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• Scheer criticizes Trudeau, reaction to Energy East during Edmonton visit

  10-10-2017 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Federal Conservative Leader Andrew Scheer says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should not go after critics of the cancelled Energy East pipeline project, but should look to his own actions.
  
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• Zampino lawyer files second motion to halt fraud trial | Montreal ... - Montreal Gazette

  10-10-2017 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
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  Zampino lawyer files second motion to halt fraud trial | Montreal ...
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  Former Montreal city councillor Frank Zampino's defence lawyer filed a new motion for a stay of proceedings as soon as the Contrecoeur trial resumed at the ...
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• Wyman Used Book Sale

  10-10-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Wyman Memorial United Church 513 Main Road, Hudson , QC , J0P 1H0 Tel: 450-458-4912 Wyman Memorial United Church of Canada is having a huge book sale October 27, 2017 from 6:30 PM to 9:00 PM and October 28 from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM . There is a very large selection of hardcover and paperback,...
  
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• Site of new Montreal supervised-injection site causing controversy

  10-10-2017 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  A new supervised-injection site in Montreal — set to open this fall –is causing controversy, due to its location close to a primary school. As Global’s Matt Grillo reports, parents of students at the Marguerite-Bourgeoys School on Plessis Street are worried and considering legal action.
  
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• Classmates, friends grapple with 'big shock' after deadly crash near Joliette

  10-10-2017 23:51 via cbc.ca
  A youth centre in Lavaltrie, north of Montreal, as well as the local high school, are offering support to teenagers grappling with a car crash that killed and injured some of their classmates and friends.
  
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• The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Stanley Cup visited the White House today. https://t.co/wvUrXSmL28

  10-10-2017 23:36
  
  The Pittsburgh Penguins and the Stanley Cup visited the White House today. https://t.co/wvUrXSmL28
  
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• Couillard cabinet could get younger fresher look in upcoming shuffle

  10-10-2017 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is said to be contemplating a cabinet shuffle and as Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, his biggest challenge may be bringing a culture of youth to his cabinet.
  
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• Flooded artist’s work restored and on sale to benefit flood victims

  10-10-2017 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  An up-and-coming Longueuil artist is emphasizing the positive by donating a restored painting damaged when her basement flooded, to benefit flood victims across Quebec.
  
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• Popular, potent alcoholic drinks landing young Quebecers in ER

  10-10-2017 23:09 via cbc.ca
  Seven years after the U.S. makers of Four Loko, an alcoholic, sugary, flavoured malt drink, reformulated the beverage following a spate of alcohol poisonings, a Quebec company has launched a similar product called FCKD UP — and it has a Montreal emergency room physician concerned.
  
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• Alcohol doses 'through the roof': Popular, potent drinks like Four Loko landing Quebec teens in ER

  10-10-2017 23:09 via cbc.ca
  Seven years after the U.S. makers of Four Loko, an alcoholic, sugary, flavoured malt drink, reformulated the beverage following a spate of alcohol poisonings, a Quebec company has launched a similar product called FCKD UP. And it's making young drinkers sick.
  
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• Alcohol doses 'through the roof': Popular, potent alcoholic drinks landing Quebec young people in ER

  10-10-2017 23:09 via cbc.ca
  Seven years after the U.S. makers of Four Loko, an alcoholic, sugary, flavoured malt drink, reformulated the beverage following a spate of alcohol poisonings, a Quebec company has launched a similar product called FCKD UP — and it has a Montreal emergency room physician concerned.
  
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• Five ethics citations upheld against ex-cop Stéfanie Trudeau

  10-10-2017 23:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s police ethics committee has upheld five citations against Stéfanie Trudeau, the now former Montreal police officer whose aggressive arrests became a focus of attention after recordings of them were posted online.
  The ethics committee ruling, rendered last Friday, examined an incident in May 2012 that began when Trudeau and her partner Constantinos Samaras issued a ticket to a cyclist around 2:30 a.m. at the corner of Mont-Royal Ave. E and de la Roche St. 
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• Longueuil artist restores artwork to give back to flood victims

  10-10-2017 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  A Longueuil artist whose life work was lost after her basement flooded following a watermain break is moving forward by helping others. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, Louise Rouleau has restored one of her paintings and is donating it to the Red Cross to raise money for flood victims.
  
