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• Patrick Dempsey is in Montreal and having a blast

  28-09-2017 23:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Patrick Dempsey, best known for playing Dr. Derek “McDreamy” Shepherd on Grey’s Anatomy, is in Montreal.
  He’s been documenting his adventures on social media, and appears to be taking in local culture.
  Yesterday, the American actor posted an Instagram video of the Cité Mémoire projection show in Old Montreal.
  “Montréal turned 375 years old this year,” he wrote in the caption. “Such a fascinating city with so much history and culture.
  
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• Quebec Ombudsman report gives healthcare reform failing grade

  28-09-2017 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec Ombudsman Marie Rinfret tabled her annual report at the National Assembly on Thursday. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, Rinfret slammed the government for shortcomings in the health care system.
  
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• Anglos in exile: Why come back?

  28-09-2017 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Statistics show that half a million English-speaking Quebecers have left the province in the last forty years. While some dream of coming back, it is often easier said than done. Global’s Anne Leclair reports
  
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• Police investigate equipment theft at St. Mary’s Hospital

  28-09-2017 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  The high-value equipment used for endoscopy and colonoscopy procedures disappeared September 27.
  
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• Molson Street residents seek answers after basements flood

  28-09-2017 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  Residents on Molson Street in Montreal are looking for answers after they say their basements were flooded as a result of work being done on sewer lines during a rainstorm. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports.
  
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• Quebec subsidized daycare workers vote in favour of strike mandate

  28-09-2017 23:09 via globalnews.ca
  The  Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN),the labour federation which represents the workers, said that 94 per cent of its 11,000 members in 400 daycares across the province, voted in favour of the strike action on Thursday.
  
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• Pot legalization plan on agenda for Trudeau's meeting with premiers next week

  28-09-2017 23:08 via cbc.ca
  While the prime minister and the premiers will focus largely on economic issues when they sit down next week, the Prime Minister's Office confirmed Thursday they will also discuss the federal government's marijuana legislation.
  
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• More than just a two-horse race! Hear @JustineMTLMcI's plans for the city of Montreal tomorrow on #BTMTL… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 23:01
  More than just a two-horse race! Hear @JustineMTLMcI's plans for the city of Montreal tomorrow on #BTMTL… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montreal police seek help in locating vulnerable LaSalle resident - Montreal Gazette

  28-09-2017 22:46 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal police seek help in locating vulnerable LaSalle resident
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  Voula Voliantis left her residence on Sept. 22 at around 9 a.m. and she has not been seen since. Montreal Gazette. Published on: September 28, 2017 | Last Updated: September 28, 2017 4:46 PM EDT. Montreal Police car. John Mahoney / Montreal Gazette.
  
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• Montreal police seek trio after man assaulted on Papineau Ave. - Montreal Gazette

  28-09-2017 22:45 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal police seek trio after man assaulted on Papineau Ave.
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  Montreal police are seeking the public's help in identifying three people after a man was assaulted on Papineau Ave. on Aug. 6, 2017. Courtesy SPVM Handout / S. Share Adjust Comment Print. The Montreal police are seeking help from the public in finding ...
  
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• Concordia Stingers quarterback calls for end to 'horrific and unjustly violent hits'

  28-09-2017 22:34 via cbc.ca
  A Concordia University varsity football player is urging university sports regulators to address concussions and player safety after he and a teammate took hard hits in a game last Sunday, none of which resulted in penalties.
  
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• From the archives: interview with a Montreal Playboy bunny in 1968

  28-09-2017 22:26 via cbc.ca
  Playboy founder Hugh Hefner died on Wednesday at age 91. He opened the only Playboy Club in Canada in 1967 in Montreal, right before Expo '67. Here, CBC reporter Jean Templeton paid the club a visit in 1968.
  
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• Quebec ombudsman slams health care reforms

  28-09-2017 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's ombudsman slammed the government for shortcomings in the health care system. She says the Liberals' reforms implemented two years ago have not resulted in better services in several areas.
  
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• Update: Stream of Quebec flooding victims line up for answers in Pierrefonds

  28-09-2017 22:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Karam Baryar sat with his mom and dad in the waiting room of the Pierrefonds Cultural Centre Thursday morning. He held one slim folder.
  It was the report a government inspector had completed after visiting the family’s income property on de Boulogne St. in Pierrefonds. Floodwaters had ripped away the front porch and left the home in such disrepair, there was a chance it would be deemed a total write off.
  It’s been five months since extreme flooding devastated the region and Baryar an
  
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• Restaurant review: Rosélys books a grand room at Queen Elizabeth Hotel - Montreal Gazette

  28-09-2017 22:01 via montrealgazette.com
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  Restaurant review: Rosélys books a grand room at Queen Elizabeth Hotel
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  Not so long ago, hotel restaurants were Montreal's top culinary destinations, with grand dining rooms like the Neufchâtel above the Château Champlain and Le Point de Vue atop the Sheraton Centre. Then there was the Beaver Club, the Queen Elizabeth ...
  
