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• Quebec gun group plans rally at Polytechnique memorial

  28-11-2017 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  A pro-gun lobby group in Quebec is planning to hold a rally at a memorial site dedicated to the 14 women killed at École polytechnique in 1989. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is fuming.
  
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• Bush skills in the schoolyard: Cree culture teaching site opens in Waswanipi

  28-11-2017 23:47 via cbc.ca
  'It's like we brought a cabin and a cookhouse from the bush and we bring all that into the school yard. It's easier for them to learn.'
  
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• Contractor abandons works site in Pointe-Claire

  28-11-2017 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  The contractor responsible for rebuilding Cartier Avenue in Pointe-Claire has filed for bankruptcy protection, abandoned its construction vehicles and pulled workers from the site. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, the unfinished job has merchants and residents concerned.
  
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• After outcry, gun advocates change location of planned protest rally in Montreal

  28-11-2017 22:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Amid widespread condemnation, a pro-gun group has changed the location of its planned protest at the memorial site for the victims of the Polytechnique massacre in Montreal.
  Speaking for the group Tous contre un registre Québécois des armes à feu, Guy Morin told the Montreal Gazette Tuesday afternoon that the reaction to the group’s plan has forced it to change the locale of the protest, to be held on the same day
  “We figured (the event would trigger) e
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Nov. 29

  28-11-2017 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Beaconsfield Library, 303 Beaconsfield Blvd., presents the exhibition Expressions featuring the students’ art from the Culture and Leisure Services. Starts Thursday with a vernissage from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and continues until Jan. 7. Call 514-428-4460.
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibit of paintings by René Mizgala and her students starting Saturday with a vernissage from 1 to 4 p.m. Continues until Dec. 18. Call 514-630-2726, loc
  
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• Collision between two trucks, spilled corn causes traffic headaches in Lafontaine tunnel

  28-11-2017 22:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Motorists who normally use Highway 25 southbound as it approaches the Louis-Hippolyte-Lafontaine Tunnel are being advised to find an alternate route as Transport Québec is cleaning up the mess left behind when two trucks collided early Tuesday afternoon. 
  The trucks collided near the entrance to the tunnel sometime before 2 p.m. and the mess it created forced Transport Québec to close the southbound lanes into the tunnel completely. Complicating matters is that a large load of
  
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• Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: Chef Erica's back in the BT kitchen and you know she's whipping up something great! https://t.co/udCccQ9z51

  28-11-2017 22:00
  
  Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: Chef Erica's back in the BT kitchen and you know she's whipping up something great! https://t.co/udCccQ9z51
  
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• Quebec creates new protected area for caribou in province’s north

  28-11-2017 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  The region is on the edge of Quebec's commercial forest and is not expected to affect logging operations.
  
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• Dan Delmar: What the Adidas incident says about free speech in Quebec

  28-11-2017 21:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadian academia could be experiencing a watershed moment in free speech but, for Quebec, unresolved issues remain, making expression rights contingent on the language spoken.
  Proponents of Quebec language policing choose to frame their enthusiasm for suppressing the use of minority languages in public as a progressive initiative, conceived to improve the vitality of French.
  More than 40 years after the introduction of Bill 101, the Quebec government has yet to present conclusive evidence suppo
  
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• Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: @ByAngelaPrice returns with tips to keep your baby warm this winter! https://t.co/DXZKG5G8jz

  28-11-2017 21:00
  
  Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: @ByAngelaPrice returns with tips to keep your baby warm this winter! https://t.co/DXZKG5G8jz
  
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• Impact's Hassoun Camara retires from pro soccer

  28-11-2017 20:54 via montrealgazette.com
  After seven seasons with the Montreal Impact, Senegalese defender Hassoun Camara is retiring because of injuries.
  “It is with a lot of emotion that I am announcing today my retirement from professional football,” said Hassoun Camara said during a news conference at the team’s training facility on Tuesday.
  “Throughout my career with the Impact, I experienced great moments that will forever stay in my heart. I also discovered and loved a city that I now consider my own. I w
  
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• Molson Coors opts for Longueuil, instead of Montreal, for new brewery

  28-11-2017 20:40 via cbc.ca
  The mayor of Longueuil is happy about the decision to build the new Molson Coors brewery in her city. The mayor of Montreal is not.
  
