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• Quebec sexual assault bill focuses on campuses

  17-11-2017 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  Women from all four of Quebec’s main political parties are standing together to speak out against sexual harassment and violence. They are working on a new bill to address sexual assaults on school campuses.
  
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• Editorial: Cancellation of Max Stern exhibition an affront to memory

  17-11-2017 22:42 via montrealgazette.com
  The sudden cancellation by the city museum in Düsseldorf of a planned exhibition on Max Stern’s life and work is disturbing and disappointing. 
  That the news comes only days after annual commemorations of Kristallnacht is all the more jarring; it’s one more reminder that restitution for the crimes of the Nazi era, despite all that has been done, remains unfinished business.
  Before the Second World War, Stern was an art dealer in Düsseldorf. As a result of the Nazi
  
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• Top university coach Glen Constantin could be on Alouettes' radar

  17-11-2017 22:32 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The man who could potentially become the Alouettes’ next field general lives just down Highway 20 in Quebec City. And Glen Constantin, the most successful football coach in Canadian university sports history, said he’ll listen when the expected call comes in.
  But the conversation might be short. “You’d be crazy not to listen. You don’t know what you’re passing up,” the 52-year-old head coach at Université Laval said during a recent
  
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• What the Puck: Never a dull moment for Montreal Canadiens fans

  17-11-2017 22:25 via montrealgazette.com
  When the muck hit the ventilation system Tuesday, a number of folks sent me messages on social-media suggesting it must feel like Christmas morning for me. And it kind of did.
  The Montreal Canadiens are the gift that keeps on giving for someone like me who writes a column that feeds on fear, loathing and high drama in the Habs Nation. It quite simply never ends and that’s a good thing for some of us.
  The downside in recent years is most of that drama has been sparked by developments that a
  
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• 'Heartland of our history': Bettman, GMs mark NHL centenary in Montreal

  17-11-2017 22:13 via montrealgazette.com
  The National Hockey League’s centennial is being celebrated where everything began: in Montreal.
  League commissioner Gary Bettman and all 31 general managers met at the Windsor Hotel on Friday, where the original six teams came together to form the NHL in 1917.
  A plaque commissioned Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada and Parks Canada that recognizes the league’s birthplace in Montreal was also unveiled to mark the occasion. 
  “As we celebrate our first hundre
  
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• Book on Siberian exile wins McGill's Cundill History Prize

  17-11-2017 22:05 via montrealgazette.com
  It happened more than 100 years ago, in one of the most remote locations on the planet, but historian Daniel Beer said much about the Siberian exile in czarist Russia still rings true today.
  Beer, a lecturer at Royal Holloway at the University of London, was awarded the international Cundill History Prize at a gala in Montreal on Thursday for his book on Siberian penal colonies, The House of the Dead: Siberian Exile Under the Tsars. 
  The book was also shortlisted for the Wolfson Histor
  
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• One man arrested after Laval police raid building linked to sale of fentanyl

  17-11-2017 21:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police raided a building suspected of being a point of sale of fentanyl on Milan St. in the Vimont sector early Friday morning and made one arrest.
  The investigation, dubbed Projet Alligator, began with a tip from a member of the public just one week earlier.
  A 25-year-old man was arrested and is to be charged with possession with intent to traffic and possession of a weapon.
  Anyone with a tip about drug trafficking or any other crime is asked to phone the Laval police at 450-662̴
  
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• Teen accused of killing Darius Brown pleads guilty to manslaughter

  17-11-2017 21:36 via cbc.ca
  The 18-year-old man who was originally charged with second-degree murder in the November 2016 death of Darius Brown has pleaded guilty to a lesser charge at the Montreal youth courthouse.
  
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• Lawyer argues for temporary suspension of Quebec’s face-covering law

  17-11-2017 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  One lawyer insisted the damages to those women would be irreparable.
  
