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• Former political attaché pleads guilty

  04-08-2017 23:57 via montrealgazette.com
  A former political aide to ex-Quebec premier Pauline Marois has pleaded guilty to counselling a criminal offence that was not committed.
  Ernest Murray was part of a group of seven people, including former deputy Quebec premier Nathalie Normandeau, who were arrested in 2016 and charged with fraud-related offences.
  Murray pleaded guilty Friday to sending an email to an engineering firm with names of people he claimed were willing to be used in a scheme to violate campaign finance laws.
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• Osheaga 2017 festivities start

  04-08-2017 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Phil Carpenter heads to Osheaga to find out what’s new, what’s cool and what there is to do during the three-day music festival.
  
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• Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière tries to preserve Irish history

  04-08-2017 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Preserving history has become a priority for English-speaking Quebecers near Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière who fear descendants of its Irish settlers will soon leave. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Canada has capacity to process Quebec asylum seekers, Trudeau insists

  04-08-2017 23:34 via cbc.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, long an outspoken champion of Canada's reputation for welcoming newcomers, added a bracing dose of reality Friday as he urged would-be migrants to respect the country's border with the United States.
  
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• Canada equipped to handle spike in Quebec asylum seekers: Trudeau

  04-08-2017 23:05 via globalnews.ca
  Trudeau says it's important for people to know that the government is making sure the influx of people is being handled properly.
  
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• Tornado warning cancelled but thunderstorm watch remains for most of Montreal area

  04-08-2017 22:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Although the tornado warning for the Châteauguay area has been cancelled after a few hours on Friday, a severe thunderstorm warning remained in effect in many areas around Montreal.
  Châteauguay – La Prairie, Laval area and the island of Montreal remain on alert for severe thunderstorms, although that watch was lifted for Longueuil – Varennes.
  Midday thunderstorms and hail hit Day One of Osheaga at Parc Jean-Drapeau, where programming was temporarily suspended, u
  
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• Takes more than rain to dampen the Osheaga spirit

  04-08-2017 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Concert goers knew bad weather was on its way Friday, the opening day of the Osheaga music and arts festival at Parc Jean-Drapeau, but they came, with ponchos and umbrellas and party-don’t-stop attitudes.Hey everyone going to @osheaga: just be cool about the rain. Don't let the rain rain on your parade: https://t.co/2sHLDHc9RT#Osheaga2017
  — 9to5 (@9to5cc) August 3, 2017
  They donned the most fashionable rain gear they could grab.  Ponchos 2017’s go-to-garb  Bands
  
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• Struggling Impact look for home win over Orlando to end losing run

  04-08-2017 22:46 via montrealgazette.com
  If the Montreal Impact are going to turn their season around, now is the time.
  The 10th-place Impact (6-8-6) play five of their next six games at Saputo Stadium, beginning with a meeting Saturday night against seventh-place Orlando City (8-8-6).
  It is a match-up of struggling teams, with Montreal coming off a pair of losses that included a 4-0 drubbing by the New York Red Bulls last week. Orlando is in a 1-4-3 funk since mid-June.
  “It’s a key game for us against a team that’s r
  
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• Muslim community encouraging Quebecers to have open minds

  04-08-2017 22:37 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec City has granted its Muslim community the right to build its own cemetery, but as Global’s Sarah Volstad reports, religious leaders also want to encourage Quebecers to be open minded, instead of scared.
  
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• Beaconsfield repaving bad road work

  04-08-2017 22:21 via globalnews.ca
  After an uneven paving job on Elm Avenue left Beaconsfield residents confused and infuriated, officials say workers are now making sure the job is completed properly. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Chez Doris will remain open during renovations from August to October

  04-08-2017 21:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Downtown women’s shelter Chez Doris will be undergoing significant renovations from Aug. 7 to Oct. 28 to repair crumbling infrastructure and install drains to enhance the building’s overall safety and structure.
  “It’s for our security and (the clientele’s) security,” Marina Boulos-Winton, the shelter’s executive director, said. “The building can fall down because it’s structurally compromised.”
  Boulos-Winton said the repairs, which are
  
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• Montreal's unemployment rate hits lowest level in a decade

  04-08-2017 21:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s unemployment rate reached its lowest level in over a decade in July, Statistics Canada said on Friday.
  The unemployment rate was 6.1 per cent in the Montreal Census Metropolitan Area on a single-month basis, down from 6.6 per cent in June and 7.8 per cent in July 2016.
  “There have been 124,000 jobs created in Quebec over the past 12 months, 115,000 of that 124,000 have been in the Greater Montreal region,” said Stéfane Marion, National Bank’s c
  
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• Road work begins to complete rocky Beaconsfield bike path

  04-08-2017 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  After almost a year of construction, the Beaconsfield bike path is almost ready.
  
