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• Global News at 5:30: Nov 2

  02-11-2017 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  The Thursday, November 2, 2017 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Charitable thrift shop opens in Pointe-Claire

  02-11-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  NOVA West Island provides medical services free or at low cost to West Island families.All the money from store sales, after expenses, go to the cause.
  
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• Any wrongdoing should be reported, Couillard tells skittish MNAs

  02-11-2017 23:45 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Any individual aware of irregularities in the way companies get themselves onto the “good” list with Quebec’s financial regulator — and thus able to bid on government contracts — should tell the authorities, the premier says.
  Philippe Couillard made the comment responding to reports that some of his own Liberal MNAs fear they may be put under police surveillance because disgruntled company owners who have been denied certificates by Authorité d
  
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• WWII veteran celebrates birthday on Remembrance Day

  02-11-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Nov 2: Stu Vallieres is a World War 2 veteran turning 95 on Nov. 11. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki shares his heroic story from life as a prisoner of war to being an instrumental member of the Canadian War Amps program.
  
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• Public transport an election issue in Lachine

  02-11-2017 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Nov 2: Four candidates are vying to be elected mayor of Lachine, including incumbent Claude Dauphin. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, much has been done to develop the borough in recent years, but issues of public transport are still up in the air.
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens at Minnesota

  02-11-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  To borrow a phrase from the TV hit of the 1950s, will the real Carey Price please stand up?
  Riding their season-long two-game winning streak, the Canadiens visit Minnesota, where Price will make his first start since a not-entirely-convincing 5-4 win over the Rangers at the Bell Centre Saturday night.
  The goaltender should be rested and ready. And when the camera was on him, Price looked relaxed watching Al Montoya beat the Senators on Monday night.
  Price’s backup had eight goals worth of
  
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• Lightning strikes, and Éclair pop-up bookshop is born

  02-11-2017 23:30 via cbc.ca
  Éclair, a new pop-up bookshop in Rosemont offering readers a curated selection books, was born of a chance encounter between a bookseller on maternity leave and a gregarious barista with a passion for reading.
  
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• Tiger-Cats' Alex Green gets second chance to play game he loves

  02-11-2017 23:29 via montrealgazette.com
  HAMILTON — Alex Green thought he had turned the corner on the chapter of his life that was professional football. He still believed there were some cuts and runs in his 29-year-old body, but after being released by the Hamilton Tiger-Cats at training camp this year, what else remained?
  He had lived the high life once, a third-round (96th overall) draft choice of the Green Bay Packers in 2011. But tailbacks are a dime a dozen in the NFL and Green Bay released him before the 2013 season.&nbs
  
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• 'If it ain't broke, don't fix it,' says Coderre, while Plante promises bold change

  02-11-2017 22:58 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal mayoral race in its final days appears to be boiling down to a simple question for voters: is everything just fine the way it is?
  
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• Montreal election: Since Jean Drapeau, mayors have had to walk fine line on separatism

  02-11-2017 22:44 via montrealgazette.com
  “How did you vote in the 1995 referendum,” Projet Montréal mayoral candidate Valérie Plante was repeatedly asked this week.
  She hasn’t answered, saying only that she doesn’t “self-identify as a separatist.” Plante’s team includes both separatists and federalists, and she promises sovereignty will not be an issue if she’s elected mayor.
  “I don’t see how this is relevant for Montrealers — if this would have been the re
  
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• Making smart machines ethical: Montreal forum today seeks to lead conversation on responsible AI

  02-11-2017 22:42 via cbc.ca
  The Forum on the Socially Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence is gathering companies, academics and government officials in Montreal to discuss what a regulatory framework for intelligent machines might look like.
  
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• Making smart machines ethical: Montreal forum seeks to lead conversation on responsible AI

  02-11-2017 22:42 via cbc.ca
  The Forum on the Socially Responsible Development of Artificial Intelligence is gathering companies, academics and government officials in Montreal to discuss what a regulatory framework for intelligent machines might look like.
  
