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• Businesses not seeing same excitement behind Formula E compared to F1

  26-07-2017 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  With Formula E just a few days away some restaurants and pubs say they're not seeing the same atmosphere as F1.
  
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• Hall of Famer Tim Raines really grew up in Montreal

  26-07-2017 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Tim Raines was born and raised in Sanford, Fla., but he really grew up in Montreal — both on and off the baseball diamond.
  Raines was only 19 when he was first called up by the Expos after being selected in the fifth round of the 1977 amateur draft. Football was Raines’s first love and he was a star running back at Seminole High School, nicknamed “Little Juice” after O.J. Simpson, who was starring with the NFL’s Buffalo Bills at the time.
  “When I closed my eye
  
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• Flock of sheep stroll through Montreal to carry out landscaping jobs

  26-07-2017 23:44 via cbc.ca
  With the gentle chime of a bell to keep them moving along, a flock of sheep carefully made its way from a Montreal park to new grazing grounds early Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Herding sheep through the streets of Montreal

  26-07-2017 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Bah, bah, bah…do you hear that? A herd of sheep is making its way through downtown Montreal. Global’s Dan Spector finds out why.
  
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• Montreal’s Formula E race inaugurated

  26-07-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  The city’s first-ever Formula E race is just a few days away. Despite strong opposition to the track running through downtown Montreal, Mayor Denis Coderre insists the event will pay off in the long run. Global’s Matt Grillo reports.
  
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• Addressing drug use at Montreal’s outdoor festivals

  26-07-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Osheaga and Île Soniq are just around the corner and medical experts are warning festivalgoers about the dangers of drugs and overdosing. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Conditional discharge for ex-Trois-Rivières officer guilty of assault during arrest

  26-07-2017 23:27 via cbc.ca
  A Trois-Rivières police officer could see his criminal record wiped clean within a year after he was given a conditional discharge this week for assaulting a suspect during a 2013 arrest, video of which was circulated widely on the internet.
  
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• Ten years later, Cédrika's grandfather hopes the culprit will be found

  26-07-2017 23:10 via montrealgazette.com
  By Stephanie Marin
  It has been a decade since his granddaughter’s disappearance and eventual slaying, but the wounds are still fresh for Henri Provencher.
  Cédrika Provencher, a nine-year-old freckle-faced redhead from Trois-Rivières, vanished from near her home on July 31, 2007.
  For more than eight years, the young girl’s face was plastered on posters across the province. There were rumours and claims of sightings, a massive manhunt and heartfelt appeals for information
  
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• Canada's endangered wild ginseng under threat from poachers

  26-07-2017 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Conservation officers in Ontario and Quebec are using surveillance and other techniques to outsmart poachers bent on digging up Canada's most endangered plant: wild American ginseng, which can sell for anywhere from several hundred to several thousand dollars per root.
  
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• Think before you flush: Gatineau launches campaign to limit objects in sewage

  26-07-2017 21:41 via cbc.ca
  The City of Gatineau has a blunt message for residents: don't treat your toilet like a garbage can.
  
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• MUHC investigating death of Indigenous woman who left hospital without being treated

  26-07-2017 21:23 via cbc.ca
  Kimberly Gloade went to the emergency room feeling ill, but left 23 minutes later when she didn't have a medicare card or the roughly $1,000 to pay for care. She died a month later.
  
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• Canadian homes still overvalued, as prices went up while disposable income declined: CMHC

  26-07-2017 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  Slower growth in Canada's young adult population is also a problem, the agency said.
  
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• Montreal mayor defends controversial Formula E race - CTV News

  26-07-2017 20:43 via ctvnews.ca
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  As Montreal gears up for its first Formula E electric car race, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is defending the event amid criticisms that it was poorly planned and is costing taxpayers too much. Coderre believes the race highlights the importance of ...
  Bus, Metro, Bixi: How to get around Montreal on Formula E weekendCBC.ca
  Public transit, Bixi bikes will be free during Formula E weekend ...Montreal Gazette
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• West Island athletes, parents be warned: Rowdy behaviour won't be tolerated by police

  26-07-2017 20:27 via cbc.ca
  Police are warning athletes and spectators in Montreal's West Island that bad behaviour won't be tolerated on or off the field at sporting events.
  
