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• Luxury vehicles in Winnipeg stolen by thieves using forged documents

  07-12-2017 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Winnipeg isn't the only city experiencing it, but there's been a increase in thefts of luxury vehicles being sent overseas for profit.
  
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• Liveblog: Calgary at Canadiens

  07-12-2017 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens should be the fresher team when Calgary visits the Bell Centre Thursday night.
  The Flames played in Toronto Wednesday night, and the game went to a Shootout before the Leafs eked out a 2-1 win.
  Through 65 minutes, Calgary had 48 shots on Frederik Andersen. Maybe their arms will be too tired to unduly trouble Carey Price.
  In a close race for Wild Card spots in the Western Conference, Calgary is tied with Anaheim and San Jose at 30 points. Minnesota and Chicago have 29.
  The Canadiens
  
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• Good news for P.K. Subban: Mile End Deli opening in Nashville

  07-12-2017 23:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Mile End Deli, Montrealer Noah Bernamoff’s New York City tribute to his hometown, is coming to Nashville.
  Eater Nashville reports that the restaurant is set to open in downtown Nashville early next year, bringing smoked meat and maybe even Montreal-style bagels to the city. 
  Following the trades of P.K. Subban and Alexei Emelin to Nashville, the latter by way of Las Vegas, this latest culinary move may be the tipping point to considering Nashville the Montreal of the south.
  At least M
  
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• Theatre hit with $682 ticket after actor smokes a cigarette onstage

  07-12-2017 23:06 via montrealgazette.com
  The Théâtre du Trident in Quebec City learned the hard way the province’s health department won’t suspend its disbelief when it comes to smoking.
  Le Devoir reported Thursday that the theatre was slapped with a $682 ticket after one of its actors smoked a cigarette onstage as part of a performance of the play Le Cas Joé Ferguson.
  The cigarette was written into the script by playwright Isabelle Hubert to illustrate the anxiety felt by one of the characters.
  But the
  
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• Quebec artist who tried to sell his own painting as a Riopelle is acquitted

  07-12-2017 22:51 via montrealgazette.com
  An accomplished Montreal artist who was charged with forging the name of one of Quebec’s best known painters onto one of his own paintings was acquitted Thursday after the Crown conceded it was not in the public’s interest to pursue the case. 
  While sporting a pair of black shoes with long metal tips on them, the artist, Michel Vermeulen, 56, pumped both his fists outward as prosecutor Céline Bilodeau informed Superior Court Justice Johanne St-Gelais of the Crown’s
  
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• 'I killed her one time, but I kill myself every day,' man tells judge

  07-12-2017 22:45 via montrealgazette.com
  One word can mean so much, especially if it is used in the wrong way while a convicted killer is asking a judge for leniency.
  Defence lawyer Clemente Monterosso asked Superior Court Justice Pierre Labrie to consider this while arguing his client, Harinder Singh Cheema, chose the wrong word while he asked the court to set his parole eligibility at 10 years, the minimum required for a person convicted of second-degree murder in Canada. 
  On Nov. 21, a jury at the Montreal courthouse found Chee
  
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• Former Canada Revenue Agency auditor to be sentenced for accepting bribe

  07-12-2017 22:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A former Canada Revenue Agency auditor is expected to learn on Friday whether he will have to serve time in jail for being part of a conspiracy to extort a bribe from the manager and owners of a popular Plateau restaurant. 
  In June, Elias Kawkab, a 55-year-old resident of the St-Laurent borough, pleaded guilty to committing a fraud on the government and breach of trust. He admitted to being part of what appeared to be a carefully planned plot to extort $100,000 from Kosta Stathopoulos, the
  
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• Gatineau minor hockey coach facing sex charges

  07-12-2017 22:11 via cbc.ca
  A Gatineau hockey coach is facing numerous charges following a police investigation into allegations of sex crimes involving minors.
  
