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• Adolescents with diabetes need better help transitioning to adult care: MUHC study

  16-08-2017 23:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Michael Wright was 16 when his parents started noticing something wasn’t quite right with their son. The signs would later seem obvious in retrospect: loss of weight, frequent urination, drinking a lot of water.
  The day Wright received a Type 1 diabetes diagnosis five years ago, a doctor at the Montreal Children’s Hospital took the rest of his shift to show him around the centre, teaching him the first steps of how he was going to need to treat the disease.
  Wright left knowing h
  
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• Montreal's Francoise Abanda loses 2nd-round match in Cincinnati

  16-08-2017 23:42 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's Francoise Abanda was beaten by Germany's Julia Goerges for the second time in three weeks, losing 6-4, 6-4 Wednesday in the second round of the Cincinnati Open.
  
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• Kirkland tennis, basketball courts under construction

  16-08-2017 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Work to repair tennis and basketball courts in Kirkland is being redone to “meet technical standards” set by the city. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, that means the courts won’t reopen until at least September.
  
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• Is Canada in control of refugee crisis in Quebec?

  16-08-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  More than half of Canadians think Ottawa isn’t in control of the refugee issue in Quebec, according to a Global News Ipsos poll. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• StatsCan to announce revised language statistics Thursday

  16-08-2017 23:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Statistics Canada will unveil its revised language data Thursday at 8:30 a.m. on its website after admitting last week that a glitch in its computer system affected the responses of 61,000 individuals.
  Many of the corrections will affect the responses obtained from Quebec, Statistics Canada said.
  On Aug. 2, Statistics Canada released Census 2016, which showed a marked increase of bilingualism in Quebec, particularly in smaller regions of the province. Such increases led many experts and groups w
  
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• Flood victim's restaurant, home in limbo after Quebec denies financial assistance

  16-08-2017 22:09 via cbc.ca
  With his restaurant still closed, no money coming in and being denied financial assistance, Tekka Grill owner Michael Gad says he may lose his home after historic spring flooding.
  
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• 'There's rhetoric and there's reality': Charest says Canada in good position for NAFTA talks

  16-08-2017 21:59 via cbc.ca
  With trade talks formally kicking off this week, the former Quebec premier believes that Canada is in a good position to negotiate as an "unpredictable" U.S. President Donald Trump demands fundamental changes to the North American Free Trade Agreement.
  
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• 'It's very alarming': Another dead North Atlantic right whale found off Cape Cod

  16-08-2017 21:50 via cbc.ca
  Another dead North Atlantic right whale has been spotted off Cape Cod, bringing the total number of confirmed deaths in North America this summer to at least 13.
  
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• Montreal's Aiemann Zahabi to face Ricardo Ramos at UFC 217 on Nov. 4

  16-08-2017 21:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Aiemann Zahabi’s sophomore fight in the UFC will come under the brightest lights the sport has to offer.
  On Wednesday, the UFC told Postmedia that the Montrealer will be fighting Ricardo Ramos at UFC 217 at Madison Square Garden in New York City on Nov. 4.
  It’s a massive stage for the rising bantamweight, who made his UFC debut this year when he outlasted Reginaldo Vieira in February at UFC Fight Night in Halifax.
  It was an impressive performance and solidified the idea that Zahabi h
  
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• Hundreds of Quebecers at Graceland to mark 40th anniversary of Elvis's death

  16-08-2017 21:28 via montrealgazette.com
  On the 40th anniversary of the death of Elvis Presley on Wednesday, hundreds of Quebecers made their way to Memphis to pay tribute to the King.
  François Reny has organized this annual one-week stay for about 20 years. He was surprised to see how many Quebecers came together this year.
  On Tuesday, he counted at least 10 buses from Quebec parked near Graceland, the former home of the late singer.
  “There were plenty of people who spoke French,” he said in an interview with Presse
  
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• Opinion: On racism, PQ action plan beats Liberal commission's talk

  16-08-2017 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Premier Philippe Couillard’s government recently announced that it would hold a “Commission sur la discrimination systémique et le racisme.” This commission is misnamed. “Systemic” is an American buzzword; it is more accurate to use the term “institutional” to describe racism within social and political institutions, such as employment or policing. Easily confused with “systematic,” “systemic” gives the false impr
  
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• Montreal police sergeant shows off musical talent on public piano

  16-08-2017 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal police sergeant is taking a break to play the piano at a public park in Outremont.
  
