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• More police training needed once marijuana is legalized: police chief

  19-07-2017 23:47 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Organized crime won’t step back from the marijuana market after it’s legalized, warned Mario Harel, the director of the Canadian Association of the Chiefs of Police, at their national conference on Wednesday in Montreal. He said it’s imperative to keep measures in place to fight black market criminals.
  Justin Trudeau’s Liberal government tabled a bill to legalize the drug as of July 2018. The bill is expected to pass, thanks to the majority government.
  The police chiefs a
  
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• U.S. flight security measures now include electronic device checks

  19-07-2017 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Canadians flying to the United States are already subject to random security checks, but enhanced security measures are taking things to a new level — random screenings of personal electronic devices.
  The new screening rules for all U.S.-bound flights were put in motion Wednesday. Any electronic device larger than a smartphone may be subject to an examination, according to Mathieu Larocque, a spokesperson for the Canadian Air Transport Security Authority. These could include laptops, table
  
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• Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on hand as tall ships sail into Quebec City

  19-07-2017 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  A fleet of 39 tall ships sailed through the Saint Lawrence River to Quebec City for a grand celebration with its 3,000 crew members.
  
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• Police reveal names of Brossard slaying victims

  19-07-2017 23:39 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Longueuil police have made public the names of the two men found shot to death in a Brossard park early Monday.
  The victims have been identified as Kevin Paul, 23, and Mohamed Odeh, 21. Police said that while the two men were known to them, neither had a criminal record.
  A passerby walking on des Prairies Rd. in Brossard’s Centre de plein air, an outdoor recreational area, called 911 around 10:50 p.m. Monday after finding the bodies of two men.
  They were found near a grey Lexus vehicle tha
  
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• Search after alleged H2O Adventures break-in

  19-07-2017 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  
  Residents have taken to Facebook to try to find two men who allegedly broke into H2O Adventures, stealing a boat and damaging property. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Emotional time for family of killed Rosemont cyclist

  19-07-2017 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  
  Meryem Anoun was struck and killed by a truck last week while she was cycling in Rosemont-la-Petite-Patrie. Global’s Anne Leclair speaks to her family.
  
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• She manufactures & distributes erotic products for a living. She's Quebec's sex toy tycoon! @DomenicFazioli has the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  19-07-2017 23:05
  She manufactures & distributes erotic products for a living. She's Quebec's sex toy tycoon! @DomenicFazioli has the… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• Lanaudière sinkhole update: Highway 25 reopening delayed

  19-07-2017 23:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Highway 25 in Lanaudière, which has been under construction to repair a giant sinkhole since April, will remain closed for a little while longer. 
  Cratère sur A25 Nord à St-Roch-de-l'Achigan: le MTQ doit évaluer les dégâts causés par l'érosion avant de débuter d…twitter.com/i/web/status/8…—Pascal Robidas (@pascalrobidas) April 13, 2017
  The construction work between kilometres 44 and 45 in St-Roch-Ouest wi
  
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• Quebec divers Benfeito, Chamandy finish 8th, 10th at world championships

  19-07-2017 22:54 via montrealgazette.com
  
  BUDAPEST – Quebec divers Meaghan Benfeito and Olivia Chamandy have finished eighth and 10th respectively at the FINA World Championships in Budapest, on Wednesday. 
  Benfeito, who entered the finals in fourth spot, slipped to eighth with 331.40 points. Chamandy held on to the 10th spot, finishing with 307.15 points. 
  Malaysian Jun Hoong Cheong took gold with 397.50 points, ahead of Yajie Si (396) and QQian Ren (391.95). In the semifinals, Si and Ren had dominated, while Cheong fin
  
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• Kathleen Wynne on minimum age requirement for access to marijuana

  19-07-2017 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne and Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said on Wednesday after the Council of the Federation meeting, both provinces are working towards having a similar framework when it comes to minimum age requirement for access to marijuana.
  
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• Quebec government seeks to make flood compensation process 'more fair'

  19-07-2017 21:39 via cbc.ca
  
  The government will now offer municipalities the ability to apply for a collective exemption to reconstruction limitations for an entire neighbourhood rather than forcing homeowners to do it individually.
  
