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• More closures for Turcot Interchange project

  26-10-2017 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  It’s about to get much harder to get to the West Island from downtown Montreal. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, Transports Quebec has announced new closures for the Turcot interchange project.
  
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• Quebec politicians shocked by Guy Ouellette arrest

  26-10-2017 23:02 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec politician Guy Ouellette has voluntarily withdrawn from the Liberal caucus after being arrested. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the arrest is in relation to leaked documents that may have interfered with an anti-corruption investigation against former premier Jean Charest.
  
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• Federal government quietly compensates daughter of brainwashing experiments victim

  26-10-2017 23:01 via cbc.ca
  Years ago, Alison Steel's mother became a victim of CIA-funded brainwashing experiments at Montreal's Allan Memorial Institute. Now, 60 years later, she has won a measure of justice for her family and compensation from the federal government.
  
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• Montreal student cuts hair for MS

  26-10-2017 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  Oren Sendal, 12, has let his hair grow for three years to donate to Angel Hair for Kids. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, he wants to collect funds for the Montreal Neurological Institute’s Multiple Sclerosis clinic.
  
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• Crown wants parole eligibility set at 13 years for Montrealer convicted of murder

  26-10-2017 22:27 via montrealgazette.com
  A Superior Court judge will hear arguments in December on whether a Montreal resident recently convicted of second-degree murder should have to serve more than the minimum time required behind bars before he becomes eligible for parole on his life sentence. 
  Oswald Wyke.
  Oswald Wyke, 29, was found guilty on Oct. 19 of the murder of Olvin Alfredo Paz, a 27-year-old Honduras-born Montreal resident who was shot several times on June 28, 2014, in Côte-des-Neiges near the intersection of V
  
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• Man accused of beating daughter who refused to wear hijab

  26-10-2017 22:22 via cbc.ca
  Gatineau police have charged a man for allegedly beating his teenage daughter over the course of more than a year because she refused to wear a hijab.
  
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• MUHC nurses petition with 14,000 signatures lands in Gaétan Barrette's lap

  26-10-2017 22:15 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A petition with 14,000 signatures protesting against funding cuts at the McGill University Health Centre is now in the hands of Gaétan Barrette.
  With the support of two MNAs from the Coalition Avenir Québec, the head of the nurse’s union, Denyse Joseph, dropped the big box containing the petitions at the health minister’s Quebec City offices Thursday.
  The signatures, all on paper, were gathered in a matter of days last spring by the nursing staff at the h
  
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• McGill launches investigation after Jewish student removed from board

  26-10-2017 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  McGill University has launched an investigation and set up a hotline after a Jewish student was voted off the student government’s board of directors Monday, with no debate or argument, after he was identified by BDS supporters as politically active in support of Jewish causes.
  Noah Lew was one of three student directors removed from the board.
  “Allegations have arisen suggesting that the votes against one or more of those directors were motivated by anti-Semitism,” M
  
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• Restaurant review: An open kitchen adds to the fun at Bistro Rosie

  26-10-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Bistro Rosie
  ★★★ out of ★★★★
  $$$
  Address: 1498 Bélanger St. (Near Fabre St.)
  Phone: 514-303-2010 
  Open: Wed.-Sat. 6 to 10 p.m.; Saturday brunch 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.  
  Wheelchair access: Steps at the door 
  Reservations: Essential
  Vegetarian friendly: Yes
  Cards: Major cards
  Licensed: Yes
  Parking: On the street with meters
  Price range: Two, three or four dishes $40, $50, $60. Saturday brunch, three-course prix fixe $35 (inc
  
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• Opinion: How does Quebec square Bill 62 with Charter rights?

  26-10-2017 21:57 via montrealgazette.com
  On Tuesday, Quebec Justice Minister Stéphanie Vallée contended that Bill 62, her government’s newly passed legislation on face coverings and religious accommodation, is not in violation of the Charter of Rights. Further, in response to a journalist’s questions, she stated that the ministry had provided her government with legal opinions to that affect.
  If the Quebec government has secured one or more written legal opinions, these should be released to the public in orde
  
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• Montreal student cutting his hair for two good causes

  26-10-2017 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  Oren Sendal has let his hair grow for three years to donate to Angel Hair for Kids.
  
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• GSP eager to return to fighting

  26-10-2017 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Oct 26: Canadian MMA superstar Georges St-Pierre held an open workout at the famous Tristar gym in Montreal, telling media afterward he’s eager to be back. GSP also addressed rumours of a possible Connor McGregor super fight.
  