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• Catch @FoodGuyMTL tomorrow on #BTMTL as we discover some of the city's best new restaurants. Warning: don't watch o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-09-2017 22:01
  Catch @FoodGuyMTL tomorrow on #BTMTL as we discover some of the city's best new restaurants. Warning: don't watch o… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Restaurant review: Rosélys books a grand room at Queen Elizabeth Hotel

  28-09-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Rosélys
  ★★ out of ★★★★
  $$$-$$$$
  Address: 900 René-Lévesque Blvd. W. (in Fairmont the Queen Elizabeth Hotel)
  Phone: 514-954-2261
  Website: fairmont.com/queen-elizabeth-montreal/dining/roselys-restaurant
  Open: Mon.-Sat. 6:30 a.m. to 11 p.m.; Sun. 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. 
  Wheelchair access: Yes
  Reservations: Recommended 
  Vegetarian friendly: Yes
  Cards: Major cards
  Licensed: Yes
  Parking: Valet, or on the street with meters
  Pr
  
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• Winnipeg mayor calls out Philippe Couillard over Boeing fight

  28-09-2017 21:38 via cbc.ca
  Winnipeg Mayor Brian Bowman called out Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard on Thursday, saying comments Couillard made about the Boeing-Bombardier feud go too far and ignore the reality of the Canadian aerospace industry.
  
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• Quebec child-care workers at 400 daycares vote in favour of strike mandate

  28-09-2017 21:27 via cbc.ca
  Child-care workers at non-profit daycare centres across Quebec have voted to give their union a six-day strike mandate, threatening a walkout unless there is progress at the negotiating table.
  
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• Greater Montreal Area to gain access to 211 information service

  28-09-2017 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Metropolitan Community has announced its backing for the financing of a 211 service throughout Greater Montreal’s 82 municipalities. 
  Already available to residents in Laval, Montreal and the MRC de l’Assomption and managed by the Information and Referral Centre of Greater Montreal (IRCGM), 211 is a service that offers residents social and community information, either online or by phone.
  Operators can be reached between 8 a.m. and 6 p.m. every day. 211’s
  
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• Impact star midfielder Piatti agrees to extend contract beyond 2018

  28-09-2017 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  Star midfielder Ignacio Piatti has extended his contract with the Montreal Impact.
  
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• Montreal election: On the trail (and in the métro) with Valérie Plante

  28-09-2017 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Follow along on a day in the life of Projet Montréal leader Valérie Plante — who spoke about mixing family and politics, funding baseball stadiums and had a chance encounter with her opponent Wednesday.
  Plante says everyone in her family is pitching in during her run for mayor. Her mother recently moved in to help with her two sons, her husband will take a leave of absence from his job and Plante’s father occasionally drives her to events.
  “This adventure is about
  
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• Greater Montreal Area to gain access to 211 information service - Montreal Gazette

  28-09-2017 21:16 via montrealgazette.com
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  Greater Montreal Area to gain access to 211 information service
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  ... few months is excellent news for all citizens who have social needs, or who would like to quickly find the contact information for resources that might help them,” Pierrette Gagné, executive director of the Information and Referral Centre of ...
  
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• Made in Montreal! Local fashion success stories with @zeeta! btmontreal.ca/videos/local-s…

  28-09-2017 21:15
  Made in Montreal! Local fashion success stories with @zeeta! btmontreal.ca/videos/local-s…
  
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• Opinion: New antidepressant study isn't cause for alarm

  28-09-2017 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  A friend drew my attention to a recent study showing that antidepressants increase your risk of dying. Unsurprisingly, many media outlets picked up the story and ran with it, with varying degrees of alarmism.
  The study was a meta-analysis of 17 trials. Its final conclusion was that antidepressants appeared to increase mortality by 33 per cent and cardiac events by 14 per cent. It also drew some other rather surprising conclusions. While antidepressants were linked to increased mortality in the g
  
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• Quebec filmmakers ask: What does Netflix investment mean for French-language content?

  28-09-2017 20:11 via cbc.ca
  Netflix's announcement that it will invest $500 million into Canadian content over the next five years is being met with apprehension by some Quebec filmmakers — and welcomed by others.
  
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• Bombardier got subsidies? Boeing received $64B from the U.S. government

  28-09-2017 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  Massive government cash injections are the norm in the aerospace industry.
  
