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• Rogers Cup aims to be green

  08-08-2017 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  For the past decade, organizers of the Roger’s Cup have been trying to make it one of the greenest events in Canada. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Roger Federer celebrates birthday at Rogers Cup

  08-08-2017 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Roger Federer is celebrating his birthday the only way a tennis star would know how – on the court. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Rogers Cup working towards becoming a zero-waste event

  08-08-2017 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Rogers Cup organizers are doing everything they can to turn the event into a garbage-free zone.
  
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• Rosemont crosswalk aims to keep cyclists safe

  08-08-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  A new initiative to keep cyclists safe in the east end of Montreal is catching people’s eye. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, not everyone is likes it.
  
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• Masked protesters block road to oil exploration company's well

  08-08-2017 23:20 via cbc.ca
  More than a dozen masked protesters have created a blockade on a road to an oil exploration site in Gaspé.
  
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• Quebec court orders city to pay two Occupy Montreal protestors $2,000 each

  08-08-2017 22:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered the city of Montreal to pay $2,000 to two people who were arrested in 2011 during the Montreal edition of Occupy Wall Street.
  Nina Haigh and Adam O’Callaghan were among the protesters occupying Victoria Square between Oct. 15 and Nov. 25, 2011.
  At that time, the square had become home to about 60 to 70 protesters living in a densely-populated tent city. When Montreal police ordered them to leave, about a dozen people, including Haigh and O’Calla
  
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• Around the World in 80 Days is theatre done at a fast clip

  08-08-2017 22:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Actor Mike Hughes is no stranger to switching roles in the blink of an eye. The John Abbott College theatre graduate who went on to study physical theatre at École Internationale de Théàtre Jacques Lecoq in Paris has made a career of slipping in and out of characters with quicksilver precision.
  Hughes plays Detective Fix, among other roles, in the Toby Hulse theatre adaptation of Jules Verne’s novel Around the World in 80 Days, which opens at the Hudson Village Theatre
  
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• Kramberger: West Island anglophones deserve intensive French immersion

  08-08-2017 22:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Language figures from the 2016 census were released by Statistics Canada last week, sparking reflection, debate and analysis — some more on the spot than others.
  As is usually the case when statistics seem to indicate Montreal is becoming slightly more bilingual or that slightly fewer Quebecers are speaking French at home, reactions are overhyped and alarmist concerns are raised.
  West Island municipalities remain the home to Quebec’s linguistic minority (English), outnumbering t
  
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• Projet Montréal promises to plant 30,000 trees on Mount Royal

  08-08-2017 22:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Projet Montréal has announced a campaign promise to plant 30,000 trees on Mount Royal over the next 10 years.
  The opposition party at city hall says the action would help mitigate the effects of emerald ash borers that are threatening about 27,000 ash trees on the mountain.
  If elected, the party promises to update Mount Royal’s tree inventory and replace trees decimated by the insects as quickly as possible to maintain the mountain’s green canopy and prevent the prop
  
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• Small group of commercial property owners dominating Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver Airbnb market: study - Toronto Star

  08-08-2017 22:12 via thestar.com
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  Small group of commercial property owners dominating Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver Airbnb market: study
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  A team of urban planners from McGill University looked at Airbnb trends in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto and noted a 50 per cent increase in the number of short-term rental properties year over year. One of the top five Airbnb listings in Toronto.
  'They're basically running hotels': Property management companies Airbnb's biggest winnersCBC.caall 7 news articles&n
  
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• Roger Federer will provide tough test for Peter Polansky at Rogers Cup

  08-08-2017 22:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Peter Polansky will meet Roger Federer for the second time Wednesday and he was asked what he remembered from their first meeting in the 2014 Rogers Cup in Toronto.
  “I remember it went really, really quick,” said Polansky, who lost 6-0, 6-2, “I wish I were out there longer last time. I remember I played a pretty decent match against him. I looked at some highlights after the match and there were some really good points, but I lost every single one of them.
  “I didn’t
  
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• ‘Safety art’ on Rosemont intersections aims to keep cyclists safe

  08-08-2017 22:02 via globalnews.ca
  Cars, pedestrians and cyclists struggle to share the roads in Montreal.
  
