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• Discrimination case: Former owner of beauty salon ordered to pay $12,500 to hairstylist

  13-07-2017 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the former owner of a Snowdon beauty salon to pay $12,500 in damages to a hairstylist, saying his rights were violated when he was forbidden from working on Saturdays because he is Jewish. 
  In 2015, the Quebec Human Rights Commission recommended that the salon owner, Iris Gressy, who is also Jewish, pay $20,000 in damages for discriminating against Richard Zilberg on the basis of his religion.
  The commission referred the case to the
  
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• NDG hate crime targets Jewish community

  13-07-2017 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents are dismayed after they say police failed to act after a car in NDG was sprawled with a swastika and the words “f— all the Jews.” Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Quebec floods: Lac Saint-Louis water levels rising

  13-07-2017 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  
  The water levels around Lac Saint-Louis are still high after authorities deemed it necessary to keep the dams to Lake Ontario open to allow for drainage due to the heavy rainfall. Global’s Paola Samuel reports.
  
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• Saint-Constant hit-and-run suspect charged

  13-07-2017 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Rick Modi has pleaded not guilty in the hit-and-run death of two-year-old Dominique Wenga. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• From Dollarama to a Canadian gallery: The odd journey of 2,000 Annie Leibovitz photos

  13-07-2017 22:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Court records show another buyer was interested in the Leibovitz collection and that the former CEO of the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia knew in 2012 that the donation would be a tax shelter.
  
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• Jewish hairdresser who was fired over Sabbath spat wins legal case

  13-07-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  
  Court documents state Gressy told Zilberg in July 2012 he would no longer work on Saturdays.
  
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• Canada extends Snow Crab fishing season, closes area due to endangered whales

  13-07-2017 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The season was supposed to end on the July 14, but the window has now been increased by two weeks.
  
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• Rick Modi pleads not guilty in hit-and-run death of toddler

  13-07-2017 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  
  Some stuffed animals rest on the front lawn of the boy's house.
  
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• Impact lands left-back Shaun Francis in trade with Earthquakes

  13-07-2017 21:20 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Montreal Impact added depth at left back with the acquisition of Shaun Francis from the San Jose Earthquakes on Thursday.
  The Impact will send either a second round pick in the 2018 SuperDraft or $50,000 in general allocation money to be paid in January 2018 to the Earthquakes, depending on performance factors that neither team made public.
  Montreal has been seeking help on the left side since starter Ambroise Oyongo blew out a knee last month while playing an international match for Cameroo
  
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• Montreal stymies plan to re-enact de Gaulle's 'Vive le Quebec libre' speech

  13-07-2017 21:15 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Charles de Gaulle may have made history when he shouted “Vive le Quebec libre” from the balcony of Montreal’s city hall in 1967, but 50 years later the city doesn’t seem keen on re-creating the iconic moment, a sovereigntist group said Wednesday.
  The Société Saint-Jean-Baptiste said it had wanted to re-enact the former French president’s famous speech in its original location on July 24, but its request for access to the balcony was denied.
  Former Queb
  
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• Brendan Kelly: Céline Dion is coming out of her shell and that's a good thing

  13-07-2017 20:55 via montrealgazette.com
  
  What the heck is going on with Céline Dion?
  The most staid, most middle-of-the-road of pop stars started surprising us last year when she began working with hip fashion stylist Law Roach, who counts Kanye West as one of his early admirers, and began turning up at Paris fashion shows looking almost hip. A shot of Dion from the summer of 2016 showed her in an oversized hoodie with an image of Titanic on it, a kind of coolster riff on her most famous showbiz moment. She was turning up at the
  
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• Quebec health minister meets with MUHC unions following board resignation

  13-07-2017 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  
  The meetings come after the MUHC's independent board members abruptly quit, citing a lack of communication.
  
