Montreal news

• What’s the best way to protest?

  21-08-2017 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec activists are debating whether or not holding marches and counter-protests are the best way to effectively retaliate against anti-immigration groups. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports.
  
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• Solar eclipse 2017 draws crowds

  21-08-2017 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  For the first time since 2000, a solar eclipse was visible in North America, and Montrealers gathered together across the island to watch the rare occurrence.
  
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• Quebec floods: Pierrefonds residents ready to protest

  21-08-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  It’s been three months since the spring floods destroyed thousands of homes across Quebec. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, some residents still haven’t gotten answers from the government.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Counter-protest clashes are counterproductive

  21-08-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The disturbing show of force by white supremacists in Charlottesville, Va., just over a week ago has simultaneously galvanized the best and worst elements of a society in increasing turmoil.
  The effort by the alt-right to draw neo-Nazis out from the darkest corners of online chat rooms and into the real world has emboldened xenophobes everywhere who take inspiration from U.S. President Donald Trump. Reasonable people appalled at the open show of racism in the streets of their cities have been sh
  
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• Celine Cooper: La Meute, asylum seekers and the next Quebec election

  21-08-2017 23:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The unprecedented flow of asylum seekers crossing into Canada from the United States near Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle is not yet a full-blown political or social crisis. But it certainly has the makings of one. 
  Case in point: The political tensions on display Sunday in Quebec City between the far-right Quebec-based organization La Meute and a group of far-left anti-racist and anti-facist protestors may be a sign of the political polarization to come. 
  Sunday’s demonstration&nb
  
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• Quebec City police arrest three in connection with fake bomb threat

  21-08-2017 23:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec City police arrested three individuals, including two minors, in connection with a false bomb threat targeting the Marie-Guyart skyscraper, commonly known as Complexe G, in the province’s capital Monday afternoon.#OpérationPolicière Appel à la bombe à l'édifice Marie Guyart (ComplexeG) au 1035 rue de la Chevrotière, évacuation en cours par le SPVQ.
  — SPVQ_police (@SPVQ_police) August 21, 2017
  In an email, police said they receiv
  
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• Montreal schools preparing for hundreds of asylum seekers

  21-08-2017 23:10 via montrealgazette.com
  French school boards in greater Montreal are making plans to welcome between 800 and 1,000 new students whose parents have fled across Quebec’s border over the summer to seek asylum.
  Several dozen children of asylum seekers have already enrolled at the Commission Scolaire de Montréal, said board president Catherine Harel Bourdon.
  The board has identified about 10 schools in various neighbourhoods such at St-Michel, Hochelaga-Maisonneuve, the Sud-Ouest and the Centre-Sud that will be
  
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• Did you peek? Eclipse eye damage could be permanent, warns expert

  21-08-2017 22:35 via cbc.ca
  UBC radiation safety expert Craig Smith warns that even a quick glance at the sun is never safe, particularly during an eclipse. "The consequence of looking at the sun during an eclipse is irreversible."
  
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• Cross-border booze case would 'redesign' federalism, prosecutors argue

  21-08-2017 22:27 via cbc.ca
  Upholding the acquittal of a Tracadie, N.B., man who exceeded cross-border alcohol limits would "redesign Canadian federalism," provincial prosecutors say.
  
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• Quebec City mayor says La Meute is not welcome after weekend demonstration

  21-08-2017 22:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec City’s mayor says right-wing protesters are not welcome but he believes an anti-immigration group won the popularity contest during duelling demonstrations over the weekend.
  Mayor Regis Labeaume thanked members of the right-wing group, La Meute, for collaborating with police while some counter-protesters turned violent.
  He nonetheless told La Meute to protest elsewhere.
  “Their world doesn’t interest us,” he told reporters a day after anti-immigration protesters mar
  
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• Quebec to invest $23 million to fight sexual violence on campuses

  21-08-2017 22:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government has committed $23 million over five years to counter sexual violence in post-secondary institutions.
  Higher Education Minister Hélène David made the announcement on Monday at Université de Montréal. David was flanked by representatives from various universities.
  She also said a draft legislation will be tabled in the coming weeks, which will include a more specific framework with parameters and a form of accountability from the institutions invol
  
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• Haitian-born Liberal MP off to Miami over asylum seekers coming to Canada

  21-08-2017 22:09 via globalnews.ca
  Emmanuel Dubourg was appointed to a federal-provincial task force after thousands of people — mostly Haitians — crossed into Quebec since July.
  
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• Quebec floods: Victims organizing rally to get government’s attention

  21-08-2017 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec flood victims are tired of waiting on the government for compensation to rebuild their homes.
  
