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• Nurse attack: Hospital ER yanked private guard who had no training

  06-09-2017 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Less than a week after an ER nurse was nearly strangled by a patient at the Montreal General, hospital administrators are facing intense criticism for relying on the security services of a private agency whose guards are not all trained to handle violent disturbances by patients.
  In fact, a day after hospital officials pledged to bolster overnight security in the downtown emergency room, a security guard from the private firm was yanked from duty after less than an hour when she informed the ER
  
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• Halifax pair in Dominican Republic prepares for Hurricane Irma

  06-09-2017 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  Rob Postill and Kery May have told Global News that they've secured their catamaran in a bay on the northern part of the Dominican Republic.
  
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• Alouettes DB Brandon Stewart aims to show Lions what they lost

  06-09-2017 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Wally Buono, who more or less runs the B.C. Lions with an iron fist, has often referred to himself as a benevolent dictator. Alouettes defensive-back Brandon Stewart experienced that this season.
  Although Stewart was under contract to the Lions in 2017, he received a call from management in late April — one month before the start of Canadian Football League training camps — informing him he no longer was in the team’s plans. Stewart, coincidentally, suffered a torn meniscus in
  
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• Kingston MMA fighter Ty Wilson steps into the ring on Friday

  06-09-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Kingston’s Ty Wilson fights on Friday in Montreal. He hopes to extend his MMA undefeated streak to 3 matches
  
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• Montreal inaugurates park at Bonaventure Expressway

  06-09-2017 23:22 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Montreal is inaugurating the new park at the Bonaventure Expressway as part of its 375th anniversary celebrations. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Baie d’Urfé land vote causes controversy

  06-09-2017 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  A controversial decision passed by Baie-D’Urfé council to buy land as an access point to the waterfront is causing a stir. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, some councilors argue the land could have been purchased for much less.
  
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• Forum on Quebec flooding in Montreal set for October

  06-09-2017 23:04 via montrealgazette.com
  The government of Quebec will be holding a conference on last spring’s province-wide flooding in Montreal on Oct. 6 and 7, chaired by environment minister David Heurtel.
  The forum, called “Flooding Forum 2017: Planning the future together”, is intended to serve as a wide-reaching reflection on future solutions for flood management and land development.
  Three main subjects will be studied:
  the management of watersheds
  the mapping and management of flood plains
  the development of
  
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• Recreational pot: Public asked for input at hearings in Montreal

  06-09-2017 23:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec will hold two days of public consultations this week on how to regulate recreational marijuana.
  The hearings, presided over by Public Health Minister Lucie Charlebois, will take place Thursday (9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m.) and Friday (8:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) at Montreal’s Palais des Congrès.
  Business groups, organizations and members of the public are being asked for their input as Canada gears up for the legalization of pot in July 2018.
  Quebec has set up committees to establis
  
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• Quebec police officers can’t have second jobs

  06-09-2017 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government is moving to ban managers in police forces in the province from taking on a second job. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports, this comes after slow police response times that left hundreds of motorists stranded during the snowstorm in March.
  
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• Show us your favourite place in the Gaspé

  06-09-2017 23:01 via cbc.ca
  CBC Quebec's Breakway is broadcasting from the Gaspé this week and wants to see your photos
  
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• Boil water advisory in effect for Longueuil

  06-09-2017 22:55 via cbc.ca
  The City of Longueuil has issued a boil water advisory for several places on Montreal's South Shore, including Boucherville, Saint-Hubert, Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville and parts of Old Longueuil.
  
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• N.D.G. man who saw murder case dropped is charged with assaulting former partner in crime

  06-09-2017 22:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A Notre-Dame-de-Grâce man who saw his murder trial at the Montreal courthouse halted this year was charged on Wednesday with assaulting a former partner in crime.
  In February, Michael Gero’s second-degree murder trial came to an abrupt halt after the Crown announced it could no longer prosecute him after having heard his testimony about how his girlfriend, Sherri Thomas, died in 2013.
  Gero testified Thomas likely killed herself after she saw text messages he received from another wom
  
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• City celebrates 'roots and origins' with new sculpture at former Bonaventure Expressway site

  06-09-2017 22:38 via montrealgazette.com
  A massive white, stainless-steel sculpture now greets people as they arrive at a new Montreal gateway inaugurated on Wednesday. The artwork is part of a $142-million revitalization of the area where a now-demolished elevated highway once linked the Bonaventure Expressway to downtown.
  THE ART
  Standing 10 metres tall and resembling a human head and torso, the work of art — called Source, custom-made for Montreal by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa — is on Wellington St., between Duke a
  
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• New art unveiled as part of Bonaventure makeover

  06-09-2017 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  A new statue was inaugurated as part of the new Bonaventure redesign.
  