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• West Island street gang leader has parole revoked at last minute

  26-07-2017 20:11 via montrealgazette.com
  A West Island street gang leader serving time for three attempted murders saw his day parole revoked just as he was set to leave a penitentiary. 
  Jonathan Klor, 29, the man who was at the centre of a conflict that generated a series of shootings in the West Island in 2009, was scheduled to leave the penitentiary on July 4 but he remains behind bars. According to the written summary of a decision made by the Parole Board of Canada, Klor was caught consuming marijuana in his cell five days be
  
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• Opinion: CAQ flirtation with Quebec anglos not likely to be consummated

  26-07-2017 19:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s English-speaking community has always felt uncomfortable about flirting outside of its long-standing relationship with the Quebec Liberal Party. Despite feelings of alienation or being taken for granted by the Liberals, we will very rarely stray.
  Sensing our latest feelings of disaffection, emboldened by the perception that Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is picking on the MUHC and our health-care infrastructure, the Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) has been winking at
  
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• CMHC says Montreal's housing market isn't problematic — yet

  26-07-2017 19:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s housing market is showing few signs of “problematic conditions,” according to the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation, but several trends are moving in that direction.
  “In the first quarter of 2017, evidence of problematic conditions remained weak. The resale market continued to tighten, putting upward pressure on prices, but the favourable economic and demographic situation justified current price levels” Marie-Claude Guillotte, a senior market ana
  
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• Update: Public transit, Bixi bikes will be free during Formula E weekend

  26-07-2017 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Buses, the métro and Bixi bikes will be free this weekend, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre announced Wednesday.
  He was speaking at a ribbon-cutting ceremony at the site of the Formula E event, which is expected to cause traffic difficulties in downtown on its two race days, Saturday and Sunday.
  Due to the many extra road closures and parking restrictions, city officials have been urging Montrealers to take public transit or bikes to reach the event.
  The Société de transport de
  
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• Just For Laughs Festival announces expansion to continent of Africa in 2018

  26-07-2017 19:25 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal-based comedy brand has joined forces with a South Africa-based conglomerate to launch the new venture.
  
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• Just for Laughs: Viceland's Desus and Mero venture out of the bodega

  26-07-2017 19:20 via montrealgazette.com
  They are late-night talk-show hosts unlike any others in the business. They didn’t graduate from an established communications school; in fact, they have no formal TV training at all. They eschew suits and ties in favour of T-shirts and sneakers. Their set is not some handsomely appointed collection of designer desks and couches; nah, they hold court in a room where a most menacing, taxidermied bear looks ready to spring on them and their guests.
  They are Desus Nice and the Kid Mero, bette
  
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• Former Montrealer spends summer in city after years of writing abroad

  26-07-2017 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal-born journalist and author Marie-Joëlle Parent stopped by Global News Morning to discuss her popular travel guides.
  
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• Montreal café giving out free breakfast

  26-07-2017 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Jul 26: A cafe owner in Montreal’s Gay Village took to the streets to give out free focaccia to cyclists. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Montreal café serves up free breakfast to hungry commuters

  26-07-2017 18:50 via globalnews.ca
  A baker in Montreal handed out free breakfast to hungry cyclists Wednesday morning.
  
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• Opinion: My dance with Parkinson's disease

  26-07-2017 18:32 via montrealgazette.com
  While  I was still a singer, doing Hank Williams songs, not half badly, at the Wheel Club on Cavendish, I should have known something was wrong because the MC always complained about my not smiling, and when I tried, I couldn’t.
  I couldn’t because when you have Parkinson’s, apparently your face begins to freeze. Of course, I hadn’t yet been diagnosed. One of the favourite themes when we insiders get together is how the kind, frustrated doctors don’t know. &ldqu
  
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• Preliminary inquiry in suspected Montreal compassion killing to resume in October

  26-07-2017 18:02 via cbc.ca
  A preliminary hearing for a Montreal man charged with murdering his wife in a suspected compassion killing has been put off until October.
  