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• Montrealer fined $11.2 million for manipulating stock market

  08-08-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal “penny-stock king” Jean-François Amyot will have to pay the Quebec government a fine of $11.2 million after being found guilty of manipulating the markets.
  According to the Autorité des marchés financiers (AMF), Amyot took part in a “pump and dump” scheme involving five American companies which left him facing five charges of manipulation. He will also serve a three-month jail term intermittently.  
  Ten other individuals (Francis Mailhot
  
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• Monkland Village could get street festival next year

  08-08-2017 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Aug 8: NDG Arts Week is seeking to restart a summer street festival on Monkland Avenue in NDG. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, people are being asked their opinion online.
  
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• SNC-Lavalin targets Canadian projects despite Trump's audacious spending plans

  08-08-2017 21:52 via montrealgazette.com
  By Frederic Tomesco
  Canada’s biggest builder is keeping its focus at home even as U.S. President Donald Trump pledges to ramp up infrastructure spending next door.
  SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. is bidding on projects such as light-rail lines in Ottawa and Toronto and a $6 billion rapid-transit system for Montreal, as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau follows through on a pledge to invest $120 billion on infrastructure over 12 years. Trump’s plan is “still to be confirmed,” said SNC
  
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• The Clintons are coming to Quebec and this is their five-star hotel

  08-08-2017 21:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The Clintons are coming to Canada.
  No, not to flee the presidency of Donald Trump. Just for a vacation.
  Former U.S. president Bill Clinton and wife Hillary — the former Secretary of State and Democratic presidential candidate — along with daughter Chelsea and grandchildren Aidan and Charlotte will be staying at the Manoir Hovey in North Hatley for a week starting on Sunday, Radio-Canada reports.
  Manoir Hovey, which came 26th in Travel and Leisure magazines’s most recent ranking
  
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• Team Canada women's rugby rookies set example for youth in Quebec

  08-08-2017 21:34 via montrealgazette.com
  About 4,700 kilometres from Montreal, across the Atlantic Ocean, a group of 28 Canadian women are hoping to bring back the nation’s first gold medal in a sport that is often overlooked by most Canadians: rugby.
  The Women’s Rugby World Cup for rugby fifteens — 15 players from each team on the field at a time — is taking place from Aug. 9 to 26 in Dublin and Belfast, in Ireland. Rugby has been gaining steam over the past few years, especially with the inclusion of rugby sev
  
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• Genie disappears, Shapovalov battles to win at Rogers Cup

  08-08-2017 21:21 via cbc.ca
  Donna Vekic of Croatia downed Canadian Eugenie Bouchard 6-3, 6-4 in first-round play at the Rogers Cup women's event in Toronto on Tuesday.
  
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• Bouchard complains of 'burden of Canada' after early exit from Rogers Cup

  08-08-2017 21:21 via cbc.ca
  Eugenie Bouchard said she was lacking confidence after being bounced from the Rogers Cup in the first round on Tuesday.
  
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• Man wearing motorcycle helmet robs Pierrefonds store

  08-08-2017 21:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Police Station 3 serving Pierrefonds-Roxboro and Île-Bizard-Ste-Geneviève
  A man wearing a black motorcycle helmet robbed a convenience store in Pierrefonds just after 3 a.m., July 17.
  The man rang the store’s doorbell to gain entry. The store clerk did not find it strange that the suspect was wearing a helmet because he told police it was common for bikers to wear their helmets while making their purchases at the store, which is located near the intersection of St-Cha
  
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• Quebec court orders city to pay two Occupy Montreal protestors $2000 each - Montreal Gazette

  08-08-2017 21:02 via montrealgazette.com
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  Quebec court orders city to pay two Occupy Montreal protestors $2000 each
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  A view of the encampment set up in Victoria Square in Montreal as part of the city's version of the Occupy Wall Street protest in October 2011. John Kenney / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. The Quebec Court of Appeal has ordered the city ...
  
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• Monkland Village could get another street festival next summer

  08-08-2017 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  After complaints over noise and traffic drove summer street festivals out of Monkland Village this year, an art organization is trying to bring one back for 2018.
  
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• Montreal a major 'turnaround' port for eastern voyages - National Post

  08-08-2017 20:23 via nationalpost.com
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  Montreal a major 'turnaround' port for eastern voyages
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  We're coming up on what is arguably the best time to visit the Canadian Maritimes. The bulk of Canada and New England cruises operate from late August until late October, and while some purely concentrate on the eastern seaboard, there are plenty of ...
  