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• Update: Barrette agrees to consult with patients' group on future of MUHC

  13-07-2017 20:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Faced with an outcry from patients’ groups and union leaders, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette has backed off plans to appoint within days more than half of the board of the McGill University Health Centre.
  Rather, Barrette has agreed to consult with the Central Users Committee of the MUHC on a list of possible candidates to replace the 10 independent members who resigned en masse on Monday in protest against his handling of the beleaguered hospital network. The minister now hopes to
  
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• Montreal's Erdem Moralioglu is H&M's next collaboration designer

  13-07-2017 20:39 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A position that previously made the work of fashion houses including Marni, Versace, and Lanvin somewhat accessible to the general public will next be held by a Montrealer.
  Erdem Moralioglu, who spearheads the eponymous ERDEM brand, was announced on Thursday as H&M’s next collaborator. His ERDEM X H&M collection will go on sale November 2, 2017.
  Born in Montreal and partially educated in Canada, Moralioglu is now based in London and was awarded the British Fashion Council’s E
  
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• Montreal's new traffic czar no longer working for the city

  13-07-2017 20:26 via cbc.ca
  
  Just two and half months after being named Montreal's traffic czar, Pierre Lacasse — dubbed "Mr. Fluidity" by Mayor Denis Coderre — has ended his tenure with the city, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• Three Montrealers short-listed for Polaris Music Prize

  13-07-2017 20:17 via montrealgazette.com
  
  When the dust cleared and the Polaris Music Prize’s 40-album long-list was whittled down to 10 finalists on Thursday, three Montreal-based musicians made the cut. 
  Leonard Cohen, Leif Vollebekk, and Lisa LeBlanc’s albums are still in the running to be named the big winner at the Polaris Music Prize Gala in Toronto on Sept. 18.
  The annual prize, which has been awarded since 2006, recognizes Canadian albums released in the last year on artistic merit with no consideratio
  
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• Rejected bikes left at Vaudreuil ecocentre to be donated, repaired

  13-07-2017 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  What do you do with your old bikes? One Montrealer suggests passing them along, instead of recycling them.
  
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• ‘Swap Club’: Montreal author Lauren Wise explores swingers parties, sexual subculture

  13-07-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  
  Montreal author Lauren Wise dropped by Global News Morning to talk about 'Swap Club,' her fictional take on the city's swinging subculture.
  
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• Heather O'Neill wins Quebec's Paragraphe Hugh MacLennan Prize for Fiction

  13-07-2017 19:27 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal-born writer takes home the $2,000 prize for her novel The Lonely Hearts Hotel.
  
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• Opinion: Public transit in Montreal should be free

  13-07-2017 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal is one of the most livable cities in the world, in part because of our safe and clean public transit system.
  If there’s one policy that would go a long way to improving our quality of life, however, it would be to make all public transit free.
  Fiscal conservatives will immediately balk at this suggestion (as they often do at Big Ideas): after all, the Société de transport de Montréal’s 2017 budget notes that $632 million was culled from transit fares. Ev
  
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• Jewish hairstylist who was discriminated against hasn't seen a cent in damages

  13-07-2017 19:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the former owner of a Snowdon beauty salon to pay $12,500 in damages to a hairstylist, saying his rights were violated when he was forbidden from working on Saturdays because he is Jewish. 
  In 2015, the Quebec Human Rights Commission recommended that the salon owner, Iris Gressy, who is also Jewish, pay $20,000 in damages for discriminating against Richard Zilberg on the basis of his religion.
  The commission referred the case to the
  
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• Rick Modi, charged in hit-and-run death of 2-year-old boy, pleads not guilty

  13-07-2017 19:09 via cbc.ca
  
  The 24-year-old man charged in the hit-and-run death of a two-year-old boy in Saint-Constant in May pleaded not guilty in a Longueuil courthouse on Thursday morning.
  