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• Dorval residents concerned over safety of tap water

  10-10-2017 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  The transition from summer to fall has resulted in higher than normal algae levels, making for bad-smelling and tasting tap water in Dorval. But as Global’s Dan Spector reports, the city says the water is safe for consumption.
  
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• AMI-Quebec: Montreal parents pioneered mental-illness support network 40 years ago

  10-10-2017 22:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Four decades ago, when Sylvia and Bill Klein’s bright 17-year-old son started his first year at McGill University, he suddenly developed a mental illness that torpedoed his schooling. 
  “We didn’t know very much about mental illness. I would recognize the signs today, but we didn’t know anything then, and there wasn’t much information at that time,” Sylvia Klein said, recalling that doctors refused to give the family a diagnosis. “Things have changed
  
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• Abandoned Empress Theatre in NDG could soon be getting makeover after new partnership announced

  10-10-2017 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  The Empress Theatre foundation announced it has a new partner that will help revitalize the abandoned building.
  
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• Outgoing Senneville mayor looks back at four years of challenges

  10-10-2017 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Outgoing Senneville Mayor Jane Guest retires from politics following the municipal elections on Nov. 5. She served one term. It was a mandate with a tumultuous debut and a graceful finale. The mayor and some members of council weathered combative moments during the first year, but the mood mellowed over time.
  Q: Why did you decide not to run for re-election?
  A: For personal reasons. It was time to focus on others things in my life.
  Q: How would you describe your last four years as mayor?
  A: Stra
  
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• TV pundit who joked about hunting Quebec separatists didn’t commit crime: cops

  10-10-2017 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  Police analyzed the comments and did not believe any criminal offence was committed.
  
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• Speed, risk-taking to blame in many accidents involving young drivers

  10-10-2017 21:45 via cbc.ca
  The driving habits of teens are in the spotlight after an underage driver lost control of a car near Joliette, north of Montreal, and crashed into a tree early Monday, killing two of his passengers and critically injuring two others.
  
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• Empress Theatre project announces new partner

  10-10-2017 21:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Empress Theatre Foundation announced on Tuesday that the French film company MK2 has signed a letter of intent with them to run the cinemas in the project designed to revitalize the building at the corner of Old Orchard Ave. and Sherbrooke St. W. that used to house the Cinema V repertory cinema.
  MK2 plans to open five rooms containing 880 seats to show English- and French-language films, and the project will also include a restaurant, a bar and a coffee shop. Financial details of the deal ha
  
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• Montreal police ask for public's help in locating missing man

  10-10-2017 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Rémi André Latour
  Montreal police are seeking help from the public in locating a missing man who has not been in touch with his family since early September.
  Rémi André Latour, 68, left his residence in the Plateau Mont-Royal borough on Sept. 6 and his family has been unable to locate him. 
  Latour is 5-foot-11 and 190 pounds. He has long white hair, which he wears in a ponytail, and brown eyes. He travels on foot or on public transit.
  Anyone with information about
  
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• New Metro line with 29 stations would cost less than $6B, Projet Montréal says

  10-10-2017 21:27 via cbc.ca
  A giant tunnel-boring machine would allow a Projet Montréal administration to build an entirely new Metro line for under $6 billion, the opposition municipal party said Tuesday at a campaign announcement.
  
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• Montreal police ask for public's help in locating missing man - Montreal Gazette

  10-10-2017 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
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  He travels on foot or on public transit. Anyone with information about Latour can call 911 or contact Info-Crime Montréal at 514 393-1133. Free movies coming to a cinema near you Oct. 14 · Montreal election: Projet Montréal proposes Pink métro line to ...
  
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• Projet Montréal proposes Pink métro line to be built by 2028

  10-10-2017 21:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Projet Montréal presented its vision Tuesday for a new $5.9-billion “Pink Line,” a diagonal métro line that would open in 2028.
  The line would serve underserved neighbourhoods, extending from Lachine in the southwest through downtown and then eastward and upward to Montreal North, the party said.
  The métro is already saturated during rush hours, said Craig Sauvé, incumbent councillor and party spokesperson for transportation, and many commuters have to wai
  
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• Former Montreal cop known as ‘Officer 728’ cited for ethics violation

  10-10-2017 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  In a decision issued last Friday, former Montreal police officer Stéfanie Trudeau was found guilty of five ethics code violations, including excessive force and negligently putting the health and safety of Julian Menezes at risk.
  