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• Amid harassment claims, Quebec Liberals support candidate Eric Tetrault in byelection

  06-09-2017 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  Eric Tetrault is the Liberal hopeful in Louis-Hebert.
  
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• Stretch of De Lorimier Avenue to remain closed until further notice

  06-09-2017 21:20 via cbc.ca
  A portion of De Lorimier Avenue in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal borough will remain closed to traffic until further notice after city workers discovered the ground under the street is unstable.
  
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• Liberal and CAQ candidates drop out of upcoming byelection in Louis-Hébert

  06-09-2017 21:07 via cbc.ca
  Both the CAQ and the Liberal candidates in the upcoming byelection in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Hébert dropped out of the race on Wednesday.
  
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• As byelection approaches, Quebec Liberal candidate apologizes for 'unacceptable behaviour'

  06-09-2017 21:07 via cbc.ca
  Éric Tétrault, a candidate for Philippe Couillard's Liberal party in the upcoming byelection in the riding of Louis-Hébert, apologized Wednesday for "unacceptable behaviour" in his previous job at a mining company.
  
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• Monumental work of art unveiled at former Bonaventure Expressway site

  06-09-2017 20:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A monumental stainless steel statue now greets people as they arrive at a new Montreal gateway.
  Standing 10 metres tall, the work of art – Source, by Spanish artist Jaume Plensa – is being unveiled Wednesday on Wellington, between Duke and Nazareth Sts.
  When it announced plans for the public art in 2016, the city said the work “makes reference to what gives energy and vitality to a city: the people and their origins.”
  At the time, the city said the work was being installe
  
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• Opinion: Quebec's hospitals need advanced technologies, not threats

  06-09-2017 20:36 via montrealgazette.com
  After injecting $100 million into Quebec’s appalling emergency health system, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette last month issued an ultimatum to hospital executives: fix emergency department crowding or be fired. He seems to think a threat will get people motivated to solve a problem never before solved. He’s wrong.
  So are the health ministers of every other province that has recently attempted to address overcrowded emergency departments by increasing funding and accountabilit
  
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• Justice from on high: airborne SQ patrol issues 30 traffic tickets

  06-09-2017 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A special aerial operation launched Wednesday morning by the Sûreté du Québec in Longueuil has led to 30 traffic tickets being dropped on motorists who never saw it coming.
  The high altitude traffic operation targeted eastbound Highway 132 between 7:15 a.m. and 9:45 a.m., and the infractions ranged from crossing a solid line, stopping a vehicle on a provincial highway or exceeding the 70 km/hr speed limit.
  An SQ officer in the aircraft informed his earthbound colleagues on th
  
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• Supermarket stabbing: Jury will begin to hear evidence Friday

  06-09-2017 20:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The jury selected in the murder trial of Randy Tshilumba will begin hearing evidence in the case on Friday. 
  The 21-year-old Montreal resident is charged with the first-degree murder of Clémence Beaulieu-Patry, a young woman who was fatally stabbed in front of her co-workers at a Maxi supermarket on April 10, 2016. The jury for the trial was selected last week and, on Wednesday, the seven men and five women were assembled together before Superior Court Justice Hélène Di
  
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• Kevin Tierney: TIFF's glory days appear to be over

  06-09-2017 20:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The first time I attended the Cannes Film Festival in 1981, I was fortunate to meet a wise man named Jean Lefebvre, who then was in charge of Canada’s participation in international film festivals as part of the federal Ministry of Culture.
  Seeing the slightly overwhelmed face of a novice Cannes attendee, Lefebvre explained to me that the role of festivals was to serve as a multiplier. That meant the people watching films at Cannes were decidedly not film consumers out for a good time. The
  
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• Bonaventure Expressway makeover includes new park, art and walkways

  06-09-2017 20:11 via cbc.ca
  The City of Montreal has officially unveiled a new look for the stretch of road leading into the Bonaventure Expressway, including green space, walkways and a work of art.
  