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• Franco-Manitoban lawyer beats speeding ticket issued by non-bilingual officer

  16-08-2017 21:16 via cbc.ca
  A Franco-Manitoban lawyer has successfully challenged a speeding ticket because the officer who pulled him over didn’t offer him service in French.
  
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• Quebec calls on federal government to offer asylum seekers temporary housing

  16-08-2017 21:09 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's Minister of Immigration Kathleen Weil is calling on the federal government to be more present at the border where the province is struggling to process an influx of asylum seekers.
  
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• Montreal police mourning Anjou officer

  16-08-2017 21:03 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal police officer from Station 46 in Anjou has died, according to a Twitter message from police chief Philippe Pichet.
  Pichet said the officer died Wednesday morning and the entire police force is mourning the loss.
  He added that no other details would be provided, but according to a report in the Journal de Montréal, the female officer reportedly committed suicide with her firearm inside the police station.It is with great sadness that I learned of the sudden death of one of our
  
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• Video shows two people standing between moving métro cars

  16-08-2017 20:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A video that was posted online Tuesday appears so show two individuals standing between two métro cars as the train began leaving the station.
  The two people were standing on the connector between the two cars, in this case two facing driver cabins.On Twitter Wednesday morning, the STM said it was aware of the video and they condemned the actions, adding that the individuals placed themselves and others in danger.2/ Ces personnes ont mis en péril leur propre sécurité
  
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• Montreal is autonomous, says mayor in response to reasonable accommodation debate

  16-08-2017 20:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre reaffirmed the city’s position against Quebec’s religious neutrality law during an executive committee meeting Wednesday morning.
  “We have always said that it is not up to a government, no matter which, to decide how our employees will dress, how we will render services,” he said. “We are all OK with faces being covered while providing services.”
  His statement comes a day after Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée p
  
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• Couple seeking damages after woman delivers 13-pound baby naturally

  16-08-2017 20:35 via globalnews.ca
  The couple is asking for $1.4 million in damages.
  
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• Solar eclipse: Protect your eyes by avoiding these shady glasses

  16-08-2017 20:32 via montrealgazette.com
  As excitement on social media about the Aug. 21 solar eclipse heats up, experts are urging people to take good care of their eyes when they enjoy the spectacle in Canadian skies.
  Ralph Chou, a University of Waterloo optometry professor and president of the Royal Astronomical Society of Canada, says that staring at the sun for more than a few seconds will cause harm. He says the eye feels no pain so it will be too late to look away from potential retina-burning solar rays before a person notices
  
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• SNC-Lavalin, Provencher Roy land contract for McTavish reservoir upgrades

  16-08-2017 20:19 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal has awarded a $17.5-million contract to SNC-Lavalin and architecture firm Provencher Roy for the modernization of the McTavish reservoir and pumping station. The total project cost is estimated at $182 million and is set to take nine years to complete. 
  The reservoir, which serves 1.2 million Montrealers, was built between 1929 and 1949. The city says that a complete upgrade of pumping equipment, suction and discharge lines, electrical equipment and building mechan
  
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• Why loneliness can be as unhealthy as smoking 15 cigarettes a day

  16-08-2017 19:53 via cbc.ca
  Marci O'Conner, a Quebec mother of two teenagers, struggles with her confident, independent self and recurring loneliness — feelings that psychologists say are increasingly posing public health challenges.
  
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• Threat accusations against man who orchestrated helicopter jailbreak to be withdrawn

  16-08-2017 19:22 via montrealgazette.com
  The man who orchestrated a daring escape from a provincial detention centre four years ago will likely see charges alleging he threatened prison guards after he was rearrested withdrawn. 
  During a recent hearing at the Montreal courthouse, prosecutor Éric de Champlain informed Quebec Court Judge Yves Paradis that the Crown intends to withdraw charges alleging Benjamin Hudon-Barbeau, 40, threatened provincial detention centre guards on two different occasions in 2014. The alleged thre
  
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• Military member charged with sexual assault at Saint-Jean Garrison

  16-08-2017 19:01 via cbc.ca
  A member of Canadian Armed Forces has been charged with four counts of sexual assault and two counts of assault relating to incidents which took place at a training camp in September 2016.
  