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• Opinion: 'Self-improvement' and health trends have their limits

  21-08-2017 21:49 via montrealgazette.com
  I admit, I enjoy listening to self-proclaimed health gurus tout the benefits of some previously unknown vegetation native to the Amazon rainforest. I am fascinated by magazine articles and books disclosing how we can all live to be 100 if we just embraced kale, yoga and powdered crickets. There would be far fewer patients lined up outside of medical clinics and emergency wards, we are told.  
  Frustrated by the seemingly slow progress made by conventional medicine in the development of new c
  
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• Canadians can be assured that all laws are being enforced with asylum seekers: Goodale

  21-08-2017 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Public safety minister Ralph Goodale said there has been no compromise on Canadian or international law in this process with asylum seekers and that public safety is paramount.
  
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• Quebec police say ‘strong possibility of arrests’ following Sunday protest

  21-08-2017 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau called the anti-immigration protesters intolerant and racist.
  
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• Numbers entering Quebec as asylum seekers has moderated: Goodale

  21-08-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Public safety minister Ralph Goodale stated that the number of asylum seekers coming into Quebec has moderated but is still large. He went on to stress that anyone crossing the border in this manner doesn’t have a free ticket to stay in Canada.
  
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• Man accused of seeking to have Montreal police officer killed sees Jordan request rejected

  21-08-2017 20:37 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal man charged with posting online ads seeking to have a high-profile Montreal police officer killed has been turned down in his request to have the charges placed under a stay of proceedings. 
  Anatoliy Vdovin, 48, faces five charges in all, including three alleging he counselled people to murder Commander Ian Lafrenière, the former head of the Montreal police media relations department, on three different occasions. While working as a spokesperson for the police force, Lafre
  
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• New Brunswick government says border-beer sales could ‘redesign’ Canadian federalism

  21-08-2017 20:34 via globalnews.ca
  The province is asking the top court to rule that the provincial Liquor Control Act does not violate the Constitution Act.
  
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• Solar eclipse: Montrealers gather at Planetarium to watch

  21-08-2017 20:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Thousands of people lined the grounds of the Montreal Planetarium Monday to take in the solar eclipse.
  The Planetarium hosted a daylong event for the occasion, distributing special glasses so people could safely view the event.
  Amateur astronomers on site also gave visitors a chance at a closeup look at the sun with their telescopes.
  Halos Krastev and her children Alex and Emilian test their eclipse-viewing cards at Olympic Park in Montreal on Monday, Aug. 21, 2017.
  David De Santis, 23, had the
  
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• Police called as activist blots out swastika in park west of Montreal

  21-08-2017 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  As the founder of a movement called Erasing Hate, Corey Fleischer has removed a lot of swastikas in the last few years.
  Fleischer, who runs a graffiti removal company called Provincial Power Washing, is often called to remove swastikas and other hate symbols in public spaces. He does most of those removals pro-bono.
  However, last week marked the first time the Montreal-area resident removed a swastika that was displayed prominently by a public body. The symbol was painted on an anchor, one of se
  
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• Four men charged in fentanyl bust granted conditional release

  21-08-2017 19:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Four men who were arrested over the weekend when the Montreal police decided to respond to an increase in overdoses involving the powerful drug fentanyl have been granted conditional releases after being charged with possessing drugs with the intent to traffic in them. 
  All four were charged on Saturday with being in possession of various substances after search warrants were carried out at residences the day before. The Montreal police initiated the special operation hours after seven non-
  
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• Quebec City CEGEPs rush to ready themselves for legal pot

  21-08-2017 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Quebec City’s post-secondary schools are scrambling to ready themselves for the 2018 back-to-school period, when marijuana becomes legal in Canada.
  
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• Elderly woman dies after being struck by truck at Lachine intersection

  21-08-2017 19:04 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman was killed Monday morning after being struck by a truck at the corner of Notre-Dame St. and St-Pierre Ave. in the borough of Lachine.
  The incident occurred at about 10:50 a.m. when the woman, described by police as elderly, was walking east along Notre-Dame St. and crossed St-Pierre Ave. on a green light. The collision in the middle of the intersection occurred when the truck, immobile and engaged to turn north on St-Pierre Ave., suddenly moved forward and struck the woman.
  The victim wa
  
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• Inside La Meute, again: How Quebec's far-right group tries to win friends, influence people

  21-08-2017 19:02 via cbc.ca
  CBC Montreal's Jonathan Montpetit spends Sunday with La Meute, a far-right group in Quebec on a quest for mainstream legitimacy.
  