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• Stu Cowan: UFC's "Irish Joe" Duffy finds a happy home in Montreal

  02-11-2017 22:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Joe Duffy was born in Ireland, raised in Wales and now calls Montreal home.
  And the 29-year-old rising star in UFC loves everything about living in La Belle Province.
  “I just like the way of life,” said Duffy, who will fight James Vick of Texas in the featured lightweight bout on the preliminary card of UFC 217 Saturday night at New York’s Madison Square Garden. Georges St-Pierre will fight Michael Bisping in the main event for the UFC middleweight title (10 p.m., pay-per-view)
  
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• Woman charged after police discover 3 dead babies in Laurentians

  02-11-2017 22:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A 27-year-old woman from Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac has been charged with the first-degree murder of three of her own newborn babies.
  The woman appeared Thursday afternoon at the St-Jérôme courthouse. She has been ordered to be detained until her next court appearance Dec. 7.
  One of the murder charges relates to a death this month, while the other two are dated between December 2014 and February 2017.
  The woman also faces charges of disposing of the body of a child between Dece
  
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• Montreal mayor @DenisCoderre has apologized for not releasing Formula E numbers sooner. https://t.co/NEF5cmW0Fl

  02-11-2017 22:18
  
  Montreal mayor @DenisCoderre has apologized for not releasing Formula E numbers sooner. https://t.co/NEF5cmW0Fl
  
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• .@CanadiensMTL defenceman Brandon Davidson spoke to BT's @DomenicFazioli about his battle with cancer.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-11-2017 22:15
  .@CanadiensMTL defenceman Brandon Davidson spoke to BT's @DomenicFazioli about his battle with cancer.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebecers to pay more, get more from QPP, starting in 2019

  02-11-2017 22:03 via cbc.ca
  Bill 149, tabled by Finance Minister Carlos Leitão Thursday, sets the stage for a major shift in the size and funding of the Quebec Pension Plan.
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: @AFGoldwater & @mitchgarber join us to preview the municipal election. Don't forget to vote on… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-11-2017 21:40
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: @AFGoldwater & @mitchgarber join us to preview the municipal election. Don't forget to vote on… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• We're in the final stretch! Be sure to vote on Sunday November 5th. https://t.co/Fd3ycC72jj

  02-11-2017 21:30
  
  We're in the final stretch! Be sure to vote on Sunday November 5th. https://t.co/Fd3ycC72jj
  
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• Thanks for watching @BTMontreal! https://t.co/fol33PPol5

  02-11-2017 21:29
  
  Thanks for watching @BTMontreal! https://t.co/fol33PPol5
  
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• Canadian WWII veteran celebrating 95th birthday on Remembrance Day

  02-11-2017 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  As Remembrance Day approaches, a Montreal World War II veteran reflects on his time in the war -- and his 95th birthday, which happens to be on Nov. 11.
  
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• Montreal election: Denis Coderre sorry he didn't share Formula E numbers sooner

  02-11-2017 21:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Denis Coderre, who is running for a second term as mayor, apologized to Montrealers for not revealing sooner details about the number of tickets sold for the Formula E event this summer. 
  Montreal c’est electrique (MCE), the non-profit organization that oversaw the two-day electric car race in July, revealed on Wednesday 20,000 tickets were handed out for free, while another 25,000 were sold “to the public and under agreements with partners and sponsors.”
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• Terror trial: Expert analyzes videos, photos found on computers of accused couple

  02-11-2017 21:10 via montrealgazette.com
   The Facebook pages of Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali, the young couple on trial at the Montreal courthouse on terror-related charges, indicated they had an admiration for an influential extremist imam before they were arrested two years ago. 
  “:D I like these types of videos too much,” Djermane, 21, is believed to have playfully replied to Jamali, 20, at some point before their arrests when he sent her a link to a video, posted on YouTube, of a lecture given by Anwar
  
