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• Search for final 2 missing hunters called off in Waskaganish

  14-11-2017 23:58 via cbc.ca
  Officials in the James Bay community of Waskaganish have called off the search for two hunters who have been missing since mid-October. The bodies of two other hunters have been found.
  
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• Longueuil still recounting election ballots

  14-11-2017 23:53
  Municipal election ballots are still being recounted in Longueuil after Sylvie Parent was elected mayor of the municipality following a tight race. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, the recount comes after a judge granted it to second-place candidate Josée Latendresse.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Carey Price's 'minor' injury could have major implications

  14-11-2017 23:48 via montrealgazette.com
  What started out as a “minor” lower-body injury to goalie Carey Price is turning into a bit of a soap opera and it’s a show Canadiens fans have seen before.
  Two season ago, Price went down with a “lower-body injury” on Nov. 25 and the Canadiens said they expected him to miss at least two weeks. Price ended up missing the rest of the season with what was much later confirmed as a sprained medial collateral ligament in his right knee.
  On Tuesday, the Canadiens an
  
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• Murder trial begins two decades after woman's death in Roxboro

  14-11-2017 23:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A jury has finally begun hearing evidence in a trial involving the murder of Juthlande Pierre, a 42-year-old woman who was killed more than two decades ago in the West Island. 
  Dieuseul Jean, 56, is alleged to have killed Pierre, his girlfriend, on Dec. 25, 1995, and is charged with second-degree murder. As prosecutor Jacques Dagenais explained in his opening statement to the jury at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday, it took 22 years to bring the accused to trial because he was living in
  
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• Lawsuit approved for stranded drivers after Montreal snowstorm

  14-11-2017 23:27
  A class-action lawsuit linked to the massive pileup on Highway 13 last March has been approved by a Quebec superior court judge. Global’s Gloria Henriquez finds out what this means for the complainants.
  
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• Quebec to sell cannabis online via SAQ, Radio-Canada sources say

  14-11-2017 23:24 via cbc.ca
  Legal cannabis could be just a click away for Quebecers once Canada’s new marijuana law comes into effect, Radio-Canada has learned. The government intends to table its marijuana bill Thursday.
  
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• Concordia University grapples with how to protect students after drugging, assault reports

  14-11-2017 22:31 via cbc.ca
  Concordia's Sexual Assault Resource Centre is warning students to be vigilant on all social media platforms after learning that last winter and in September, young women were drugged and sexually assaulted after receiving job interview offers on Instagram.
  
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• Pharmacist retires after 65 years of going the extra mile

  14-11-2017 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  McDermott Pharmacy has been a fixture in Valois Village for 65 years. Its owner, pharmacist James “Jim” McDermott opened the drugstore on Sept. 1, 1953, when the area was still called Valois, Quebec, every drugstore had a soda bar and a telephone call to the drugstore’s four-digit number 3376 — from anywhere east of Sources Blvd. — was long distance.  
  McDermott officially retired Oct. 24.
  “The day was a rollercoaster ride, emotionally,” McDerm
  
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• How to stay safe on social media in wake of Concordia sexual luring case

  14-11-2017 22:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Lock down your social media accounts and take precautions before accepting online offers.
  Those are among the tips a cybersecurity expert is offering after two Concordia University students reported being lured, drugged and sexually assaulted after being sent an invitation on Instagram.
  “Be vigilant and be resourceful,” said Terry Cutler, who conducts seminars on internet security for families.
  He said it’s not uncommon for predators to target young people via social media with
  
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• Bertrand Charest weeps at sentencing hearing, saying at 25, he lacked maturity as national ski coach

  14-11-2017 22:18 via cbc.ca
  Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest spoke for the first time since he was charged and convicted of multiple sexual crimes against girls he coached in the 1990s, saying he was "profoundly sorry" but not calling those he assaulted victims.
  
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• Bertrand Charest weeps at sentencing hearing but does not admit to sex crimes

  14-11-2017 22:18 via cbc.ca
  Former national ski coach Bertrand Charest spoke for the first time since he was charged and convicted of multiple sexual crimes against girls he coached in the 1990s, saying he was "profoundly sorry" but not calling those he assaulted victims.
  
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• 5 Quebecers receive National Assembly Medal of Honour

  14-11-2017 22:17
  Five exceptional and well-known Quebecers are being awarded with the National Assembly Medal of Honour.
  