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• Weekend traffic update Aug. 5-7: Triathlon, fireworks to close roads

  04-08-2017 21:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are some trouble spots to avoid if possible this weekend.
  Montreal International Triathlon
  Closure of Exit 7 of the Ville-Marie Expressway East on Saturday and Sunday from 3:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  Complete closure of Viger Ave. and the Ville-Marie Expressway West between Papineau Ave. and the entrance to Hôtel-de-Ville Ave. on Saturday and Sunday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m.
  On Saturday and Sunday from 6:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., many streets will be closed for a triathlon. These include:
  Notre-Dame St.
  
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• Shell casings only clue in victimless drive-by shooting in St-Henri

  04-08-2017 20:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police only have some spent shell casings to go on in their investigation of what can be described as a drive-by shooting early Friday with no apparent target.
  Police say several 911 calls were received around 7 a.m. that a motorist had been seen driving past the corner of St-Ferdinand and St-Jacques Sts., firing gunshots in the air.
  When officers arrived, all they found were several spent shell casings. Police have set up a crime scene perimeter at the intersection in an effort to find
  
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• Tornado warning over for now in parts of Montreal's South Shore

  04-08-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada issued a series of tornado warnings for parts of Montreal's South Shore on Friday afternoon, as a severe thunderstorm moved through the region.
  
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• Tornado warning issued for parts of Montreal's South Shore Friday afternoon

  04-08-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada issued a series of tornado warnings for parts of Montreal's South Shore on Friday afternoon, as a severe thunderstorm moved through the region.
  
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• Thunderstorm sparks flooding in Napierville, affecting many homes

  04-08-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada has had severe thunderstorm warnings and watches in effect for regions around southern Quebec Friday afternoon and evening.
  
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• State of emergency lifted in Napierville after short, intense storm fills streets with rain

  04-08-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
  A state of emergency has been lifted in the town of Napierville, 45 kilometres south of Montreal, after a powerful storm sparked flooding that is affecting as many as 100 homes Friday evening.
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning in effect for Montreal area

  04-08-2017 20:55 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada is tracking a storm system that could bring damaging wind gusts, hail and intense rainfall.
  
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• Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière English community aims to preserve Irish history

  04-08-2017 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  Preserving history has become a priority for English-speaking Quebecers near Sainte-Agathe-de-Lotbinière who fear descendants of itsIrish settlers will soon leave.
  
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• Charges officially dropped against Arthur Porter, two years after his death

  04-08-2017 20:28 via cbc.ca
  Criminal charges against the doctor accused of committing what Quebec authorities described as the biggest corruption fraud in Canada's history have officially been abandoned, two years after his death, the Crown announced Friday.
  
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• Charges officially abandoned against Arthur Porter, two years after his death

  04-08-2017 20:28 via cbc.ca
  Criminal charges against the doctor accused of committing what Quebec authorities described as the biggest corruption fraud in Canada's history have officially been abandoned, two years after his death, the Crown announced Friday.
  
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• Fresh in Montreal: Quebec corn is something to celebrate

  04-08-2017 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Corn season is upon us.
  But as has been the case with virtually every crop, the rain and cold weather in April and May have affected production.
  Mélanie Therrien, who works for G. Deneault et fils (also known as Le Roi du maïs sucré) said the corn weather and rain delayed planting, and the cold nights have not helped.
  “Corn needs lots of heat, and we have been having very cold nights, almost like the fall,” Therrien said from the company’s stall at the Jean T
  
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• When a humble Usain Bolt ignited Quebec

  04-08-2017 19:54 via cbc.ca
  On July 13, 2003, on the track in the then-brand new University of Sherbrooke stadium, nothing could stop Usain Bolt, not even the terrible weather. It was a glimpse into what the Olympic icon would become — the greatest sprinter of all time.
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: August 4

  04-08-2017 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  From asylum seekers crossing the Canada-U.S. border a Montreal senior who loves to paint, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.
  
