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• PQ proposes reducing funds to English CEGEPs

  05-09-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Hardliners in the Parti Québécois have proposed reducing government funding to English CEGEPs. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, it’s a way to try to slow the increase of non-anglophones attending school in English.
  
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• Muggings in Saint-Henri worry residents

  05-09-2017 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in Montreal’s Saint-Henri neighbourhood say they’re concerned after a rash of muggings in the area. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, officials insist crime is down in the borough.
  
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• Security issues after nurse attacked at Montreal General Hospital

  05-09-2017 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Questions of security have been raised after a nurse was attacked at the Montreal General Hospital. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports.
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Sep 5

  05-09-2017 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  The Tuesday, September 5, 2017 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Alexandre Coderre guilty in fraud case related to 'cyber-dependency ... - Montreal Gazette

  05-09-2017 23:17 via montrealgazette.com
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  The son of Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges against him in a case alleging he filed false accusations to police after taking ...
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• Opioids are 'an anticipated crisis' in Montreal; officials meet after string of overdoses

  05-09-2017 23:16 via montrealgazette.com
  After meeting with police and public health officials, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said Tuesday the city is actively preparing to handle a coming opioid crisis.
  “I was reassured about the status of the situation right now, but clearly it’s an anticipated crisis that we have to address and face,” Coderre said during a news conference at city hall Tuesday.
  The mayor’s remarks came days after Montreal’s public health department confirmed 12 overdose deaths in the city
  
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• Montreal mayor promises police, firefighters naloxone kits for 'anticipated' fentanyl crisis

  05-09-2017 23:15 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is calling for a pilot project to train more first responders and supply them with naloxone, saying the fentanyl antidote has allowed Urgences-Santé paramedics to save the lives of 24 opioid overdose victims recently.
  
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• Ex-Alouette Marc-Olivier Brouillette makes transition to career in law

  05-09-2017 23:12 via montrealgazette.com
  With a summer of freedom suddenly at his disposal — probably for the first time in at least a decade — Marc-Olivier Brouillette spent more time at his cottage, the one by the lake of course, and relaxed. 
  If he didn’t feel like going to the gym, he didn’t, although he hopes to compete in a half-Ironman competition next summer. He finds himself eating less and has shed about six or seven pounds from his 6-foot-1, 230-pound frame. And for once, when he gets out of bed
  
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• Update: Bail denied for LaSalle man accused of delivering drugs via drone

  05-09-2017 23:09 via montrealgazette.com
  A LaSalle man suspected of using a drone to get drugs into the courtyard of a Montreal prison has been denied bail.
  Tyree Virgo, 46, has been in custody since his arrest Aug. 3. Wearing a hair bun, a beard and dark glasses, he testified Tuesday morning in front of Quebec Court Justice Linda Despots.
  He was charged the following day with possession of cannabis with intent to traffic as well as weapons-related counts.
  Despots placed a publication ban on Tuesday’s arguments as well as on
  
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• Opinion: A boost to federal medical research funding is essential

  05-09-2017 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Last spring, Quebec’s research community enthusiastically welcomed the new Quebec Research and Innovation Strategy and the new Life Sciences Strategy. Through these strategies particularly, the government of Quebec will inject an additional $830 million by 2021-2022 to stimulate research and innovation and the training of a new generation of researchers. 
  Quebec represents a driving force for health research in Canada, with a number of centres and institutes in the field of health res
  
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• Dan Delmar: Pausing accommodation debate in Quebec would be reasonable

  05-09-2017 22:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Leaders of at least two major Quebec political parties must have been relieved Friday to learn “arrivals are diminishing” at Quebec’s southern border with the United States.
  While the Liberal premier and co-spokespeople for the progressive Québec solidaire tread carefully, others have been taking a manageable crisis and exploiting it as incendiary political fodder ahead of next year’s provincial election.
  As the flow of asylum seekers lightens, so too should t
  
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• West Island flood victims to stage protest rally on Saturday

  05-09-2017 22:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A group of West Islanders who were affected by last spring’s floods says the promised financial aid has been slow in arriving and they’re calling on all levels of government to make things right for victims.
  The group says many flood victims are still struggling to renovate their homes and return home. 
  A rally is planned for Sunday, Sept. 10, from 10 a.m. to noon at Place Grilli in Kirkland.
  The organizers say the way the compensation program is set up does not meet all the nee
  
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• Montreal drug bust leads to 10 arrests, large amount of narcotics seized

  05-09-2017 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  Ten people have been arrested during a drug bust.
  