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• Love, schemes and a merry war in Repercussion’s Much Ado About Nothing

  19-07-2017 21:12 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Love is in the open air right now, as the Shakespeare-in-the-Park specialists of Repercussion Theatre mount their latest production, Much Ado About Nothing, at various locations in and around Montreal.
  Written around 1599, midway through Shakespeare’s career, Much Ado About Nothing is generally thought of as one of his more radiantly feel-good comedies, with squabbling lovers-in-denial Beatrice and Benedick firing vitriolic barbs at each other before yielding to the inevitable. There&rsquo
  
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• Meaghan Benfeito misses diving podium for 3rd time at worlds

  19-07-2017 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's Meaghan Benfeito failed to build on her 2016 Olympic bronze medal performance Wednesday, finishing eighth among 12 divers on 10-metre platform at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary. Teammate Olivia Chamandy was 10th.
  
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• Meaghan Benfeito misses diving podium for 2nd time at worlds

  19-07-2017 21:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Canada's Meaghan Benfeito failed to build on her 2016 Olympic bronze medal performance Wednesday, finishing eighth among 12 divers on 10-metre platform at the world aquatics championships in Budapest, Hungary. Teammate Olivia Chamandy was 10th.
  
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• Water safety expert shares tips during National Drowning Prevention Week

  19-07-2017 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  
  Raynald Hawkins from the Quebec Lifesaving Society joined Global's Andrea Howick to discuss important water safety tips.
  
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• Tim Raines: Expos fans booking extra buses for Hall of Fame ceremony

  19-07-2017 20:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Montreal Expos may be long gone, but local support for the team and its heroes remains. 
  The ExposNation fan group announced on Tuesday that its pilgrimage to Cooperstown for former Expo Tim Raines’s induction into baseball’s Hall of Fame would now include a fourth bus of fans. 
  Raines played for the Expos from 1979 to 1990, during which time he was a National League All-Star in seven consecutive seasons. 
  He will be the third player, after Gary Carter (2003)
  
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• Hateful package sent to mosque 'a cowardly act': Couillard

  19-07-2017 20:20 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Sending a package filled with hateful messages to the Centre culturel islamique de Québec — the Quebec City mosque where six men were shot and killed this January — is a repugnant and unacceptable act, Quebec premier Philippe Couillard said Wednesday.
  “These are Quebecers who are Muslim and no one deserves to be treated in that manner,” Couillard told reporters as he attended a meeting of the Council of the Federation in Edmonton. “It’s a cowardly act.
  
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• Oaktree wins Glass Lewis backing for push to block Tembec deal

  19-07-2017 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Oaktree Capital Group LLC has won support from a prominent shareholder advisory firm in its attempt to block a proposed takeover of lumber and paper producer Tembec Inc. by Rayonier Advanced Materials Inc.
  Glass Lewis & Co. urged investors in Montreal-based Tembec to vote against the deal in a report Wednesday, saying the purchase price is too low. The report noted that there’s been a significant increase in Rayonier Advanced’s shares since the deal was announced, suggesting it&r
  
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• Photographer Monic Richard on her Montréalais Inspirants exhibition

  19-07-2017 20:15 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A tribute to Montrealers who have shaped the city is coming to a place where many of its residents can be found — its bus shelters.From July 24 to Aug. 7, 200 STM bus shelters will display a series of portraits of inspiring Montrealers taken by photographer Monic Richard.
  Fourteen portraits, including the likes of Oliver Jones, Leonard Cohen, Kim Thúy and Iona Monahan, will be displayed as far north as Henri-Bourassa Blvd., and as far south as Verdun.With this project, titled M
  
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• Couillard wants Quebec and Newfoundland to cooperate on mining, roads

  19-07-2017 20:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  EDMONTON — The premiers of Quebec and Newfoundland say their governments will work to increase mining in the Labrador trough and expand Route 138 in the Côte-Nord region.
  Discussions between both governments began Wednesday in Edmonton during a meeting of Canada’s premiers and could end in a formal agreement by year’s end, according to Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard.
  The two provinces share a border, near Blanc Sablon, and their relationship hasn’t always been an
  
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• Pointe-Claire waste management squad promotes composting

  19-07-2017 19:43 via globalnews.ca
  
  Wed, Jul 19: Don’t know how to compost? Pointe-Claire’s waste management squad is here to help. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• An IGA in Montreal is growing its own vegetables on the roof

  19-07-2017 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  
  An IGA store in the Saint-Laurent borough says it’s the first grocery store in Canada to sell produce grown on its own roof.
  More than 30 different kinds of produce, including lettuce, kale, garlic and basil, are being grown on 25,000-square-foot roof. All of the produce is certified organic. 
  Required by Saint-Laurent to install a green roof, Richard Duchemin, the co-owner of IGA Extra Famille Duchemin, said he decided to go a bit further.
  Duchemin said he likes to offer locally
  
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• Waste Management Squad promotes good composting habits in Pointe-Claire

  19-07-2017 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  
  A new waste management squad in Pointe-Claire is patrolling the streets by bike this summer to promote composting.
  