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• Restaurant review: Try Tavern on the Square, and it will be your go-to place

  07-12-2017 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Tavern on the Square
  ★★★
  $$$-$$$$
  1 Westmount Square
  Phone: 514-989-9779
  Website: tavernonthesquare.ca
  Open: Weekdays 11:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. and 6 p.m. to 11 p.m.; Saturday 5:30 p.m. to 11 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: Yes
  Reservations: Essential
  Parking: Three-hour indoor parking ($20 minimum purchase)
  Licensed: Yes
  Cards: Major cards
  Vegetarian friendly: Yes
  Price range: Starters $14-$22; pastas $26-$28; main courses $28-$38; desserts $5-$10.
  I recently met up with a friend for
  
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• Opinion: Before Facebook, Christmas cards kept us connected

  07-12-2017 21:56 via montrealgazette.com
  December used to feel a bit like that scene in the first Harry Potter film. Not so many years ago, pretty white envelopes would flutter through my mail slot every day, increasing in volume as the 25th drew near. I’d line up all the shiny Christmas cards I received on a table in my living room. They made my house feel full of friends.
  If I had a mantel, that’s where the Christmas cards would have been displayed. That’s where they were placed in my parents’ house when I was
  
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• Quebec introduces bill aimed at harmonizing school taxes

  07-12-2017 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  The purpose of Bill 166 is to make school taxes uniform in the different administrative regions of the province and to introduce a regional school taxation system.
  
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• 'I set the oldest trap in the book,' Lisée says of bonjour/hi controversy

  07-12-2017 21:06 via cbc.ca
  Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée admitted today that his proposal to ban the customary bilingual greeting "bonjour/hi" in stores and businesses was part of a plan to test Premier Philippe Couillard on languages issues.
  
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• Quebec family of Saudi blogger jailed for 15 years hopes for royal pardon

  07-12-2017 21:03 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec family of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi is hopeful he could soon receive a royal pardon. He has been in prison since 2012.
  
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• Opinion: Airline security, the kirpan and the CAQ

  07-12-2017 20:49 via montrealgazette.com
  It was an odd spectacle: A few weeks ago, Quebec politicians urgently passed a motion calling on the federal government to review Transport Canada’s decision to allow blades measuring six centimetres or less onto domestic and international flights except those to the United States.
  While the Coalition Avenir Québec, which introduced the motion, claimed it was concerned about airline security, in reality it seemed like yet another case of Quebec politicians playing divisive identity
  
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• Bonjour-Hi: Anglophones decry Minister Weil's 'condescending' comments

  07-12-2017 20:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Some English speakers were reacting with anger Thursday after the minister who represents them in government said they “have trouble following” the Bonjour-Hi debate.
  Minister Kathleen Weil, who also represents the Notre–Dame–de–Grâce riding where many English-speakers live, said on Wednesday that voters who complained to her office since last week’s vote didn’t quite understand the motion.
  “We understand,” Weil said. “They h
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens cancel morning skate again before facing Flames

  07-12-2017 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Morning skates on game days look like they are becoming a thing of the past for the Canadiens.
  Coach Claude Julien cancelled Thursday’s scheduled morning skate in Brossard before a game against the Calgary Flames Thursday night at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690). The Canadiens haven’t had a morning skate before four of their last five games and captain Max Pacioretty is happy about that.
  “I’m heavily in favour,” Pacioretty said after practice W
  
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• Update: Montrealers are in shock over top cop shakeup, Lionel Perez says

  07-12-2017 20:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers are “in shock” over the crisis at the top of the city’s police force and they need to be reassured at Monday’s city council meeting by the interim police chief that the department is not under disguised trusteeship, official opposition leader Lionel Perez said Thursday.
  Perez said he is surprised that Mayor Valérie Plante went to Paris Wednesday, on city business, without first demanding that Martin Prud’homme present his vision and orientation to
  
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• Movie review: Denis Côté an artful observer in bodybuilding doc Ta peau si lisse

  07-12-2017 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Ta peau si lisse
  ✮✮✮1/2DocumentaryDirected by: Denis Côté
  Duration: 93 minutes
  Denis Côté is a strange beast. The acclaimed Quebec director flips from offbeat fiction to wryly observational documentaries, including the fittingly titled safari-park survey Bestiaire (2012), which premièred at the Sundance Film Festival.
  His last two fiction features (Vic et Flo ont vu un ours and Boris sans Béatrice) premièred in competition at th
  
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• Gymnastics Canada suspends former Quebec coach in wake of sex-abuse allegations

  07-12-2017 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Gymnastics Canada has suspended Edmonton-based coach Michel Arsenault amid allegations he sexually abused some of his former students in Quebec in the 1980s and '90s.
  