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• Montreal election: Projet Montréal proposes Pink métro line to be built by 2028 - Montreal Gazette

  10-10-2017 21:03 via montrealgazette.com
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  Montreal election: Projet Montréal proposes Pink métro line to be built by 2028
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  Mayoral candidate Valérie Plante presented Projet Montréal's vision on Tuesday for a $5.9-billion “Pink Line”; a new métro line extending diagonally across the island — from Lachine to Montreal North — that the party claims could be fully operational ...
  Pedalling for votes: Montreal's parties eye the cycling demographicCBC.
  
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• Brownstein: Montreal producers profile artists in hot spots around the planet

  10-10-2017 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal producers Frank Fiorito and Nabil Mehchi have opted to take the path more perilous. They could easily stay home and craft docs that wouldn’t require armed guards to protect themselves from potential sinister forces as is often the case when they leave their base here.
  But that just doesn’t interest these guys. And that explains why their compelling series Interrupt This Program has earned an International Emmy Award nomination, among a host of other accolades.
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• Premier Philippe Couillard to shuffle cabinet Wednesday

  10-10-2017 20:44 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard plans to shuffle his cabinet Wednesday.
  With one year to go before the next general election, Couillard will make the changes to his team at a ceremony Wednesday at 10 a.m.
  Long rumoured and delayed several times, the shuffle will be seen as Couillard’s latest effort to jump-start the Liberal government, which has been in office about 14 years.
  For several weeks, the government has been struggling to rejuvenate its message now that the province&rsq
  
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• Frank Zampino asks court to toss fraud, conspiracy charges

  10-10-2017 19:59 via cbc.ca
  Frank Zampino, once the second-most powerful politician at Montreal city hall, is asking a judge to stay the charges in his current trial for fraud, conspiracy and breach of trust.
  
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• 'Sexist,' anti-feminist posts put candidates in social media storm

  10-10-2017 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Two candidates in the Montreal election are in hot water over their social media posts about women.
  One is running with Équipe Denis Coderre, the other with Coalition Montreal mayoralty candidate Jean Fortier.
  One candidate whose previous social media posts are raising eyebrows is Caroline Orchard, running with Coalition Montreal, whose leader Marvin Rotrand is seeking re-election as Snowdon city councillor.
  In an October 2016 post, Orchard, who is running in the Notre-Dame-de-Grâce
  
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• Parents want Montreal safe injection site to change opening hours

  10-10-2017 19:32 via cbc.ca
  Spectre de Rue is just metres from an elementary school, leading some parents of students there to call for the safe injection site's hours to be changed.
  
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• Denis Coderre pledges to support companies involved in the social economy

  10-10-2017 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Denis Coderre pledged on Monday to increase support for organizations and startups that work in the social economy.
  In Montreal, about 65,000 people work as part of the social economy, businesses and organizations that reinvest part of their profits to benefit the local community by providing services and creating jobs for people who are socially excluded. There are about 3,500 businesses or community organizations involved in this sector.
  Coderre, who is running for a second term as mayor of Mo
  
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• Five ethics citations upheld against ex-cop 'Agent 728'

  10-10-2017 19:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s police ethics committee has upheld five citations against Stéfanie Trudeau, the now former Montreal police officer whose aggressive arrests became a focus of attention after recordings of them were posted online.
  The ethics committee ruling, rendered last Friday, examined an incident in May 2012 that began when Trudeau and her partner Constantinos Samaras issued a ticket to a cyclist around 2:30 a.m. at the corner of Mont-Royal Ave. E and de la Roche St. 
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• Sears Canada to apply to liquidate all remaining stores, affecting 12,000 jobs

  10-10-2017 19:07 via globalnews.ca
  Liquidation sales could start Oct. 19.
  
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• Sears Canada wants court's permission to liquidate all remaining stores

  10-10-2017 18:57 via cbc.ca
  Sears Canada says it plans to seek court approval to begin liquidation of all its remaining stores and assets.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Breaking the silence surrounding baby loss

  10-10-2017 18:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Désirée McGraw’s daughter Catherine came into the world last August, a bundle of joy and a deep abyss of sorrow, wrapped snugly in a striped, flannel hospital blanket.
  Catherine was stillborn at 36 weeks. Her heart had simply stopped beating in her mother’s belly, likely due to complications from a virus McGraw had contracted.
  After Catherine emerged, dead on arrival, her devastated family was in a race against time to count her fingers and toes, admire her rosebud lips
  