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• Imago Theatre imagines Her Side of the Story in timely festival

  26-10-2017 21:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Imago Theatre has been presenting “her side of the story” for 30 years.
  Most recently, the company put murdered Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya centre stage in Intractable Woman, earning Micheline Chevrier a Montreal English Theatre Award for outstanding direction on Monday. Last year they presented the Quebec première of Colleen Murphy’s searing play Pig Girl, which honours the victims of serial killer Robert Pickton. The same year, Imago launched a mini-festival
  
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• Halloween costumes: Superheroes most popular theme in Quebec

  26-10-2017 21:12 via montrealgazette.com
  You can expect to see lots of little caped crusaders this Halloween, according to a survey commissioned by Quebec retailers.
  The survey by L’Observateur for the Conseil québécois du commerce de détail also suggests Quebecers will spend an average of $67 for Halloween, including $39 on a costume.
  The top five most popular costume themes this year are superheroes, professionals like doctors and police officers, animals, monster/horror figures and celebrities. 
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• Multiple ramp closures, route reconfigurations announced as Turcot work intensifies

  26-10-2017 20:18 via cbc.ca
  As the dismantling of Highway 720 intensifies, Quebec’s Transport Ministry showed just how complicated the closures and detours will be in a 39-slide presentation Thursday. Here is a snapshot of what's to come.
  
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• Canadian tech venture capital funding hits eight-quarter high thanks to AI

  26-10-2017 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Venture-capital funding of Canadian technology startups reached an eight-quarter high, with artificial intelligence soaking up a growing share of the investments, according to an industry report.
  Canadian VC-backed companies received $1.1 billion of capital in 81 deals in the third quarter, more than double the prior period’s amount and pushing the total to US$1.8 billion for the year, PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Canada and tech-data firm CB Insights said Wednesday.
  “With this momentu
  
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• Game Day: No changes to Canadiens lineup against Kings

  26-10-2017 19:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Coach Claude Julien will stick with a winning lineup when the Canadiens face the Los Angeles Kings Thursday night at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
  The Canadiens (1-6-1) ended a seven-game losing streak when they beat the Florida Panthers 5-1 at the Bell Centre Tuesday night.
  That means forwards Torrey Mitchell and Jacob De La Rose will be healthy scratches against the Kings (7-1-1), along with defenceman Joe Morrow. It also means 19-year-old rookie defenceman Victor Mete
  
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• Montreal SPCA asking for public’s help after cat burned in Rosemont

  26-10-2017 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal's SPCA says a cat was found burned in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie -- the second time in six months.
  
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• Cat found burned in Montreal borough

  26-10-2017 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Oct 26: The SPCA is asking for help after a cat was found burned to death in Montreal’s Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie neighbourhood. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Probed after Lac-Mégantic derailment, Irving Oil ordered to pay $4M

  26-10-2017 19:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The company importing the oil carried on the train that derailed in Lac-Mégantic has been sentenced for failing to comply with safety standards and inadequately training its employees to transport dangerous goods. 
  After entering guilty pleas to offences under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act, Irving Oil has been ordered to pay more than $400,000 in fines and $3.6 million to implement research programs on safety standards. 
  The train that d
  
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• Quebec MNA Guy Ouellette withdraws from Liberal caucus after UPAC arrest

  26-10-2017 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  MNA Guy Ouellette has voluntarily withdrawn from the Liberal caucus after media reports that he was arrested Wednesday.
  
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• Patrice Bernier and one last goal for the Montreal Impact

  26-10-2017 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  Canadian soccer star Patrice Bernier retires as a Montreal Impact.
  
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• Far-right group La Meute's offer to help troubled youth rebuffed by foundation

  26-10-2017 19:16 via cbc.ca
  A Montreal foundation that raises money for programs for youth at risk says it will not work with the Quebec far-right group La Meute to collect Christmas gifts, even though the group says it did have a written contract with the foundation.
  
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• Jorn Reissner's album was a long time coming

  26-10-2017 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sitting on the terrace of the Olimpico café on St-Viateur St. recently, Jorn Reissner was telling me he doesn’t like to dwell on the passage of time — and many of us can relate to the sentiment.
  But there’s no avoiding mentioning that Reissner only got around to going into a studio and properly recording an album almost 50 years after he began playing on the blues scene here. The result, Portrait in Blue, came out this year, under the name J. Reissner. He has previously
  
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• Assisted-dying cases have jumped 282% since last year

  26-10-2017 18:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The number of cases of assisted dying in Quebec jumped by 282 per cent in 2016-2017 compared with the previous year, a new report reveals. In total, 638 terminally ill Quebecers died following the intervention of a doctor, up from 167 in 2015-2016.
  The greatest demand for assisted dying occurred in the Montérégie area, followed by Montreal and Quebec City, according to the report by the Commission sur soins fin de vie.
  The report, tabled Thursday in the National Assembly, found tha
  
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• Irving Oil ordered to pay $4M for offences related to Lac Mégantic disaster

  26-10-2017 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Irving Oil has been ordered to pay $4 million for offences under the Transportation of Dangerous Goods Act after an investigation related to the Lac Mégantic, Que., disaster.
  