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• Quebec City Muslims to get their cemetery: mayor

  04-08-2017 18:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec City has sold a plot of land to the Centre culturel islamique de Québec, allowing the local mosque to finally establish a Muslim cemetery within city limits.
  The land, located near the Belmont cemetery, was sold for $270,000. Once an access road has been built onto the property from Frank-Carrel St., Quebec City’s Muslim community will be able to bury their dead in their own cemetery.
  Quebec City’s Muslims have been seeking their own local cemetery for the past 20
  
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• Montreal teen star and Global News Morning SuperKid talks acting

  04-08-2017 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  Cameron Brodeur, a 15-year-old Montreal-based actor and SuperKid joins Global’s Kim Sullivan and Laura Casella to talk about his career.
  
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• Arthur Porter officially declared dead by Quebec Court judge

  04-08-2017 18:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Two years after his demise in Panama, accused hospital fraudster Arthur Porter has been declared officially dead by a Quebec Court judge, ending a tedious exchange with Panamanian authorities for documented proof of death.
  Crown prosecutors submitted in court on Friday morning Porter’s death certificate from Panama, along with an affidavit confirming the identity of the deceased. Judge Yves Paradis then issued the declaration of Porter’s death from the bench.
  “The criminal char
  
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• Quebec City accepts Muslim community’s bid for land to build cemetery

  04-08-2017 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec City has accepted the Muslim community's offer to buy land to build a cemetery.
  
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• Wine: Why chenin blanc deserves your cellar space

  04-08-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  I was asked by a reader to name my favourite white wine. Another one of those desert-island questions. After a few minutes of thinking, I told her I couldn’t answer that, but my favourite grape variety is probably chenin blanc.
  A quick stroll through my wine cellar will reveal it is the wine that I collect most, followed by Alsatian Grand Cru pinot gris. Why does chenin blanc take up so much space and, more importantly, so much of my wine budget? I have many reasons. So to continue my ques
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Aug. 4, 2017

  04-08-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $18: Everyday drinking
  Aegean Islands IGP 2016, Atlantis, Argyros, Greece white, $17.80, SAQ # 11097477. Might be even better than the 2015. There’s more of that smoky minerality one associates with the volcanic assyrtiko that grows on the island of Santorini. Fresh fruit — lemons and limes, with a hint of melon. Textured but super fresh. This was a bargain before; now, with recent price decreases, it should simply be part of everyone’s monthly wine purchases. Residu
  
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• The Right Chemistry: Let's not panic about 'toxic' kale

  04-08-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The CIA had some ingenious plans to poison Fidel Castro. Botulinum toxin in his cigars, a ballpoint pen rigged to inject nicotine sulphate and a scuba-diving suit tainted with tuberculosis bacteria were some of the cunning ways that were explored to do away with the Cuban leader.
  Supposedly, there were also attempts to curb his political power by reducing his appeal to the masses. One of these involved lacing a studio with LSD to cause him to be confused and disoriented during a radio address.
  T
  
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• Muslims in Quebec City finally get land for burials

  04-08-2017 17:00 via cbc.ca
  Quebec City's Muslim community will now have a place to bury their loved ones, after the city announced Friday it has conditionally accepted an offer from the Quebec Islamic Culture Centre to buy land near a well-known local cemetery.
  
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• Mild temperatures should be a boon for International Balloon Festival

  04-08-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A summer lacking in 30-degree scorchers might not sit well with Montrealers hoping for sun, but for organizers of the 34th International Balloon Festival of St-Jean-sur-Richelieu, this season’s unexpectedly mild temperatures are just about right.
  Following less than ideal conditions for hot-air balloon rides last summer, the festival is expecting this year’s edition — held from Aug. 12 to 20 at 5 Chemin de l’Aéroport, about an hour from Montreal — to bes
  
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• BT Summer Sizzle: @cookingwithv prepares beautiful homemade burgers https://t.co/YZ7TeyHss0

  04-08-2017 16:59
  
  BT Summer Sizzle: @cookingwithv prepares beautiful homemade burgers https://t.co/YZ7TeyHss0
  
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• Get fashion ready for Osheaga with festival style swaps btmontreal.ca/videos/festiva…

  04-08-2017 16:58
  Get fashion ready for Osheaga with festival style swaps btmontreal.ca/videos/festiva…
  
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• Shell casings only clue in victimless drive-by shooting in Saint-Henri