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• Molson planning move to St-Hubert, but says it's not abandoning Montreal

  28-11-2017 20:28 via montrealgazette.com
  After more than 200 years on Notre-Dame St. E, Molson Coors is planning to move its brewery to St-Hubert, but the company said it’s not abandoning the city. 
  “We’re not leaving Montreal,” said François Lefebvre, the director of corporate affairs at Molson Coors Canada. “We will redevelop the sector of Montreal where we are on Notre-Dame.”
  On Tuesday, the brewer said it has made an offer for a plot of land in the Longueuil borough of St-Hubert
  
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• Congrats to @alessiacara on her #Grammy nominations - she was on #BTMTL last year btmontreal.ca/videos/4840831… https://t.co/FP4HVVKD17

  28-11-2017 20:18
  
  Congrats to @alessiacara on her #Grammy nominations - she was on #BTMTL last year btmontreal.ca/videos/4840831… https://t.co/FP4HVVKD17
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Shea Weber still doesn't have green light to play

  28-11-2017 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Defenceman Shea Weber, who has missed the last four games with a lower-body injury, didn’t take part in the Canadiens’ practice Tuesday morning in Brossard following Monday night’s 3-1 win over the Columbus Blue Jackets at the Bell Centre.
  After practice, head coach Claude Julien said Weber’s recovery from the injury was going well but that he still hadn’t received the green light from the team’s training staff for the defenceman to return to the lineup. Weber
  
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• Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: FItness expert @I_AmBishop will reveal what you need to know about working out during cold… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-11-2017 20:01
  Tomorrow on @BTMontreal: FItness expert @I_AmBishop will reveal what you need to know about working out during cold… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Hymie Sckolnick, founder of Beauty’s, dies

  28-11-2017 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Nov 28: Hymie Sckolnick, founder of Beauty’s, one of Montreal’s household dining establishments, has died. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Hymie Sckolnick, founder of iconic Montreal eatery ‘Beauty’s,’ dies at 96

  28-11-2017 19:28 via globalnews.ca
  The founder of Beauty's diner has died at the age of 96. The Plateau institution rivals such iconic restaurants as Schwartz's in the area.
  
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• Molson Coors building new brewery in Longueuil

  28-11-2017 19:05 via globalnews.ca
  Molson has about 1,000 employees at the brewery and at a distribution centre.
  
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• Molson leaves Montreal for Longueuil as Plante expresses 'regret'

  28-11-2017 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  After more than 200 years on Notre-Dame St. E, Molson Coors is planning to move its brewery to Longueuil, but the company said it’s not abandoning the city. 
  “We’re not leaving Montreal,” said François Lefebvre, the director of corporate affairs at Molson Coors Canada. “We will redevelop the sector of Montreal where we are on Notre-Dame.”
  On Tuesday, the brewer said it has made an offer for a plot of land in the Longueuil borough of St-Hubert
  
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• Seniors, student athletes benefit from $1.5M gift to Concordia

  28-11-2017 18:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Concordia University says seniors and young student athletes will benefit from a $1.5 million gift it received Tuesday from the R. Howard Webster Foundation.
  “This important gift enables Concordia to experiment boldly with state-of-the-art programs, which ensure a higher quality of life for Canadians … and help recruit top athletes to our Stingers teams,” said Concordia president Alan Shepard.
  The money will be used on a variety of initiatives.
  Some of it will suppor
  
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• Quebec gun lobby group facing criticism for rally at Polytechnique memorial

  28-11-2017 18:17 via globalnews.ca
  Place du 6 décembre is named after the date in 1989 when a gunman murdered the 14 women because of their gender.
  
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• Campaign seeks to prevent radicalization in schools https://t.co/msvxg3NPjM

  28-11-2017 18:09
  
  Campaign seeks to prevent radicalization in schools https://t.co/msvxg3NPjM
  
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• Plante 'open' to Villanueva mural in Montreal North

  28-11-2017 18:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said she is “open to the idea” of a mural commemorating Fredy Villanueva in Montreal North.
  Villanueva, 18, was shot to death by Montreal police in the borough in 2008 during a police intervention that also injured two other men. The incident led to violent protests.
  At Monday’s city council meeting, a citizen asked Plante her opinion about erecting a mural or memorial to commemorate Villanueva as the 10-year anniversary of his death ap
  
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• Hate crimes against Muslims are down as overall number of hate crimes increases

  28-11-2017 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  The number of police-reported hate crimes specifically targeting Muslims went down last year after spiking by over 250 per cent in the four years prior.
  