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• Airbnb in Canada: 10% of hosts account for most of revenue, McGill study finds

  08-08-2017 20:20 via globalnews.ca
  A team of urban planners from McGill University looked at Airbnb trends in Montreal, Vancouver and Toronto.
  
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• Montreal police officers to vote on contract deal Thursday | Montreal ... - Montreal Gazette

  08-08-2017 20:14 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal police officers to vote on contract deal Thursday | Montreal ...
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  Unionized members of Montreal Police will be voting on their latest contract offer this week.
  After 3 years of colourful pants, Montreal police will vote on ... - CBC.caCBC.ca
  It's Official, Montreal Police Won't Ever Be Wearing Camo Pants ...MTL Blog (blog)all 3 news articles »
  
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• Montreal police officers to vote on contract deal Thursday - Montreal Gazette

  08-08-2017 20:14 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal police officers to vote on contract deal Thursday
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  Colourful clown pants and imaginative camo designs on police officers probably won't return until at least 2022. Unionized Montreal police officers will be voting on their latest contract offer this week. As previously reported in the Montreal Gazette ...
  After 3 years of colourful pants, Montreal police will vote on negotiated dealCBC.ca
  It's Official, Montreal Police Won't Ever Be Wearing Camo Pants A
  
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• Laval public transit gets $30M to buy hybrid buses, build charging stations

  08-08-2017 20:12 via cbc.ca
  The Société de transport de Laval (STL) will be getting a $30 million injection from the federal and provincial government aimed at improving and modernizing public transportation services in the area.
  
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• Montreal to show its colours at inaugural Canada Pride celebration - Montreal Gazette

  08-08-2017 20:06 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal to show its colours at inaugural Canada Pride celebration
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  Each year, Fierté Montréal Pride gives away thousands of free condoms during its LGBTQ Pride festival, and plans are to do the same at the first-ever national edition of Canada Pride, which kicks off in Montreal this week. But when a middle-aged ...
  
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• Vance Joy talks Osheaga, writing music and touring with Taylor Swift

  08-08-2017 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  Vance Joy serenaded festivalgoers as the sun set behind the Scène de la Rivière at Osheaga Sunday.
  
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• Federal proposal to lower legal blood-alcohol limit meets opposition

  08-08-2017 19:32 via cbc.ca
  Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is considering lowering the legal alcohol limit for licensed drivers from 0.08 to 0.05.
  
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• Federal justice minister seeks to decrease blood-alcohol levels for drivers

  08-08-2017 19:32 via cbc.ca
  Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould is considering lowering the legal alcohol limit for licensed drivers from .08 to .05.
  
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• Clinton family to take over Manoir Hovey in Quebec's Eastern Townships

  08-08-2017 19:23 via cbc.ca
  Former U.S. president Bill Clinton, former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, their daughter Chelsea and their two grandchildren are planning to stay at Manoir Hovey, sources tell Radio-Canada.
  
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• Montreal police arrest two men in connection to June hit-and-run

  08-08-2017 19:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police said they have arrested two suspects involved in a hit-and-run in downtown Montreal on June 24 that left a tourist from Florida with severe head injuries.
  The driver and passenger were arrested on Monday and the vehicle was seized, Montreal police said. The driver was released on condition he will appear in court. The passenger is still undergoing interrogation by police. Police did not release the names of the suspects.
  In security video footage released by police, Zac
  
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• Tennis fans attend Rogers Cup opening ceremony

  08-08-2017 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Aug 8: Quebec celebrities gather to officially kick off the Rogers Cup. As Gloria Henriquez reports, there was a feeling in the air that tennis has finally claimed a podium spot in the big time sports category in Quebec. Sorry about that.
  
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• Quebec soda company signs deal with Metro Inc.

  08-08-2017 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  A Quebec-based soda company has signed a deal with Metro supermarkets.
  