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• Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Have we ruined our children? https://t.co/PX9jA2ekl7

  13-07-2017 18:24
  
  Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Have we ruined our children? https://t.co/PX9jA2ekl7
  
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• Comedian @AlonzoBodden on politics and building a wall between Canada and the U.S. - Catch him as he hosts The… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 18:24
  Comedian @AlonzoBodden on politics and building a wall between Canada and the U.S. - Catch him as he hosts The… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• With MUHC in turmoil, Gaétan Barrette reaches out to stakeholders

  13-07-2017 18:13 via cbc.ca
  
  Health Minister Gaétan Barrette embarked on a charm offensive on Thursday, meeting with union leaders and a patients' committee to hear their concerns about the long list of problems facing Quebec's largest hospital.
  
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• 'Unquestionably qualified': Ex-astronaut Julie Payette formally introduced as Canada's next GG

  13-07-2017 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Former astronaut Julie Payette says she is embracing her new role as Canada's next governor general with humility, love of country and a promise to work for Canadians from all walks of life.
  
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• Video: @RoryCapern from @TwitterCanada on how Montrealers use Twitter https://t.co/v1nxHSW9Pz

  13-07-2017 17:53
  
  Video: @RoryCapern from @TwitterCanada on how Montrealers use Twitter https://t.co/v1nxHSW9Pz
  
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• De père en flic 2: Michel Côté, Louis-José Houde have a family reunion

  13-07-2017 17:19 via montrealgazette.com
  
  De père en flic was one of the biggest hits in the history of Québécois cinema, ringing up $10.5 million at the box office, and one of the main reasons the comedy clicked with folks ici is because of the lead actors.
  Michel Côté and standup comic-turned-thespian Louis-José Houde played a father and son, respectively, who are both Montreal cops. There was great onscreen chemistry between the seasoned veteran and the much younger co-star, who was making his
  
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• Cellphone service spreads to half of STM's network

  13-07-2017 17:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  You can now use your cellphone in half of the métro’s 68 stations.
  A consortium managed by Telus, with Bell, Rogers and Vidéotron, has been working to integrate cellular service into the métro network since 2014. The l’Acadie station on the Blue Line was the latest station to come online on July 13. Most of the work is done overnight by employees of the four companies.
  The LTE network now covers the Orange Line between Côte-Vertu and Mont-Roy
  
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• 5 Montrealers to watch for as Emmy nominations are announced

  13-07-2017 16:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Watch out and cross your fingers for these Montrealers as Emmy nominations roll in. 
  1. Michael Mando
  Michael Mando, from Montreal, could be nominated for his role as the cunning Mexican-American mini-crime lord Nacho in the Los Angeles-based T.V. series Better Call Saul. 
  2. Jay Baruchel
  Former N.D.G.er Jay Baruchel starred as Josh Greenberg, a soft-spoken man from Chicago seeking love in the FXX series Man Seeking Woman.
  3.  Jason Reitman 
  Montreal native Jason Re
  
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• Montreal to track homeless with new database

  13-07-2017 16:08 via globalnews.ca
  
  Thu, Jul 13: A new database will track the progress in the fight to curb homelessness in Montreal. Elysia Bryan-Baynes reports.
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: July 15 and 16

  13-07-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It’s set to be a sunny weekend, which is convenient because there’ll be no shortage of things to do and see around Montreal.
  Here are five things you can do to take full advantage of what the city has on offer during this festival season. 
  Festival international nuits d’Afrique
  The first weekend of the Festival international nuits d’Afrique kicks off with a series of indoor concerts, including a show at La Sala Rossa by rising star Kae Sun at 9 p.m. on Saturday.Fanta
  
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• Sûreté du Québec reveals cruiser makeover

  13-07-2017 15:32 via globalnews.ca
  
  The newly designed Sûreté du Québec cruisers will be rolled out over the next three years.
  
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• Swap Club: Steamy novel heads to theatres

  13-07-2017 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  
  Swapping, swinging and sex…set in Montreal, “Swap Club” is about couples who have a steamy secret. Comedy writer and novelist Lauren Wise joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about her novel being made into a feature film.
  
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• What do rate hikes mean for house buyers?

