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• Visitors go behind the scenes during CBC's open house

  01-10-2017 23:12 via cbc.ca
  Tours, screenings and meet and greets were organized as part of this year's Journées de la culture festival.
  
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• Extended: Rebuilding Lac-Mégantic from the ground up

  01-10-2017 22:30 via globalnews.ca
  Lac-Mégantic city manager Maric-Claude Arguin sits down with Global News’ Mike Armstrong to talk about the challenges faced by the town to rebuild itself following the 2013 train disaster that killed 47 people and still casts a shadow 4 years later.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Mayoral candidates from CDN-NDG and Côte Saint-Luc go head-to-head in debate

  01-10-2017 22:25 via globalnews.ca
  With the municipal elections in Quebec just around the corner, candidates are campaigning in earnest. Hear what your candidates have to say.
  
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• Herb Zurkowsky: Vast majority of Alouettes appear to have given up

  01-10-2017 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  We no longer will state the obvious about the Alouettes. Everybody realizes this is a bad team that will miss the Canadian Football League playoffs for a third consecutive season.
  Instead, we never realized four words uttered three weeks ago by general manager Kavis Reed could have such a profound effect. When head coach Jacques Chapdelaine and defensive coordinator Noel Thorpe were fired on Sept. 13, Reed stated Montreal’s defence was “good, but not elite” under Thorpe.
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• Lac-Mégantic criminal negligence trial to begin Monday, as residents seek to move forward

  01-10-2017 21:44 via globalnews.ca
  The trial for three men accused of 47 counts each of criminal negligence in connection with the train explosion in Lac-Mégantic four years ago is set to begin in Sherbrooke, Que. on Monday.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: CDN-NDG mayoral candidates face off in debate

  01-10-2017 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Oct 1: In this debate, CDN-NDG borough mayor Russell Copeman goes head-to-head with former Montreal Gazette journalist and co-creator of #BeenRapedNeverReported, Sue Montgomery; and former president of the Order of Engineers of Quebec and Engineers Canada, Zaki Ghavitian. Part one of two.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: CDN-NDG candidates face off in debate

  01-10-2017 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Oct 1: Russell Copeman goes head-to-head with former Montreal Gazette journalist and co-creator of #BeenRapedNeverReported, Sue Montgomery; and former president of the Order of Engineers of Quebec and Engineers Canada, Zaki Ghavitian. Part two of two.
  
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• West Island woman organizes winter giveaway for underprivileged children

  01-10-2017 21:32 via globalnews.ca
  A West Island woman has organized a Children's Winter Giveaway to help underprivileged families.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Côte Saint-Luc mayoral candidates face off in debate

  01-10-2017 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Oct 1: The two men vying to be mayor of Côte Saint-Luc — incumbent mayor Mitchell Brownstein and the city’s former mayor Robert Libman — go head-to-head in a debate tackling issues such as the extension of Cavendish Boulevard and an increase in taxes.
  
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• 'Too many ups and downs': Gallagher among Habs forwards looking to rebound this season

  01-10-2017 21:10 via cbc.ca
  Brendan Gallagher's wish for the NHL season is to stay healthy and rediscover his scoring touch.
  
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• Guineans protest in Montreal Sunday against deportations

  01-10-2017 21:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Members of Montreal’s Guinean community protested on Sunday, hoping to stop deportations to their homeland. 
  Mohamed Barri, who came to Canada as refugee in 2011, said he doesn’t want to be sent back to the West African country because parts of the government are corrupt and he fears for his safety. 
  “I work and pay taxes and contribute to Canadian society,” he told protesters at the rally. “I want to stay here.” 
  Dominque Kpoghomou, a longtime
  
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• ‘Big Brother Canada’ hopefuls line up in Montreal

  01-10-2017 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  Sun, Oct 1: Hundreds lined up outside a Montreal hotel on Saturday, hoping to nab a spot on season six of “Big Brother Canada.”
  
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• Stu Cowan: Victor Mete should have a spot on the Canadiens' blue-line

  01-10-2017 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Coach Claude Julien wouldn’t confirm it after Saturday night’s 9-2 win over the Ottawa Senators, but you can expect to see Victor Mete on the blue-line beside Shea Weber when the Canadiens open the regular season Thursday night in Buffalo.
  In Saturday’s pre-season finale, the 19-year-old scored a goal, added an assist and was plus-4 while logging 18:30 of ice time. After he scored the Canadiens’ ninth goal, the Bell Centre crowd started chanting Mete’s name.
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• Quebec reacts to violence during Catalan independence vote

  01-10-2017 20:03 via cbc.ca
  Quebec politicians and personalities are reacting to events unfolding in Catalan, as hundreds were injured in police crackdowns that saw officers use batons and rubber bullets indiscriminately on voters trying to participate in the Spanish region's independence referendum.
  
