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• Pierrefonds launches buy local campaign

  05-10-2017 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  The borough of Pierrefonds has launched a buy local campaign aimed at helping local businesses struggling to recover after the dramatic spring floods that in the community. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Quebec unveils financial-services bill

  05-10-2017 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  By Julien Arsenault
  Two organizations threatened by the Quebec government’s proposed reframing of the financial sector say they fear consumer protection will take a hit. 
  On Thursday, Finance Minister Carlos Leitao tabled a 488-page document that would abolish the Chambre de la sécurité financière (CSF) and the Chambre de l’assurance de dommages (ChAD), both self-policing organizations.
  It proposes that the Autorité des marchés financiers
  
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• Systemic racism hearings will proceed, Couillard says

  05-10-2017 23:38 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The systemic racism hearings set up by the Quebec government for this fall will proceed because people have a right to be heard, says Premier Philippe Couillard.
  One day after sparking consternation among minority groups for saying the hearing process will be rethought, Couillard tried to clarify himself, insisting Quebec is not backing down.
  “Abandoning the idea of consultations on systemic discrimination is out of the question,” Couillard said in the National Assembl
  
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• St-Lazare thrift store seeks out midnight robbers

  05-10-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Source d’entraide thrift shop in St-Lazare is trying to solve a mystery involving a couple of Sunday night thieves emptying out their donation bins and they’re using their Facebook page to try to flush them out. Amanda Jelowick reports.
  
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• Denis Coderre celebrates cancellation of Energy East pipeline project

  05-10-2017 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Reaction is varied across Canada to news that the Energy East pipeline project has been cancelled by Trans Canada. While Quebecers are celebrating, there is disappointment in many other parts of the country. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• Competitive cyclist killed in tragic road accident

  05-10-2017 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal cycling community is reeling after an 18 year old was killed while on a training run Wednesday morning. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Motorcyclist in critical condition after accident with truck on Sources Blvd.

  05-10-2017 23:09 via montrealgazette.com
  A motorcyclist police believe is in his 50s is in critical but stable condition in a hospital after colliding with a tanker truck on Des Sources Blvd. Thursday morning.
  Police said the incident occurred a little before 9 a.m. as the truck was trying to back into a local business on the thoroughfare. Police say for reasons that have yet to be determined, the motorcyclist, travelling south on Des Sources Blvd., struck a section of the truck and crashed onto the pavement.
  The motorcyclist suffered
  
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• Homeless describe dire conditions as Coderre joins them for night on the streets

  05-10-2017 23:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Arthur Taratula disappears most nights; he’ll slip into an alley or under a bridge, lie on a bed made of damp cardboard and quietly fall asleep.
  “I look for a secluded area, somewhere where it’s quite safe,” said Taratula, who has been on the streets for roughly 30 years. “It’s so that I’m not going to be in danger of getting confronted by police. Those are the places I go to.
  “I have to be extra careful, it’s not always an easy thing.”
  
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• Don't miss @TheoFleury14 tomorrow on #BTMTL discussing his story, "Playing with Fire," currently showing at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-10-2017 23:01
  Don't miss @TheoFleury14 tomorrow on #BTMTL discussing his story, "Playing with Fire," currently showing at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• There are a few new faces on the Habs. What numbers do they wear?

  05-10-2017 22:55 via cbc.ca
  The drive for 25 starts, yet again, tonight, and there will be some new guys suiting up for the Montreal Canadiens this season. You may know their names, but do you know their numbers?
  
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• Alouettes' Tevaughn Campbell to join rugby sevens side after CFL season

  05-10-2017 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Fresh off a history-making World Series season, Canadian rugby sevens coach Damian McGrath has unveiled a 2017-18 roster that sees some crossover from the 15s team and the inclusion of Montreal Alouettes speedster Tevaughn Campbell.
  The 6-foot, 195-pound defensive back will become a carded member of the sevens program in late November after his CFL duties are done. Campbell, 24, got a taste of the sevens game in April when he trained with the team on a trip to Asia.
  “He’s got that on
  
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• Opinion: Montreal should invest more in support for the arts

  05-10-2017 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  During its 375th-anniversary celebrations, Montreal experienced an exceptional cultural buzz. More than 200 events took place in the course of the summer, including Cité Mémoire by Lemieux-Pilon 4D Art and Michel-Marc Bouchard, the Montréal symphonique concert uniting our three major orchestras, the illumination of Jacques-Cartier Bridge by the creators of Moment Factory and collaborators, and the original production Vice et vertu by Les 7 Doigts. The record number of touris
  
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• Hockey at centre stage: Centaur opens season with Theo Fleury story, Playing with Fire

  05-10-2017 22:39 via cbc.ca
  CBC arts reporter Nantali Indongo only got to preview one scene, but the promise of excellence is established as soon as actor Shaun Smyth starts his monologue. Everyone came to watch him, he says, "to see a sports superstar behaving very, very badly."
  
