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• Denis Coderre announces ambitious plans for active transport if elected for second term

  09-10-2017 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Denis Coderre announced big plans for the city's active transportation if he's elected to another term.
  
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• Denis Coderre announces ambitions plans for active transport if elected for second term

  09-10-2017 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Denis Coderre announced big plans for the city's active transportation if he's elected to another term.
  
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• Quebec U-17 girls soccer team crowned national champs for 2nd year in a row

  09-10-2017 23:39 via cbc.ca
  The Under-17 soccer nationals wrapped up with two very different gold-medal matches before large crowds in Fredericton on Monday.
  
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• Quebec, Manitoba win gold at U-17 soccer nationals

  09-10-2017 23:39 via cbc.ca
  The Under-17 soccer nationals wrapped up with two very different gold-medal matches before large crowds in Fredericton on Friday.
  
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• Eskimos end 6-game losing run; eliminate Alouettes with 42-24 win

  09-10-2017 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  C.J. Gable scored a pair of touchdowns as the Edmonton Eskimos ended a six-game losing streak with a rain-soaked 42-24 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Monday afternoon.
  
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• Alouettes officially eliminated with 42-24 loss to Eskimos

  09-10-2017 23:09 via montrealgazette.com
  C.J. Gable scored a pair of touchdowns as the Edmonton Eskimos ended a six-game losing streak with a rain-soaked 42-24 victory over the Montreal Alouettes on Monday afternoon.
  The win extended Montreal’s losing streak to eight games and eliminated them from playoff contention for a third year in a row.
  Brandon Zylstra, Duke Williams and cornerback Chris Edwards also scored TDs and Swayze Waters added three field goals for Edmonton. Williams’s 25-yard TD catch with 4:09 left to play c
  
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• Rally at Mont-Royal metro station highlights alternative mental health resources

  09-10-2017 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  The aim of the event was to raise awareness about alternative resources -- outside the medical system -- that are available to people who are experiencing mental health issues.
  
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• Fewer complaints for Montreal's taxi drivers, but their attitude still a problem

  09-10-2017 23:00 via cbc.ca
  According to data obtained by Radio-Canada, 663 complaints were filed with Montreal's taxi bureau between January and the beginning of September. That's 17 per cent decrease from 2016.
  
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• Habs' offence the chief concern after tough weekend

  09-10-2017 22:57 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens are three games into a new season and, as they prepare for the home opener against the Chicago Blackhawks Tuesday (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN-690 Radio), there are some impressions to be gleaned from the three-game road trip that opened their season.
  Let’s start by acknowledging that general manager Marc Bergevin was being overly optimistic when he said he thought the defence was better than last season.
  You can’t lose a veteran like Andrei Markov and say goodbye to
  
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• Three dead after car goes off road near Mont-Tremblant

  09-10-2017 21:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Three people, including two minors, died after their vehicle went off the road Monday in La Conception, near Mont-Tremblant.
  Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Marc Tessier said an emergency call was made around 7:45 a.m. to report the incident.
  At kilometre 126 on Route 117 north, police declared the driver, 27, and one of the passengers, a minor, dead at the scene.
  A second passenger, also a minor, was taken to a hospital and succumbed to injuries before noon.
  An autopsy will be
  
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• Cap-Chat fire that killed mother and twins likely accidental: police

  09-10-2017 20:39 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec provincial police investigating a deadly fire in Cap-Chat, almost 500 kilometres northeast of Quebec City, said the cause of the blaze was likely accidental.
  
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• Celine Cooper: Hyperloop would be a far cry from orange cones

  09-10-2017 20:14 via montrealgazette.com
  From orange cones to the Hyperloop: is this the future of transportation infrastructure in Montreal? 
  Back in 2013, Elon Musk, CEO of Tesla and SpaceX and the entrepreneur behind PayPal, introduced plans for what he called the Hyperloop transportation system. In a public blog post, he called it a fifth mode of transport “after planes, trains, cars and boats,” that was “safer, faster, lower cost, more convenient, immune to weather, sustainably self-powering,
  
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• Lack of mental-health services a growing problem in Quebec: activists

  09-10-2017 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Complaints about a lack of mental-health services are “multiplying” since the provincial government imposed cost-cutting reforms on the health system two years ago, a coalition of community groups charged on Monday.
  “The reorganization of the system has created a lot of chaos,” Anne-Marie Boucher, a spokesperson for the Regroupement des resources alternatives en santé mentale, told the Montreal Gazette on World Mental Health Day.
  Boucher noted that wait times for m
  
