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• Kirkland fruit alley comes to life

  28-07-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Residents strolling through des Bénévoles Park in Kirkland are being treated to the sweet scents of fresh fruit. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, it’s part of an initiative to educate children about nutrition and agriculture.
  
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• Men found in Montreal-bound container to be released, with condition

  28-07-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  The four men who were found inside a shipping container in the Port of Montreal are being released, with conditions. As Global’s Matt Grillo reports, their lawyer is filing a refugee claim.
  
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• Revamping Van Horne, Victoria intersection in CDN-NDG

  28-07-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  The intersection of Victoria and Van Horne avenues is set to be revamped. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, it’s the next phase in a plan to revitalize the Snowdon borough in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
  
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• Hydro-Quebec Montreal ePrix causes a buzz — literally - Toronto Star

  28-07-2017 22:58 via thestar.com
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  Hydro-Quebec Montreal ePrix causes a buzz — literally
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  The Formula E circuit — where the race cars sound like a swarm of insects — makes its final stop of the season in Montreal this weekend. Lucas Di Grassi of Brazil is second in the Formula E drivers' standings going into the Montreal Formula ePrix ...
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• Road collision in Laval leaves one dead

  28-07-2017 22:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A collision between a car and a motorcycle in Laval left one person dead Friday afternoon, Laval police said.
  Police said a man in his 20s died after his motorcycle collided with a Hyundai Elantra car on des Laurentides Blvd. and d’Anvers St. in Laval’s Vimont district around 2:30 p.m. The victim died on impact.
  The woman driving the car was treated for nervous shock, said police.
  Police said they have yet to determine the cause of the collision.
  
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• Inside the CFL: For Bombers' Jackson Jeffcoat, sacks are in his blood

  28-07-2017 22:45 via montrealgazette.com
  WINNIPEG — On the second play of the game, the Winnipeg defensive lineman dropped off slightly from the line of scrimmage into pass coverage, intercepted a Darian Durant pass for Nik Lewis and returned it 17 yards to the Montreal 27. Three plays later, the Blue Bombers scored a touchdown.
  It was an unusual move for a rush end, a brilliant call by defensive coordinator Richie Hall. And it was a talented play by an athletically gifted rookie with freakish ability. It was, in short, a Jeffcoa
  
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• Teenaged girl found beaten to death in Inukjuak in northern Quebec

  28-07-2017 22:35 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating the death of a teenager in Inukjuak, in northern Quebec, about 1,500 kilometres from Montreal.
  The SQ says the body of a 14-year-old girl was found around 5 p.m. on Saturday by a citizen, who called local police.
  The badly beaten body was discovered behind a home in the Inuit community. Because the Kativik regional police force doesn’t have the expertise to investigate homicides, the probe was transferred to the SQ.
  Though the
  
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• Electric cars take over Montreal streets this weekend for Formula E championship - CTV News

  28-07-2017 22:28 via ctvnews.ca
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  Electric cars take over Montreal streets this weekend for Formula E championship
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  MONTREAL -- It's time to see if all the fuss and bother created by the inaugural Hydro-Quebec Montreal ePrix electric car race was worth it. The final two races of the Formula E season are set for Saturday and Sunday on a street course though the ...
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• Montreal taxi driver loses licence following sexual assault accusations

  28-07-2017 22:10 via cbc.ca
  Ben Romdhane Lotfi was stripped of his taxi licence earlier this month, more than a year after industry officials received its first complaint about his behaviour from a female passenger.
  
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• What the Puck: Andrei Markov's exit paints Canadiens in poor light - Montreal Gazette

  28-07-2017 22:05 via montrealgazette.com
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  What the Puck: Andrei Markov's exit paints Canadiens in poor light
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  Montreal Canadiens defence partners Andrei Markov, left, and P.K Subban during National Hockey League game against the Washington Capitals in Montreal on Dec. 3, 2015. Share Adjust Comment Print. It looks bad. It's true that nobody other than Marc ...
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• What the Puck: Andrei Markov's exit paints Canadiens in poor light

  28-07-2017 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  It looks bad. It’s true that nobody other than Marc Bergevin and Andrei Markov knows what went on in those negotiations, but what all of us do know is one of the most iconic Habs of the past 20 years is no longer a Montreal Canadien.
  It’s bad news for the team, bad news for fans and just a total bummer all around. And the optics are terrible for Bergevin and his colleagues.
  It seems to have become a rite of summer for the team — they dump a fan favourite who also happens to be
  
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• Editorial: A far-sighted decision on Anticosti

  28-07-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Cleaning up other people’s messes tends to be a thankless task. All the more reason, then, that it’s worth expressing gratitude for the Couillard government’s decision, announced Friday, to close Anticosti Island to oil and gas exploration.
  The mess it is cleaning up was left by the Parti Québécois. Not long before the April 2014 election in which it went down to defeat, the Marois government signed a deal with several energy companies to allow them to explore for
  
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• Hungry? Grab fresh fruit off a tree for free in Kirkland’s ‘fruit alley’

  28-07-2017 21:48 via globalnews.ca
  Kirkland residents will soon be able to pick fresh fruit off a tree in the fruit alley planted in des Bénévoles Park.
  