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• Find out how to boost your immune system and avoid cold and flu viruses this change of season: ow.ly/P3uG30fFIwV

  05-10-2017 22:30
  Find out how to boost your immune system and avoid cold and flu viruses this change of season: ow.ly/P3uG30fFIwV
  
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• Ottawa to announce $800M settlement with Indigenous survivors of Sixties Scoop

  05-10-2017 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett will announce a financial settlement with survivors of the Sixties Scoop tomorrow, CBC News has confirmed.
  
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• Ottawa announces $800M settlement with Indigenous survivors of Sixties Scoop

  05-10-2017 22:15 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian government has reached a agreement in principle worth $800 million with survivors of the Sixties Scoop, Crown-Indigenous Affairs Minister Carolyn Bennett announced Friday morning.
  
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• Looking for a healthy snack alternative for hockey night? Check out @ByAngelaPrice's delicious energy bar recipe: ow.ly/xDeP30fFGJJ

  05-10-2017 21:30
  Looking for a healthy snack alternative for hockey night? Check out @ByAngelaPrice's delicious energy bar recipe: ow.ly/xDeP30fFGJJ
  
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• Quebec barber gives top notch service to child with autism

  05-10-2017 21:18 via cbc.ca
  A photo Wyatt Lafrenière's mother took of the tattooed barber lying on the floor to finish off Wyatt's haircut got more than 850,000 views online.
  
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• ‘He was always smiling’: 18-year-old competitive cyclist killed on Mount Royal

  05-10-2017 21:13 via globalnews.ca
  Clement Ouimet, 18, died after being struck by a car performing an illegal U-turn on Mount Royal.
  
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• Taxi industry's demand to rid Quebec of Uber shot down by Superior Court

  05-10-2017 21:09 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec Superior Court has rejected a demand from the province's taxi industry to declare Uber's operations illegal.
  
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• Taxi drivers lose another legal battle after Quebec Superior Court sides with Uber

  05-10-2017 21:09 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's traditional taxi industry suffered another blow on Thursday after the Superior Court rejected its demands to have Uber's operations declared illegal and its permit revoked.
  
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• Denis Coderre calls TransCanada 'arrogant,' claims Energy East victory

  05-10-2017 21:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is among those claiming victory after TransCanada announced Thursday it is terminating its controversial Energy East pipeline.
  “I’ve been saying since Day 1 that (TransCanada was) arrogant and condescending,” Coderre told reporters Thursday morning. “It’s an enormous victory.”
  TransCanada said in a statement Thursday it will notify Quebec’s environment ministry it is withdrawing the pipeline project from the province’s
  
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• MMA Railway execs had to be forced to meet police, chief investigator tells Lac-Mégantic trial

  05-10-2017 21:02 via cbc.ca
  Sgt. Mathieu Bouchard, testifying at the criminal negligence trial of three former railway employees, said he made at least four trips to the U.S. to find out about the culture of Montreal, Maine and Atlantic Railway, but he needed a legal treaty to force MMA's top brass to talk to him.
  
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• Cute alert! We've got a @fondationmira puppy on the show tomorrow! @Mondou https://t.co/c0oLg0qPtJ

  05-10-2017 21:01
  
  Cute alert! We've got a @fondationmira puppy on the show tomorrow! @Mondou https://t.co/c0oLg0qPtJ
  
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• Update: Montreal to review Mount Royal site where cyclist was hit by car

  05-10-2017 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The issue of cyclist safety is back in the spotlight following the death Wednesday of a teenager who was struck by a car on Mount Royal.
  Clément Ouimet, 18, was cycling down Camillien-Houde Way on Mount Royal Wednesday morning when he was struck by a car that made a sudden U-turn near the Camillien-Houde Belvedere. He was taken to a hospital, where he died later that day.
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said the city will review the area on Mount Royal where Ouimet was hit.
  Speaking to repor
  
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• Coderre defends city hall security procedures, denies secret meetings

  05-10-2017 20:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre says he did not change city hall security procedures so he could secretly meet with lobbyists, businesspeople and contractors.
  Coderre was reacting to an article in the Métro newspaper that revealed that since March 2014, city hall visitors no longer must sign in when visiting Coderre. The report said that has allowed contractors, businesspeople and lobbyists to meet the mayor without leaving a trace of the encounters.
  “To create innuendo and say that it
  