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• Tiny Quebec village faces $1.5M lawsuit for trying to protect its water

  06-09-2017 20:01 via cbc.ca
  Concerned Quebecers are throwing their support behind the village of Ristigouche Sud-Est, which is facing off against an oil company in a legal battle over its water source.
  
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• Witnesses to testify at trial of Montreal man charged in death of store clerk

  06-09-2017 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  Randy Tshilumba, 21, faces a first-degree murder charge.
  
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• Montreal gas prices shoot up after Hurricane Harvey

  06-09-2017 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Sep 6: Hurricane Harvey’s effects are still being felt at the pump in Montreal. Global’s Dan Spector explains.
  
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• Update: Quebec will act to stop police moonlighting

  06-09-2017 19:10 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The province will adopt legislation putting an end to moonlighting by senior police officers across Quebec, the minister of public security said Wednesday.
  Martin Coiteux made the announcement in remarks opening committee hearings into Bill 133, the law the Quebec government has tabled to make the wearing of the uniforms by police officers and special constables mandatory in the performance of their duties.
  He was not specific on the types of double employment Quebec will ban
  
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• Montreal gas prices shoot up to $1.42 per litre, relief on the way

  06-09-2017 19:01 via globalnews.ca
  Drivers are frustrated as gas prices have risen again in Montreal.
  
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• How the latest interest rate hike could affect your finances

  06-09-2017 18:22 via cbc.ca
  Canadian consumers can expect to feel some financial effects following the Bank of Canada's decision to nudge up interest rates.
  
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• Big banks hike prime rates after Bank of Canada tightens monetary policy

  06-09-2017 18:22 via cbc.ca
  Canadian consumers can expect to feel some financial effects following the Bank of Canada's decision to nudge up interest rates.
  
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• Is your TV set up properly? The creators of 'Stranger Things' want you to tweak this TV setting btmontreal.ca/videos/is-your…

  06-09-2017 17:55
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  06-09-2017 17:53
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  06-09-2017 17:44
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• Multiscreen installation immerses us in Montreal's Expo 67

  06-09-2017 17:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Of all the birthdays being celebrated this year, it’s safe to say the one resonating most for Montrealers of a certain age is the 50th anniversary of Expo 67. Groundbreaking on so many levels, our world’s fair — with its appropriate Man and His World theme — truly put the city on the global map.
  Among so many other highlights, visitors marvelled at the dazzling multiscreen projections of In the Labyrinth, a precursor of the IMAX format.
  Time to marvel once more. A team of
  
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• Quebec moves to crack down on moonlighting police officers

  06-09-2017 16:47 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec government is moving to crack down on police officers who hold a second job.
  
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• Montreal calèche accident renews calls to ban industry

  06-09-2017 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  A video showing a horse collapsing on Saint-Jacques Street has activists and politicians calling for a ban on the industry. As Gloria Henriquez reports, this comes two weeks after the city voted on new regulations.
  
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  06-09-2017 16:37
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  06-09-2017 16:30
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  06-09-2017 16:29
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• Section of De Lorimier Ave. closed after crumbling soil detected

  06-09-2017 16:25 via montrealgazette.com
  De Lorimier Ave. remained closed to traffic between Laurier Ave. and Masson St. Wednesday morning after workers assigned to replace a section of sewer line discovered a weakening of soil at the work site Tuesday afternoon.
  “The street is not in danger of collapsing,” said city spokesperson Philippe Sabourin. “But when the contractor saw the state of the soil, he stopped work as a precaution.”
  City inspectors were on the scene Wednesday morning to determine the extent of t
  
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• Despite right-whale restriction, cruise ships still stopping in Montreal - Montreal Gazette

  06-09-2017 15:51 via montrealgazette.com
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  Despite right-whale restriction, cruise ships still stopping in Montreal
  Montreal Gazette
  In 2016, Montreal welcomed 90,000 cruise-ship passengers and crew members, who contributed about $23 million in tourist spending. Tyrel Featherstone / Montreal Gazette. Share Adjust Comment Print. New speed restrictions aimed at protecting right ...
  
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• Montreal police are back in uniform, but Quebec wants a pants bill anyway

  06-09-2017 15:47 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The police are back in their regulation uniforms but the government wants to make sure the embarrassing situation doesn’t happen again.
  Committee hearings open Wednesday morning at the National Assembly into Bill 133, the law the Quebec government has tabled to make the wearing of the uniforms by police officers and special constables mandatory in the performance of their duties.
  The police beg to differ and will argue that since laws prevent them from full-blown labour stri
  
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