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• Montreal grocery store selling produce grown on roof

  25-07-2017 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal supermarket is going to new heights for homegrown food. As Mike Armstrong reports, it’s selling produce that was grown on the building’s roof.
  
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• Emerald ash borer appears in Quebec City

  25-07-2017 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Experts in Quebec City are dealing with an infestation of emerald ash borer, who are responsible for destroying thousands of trees in North America. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Price of groceries rising in Quebec

  25-07-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  As the Canadian dollar rises so too do Quebec’s grocery prices. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• DDO piano teacher ends retirement to give free lessons in Centennial Park

  25-07-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  A retired piano teacher in DDO is ending retirement to teach for free at Centennial Park.
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder in stabbing of pregnant woman in Montreal North

  25-07-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Sofiane Ghazi, 37, has been charged with first-degree murder after allegedly stabbing his pregnant wife’s unborn child. Global’s Sarah Volstad reports.
  
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• Denis Coderre defends Montreal’s Formula E

  25-07-2017 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 25: Mayor Denis Coderre is defending the Formula E electric car race, taking place on the streets of downtown Montreal. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, there is plenty of opposition to the race.
  
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• Reported case of the mumps in Pointe-Claire

  25-07-2017 23:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Communication is key when it comes to communicable diseases, especially when children are potentially affected.
  A reported case of the mumps caused a stir in Pointe-Claire this past weekend, following a health notice sent to members of Valois Pool. 
  It’s commendable the parents of the infected child came forward last Friday and volunteered to share this vital information with the community, which prompted the Valois Pool association chairman to send out the alert on various
  
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• New Denys Arcand film a crime thriller about our obsession with money

  25-07-2017 23:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal writer-director Denys Arcand’s upcoming film, Triomphe de l’argent, which begins filming in and around Montreal on Sept. 5, was inspired by the shooting at the Flawnego boutique in Old Montreal in March 2010.
  Carey Isaac Regis, Terrell Lloyd Smith and Kyle Gabriel were convicted of first-degree murder in 2014 for killing Peter Christopoulos and Jean Gaston in 2010. Many police investigators believe the real target that day was Ducarme Joseph, a street-gang leader who owned t
  
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• Mount Royal fall cost life of promising Sainte-Justine surgeon

  25-07-2017 23:00 via cbc.ca
  Dr. Shreyas Roy was at the top of his game, a respected and much-loved fellow in pediatric surgery at Sainte-Justine Hospital, when he fell to his death on Mount Royal.
  
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• Dalai Lama cancels Montreal address scheduled for October

  25-07-2017 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Dalai Lama’s appearance in Montreal that was scheduled for October has been cancelled.
  Evenko released a statement Tuesday with the news. The Dalai Lama was to speak about “Compassion, Ethics and Happiness” at the Bell Centre on Oct. 20.
  In the statement, Evenko stated the Dalai Lama was cancelling the trip on the advice of his doctors, who believe a long trip to North America in the fall would be too much for him. 
  Ticket holders will receive reimbursement at poi
  
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• Four shipping container stowaways seek asylum in Canada

  25-07-2017 22:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Four stowaways who were discovered last week inside a shipping container at the Port of Montreal have applied to remain in Canada as refugees.
  The asylum seekers, who are from Georgia, appeared before the Immigration and Refugee Board on Monday and made their request.
  A publication ban was placed on details that could reveal their identities or why they came to Canada.
  The four men, ages 30 to 40, were suffering from dehydration when they were discovered last Thursday by a security guard who hea
  
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• Missing Children's Network sounds alarm over rising number of cases

  25-07-2017 22:32 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's Missing Children's Network says in a year, they have seen a dramatic increase in the number of missing children, including runaways.
  
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• Mayor Denis Coderre on the defence; calls Formula E an investment

  25-07-2017 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Mayor Denis Coderre defends the Formula E race, calling it an investment for the city of Montreal.
  
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• Suspect in pregnant woman's stabbing charged with first-degree murder for death of baby

  25-07-2017 21:54 via montrealgazette.com
  The man arrested after allegedly stabbing his eight-months-pregnant wife in the early hours of Monday morning was charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder, among other charges. 
  Sofiane Ghazi, 37, was arraigned at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday afternoon.
  His wife, Raja Ghazi, survived the stabbing and is said to be in stable condition. The child was delivered by emergency C-section in a hospital but died within a few hours. Ghazi will be charged with first-degree murder
  
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• Man charged with first-degree murder after alleged stabbing of wife

  25-07-2017 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  37-year-old Sofiane Ghazi faces several charges including first-degree murder after he allegedly stabbed his pregnant partner early Monday morning.
  
