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• Security to run high for Clinton family’s Quebec vacation

  10-08-2017 23:58 via montrealgazette.com
  While former U.S. president Bill Clinton and his family may be looking to sightsee, explore and chill on their upcoming Quebec vacation, security experts say there will be nothing relaxing for those in charge of keeping them safe.
  Security consultant Chris Mathers, who is a former RCMP officer, says preparation for VIP visits begins at least a few weeks in advance.
  “Suffice it to say there are advanced teams from the Secret Service that will come to the location. They’ll liaise with
  
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• Asylum seekers search for home in Quebec

  10-08-2017 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  One man shares his story of searching for home and safety crossing the Canada-U.S. border to seek asylum. Global’s Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Montreal police, city urged to apologize for raids on LGBTQ bars

  10-08-2017 23:46 via montrealgazette.com
  On Oct. 22, 1977, Michael Hendricks and his future husband were out having dinner in Chinatown when they decided to go their separate ways for the rest of their Saturday night. 
  Hendricks, feeling tired, wanted to go home to bed. His partner, René Leboeuf, felt like going out for a dance and a drink, so he made his way to the since-closed Truxx bar on Stanley St. He got there just as police started raiding the bar, arresting 146 men who would later be charged with being fou
  
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• Is the 2016 Census wrong about language?

  10-08-2017 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  The 2016 Statistics Canada census revealed the English language is booming in Quebec, but some community groups are questioning the accuracy of the figures. Global’s Sarah Volstad reports.
  
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• 'This is what solidarity looks like': Indigenous Peoples to lead Canada Pride

  10-08-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers gearing up for Canada Pride Montreal 2017 might notice a particular trend throughout the inaugural festivities and events.
  Jean-Sébastien Boudreault, the vice-president of Montreal Pride — which organized Canada Pride 2017 — says there will be heightened focus on Indigenous Peoples history at this year’s festivities. 
  As an out and proud two-spirited, transgender and gay man from the Samson Cree Nation in Maskwacis, Alta., and as one of Canada
  
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• High security for Clinton family during Quebec vacation - Montreal Gazette

  10-08-2017 23:13 via montrealgazette.com
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  High security for Clinton family during Quebec vacation
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  While former U.S. president Bill Clinton and his family may be looking to sightsee, explore and chill on their upcoming Quebec vacation, security experts say there will be nothing relaxing for those in charge of keeping them safe. Security consultant ...and more »
  
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  10-08-2017 23:10
  
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• CAQ calls for tighter borders, hardline approach to asylum seekers

  10-08-2017 23:10 via cbc.ca
  As Quebec takes measures to accommodate a surge of asylum seekers crossing into the province from the United States, the province's right-leaning party claims the border has become a "virtual sieve."
  
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• Statistics Canada to re-examine mystery surge of anglophones in Quebec regions

  10-08-2017 22:59 via cbc.ca
  The group that represents Quebec English-speaking communities says it’s shocked by and skeptical of new Statistics Canada numbers that show a surge in people who speak English as a mother tongue since the 2011 census.
  
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• Hotels in Montreal enjoyed busy July

  10-08-2017 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Figures provided by Tourism Montreal and the Hotel Association of Greater Montreal show that the city’s 2017 tourism season is enjoying a bit of a boom. 
  While the overall occupancy rate at Montreal hotels is down slightly from last year, the number of rooms booked is up by a fair margin, said Eve Paré, the CEO of the Hotel Association of Greater Montreal.
  She said for downtown Montreal, which is defined as being between Atwater Ave. and St-Hubert St., the number of o
  
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• West Island man looking for twin

  10-08-2017 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  Eric Brodeur is very ill and desperately looking for his estranged twin, Stephane, so the two can reconnect. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Montreal mayor defends 'X-Men' film shoot on Mount Royal - CTV News

  10-08-2017 22:44 via ctvnews.ca
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  Montreal mayor defends 'X-Men' film shoot on Mount Royal
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  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is trying to ease concerns about an “X-Men” film production taking over part of the city's namesake, Mount Royal, and transforming it into New York City's Central Park during peak tourism season later this month. A piece of ...and more »
  
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• Quebec pays Petrolia $20.5m to stop oil exploration on Anticosti Island

  10-08-2017 22:37 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government will be paying oil company Petrolia $20.5 million to cease their activities on Anticosti Island.
  The Quebec City-based company is the latest to reach an agreement with the provincial government. Deals have already been made to pay Junex, Corridor and Maurel & Prom $41.4 million in compensation for cancelling their contracts.
  “Although we are deeply disappointed with this turn of events, as we are still convinced … of the potential of the Anticosti, it&rsquo
  