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• Ex-wrestler and Kahnawake chief Billy Two Rivers sues Van Morrison

  28-07-2017 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Billy Two Rivers, a former professional wrestler who later became a chief on the Mohawk Council of Kahnawake, has filed a lawsuit against singer Van Morrison, Universal Music Group and several affiliated companies.
  At issue is a photo of Two Rivers — in the midst of a wrestling match — which is set to appear on the cover of an upcoming Van Morrison album. The image has already been used extensively to promote the album and a Van Morrison tour scheduled for the fall.
  But, ac
  
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• Teenager found beaten to death in Inukjuak in northern Quebec

  28-07-2017 21:28 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating the death of a teenager in Inukjuak, in northern Quebec, about 1,500 kilometres from Montreal.
  The SQ says the body of a 14-year-old girl was found around 5 p.m. on Saturday by a citizen, who called local police.
  The badly beaten body was discovered behind a home in the Inuit community. Because the Kativik regional police force doesn’t have the expertise to investigate homicides, the probe was transferred to the SQ.
  Though the
  
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• Five highlights from former Expo Tim Raines's Hall of Fame career

  28-07-2017 20:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Expo Tim Raines will be inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame Sunday in Cooperstown, N.Y. Here’s a look at five key moments from his major-league career:
  Sept. 11, 1979: The Expos call Raines up from Double-A for his first major-league game against the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field. Raines, 19, had never been in a big-league park before. Manager Dick Williams used Raines exclusively as a pinch-hitter that season and in six games he stole two bases and scored three runs without get
  
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• Don Macpherson: Who's afraid of hearings on discrimination in Quebec?

  28-07-2017 20:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Been hearing lately about “systemic discrimination?” Wondering what that is?
  Here’s one example:
  In April, the Conference Board of Canada think tank published a report suggesting that Quebec was second only to New Brunswick among the provinces in quality of life. In a few areas, however, this province ranked at or near the bottom. One of them was the racial wage gap.
  That’s what the report defined as “the percentage difference in full-year, full-time median wag
  
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• Interview: Arcade Fire's mainstream experiments born out of curiosity

  28-07-2017 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Richard Reed Parry almost gave it all up to become a goatherd.
  Well, not quite, but following Arcade Fire’s recently completed European tour, the multi-instrumentalist was past the point of exhaustion; he had brought his bike along, and someone made him an offer he couldn’t refuse.
  “I knew I was going to do something fun and have an adventure at the end of the tour,” he said Wednesday afternoon, having safely returned home to Montreal a few days before.
  “A friend, w
  
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• Just for Laughs gala host Joel McHale is ready to skewer

  28-07-2017 19:53 via montrealgazette.com
  It was a relatively more stable period the last time Joel McHale hosted a Just for Laughs gala five years ago, yet the American pundit/comic had more than his share of icons to lampoon.
  Back then, when not starring in the hit NBC sitcom Community, McHale was skewering the likes of the Kardashians, the Biebs and Charlie Sheen for a living on his E! talk show, The Soup.
  McHale had a field day at the 2012 fest. Our review panel concurred then that we could have listened to him for 90 minutes on his
  
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• Update: Stowaways to be released while refugee claims processed

  28-07-2017 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Four men who were discovered inside a shipping container that arrived at the Port of Montreal last week will be released from custody once they are able to supply Canadian authorities with addresses where they will reside while their refugee claims are processed. 
  The decision to release the men, who are seeking asylum from Georgia, a country in eastern Europe, was made Friday morning during an Immigration and Refugee Board hearing at Complex Guy Favreau. IRB member François Milo mad
  
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• Lloyd Barker: Impact's fitness issues hobble pursuit of playoff berth

  28-07-2017 19:48 via montrealgazette.com
  I believe we can say that the Montreal Impact will not win the Supporters’ Shield for the best regular season record in Major League Soccer in 2017. Although it might not have been a team objective, it is typically a benchmark achievement that clubs with big ambitions seek each year.
  Not only will the Impact miss out on hoisting that trophy, they will probably be in a dogfight just to make the playoffs this season.
  Inconsistent play has hampered the Impact and kept them near the bottom of
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: July 28

  28-07-2017 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  From ancient doppelgängers to learning to play piano in the park, here are the five most interesting stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Tim Raines connects all the dots for Expos franchise

  28-07-2017 19:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Fire-wagon baseball.
  That’s how Michael Farber the Expos of the 1980s — and it all started with Tim Raines.
  Back in those days you wanted to make sure to be in your seats at Olympic Stadium before the bottom of the first inning when Raines was batting leadoff for the Expos. There was a sense of anticipation and excitement, waiting and hoping Raines would get on base. When he did, you knew exactly what was coming next.
  The pitcher would throw over to first base at least once, trying t
  
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• Quebec government puts end to oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island

  28-07-2017 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government has put an end to oil and gas exploration on Anticosti Island.
  