  04-08-2017 16:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police only have some spent shell casings to go on in their investigation of what can be described as a drive-by shooting early Friday with no apparent target.
  Police say several 911 calls were received around 7 a.m. that a motorist had been seen driving past the corner of St-Ferdinand and St-Jacques Sts., firing gunshots in the air.
  When officers arrived, all they found were several spent shell casings. Police have set up a crime scene perimeter at the intersection in an effort to find
  
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• Canada's immigration minister discourages 'irregular' border crossings by asylum seekers

  04-08-2017 16:50 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Immigration Minister Ahmed Hussen is discouraging asylum seekers trying to enter Canada from the U.S., urging them to apply in the country in which they first land.
  
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• Canada's immigration minister discourages illegal border crossings by asylum seekers

  04-08-2017 16:50 via cbc.ca
  Ahmed Hussen said while irregular crossings at Canada's borders with the U.S. aren't a new phenomenon, the practice is not something this country is promoting.
  
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• Quebec unemployment falls to 41-year low, StatsCan announces

  04-08-2017 16:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s unemployment rate dropped by 1.2 per cent in July to 5.8 per cent, the lowest rate since 1976, when comparative rates were first recorded, Statistics Canada announced Friday.
  Nationally, and because of a slight drop in the number of those searching for work, Canada’s unemployment rate fell by 0.2 per cent in July to 6.3 per cent, the lowest rate since October of 2008, the eve of a job market slowdown that lasted from 2008 to 2009.
  Overall, the employment picture in Quebec di
  
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• Video: @wiotmag offers a platform for contemporary Indigenous voices https://t.co/RSjq9TlXju

  04-08-2017 16:19
  
  Video: @wiotmag offers a platform for contemporary Indigenous voices https://t.co/RSjq9TlXju
  
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• Montreal entertainment: Osheaga, Montreal Highland Games

  04-08-2017 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  Entertainment columnist Jay Walker and Evenko spokesperson Sandra Rinaldi join Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk Osheaga and other weekend events
  
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• Dogs of Montreal: Meet Chili and Gypsy - Montreal Gazette

  04-08-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
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  Dogs of Montreal: Meet Chili and Gypsy
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  Owners Florence Chevalier and Andrew Gulik with their pup Gypsy and their Chihuahua Chili outside a popular Centre St. coffee shop in Point St-Charles. Paul Labonté / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. Where are the best places for dogs and ...
  
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• Dogs of Montreal: Meet Chili and Gypsy

  04-08-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Where are the best places for dogs and their owners to walk? How dog-friendly is a district? Find out every week in Dogs of Montreal and follow this feature on Instagram. 
  “Chili the Chihuahua is 10 years old and Gypsy the Mini Australian Shepherd is 10 weeks old — that’s like a 70-year old getting a 2-year old roommate” says owner Florence Chevalier. “Gypsy is relentless in her efforts to play with him, so we decided to make the couch a ‘Chili-only&rsquo
  
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• Quebec’s Cacao 70 revolutionizing the world of chocolate

  04-08-2017 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  Yingzhi Wang, Cacao 70 founder, sits down with Global’s Laura Casella to explain how he started the Montreal-based restaurant and how the brand has expanded to become a national franchise.
  
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• Montreal-based teen actor takes Hollywood by storm

  04-08-2017 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Cameron Brodeur, a 15-year-old Montreal-based actor and SuperKid joins Global’s Kim Sullivan and Laura Casella to talk about his Hollywood breakthrough.
  
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• Montreal police investigate warehouse fire

  04-08-2017 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  The arson squad is investigating an early morning fire in a warehouse on Notre-Dame Street West.
  
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• Gildan has lofty hopes for once-risqué American Apparel

  04-08-2017 15:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Gildan Activewear Inc. has big plans for American Apparel.
  Since buying the iconic L.A. brand at a bankruptcy auction this year, the Canadian maker of T-shirts and underwear has rebuilt inventory and ramped up shipments to wholesalers. It’s now preparing to relaunch the e-commerce website, while also aiming to boost exports and explore retail opportunities.
  “At the end of the day we will do very well with this brand,” chief executive officer Glenn Chamandy said on a conference
  
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• Teaching kids the value of money

  04-08-2017 15:18 via globalnews.ca
  Certified money coach Lama Farran sits down with Global’s Laura Casella and shares advice on teaching kids how to handle money and recognize its value.
  
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