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• New parking lot to be built at Gare Vaudreuil

  14-11-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The provincial and federal governments announced infrastructure spending of more than $15 million to improve public transport services for riders in the Vaudreuil-Soulanges region.
  At a press conference Tuesday, Peter Schiefke, MP for Vaudreuil-Soulanges, announced federal spending of $7,574,484 for several projects, including the completion of a permanent parking lot at busy Gare Vaudreuil.
  The new parking lot will have 300 additional parking spaces.
  “I am glad that these investments will
  
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• Terror trial facing a significant delay, jury told

  14-11-2017 21:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The jury hearing the trial of Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali returned to the Montreal courthouse for the first time in a week on Tuesday, only to find out the case is now faced with a considerable delay. 
  “I’m sure it is a shock for you,” Superior Court Justice Marc David told the jury after informing the panel he has to deal with two motions, outside of the presence of the jury, before determining how and when the trial will resume. “It is inconceivable that y
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Nov. 15

  14-11-2017 21:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibition of paintings by the Kirkland Artists Association that continues until Nov. 28. Vernissage on Sunday from 1 to 3:30 p.m. Call 514-630-2726, local 3216.
  Galerie de la ville, 12001 de Salaberry Blvd. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, presents the exhibition Lattices and Interstices — featuring assembled works by various local artists. Continues until Sunday. Call 514-684-1012, local 298.
  The Stewart Hall Art Galle
  
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• Longueuil recounting municipal election ballots after tight mayoral race

  14-11-2017 21:18
  Who will be the next mayor of Longueuil?
  
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• Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation soirée hits fundraising mark

  14-11-2017 21:12 via montrealgazette.com
  The Lakeshore General Hospital Foundation attained the fundraising goal at its annual ball, Nov. 11. The $500,000 target was reached at the 11th hour after the Mirella and Lino Saputo Foundation donated $21,000.
  The Enchanted Forest-themed dinner and dance took place at the Montreal Airport Marriott In-Terminal Hotel. Honorary presidents Lyne Giroux (Aqua Spa Lyne Giroux), Monique Mardinian (Encore Travel) and Sandra Hudon (Cascades PRO) welcomed the 350 guests who were served cocktails, champag
  
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• Murder trial begins two decades after woman was killed in Roxboro

  14-11-2017 21:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A jury has finally begun hearing evidence in a trial involving the murder of Juthlande Pierre, a 42-year-old woman who was killed more than two decades ago in the West Island. 
  Dieuseul Jean, 56, is alleged to have killed Pierre, his girlfriend, on Dec. 25, 1995, and is charged with second-degree murder. As prosecutor Jacques Dagenais explained in his opening statement to the jury at the Montreal courthouse on Tuesday, it took 22 years to bring the accused to trial because he was living in
  
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• Forget banning nudity — discretion what's needed in change rooms, says Brossard swimmer

  14-11-2017 20:58 via cbc.ca
  The City of Brossard is defending its decision to ban nudity in municipal sports facilities, saying the move was in response to citizen complaints.
  
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• Concordia issues safety alert after sex assault

  14-11-2017 20:55
  Tue, Nov 14: Concordia University is warning students to be vigilant in the wake of at least two alleged sexual assaults. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Generations Foundation 2017 Holiday Toy Drive kicks off

  14-11-2017 20:39
  The Generations Foundation 2017 Holiday Food and Toy Drive campaign is in full swing.
  
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• Generations Foundation 2017 Holiday Toy Drive

  14-11-2017 20:39
  The Generations Foundation 2017 Holiday Food and Toy Drive campaign is in full swing.
  
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• Brian Wilde: Not so fast on Habs’ recent success

  14-11-2017 19:50
  The Montreal Canadiens are 7-3-0 over their last 10 games, can they sustain the momentum?
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens goalie Carey Price no longer skating

  14-11-2017 19:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Nobody really expected goalie Carey Price to take part in the Canadiens’ morning skate Tuesday in Brossard before a game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
  But there was an expectation that Price — who has missed the last five games with what the team originally called a “minor” lower-body injury — would be on the ice with goalie coach Stéphane Waite before the morning skate, as was the case in previous
  
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• Class action lawsuit authorized in Highway 13 fiasco

  14-11-2017 19:36 via montrealgazette.com
  A Superior Court judge has given the green light to a class action suit after hundreds of motorists were left stranded on Highway 13 during a snowstorm last March.
  The lawsuit launched by motorist Gilles Beauchamp, who was trapped on the highway for seven hours beginning at 8 p.m. March 14, names the Quebec government and the city of Montreal as defendants.
  The suit contends the province and city failed in their duty to properly manage the traffic jam, which was caused after two trucks became st
  
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• House arrest for Collège Notre-Dame pedophile priest

  14-11-2017 19:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A priest who taught at Collège Notre-Dame decades ago and admitted on Tuesday to having sexually abused a teenage boy at the school has been sentenced to 15 months of house arrest.
  Using a walker and unable to meet the usual Montreal courthouse requirement to stand, Olivain Leblanc, 75, sat while he pleaded guilty to one count of gross indecency.
  Prosecutor Amélie Rivard explained that, between 1979 and 1981, the abuse involved oral sex and touching the student in a sexual man
  
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• Canadiens' Carey Price says injury is minor, would play if it were playoffs

  14-11-2017 18:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens goalie Carey Price, who has missed the last five games with an injury, did not skate on Tuesday and instead addressed the media about his injury.
  He insisted that it was not related to the injury that cost him most of the season two seasons ago, and that if it were the playoffs he would be playing Tuesday night.
  Here’s what he had to say, from the Montreal Gazette’s Stu Cowan:
  #Habs Carey Price insists his injury suffered during warmup in Minnesota is still “minor.&rd
  
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• Quebec coroner says Jehovah’s Witnesses died after giving birth

  14-11-2017 18:22
  One of the women died in hospital near Quebec City after repeatedly refusing a blood transfusion.
  