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• Aussie hip hop group @blissneso on incorporating their personal stories into their music btmontreal.ca/videos/austral…

  05-10-2017 20:29
  Aussie hip hop group @blissneso on incorporating their personal stories into their music btmontreal.ca/videos/austral…
  
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• Canadian whisky expert @DavindeK joins us on #BTMTL tomorrow to chat about his new book "Canadian Whisky: The New P… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  05-10-2017 20:00
  Canadian whisky expert @DavindeK joins us on #BTMTL tomorrow to chat about his new book "Canadian Whisky: The New P… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• TransCanada’s Energy East: Not enough oil for that pipeline, analysts say

  05-10-2017 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  Math was likely a big part of the reason to kill the project.
  
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• Montreal elections 2017: Jean Fortier encourages transparency, efficiency

  05-10-2017 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Coalition Montreal's Jean Fortier believes he can bring efficiency and transparency to Montreal City Hall.
  
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• Update: Valleyfield man charged with murder of fiancée, attempted murder of cops

  05-10-2017 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Emotions ran high in a Valleyfield courtroom early Thursday afternoon as two daughters watched their father being charged with the first-degree murder of their mother. 
  Alain Castonguay, 72, made a brief appearance before a Quebec Court judge at the Valleyfield courthouse through a video linkup with a Sûreté du Québec police station located in the same city. He was charged with the first-degree murder of Johanne Chayer (who recently described Castonguay as her fianc&eacu
  
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• Montreal-area home sales rise to eight-year high in September - Toronto Star

  05-10-2017 19:18 via thestar.com
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  Montreal-area home sales rise to eight-year high in September
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  Four of the area's five metropolitan areas sustained growth, led by a 17-per-cent jump in sales in Laval, north of Montreal. The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says 2,893 residential sales were completed last month, a six-per-cent increase from a ...and more »
  
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• Update: Montreal to review Mount Royal site where cyclist was hit by car - Montreal Gazette

  05-10-2017 19:15 via montrealgazette.com
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  Update: Montreal to review Mount Royal site where cyclist was hit by car
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  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre said the city will review the area on Mount Royal where an 18-year-old cyclist was struck by a car Wednesday, and later died. The cyclist was hit by a car that made a sudden U-turn near the Camillien-Houde Belvedere.
  Cyclist, 18, fatally struck on Camillien-Houde Rd.CTV Newsall 3 news articles »
  
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• U.S. expected to announce second round of punishing duties on Bombardier

  05-10-2017 18:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal-based transportation manufacturer has said it wouldn't be shocked if the U.S. piles on by announcing another "absurd" duty.
  
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• Update: Coderre calls TransCanada 'arrogant,' claims Energy East victory

  05-10-2017 18:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre is among those claiming victory after TransCanada announced Thursday it is terminating its controversial Energy East pipeline.
  “I’ve been saying since Day 1 that (TransCanada was) arrogant and condescending,” Coderre told reporters Thursday morning. “It’s an enormous victory.”
  TransCanada said in a statement Thursday that it will notify Quebec’s environment ministry that is withdrawing the pipeline project from the province&r
  
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• Motorcyclist critically injured in collision with tanker truck in DDO

  05-10-2017 18:26 via globalnews.ca
  A motorcyclist is in hospital in critical but stable condition after he was involved in a crash with a tanker truck on Des Sources Boulevard in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Thursday morning.
  
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• Motorcyclist in critical condition after collision with truck on Sources Blvd.

  05-10-2017 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A motorcyclist police believe is in his 50s is in critical but stable condition in hospital after colliding with a tanker truck on Des Sources Blvd. Thursday morning.
  Police said the incident occurred a little before 9 a.m., as the truck was trying to back in to a local business on the thoroughfare. Police say for reasons that have yet to be determined the motorcyclist, travelling south on Des Sources Blvd., struck a section of the truck and crashed onto the pavement.
  The motorcyclist suffered p
  
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• Fewer than 1% of illegal border crossers have serious criminal backgrounds, CBSA official says

  05-10-2017 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Fewer than one per cent of the asylum seekers crossing into Canada illegally have a serious criminal background, according to the Canada Border Services Agency.
  
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• Bishop's University reaches settlement with brain-damaged football player

  05-10-2017 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Kevin Kwasny claimed his coaches forced him back into a football game in 2011 despite the fact he showed symptoms of a concussion. He suffered a brain bleed which his lawsuit said resulted in brain damage.
  