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• Alexandre Coderre pleads guilty in fraud case

  05-09-2017 22:08 via montrealgazette.com
  The son of Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre pleaded guilty on Tuesday to charges against him in a case alleging he filed false accusations to police after taking on heavy debts over the internet. 
  ‎While appearing before a Quebec Court judge at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday, Alexandre Coderre, 21, pleaded guilty to filing a false police report and four counts of fraud while admitting he defrauded two banks out of more than $16,000 during a 20-month period in 2015 and 2016.
  While summar
  
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• Baie-d'Urfé buys waterfront property for $1.45 million

  05-09-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Baie-d’Urfé town council voted to approve a purchase offer for a property on Lakeshore Rd. at a special council meeting last Thursday morning.
  Council voted 4-3 in favour of purchasing the private lot for $1.45 million, with Mayor Maria Tutino delivering the tie-breaking vote.
  A municipal drainage pipe runs through the property to Lac St. Louis, but the town did not have a servitude and wanted to own the property outright.
  But the purchase offer proved contentious after a local resi
  
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• Saint-Henri gym offers free classes after recent muggings

  05-09-2017 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  A gym in Saint-Henri is offering free self-defense classes for residents who feel unsafe due to recent muggings.
  
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• Montreal police drug bust finds heroin, fentanyl

  05-09-2017 21:46 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police find heroin, fentanyl, cocaine and more during a drug bust in the city’s east end.
  
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• Independent Quebec would deal more quickly with asylum seekers: PQ

  05-09-2017 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée says an independent Quebec would deal more quickly with asylum seekers.
  
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• Jean-François Lisée hardens tone on immigration, sovereignty ahead of leadership review

  05-09-2017 20:43 via cbc.ca
  Facing a critical leadership review on Saturday, Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée has unveiled a number of hardline positions that appear designed to consolidate his support with his party's sovereignist base.
  
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• Canada-wide warrant issued in Edmonton strangulation death

  05-09-2017 20:37 via globalnews.ca
  Edmonton police have issued a Canada-wide warrant for a man wanted on a second-degree murder charge. 
  
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• Suspect in Edmonton strangling death of Montreal woman did time for sexual assault

  05-09-2017 20:36 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a 49-year-old man wanted in connection with the death of a woman found strangled in a city apartment suite last week.
  
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• Edmonton police seek suspect in strangling death of Montreal woman

  05-09-2017 20:36 via cbc.ca
  Edmonton police have issued a Canada-wide arrest warrant for a 49-year-old man wanted in connection with the death of a woman found strangled in a city apartment suite last week.
  
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• Canadian schools stock up on naloxone kits in wake of growing opioid crisis

  05-09-2017 20:19 via globalnews.ca
  As more schools stock up on naloxone kits to respond to Canada's growing opioid crisis, administering the medicine is not so cut and dry due to liability and safety concerns.
  
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• Babysitter facing charges after baby found alone in burning Montreal apartment - Toronto Star

  05-09-2017 20:16 via thestar.com
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  Babysitter facing charges after baby found alone in burning Montreal apartment
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  Montreal police say Josee Milot started cooking something on the stove and then left the apartment when she was meant to be acting as the baby girl's temporary guardian. By Sidhartha BanerjeeThe Canadian Press. Tues., Sept. 5, 2017. MONTREAL—A ...
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• Montreal West teen among winners of CBC's The First Page student writing challenge

  05-09-2017 20:10 via cbc.ca
  Over 2,400 entries were submitted. Sari Warshawsky of Montreal, Que. and Abby Robitaille of Oakville, Ont. are the two winners.
  
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• West Island Community Shares benefit breakfast launches campaign

  05-09-2017 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  West Island Community Shares is set to launch its annual campaign over the most important meal of the day. The breakfast launch is at Les 3 Brasseurs in Pointe-Claire, Thursday from 7 a.m. to 9:30 a.m.
  WICS supports 40 local charities which offer help on a number of fronts, be it supporting a family living with cancer or mental illness or helping troubled youth and people struggling with substance abuse.
  Corporate donations cover WICS’s operating costs which means 100 per cent of donations
  
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• 7 arrested, heroin and fentanyl seized in Montreal drug raids

  05-09-2017 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  An investigation sparked by a series of opioid overdoses has led to seven raids, seven arrests and the dismantling of two drug rings specializing in the sale of heroin and fentanyl, Montreal police announced Tuesday.
  Officers from the force’s violent crimes squads carried out the raids Friday and arrested seven suspects: Yann Bouthillette, 33; Alain Julien, 28; Dominique Gauthier, 23; François Vallières, 48; Joey Marcil, 19; Dominique Leblanc, 20; and
  
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• Babysitter faces new charge after baby found alone in burning Montreal apartment

  05-09-2017 19:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A woman who allegedly left a baby alone in a Montreal apartment that caught fire is facing a new charge of obstructing police work.
  Josee Milot pleaded not guilty in court Tuesday to the obstruction charge before her lawyer told reporters he would seek an addiction therapy treatment for her.
  “It’s a problem that seems to be recurring and my client would like to treat it,” said lawyer Antonio Cabral.
  Montreal police believe Milot started cooking something on the stove in the wee
  
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• Babysitter faces new charge after child found alone in burning Montreal apartment

  05-09-2017 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  A woman who allegedly left a baby alone in a Montreal apartment that caught fire is facing a new charge.
  
