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• PQ, CAQ propose plans to fix health care in Quebec

  01-09-2017 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  The PQ and CAQ have released their plans to fix health care in Quebec, saying they’re ready to hold the Liberal government accountable when the new parliamentary session begins. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Black man pulled over by police for driving expensive car

  01-09-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  A black man driving a Mercedes Benz says he’s been pulled over many times by police, simply because of the colour of his skin. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, he claims it’s racial profiling.
  
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• Transports Quebec announces new closures

  01-09-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Transports Quebec officials say commuters from the south shore will now have to use public transport to get onto the island as many more closures are expected. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Babysitter charged after child rescued from burning Montreal apartment

  01-09-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Josée Milot has been charged after a baby she was babysitting was rescued by Montreal police from a burning apartment in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve. Global’s Matt Grillo reports.
  
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  01-09-2017 23:20
  
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• How Mile Ex End, the new festival on the block, came to be

  01-09-2017 23:10 via cbc.ca
  Aside from the top-drawer talent, there are two sexy features to Montreal's newest festival, Mile Ex End: the name Mile End and the overpass where it's taking place.
  
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• Montreal Museum Secrets: Harry Houdini at the McCord

  01-09-2017 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Curator Christian Vachon takes us behind the scenes at the McCord Museum, where we learn about the connection between Harry Houdini and Montreal.
  McCord has a collection of the legendary escape artist’s personal artifacts. 
  Museum staff prepare to frame a large Harry Houdini poster at the McCord Museum in Montreal on Wednesday, May 17, 2017. It takes about four hours to hang each oversized poster.
  
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• Revised regulation on volunteer construction work delayed

  01-09-2017 22:29 via montrealgazette.com
  A bylaw that would permit volunteer construction work in schools, non-profit organizations and hospitals has yet to be published for consultation, contrary to what the Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security announced in April, Presse Canadienne learned on Friday.
  Its publication is coming, assured the ministry, it’s just delayed. 
  Quebec Labour Minister Dominique Vien had said on April 25 that the loosened regulations regarding voluntary construction work would be officiat
  
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• Bixi to roll out new docking stations in 2018

  01-09-2017 22:04 via montrealgazette.com
  With 6,200 working bikes, 500 stations across the city and coming up on 10 years of providing Montrealers a bike-share service, Bixi hopes to roll forward an expansion plan to make its services more efficient and popular. 
  Bixi announced Wednesday the company will install new docking stations next summer. The stations will hold 80 bikes — double their current capacity — which should reduce the amount of time a station is left bikeless throughout the day, said Bixi Montreal&rsquo
  
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• Muslims gathered for Eid al-Adha say they feel safe in Montreal

  01-09-2017 22:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Members of a local mosque who gathered to mark Eid al-Adha Friday said that, despite the recent incidents at a mosque in Quebec City, the community feels welcome and safe in Montreal.  
  Several hundred worshippers from Montreal’s Muslim community gathered in a Little Burgundy park for a special prayer service organized by the Shah Jalal Islamic Centre in St-Henri.
  Earlier this week, news surfaced that the president of a Quebec City mosque had his vehicle set on fire outside his h
  
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• Inside the CFL: Sun setting on Als in East, Bombers rising in West

  01-09-2017 22:02 via montrealgazette.com
  If the true Major League Baseball season doesn’t arguably begin until Labour Day, so must it be said the Canadian Football League also doesn’t get serious until September, when the weather begins to turn and the first chill is in the air.
  We’ve had more than two months to digest the schedule, determine which teams should be in the hunt for the Grey Cup and which are merely pretenders. There remain questions to be answered and scenarios to play out as teams jockey for their play
  
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• Quebec opposition parties unveil health care plans

  01-09-2017 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's opposition parties are vowing to hold the government accountable over its health care promises.
  
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• Montreal woman faces charges after baby rescued by police during fire

  01-09-2017 21:39 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman who was babysitting her friend’s child is facing criminal charges after police had to rescue the baby from a fire at her Montreal apartment Thursday.
  Josée Milot, 49, faces charges of failing to provide the necessities of life and abandoning a child, and criminal negligence resulting in a fire. A conviction could bring up to five years in jail.
  Eight police officers rescued the one-year-old baby after a neighbour noticed flames at the Dézéry St. apartment build
  
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• Don Macpherson: A weakened Lisée faces a PQ leadership test

  01-09-2017 21:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s a small sign of the Parti Québécois’s slide toward irrelevance under the leadership of Jean-François Lisée:
  Last week, Lisée spoke at a rally in favour of strengthening Bill 101. This was in Montreal, where French is supposedly in danger. Together, the nationalist and union organizations represented at the gathering have hundreds of thousands of members.
  And only about 100 people turned out.
  Here’s a more obvious danger sign for Lis&eac
  
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• Award-winning film The Gardener offers rare glimpse into hidden gem in La Malbaie, Que.