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• Update: 'Sexist,' anti-feminist FB posts put candidates in social media storm

  10-10-2017 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Two candidates in the Montreal election are in hot water over their social media posts about women.
  One is running with Équipe Denis Coderre, the other with Coalition Montreal mayoralty candidate Jean Fortier.
  A candidate for Équipe Denis Coderre issued an apology Monday for “sexist” social media posts he wrote between 2010 and 2015.
  In one of the Facebook posts, Outremont borough council candidate Jeremy Murray jokingly suggests African Americans and Latinos are crimin
  
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• Thales creates new artificial intelligence centre in Montreal

  10-10-2017 18:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Thales SA, whose products range from aerospace to defence, security and transportation, is opening an artificial intelligence centre in Montreal and will hire 50 people for the new facility.
  The new hub, called the Centre of Research and Technology in Artificial Intelligence eXpertise (cortAIx), will focus on creating solutions for airlines, satellite operators, air traffic controllers, rail operators, armed forces and critical infrastructure managers, Thales said in a statement.
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• Quebec City police bust medical marijuana dispensary

  10-10-2017 17:52 via cbc.ca
  Quebec City police carried out a raid at a medical marijuana dispensary Tuesday morning, explaining that such businesses won't be tolerated as long as pot remains illegal.
  
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• Habs: Should we panic yet? The team at BT hits the panic button over the Canadiens' sluggish start. https://t.co/pLNM7wYCNg

  10-10-2017 17:51
  
  Habs: Should we panic yet? The team at BT hits the panic button over the Canadiens' sluggish start. https://t.co/pLNM7wYCNg
  
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• 'Pure and simple acquittal is not a choice,' lawyer tells murder trial

  10-10-2017 17:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Ahmad Nehme began testifying in his own defence Tuesday in the trial where he is accused of first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Catherine de Boucherville.
  Nehme began his testimony after his defence lawyer, Giuseppe Battista, ‎made an opening statement to the jury during which he said: “The author of the death of Catherine de Boucherville is not in question here.” 
  Battista told the jury they will hear from a series of witnesses, including a psychiatrist named Joel
  
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• VIDEO: @AshoOfficial talks about his new single, "Feel Something" btmontreal.ca/videos/new-dan…

  10-10-2017 17:32
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  10-10-2017 17:25
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• Former Montreal city councillor Zampino wants fraud trial shut down

  10-10-2017 17:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Montreal city councillor Frank Zampino is seeking to halt his fraud trial immediately.
  Zampino’s defence lawyer filed a motion to that effect as soon as the Contrecoeur trial resumed at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday morning after a month-long break.
  The defence cites Zampino’s arrest in September on fraud and corruption charges related to calls for tender to award municipal contracts during the early and mid-2000s, during the break in the trial.
  Zampino is in the midst of
  
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• Now with more news, weather, & traffic - see you weekday mornings from 6-9am! https://t.co/0icurkvUET

  10-10-2017 17:20
  
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• Thales becomes latest global giant to open AI lab in Montreal - The Globe and Mail

  10-10-2017 17:00 via theglobeandmail.com
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  Thales becomes latest global giant to open AI lab in Montreal
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  Siegfried Usal, vice-president of strategy, research and technology with Thales' Canadian operation said the new Montreal-based lab will develop AI applications for use by its airline, air traffic, satellite rail military and infrastructure customers ...
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Butternut Squash Casserole

  10-10-2017 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A sustaining, relaxed meal is popular with the hurried family cook, particularly if a recipe can be made in advance and reheated. Squash is in season, and a new collection of 103 casseroles offers this easy recipe that can be readied in advance of baking and goes well with cold meats and a green salad. Family Favorite Casserole Recipes by Addie Gundry (St. Martin’s Griffin, $27.99) is down-home cuisine from an Illinois-based, chef-trained recipe developer. You’ll find the old cassero
  
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• 5th Annual BMO Thanksgiving Dinner Fundraiser to benefit Community Shares

  10-10-2017 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  Join us and the BMO team for their 5th annual Thanksgiving Dinner Fundraiser benefiting West Island Community Shares. Date: Tuesday October 17th 2017 Time: 6:00 pm Location: Olympia Reception Hall (3855-B St-Jean Boulevard, Dollard-des-Ormeaux) Tickets: $60 For more information, call us at 514-695-8694. Make a diffrence for those less fortunate. Thank YOU for giving.
  
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