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• Carey Price out for a while longer, but insists injury is minor

  14-11-2017 18:01 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Canadiens goaltender Carey Price said he is staying off the ice for a little while longer as he deals with a lower-body injury. Price insisted Tuesday that the injury is minor and that he would "absolutely" be ready to play if the Canadiens were in the playoffs.
  
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• Lawsuit approved for stranded Hwy. 13 drivers after massive Montreal snowstorm

  14-11-2017 17:51
  About  300 motorists stranded after a major snowstorm on the autoroute.
  
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  14-11-2017 16:52
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• Highway 13 snowstorm lawsuit can proceed, judge rules

  14-11-2017 16:52 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec Superior Court judge has approved a class action lawsuit for more than 300 people who were stranded in their cars overnight on Highway 13 during a snowstorm last winter.
  
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• Quebec Lyme disease cases up 65% from last year

  14-11-2017 16:51 via cbc.ca
  Each year, infected ticks are being found in wider areas and that mild autumn temperatures extend their active period which usually lasts from April to November.​
  
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• Montreal police investigate Concordia sexual luring case

  14-11-2017 16:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are investigating after two Concordia University students reported they were lured off campus by fake Instagram invitations and then drugged and sexually assaulted.
  “Given the nature of the allegations, (police) will not comment on or confirm any other information at this time,” police spokesperson Benoit Boisselle said Tuesday.
  The unsolicited social media invitation targeting students promised professional development opportunities and lured the victims to
  
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• Concordia University issues public safety alert after sex assault, drugging reports

  14-11-2017 16:21
  The university is cautioning students to be extra vigilant when responding to unsolicited social media offers.
  
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• Man rescued from Chambly house fire

  14-11-2017 16:11
  The man climbed out from a third-floor window to escape onto a neighbouring connected building.
  
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• Christmas Dessert Concert

  14-11-2017 16:04
  Saturday 2 December 7:30 PM We invite you to join us for an evening with the Lakeshore Concert Band playing both traditional and modern Christmas music at St. George’s Anglican Church, Ste Anne de Bellevue on Saturday December 2 at 7:30 PM. Dessert and coffee will be served. Please bring a donation of a non-perishable...
  
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• No more nudes in the change room

  14-11-2017 16:00
  A Montreal suburb is telling people to keep their private parts covered up
  
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• Advent Choral Evensong

  14-11-2017 15:53
  Sunday 10 December 7:00 PM We invite you to join us for an evening of Advent Choral Evensong, a distinctly Anglican liturgy offered at St. George’s Anglican Church, Ste Anne de Bellevue on the second Sunday in Advent December 10 at 7:00 PM. We extend a special invitation to those who know and enjoy Evensong...
  
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• Jennifer Drouin: An anglo rebel running for PQ tries to break the mold

  14-11-2017 15:40 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Jennifer Drouin is the first to admit she has not chosen an easy path.
  After all, English-speaking Quebecers who believe in sovereignty and want to become Parti Québécois MNAs don’t come along every day.
  Yet there she is. The Nova Scotia-born law student who has adopted Quebec as home is now vying for the PQ nomination in the Montreal riding of Sainte-Marie-Saint-Jacques. The riding is currently held by popular Québec solidaire MNA Manon Massé.
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• Brian Wilde: Resurgence of the Habs

  14-11-2017 15:29
  Global sports analyst Brian Wilde joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk about the resurging Montreal Canadiens.
  
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• Refusal of blood transfusions played role in deaths of 2 Jehovah's Witnesses, coroner finds

  14-11-2017 15:27 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec coroner has found the refusal of blood transfusions played a key role in the deaths of two Jehovah's Witnesses who died during childbirth last year.
  
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• Refusal of blood transfusions key to deaths of 2 Jehovah's Witnesses, coroner finds

  14-11-2017 15:27 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec coroner has found the refusal to accept blood transfusions played a key role in the deaths of two Jehovah's Witnesses who died of childbirth complications last year.
  
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• Quebec town forbids nudity in municipal pool change rooms

  14-11-2017 15:21
  Brossard advised residents in its newsletter this month it wouldn't allow men or women to walk around naked in their respective locker room and showers.
  
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• Man recovering in hospital after being shot in Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie

  14-11-2017 15:18
  A 28-year-old man was shot once in the upper body while walking along Saint-Zotique street Monday night.
  
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• Using a glider for leg day

  14-11-2017 15:14
  Fitness expert Jonathan Williams joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with leg day exercises using a glider.
  
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• Staying chic this winter

  14-11-2017 15:11
  The temperature is dipping, which can only mean one thing – winter is on the way. Fashion stylist Claude Laframboise joins Global’s Laura Casella to show off the latest trends in winter outerware.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/PFlUyBK0me

  14-11-2017 14:35
  
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