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• EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Lachine man desperately looking for twin brother

  10-08-2017 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  A Lachine man is desperately searching for his estranged identical twin brother.
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard's plan to regain confidence: "Win matches"

  10-08-2017 21:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard is going through an extended fallow period on the tennis courts. 
  The former Wimbledon finalist was eliminated in the first round of the Rogers Cup this week and has seen her Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) ranking fall from fifth to 70th since 2014.
  This rough patch has raised questions about Bouchard’s confidence, which she has admitted is currently lacking. 
  Asked what she needs to do to get that confidence back, the Westmount native re
  
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• One year ago: Tanker fire killed one, wreaked traffic chaos

  10-08-2017 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  The fatal fire that claimed the life of Gilbert Prince was so intense it melted the guardrail of the expressway, forced the evacuation of a nearby high-rise and shut down both directions of the Metropolitan Expressway.
  On Aug. 9, 2016, Prince, a 52-year-old resident of Ste-Anne-des-Plaines just north of Montreal, was driving a tanker truck filled with 45,000 litres of diesel fuel when he slammed into a truck in front of him — the last truck involved in a a four-truck collision. The chain o
  
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• Quebec City boxer Vincent Thibault joins InterBox

  10-08-2017 21:04 via montrealgazette.com
  InterBox announced Thursday that boxer Vincent Thibault has made the jump to the professional ranks with the boxing promoter. 
  The 24-year-old boxer from the Charlesbourg borough of Quebec City will make his professional debut at an upcoming event by Eye of the Tiger Management, the owner of InterBox.
  Thibault was the 81-kg Canadian champion in 2014, in addition to winning the Golden Gloves. Thibault has appeared in over 100 amateur fights.
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• Premier Philippe Couillard blasts François Legault for comments on asylum seekers

  10-08-2017 20:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault is needlessly stirring up fears about immigrants with his recent remarks about the influx of asylum seekers in Quebec, Premier Philippe Couillard says.
  In a strongly-worded statement issued Thursday by his office, Couillard rips into Legault and says Quebecers expect their politicians to show leadership in times of crisis, avoiding what the premier called alarmist remarks such as those made by the CAQ leader Wednesday.
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• CAE's first-quarter profits take slight dip

  10-08-2017 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal-based CAE reported a slight decline in its first-quarter results on Thursday.
  Net earnings were $65.4 million, or 24 cents per share, compared with $69.3 million, or 26 cents per share, in the year-earlier period.
  Revenue decreased from $651.6 million a year ago to $698.9 million this year.
  Civilian revenues were $411.8 million in the first quarter, up 11 per cent.
  Revenue from the defence segment increased two per cent to $263.2 million.
  Revenue for the health-care segment was $23.9 mi
  
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• Denis Shapovalov stuns Nadal to reach Rogers Cup quarters

  10-08-2017 19:44 via cbc.ca
  Canadian teenager Denis Shapovalov upset top-seeded Rafael Nadal at the men's Rogers Cup to reach the quarter-finals in Montreal on Thursday.
  
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• Ramp toward West Island from Champlain Bridge to close for 2 months

  10-08-2017 19:30 via cbc.ca
  Starting in mid-September, the access ramp to Highway 20 West, toward the West Island and Trudeau airport, from Highway 15 North, coming from the Champlain Bridge, will be closed for two months. The detour will mean doing a U-turn on Côte-St.-Luc Road.
  
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• Duke and Devine’s Irish pub devastated about missing tables, chairs

  10-08-2017 19:13 via globalnews.ca
  Duke and Devine’s said it wants to reopen the terrace as soon as it can.
  
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• Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Keeping the spark alive https://t.co/JxKCjZwn7r

  10-08-2017 18:43
  
  Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Keeping the spark alive https://t.co/JxKCjZwn7r
  
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• Two Solitudes: Bringing the Old Country to Montreal in Little Italy

  10-08-2017 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  In this episode of Two Solitudes, Christopher Curtis and Radio-Canada’s Catherine Mathys visit Café Época in Little Italy.
  The café on St-Laurent Blvd. is in the middle of Little Italy, but it’s also the road dividing traditionally francophone and anglophone parts of the city. Tasting risotto and calamari and drinking espresso, the two learn what it’s like to be Italian in Montreal.
  