  13-07-2017 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  
  Real estate broker Nick Markou joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about how the Bank of Canada’s interest rate hike could affect home buyers.
  
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• While you were sleeping: U.S. visa trouble, protecting sacred pine, Pamplona bulls

  13-07-2017 14:51 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Good morning, 
  Start your day with some news you might have missed while you were sleeping. 
  Yesterday promoter Yvon Michel announced, Montreal-based boxer Artur Beterbiev was refused a visa to fight in the United States. This forced the cancellation of his scheduled title-elimination match with German Enrico Koelling. 
  Beterbiev (11-0), is a native of Khasavyurt, Russia, who moved to Montreal in 2013. Take a look at his story, here. 
  Mohawks gathered Wednesday to halt a resi
  
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• SQ unveils two-tone squad cars, and the reviews are mixed, too

  13-07-2017 14:46 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Sooner or later you’ll see them, and if you’re lucky, you’ll do so without being pulled over by one of their drivers.
  The Sûreté du Québec has unveiled the new look for its squad cars, a design that may take some motorists aback despite the provincial force’s assertion the new design combines “safety, visibility and esthetics.”
  Sûreté du Québec squad cars revealed in 2017.
  The SQ notes on it Facebook page that “thi
  
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• Quebec health minister sits down with MUHC union leaders

  13-07-2017 14:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Quebec health minister Gaétan Barrette meets with MUHC union leaders after independent board members resigned this past week. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/6AfKrGn10x

  13-07-2017 14:34
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/6AfKrGn10x
  
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• Montrealers design online art mentorship program

  13-07-2017 14:33 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ashley Werhun and Katherine Macnaughton join Global’s Laura Casella to talk about Mentorly, an online arts mentorship program connecting artists from around the world.
  
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• Right to Play: Olympian Joanie Rochette heads to Africa

  13-07-2017 14:24 via globalnews.ca
  
  Olympic figure skater Joanie Rochette joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about her recent trip to Ghana with Right to Play.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Thursday, July 13.

  13-07-2017 14:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Thursday, July 13.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Thursday, July 13

  13-07-2017 14:15 via globalnews.ca
  
  Carla Bosacki has Montreal’s weather forecast for Thursday, July 13.
  
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• U.S. President Donald Trump is travelling to France today. He'll be celebrating "Bastille Day" Friday with French P… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 13:50
  U.S. President Donald Trump is travelling to France today. He'll be celebrating "Bastille Day" Friday with French P… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Sûreté du Québec rolls out new black and white cruiser design

  13-07-2017 13:35 via cbc.ca
  
  Quebec's provincial police says the new black, white, yellow and green cruisers combine "security, visibility and estheticism.'
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/opwYRWUm2W

  13-07-2017 13:23
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 7:20 https://t.co/opwYRWUm2W
  
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• COMING UP: He's Italian. He likes food. And he adores red plaid shirts! @Johncatucci is in the @BTMontreal studio.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  13-07-2017 13:22
  COMING UP: He's Italian. He likes food. And he adores red plaid shirts! @Johncatucci is in the @BTMontreal studio.… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• COMING UP: Funnyman @AlonzoBodden is in the BT studio! Check it out at 7:20am. https://t.co/Dwdd60wyMS

  13-07-2017 13:04
  
  COMING UP: Funnyman @AlonzoBodden is in the BT studio! Check it out at 7:20am. https://t.co/Dwdd60wyMS
  
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• Céline Dion is coming out of her shell and that's a good thing

  13-07-2017 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  
  What the heck is going on with Céline Dion?
  The most staid, most middle-of-the-road of pop stars started surprising us last year when she began working with hip fashion stylist Law Roach, who counts Kanye West as one of his early admirers, and began turning up at Paris fashion shows looking well almost hip. The most famous shot of Dion from the summer of 2016 was her in an oversized hoodie with an image of Titanic on it, a kind of coolster riff on her most famous showbiz moment. She was t
  
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