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• Quebec, Newfoundland strike deal to expand economy in shared areas

  19-07-2017 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  
  Several mining operations are located on the boundary between the two provinces.
  
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• Photographer captures spirit of Montreal in bus stop exhibition

  19-07-2017 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  
  The photographs of 14 inspiring Montrealers will be displayed in over 200 bus shelters across the city.
  
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• Montreal synchronized swimmer among the big fish at FINA World Championships

  19-07-2017 18:32 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Jacqueline Simoneau is no stranger to the world stage.
  The swimmer from St-Laurent competed in her first FINA World Championships in synchronized swimming in 2013 when she was 16. She scored a ticket to the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games by winning the duet competition at the Pan Am Games the year before with former partner Karine Thomas, who is eight years her senior.
  She is also no stranger to being one of the youngest swimmers in the pool. 
  “I’m used to competing against p
  
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• Police ethics commission will look into alleged road rage case after all

  19-07-2017 18:25 via cbc.ca
  
  After initially refusing, Quebec's police ethics commission has now agreed to investigate Jeffery Pokora's complaint that an off-duty officer rammed his vehicle into Pokora's during an alleged road rage incident in 2015.
  
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• Owner of Ontario, Quebec water parks says no to topless women

  19-07-2017 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  
  The decision follows a human rights filed in Ontario earlier this month targeting the city of Cornwall over its policy of not allowing women to go topless at municipal pools.
  
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• Feds check reports Canadians among radicalized youth captured in Iraq

  19-07-2017 18:14 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Federal officials are looking into reports that Canadians are among a group of young women who were captured by Iraqi forces in Mosul.
  German news reports indicate that 20 female jihadist fighters with the Islamic State were apprehended in Mosul last week. Among them were five German, three Russian, three Turkish and two Canadian citizens, Deutsche Welle reported.
  Some reports indicated that those captured included a 16-year-old German Islamic State bride who was reportedly radicalized onli
  
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• Opinion: To the Bone is a reminder eating disorders affect men, too

  19-07-2017 18:12 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Netflix recently released To the Bone amid a flurry of criticism that it glamourizes eating disorders. The film tells the story of 20-year-old Ellen, who struggles with anorexia. At a group home, she meets Luke, a man who also suffers from anorexia. Although the film’s content may be a sensitive subject for some viewers, its depiction of a man in treatment for an eating disorder is an important aspect that should not be ignored.
  People tend to view eating disorders as a “woman’
  
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• 'Only in Newfoundland': Hiker finds lost camera, tracks owners in Montreal

  19-07-2017 18:00 via cbc.ca
  
  A kind hiker from Mount Pearl, some help from Facebook and a little luck helped reunite a Montreal couple with a camera they lost while vacationing in Newfoundland.
  
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• Hateful package sent to Quebec City mosque "a cowardly act" – Couillard

  19-07-2017 17:58 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Sending a package filled with hateful messages to the Centre culturel islamique de Québec – the Quebec City mosque where six men were shot and killed this January – is a repugnant and unacceptable act, Quebec premier Philippe Couillard said Wednesday.
  “These are Quebecers who are Muslim and no one deserves to be treated in that manner,” Couillard told reporters as he attended a meeting of the Council of the Federation in Edmonton. “It’s a cowardly act.
  
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• SQ renews search for Aboriginal women who disappeared in 2008

  19-07-2017 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A new round of searches has been conducted around Maniwaki, about 300 kilometres northwest of Montreal, in an attempt to find Maisy Odjick and Shannon Alexander, who have been missing for nearly nine years.
  New information provided to the Sûreté du Québec prompted them to relaunch the investigation, which is being led by the SQ’s crimes against the person division.
  According to the SQ’s Martine Asselin, investigators are looking for new evidence. Agents,
  
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• Ontario water park firm on topless ban despite rights complaint

  19-07-2017 17:46 via cbc.ca
  
  The owner of two popular water parks in Ontario and Quebec says women will not be allowed to go topless on the premises, despite a human rights complaint.
  
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• Calypso water park owner says women can't be topless

  19-07-2017 17:46 via cbc.ca
  
  The owner of two popular water parks in Ontario and Quebec says women will not be allowed to go topless on the premises.
  
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• Calypso firm on topless ban despite rights complaint

  19-07-2017 17:46 via cbc.ca
  
  The owner of two popular water parks in Ontario and Quebec says women will not be allowed to go topless on the premises, despite a human right complaint.
  