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• Quebec City battling infestation of emerald ash borer

  25-07-2017 21:12 via globalnews.ca
  Since July 10th Quebec City officials say they've been working to prevent the spread of emerald ash borer, an invasive species.
  
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• Suspect in pregnant woman's stabbing faces murder charge for death of baby

  25-07-2017 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The man arrested after allegedly stabbing his eight-months-pregnant wife in the early hours of Monday morning will be charged with first-degree murder and attempted murder, among other charges. 
  Sofiane Ghazi, 37, is expected to be arraigned at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday afternoon.
  His wife, Raja Ghazi, survived the stabbing and is said to be in stable condition. The child was delivered by emergency C-section in a hospital but died within a few hours. Ghazi will be charged with fi
  
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• Abel Bosum new Grand Chief of Quebec Cree

  25-07-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
  Abel Bosum has been elected as new Grand Chief of the Grand Council of the Crees in Northern Quebec in a runoff election.
  
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• Man charged with 1st-degree murder after stabbing of pregnant wife, death of baby

  25-07-2017 20:51 via cbc.ca
  A Montreal man is facing first-degree murder for allegedly stabbing his pregnant wife, resulting in the death of her baby.
  
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• Bandit brothers accused in series of West Island armed robberies

  25-07-2017 20:51 via montrealgazette.com
  As Peter Weinmeister was preparing to be released on yet another lengthy prison sentence last year, the Parole Board of Canada ordered him to follow a rather unusual condition. 
  Weinmeister, 52, a career criminal, was not allowed to meet his older brother, Kevin, 54, who possesses an even longer criminal record, unless his parole officer approved. 
  “The influence you have on one another appears to be negative,” the parole board wrote in its decision made on Peter Weinmeiste
  
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• Quebec grocery prices going up for first time in 12 months

  25-07-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Grocery prices are going up in Quebec, partly due to floods, transportation costs and limited competition.
  
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• Dan Delmar: Yet another E-gregious waste of Montreal’s public resources

  25-07-2017 20:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Electric race cars will be speeding through downtown streets at over 200 kilometres per hour this weekend, undoubtedly providing some thrilling moments for motorsport fans. It should be a good time, and I hope the ePrix is well-attended.
  I may even attend myself — though no city councillor has offered me free tickets.
  Relishing this endless stream of subsidized entertainment, however, isn’t likely to temper my overtaxed Montrealer’s cynicism about this billion-dollar 375th 
  
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• 2 dead in Murdochville after being found unconscious in mining museum tunnel

  25-07-2017 20:30 via cbc.ca
  Two men have died after being found unconscious in an underground tunnel at a copper mining museum in Murdochville, on Quebec's Gaspé peninsula.
  
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• Montreal boarding home for Nunavik medical patients over capacity since opening

  25-07-2017 20:25 via cbc.ca
  Ullivik's director says on any given day, it houses around 200 people in the 143-bed facility and rents 20 to 25 hotel rooms.
  
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• Bombardier launch client Air Baltic closes in on sale as Lazard rallies bidders

  25-07-2017 19:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Air Baltic Corp., the Latvian carrier that’s gone from near collapse to launch customer for Bombardier Inc.’s largest CSeries jetliner, aims to secure a strategic investor as soon as the end of this year after attracting a global lineup of potential bidders.
  Lazard Ltd. (NYSE: LAZ), which is managing the sale, has drawn up a shortlist including other airlines as well as financial investors with aviation experience, and will now commence a period of due diligence before seek
  
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• Preliminary hearing of Michel Cadotte, accused of killing ailing wife, resumes Wednesday

  25-07-2017 19:13 via montrealgazette.com
  A preliminary hearing will resume Wednesday in Montreal for a man charged with murdering his wife in a suspected compassion killing.
  Michel Cadotte, 56, was charged in February with second-degree murder, one day after his wife, Jocelyne Lizotte, 60, was discovered in cardiac arrest at a long-term care facility.
  The hearing is to determine whether there is enough evidence to send Cadotte to trial.
  He was granted bail under several conditions this month.
  The judge hearing the case has placed a pub
  
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• ‘It’s certainly amazing’: Willie Desjardins

  25-07-2017 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 25: Willie Desjardins talks about his feelings after being named Team Canada men’s hockey head coach.
  
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• Hockey Canada introduces 2018 men’s Olympic hockey coaches

  25-07-2017 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 25: Team Canada GM Sean Burke announces the coaching staff for the 2018 men’s Olympic hockey team.
  