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• 4 men found in shipping container in Montreal granted conditional release

  28-07-2017 18:53 via cbc.ca
  Four men, who were found alive inside a shipping container in the Port of Montreal last week, will be released with conditions following a refugee board hearing Friday morning.
  
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• Montreal’s Formula E drivers seeing red

  28-07-2017 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jul 28: The Formula E race will have electric cars will whizzing through city streets this weekend, but Montreal drivers are dealing with major traffic headaches as a result. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Opening day 1981 changed fortunes of Hall of Famer Raines

  28-07-2017 18:16 via cbc.ca
  Tim Raines played in the major leagues for more than two decades, and yet one at-bat still sticks in his mind. Nervous about making the Montreal Expos' roster after two brief call-ups that didn't work out so well, his performance on Opening Day 1981 in Pittsburgh erased any doubt.
  
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• Montreal gets FIA Smart Cities award for efforts in green transportation - Montreal Gazette

  28-07-2017 18:14 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal gets FIA Smart Cities award for efforts in green transportation
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  The city of Montreal has received the 2017 Smart Cities award, which is presented by the Fédération internationale de l'automobile (FIA), the international body that oversees motorsports. On the eve of the first Formula E race — with all-electric cars ...
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• Montreal gets FIA Smart Cities award for efforts in green transportation

  28-07-2017 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal has received the 2017 Smart Cities award, which is presented by the Fédération internationale de l’automobile (FIA), the international body that oversees motorsports.
  On the eve of the first Formula E race — with all electric cars — Mayor Denis Coderre was presented the award in recognition of the city’s efforts in green transportation. 
  The award recognizes Montreal’s initiatives toward sustainable and intelligent mobili
  
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• Men found in container in Port of Montreal to be released, with conditions

  28-07-2017 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  Four men who were found inside a shipping container in the Port of Montreal are being released, with conditions.
  
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• Impact hope to rebound and take red-hot Red Bulls by the horns

  28-07-2017 18:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Still hurting from a loss at home last week, the Montreal Impact face one of Major League Soccer’s hottest teams in a stadium where they have never won during the regular season.
  The fifth-place New York Red Bulls (10-8-2) will be a challenge for ninth-place Montreal (6-7-6) when they meet Saturday (7:30 p.m., TVA Sports, TSN 690 radio) at Red Bull Arena.
  The Red Bulls have won their last three league games, two of them on the road, by a combined 11-3. They also won a U.S. Open Cup match o
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: July 28, 2017

  28-07-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $18: Everyday drinking
  Montepulciano D’Abruzzo 2015, Riparosso, Illuminati, Italy red, $13.40, SAQ # 10669787. Very well done, and with lots going on for the price. Has a solid tannic finish, so be aware. If you are chomping on some meat, it will help reveal loads of red fruit, spice and some dried herbs and licorice on the finish. While powerful, the wine stays remarkably fresh. Grape variety: montepulciano. Residual sugar: n/a. Serve at: 16 C. Drink now-2019. Food pairing
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw: When it comes to wine, irreverence is in good taste

  28-07-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Funny the things people remember about you.A few summers ago, I was speaking and serving wine at a private dinner, and had to decant a wine in a hurry. I grabbed a large plastic water pitcher and emptied the wine into it. I can’t remember if I poured the wine directly from the pitcher, but I wouldn’t be surprised if I did. I ran into the host of that dinner at a recent tasting, and he said his guests were still going on about that.I assure you that at home I’m not like that. I
  
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• Families 'torn apart' after boat en route to wedding capsizes off Quebec's Lower North Shore

  28-07-2017 17:56 via cbc.ca
  Two people are dead, and three others are in hospital, after a boat capsized off the shores of Vieux-Fort, roughly 1,100 kilometers northeast of Quebec City.
  
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• Boat headed to North Shore wedding capsizes, killing two

  28-07-2017 17:56 via cbc.ca
  Two people are dead, and three others are in hospital, after a boat capsized off the shores of Vieux-Fort, roughly 1,100 kilometers northeast of Quebec City.
  
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• 2 dead after boat en route to wedding capsizes off Quebec's Lower North Shore

  28-07-2017 17:56 via cbc.ca
  Two people are dead, and three others are in hospital, after a boat capsized off the shores of Vieux-Fort, roughly 1,100 kilometers northeast of Quebec City.
  