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• Update: Woman arraigned after police discover 3 dead babies in Laurentians

  02-11-2017 21:09 via montrealgazette.com
  A 27-year-old woman from Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac has been charged with the first-degree murder of three of her own newborn babies.
  The woman appeared Thursday afternoon at the St-Jérôme courthouse. She has been ordered to be detained until her next court appearance Dec. 7.
  One of the murder charges relates to a death earlier this month, while the other two are dated between December 2014 and February 2017.
  The woman also faces charges of disposing of the body of a child betw
  
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• Montreal's Aiemann Zahabi wants to be a good guy in UFC

  02-11-2017 21:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Georges St-Pierre is the biggest UFC star in Montreal, but the first family of mixed martial arts in the city is the Zahabis.
  Firas Zahabi owns Montreal’s Tristar Gym, which has become somewhat of a mecca for UFC fighters from around the world, and he is also one of St-Pierre’s trainers.
  Zahabi will be in St-Pierre’s corner when the St-Isidore native returns to the octagon for the first time in four years Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York for UFC 217 to fight
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: The Tiny Survivors fundraiser for the @MUHCFoundation is on Nov 9! @lucianodiorio & his Tiny Su… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-11-2017 21:01
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: The Tiny Survivors fundraiser for the @MUHCFoundation is on Nov 9! @lucianodiorio & his Tiny Su… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Lesley Chesterman: The new breed of Montreal sommelier

  02-11-2017 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  About a decade back, dinner in a high-end Montreal restaurant went something like this:
  You could order à la carte, but the way to go was the tasting menu. For the ultimate culinary experience, you would add the wine-pairing option. Once the amuse-bouche was cleared, a series of wines would arrive to match the dishes. Serving them, ideally, was a sommelier who would tell you exactly why each wine was chosen for each dish. The bottle would be formally presented at the table, the pours woul
  
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• Public transport becoming big election issue in Lachine

  02-11-2017 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Four people are vying for the job of borough mayor.
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Make sure to tune in as @MissWattson gets us ready - and hungry! - for @MTLaTABLE from November… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-11-2017 20:20
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Make sure to tune in as @MissWattson gets us ready - and hungry! - for @MTLaTABLE from November… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Preserving Lennoxville's bilingual status a key issue for voters in English enclave

  02-11-2017 19:49 via cbc.ca
  The outgoing head of the borough of Lennoxville, David Price, says he's fought hard to keep the former town's bilingual status. The issue is on voters' minds as they gear up to elect a new representative to Sherbrooke's city council.
  
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• Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Municipal affairs reporter @lauhouderoy is back! With the election just days away, what are her… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  02-11-2017 19:30
  Tomorrow on #BTMTL: Municipal affairs reporter @lauhouderoy is back! With the election just days away, what are her… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montrealers win ‘Trophée Roses des Sables’ through Moroccan desert

  02-11-2017 19:17 via globalnews.ca
  Team Cirque du Soleil won the Trophee Roses des Sables held in Morocco
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Andrew Shaw 'ready to go'

  02-11-2017 19:15 via montrealgazette.com
  When the Canadiens arrived at the St. Paul Hotel Wednesday, they were greeted by a fan standing on the roof of his car with a sign that read “SHAW the pit bull”. 
  “He’s actually a fan of mine and I went over to talk to him,” Shaw said Thursday after the Canadiens held their morning skate at the Xcel Energy Center.  
  The good news for the fan and the Canadiens is that Shaw will be in the lineup Thursday against the Minnesota Wild (8 p.m. TSN2, RDS, TSN 690
  
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• Laurentians woman arrested in connection with deaths of 3 babies

  02-11-2017 19:05 via montrealgazette.com
  A 27-year-old woman from Ste-Marthe-sur-le-Lac will be charged with the first-degree murder of three  of her own newborn babies on Thursday afternoon at the St-Jérôme courthouse, according to a spokesperson for the Sûreté du Québec. 
  SQ spokesperson Marc Tessier said the woman went to a hospital in distress on Oct. 15. Doctors examining her realized she had recently given birth, and since the baby was not with her, they contacted Deux-Montagne
  