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• Jacques Daoust, former Liberal cabinet minister, recovering from stroke

  26-07-2017 17:56 via cbc.ca
  Daoust, 69, was taken to Verdun Hospital overnight Friday into Saturday after his wife noticed he wasn't well and called 911.
  
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• Jacques Daoust, former Liberal cabinet minister, in stable condition after stroke

  26-07-2017 17:56 via cbc.ca
  The 69-year-old was taken to Verdun Hospital overnight Friday into Saturday after his wife noticed he wasn't well and called 911.
  
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• Jacques Daoust, former Liberal cabinet minister, in coma after stroke

  26-07-2017 17:56 via cbc.ca
  The 69-year-old was taken to Verdun Hospital overnight Friday into Saturday after his wife noticed he wasn't well and called 911.
  
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• Update: Clothes of driver who crashed into Burger King were probably on fire: SQ

  26-07-2017 17:53 via montrealgazette.com
  An automobile drove straight into a building housing two restaurants in Quebec’s Beauce region late Tuesday, sparking a fire that severely damaged a Burger King outlet.
  No injuries were reported in the incident, which occurred a little before 11:30 p.m. in the heart of the commercial district of Saint-Georges-de-Beauce and also saw damage sustained by a neighbouring Thaï Express outlet.
  However it’s unknown who was behind the wheel of the vehicle because the car was empty o
  
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• Everything Now, finally: Arcade Fire isn't alone in making fans wait

  26-07-2017 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Arcade Fire is back. And if you’re thinking it’s been a while — well, yes. It certainly has. 
  Picture this: in 2013, you were a teenage Arcade Fire fan entering your first year of university just as their fourth album, Reflektor, was released. Now you have completed your full undergraduate degree, donned the cap and gown, and marched up the aisle to Pomp and Circumstance, all before the release this week of Reflektor’s followup, Everything Now. You’ve gone thro
  
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• Makeup tips for your next job interview https://t.co/oqJhBg62yU

  26-07-2017 17:41
  
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• Preliminary hearing postponed for Michel Cadotte, accused of killing sick wife

  26-07-2017 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  A preliminary hearing for a Montreal man charged with murdering his wife in a suspected compassion killing has been put off until October.
  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.
  Quebec court Judge David-Emmanuel Simon has placed a publication ban on the contents of the hearing.
  The purpose of the inquiry is to determine whether there is enough evidence to s
  
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• Pranksters place signs at Notre-Dame street construction site https://t.co/8Ct5UGbnGl

  26-07-2017 17:23
  
  Pranksters place signs at Notre-Dame street construction site https://t.co/8Ct5UGbnGl
  
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• Biographer @biowriter61 wants your stories of Montreal native William Shatner https://t.co/4CLaEfu8Jr

  26-07-2017 17:22
  
  Biographer @biowriter61 wants your stories of Montreal native William Shatner https://t.co/4CLaEfu8Jr
  
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• New ad campaign pokes fun at 'epic quest' of Saint-Henri construction

  26-07-2017 17:15 via montrealgazette.com
  While the construction on Notre Dame St. is a source of frustration for some Saint-Henri residents and sparked a Twitter feud between Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre and Sud-Ouest Mayor Benoit Dorais, others are taking the work in stride.
  A series of signs posted along the thoroughfare poke fun at the mountains of rubble that line Notre Dame St. Here are a few examples of the colourful slogans dotting the street:
  • Businesses are open during construction and merchants appreciate your epic
  
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• SQ search for driver who crashed car into Burger King, causing fire

  26-07-2017 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  The driver was no longer at the scene when firefighters arrived.
  
