-07-2017 17:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The CFL has named Randy Ambrosie, a former player, as its 14th commissioner.
  
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• CHOM DJ Tootall to sign off after 40 years

  05-07-2017 17:51 via montrealgazette.com
  
  After 40 years at CHOM 97.7 FM., the popular DJ known as Tootall will spin his last disc at the end of September.
  Tootall, one of Montreal’s best-loved and longest-serving disc jockeys, will retire on Sept. 29, the station’s owners announced on Wednesday. 
  “Forty years into the game and his passion for music and his curiosity about new sounds, styles, and bands remain unmatched,” said Picard, CHOM’s music director. 
  The CHOM broadcaster, whose real name is
  
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• You can taste May's rain in July's strawberries

  05-07-2017 17:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Your strawberries are not as sweet as usual? Blame the rain.
  Quebec strawberries — known for their sugary, even cotton-candy like sweetness — are missing their signature taste so far this season. Producers say the rainier than normal weather since the growing season began is to blame.
  “They look good, but they’re not as sweet as usual,” said Charles Gingras, one of the owners of Chez Louis, a store at the Jean Talon market. “That’s all the water (rainfal
  
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• Avoid a luggage nightmare! Packing your makeup for travel btmontreal.ca/videos/packing…

  05-07-2017 17:43
  Avoid a luggage nightmare! Packing your makeup for travel btmontreal.ca/videos/packing…
  
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• The ‘Stronger Glutes’ workout you can do anywhere: @coach_richthaw puts us to the test btmontreal.ca/videos/the-str…

  05-07-2017 17:40
  The ‘Stronger Glutes’ workout you can do anywhere: @coach_richthaw puts us to the test btmontreal.ca/videos/the-str…
  
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• Making it easier for transitioning seniors: @lianas_services talks retirement home options btmontreal.ca/videos/making-…

  05-07-2017 17:36
  Making it easier for transitioning seniors: @lianas_services talks retirement home options btmontreal.ca/videos/making-…
  
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• Kevin Tierney: Six degrees of Safdie separation, starring Moshe and me

  05-07-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Most readers will know the concept of six degrees of separation, which suggests that any two people on Earth are six or fewer acquaintances apart. Movie buffs have their own version: six degrees of Kevin Bacon. They challenge each other to find the shortest path between an arbitrary actor and prolific character actor Kevin Bacon.
  I have a personal take on the parlour game, featuring the internationally-celebrated architect Moshe Safdie, whose trademark structure, Habitat 67, is celebrating its 5
  
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• Just for Laughs: Nasty Show vet Robert Kelly deals with personal bliss

  05-07-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Robert Kelly has a confession that could prove perplexing to fans of the Nasty Show comic: “I’m the happiest I’ve ever been in my life!”
  What!
  Kelly is holding court on a swanky resto terrace. And, no, his bliss is not the result of some high-octane libation or any bliss-inducing med. He’s knocking back only water and is high on … really … life.
  Kelly, from the rough-and-tumble streets of one of Boston’s more volatile ‘hoods, has been booze
  
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• Chuck Hughes and Danny Smiles go on a Canadian foodie road trip @GoRVingCanada btmontreal.ca/videos/chuck-h…

  05-07-2017 17:26
  Chuck Hughes and Danny Smiles go on a Canadian foodie road trip @GoRVingCanada btmontreal.ca/videos/chuck-h…
  
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• Regular marijuana use can increase psychosis risk in teens: study

  05-07-2017 17:20 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Going from the occasional use of marijuana to weekly or daily use increases an adolescent’s risk of having recurrent psychotic-like experiences by 159 per cent, according to a new Montreal study.
  The study, published on Wednesday in the Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, defines psychotic-like experiences as “experiences of perceptual aberration, ideas with unusual content and feelings of persecution.”
  “Although they may be infrequent and thus not prob
  
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• Laval police seek hotel bandit

  05-07-2017 16:55 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Laval police are turning to the public for help in tracking down a suspect they believe rifled a vending machine at a local hotel then threatened the owner after he was photographed making his getaway.
   
  The incident occurred May 30 at the Best Western Hotel at 3655 Highway 15.
   
  Police say the suspect entered the hotel by an emergency exit and then broke open a vending machine in the building’s basement, making off with the money inside.
   
  Confronted by the hotel owner, the
  
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• Opinion: Canada desperately needs a cellphone alert system

  05-07-2017 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Emergencies come in all shapes and sizes. In Quebec, unpredictable weather is a fact of life that can have devastating effects on people and property. Then there are the man-made ones such as gas leaks, chemical spills, terror attacks and child abductions.
  You’re either prepared for emergencies or you’re not. Simply put, we are not. At least, not as well as we could be.
  Canadians currently receive emergency warnings through every major medium except cellphones. That might seem like a
  
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• Fewer Quebecers getting married, and those who are marry later

  05-07-2017 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  New statistics released by the Quebec government show just under 22,000 marriages took place in Quebec in 2016, down slightly from the previous year.
  The some 22,000 marriages in 2016 were made up of 21,300 opposite-sex and 700 same-sex marriages. The province recorded 22,441 marriages in 2015.
  The numbers, published by the Institut de la statistique du Québec, suggest that only 29 per cent of women and 27 per cent of men will have been married by their 50th birthday if the trend con
  
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• Coderre to bring Montreal flood victims' concerns to Quebec

  05-07-2017 16:39 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Saying that municipal officials continued to work on the issue well after news cameras left the scene, Mayor Denis Coderre pledged to raise concerns and complaints expressed by some Montreal flood victims over the pace of Quebec’s assistance plan.
  “I’ve noticed that some of the victims of the flooding are not necessarily happy with the speed with which the compensation is being made and where it seems there’s something of a bureaucratic maze,” Coderre said Wednesday
  
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• Phase out unsafe trucks on Montreal streets, says cyclist group

  05-07-2017 16:38 via cbc.ca
  
  Trucks should be rated on a safety scale, and dangerous trucks should be eventually removed from Montreal's streets in order to reduce collisions with pedestrian and cyclists, according to the cycling group, Ghost Bikes Montreal.
  
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• Community Events: Listening for love and success

  05-07-2017 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Wednesday, July 5.
  
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• Jazz Festival blues camp for teens

  05-07-2017 16:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jul 5: TD Blues Camp artistic director Vincent Beaulne and six young camp members join Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk about blues camp and play a song before their big concert at the Jazz Festival.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Wednesday, July 5

  05-07-2017 16:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Wednesday, July 5.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Wednesday, July 5

  05-07-2017 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Wednesday, July 5​.
  
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