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• Denis Coderre sorry he didn't share Formula E numbers sooner

  02-11-2017 18:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Denis Coderre, who is running for a second term as mayor, apologized to Montrealers for not revealing sooner details about the number of tickets sold for the Formula E event this summer. 
  Montreal c’est electrique (MCE), the non-profit organization that oversaw the two-day electric car race, said 20,000 tickets were handed out, while another 25,000 were sold “to the public and under agreements with partners and sponsors.”
  Exactly how many were purchased by the public was n
  
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• Quebec woman faces murder charges after 3 dead newborns found in home

  02-11-2017 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  Provincial police say all three babies were hers, stemming from different pregnancies.
  
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• By the numbers: How election day in Montreal stacks up

  02-11-2017 18:36 via cbc.ca
  Ahead of Montrealers casting their ballots this Nov. 5, here's a glimpse into the numbers behind this year's election.
  
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• Negotiations end for repayment of illicit public contract money

  02-11-2017 18:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The negotiation period concerning the sums to be returned as part of Quebec’s voluntary repayment program — for money from public contracts earned through collusion, bid-rigging or other fraudulent acts — is now over. 
  The goal of this program is to allow companies to reimburse all the money they’ve over-billed in the last 20 years to municipalities, school boards, and the province’s ministries and agencies. It does not include contracts handed out by the
  
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• Guy Ouellette vs UPAC: What you need to know about Quebec’s biggest political scandal in years

  02-11-2017 18:28 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec is in the midst of a major political scandal involving provincial MNA Guy Ouellette and anti-corruption squad UPAC. Here's what you need to know.
  
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• Mother charged in deaths of her 3 newborn babies

  02-11-2017 18:23 via cbc.ca
  A woman has been charged in connection with the deaths of three infants she gave birth to in separate pregnancies.
  
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• Mother arrested in deaths of her 3 newborn babies

  02-11-2017 18:23 via cbc.ca
  27-year-old woman from Sainte-Marthe-sur-le-lac will appear at the Saint-Jérôme courthouse today and is expected to face charges of first-degree murder in the deaths of her three infant children. It's not yet known how long ago the deaths occurred.
  
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• Montreal police seek 'armed and dangerous' suspect in hospital robbery

  02-11-2017 18:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are turning to the public for help in tracking down a third suspect wanted in connection with an armed robbery at an east-end hospital Oct. 16.
  Éric Demers, 40, is wanted on a Canada-wide warrant and is believed to have been involved in a robbery that saw two other men enter  Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital last month and ambush a hospital employee pushing a cart that held bags containing about $15,000 in cash, the proceeds of the hospital’s weekend transactions.
  
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• Quebec kicks off flu vaccination campaign amid worries over influenza A

  02-11-2017 17:48 via globalnews.ca
  With a difficult strain known as influenza A expected to be on the rise this flu season, public health officials in Quebec are advising residents to get their annual flu shots.
  
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• Brownstein: Cinemania founder Teitelbaum fêted by France

  02-11-2017 17:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Cue La Marseillaise.
  On Tuesday at the Sofitel Hotel, Maidy Teitelbaum will be decorated by France’s Consul General in Quebec as an Officier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres de la République Française — which sounds a whole lot more impressive than its English translation as Officer of the Order of Arts and Letters of the French Republic.
  Honours from France are beginning to be old hat for Teitelbaum. In 2006, she was made a Chevalier (Knight) de l’Ordre d
  
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• Quebec father, sons accused of making ecstacy get stay of proceedings

  02-11-2017 17:34 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec chemist and his sons charged with production of ecstasy and conspiracy to produce the drug have obtained a stay of proceedings after a Quebec court ruled it took too long for their case to get to trial.
  
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