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• New pools aren't an option, so Beaconsfield closes some diving boards

  25-07-2017 19:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Swimmers at some of Beaconsfield’s outdoor community pools will have to go without diving boards until the city decides to build new pools that would meet province-wide standards, Mayor Georges Bourelle says. New pools would cost an estimated $3 million each, he said. 
  Bourelle explained that Windemere, Heights and Beaurepaire pools are considered to be too shallow for diving, which has forced the closure of diving boards. An audit was carried out last summer under the supervisio
  
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• Hockey Canada announces 2018 men’s hockey management staff

  25-07-2017 19:04 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 25: Tom Renney announces the management staff of the 2018 men’s Olympic hockey team.
  
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• Annual Karz 4 Kidz event raises more than $18,000 for Montreal Children's Hospital

  25-07-2017 18:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The sun came out in full force as the Karz 4 Kidz car show held their most successful event to date in Kirkland on Saturday, raising more than $18,000 for the Montreal Children’s Hospital Foundation. 
  The event, organized by siblings Alexandria and Michael Tremis, saw 123 cars and “hundreds more spectators” come out in memory of Christopher Fonseca, a friend who fought a 13-year battle with brain cancer. He died at 17 years old in 2013. Alexandria and Michael are now 28 an
  
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• This Montreal restaurant is giving free focaccia to cyclists on Wednesday

  25-07-2017 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Commuting to work on a bicycle, while good for your health and the environment, comes with one unavoidable catch: You work up an appetite. Even if commuters burn fewer calories than Tour de France participants, who can easily go through 7,000 a day, those cravings need to be sated. 
  Bouffe Dave Plant Food, on de Maisonneuve Blvd. a block west of Beaudry St., will be addressing this issue on Wednesday morning by handing out free focaccia to cyclists.
  The offer focuses on commuters, as it wil
  
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• The Montreal Canadiens have signed UFA defenceman Mark Streit to a 1 year contract. https://t.co/uM7mwIkFOM

  25-07-2017 18:44
  
  The Montreal Canadiens have signed UFA defenceman Mark Streit to a 1 year contract. https://t.co/uM7mwIkFOM
  
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• New pools aren't an option, so Beaconsfield closes diving boards

  25-07-2017 18:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Swimmers at some of Beaconsfield’s outdoor community pools will have to go without diving boards until the city decides to build new pools that would meet province-wide standards, Mayor Georges Bourelle says. New pools would cost an estimated $3 million each, he said. 
  Bourelle explained that Windemere, Heights and Beaurepaire pools are considered to be too shallow for diving, which has forced the closure of diving boards. An audit was carried out last summer under the supervisio
  
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• Longueuil jogger steps on plank with nails, says 'trap' set on bike path

  25-07-2017 18:24 via montrealgazette.com
  A Longueuil jogger says he was injured Sunday after stepping into a “trap” laid along the bicycle path near Marie-Victorin Park.
  In a post to a Facebook jogging group, Sébastien Servant wrote that a fellow jogger planted his left foot through a nail that was concealed under a pile of leaves during his morning run. When he stopped to help his friend clear the brush, Servant says he found a column of about 20 nails protruding from a piece of wood.
  Servant said it appeared a
  
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• Habs sign a defenceman, but it's not Andrei Markov

  25-07-2017 18:16 via cbc.ca
  ​Mark Streit is returning to the Habs on a one-year contract worth a reported $700,000 US.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens sign veteran defenseman Mark Streit to one-year contract

  25-07-2017 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Canadiens announced the signing of free agent defenseman Mark Streit to a one-year contract on Tuesday.
  The 39-year-old veteran split his most recent season between the Philadelphia Flyers and the Pittsburgh Penguins. 
  He was drafted by the Canadiens in 2004 and played in Montreal between 2005 and 2008, during which time he scored 25 goals and made 84 assists in 205 games.The Canadiens agree to terms on a one-year, one-way contract with defenseman Mark Streit. DETAILS -> htt
  
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• Montreal's Formula E race is an 'audacious' investment: Mayor Coderre

  25-07-2017 18:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Denis Coderre says the Formula E race is an “audacious” investment that will raise Montreal’s international profile.
  “We truly believe that at the end of the day it’s going to be another great success for Montreal,” Coderre told reporters Tuesday morning.
  “It’s going to be a great event — let’s have fun, let’s be proud again. Montreal is on the map and it’s an investment for the long term.”
  He said the “vas
  
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• Man found in critical condition on Montreal North street

  25-07-2017 17:43 via cbc.ca
  A man is being treated in hospital for life-threatening injuries after he was found unconscious near the corner of 45th Street and Pie-IX Blvd.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Sweet Millet and Chickpea Stuffed Peppers

  25-07-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A summer supper that can be prepared in advance and baked at the last minute is a gift to the cook. The new cookbook, Vegetarian Any Day, offers numbers of meatless recipes that fit this bill.Flavour will be best using local peppers, but the recipe could be made with imported peppers all year long. The authors, Canadian sisters Patricia Green and Carolyn Hemming (Penguin, $32), also suggest cutting the peppers in half and serving them as a side dish; add extra cheese and cut cooking time by five
  
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• Balcony opens to public 50 years after Charles de Gaulle’s speech

  25-07-2017 16:55 via globalnews.ca
  Hundreds flocked to Montreal City Hall to visit the balcony where Charles de Gaulle said “Vive le Quebec libre” half a century ago.
  