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• Quebec to offer activities for school-age asylum seekers

  05-09-2017 19:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec says it will start providing educational activities this week to about 400 children staying at temporary sites set up for people who have fled across Quebec’s border over the summer to seek asylum
  The province “wishes to ensure that these young people prepare for school, despite the transitional situation in which they find themselves,” the government said in a press release.
  Asylum seekers from many countries, including Haiti, have crossed the border from the
  
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• ‘Very, very dangerous’: New Montreal bike path/sidewalk has residents concerned

  05-09-2017 19:30 via globalnews.ca
  A new bike path configuration on Atwater Avenue is being called dangerous.
  
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• Montreal graffiti artist pays tribute to painter who died last week

  05-09-2017 19:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Perhaps what Rob Malo remembers best about Fabrice Caron are the summer days they’d spend together sneaking around abandoned buildings and rail yards, desperate for a blank canvas to spray paint.
  Eventually those trips into the city’s far reaches became a rarity and a few years ago they stopped altogether. As he grew older, Malo’s dedication to street art waned. And when Caron began working as a tattoo artist, it left little time for the fly-by-night world of graffiti.
  But Malo
  
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• New Atwater bike/pedestrian path concerns residents

  05-09-2017 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Sep 5: A new bike path on Atwater Avenue is causing concern for people commuting from the Sud-Ouest. Global’s Dan Spector finds out why.
  
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• Montreal police bust 2 fentanyl trafficking rings, arrest 10 during raids

  05-09-2017 19:14 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police have arrested 10 people and dismantled two heroin and fentanyl trafficking rings in connection to a recent spate of fentanyl-related deaths and overdoses in the city.
  
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• Ste-Catherine St. in Gay Village to reopen to vehicle traffic

  05-09-2017 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal announced Monday that a stretch of Ste-Catherine St. that was made a pedestrian-only area for the summer will be accessible to cars as of Thursday.
  As of 7 a.m., the stretch between De Bleury and St-Dominique will be reopened to all traffic.
   
  
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• Limits on English CEGEP financing may be necessary, Parti Québécois leader says

  05-09-2017 18:48 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Access to Quebec’s anglophone CEGEP system cannot be an “open bar,” and some restrictions may be necessary, Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée says.
  Responding to news some PQ members will try to push the party into adopting a position under which a PQ government would gradually reduce funding to Quebec’s five English CEGEPs in the name of helping the French language, Lisée said what is needed is the right balance.
  
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• Our latest #BTInfluencer is Canadian celebrity chef & restaurateur @ChefChuckHughes! He takes us back to the start:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-09-2017 18:01
  Our latest #BTInfluencer is Canadian celebrity chef & restaurateur @ChefChuckHughes! He takes us back to the start:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Psychotherapist Lisa Brookman from @wisewomencanada on how to get “it” together btmontreal.ca/videos/the-bru…

  05-09-2017 17:59
  Psychotherapist Lisa Brookman from @wisewomencanada on how to get “it” together btmontreal.ca/videos/the-bru…
  
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• Cancer thriver Nalie Agustin to host inspirational live show

  05-09-2017 17:51 via globalnews.ca
  Cancer survivor Nalie Agustin is bringing her inspirational story to the stage when she hosts The Nalie Show Live.
  
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• Quebec mother charged with murder in death of 2-year-old child

  05-09-2017 17:43 via cbc.ca
  Marie-Lou Beauchamp-Filion, 39, has been charged with first-degree murder in the death of her two-year-old child in Bécancour, Que., just south of Trois-Rivières.
  
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• Montreal officially bids to be a 2026 World Cup host city | Montreal ... - Montreal Gazette

  05-09-2017 16:50 via montrealgazette.com
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  Canada is currently bidding to jointly host the 2026 World Cup with the United States and Mexico.
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• Montreal officially bids to be a 2026 World Cup host city

  05-09-2017 16:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal announced its official candidacy to be a host city for the 2026 World Cup on Tuesday. 
  The men’s World Cup, Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said in a statement, “is the second most important sporting event in the world after the Olympic Games. That’s why Montreal wants to be involved.”
  Both the Olympic Stadium and Saputo Stadium have been mooted as potential sites for the tournament, but Montreal’s statement does not clarify which site would be used. 
  
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• Update: Montreal SPCA, Valérie Plante renew calls to end calèche industry

  05-09-2017 16:34 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal SPCA and mayoralty candidate Valérie Plante are calling for the removal of calèche horses from city streets after a horse pulling a calèche collapsed in Old Montreal on Monday.
  The SPCA called on Montrealers to sign its anti-calèche petition.
  “Despite the recent adoption of the city of Montreal’s new by-law governing carriage horses, another incident occurred,” the organization said on its Facebook page. “The regulations don’
  
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• Ubisoft opens office in Saguenay as part of Quebec expansion plans

  05-09-2017 16:30 via cbc.ca
  The video game maker Ubisoft is opening a new office in Saguenay as part of plans to expand in Quebec over the next decade.
  
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