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• West Island dance troupe wins top prize at world championships

  10-08-2017 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  A group of young West Island dancers with the Elite Dance Academy in Île-Perrot, is finishing their season on top of the world.
  
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• Watch @FoodGuyMTL share Montreal's best salads! https://t.co/M5xLwvtUXO

  10-08-2017 18:06
  
  Watch @FoodGuyMTL share Montreal's best salads! https://t.co/M5xLwvtUXO
  
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• Check out the BT fall fashion preview with @zeeta https://t.co/dDJH3LsYcy

  10-08-2017 17:56
  
  Check out the BT fall fashion preview with @zeeta https://t.co/dDJH3LsYcy
  
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• Fake tickets dupe Coldplay fans - Here's how to avoid concert scams https://t.co/ox1WRaI1OV

  10-08-2017 17:54
  
  Fake tickets dupe Coldplay fans - Here's how to avoid concert scams https://t.co/ox1WRaI1OV
  
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• Montreal to rename street, park named for Alexis Carrel

  10-08-2017 17:48 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal announced it will erase any trace of the Nobel Prize-winning doctor because of his alleged Nazi ties.
  
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• On 'Incendies' and the quiet strength of pioneering Québécois director Denis Villeneuve

  10-08-2017 17:47 via cbc.ca
  The latest episode of The Filmmakers looks back at Villeneuve's Oscar-nominated thriller, which launched him into the cultural stratosphere.
  
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• P.K. Subban: First Canadian NHLer to reach 1,000,000 Twitter followers

  10-08-2017 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  P.K. Subban has once again become a millionaire.
  This time, however, it has everything to do with his popular Twitter account. 
  Early Wednesday morning, he became the first Canadian-born NHL player to reach the 1,000,000 follower landmark on Twitter. 
  Such a large Twitter following is a rarity for a hockey player. Carey Price leads current Habs players with 362,000 followers. Congratulations to @PKSubban1 for reaching 1,000,000 Twitter followers, the first active -born @NHL player
  
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• Coldplay fans in Montreal duped by bogus tickets

  10-08-2017 17:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Some Coldplay fans in Montreal hoping to catch the British act’s concert on Wednesday were turned away — the victims of an apparent online fake ticket scam.
  Montreal police said Thursday they received 17 complaints at a downtown police station near the Bell Centre.
  One of the duped fans said others she met who’d also been hoodwinked had similar stories: They’d seen advertisements on the popular classified site Kijiji and had met a man in person for the exchange.
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• Montreal police seek victims of pepper spray suspect

  10-08-2017 17:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are turning to the public to determine whether a man facing charges in connection with a series of violent crimes may have had other victims.
  Émile Yombo, 28, was arrested Aug. 7.
  Émile Yombo, 28, was arrested Aug. 7 and charged in Quebec Court with a number of armed assaults and parole violations.
  The most recent charge alleges he showed up at the counter of a restaurant on Jean Talon St. E. on Aug. 2 with a beer in his hand. When an employee told him he wasn&rsqu
  
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• Price of new houses up slightly from last year in June

  10-08-2017 17:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Prices for newly built houses in the Montreal area rose in June, according to Statistics Canada.
  New house prices in the Montreal census metropolitan area rose 1.1 per cent from June 2016 to June 2017, according to the federal statistics agency’s New Housing Price Index. 
  However, those prices were flat from May to June 2017. 
  The index, which uses December 2016 as a base, is currently at 100.6. That means new house prices have risen 0.6 per cent since December 2016. 
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• Montreal to strike Alexis Carrel's name from street, park over his alleged Nazi ties - Toronto Star

  10-08-2017 17:07 via thestar.com
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  Montreal to strike Alexis Carrel's name from street, park over his alleged Nazi ties
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  Montreal will erase any trace of the Nobel Prize-winning doctor's name by going ahead with plans to rename the city's street and park. Montreal's skyline is seen in this file photo from Dec. 2016. The City of Montreal is moving ahead with a plan to ...
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• Yellow Pages ekes out $820,000 profit in second quarter

  10-08-2017 16:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Yellow Pages said Thursday it earned $820,000 or 3 cents per share in the second quarter, compared with $11 million or 38 cents a share at the same time last year.
  The decrease in net earnings is mainly due to a decrease in adjusted EBITDA, partially offset by lower financing costs.
  The Montreal-based company‘s quarterly revenues decreased from $210.5 million last year to $191.2 million this year. This decline is mainly attributed to the decline in print media revenues.
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• Atelier d’Argentine: A passion for beef

  10-08-2017 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  Atelier d’Argentine chef Natalia Machado shows Global’s Laura Casella how to present and prepare meat, as well as explain her mission to provide patrons the best quality beef from Argentina and Quebec.
  