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• ICYMI: Actor @brett_donahue plays Nico Rizzuto Jr. on @City_tv's new crime drama @BadBloodSeries #BadBloodCity btmontreal.ca/videos/new-cri…

  28-09-2017 20:05
  ICYMI: Actor @brett_donahue plays Nico Rizzuto Jr. on @City_tv's new crime drama @BadBloodSeries #BadBloodCity btmontreal.ca/videos/new-cri…
  
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• Concordia chancellor donates piece of art to downtown Montreal campus

  28-09-2017 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  A kinetic piece of art has been added to the corner of Montreal's Mackay Street and de Maisonneuve Boulevard
  
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• We’re Still Together a no-budget gem

  28-09-2017 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  How low can you go?
  That was the question guiding Montrealer Jesse Noah Klein as he shot his first professional feature, We’re Still Together, on a rock-bottom budget two summers ago.
  “There are all kinds of different demarcations of what low-budget can mean,” Klein said, dropping by the Montreal Gazette last week on a break from his day job teaching film studies at Dawson College.
  “I find it more useful to use the term no-budget. This was a no-budget movie. My actors wor
  
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• Uber's 'good cop' tack will be put to the test in tussles with cities

  28-09-2017 19:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Uber is testing out a new conciliatory tone in London, where officials said they wouldn’t renew the ride-hailing service’s operating license. It’s going to have ample opportunity to see if that approach will work elsewhere.
  San Francisco’s city attorney is investigating whether Uber Technologies Inc. is a public nuisance. In New York, officials are mulling ways to tighten controls on ride-hailing, including requiring a quarter of all trips come with wheelchair-a
  
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• NDG commuters furious over continuing crowds on 105 and 51 buses

  28-09-2017 19:53 via globalnews.ca
  The 105 and 51 buses are some of the most used buses in the city, but they also boast line-ups commuters describe as unacceptable. And with Turcot Interchange construction and technical issues, there aren't many solutions.
  
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• Alberta leadership candidate apologizes for using slur in Quebec rant

  28-09-2017 19:50 via montrealgazette.com
  DRAYTON VALLEY, Alta. — A candidate for the leadership of Alberta’s United Conservative Party is apologizing for calling Quebec’s position on Bombardier “retarded.”
  Former federal MP Brian Jean tweeted that he regrets his choice of words.
  Jean was speaking with reporters in Drayton Valley, Alta., when he was asked about Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard’s call for the federal government to stand up against American tariffs on Bombardier jets.
  Jean ranted that
  
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• More STM buses needed in NDG?

  28-09-2017 19:27 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Sep 28: The 105 and 51 buses are some of the most used buses in the city, but they also boast line-ups commuters describe as unacceptable. But as Global’s Billy Shields reports, with Turcot Interchange construction and technical issues, solutions appear limited.
  
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• McGill's @profkjmoore makes sense of the ongoing Bombardier-Boeing dispute btmontreal.ca/videos/bombard… @DesautelsMcGill

  28-09-2017 19:10
  McGill's @profkjmoore makes sense of the ongoing Bombardier-Boeing dispute btmontreal.ca/videos/bombard… @DesautelsMcGill
  
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• Quebec's poor, vulnerable hurt by red-tape reforms: ombudsman's report

  28-09-2017 19:04 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Hastily cobbled together government administrative reforms have hurt the province’s most vulnerable hard, whether it’s a person waiting for a mammogram, a senior who needs home care or an immigrant trying to get into Quebec.
  In a blistering report tabled Thursday in the National Assembly, Quebec’s ombudsman, Marie Rinfret, blasts the Couillard regime, saying dozens of the changes it has implemented in office have been bad news for the poor.
  The result is that the
  
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• Impact announce contract extension for Ignacio Piatti

  28-09-2017 18:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact announced a new contract for Argentine midfielder Ignacio Piatti on Thursday.
  The designated player had hinted at the “good news” earlier this month.
  “We are very excited that Nacho has decided to stay in Montreal,” Impact president Joey Saputo said in a statement. “He is a world-class player who belongs among the league’s elite. Our supporters will have the opportunity to continue to enjoy his great qualities, which will help us reach our
  
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• Montreal Canadiens lines at practice: September 28 - Mete/Weber split up - Habs Eyes on the Prize (blog)

  28-09-2017 18:55 via habseyesontheprize.com
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  Montreal Canadiens lines at practice: September 28 - Mete/Weber split up
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  The Canadiens took to the ice on Thursday, a day after their most recent preseason loss. The lines were mostly familiar, with the Jonathan Drouin and Tomas Plekanec lines staying intact. After having developed good chemistry with Phillip Danault ...
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• Community groups eager to participate in Quebec's systemic racism commission

  28-09-2017 18:24 via cbc.ca
  The Ministry of Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion says the response from community groups has been so big that the budget for the consultations has nearly doubled, from $500,000 to $900,000.
  