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• Educational toys for all ages at @evolvetoys https://t.co/Ja8JzyicoY

  28-11-2017 18:03
  
  Educational toys for all ages at @evolvetoys https://t.co/Ja8JzyicoY
  
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• Couillard presses Ottawa for shipbuilding contracts

  28-11-2017 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec premier Philippe Couillard is pressuring the federal government to correct “in a decisive manner” the “injustice” being done to the employees of the Davie shipyard in Lévis.
  There are three — not two — naval shipyards in Canada, Couillard reminded Ottawa in an interview Tuesday with Presse Canadienne. He said Davie is one of them and must remain active.
  The Davie yard, which recently completed the supply ship Astérix on time
  
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• Father finds a knife in elementary school bully’s locker - @ImCoraMacDonald reports. https://t.co/GNOGHxTvRw

  28-11-2017 17:57
  
  Father finds a knife in elementary school bully’s locker - @ImCoraMacDonald reports. https://t.co/GNOGHxTvRw
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Maple Duck Breast

  28-11-2017 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A new indigenous cookbook combines classic chef’s traditions with a rich heritage of First Nations’ culinary practices.
  David Wolfman, who grew up in Toronto as the son of a talented cook from the Xaxli’p reserve in British Columbia, has the ideal combination of skills to introduce us to the pleasures of what he calls indigenous fusion cuisine. A culinary teacher at Toronto’s George Brown College and an experienced TV chef, Wolfman has written both a storybook and a cookb
  
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• Cote St Luc teens wows the judges on La Voix Junior

  28-11-2017 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  12 year-old Chelsea Goldwater joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about her experience on La Voix Junior and to sing a song from the competition.
  
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• Beauty gifts for any budget

  28-11-2017 17:18 via globalnews.ca
  Style expert Liv Judd Soye joins Global’s Laura Casella to look at potential beauty gifts to match any budget.
  
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• The dead hang workout

  28-11-2017 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  Fitness expert Jennifer Rochon joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the advantages of the dead hang workout.
  
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• Montreal cops nab man suspected of 21 armed robberies

  28-11-2017 17:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are turning to the public for help in determining just how long a trail of armed robberies may have been blazed by Jeffrey Marshall Ménard.
  Ménard, 36, is suspected of having robbed a string of banks and stores encompassing Montreal, Laval, the South Shore and Trois-Rivières over a period of 10 weeks.
  A joint operation by Montreal and Laval investigators led to Ménard’s arrest on Nov. 23. The suspect was picked up as he was leaving his car, alleg
  
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• 60 years after Innu trapper's disappearance, family members seek closure

  28-11-2017 17:04 via cbc.ca
  Two sisters stood before a packed room in the Innu community of Mani-Utenam, Que., on the second day of the hearings into missing and murdered Indigenous women to share the story of their mother, Anne-Marie Jourdain, who went missing in 1957.
  
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• 2nd day of MMIWG hearings in Quebec hear of woman missing since 1957

  28-11-2017 17:04 via cbc.ca
  The second day of MMIWG hearings in Quebec are underway in the Innu community of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam.
  
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• ‘Missing’ Montreal doctor Trevor Wesson tells Global News he fears for his life

  28-11-2017 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  Trevor Wesson allegedly disappeared, abandoning 1,500 patients and his practice as of Oct. 6.
  
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• Gun advocates to rally at Polytechnique massacre memorial

  28-11-2017 16:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Just days before the 28th anniversary of the École Polytechnique massacre, a group of so-called “gunnies” is planning a protest of gun laws at the memorial for 14 slain women. 
  The group’s Facebook page says it is planning “a peaceful, nationwide meeting against excessive firearm control” on Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Parc Place du 6 décembre 1989, on Queen Mary Rd. at Decelles Ave.
  The park features 14 granite installations dedi
  
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• Pro-gun rally at Polytechnique memorial shows 'profound lack of respect,' shooting victim says

  28-11-2017 16:43 via cbc.ca
  A pro-gun lobby group is facing widespread condemnation for its decision to hold a rally at the park commemorating the Polytechnique Montréal massacre, Canada's worst mass shooting.
  
