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• Public Health: Lyme disease on the rise in Quebec, not in Montreal yet

  12-07-2017 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Lyme disease is on the rise on the South Shore and Eastern Townships, but not in Montreal yet.
  
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• Former astronaut Julie Payette to be Canada's next governor general

  12-07-2017 23:33 via cbc.ca
  
  Former astronaut Julie Payette will be the Queen's new representative in Canada, CBC News has confirmed.
  
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• There's a Montreal 375 cocktail, and these are the places to order it

  12-07-2017 23:25
  
  What — other than street closures and poutine — does Montreal taste like?
  This question, believe it or not, did not originate as an improv prompt at Just for Laughs. Rather, it is the subject of a mixological creation in honour of Montreal’s 375th birthday.
  The drink’s creation, Eater Montreal reports, was spearheaded by Cold Room bar owner Kevin Demers. The drink unites Quebec’s two solitudes with London gin to represent anglos and Gentian liqueur for the francopho
  
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• Dorval residents want to save green space

  12-07-2017 23:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dorval residents are trying to protect a large plot of land from developers, saying that the city should make it into a protected green space. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Mohawks protest at Oka development site

  12-07-2017 23:22
  
  OKA — Exactly 27 years and one day after the outbreak of the Oka Crisis, Mohawks gathered Wednesday to halt a residential development they say is encroaching on their sacred pine forest.
  A few dozen trees have already been cleared to make way for hydro lines that will power the neighbourhood and more have been marked for destruction. It was the expansion of a golf course into the pines that triggered the 1990 standoff between the Mohawk Warriors and Canadian Forces.
  And while the muni
  
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• Laval police investigating playground fire

  12-07-2017 23:22 via cbc.ca
  
  Police and firefighters arrived around 2 a.m. last Saturday to find flames shooting three to four metres in the air — high enough to burn the topmost branches of a large nearby tree.
  
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• Body of man, 20, found in Rivière des Prairies in Pierrefonds

  12-07-2017 23:13 via cbc.ca
  
  The body of a 20-year-old man who fell into the Rivière des Prairies while posing for a photo has been found near the shoreline in Pierrefonds.
  
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• Body of Anoshan Nagaswara, 20, found in Rivière des Prairies in Pierrefonds

  12-07-2017 23:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Montreal police have confirmed a body spotted in the water near Lalande Boulevard at Edward Street in Pierrefonds Wednesday is that of 20-year-old Anoshan Nagaswara, who fell into the Rivière des Prairies on Sunday.
  
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• Organizations oppose Quebec's proposed welfare sanctions

  12-07-2017 22:54
  
  A coalition of anti-welfare-reform organizations predicts the Couillard government’s sanctions on social assistance recipients who do not participate in employment integration will only “push them further away.”
  On Wednesday, the Coalition objectif dignité — a group of about 20 organizations — held a press conference in Quebec City, while the province’s employment and social solidarity minister, François Blais’s draft regulation was be
  
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• Vaudreuil Starbucks: one of world’s ‘most stunning’

  12-07-2017 22:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  One of the world’s “must-see” Starbucks coffee shops is right in the heart of Vaudreuil-Dorion. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• West Island Palliative Care teaches teens about caring for others

  12-07-2017 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  
  West Island Palliative Care has started a unique program, inviting teenagers into the residence to learn more about end-of-life care. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Dorval residents want to protect green space

  12-07-2017 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  Dorval residents are trying to protect a large plot of land from developers.
  
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• Québécois poutine became ice cream in New Zealand, and now we're scared

  12-07-2017 22:22
  
  Poutine, Quebec’s unofficial national dish, has made it in New Zealand, but some of the recipe’s finer points may have been lost in translation. 
  Giapos Ice Cream of Auckland, New Zealand, has announced it is celebrating National Ice Cream Month by serving a poutine ice cream.
  The dish, for better or for worse, is not exactly what its name implies. Instead of infusing the flavours of fries, squeaky cheese curds and brown sauce into an ice cream like contestants might do on Iron
  
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• Montreal students learn about end-of-life care at West Island Palliative Care Residence

  12-07-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The West Island Palliative Care invited 15 students into the residence to take part in a student-education program.
  