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• Quebec cannabis: Police say they're not prepared to test drivers for marijuana

  17-11-2017 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Few Quebec police officers are trained to determine whether drivers are under the influence of marijuana, a federation of cop unions says.
  “Police services are simply not ready” for cannabis legalization, Robin Côté, president of the 4,500-member Fédération des policiers et policières municipaux du Québec (FPMQ), said Friday. 
  The FPMQ issued a plea for more training a day after the provincial government presented its pot-legalization bil
  
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• Accurso mistrial update: Relative said 'it was like a Mafia,' Juror No. 6 says

  17-11-2017 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Loose lips sunk the ship that was Antonio Accurso’s fraud and municipal corruption trial in Laval. 
  A juror’s inability to respect two cardinal rules brought a sudden and unexpected end to the trial of the 66-year-old construction entrepreneur whose notoriety made him the poster boy of municipal corruption in Quebec. The trial ended abruptly in a mistrial on Friday.
  Prosecutor Richard Rougeau was minutes away from make his closing arguments when Superior Court Justice James Brun
  
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• Judicial recount jeopardizes Quebec City opposition leader's place on council

  17-11-2017 20:40 via cbc.ca
  A judge has authorized a recount for a seat at Quebec City council, which could jeopardize the victory of newly elected opposition leader Jean-François Gosselin.
  
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• 'King of Laval' Gilles Vaillancourt granted day parole

  17-11-2017 20:26 via cbc.ca
  The former mayor of Laval who was sentenced to six years in prison has been granted day parole.
  
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• Bixi reports record-breaking year for 2017

  17-11-2017 19:59 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 17: Bixi reported a record-breaking year in 2017, as Montreal’s bike-sharing service saw a massive jump in ridership over last year. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Montreal police seek suspects in Plateau-Mont-Royal fires

  17-11-2017 19:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are asking for the public’s help in finding four men who allegedly set two fires in the Plateau-Mont-Royal borough in October.
  Images from a surveillance video were made public Friday, as were clips from the video.
  The two fires occurred on Oct. 22 and Oct. 29 and targeted a single apartment in a building on Parc Ave., between Prince-Arthur and Léo-Parizeau Sts.In the Oct. 22 fire, two white men wearing black caps and Toronto Blue Jays hoodies are being sought.
  
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• As Bixi season ends, Montreal’s bike-share service reports record-breaking year

  17-11-2017 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Bixi reported a record-breaking year in 2017, as Montreal's bike-sharing service saw a massive jump in ridership over last year.
  
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• Take our survey and help us decide how to cover the Quebec arts scene

  17-11-2017 19:31 via montrealgazette.com
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• Proposed marijuana rules don't address concerns of Kahnawake Mohawks

  17-11-2017 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's bill to set out rules for legal marijuana distribution and consumption does little to soothe concerns in the Mohawk community of Kahnawake about what's coming on July 1.
  
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• Urgences-santé paramedics threaten more strike action

  17-11-2017 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  In the absence of a comprehensive agreement in principle, the union representing paramedics in Laval and Montreal announced Friday that it would trigger a new strike soon.
  In a statement, the Fédération de la santé et des services sociaux (FSSS), which is affiliated to the Confédération des syndicats nationaux (CSN), explained that members were to vote this week on the agreement reached in July with Urgences-santé, which serves both cities.
  At the time t
  
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• Does the question of keeping the Big O come down to more than just dollars and cents? We sat down with Cédric Essim… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 19:26
  Does the question of keeping the Big O come down to more than just dollars and cents? We sat down with Cédric Essim… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• 5 Montreal stories you must read this week: November 17

  17-11-2017 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  It's official: Montreal's first female mayor has been sworn in.
  
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• Fraud charges laid against Montreal restaurants, managers

  17-11-2017 18:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Revenue Quebec announced that it laid 39 charges of fraud against several companies listed under the names of Restaurant Japon Sushi Bar and Bistro Sawadika, both located in St-Laurent, and their managers.
  The agency hopes to recoup $1.6 million in unpaid taxes after managers were charged with failing to submit tax revenue to the government in accordance with the law.
  Chau Ngoc Thanh Huynh and Qi Hua Zhao are named in the case, for the numbered companies 9298-6751 Québec Inc., 9305-7
  
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• Bombardier confirms 1,000 new Montreal jobs for Global 7000 jet

  17-11-2017 18:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Bombardier (TSX:BBD.B) confirmed Friday morning that it will hire about 1,000 workers over the next 18 months for its new Global 7000 business jet.
  The workers will complete the interiors for the company’s largest business aircraft.
  The plane is scheduled to enter into service in late 2018.
  The announcement was made Friday at the inauguration of its new US$65-million centre of excellence near Trudeau International Airport in Dorval.
  Bombardier Business Aerospace employs about 5,500 people
  
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• Canadian Armed Forces rescue 2 from boat in distress off Magdalen Islands

  17-11-2017 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  Two people were safely hoisted out of the boat and were eventually transported to Charlottetown, P.E.I.
  