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• How Quebec's largest far-right group tries to win friends, influence people

  21-08-2017 19:02 via cbc.ca
  CBC Montreal's Jonathan Montpetit followed along with La Meute, a far-right group in Quebec on a quest for mainstream legitimacy, as they attempted to stage an anti-immigration protest in Quebec City.
  
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• Quebec wants to hear from you on legal marijuana

  21-08-2017 18:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government wants to hear from you on how legal marijuana should be regulated in this province.
  Quebec public health minister Lucie Charlebois announced Monday that public hearings will be scheduled throughout the province beginning Tuesday and continuing until Sept. 12.
  In a statement made public Monday, the government says the hearings will “allow citizens to have their say, hear their opinions on what decisions should be taken and identify the necessary measures to ensure the
  
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• 'So dramatic!: What Montrealers are saying about the solar eclipse

  21-08-2017 18:47 via cbc.ca
  Montrealers are taking to the city's parks to see the moon partially obscure the sun. Here's what they're saying about the celestial event.
  
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• Pedestrian killed after being hit by truck in Lachine

  21-08-2017 18:47 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police received a 911 call at 10:50 a.m. about a collision that took place when the woman was crossing the road.
  
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• From cereal boxes to fidget spinners: How Montrealers watched the solar eclipse

  21-08-2017 18:47 via cbc.ca
  Montreal residents turned out in droves to watch this afternoon's solar eclipse - and some joked about what devices they'd use to watch it.
  
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• 80-year-old woman killed after being hit by truck in Lachine

  21-08-2017 18:47 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police received a 911 call at 10:50 a.m. about a collision that took place when the woman was crossing the road.
  
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• Senior dead after collision with truck in Lachine

  21-08-2017 18:34 via globalnews.ca
  A pedestrian is dead after a fatal collision in Montreal's Lachine borough.
  
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  21-08-2017 17:32
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  21-08-2017 17:14
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• Far-right protest in Quebec City worries anti-racism advocates

  21-08-2017 17:07 via cbc.ca
  A far-right protest that drew several hundred people to the streets of Quebec City over the weekend is raising alarm among those who have devoted their life to opposing racist views.
  
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• Authentic Argentinian cuisine at L'Atelier d'Argentine btmontreal.ca/videos/

  21-08-2017 16:03
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, August 21

  21-08-2017 15:51 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, August 21.
  
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• Festival Mode & Design

  21-08-2017 15:51 via globalnews.ca
  Vanessa Pilon from the Festival Mode & Design joins Kim Sullivan to talk about this week-long festival celebrating fashion, design, and the people who bring it all together.
  
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• Community Events: Strangers in the Night

  21-08-2017 15:51 via globalnews.ca
  Billy Shields has Montreal’s community events for Monday, August 21.
  
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• The 7 rules to good health

  21-08-2017 15:44 via globalnews.ca
  Global News Medical Specialist Dr. Mitch Shulman joins Billy Shields to talk about the seven basic rules you should follow to have a long and healthy life.
  
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• Major health study 'by Inuit, for Inuit' set to get underway in Nunavik

  21-08-2017 15:37 via cbc.ca
  Medical researchers on the Canadian Coast Guard’s Amundsen icebreaker will stop in the 14 Nunavik communities over the next several weeks, checking in on the health of 2,000 randomly selected residents.
  
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• Quebec to invest $23M for new 'zero-tolerance' campus sexual assault policy

  21-08-2017 15:04 via cbc.ca
  The province's policy will target colleges and universities, which will now be forced to adopt a sexual assault prevention policy if they haven't already.
  
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• Quebec takes aim at preventing sexual assault on campuses

  21-08-2017 15:04 via cbc.ca
  The policy will target colleges and universities, which will now be forced to adopt a sexual assault prevention policy if they haven't already.
  
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• Huge outdoor yoga event on Mont-Royal

  21-08-2017 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  Yomni Ambassador Caroline Grégoire joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk about a huge outdoor yoga event on Mount Royal to benefit the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation.
  
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• Family-friendly folk fest in Morin Heights

  21-08-2017 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  Join folk artist Ian Kelly and Global’s Kim Sullivan as they talk about a big folk festival coming up later in August in Morin-Heights that will be great for the whole family.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your 90-second news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/t8KI9rphCE

  21-08-2017 14:35
  
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• Quebec City Protest Wrap-Up

  21-08-2017 14:02 via globalnews.ca
  Dan Spector is in Quebec City wrapping up the dramatic events that took place over Sunday’s protests.
  
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