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• Just for Laughs: Jeff Ross doesn't live on roasts alone

  19-07-2017 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Few can boast of having roasted The Donald even once. Roastmaster General Jeff Ross has skewered Trump twice, and has not only lived to tell of the experience, but also hasn’t suffered any Twitter-war scars as a consequence.
  “I don’t want to quibble, but it was actually closer to 2 1/2 times, to be specific — and he was coming back for more, too,” Ross says in a phone interview from L.A.
  “Let’s just say he used to take the jokes a lot better then than he
  
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• Video: @grady_hendrix on “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” and @FantasiaFest btmontreal.ca/videos/grady-h…

  19-07-2017 17:40
  Video: @grady_hendrix on “My Best Friend’s Exorcism” and @FantasiaFest btmontreal.ca/videos/grady-h…
  
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• Workout in a suitcase: @KTrotterFitness shows us how to pack a “gym to go” https://t.co/mlrv2x5uNT

  19-07-2017 17:22
  
  Workout in a suitcase: @KTrotterFitness shows us how to pack a “gym to go” https://t.co/mlrv2x5uNT
  
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• Man discharges pepper spray in Montreal Metro, shuts down 3 lines in rush hour

  19-07-2017 16:56 via cbc.ca
  
  Police are reviewing security camera footage after a man entered the Berri-UQAM metro station early Wednesday morning and discharged pepper spray.
  
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• Video: We catch up with rising star @thomas_beaudoin btmontreal.ca/videos/rising-…

  19-07-2017 16:24
  Video: We catch up with rising star @thomas_beaudoin btmontreal.ca/videos/rising-…
  
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• VIDEO: @cookingwithv shares refreshing desserts for summer's hottest days https://t.co/fN0q1fgY10

  19-07-2017 16:17
  
  VIDEO: @cookingwithv shares refreshing desserts for summer's hottest days https://t.co/fN0q1fgY10
  
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• Firefighters rescue Laval woman swept away by river current

  19-07-2017 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  
  A 41-year-old woman was rescued by Laval firefighters after being swept away by the current Wednesday morning.
  
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• Sassy and smart greeting cards

  19-07-2017 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Graphic artist and greeting card maker Michelle Secondi joins Global’s Andrea Howick to talk about her unusual, award-winning line of greeting cards.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Wednesday, July 19

  19-07-2017 15:36 via globalnews.ca
  
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Wednesday, July 19.
  
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• Coderre and Dorais spar on Twitter over Rose-De-Lima street #cmmtl #polmtl https://t.co/mZWU4cYm8x

  19-07-2017 15:34
  
  Coderre and Dorais spar on Twitter over Rose-De-Lima street #cmmtl #polmtl https://t.co/mZWU4cYm8x
  
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• Cops seek suspect after pepper spray incident shuts down 3 métro lines

  19-07-2017 15:32 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Montreal police are hoping surveillance recordings within the Berri-UQAM métro station will help them track down the person who entered the station early Wednesday morning, fired off a blast of pepper spray that led to the shutdown of three métro lines and then left.
  The incident occurred about 6:45 a.m. and while no serious injuries were reported, the pepper spray overcame about a dozen commuters. Police ordered a halt to métro service long enough for the air to clear. The
  
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• Quebec and Ontario water park operator bans female toplessness

  19-07-2017 15:30 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Female toplessness is officially outlawed at the Calypso Valcartier Group’s waterparks near Ottawa and Quebec City, the company announced on Wednesday.
  The group’s president, Louis Massicotte, said the rule was announced following consultations with the company’s customers and legal practitioners in both Quebec and Ontario.
  The Calypso water park, along with a number of other businesses, is the subject of of a human-rights tribunal complaint in Ontario concerning the right
  
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• Formula E prep slows traffic in downtown Montreal

  19-07-2017 15:25 via cbc.ca
  
  The Formula E preparations on René-Lévesque Boulevard East are just a taste of traffic trouble to come in the city's downtown east end in the lead up to the races July 29 and 30.
  
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• Laval criminal gets 6½ years in jail for forcing spouse into prostitution

  19-07-2017 15:16 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Laval police say a man who beat his wife and forced her into prostitution for seven years has been sentenced to prison.
  The force announced on Wednesday that Frédérick Francillon, 36, was sentenced to 6 1/2 years in prison after pleading guilty to pimping and and assault.
  Police said their investigation had shown that Francillon, who has crossed paths with Laval police for crimes of violence, forced his spouse, now 27, into prostitution and repeatedly assaulted her prior to his arr
  
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