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• St-Lazare asking public's help to ID people in photos

  09-10-2017 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  The town of St-Lazare is asking the public’s help to identity two individuals who were seen at a local non-profit organization allegedly taking gifts that were meant as donations to La Source d’entraide.
  The retweeted post on the town’s Facebook page said: “(St-Lazare residents) are lucky to have a service like La source d’entraide to help the poorest in our community and this (loss) is regrettable. Share in large numbers.”
  La Source d’entraide
  
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• Opinion: Canada has what it takes to lead in CO2 conversion

  09-10-2017 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The roads we travel on, the plastics that protect our goods, the fuels that move us forward: what do all of them have in common? These are products we encounter every day, and they each have a role in reducing global carbon emissions.
  There are efforts underway today across Canada to reduce the climate impact of heavy industrial products, while also developing new markets and seizing economic opportunities. The technology that gets us there is CO2 conversion, and Canada is currently the world le
  
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• 2 teens killed, 2 critical after underage driver crashes in Joliette

  09-10-2017 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  According to Sûreté du Québec spokesperson Marc Tessier, the driver, a 15-year-old boy, lost control of the vehicle in a curve before smashing into a tree.
  
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• 1 dead, 1 injured in single-vehicle crash near Terrebonne

  09-10-2017 18:52 via globalnews.ca
  A 41-year-old man could face charges of impaired driving causing death, dangerous driving causing death and criminal negligence causing death in connection with a fatal crash near Terrebonne late Sunday night.
  
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• Caisse de dépôt and its Mexican partner invest in Enel renewable energy

  09-10-2017 18:51 via montrealgazette.com
  The Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and its Mexican partner CKD Infraestructura México (CKD IM) have made a significant investment in renewable energies.
  The Caisse and CKD IM have acquired an 80-per-cent stake of a portfolio of eight wind and solar assets owned by the Italian company Enel Green Power, for $1.35 billion U.S., the Caisse announced in a statement Monday.
  CKD IM is a group of Mexican pension fund managers with assets valued at $926 million U.S
  
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• Smoke alarm didn't go off during fatal fire at Quebec home of mom, twin babies

  09-10-2017 17:42 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police say the smoke alarm wasn't working in the home where firefighters discovered the bodies of a mother and her twin year-old daughters early Sunday.
  
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• Will ex-Montrealer Kamala Harris be the one to unseat Donald Trump?

  09-10-2017 17:27 via montrealgazette.com
  A former Westmount High student could prevent U.S. President Donald Trump from winning a second term in 2020. Senator Kamala Harris (D-Calif.) is considered by many to be a potential candidate to give Trump a run for his money.
  At a time when the Democratic Party is looking for a new identity, some betting websites have placed her in front for the Democratic nomination. Mother Jones, a current-affairs magazine, recently argued that she is “one of the Democrats who could beat Trump in the 2
  
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• 'Thank you, Lord':Father grounds son, spares him joyride that killed 2, injured 2 others

  09-10-2017 17:09 via cbc.ca
  "If I had been in the car, I may not be here talking right now," says 13-year-old who was grounded the night he was supposed to take a drive with friends.
  
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• 'Thank you, Lord:' Father grounds son, spares him joyride that killed 2, injured 2 others

  09-10-2017 17:09 via cbc.ca
  "If I had been in the car, I may not be here talking right now," says 13-year-old who was grounded the night he was supposed to take a drive with friends.
  
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• 2 dead, 2 in critical condition after 15-year-old crashes car near Joliette

  09-10-2017 17:09 via cbc.ca
  The driver was not legally allowed to be driving, since in Quebec one must be at least 16 to obtain a driver’s licence.
  
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• 2 dead, 2 in critical condition after 15-year-old crashes car in Joliette

  09-10-2017 17:09 via cbc.ca
  The driver was not legally allowed to be driving, since in Quebec one must be at least 16 to obtain a driver’s licence.
  