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• Tim Raines' message to Montreal temporarily overwhelms Expos site

  08-08-2017 18:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A letter to Montrealers from former Expo Tim Raines proved so popular on Tuesday morning that it was sometimes inaccessible.
  The message from the outfielder, who recently entered baseball’s Hall of Fame wearing an Expos hat, was published on the ExposNation website. ExposNation is a nonprofit organization whose goal is to bring a Major League Baseball team back to Montreal.
  On multiple occasions, attempts to access the letter produced 503 errors, which are normally indicative of an overloa
  
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• Members of Haitian government in Montreal to 'support' asylum seekers

  08-08-2017 18:22 via cbc.ca
  The ministers of foreign affairs and Haitians living abroad met with Mayor Denis Coderre Tuesday.
  
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• Members of Haitian government coming to Montreal to 'support' asylum seekers

  08-08-2017 18:22 via cbc.ca
  The ministers of foreign affairs and Haitians living abroad will meet with Mayor Denis Coderre Tuesday.
  
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• Schukov: Chance West Island encounter with HIV activist Bob Leahy

  08-08-2017 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  At a recent West Island house party, I met a gentleman whose story reminded me that between the crushing headlines of terrorism and American politics, an old and huge killer may have fallen through the deep media crack but had never gone away.
  Born on the outskirts of London, England, Bob Leahy crossed the pond in 1971 in search of a career in Toronto’s banking sector. He calls that his “first life.”
  In 1993, things “livened up,” as he calls it, when he was diagnose
  
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• Tomorrow on BT: We're giving away a tennis racquet signed by the one and only @milosraonic thanks to our friends at… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…

  08-08-2017 17:39
  Tomorrow on BT: We're giving away a tennis racquet signed by the one and only @milosraonic thanks to our friends at… twitter.com/i/web/status/8…
  
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• It's International Cat Day! Consider adopting one from @SPCAMontreal https://t.co/JEhceltaiL

  08-08-2017 17:30
  
  It's International Cat Day! Consider adopting one from @SPCAMontreal https://t.co/JEhceltaiL
  
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• "Riptide" singer @vancejoy looks for more success with “Lay It On Me” btmontreal.ca/videos/riptide…

  08-08-2017 17:29
  "Riptide" singer @vancejoy looks for more success with “Lay It On Me” btmontreal.ca/videos/riptide…
  
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• Speed, impaired driving cause 22 deaths over Quebec construction holiday

  08-08-2017 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  Speed and impaired driving were only some of the factors that led to a high number of deaths in Quebec over the construction holidays.
  
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• Construction holiday collisions claim 22 lives, double last year's total

  08-08-2017 17:10 via cbc.ca
  The provincial police say that 19 vehicles and four motorcycles were involved in fatal road accidents during Quebec's two-week construction holiday.
  
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• BT Montreal Influencer: @Genevieveborne btmontreal.ca/videos/bt-mont…

  08-08-2017 17:06
  BT Montreal Influencer: @Genevieveborne btmontreal.ca/videos/bt-mont…
  
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• Portable fan given at Osheaga starts smoking, causes minor burns

  08-08-2017 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  Portable fans given away by Banque Nationale at Osheaga caused minor burns to one woman.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Chili chicken burgers

  08-08-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  How to stay sane for the whole school year is the theme of a new cookbook for parents titled The School Year Survival Cookbook (Appetite by Random House, $29.95).The authors are Toronto journalists and mothers Laura Keogh and Ceri Marsh whose blog, www.sweetpotatochronicles.com, discusses how to keep active kids fuelled, make sure lunch boxes come home empty and serve up nutritious family dinners. Compared to their earlier book, How to Feed a Family, this sequel emphasizes planning in
  
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• Repentigny woman dies after road accident in Greece: report

  08-08-2017 16:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A 21-year-old woman from Repentigny has died after crashing her rented vehicle while on vacation in Greece, TVA Nouvelles reports.
  Émilie Séguin, a hairstylist, was said to have lost control of her Jeep on Cephalonia island while driving to a restaurant with her partner, Konstantinos Giannakopoulos.
  The report said she has died of a brain hemorrhage, and her funeral is to be held in Quebec on Friday.
  More to come. 
  
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• Physical activity could help those living with mental health issues https://t.co/LtKYAZcO7S

  08-08-2017 16:07
  
  Physical activity could help those living with mental health issues https://t.co/LtKYAZcO7S
  
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• Asylum seekers find themselves vulnerable on many fronts

  08-08-2017 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  What's not often discussed, is just how vulnerable asylum seekers,like the hundreds of Haitians who have been crossing illegally into Canada, can be.
  
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