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• From cop to politician to suspect: Who is Guy Ouellette?

  26-10-2017 17:57 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s entirely possible that Guy Ouellette was the best known sergeant in the history of the Sûreté du Québec.
  His notoriety was based on his expertise on the treacherous world of criminal biker gangs, an expertise that would see his testimony used in several landmark court cases against the gangs, allow him to co-found the Wolverine squad — Quebec’s reaction to the increasingly bloody gang war that wracked the province for almost a decade — and, in one
  
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• Canada's fossil fuel use to peak in 2019, National Energy Board now projects

  26-10-2017 17:53 via cbc.ca
  The National Energy Board now projects fossil fuel use in Canada will peak in 2019, a major downward revision of similar estimates it has made annually for the past decade.
  
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• Quebec City incinerator still exceeding emission standards

  26-10-2017 17:42 via cbc.ca
  Data for a series of tests conducted in June showed that two-thirds came back with carbon monoxide results that were up to 12 times above the norm.
  
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• Why U.S. Senators are starting to stand up to Donald Trump - Graham Dodds from @Concordia shares some answers btmontreal.ca/videos/why-u-s…

  26-10-2017 17:41
  Why U.S. Senators are starting to stand up to Donald Trump -Graham Dodds from @Concordia shares some answers btmontreal.ca/videos/why-u-s…
  
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• Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Do's and don'ts of Halloween btmontreal.ca/videos/mom-tal…

  26-10-2017 17:40
  Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Do's and don'ts of Halloween btmontreal.ca/videos/mom-tal…
  
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• Social Notes: Lise Watier Foundation invests in power of women

  26-10-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  When the name at the head of the gala invitation is Lise Watier, a veritable icon and inspiration on numerous fronts including business and philanthropy, you know the evening ahead is likely to hold much promise and be very memorable. And so it was.
  In fact, the greatly anticipated sixth edition of the annual Lise Watier Foundation Benefit Gala, held, as is now tradition, at Windsor Station, was arguably the most effective to date (and I should know, cause I’ve covered almost all of them.)
  
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• Municipal strike in Laval to temporarily shut down arenas

  26-10-2017 17:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Many of Laval’s arenas will be closed over the next two weekends as municipal employees go on strike, the city says.
  The union representing Laval’s blue collar workers has filed a general strike notice with Quebec’s Tribunal administratif du travail.
  “It is deplorable that access to the infrastructure to which citizens have a right will be restricted,” Laval Mayor Marc Demers said in a statement.
  The strike will start Oct. 28 and run through Nov. 5.
  The followi
  
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• Nightmare on Turcot: Transport Québec says greatest traffic impact yet to come

  26-10-2017 17:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Work on the Turcot Interchange is about halfway done but the biggest impact on traffic will come in the next year, Transport Québec announced Thursday.
  At a technical briefing, KPH-Turcot Consortium’s Sébastien Marcoux said there is about three more years of work ahead.
  Access to the Champlain Bridge from the Ville-Marie Expressway will be closed, as will downtown entrances to westbound Ville-Marie.
  It will be easier to exit at Angrignon from Highway 20 West. The exit wi
  
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• MNA arrest: What is the leak UPAC is investigating?

  26-10-2017 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A longtime Liberal member of the Quebec legislature stepped away from the party on Thursday following his arrest by the province’s anti-corruption unit.
  Guy Ouellette, 65, was arrested in connection with an investigation by the unit, known as UPAC, into an important information leak to the media last April, a government source told The Canadian Press.
  In a statement, the Liberals said Ouellette would step aside temporarily pending the outcome of proceedings involving the pro
  
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• 'A shock and a surprise': Couillard says Ouellette's arrest won't destabilize goverment

  26-10-2017 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard says he is “shocked, saddened and surprised” by the arrest of one his own MNAs by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad, UPAC.
  “It’s a shock for everybody,” Couillard said, arriving for an emergency meeting of the Liberal caucus to discuss the future of Chomedey MNA Guy Ouellette.
  “It came as a shock and a surprise to me, as it was for all members of the National Assembly, the media and the public.”
  UPAC has not c
  