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• Chicago Med’s @barrettmarlyne on the work that goes into her role - Full interview at btmontreal.ca/videos https://t.co/ybXKuifgDg

  17-11-2017 18:14
  
  Chicago Med’s @barrettmarlyne on the work that goes into her role - Full interview at btmontreal.ca/videos https://t.co/ybXKuifgDg
  
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• November is Runaway Awareness & Prevention Month btmontreal.ca/videos/novembe…

  17-11-2017 18:13
  November is Runaway Awareness & Prevention Month btmontreal.ca/videos/novembe…
  
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• Denis Villeneuve's Blade Runner 2049: masterpiece or flop?

  17-11-2017 18:10 via montrealgazette.com
  For a man who just directed a $155-million flop, Denis Villeneuve was remarkably calm.
  On the phone from Los Angeles last week, the Quebec director was philosophical about the highs and lows of his latest film, Blade Runner 2049.
  Villeneuve has been hailed as an artistic genius in response to his nearly three-hour epic, which expands on the iconic vision of Ridley Scott’s 1982 original, a dystopian reverie starring Harrison Ford as a state-sanctioned hunter of android “replicants.&rd
  
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• Quebec plans 'diversity and anti-discrimination forum' for December

  17-11-2017 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The provincial government is organizing a “diversity and anti-discrimination forum” on Dec. 5 in Quebec City.
  In attendance will be provincial, regional and municipal representatives, as well as community and social groups and people in the employment and education fields, David Heurtel, minister responsible for immigration, diversity and inclusion, said Friday.
  The forum will “focus on finding concrete solutions based on best practices.”
  The forum will be divid
  
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• Brace yourself, Montreal: Big O costs won't stop with a new roof. @jeremyfilosa explains. Watch the full video at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  17-11-2017 17:45
  Brace yourself, Montreal: Big O costs won't stop with a new roof. @jeremyfilosa explains. Watch the full video at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Bombardier to hire 1,000 workers in Montreal for Global 7000 business jet

  17-11-2017 17:43 via globalnews.ca
  The plane is scheduled to enter into service in late 2018.
  
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• Tony Accurso fraud, corruption trial ends in mistrial

  17-11-2017 17:33 via globalnews.ca
  The Crown was initially expected to make its final arguments Friday.
  
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• Urgent stay required to prevent Quebec's religious neutrality law from causing harm, lawyers argue

  17-11-2017 17:26 via cbc.ca
  Arguments are being heard in Quebec Superior Court today as part of an effort to temporarily strike down parts of the province's controversial religious neutrality law.
  
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• Antonio Accurso mistrial: Juror No. 6 ruled to have contaminated panel

  17-11-2017 17:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Superior Court Justice James Brunton has just declared a mistrial in the jury trial of Antonio Accurso. 
  The judge made the decision after a serious problem arose with a member of the jury. 
  The problem in the trial came out of nowhere Friday morning just as the Crown was about to make its closing arguments in the case, wherein the construction entrepreneur was charged with taking part in a system of collusion and kickbacks through which the city of Laval awarded contracts for yea
  
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• The best of Annakin Slayd

  17-11-2017 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  Singer-songwriter Annakin Slayd joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan in studio to talk about his new album and play one of his famous sports anthems.
  
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• Can Bombardier recruit enough skilled workers to fill its 1,000 new jobs?

  17-11-2017 16:41 via globalnews.ca
  Bombardier announced 1,000 new positions on Friday amid historically low unemployment in the province, raising concerns about the company’s ability to fill the newly created roles.
  
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• Issue with jury members leads to mistrial in Tony Accurso fraud case

  17-11-2017 16:39 via cbc.ca
  The mistrial does not mean Accurso has been found not guilty. His case will be back in court Jan. 7 to determine the next steps.
  
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• Bombardier hiring 1,000 in Montreal to work on Global 7000 business jet

  17-11-2017 16:33 via cbc.ca
  Bombardier is hiring about 1,000 workers in the Montreal area to work on its Global 7000 business aircraft program, the company said Friday.
  
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