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• Opinion: Quebec should get rid of high school ministry exams

  12-07-2017 21:15
  
  Many Quebec high school students, particularly those who’ve just completed Secondary IV and V, are just now finding out their marks in courses where there is a ministry exam.
  These standardized high school exams, which weigh heavily in students’ final marks, are a nightmare for students and a nuisance for teachers and principals. They must be a headache for Ministry of Education administrators, too.
  There are three main problematic areas: substance, slip-ups and security.
  Exam substa
  
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• Montreal nixes sovereignist group's plan to mark Charles de Gaulle's 'Vive le Quebec libre!" speech

  12-07-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
  
  Fifty years after former French president Charles de Gaulle uttered "Vive le Quebec libre!" during a state visit to Canada, those politically charged words are affecting celebrations marking his speech.
  
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• DFO closes a gulf fishery early to help protect right whales

  12-07-2017 20:54 via cbc.ca
  
  Both Canada and the U.S. adopt measures days after the death of whale rescuer Joe Howlett, who was killed Monday by the whale he'd just cut free from fishing gear in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
  
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• Class-action suit against Bell over fee increases allowed to proceed

  12-07-2017 20:48
  
  A class-action suit against Bell in Quebec over fee increases on television, internet and phone services has been authorized to proceed by Superior Court Justice Robert Castiglio.
  Joseph Frainetti, the plaintiff in this case, alleges that he was cheated by Bell Canada, Bell Express Vu and Bell Mobility when they made changes to contracts without providing clear notifications starting in November 2012.
  He says the telecommunications giant “unilaterally” changed service charges while h
  
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• Opinion: Health centralization is opposite of what's needed

  12-07-2017 20:47
  
  Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is currently piloting Bill 130, which curtails the autonomy of doctors and gives the health minister the right to make changes to the internal rules governing health establishments. This is the just the latest of countless attempts in the past three decades to reform the province’s health-care system. The reason for this governmental hyperactivity is simple: There are multiple systemic problems, especially in terms of long emergency room wait times an
  
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• Acrobat critically hurt in 5-metre fall during show at Montreal circus festival - Toronto Star

  12-07-2017 20:11
  
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  Acrobat critically hurt in 5-metre fall during show at Montreal circus festival
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  Ambulance workers who responded to the scene say the performer was unconscious after a major blow to the head. By The Canadian Press. Wed., July 12, 2017. MONTREAL—The health of an acrobat is improving after he fell about five metres during a ...
  Acrobat suffers severe cranial trauma in fall during performance in MontrealSault Starall 4 news articles »
  
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• Man arrested in St-Constant hit and run that left a toddler dead

  12-07-2017 20:05
  
  Police have arrested a man in connection with a hit and run that killed a 2-year-old boy in St-Constant in May.
  The 25-year-old man was arrested at his home in St-Constant around 7:15 a.m. Wednesday, according to the Roussillon regional police force.
  The man is meeting with police investigators and is expected to face a charge of fatal hit and run Thursday at the Longueuil courthouse.
  Dominique Wenga was killed around 9 a.m. on May 27 when he was hit by a car in front of his family’s home
  
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• ‘Snowsnaps: The Band Contest’ aims to audition youngsters for TV series

  12-07-2017 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  
  'Snowsnaps' is a spin-off from 2015 Quebec animation 'Snowtime!'
  
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• Squirrels being evicted from Dorchester Square

  12-07-2017 20:00
  
  Squirrels are officially rodentia non grata in Dorchester Square.
  City of Montreal workers plopped two peanuts in a metal trap Tuesday morning in a bid to lure squirrels that have been gnawing at trees in the leafy downtown square. 
  The bushy-tailed rodents must go “due to the devastation they are causing to maple trees and the serious health risk they pose to mature trees, which could have an impact on the safety of square users,” a sign next to the trap said.
  The city will mov
  
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• Montreal stymies plans to re-enact de Gaulle's 'Vive le Quebec libre' speech

  12-07-2017 19:50
  
  A Quebec nationalist group is accusing the city of Montreal of thwarting its plans to commemorate a now-iconic speech by former French president Charles de Gaulle.
  The Societe Saint-Jean-Baptiste says it wanted access to the balcony of city hall on July 24 to re-enact the moment when de Gaulle famously shouted “Vive le Quebec libre!” in 1967.
  Former Quebec premier Bernard Landry says he’s disappointed the city refused the group’s request to honour what he calls a turning
  
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• Laval thieves make off with jewelry, electronics and a pug named Squishy

  12-07-2017 19:45
  
  At least two thieves conducted a series of burglaries May 18 in a trio of condos in the city’s Pont-Viau district.
  They made off with jewelry, computer equipment and clothing. They also stole a male, seven-month-old pug named Squishy.
  Laval police have released a series of photos and a video culled from the condo security system depicting the suspects, both males in their 20s, during the break-in at 1780 Notre-Dame-de-Fatima St.
  They are urging anyone with information on the crime, or who
  