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• Cyclists give prototype footrests mixed reviews in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie

  25-07-2017 16:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A bike footrest popped up on the corner of Bélanger and Boyer Sts. in Rosemont—La Petite-Patrie, and the borough is getting the feedback they asked for, but it’s not all positive.
  The prototype consists of a steel handrail about four feet off the ground with a flat footrest sitting just above the sidewalk. It is long enough that two cyclists can lean on it at the same time.
  The structure is attached directly to the sidewalk, but it can be removed in the winter, according to Ju
  
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• Arcade Fire backs down amid latest dress code controversy

  25-07-2017 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Arcade Fire has backed down from a controversy that pitted the Montreal band against cargo shorts, crop tops and the colour red.
  The band said Monday it would no longer enforce a dress code at its upcoming Brooklyn show that would require concertgoers to wear something “hip and trendy.” In a disclaimer that accompanied the concert listing, fans were told they may be turned aside from a show at Brooklyn’s Prospect Hall Thursday for wearing shorts, large logos, flip flops, tank t
  
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• Is your relationship struggling? Don’t just pull the plug! How to save your relationship: btmontreal.ca/videos/how-to-…

  25-07-2017 16:28
  Is your relationship struggling? Don’t just pull the plug! How to save your relationship: btmontreal.ca/videos/how-to-…
  
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• Montreal police probe apparent assault near Pie IX Blvd.

  25-07-2017 16:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have set up a crime scene and were studying local surveillance recordings Tuesday morning in an effort to determine how a man in his 50 was so severely injured that he is now in critical condition in hospital.
  The man’s unconscious body was found on 45th St. near Pie IX Blvd. at about 5:40 a.m. Police said he was suffering from numerous injuries, although their nature was not immediately clear.
  Police investigators are canvassing local residents and checking surveillance ca
  
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• Coderre poised to "set the record straight" amid Formula E controversy

  25-07-2017 16:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Back from vacation and as he celebrates his 54th birthday, Montreal mayor Denis Coderre intends to follow through Tuesday morning on a promise made a day earlier on social media that he will “set the record straight” amid growing criticism of the organization, location and scale of this weekend’s Formula E race.
  Coderre is scheduled to meet with reporters at city hall at 11 a.m. Tuesday — 30 minutes before Projet Montreal, the official opposition on city council, holds a
  
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• Video: Evenko's @Nfarkas on punk festival ’77 Montreal and @osheaga changes https://t.co/bA6KX6G2KY

  25-07-2017 16:03
  
  Video: Evenko's @Nfarkas on punk festival ’77 Montreal and @osheaga changes https://t.co/bA6KX6G2KY
  
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• Now that's overdue: Montrealer's library books were 3,875 days late

  25-07-2017 15:58 via montrealgazette.com
  More than 4,300 documents were returned during Montreal’s recent library amnesty but one particular fugitive stood out.
  His or her children’s books – eight of them – were 3,875 days late.
  They were borrowed on Nov. 3, 2006, and returned on June 13, 2017.
  The books: 
  • I Heard My Mother Call My Name, by Nancy Hundal
  • Le Chat botté, by Charles Perrault
  • Arthur and the Crunch Cereal Contest, by Marc Brown
  • Why me? by Bel Mooney
  • Stori
  
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• Video: @ICRFMTL 15th Annual Ladies Only Golf Tournament https://t.co/xzoQaShd8g

  25-07-2017 15:47
  
  Video: @ICRFMTL 15th Annual Ladies Only Golf Tournament https://t.co/xzoQaShd8g
  
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• 4 men charged in violent crime spree have hearing delayed

  25-07-2017 15:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Four men who are alleged to have gone on a lengthy crime spree — including the sexual assault of a woman in Lachine — while they were under intense police surveillance, have seen their cases carried over to September.
  All four of the men appeared before Quebec Court Judge Yves Paradis at the Montreal courthouse on Monday where they agreed to delay decisions on how their cases will proceed. The hearing on Monday was scheduled as a date where all four — Yossi Avadov, 24, James Cr
  
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