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• Liver foundation urging Canadians to get tested for hepatitis C

  28-07-2017 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  Were you born between 1945 and 1975? If so, the Canadian Liver Foundation recommends being tested for hepatitis C.
  
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• As the internet evolves, so does the danger to your children

  28-07-2017 17:52 via montrealgazette.com
  The internet has changed things since the abduction of Cédrika Provencher on July 31, 2007. But if social networks — which are constantly evolving — provide new tools for tracking down missing children, it also opens the door to terrible opportunities for those criminals who use the web to lure children.
  These days, the danger doesn’t lurk just in parks and city streets, but also behind computer screens.
  Cédrika was 9 years old when she disappeared 10 years ago fr
  
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• Osheaga on the move: festival adapts to challenges of new location

  28-07-2017 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  One day late last fall, before the first snow, Nick Farkas and members of Evenko’s technical team headed out to Île Notre-Dame, set up a bunch of very large speakers in strategic locations and blasted music.
  To their surprise, no one cared.
  “We didn’t get a single complaint,” Farkas said, sitting in his plant-filled, festival poster-covered office inside the Bell Centre.
  Though they likely had fun doing it, the team’s mindset was strictly business. They were t
  
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• The Right Chemistry: A cure for Alzheimer's? Don't believe it

  28-07-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Shampoos clean hair. That’s what they do. They do not cause Alzheimer’s disease.
  Why even discuss this curious connection? Because I happened to come across a “breaking news” item online that began with the question: “Could the type of shampoo you use actually cause Alzheimer’s disease?” It went on to say “It sounds insane, and yet, if you’re using one of the 4 leading shampoo brands, that’s exactly what’s happening. Here’s
  
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• Federal gov't announces plan to protect caribou after legal action taken

  28-07-2017 17:27 via cbc.ca
  The federal government has come up with a proposed plan to protect Canada's threatened boreal caribou population, three months after a wildlife conservation group took the environment minister to court over the matter.
  
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• Four stowaways found in Montreal shipping container to be released from custody

  28-07-2017 17:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Four men who were found hiding inside a shipping container that was brought into the Port of Montreal last week will be released from custody.
  During a hearing before the Immigration and Refugee Board at Complex Guy-Favreau on Friday, an IRB member was informed the four men, who are from Georgia and are refugee claimants, do not have criminal records. They also were in possession of authentic passports and Canadian authorities are convinced of their identities.
  The IRB has ordered that the men f
  
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• Montreal’s Formula E run-up has drivers seeing red

  28-07-2017 16:45 via globalnews.ca
  Commuters heading into downtown Montreal were greeted by a grinding commute Friday.
  
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• Teeanger found beaten to death in Inukjuak in northern Quebec

  28-07-2017 16:01 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is investigating the death of a teenager in Inukjuak, in northern Quebec, about 1,500 kilometres from Montreal.
  The SQ says the body of a 14-year-old girl was found around 5 p.m. on Saturday by a citizen, who called local police.
  The badly beaten body was discovered in a field, according to a report from TVA.
  The investigation was then transferred to the SQ.
  Though the SQ would not confirm the victim’s identity, sources in Inukjuak identified h
  
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• Quebec puts an end to plans to drill for oil on Anticosti Island

  28-07-2017 16:01 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec government has definitively put an end to plans of drilling for oil and gas on Anticosti Island. Premier Philippe Couillard has issued a ministerial order banning drilling on the island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence.
  
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• Just for Laughs: Back as the gala host, Joel McHale is ready to skewer

  28-07-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It was a relatively more stable period the last time Joel McHale hosted a Just for Laughs gala five years ago, yet the American pundit/comic had more than his share of icons to lampoon.
  Back then, when not starring in the hit NBC sitcom Community, McHale was skewering the likes of the Kardashians, the Biebs and Charlie Sheen for a living on his E! talk show, The Soup.
  McHale had a field day at the 2012 fest. Our review panel concurred then that we could have listened to him for 90 minutes on his
  
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• Why has Justin Trudeau’s summer travel focused on Quebec and Ontario?

  28-07-2017 15:57 via globalnews.ca
  The discrepancy in the prime minister's travel, say political strategists, could signal where his team believes they have the most – and least – to gain in the next election.
  
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• Montreal entertainment: Formula E

  28-07-2017 15:56 via globalnews.ca
  Entertainment columnist Jay Walker joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk about the Formula E race, which will be zooming down the streets of downtown Montreal.
  
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• World Hepatitis Day

  28-07-2017 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  Naglaa Shoukry, professor at the University of Montreal Hospital Research Centre and director of the Canadian Network on Hepatitis C, joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about what you need to know about the Hep C virus.
  
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• 1001 Pots of Val-David

  28-07-2017 15:49 via globalnews.ca
  Ceramist Mathilda Lovell joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the 1001 Pots of Val-David event and display some of the pieces that will be featured.
  
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