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• Fantasia film fest: The Villainess is more Nikita than Kill Bill

  12-07-2017 19:43
  
  Jung Byung-gil wastes zero time with niceties in his wham-bam action flick The Villainess, which had a midnight screening at the Cannes Film Festival, closed the New York Asian Film Festival and opens Montreal’s Fantasia International Film Festival on Thursday evening.
  Therein, the South Korean director drops viewers into the thick of it: a black-clad individual enters an ominous industrial building in the middle of the night and begins killing everyone in sight.
  The catch? The camera show
  
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• Discover Shakespeare’s tragic romantic comedy in a nearby park

  12-07-2017 19:36
  
  Shakespeare sat down to write Much Ado About Nothing in 1598. The play about mischief, misunderstandings, love lost and found, shame and forgiveness is set against a societal backdrop where gender inequality wasn’t just accepted, it was praised in song.
  Some things never change.
  Repercussion Theatre’s touring Shakespeare-in-the-Park production of Much Ado About Nothing debuts in Baie-d’Urfé, Thursday, July 13. Five of the company’s 29 performances are in the West I
  
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• Montreal dog lovers to protest against breed-specific legislation Saturday

  12-07-2017 19:33
  
  Many dog and animal lovers in Montreal will leave their pups at home this Saturday as they walk in support of Global Anti-Breed-Specific Legislation Day and protest against Bill 128.Bill 128, tabled in April, would force municipalities across the province to ban any breed of dog it classifies as “potentially dangerous.”
  Since April, the Quebec government has set the bill low on a long list of priorities on its agenda. 
  Protesters believe if the legislation is passed, i
  
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• Increase of sexual assaults reports in West Island 2015-2016

  12-07-2017 19:31
  
  According to 2016 crime statistics released recently by the Montreal police department, overall crime rates have decreased slightly in the West Island since 2015.
  The bad news: From petty larceny and drug busts to prostitution and break-ins, a grand total of 6,053 crimes were recorded in the West Island in 2016.
  The good news: The West Island crime rate is down when compared to 2015, when 6,261 crimes were reported.
  Forewarned is forearmed. While the West Island might be a great place to raise a
  
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• Teens kidnapped, threatened, forced to strip in vigilante 'nightmare'

  12-07-2017 19:14 via cbc.ca
  
  Two men are facing charges including sexual assault, forcible confinement, uttering threats and more in what police are calling a case of vigilante justice.
  
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• Update: Condition of acrobat improves after 5-metre fall during show

  12-07-2017 19:12
  
  An acrobat was seriously injured Tuesday evening after falling about five metres during a show in a St-Leonard park. 
  Show organizer Montréal Complètement Cirque confirmed Wednesday afternoon that the performer remains in hospital, but is no longer in critical condition. 
  The incident occurred about 7:15 p.m. in Wilfrid-Bastien Park near Lacordaire Blvd., during a show involving five acrobats. The show, Entre Nous, is part of the circus festival.
  Ambulance technicians to
  
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• Police make arrest in hit-and-run death of Saint-Constant toddler

  12-07-2017 19:02 via cbc.ca
  
  A 25-year-old man has been arrested and is to be charged in connection with a hit and run that killed a toddler in Saint-Constant, on Montreal's South Shore, in May.
  
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• What is the QCGN, the anglophone-rights group working quietly to reshape MUHC?

  12-07-2017 19:00
  
  Montrealers learned this week that the Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) has been quietly working behind the scenes with Health Minister Gaétan Barrette to reshape the leadership of the embattled McGill University Health Centre.
  Here’s a look at the anglophone-rights group.
  What is the QCGN?
  A non-profit organization, it was founded in 1995, bringing together more than 50 English-language community groups across Quebec. The QCGN says it “identifies, explores and addr
  
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• Watch comedian @JessicaKirson threaten us with a lawsuit & get a kiss from @eliasmakos https://t.co/TkXQpeZTS9

  12-07-2017 18:40
  
  Watch comedian @JessicaKirson threaten us with a lawsuit & get a kiss from @eliasmakos https://t.co/TkXQpeZTS9
  
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• Montreal-area Starbucks ranked one of ‘most stunning’ in the world

  12-07-2017 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  
  The coffee shop's beauty didn't go unnoticed by Popsugar.com, which praised the branch's subtle nautical touches and details.
  
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• Flash flood prompts city crews to check sewers beneath Côte-des-Neiges overpass

  12-07-2017 18:10 via cbc.ca
  
  Borough officials say crews will be checking the sewers in the Victoria Avenue underpass in Côte-des-Neiges after a woman had to be rescued from her submerged car in a flash flood last Saturday.
  