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• 15-year-old was behind the wheel in crash that killed 2, police say

  09-10-2017 17:08 via montrealgazette.com
  JOLIETTE  — A 15-year-old who is too young to hold a driver’s licence in Quebec is behind a serious crash in the Lanaudière region early Monday morning that left two teenagers dead and two others seriously injured, police said.
  According to the Sûreté du Québec, five people, all minors, were in the vehicle belonging to the parents of one of them.
  Around 2 a.m., the car skidded off Base-de-Roc Blvd. in Joliette, probably because of excessive s
  
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• Police investigate death of 3-year-old boy in Longueuil

  09-10-2017 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating after a toddler was found unconscious in a backyard pool.
  
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• ICYMI: Ultimate hockey dad Karl Subban told us about his new book, the upcoming hockey season & PK updates! Watch:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  09-10-2017 16:00
  ICYMI: Ultimate hockey dad Karl Subban told us about his new book, the upcoming hockey season & PK updates! Watch:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Boy, 3, drowns in Longueuil backyard pool

  09-10-2017 15:37 via cbc.ca
  Longueuil police are investigating after a 3-year-old boy drowned in a backyard pool late Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at #BTMTL! https://t.co/ByeOPVKiAM

  09-10-2017 15:01
  
  Happy Thanksgiving from all of us here at #BTMTL! https://t.co/ByeOPVKiAM
  
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• 2 patients attack staff, escape from Quebec City psychiatric hospital

  09-10-2017 14:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Two patients from the Quebec Mental Health University Institute attacked a security guard and sequestered a nurse Sunday night, according to the Journal de Montréal.
  The incident began around 10:50 p.m. when the two patients, who were being held by legal order at the psychiatric hospital, tried to escape.
  They hit the security guard in the head and then threatened the nurse with a knife. The nurse was not injured, and the guard suffered minor injuries. 
  The nurse let the individ
  
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• Assault charges laid after police catch two men who escaped from mental health facility

  09-10-2017 14:31 via cbc.ca
  Police say in order to escape from the facility, one of the suspects hit a supervisor in the head with a blunt object. The other suspect allegedly threatened a nurse with a sharp object and held her captive.
  
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• 2 escape from mental health institute in Quebec City

  09-10-2017 14:31 via cbc.ca
  Police say in order to escape the institute, one of the suspects hit a supervisor in the head with a blunt object. The other suspect allegedly threatened a nurse with a sharp object and held her captive. The two men were found about 45 minutes after they escaped.
  
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• 'Because life is boring sometimes': Cabaret-themed Phénomena Festival launches

  09-10-2017 14:30 via cbc.ca
  This year’s edition of the Phénomena Festival promises cabaret-themed performances inspired by early-20th century artistic movements, and it kicked off Sunday with a parade full of Mile End residents.
  
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• Quebec infrastructure workers to launch strike Tuesday

  09-10-2017 13:48 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Members of the Société québécoise des infrastructures, or SQI, confirmed Monday they will launch a strike Tuesday.
  For now, the strike will be held from 5:31 p.m. to 7:59 a.m. during the week, and throughout weekends.
  The 300 members of the Syndicat des professionnels du gouvernement du Québec voted in favour of the strike Sept. 19 and 20.
  The role of the SQI is to build, operate and manage public infrastructure projects. Those going on stri
  
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• Man dies in single-car crash in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines

  09-10-2017 13:16 via montrealgazette.com
  A man in his 30s was killed Sunday when the vehicle he was in crashed at 10:43 p.m. near the intersection of de La Plaine Rd. and Leclerc St. in Ste-Anne-des-Plaines.
  The other occupant of the vehicle, a man in his 40s, was injured, but police do not fear for his life.
  Police will question the man as soon as his condition permits.
  Investigators from the Terrebonne/Ste-Anne-des-Plaines/Bois-des-Filion police force met with witnesses at the scene.
  They requested assistance from a Sûret&
  
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• 3-year-old drowns in Longueuil

  09-10-2017 13:08 via montrealgazette.com
  A 3-year-old died after being found unconscious in a swimming pool in Vieux-Longueuil Sunday afternoon.
  Authorities were called to the backyard pool around 5 p.m. and transported the child to a hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
  Police will investigate the circumstances surrounding the death.
  
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• The underdogs: Meet the independent candidates running for Montreal mayor

  09-10-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  It may seem like a Denis Coderre versus Valérie Plante race — with Jean Fortier in the mix as well — but there are also a slew of independent candidates running to become Montreal's next mayor.
  
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• 'I have hope': Most refugees now waiting 16 months to have claims heard

  09-10-2017 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The average wait time before people can go in front of the refugee board has grown to 16 months, but officials say it could become even longer.
  