  01-09-2017 21:19 via cbc.ca
  Shortly before his death at 86, the influential gardener and philanthropist Frank Cabot recounted his personal quest for perfection at Les Jardins de Quatre-Vents in this feature documentary by Quebec's Sébastien Chabot.
  
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• Quebec premier says there’s an advantage to youth being bilingual

  01-09-2017 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  Currently, francophones cannot attend English public schools at the elementary or secondary level.
  
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• Saint-Henri kids take car washing business door-to-door

  01-09-2017 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Saint-Henri residents were pleasantly surprised to see a group of young boys having fun as they cleaned some neighbourhood cars for a little pocket money.
  
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• Babysitter charged after leaving toddler alone in burning apartment

  01-09-2017 20:48 via cbc.ca
  A 49-year-old babysitter has been charged with arson by negligence, child abandonment and failure to provide the necessaries of life after a child was found alone in a burning apartment.
  
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• Fall forecast: Subpar September foreshadowed by cool nights in Montreal

  01-09-2017 20:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Far east on the border of Quebec and Labrador, Canadians witnessed quite a sight Thursday night: snowflakes. It was a reminder that yes — winter is coming. 
  Royal Newfoundland Constabulary officers tweeted about the snowfall and issued warnings to those travelling on Route 500.
  Some were so surprised, Canadian Press reports, they thought it might have been fake news.
  But Amelie Bertrand, a spokesperson for Environment Canada, confirmed Friday the snow reports were indeed real news.&nb
  
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• Babysitter charged after Montreal police rescue child from Hochelaga-Maisonneuve fire

  01-09-2017 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  The charges come after police officers saved a one-year-old baby.
  
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• No question of restricting access to English-speaking CEGEPs: Couillard

  01-09-2017 19:52 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC – Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard said he would not force francophone students to attend French CEGEPs, as proposed by some Parti Québécois members. 
  In Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean on Friday, Couillard was asked about a proposal by a group of PQ activists to restrict access to English-language CEGEPs in order to better protect French in the province. 
  “There is no question,” Couillard said. “I want to be clear; we will not do that.”
  He a
  
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• Federal government expanding would-be asylum seekers outreach beyond Haitian community

  01-09-2017 19:41 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government is expanding its outreach efforts in the U.S. beyond the Haitian community to drive home the message that seeking asylum in Canada is not a sure bet.
  
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• Saint-Henri kids cleaning cars

  01-09-2017 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  Saint-Henri residents were pleasantly surprised to see a group of young boys having fun as they cleaned some neighbourhood cars for a little pocket money.
  
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• Anti-radicalization office could open in Gatineau in 2018

  01-09-2017 19:30 via cbc.ca
  Gatineau Mayor Maxime Pedneaud-Jobin said the need for an office in the Outaouais region stems from the January shooting deaths of six people inside a Quebec City mosque.
  
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• 'That's my mommy, please stop': Mix-up leaves Montreal sisters, 7 and 10, stuck on school bus for hours

  01-09-2017 19:19 via cbc.ca
  An east-end Montreal mother is upset after a mix-up left two of her daughters stuck on an English Montreal School Board bus for three hours Wednesday after their first day back to school.
  
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• Côte-des-Neiges construction angers residents

  01-09-2017 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Sep 1: Commuters are angry about plans to revamp parts of Côte-des-Neiges, saying it’ll limit parking on residential streets. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Green initiative in Côte-des-Neiges has residents seeing red

  01-09-2017 19:12 via globalnews.ca
  Commuters are angry about plans to revamp parts of Côte-des-Neiges, saying it'll limit parking on residential streets.
  
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• Use public transit or prepare to sit in traffic this coming year, province warns

  01-09-2017 19:09 via cbc.ca
  Montreal drivers are facing another year of detours and road closures as roadwork continues on major projects including the Turcot Interchange and the Champlain Bridge, as well as work on Highways 25 and the 720.
  
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• Ottawa looking to get winterized trailers to house, feed and care for asylum-seekers in Quebec

  01-09-2017 18:58 via globalnews.ca
  According to a notice published this week, the contract will require supplying and installing insulated, waterproofed and heated structures “providing a good level of comfort in all seasons.”
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: September 1

  01-09-2017 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  From a Montrealer with moves like Jagger and a daring police rescue, here are the top five stories Global News covered in Montreal this week.
  
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• Concordia, exam supervisors' union to head to arbitration

  01-09-2017 18:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Concordia University’s exam supervisors’ union has applied for arbitration for its first collective agreement, stating it is dissatisfied with negotiations with the university’s management.
  The union launched a campaign to drum up support for its cause.
  The 400 exam supervisors receive minimum wage, which is $11.25 per hour.
  The institution’s latest offer included a salary raise to $11.43 per hour for exam supervisors and $12.19 per hour for chief examination supervisors,
  
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• Wines produced by Quebec’s first organic winery sell out quickly

  01-09-2017 18:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Though small, Quebec’s wine industry is one of the most dynamic in Canada. The result is many excellent wines. This month, I put the spotlight on wineries I feel are leading the way.
  Much of Quebec’s wine industry is south of the St. Lawrence in the Eastern Townships. However, there are a few wineries that have ventured north of the river. One of the first to establish themselves in the Deux-Montagnes region was Négondos in 1993, best known for being Quebec’s first
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Sept. 1, 2017