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• U.S. expected to announce more punishing duties on Bombardier CSeries

  05-10-2017 17:55 via cbc.ca
  Bombardier Inc. is expected to face additional export duties on its CSeries commercial jet when the U.S. Department of Commerce announces preliminary anti-dumping duties later today.
  
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• U.S. delays announcing more punishing duties on Bombardier CSeries jet

  05-10-2017 17:55 via cbc.ca
  The U.S. Department of Commerce says it is delaying its announcement on preliminary anti-dumping duties against Bombardier Inc. until Friday. The company is expected to face additional export duties on its CSeries commercial jet.
  
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• Valleyfield man to be charged with murder of fiancée, attempted murder of cops

  05-10-2017 17:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A 72-year-old Valleyfield resident is scheduled to be charged late Thursday morning with the murder of his partner and the attempted murder of four Sûreté du Québec officers who responded to the conjugal violence call on Tuesday night. 
  The man is detained at an SQ station in Valleyfield and is scheduled to appear before a judge at the Valleyfield courthouse, via a video linkup. He will face a charge of the first-degree murder of Johanne Chayer (who referred to the suspe
  
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• Cyclist dies of injuries after collision with car on Mount Royal

  05-10-2017 17:32 via montrealgazette.com
  An 18-year-old cyclist has died after being struck by car on Camillien-Houde Rd. on Mount Royal Wednesday afternoon.
  The cyclist was taken to a hospital in critical condition Wednesday after he was hit by a car that made a sudden U-turn near the Camillien-Houde Belvedere.
  Around 11 a.m., both the cyclist and the car were travelling down Camillien-Houde Way, a popular training route for cyclists because it provides a challenging climb up and over Mount Royal. As they passed the lookout, both desc
  
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• Valleyfield man faces murder charges after cop shot, woman found dead

  05-10-2017 17:23 via globalnews.ca
  A 72-year-old man is facing several charges after a Sûreté du Québec officer was shot, and a woman found dead inside a home on Du Sentier Street in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield Tuesday night.
  
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• How Doctors Can Become Entrepreneurs

  05-10-2017 16:44 via globalnews.ca
  Drs. Jonathan Assayag and Patrick Benhaim join Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the challenges facing young doctors, and how they can open their own clinics and become entrepreneurs.
  
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• Opinion: Jagmeet Singh owes the public an explanation

  05-10-2017 16:10 via montrealgazette.com
  In Jagmeet Singh, the New Democratic Party has found a young, visible-minority leader to replace its aging establishment figurehead. Singh seems to be the very epitome of an energetic and multicultural Canada — with a few extra drops of panache.
  In a world in which a viral video has the same impact as a thousand masterfully planned and executed political ads, the internationally popularized clip of Singh reacting in a calm and positive manner to a rather belligerent protester all but
  
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• Kaptainis: André Mathieu — 'new music' is user-friendly, Lefèvre says

  05-10-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  André Mathieu’s greatest hit? For decades the simple answer to this seldom-asked question was the Concerto de Québec. Now we have an alternative response: the Piano Concerto No. 3 Op. 25 of 1943, on which the Concerto de Québec was based.
  Alain Lefèvre, Mathieu’s longtime champion, has made a recording on Analekta of this earlier version in an orchestration by the Abitibi-Témiscamingue conductor and arranger Jacques Marchand. Meanwhile, a new record
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Oct. 6, 7 and 8

  05-10-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  There is much to be thankful for on this, the weekend leading into Thanksgiving. Options abound for taking advantage of fall and the city’s cultural programming.
  Here are five ideas to make the most of your weekend: 
  Food trucks! Food trucks! Food trucks!
  The Olympic Park is hosting Canada’s largest gathering of food trucks for the last time this year. From 4 to 11 p.m., as many as 50 food trucks are expected, which means you can satisfy all your street food cravings. Best to st
  
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• Québec Solidaire and Option Nationale agree to merge, PQ is unimpressed

  05-10-2017 15:53 via montrealgazette.com
  An agreement in principle has been reached between Québec Solidaire and Option Nationale toward a merger of the sovereignist parties.
  The official announcement of the merger will be made Thursday afternoon in Quebec City by Québec Solidaire MNA Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Option Nationale leader Sol Zanetti.
  Option Nationale was founded in 2011 by former Parti Québécois MNA Jean-Martin Aussant, who felt the PQ was lukewarm on sovereignty.
  The merger agreement will have
  
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• Campbellton RCMP seek help finding fugitive Quebec man

  05-10-2017 15:53 via cbc.ca
  RCMP in Campbellton are asking for the public's help to locate a Quebec man who is unlawfully at large and is believed to be in the Restigouche County area.
  
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