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• Montreal's other moving day: Squirrels being evicted from Dorchester Square - Montreal Gazette

  12-07-2017 17:50
  
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal's other moving day: Squirrels being evicted from Dorchester Square
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  The city will move captured rodents to Mount Royal, "where they'll have more space and more food resources." But that's problematic, too. John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. Squirrels are officially Rodentia non grata in ...
  
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• It's time to ditch the dating apps and focus on real life, says @DashingDate https://t.co/GPuc7QONMt

  12-07-2017 17:13
  
  It's time to ditch the dating apps and focus on real life, says @DashingDate https://t.co/GPuc7QONMt
  
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• Looking for free activities in Montreal this July? @KarolinaJez has four can't-miss things to do! https://t.co/160j80s8rQ

  12-07-2017 17:00
  
  Looking for free activities in Montreal this July? @KarolinaJez has four can't-miss things to do! https://t.co/160j80s8rQ
  
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• 13 contractors and engineers plead guilty to Laval fraud charges

  12-07-2017 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  
  A group of engineers and contractors pleaded guilty to fraud charges in Laval Tuesday.
  
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• Have you seen Squishy? Laval police seek help in dognapping case

  12-07-2017 16:48 via cbc.ca
  
  Police are asking for the public's help finding Squishy, a seven-month-old blond pug who was taken during a string of break-ins at a Laval condo building.
  
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• When is the right time to have a baby? @KennyBodanis talks with our very pregnant @JoanneVrakas https://t.co/eK7TPkv2mE

  12-07-2017 16:39
  
  When is the right time to have a baby? @KennyBodanis talks with our very pregnant @JoanneVrakas https://t.co/eK7TPkv2mE
  
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• Mom shaming: Making choices along with your kids

  12-07-2017 16:14 via globalnews.ca
  
  Life coach and parenting expert Erica Diamond wades into the mommy wars with Global’s Laura Casella.
  
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• Bank of Canada hikes key interest rate for first time since 2010

  12-07-2017 16:01 via cbc.ca
  
  The Bank of Canada has raised its key interest rate as expected to 0.75 per cent — the central bank's first move upward in the cost of borrowing in seven years.
  
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• Couche-Tard steps up Canadian invasion with another U.S. deal

  12-07-2017 15:58
  
  A Canadian company is trying to corner the corner-store market in the U.S.
  Alimentation Couche-Tard Inc. (TSX: ATD.B), which is based in Laval and is the owner of Circle K stores in the U.S., is poised to expand its footprint to 48 U.S. states with the acquisition of closely held Holiday Stationstores Inc., a deal announced Monday. The transaction, valued by analysts at $1.5 billion to $2 billion, extends a buying spree that crossed the border 16 years ago and has gone global.
  The deal by Couche
  
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• Just for Laughs president’s choice: Taking liberties with Mozart

  12-07-2017 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  
  Members of The MozART Group join Global’s Laura Casella and show us why Just for Laughs president Gilbert Rozon made this comedy string quartet his personal choice for the festival.
  
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• A once in a lifetime chance for local singers and dancers!

  12-07-2017 15:35 via globalnews.ca
  
  The role of a lifetime! Teens are sought-out for auditions to be in a band on Snowsnaps, a reality, web, TV and animated series! Global’s Laura Casella finds out more from Snowsnaps producer Marie-Claude Beauchamp.
  
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• Acrobat hospitalized after circus act fall in Saint-Leonard park

  12-07-2017 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  An acrobat was hospitalized after falling six metres in a Saint-Leonard circus act Tuesday evening.
  
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• Vaudreuil’s Cité-des-Jeunes Starbucks decor among the prettiest in the world

  12-07-2017 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  
  According to a recent ranking by popsugar.com, the Vaudreuil Cité-des-Jeunes cafe was ranked the number three most stunning Starbucks in the world. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Coroner's report: Alcohol contributed to death of Pointe-Claire sailor

  12-07-2017 15:07
  
  A local sailor died from head trauma suffered in a fall at the Pointe-Claire Yacht Club in the early hours of Sept. 7, 2016, according to a Quebec Coroner’s report into the bizarre mortality.
  Jolyon Ditton’s death was ruled accidental by Coroner Luc Malouin, who attributed the sailor’s demise to a head trauma suffered when Ditton slipped and fell while coming to the aid of another person who’d fallen into the water at the yacht club around midnight.
  But the coroner also n
  
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