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• Seth Rogen, Coeur de Pirate, Courtney Love join Leonard Cohen tribute

  26-10-2017 17:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Actor Seth Rogen, singer-songwriter Coeur de Pirate and rocker Courtney Love have been added to the list of artists participating in a concert paying tribute to Leonard Cohen on November 6.
  Tower of Song: A Memorial Tribute to Leonard Cohen will take place at the Bell Centre and mark the first anniversary of Leonard Cohen’s death. It’ll kick off a week of tributes to the Montreal legend.
  The involvement of Elvis Costello, Lana Del Rey, Feist, Philip Glass, k.d. lang, W
  
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• Denis Coderre makes his case - Full interview: btmontreal.ca/videos/mayor-d… https://t.co/ob2CP2892X

  26-10-2017 16:53
  
  Denis Coderre makes his case - Full interview: btmontreal.ca/videos/mayor-d… https://t.co/ob2CP2892X
  
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• Grey Cup 2017 in Ottawa next month is sold out

  26-10-2017 16:22 via globalnews.ca
  With exactly one month to go until 2017 Grey Cup, the game in Ottawa is now sold out.
  
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• Montreal police arson squad investigating fire in Pointe-aux-Trembles

  26-10-2017 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  An early Thursday morning fire a Pointe-aux-Trembles hair salon is now being investigated by Montreal police.
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Oct. 27-29

  26-10-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As you might have heard, Halloween will imminently be upon us. Don’t let that scare you. Whatever your tolerance for spookiness, there’s plenty of fun to be had in Montreal this weekend. 
  The Rise of the Dead  
  Place des festivals is going full carnival on Friday night, with skeletons, ghost stories and live performances as of 6:30 p.m. Fittingly, then, the Rise of the Dead promises to be most lively.
  Arab World Festival of Montreal
  Celebrate the meeting of Arabic and
  
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• 23rd Cinemania offers window on French cinema

  26-10-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Anglophones have carte blanche to check out French-language movies at the 23rd Cinemania Film Festival.
  The annual celebration of films from around “la francophonie,” almost all shown with English subtitles, presents 54 features, Nov. 2 to 12 at the Imperial Theatre, the Cinémathèque québécoise and Cinéma du Parc.
  Among these are some of the biggest names in French cinema today, including — as has increasingly been the norm with Cinemania &mda
  
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• From super-cop to suspect: The shocking turn in Guy Ouellette's political career

  26-10-2017 15:57 via cbc.ca
  He stared down Quebec's most dangerous gangsters, helped bring an end to a bloody biker war and then built a political career on his law-and-order reputation. But on Wednesday, Guy Ouellette was arrested, sending shock waves through Quebec's political circles.
  
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• Montreal police investigate torching of east end hair salon - Montreal Gazette

  26-10-2017 15:52
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  Montreal police investigate torching of east end hair salon
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  The fire, which was quickly brought under control, forced the evacuation of 20 persons from 12 apartments neighbouring the salon. Montreal Gazette. Published on: October 26, 2017 | Last Updated: October 26, 2017 9:50 AM EDT. A Montreal fire truck.
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• Montreal police investigate torching of east end hair salon

  26-10-2017 15:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal arson investigators have been called in to probe the circumstances of a fire that was deliberately set in an east-end hair salon early Thursday.
  The fire broke out at about 12:30 a.m. at the salon on Sherbrooke St. E. and 47th Ave. in the city’s Pointe-aux-Trembles district.
  Police and firefighters said someone broke into the salon through its rear entrance and put flammables inside the establishment.
  Witnesses told police they saw a man break the salon’s front window and th
  
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• Life after playing for the Impact

  26-10-2017 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal Impact captain Patrice Bernier ended his storied soccer career with a goal in his last game. Join Global’s Laura Casella and Patrice Bernier as they discuss what his plans are after soccer.
  
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• Woman, 31, stabbed in downtown Montreal

  26-10-2017 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are looking for one suspect involved in an overnight stabbing downtown.
  
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• SPCA seeks information on alleged animal abuse in Rosemont

  26-10-2017 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  The SPCA is asking for the public’s help after a second cat was found allegedly burnt to death in Rosemont during a six month span. Global’s Dan Spector reports.
  
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• Conquering clutter

  26-10-2017 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  Discover great ways to tame clutter with professional organizer Allison Weigensberg and Global’s Laura Casella.
  
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• ‘Malefycia: Clinik Angus’ haunted house provides the screams for Halloween

  26-10-2017 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  ‘Malefycia: Clinik Angus’ co-creator Zacharie Cloutier joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk about the scariest haunted house in Montreal!
  
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