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• Reality check: Immigration minister says Quebec not dealing with ‘mass arrival’ of asylum seekers

  10-08-2017 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  If the government considers the asylum seekers in Quebec part of a mass arrival, it could use legislation to respond.
  
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• Winning a real estate bidding war

  10-08-2017 16:19 via globalnews.ca
  RE/MAX Platine real estate broker Shanna Garneau sits down with Global’s Laura Casella with advice on how to win a bidding war in a competitive market.
  
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• Police investigate after Coldplay fans duped by fake tickets in Montreal - Toronto Star

  10-08-2017 16:13 via thestar.com
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  Police investigate after Coldplay fans duped by fake tickets in Montreal
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  Montreal police say they received 17 complaints last night at a downtown police station near the Bell Centre. Many Coldplay fans were turned away from the show on Wednesday night in Montreal because of an apparent fake ticket scam. (Brent N. Clarke ...
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• Baloney Meter: Liberals avoid triggering 'irregular arrival' of asylum seekers

  10-08-2017 16:13 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government says it is able to redeploy the resources and personnel needed to deal with the increase in asylum seekers crossing the U.S. border into Canada.
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Aug. 12 and 13

  10-08-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It is looking like it’s going to be a wet weekend. Environment Canada is forecasting showers day and night on both Saturday and Sunday. 
  But a little rain won’t hurt you. There’s still lots to do this summer and no reason to stay cooped up inside.
  Here are five suggestions for making this weekend a fruitful one.
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  The first weekend of Pride in Montreal features a bevy of exhibits, public events and performances. Highlights include a celebration of the 3
  
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• Montreal’s Dîner en Blanc

  10-08-2017 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal’s Dîner en Blanc organizer Aymeric Pasquier sits down with Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the 2017 edition of the event.
  
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• Two teens dead after being struck by car in Rouyn-Noranda

  10-08-2017 15:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec provincial police are trying to determine the circumstances behind a road accident that cost two teenaged girls their lives Wednesday afternoon.
  The incident occurred at about 4:30 p.m. on Grenada St. in the Abitibi city of Rouyn-Noranda, where the girls, both aged 16, walked along the shoulder of the road.
  For reasons that have yet to be determined, a motorist in his 20s seems to have drifted off the road and struck both victims, killing one at the scene while the other died of her injur
  
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• New median strip aims to make Sainte-Anne-de-Bellevue road safer for motorists

  10-08-2017 15:31 via globalnews.ca
  The overpass at Anciens-Combattants has been considered a hazard by some drivers since it opened in 2015.
  
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• Police investigate as Coldplay fans turned away in Montreal

  10-08-2017 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police say they received 17 complaints at a downtown police station near the Bell Centre.
  
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• 'It defies logic': Census results on anglophone growth raise questions

  10-08-2017 15:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Has the anglophone population of Rivière-du-Loup more than quadrupled in five years?
  Are there almost five times as many English-speakers in Dolbeau-Mistassini, in the Lac-St-Jean region?
  Has Quebec City gained 6,000 residents whose mother tongue is English since 2011?
  So say the results released last week from the 2016 census.
  But some researchers who study Quebec’s anglophone minority aren’t buying it.
  “It defies logic,” said Jack Jedwab, the executive vice-presi
  
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• Lolë White Tour 2017

  10-08-2017 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Kim Sullivan is live from the Old Port of Montreal, where she’s getting all the details about the Lolë White yoga tour.
  
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• X-Men movie shoot will complicate access to Mount Royal, group says

  10-08-2017 15:13 via cbc.ca
  A shoot for the popular Hollywood film franchise will cause some disruption at Mount Royal in the coming weeks, but exactly how it will affect access to the park is in dispute.
  
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• Cascades doubles quarterly profit, falls short of expectations

  10-08-2017 15:11 via montrealgazette.com
  KINGSEY FALLS — Cascades reported Thursday a net profit of $323 million, or $3.41 per share, in the second quarter, compared to $161 million, or $1.70 per share, at the corresponding time last year.
  Its quarterly sales improved to $1.13 billion, reflecting growth in the company’s four business segments.
  But Cascades President and CEO Mario Plourde said in a news release that “the second quarter results did not meet expectations, specifically in the boxboard sector.”
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