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• New Maison Radio-Canada breaks ground in Montreal

  01-10-2017 19:58 via cbc.ca
  Ground was broken at the site of the Maison de Radio-Canada on Sunday morning at the same time CBC/Radio-Canada opened it doors to the public for Culture Days.
  
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• New Maison de Radio-Canada breaks ground in Montreal

  01-10-2017 19:58 via cbc.ca
  Ground was broken at the site of the Maison de Radio-Canada on Sunday morning at the same time CBC/Radio-Canada opened it doors to the public for Culture Days.
  
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• Quebec politicians condemn violence during Catalonia independence vote

  01-10-2017 19:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec politicians have condemned the use of violence by Spanish police on Sunday that interrupted the vote in a referendum on the independence of Catalonia.
  Spanish security forces intervened forcefully on several occasions to disrupt the popular consultation. According to the Catalan government, 465 people were injured, some of whom reported serious injuries.Premier Philippe Couillard and Coalition Avenir Québec Leader François Legault were cautious in their comments.
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• Hitchhiker making road podcast of Leafs Nation

  01-10-2017 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Clancy McNamara is no ordinary Toronto Maple Leafs fan.
  He is so pumped up about the team’s chances this season, he is hitchhiking from Montreal to Winnipeg for the Leafs season-opener Wednesday against the Jets.
  Along the way he is hoping to collect enough anecdotal stories from other long-suffering members of Leafs Nation to eventually cobble together a “Vagabonding Leafs Podcast” of his road travels.
  He set out last Friday morning from his mother’s home in Dollard-des-
  
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• Jagmeet Singh wins leadership of federal NDP on first ballot

  01-10-2017 18:59 via cbc.ca
  Jagmeet Singh is the next leader of the federal New Democratic Party of Canada, taking more than the 50 per cent of the vote in the party's federal leadership contest.
  
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• Change may be at hand, or not, as NDP awaits 1st-ballot leadership results

  01-10-2017 18:59 via cbc.ca
  The federal New Democrats' gruelling search for a new leader could finally come to an end Sunday as party faithful gather in Toronto to hear the long-awaited results of the initial round of voting. CBCnews.ca is covering the 1st ballot results starting at 2:30 p.m. ET
  
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• Big names want to join Montreal's tech scene, but Canada should nurture local talent, says AI pioneer

  01-10-2017 18:51 via cbc.ca
  Is Canada focusing enough on homegrown tech champions while it courts multinationals?
  
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• Police investigate possible arson in Côte-des-Neiges

  01-10-2017 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  Witnesses reported seeing a suspect flee the scene of a fire in a mixed-use commercial-residential building in Côte-des-Neiges early Sunday morning.
  
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• Evicted for an Airbnb: Landlords fight short-term rentals at Régie

  01-10-2017 17:41 via montrealgazette.com
  At least a dozen Montreal landlords have obtained eviction orders since June 2016 on the grounds that their tenants are running commercial enterprises by subletting their apartments on short-term rental websites. 
  More than half of those rulings have come within the past six months and the majority involve the popular short-term rental site Airbnb, Régie du logement records show.
  By regularly subletting their apartment for profit, these tenants have changed the intended use
  
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• Quebec City byelection a test for party leaders ahead of 2018 election

  01-10-2017 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  With just about a year to go before the next provincial election, the leaders of Quebec's political parties will be paying close attention to the results of Monday's byelection in the Quebec City riding of Louis-Hebert.
  
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• Far-right group, counter-protesters face off at Lacolle border crossing

  01-10-2017 16:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Police separated pro-and anti-immigration demonstrators at the St-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing Saturday afternoon, after the two groups chanted slogans and hurled insults at each other.
  The Canada Border Services Agency (CBSA) website indicated the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle border crossing was temporarily closed.
  About 100 right-wing protesters and a similar number of counter-demonstrators, including members of the Montreal-based refugee-support group Solidarity Across Borders, gathered at
  
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• Guineans to hold protest in Montreal Sunday against deportations

  01-10-2017 16:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Several members of the Guinean community in Montreal are expected to hold a rally Sunday afternoon, calling on the federal government to end deportations from Canada back to Guinea.
  According to the Montreal Guinean community, requests for asylum since December have been refused en masse. Deportation had slowed to a trickle during the the Ebola epidemic from 2013 to 2016. But now about 10 people from the community are facing deportation.
  “It’s difficult to stop a deportation —
  
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• Red Bull's Verstappen wins Malaysian Grand Prix, Canada's Stroll 8th

  01-10-2017 16:27 via cbc.ca
  ​Max Verstappen celebrated his birthday by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix in style on Sunday, while Lewis Hamilton finished second to extend his championship lead over Sebastian Vettel. Montreal's Lance Stroll was involved in an incident in warm-ups but finished the race in eighth.
  