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• Salman Rushdie casts an eye on Trump's America in The Golden House

  28-09-2017 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Anyone who has tried to write a novel can tell you that 400 pages in 18 months — never mind 400 good pages — is a prodigious work rate. But that’s precisely what Salman Rushdie has just accomplished, and he’s still feeling a bit shell-shocked.
  “That’s lightning speed for me,” the India-born, New York-resident writer said on the phone from the Vancouver stop on his promotional round. “But I wanted to do something that, as a novelist, you’re no
  
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• Steady stream of Quebec flooding victims line up for answers in Pierrefonds

  28-09-2017 18:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Karam Baryar sat with his mom and dad in the waiting room of the Pierrefonds Cultural Centre Thursday morning. He held one slim folder.
  It was the report a government inspector had completed after visiting the family’s income property on De Boulogne St. in Pierrefonds. Floodwaters had ripped off the front porch and left the home in such disrepair, it might be deemed a total write off.
  It’s been five months since extreme flooding devastated the the region. Baryar and his parents have
  
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• Unionized Quebec daycare workers ready for 6-day work stoppage

  28-09-2017 18:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The threat of a strike is hanging over more than 400 unionized Quebec daycare centres after more than 11,000 workers voted 94 per cent in favour of a six-day walkout to be carried out on a date that has yet to be determined.
  The unionized workers, represented by the CSN, have been without a contract since March 2015 and while non-monetary issues have for the most part been settled, negotiations have stalled over the the issues of salaries, pension plans, group insurance and child-daycare worker
  
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• Liberals unveil Canadian cultural policy revamp, with help from Netflix

  28-09-2017 17:55 via cbc.ca
  Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly is unveiling her vision for revamped cultural policy Thursday, detailing what she thinks Canadian content and cultural industries should look like in the digital world.
  
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• Theo Fleury Story brings fire and ice to Centaur Theatre

  28-09-2017 17:50 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’re heading to a hockey game in October, you might want to double-check which regalia-wearing crowds you fall in with or you could wind up at the wrong venue. You might, for instance, find yourself at the Segal Centre, where a new musical based on Roch Carrier’s beloved story The Hockey Sweater plays from Oct. 19 (of which more in a few weeks).
  Or possibly a throng of Calgary Flames fans will sweep you along to the Centaur, where the one-man show Playing With Fire: The Theo Fle
  
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• Blue Jays to host Cardinals at Montreal in 2018 pre-season finale

  28-09-2017 17:50 via cbc.ca
  The Toronto Blue Jays will play a two-game pre-season series in Montreal next year against the St. Louis Cardinals. It's the fifth straight year the Blue Jays have played exhibition contests at Olympic Stadium.
  
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• On this week's Mom Talk, Edina and Melanie from @ometz break down the benefits of hiring people with special needs. btmontreal.ca/videos/benefit…

  28-09-2017 17:36
  On this week's Mom Talk, Edina and Melanie from @ometz break down the benefits of hiring people with special needs. btmontreal.ca/videos/benefit…
  
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• Montreal is somehow one of the best cities in the world to drive in: study - Montreal Gazette

  28-09-2017 17:34 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal is somehow one of the best cities in the world to drive in: study
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  Montreal finished 13th in online car parts retailer Kfzteile24's list of the best and worst cities to drive. David Rudin, Montreal Gazette More from David Rudin, Montreal Gazette. Published on: September 28, 2017 | Last Updated: September 28, 2017 11 ...
  
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• Montreal is somehow one of the best cities in the world to drive in: study

  28-09-2017 17:33 via montrealgazette.com
  If you feel like you’re throwing your life away in Montreal traffic, the good news, according to a new German study, is that it would probably be worse if you lived elsewhere.
  Montreal finished 13th in online car parts retailer Kfzteile24’s list of the best and worst cities in which to drive. 
  The best city to drive in, according to the Kfzteile24’s rankings, is Dusseldorf, Germany; Kolkata, India, was dead last.
  While Montrealers don’t have a lot of animus
  
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• ICYMI: Outdoor design expert @CarsonArthur has tips to get your outdoor space ready for fall. btmontreal.ca/videos/fall-ou…

  28-09-2017 17:24
  ICYMI: Outdoor design expert @CarsonArthur has tips to get your outdoor space ready for fall. btmontreal.ca/videos/fall-ou…
  
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• As Lacolle tent camp is dismantled, Ottawa seeks winterized quarters for migrants

  28-09-2017 17:19 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadian Border Services Agency is taking steps to set up heated accommodations for asylum seekers who show up at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing this winter, allowing migrants at stay in shelters better suited to the season.
  On behalf of the CBSA, the federal Public Works Ministry is looking for suppliers to provide and install living quarters for about 200 people. The ministry’s call for tenders seeks installations where occupants can sleep and cook. Spaces that will hou
  
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