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• While you were sleeping: fire at CN Tower, plaque removed from The Bay

  16-08-2017 18:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Firefighters were called in early Wednesday to extinguish a fire at the highest point of Canada’s tallest building.
  Fire broke out in the antenna mast of Toronto’s CN tower in the early hours of Wednesday.
  A fire chief at the scene said a tar-like substance was burning. Crews evacuated the building and shut down the electricity on the communications tower.
  A commemorative plaque of a Confederate leader was removed from the historic Hudson’s Bay store downtown.
  The plaque honour
  
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• Losing sense of smell could signal Alzheimer's: McGill researchers

  16-08-2017 18:44 via montrealgazette.com
  If you have a hard time identifying specific smells, it could be a sign that you are at risk for developing Alzheimer’s disease, a group of McGill researchers has found.
  The study, published in the journal Neurology, looked at whether a simple smell test could reveal someone’s susceptibility to the disease.
  “Despite all the research in the area, no effective treatment has yet been found for Alzheimer’s disease,” John Breitner, one of the study’s authors, said
  
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• Montreal man goes on vacation, friends ‘redecorate’ home for his return

  16-08-2017 18:24 via globalnews.ca
  Jonathan Montpetit's friends "redecorated" his home while he was on vacation.
  
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• Q&A: Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett on the band's vital reunion tour

  16-08-2017 18:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Peter Garrett registers a modest note of surprise at Midnight Oil’s contemporary relevance. It’s matched by a note of regret.
  “It’s very sobering to find that there’s some song that might have been written 20 years ago or 25 years ago about something for which we really wanted action NOW, and stuff still hasn’t happened,” Garrett said this month during a brief break from the politically charged Australian quintet’s Great Circle reunion tour. &ldquo
  
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• Of monks and melons: Preserving Quebec's delicious agricultural heritage

  16-08-2017 17:58 via cbc.ca
  The Oka melon is a cross between the banana melon and the Montreal melon, which itself has quite the history.
  
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• From the archives: Montreal melon comes home

  16-08-2017 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Sept 10, 1999, in the Montreal Gazette.
   
  In an N.D.G. community garden, tucked behind tennis courts, a children’s playground and the YMCA, the green tendrils of a supposedly extinct plant are poking through a fence.
  This isn’t just any extinct plant we’re talking about. This is the Montreal melon: a big, green-fleshed fruit that used to be as familiar to people in this city as McIntosh apples are now. Even more so, perhaps, for the&n
  
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• Monks resurrect lost Oka Melons

  16-08-2017 17:35 via montrealgazette.com
  SAINT-JEAN-DE-MATHA, Que. — In the foothills of the Laurentian Mountains north of Montreal, a group of Cistercian monks living in a contemporary-style abbey have relearned how to grow a juicy heirloom melon created by one of their forefathers 100 years ago.
  The Oka melon’s rebirth in the abbey’s garden was made possible by an organic seed farmer, Jean-Francois Lévêque, who is on a mission to rekindle lost parts of Quebec’s agricultural heritage.
  “I can
  
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• Montreal parking app lowers service fees

  16-08-2017 17:07 via cbc.ca
  The app, run by Stationnement de Montréal, allows drivers to pay for street parking and parking in city-owned lots via a credit card attached to the app.
  
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• 'Fundamentally failed': U.S. vows major overhaul as NAFTA talks formally begin

  16-08-2017 17:00 via cbc.ca
  U.S. President Donald Trump wants a major overhaul of the North American Trade Agreement to improve the deal that has "fundamentally failed" many Americans, U.S. trade representative Robert Lighthizer said today as renegotiation talks formally kicked off in Washington.
  
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• Dorval Astronomy Club invites public to "safely watch" solar eclipse

  16-08-2017 16:59 via montrealgazette.com
  The Dorval Astronomy Club is inviting the public to come safely watch a partial solar eclipse with them on Monday, Aug. 21.
  The event will take place at Dorval Arena, located at 1450 Dawson Ave.
  Organizers warn the public not to look directly at the sun “except if there is an appropriate filter between the sun and the eyes. Otherwise, the intense light from the sun could cause almost instantly some permanent burns to the retina.”
  The Dorval Astronomy Club invites the public to c
  
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• Montreal to save $6.2 million on traffic officers in new police labour deal

  16-08-2017 16:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal will save about $6.2 million annually through the use of cadets as traffic officers on construction sites, Diane Bouchard, director of Montreal’s human resources service, announced Wednesday morning. 
  While explaining the city’s new collective agreement with the police union, the Fraternité des policiers et policières de Montréal, Bouchard said cadet officers may now be responsible for directing traffic around construction sites 75 per cent of the t
  