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• Pro-gun group backs off plans to rally at Polytechnique memorial

  28-11-2017 16:43 via cbc.ca
  A pro-gun lobby group in Quebec says it is looking for another spot to protest after being roundly condemned for planning a rally at the park commemorating the 14 women killed at Montreal's École Polytechnique in 1989.
  
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• Video: @Chatelaine_Qc's Top Holiday Picks https://t.co/ia65S4Js9v

  28-11-2017 16:20
  
  Video: @Chatelaine_Qc's Top Holiday Picks https://t.co/ia65S4Js9v
  
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• Laval pastry shop reopens after major fire BT’s Domenic Fazioli reports. https://t.co/19LuRO7Lfd

  28-11-2017 16:20
  
  Laval pastry shop reopens after major fire BT’s Domenic Fazioli reports. https://t.co/19LuRO7Lfd
  
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• Quebec creates committee to examine domestic-violence deaths

  28-11-2017 15:46 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government announced on Tuesday it has assigned the province’s chief coroner to head a committee to examine the causes and circumstances of deaths linked to conjugal violence.
  Catherine Ruel-Tessier will oversee a committee representing Quebec’s network of women’s shelters, the Sûreté du Québec and other provincial bodies: the office of criminal prosecutions, the public health institute and the departments of public security and status of women.
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• Feuding Star Trek Captains? Shatner blocks Issacs https://t.co/jGylDIgRT6

  28-11-2017 15:32
  
  Feuding Star Trek Captains? Shatner blocks Issacs https://t.co/jGylDIgRT6
  
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• A new chair for the Lester B Pearson School Board

  28-11-2017 15:30 via globalnews.ca
  Lester B Pearson School Board chair Noel Burke joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his goals for the new school year since becoming chair of the school board.
  
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• Leonard Cohen, Arcade Fire nominated for Grammys

  28-11-2017 15:25 via cbc.ca
  Justin Bieber, Alessia Cara, Leonard Cohen, Michael Bublé and Sarah McLachlan are among the Canadian nominees for this year's Grammy Awards.
  
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• Community Events: Ballet Ouest Nutcracker

  28-11-2017 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s community events for Tuesday, November 28.
  
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• Beauty's founder Hymie Sckolnick dies at 96

  28-11-2017 15:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Hymie Sckolnick, founder of the iconic Montreal eatery Beauty’s, has died at the age of 96.
  The son of Jewish Russian immigrants, Sckolnick bought the Bancroft Snack Bar for $500 in 1942. He rechristened the restaurant as a nod to his bowling nickname: Beauty.
  Beauty’s quickly earned a reputation as one of the city’s finest greasy spoons — a place specializing in bagels, roast beef sandwiches and other Eastern European comfort food. It served what many food critics consid
  
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• Taxing Netflix part of larger cultural issue in Quebec https://t.co/ugyU7AwuBE

  28-11-2017 15:07
  
  Taxing Netflix part of larger cultural issue in Quebec https://t.co/ugyU7AwuBE
  
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• Remembering the founder of Beauty’s

  28-11-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  The man behind a Montreal brunch institution has died. Hymie Sckolnick has been running Beauty’s Luncheonette on the corner of St-Urbain and Mont Royal streets for decades. Sckolnick was 96 when he died. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Faces of the Open Door: A body under the highway

  28-11-2017 14:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Part Four in a series of profiles about Westmount day centre the Open Door.
  They found him lying under the highway.
  His body was swaddled in blankets, tucked between the hard grey soil and a concrete pillar. By the time paramedics got to the scene, Marc Crainchuk’s skin was frigid.
  He’d been dead for at least an hour.
  Corey Jackson says he went looking for Crainchuk in his usual spot on the evening of Nov. 18. Both men slept in a makeshift camp beneath the Ville-Marie Expressway but
  
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