  01-09-2017 18:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Under $16
  Vin de Pays des Côtes de Gascogne 2016, Ugni blanc/Colombard, Tariquet, France white, $11.55, SAQ # 521518. Perfect apéritif wine: fresh, thirst quenching, easy drinking. Its attraction lies in its simplicity. Rind-like citrus notes with a subtle mineral note on the finish. Complexity is not what this wine is all about. This wine is a break, a pause, with no reflection necessary. And at under 11 per cent alcohol, it’s a welcome bit of lightness. Residual sugar:
  
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• Worker dies after forklift falls from truck in Parc Extension

  01-09-2017 18:45 via montrealgazette.com
  A worker in his 50s is dead after the forklift he was operating on the deck of a flatbed truck fell from the vehicle, crushing him.
  The incident occurred about 8:30 a.m. Friday at the corner of de Liege St. and Querbes Ave. in Parc Extension.
  A spokesperson for Quebec’s work health and safety board said investigators were on the scene trying to determine the cause of the accident.
  
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• Busy Turcot Interchange ramp to be closed for eight weeks

  01-09-2017 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Is the new Turcot Interchange half-built or half-unfinished?
  The optimistic consortium building Montreal’s busiest tangle of roadways patted itself on the back Friday, announcing that it was now finished 50 per cent of the $3.7-billion project.
  But weary motorists see three more years of traffic pain ahead, with all the work only expected to be completed at the end of 2020.
  And some of the coming phases will be worse than the ones in the rear view mirror, starting in September when a
  
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• Local news gets a facelift: developments at City, CTV, other stations

  01-09-2017 18:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Do you watch the local news on TV at 6 p.m.? The ratings suggest you probably do. Numeris, which compiles ratings for television and radio in Canada, estimates that more than 100,000 Montrealers watch one of the local English-language newscasts on an average weeknight. The way society consumes information is changing, but for now, anyway, the evening news is one of the most popular draws on TV.
  In an effort to better capitalize on that audience, and with the help of some extra money redirected f
  
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• ‘Vast majority’ of asylum seekers entering Canada part of ‘surge’ into Quebec

  01-09-2017 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  Transportation Minister Marc Garneau says the government is in contact with the provinces to monitor where asylum seekers are entering Canada, but said the “vast majority” are entering into Quebec.
  
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• Feds investigating suspicion of human trafficking at Quebec border

  01-09-2017 18:15 via globalnews.ca
  Transportation Minister Marc Garneau could not say if human traffickers are using asylum seekers crossing into Quebec as a way to smuggle people into the country, but the government is investigating.
  
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• How the feds plan to house asylum seekers entering Canada as winter approaches

  01-09-2017 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  Transportation Minister Marc Garneau said Friday that the federal government could use heated trailers to house asylum seekers who cross from the U.S. into Quebec and other provinces this winter.
  
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• We spend a fun day at @CampVoyageursTH, a @TimHortons Children’s Foundation camp! btmontreal.ca/videos/tim-hor…

  01-09-2017 17:46
  We spend a fun day at @CampVoyageursTH, a @TimHortons Children’s Foundation camp! btmontreal.ca/videos/tim-hor…
  
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• What a burger! Full video here: btmontreal.ca/videos/burger-… https://t.co/HzpmLj7ES3

  01-09-2017 17:39
  
  What a burger! Full video here: btmontreal.ca/videos/burger-… https://t.co/HzpmLj7ES3
  
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• Burger Week is here! @foodguymtl shares some incredible and delicious options! btmontreal.ca/videos/burger-…

  01-09-2017 17:22
  Burger Week is here! @foodguymtl shares some incredible and delicious options! btmontreal.ca/videos/burger-…
  
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• New season, new ‘do! Find out how to spruce up your strands for fall btmontreal.ca/videos/fall-ha…

  01-09-2017 16:29
  New season, new ‘do! Find out how to spruce up your strands for fall btmontreal.ca/videos/fall-ha…
  
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• A 'Kiss on the Lips' for a good cause btmontreal.ca/videos/kiss-on…

  01-09-2017 16:28
  A 'Kiss on the Lips' for a good cause btmontreal.ca/videos/kiss-on…
  
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• Louis Riel: A comic-strip play

  01-09-2017 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  Playwright Zach Fraser and cast member Jocelyn Sioui tell Global’s Laura Casella about Louis Riel: A Comic-Strip play at the Hudson Village Theatre.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Friday, September 1

  01-09-2017 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Friday, September 1.
  
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• Montreal entertainment: Fun, food and Lady Gaga

  01-09-2017 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  Entertainment columnist Jay Walker joins Laura Casella to talk YUL Eats and Lady Gaga’s concert at the Bell Centre.
  
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• Community Events: Fashion in the Air

  01-09-2017 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Friday, September 1.
  
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