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• Case involving crash that injured former Hab Zack Kassian pushed back

  26-07-2017 16:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal woman charged with impaired driving in the single vehicle crash that injured former Habs winger Zack Kassian has asked that her preliminary inquiry be pushed back to December. 
  Originally, the preliminary inquiry was set to be held over the course of two days in November. On Thursday, defence lawyer Andrew Barbacki asked a Quebec Court judge at the Montreal courthouse to reschedule the hearing to be held on Dec. 5 and 7. Barkacki explained that he had a scheduling conflict in N
  
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• Montreal Formula E causing traffic confusion

  26-07-2017 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  There’s a lot of confusion for commuters trying to get around downtown Montreal ahead of the Formula E electric car race. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Going to Just for Laughs? Take public transit to get there

  26-07-2017 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  If you are headed to one of the many Just For Laughs shows this weekend, organizers are urging you to take public transit to get downtown.
  Not only will some highway accesses to downtown be closed for the weekend, many streets around the festival site will also be off-limits to vehicles for much of the weekend. Not to mention all the closures a little farther east because of the Formula E race this weekend.
  JFL organizers want to make sure that ticket holders don’t miss their shows because
  
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• Truck rips balcony off Montreal building - CTV News

  26-07-2017 16:27 via montreal.ctvnews.ca
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  A tractor trailer ripped the balcony off an apartment building Wednesday morning in Montreal. The incident happened on Hotel de Ville Avenue just south of Roy St. Emergency crews rushed to the scene but it does not appear that anyone was hurt.
  
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• Feeling dizzy? Learn the right way to deal with dizziness with these tips from @cusm_muhc Dr. Zach Levine https://t.co/Tg1D1ljxHu

  26-07-2017 16:09
  
  Feeling dizzy? Learn the right way to deal with dizziness with these tips from @cusm_muhc Dr. Zach Levine https://t.co/Tg1D1ljxHu
  
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• How to get around Montreal as Formula E race day approaches

  26-07-2017 16:05 via cbc.ca
  With days to go until the Formula E races, preparations are ramping up and that means getting around the eastern part of downtown Montreal is going to be a bit of an adventure.
  
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• A Formula E odyssey: How to get around Montreal for the next few days

  26-07-2017 16:05 via cbc.ca
  With days to go until the Formula E races, preparations are ramping up and that means getting around the eastern part of downtown Montreal is going to be a bit of an adventure.
  
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• Montreal facing more than $12.5M in lawsuits over undisclosed landfill sites

  26-07-2017 15:55 via cbc.ca
  A document obtained by CBC’s French-language service, Radio-Canada, shows the city is setting aside additional money for a geological engineer and environmental expert due to the “new lawsuits.”
  
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• Thieves rob Habs captain Max Pacioretty's home: reports

  26-07-2017 15:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Thieves burgled the South Shore homes of Montreal Canadiens captain Max Pacioretty and Quebec television stars Véronique Cloutier and Louis Morissette over the past week, but Longueuil police there is no indication that well-known Quebec personalities who live in “prestigious homes” are being targeted.
  An expensive watch and some cash were stolen from Pacioretty’s Brossard home during a break-in, TVA news reported on Wednesday.
  An arrest has been made in at least one of
  
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• Andrei Markov drops new music video #Habs https://t.co/9pnAuXBzbq

  26-07-2017 15:53
  
  Andrei Markov drops new music video #Habs https://t.co/9pnAuXBzbq
  
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• Formula E: Coderre tries to steer through the headlines as race day looms

  26-07-2017 15:40 via montrealgazette.com
  With less than three days left before the start of a controversial Formula E race weekend in Montreal, Mayor Denis Coderre took to local airwaves Wednesday to address the latest batch of headlines questioning the event’s organization and expense.
  Interviewed on CJAD Wednesday morning, Coderre found himself called upon to explain a La Presse report that pointed out $7.4 million worth of concrete dividers purchased by the city specifically for the E race cost twice as much as those used at t
  
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• Montreal man accused in Via Rail terror plot to appeal life sentence

  26-07-2017 15:33 via cbc.ca
  One of the men convicted of plotting to derail a Via passenger train between New York and Toronto is now being treated for schizophrenia and wants to appeal his life sentence, court heard on Wednesday.
  
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