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• Confederate plaque removed from wall of the Bay in downtown Montreal

  16-08-2017 16:33 via montrealgazette.com
  A Confederate plaque on a wall outside the Bay department store in downtown Montreal was removed Tuesday evening, Hudson’s Bay Co. spokesperson Tiffany Bourré confirmed. Bourré did not specify the reasons for the plaque’s removal.
  The plaque was dedicated to Jefferson Davis, president of the Confederate States from 1861 to 1865.
  Its presence was criticized after a protest in Charlottesville, Va., on Saturday deteriorated into a clash between anti-racism protes
  
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• Woman without licence stopped going wrong way on Highway 20

  16-08-2017 16:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman who was driving under the influence without a licence was stopped going the wrong way on Highway 20 west in Dorval early Wednesday morning.
  The Sûreté du Québec said the 27-year-old was stopped around 2 a.m. near the Dorval Circle.
  Her car was seized and she will receive tickets for driving without a license and driving under the influence, amounting to a minimum fine of $884. She also lost four demerit points.
  
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• The Clintons are enjoying their stay in North Hatley, guest says

  16-08-2017 16:28 via montrealgazette.com
  It seems like the Clintons are enjoying their time at the Manoir Hovey in North Hatley.
  Nicole Dumontet, a woman who is also staying at the hotel in the Eastern Townships, was having breakfast Tuesday morning at a table neighbouring Hillary, Bill and Chelsea Clinton. Dumontet said they blended in effortlessly with everyone around them.
  “They were eating at the table like everyone else,” she said.
  She added that they looked like a tight-knit family and were enjoying themselves with Ch
  
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• Stationnement de Montréal unveils new mobile app, lower user fee

  16-08-2017 16:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Stationnement de Montréal is upgrading its mobile application, and that will mean lower fees for users.
  On its website Wednesday morning, Stationnement de Montréal encouraged users to upgrade the P$ Service mobile application by Sept. 16. With the new application, the fee per transaction will drop to 7 cents from 20 cents.
  When downloading the new application, users will have to re-enter all their credit card information.
  “Since its launch in 2012, parking users have ado
  
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• Quebec consumers group reaches deal with Pharmaprix over Optimum points lawsuit

  16-08-2017 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  The group filed a class-action against Pharmaprix in 2010 seeking compensation.
  
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• WATCH: Cottage Workout Plan with @KTrotterFitness https://t.co/esKKna4TWX

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• Celebrating National Rum Day

  16-08-2017 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  Bacardi ambassador and mixologist Samuel Trudeau joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk about rum and mix some original cocktails in honour of National Rum Day.
  
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• Cirque du Soleil performer falls, temporarily halting Volta show

  16-08-2017 14:47 via cbc.ca
  Cirque du Soleil's Volta show in Gatineau, Que., was stopped temporarily Tuesday night when a performer fell.
  
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• Cirque du Soleil performer falls, halting Volta show

  16-08-2017 14:47 via cbc.ca
  Cirque du Soleil's Volta show in Gatineau, Que., was stopped temporarily Tuesday night when a performer fell.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/9NROpelw0W

  16-08-2017 14:37
  
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• Pharmaprix agrees to pay out 2-billion Optimum points to settle lawsuit

  16-08-2017 14:35 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec Superior Court justice must still sign off on the agreement.
  
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• Hot items for back to school

  16-08-2017 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  Get the inside scoop on the hottest back-to-school items with Erica Diamond and Global’s Kim Sullivan.
  
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• Rigaud flood victims still waiting on inspection reports, renovation permits

  16-08-2017 14:14 via cbc.ca
  So far, Rigaud has received around 30 reports and has issued four demolition permits and three renovation permits. The city is handling a total of 238 cases.
  
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• Quebec government suing companies over Turcot Interchange design flaws: report

  16-08-2017 14:06 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government is taking SNC-Lavalin and CIMA+ to court over design flaws in plans for the new Turcot Interchange, Radio-Canada reports. They say the lawsuit could amount to several million in damages. 
  The transport department had assigned the consortium, formed by the two companies, with drafting the plans and conducting preparatory work for the new interchange, as well as supervising the construction, in 2009-2010. 
  In 2014, design flaws regarding support beams were found, ha
  
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• Refugee claimants found in possession of child porn at Quebec border

  16-08-2017 14:01 via globalnews.ca
  Multiple refugee claimants have been found in possession of child pornography at or near the Quebec border crossing, Global News has learned.
  
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