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• ICYMI: Celebrity Chef Ricardo back the BT kitchen, w/ braided plum & cream cheese tart, AND apple pie! See the clip… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  01-10-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: Celebrity Chef Ricardo back the BT kitchen, w/ braided plum & cream cheese tart, AND apple pie! See the clip… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fire destroys Montreal triplex overnight; 125 firefighters battle the blaze

  01-10-2017 15:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The arson squad is investigating after a three-storey building went up in flames early Sunday morning in the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough.
  Police got a call at about 3 a.m. about a fire in a triplex on Côte-des-Neiges Rd. near St-Kevin Ave., with residential apartments above commercial stores. The blaze started in garbage and recycling bins behind the building, and caused considerable damage. About 125 firefighters arrived to fight the blaze.
  
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• Exercise recommended for moms-to-be — to a point

  01-10-2017 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite plenty of research suggesting that exercise is safe for moms-to-be and their babies-on-board, eyebrows still raise when a visibly pregnant woman pulls on her workout wear. And while a few laps of the pool or a prenatal fitness class are generally well received, there’s no shortage of opinions shared if a woman with a baby bump jogs by.
  Yet the benefits of exercise should dismiss the idea that the gym is no place for pregnant women. Reduced risk of gestational diabetes, depression,
  
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• Montreal's Stroll finishes 8th; Red Bull’s Verstappen wins Malaysian GP

  01-10-2017 14:46 via montrealgazette.com
  SEPANG, Malaysia – Max Verstappen celebrated his birthday by winning the Malaysian Grand Prix in style on Sunday, while Lewis Hamilton finished second to extend his championship lead over Sebastian Vettel.
  Vettel started the race from last but drove brilliantly to take fourth place behind Red Bull’s Daniel Ricciardo and limit the damage to his own title hopes. Ferrari teammate Kimi Raikkonen did not even start, despite qualifying second. Moments before the race, mechanics wheeled Rai
  
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• Faced with relocating after 15 years, co-op café vies for another chance in Centre-Sud

  01-10-2017 14:46 via cbc.ca
  A co-op restaurant and café, that has been a staple for artists, families and students in its southeastern Montreal neighbourhood, is struggling to stay in the area after the building it's in was sold.
  
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• The anatomy of the Lac-Mégantic train disaster

  01-10-2017 14:24 via globalnews.ca
  As the trial in the Lac-Mégantic train derailment is set to begin, we look into what caused a freight train hauling 72 oil tankers to derail and kill 47 people in the fiery disaster.
  
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• While you were sleeping: O.J. Simpson released from prison, Spanish police fire rubber bullets near Catalan voting site and more

  01-10-2017 14:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Top stories from around the world:
  O.J. Simpson out of prison after 9 years for armed robbery: Former football legend O.J. Simpson became a free man Sunday after serving nine years for a botched hotel room heist in Las Vegas that brought the conviction and prison time he avoided in the killings of his ex-wife and her friend after his 1995 acquittal in the “trial of the century” in Los Angeles. Simpson was released at 12:08 a.m. PDT from Lovelock Correctional Center in northern N
  
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• 5-alarm fire tears through triplex on Côte-des-Neiges Road

  01-10-2017 13:14 via cbc.ca
  A three-storey building went up in flames early Sunday morning in the Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce borough, forcing 20 people into the chilly streets.
  
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• Quebec lumber and supplies headed for Puerto Rico and southern U.S.

  01-10-2017 13:00 via cbc.ca
  A cargo ship will leave Baie-Comeau, Que., on Sunday with supplies destined for Puerto Rico. Resolute Forest Products says the plea came from one of its employees who is originally from the country, devastated by the passing of Hurricane Maria.
  