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• From the archives: Across the ocean on a wing, prayer and a lot of luck

  09-10-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This story was first published on Oct. 10, 2005, in the Montreal Gazette.
  “Harbor Grace, Nfld., October 9 – The monoplane Columbia, bearing Captain Erroll Boyd and Lieut. Harry Connor, took off from the airport here at 11:20 a.m. (E.S.T.) today on her second attempt to cross the Atlantic.”
  The Gazette, Friday, Oct. 10, 1930
  Seventy-five years ago, on Oct. 9, 1930 [note this is a 2005 story], Erroll Boyd coaxed his tough Bellanca monoplane into the air from a rough airstrip in H
  
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• Equine-assisted therapy centre opens in St-Lazare

  09-10-2017 12:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A new equestrian centre opening in St-Lazare offers more than just riding lessons. Instructors at Enfants en Équi-Libre are certified therapists who incorporate horses in their physical and occupational therapy.
  Founders Devon O’Farrell and Joannie Chiasson specialize in equine-assisted therapy for children and youth with motor challenges, attention issues, learning disabilities or other special needs. They say the horses help children to be more engaged in therapy, resulting in bet
  
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• In the Habs' Room: Effort, chances are there, Plekanec says, but scoreboard tells tale

  09-10-2017 05:20 via montrealgazette.com
  NEW YORK — The Canadiens are heading home with a 1-2 record on their season-opening road trip, but veteran Tomas Plekanec said there were some positives to take out of Sunday’s 2-0 loss to the Rangers.
  “Tonight was probably our best game on this road trip — even if we didn’t succeed,” Plekanec said. “We have to keep playing like we did tonight and, if we get just get a little bit better in certain things, we will be successful.
  “I thought we played
  
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• Jack Todd: Habs suffer bitter defeat thanks to Toronto War Room dinosaurs

  09-10-2017 04:18 via montrealgazette.com
  It was midway through the first period at Madison Square Garden on Sunday night.
  The Canadiens, attempting to bounce back from a horrendous showing in Washington the night before, had two goals disallowed in as many minutes. Initially, it appeared the first goal should have been waved off, while the second one was good.
  But an angle that emerged later in the evening showed while Andrew Shaw clearly kicked the puck on the first goal, the puck was then clearly redirected by Rangers goaltender Henr
  
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• Lundqvist shuts out Habs as Rangers benefit from coach's challenges

  09-10-2017 04:15 via cbc.ca
  Brady Skjei and Mika Zibanejad scored, Henrik Lundqvist stopped 34 shots for his 62nd career shutout and the New York Rangers picked up their first win of the season, beating the Montreal Canadiens 2-0 Sunday night.
  
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• Habs Game Report: Offence has no bite in the Big Apple

  09-10-2017 04:13 via montrealgazette.com
  NEW YORK — Little has changed for the Canadiens since they were eliminated by the New York Rangers in the first round of the playoffs last spring. The Canadiens lost because they couldn’t generate any offence and it was the same story Sunday night as the Rangers defeated the Canadiens 2-0 at Madison Square Garden.
  Montreal had two video replays go against them in the first period, but Henrik Lundqvist, who has struggled against the Canadiens in the past, made 34 saves for the shutout
  
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• Buy local initiative in Pierrefonds wants residents to shop close to home

  09-10-2017 02:11 via cbc.ca
  Pierrefonds-Roxboro incumbent mayor Dimitrios Jim Beis, who is running for re-election, is facing criticism for his buy local initiative to help businesses — because it's arriving during an election campaign.
  
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• CHUM superhospital greets new patients

  09-10-2017 01:18 via globalnews.ca
  More than 100 patients were transferred from Saint-Luc Hospital to the newly-opened CHUM – Montreal’s French-language superhospital. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the Sunday morning transfer went smoothly.
  
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• Memorial ceremony honours victims of 1997 Éboulements tragedy

  09-10-2017 00:18 via cbc.ca
  Saint-Bernard en Beauce held a memorial ceremony Sunday to honour victims of the worst road crash in Canadian history — a bus accident near Les Éboulements which killed 43 of its residents.
  
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• More than 100 patients transferred to new CHUM superhospital

  09-10-2017 00:02 via globalnews.ca
  Over 600 staff and volunteers were needed to complete the transfer of 109 patients from Saint-Luc Hospital on René-Lévesque Boulevard to the new Centre hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal.
  
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