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• From the archives: Squabble over a fox embarrassed Montreal riders

  01-10-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Oct. 2, 2005, in the Montreal Gazette.
  The Montreal Fox Hounds
  MEETS ON TUESDAY, OCTOBER 1st
  At Cote des Neiges
  The Gazette, Tuesday, October 1, 1872
  It was busy month for the Montreal Hunt, with six meets crammed into that October alone. The withdrawal of the British army garrison from Montreal two years before had seriously crippled membership, but now interest seemed to be reviving.
  The new feistiness was wonderfully shown at a meet on Saturday the 5th. About
  
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• 5 free, family-friendly activities at Journées de la culture — including an open house of CBC Montreal

  01-10-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Almost 10,000 artists, artisans and organizations come together to offer a huge array of free cultural activities.
  
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• 5 free, family-friendly activities at Journées de la culture

  01-10-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Almost 10,000 artists, artisans and organizations come together to offer a huge array of free cultural activities.
  
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• 5 free activities at Journées de la culture — including a CBC Montreal open house

  01-10-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Almost 10,000 artists, artisans and organizations come together to offer a huge array of free cultural activities.
  
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• Gordon lifts 10-man Rapids over 10-man Impact 2-1 - Montreal Gazette

  01-10-2017 05:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  Gordon lifts 10-man Rapids over 10-man Impact 2-1
  Montreal Gazette
  Montreal Impact midfielder Samuel Piette (29) and Colorado Rapids midfielder Joshua Gatt (45) battle for the ball in the first half at Dick's Sporting Goods Park in Commerce City, Colo., on Saturday, Sept. 30, 2017. Ron Chenoy / USA TODAY Sports.and more »
  
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• Gordon lifts 10-man Rapids over 10-man Impact 2-1

  01-10-2017 05:46 via montrealgazette.com
  COMMERCE CITY, Colo. — Alan Gordon finished Dominique Badji’s low cross for the go-ahead goal in the 81st minute and the 10-man Colorado Rapids beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 2-1 on Saturday night.
  Referee Jorge Gonzalez, after video review, issued a straight red card to Rapids midfielder Jared Watts in the 12th minute for a studs-up challenge. Montreal lost the man advantage in the 32nd when Daniel Lovitz was sent off for a late knee.
  Stefan Aigner gave the Rapids (8-18-5) the earl
  
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• Impact on verge of elimination from playoff contention

  01-10-2017 05:43 via cbc.ca
  Alan Gordon finished Dominique Badji's low cross for the go-ahead goal in the 81st minute and the 10-man Colorado Rapids beat the 10-man Montreal Impact 2-1 on Saturday night.
  
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• Canadiens' offence comes to life in 9-2 blowout over Senators

  01-10-2017 05:24 via montrealgazette.com
  This had not been a good training camp for the Canadiens’ Alex Galchenyuk heading into Saturday night’s final pre-season game against the Ottawa Senators, which Montreal ended up winning 9-2.
  That’s not a typo — the Canadiens scored nine goals, including one by Galchenyuk. Brendan Gallagher and Jacob De La Rose had two goals each, while Andrew Shaw scored for the third straight game and Shea Weber, Max Pacioretty and 19-year-old defenceman Victor Mete also found the back
  
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• Police search for missing sailor in Trois-Rivières

  01-10-2017 04:25 via montrealgazette.com
  TROIS-RIVIÈRES — Police are looking for a sailor who went missing from a freighter docked at a Trois-Rivières wharf.According to the Sûreté du Québec, the 23-year-old man was noticed missing Friday at 10:30 p.m and police continued to search the waters on Saturday until dusk.Municipal firefighters and the Canadian Coast Guard participated in the search, which will resume Sunday morning.Police are looking into the possibility the man had fallen from the boa
  
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• Gallagher, De La Rose lead Canadiens rout of Senators

  01-10-2017 03:52 via cbc.ca
  Brendan Gallagher and Jacob De La Rose each scored twice as the Montreal Canadiens emphatically beat the Ottawa Senators 9-2 on Saturday in the last pre-season game for both teams.
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on September 30 - Montreal Gazette

  01-10-2017 03:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Gazette
  In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on September 30
  Montreal Gazette
  Incumbent Denis Coderre and Project Montréal leader Valérie Plante spent part of their day in Montreal-North borough. Coderre had eight campaign events, including stops at a organization that feeds and offers activities to the poor, a shopping centre ...and more »
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on September 30

  01-10-2017 03:22 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Women of Quebec’s far right come out of the shadows
  One is a hairdresser in Lévis who sometimes wears her Storm Alliance sweatshirt while clipping hair or dying it mermaid blue.
  A proud member of La Meute owns a restaurant in St-Paulin, in Mauricie, where she serves a $6.99 lunch special and karaoke on Saturday nights.
  Then there’s La Meute’s new secretary and accountant, from St-Jean-sur-Richelieu – the firs
  
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