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• 'I killed her one time but I kill myself every day,' murderer tells judge

  07-12-2017 20:02 via montrealgazette.com
  One word can mean so much, especially if it is used in the wrong way while a convicted killer is asking a judge for leniency.
  Defence lawyer Clemente Monterosso asked Superior Court Justice Pierre Labrie to consider this while arguing his client, Harinder Singh Cheema, chose the wrong word while he asked the court to set his parole eligibility at 10 years, the minimum required for a person convicted of second-degree murder in Canada. 
  On Nov. 21, a jury at the Montreal courthouse found Chee
  
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• Fun stuff to do over the holidays, with kids or not

  07-12-2017 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s the eternal holiday parenting quandary: What level of exhaustion will you attain to keep your children from boredom? Fret not: there are hundreds of things to do during the Christmas break. Pick five or six, and school will be back in session before you know it.
  And who knows? You might have a good time despite yourself.
  PLAY
  This is your last chance to use your free Parks Canada pass. (Don’t worry if you forgot to get a physical pass; you’ll be allowed into the park for f
  
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• Hottest gifts for 2017? @Janette_Ewen's got them! btmontreal.ca/videos/hottest…

  07-12-2017 18:48
  Hottest gifts for 2017? @Janette_Ewen's got them! btmontreal.ca/videos/hottest…
  
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• Updated: 11 km traffic jam cleared after 5-car pileup on Highway 40 W

  07-12-2017 18:35 via montrealgazette.com
  A traffic jam that stretched 11 kilometres from the Charles de Gaulle Bridge past  Industriel Blvd. in Repentigny and turned the westbound lanes of Highway 40 into a study in gridlock had finally cleared by the end of Thursday morning’s rush hour.
  The congestion was caused by five-car crash early Thursday.
  The accident, which left two persons slightly injured, occurred in left-hand lanes of the highway at the Henri-Bourassa/Sherbrooke exit at 5:20 a.m.
  The situation has been worsened
  
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• Surge of condo sales propels Montreal-area real estate to best November in years

  07-12-2017 18:32 via cbc.ca
  The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says the region set a November record for condominium sales.
  
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• Couple wanted in connection with string of thefts, break-ins around ... - CBC.ca

  07-12-2017 18:12
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  Couple wanted in connection with string of thefts, break-ins around ...
  CBC.ca
  Montreal police have issued an arrest warrant and are asking for the public's help locating two people they believe were involved in a series of crimes in Montreal, including breaking and entering, shoplifting and fraud.
  Police searching for suspected thieves | CTV Montreal NewsCTV Newsall 4 news articles »
  
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• Condo sales surge pushes Montreal area real estate to best November in eight years

  07-12-2017 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says the region set a November record for condominium sales, which helped fueled a 12 per cent increase in overall residential transactions compared with the same month last year.
  
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• Couple wanted in connection with string of thefts, break-ins around Montreal

  07-12-2017 18:08 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police have issued an arrest warrant and are asking for the public's help locating two people they believe were involved in a series of crimes in Montreal, including breaking and entering, shoplifting and fraud.
  
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• What is @neondreams most excited about? Catering! Full interview at btmontreal.ca https://t.co/BFfN8yNXhs

  07-12-2017 18:05
  
  What is @neondreams most excited about? Catering! Full interview at btmontreal.ca https://t.co/BFfN8yNXhs
  
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• Quebecer who fights for Indigenous people awarded prestigious justice prize

  07-12-2017 18:04 via cbc.ca
  Cloutier is the 25th person to receive the Prix de la Justice since it was created in 1991 to recognize Quebecers who have promoted justice in the province.
  
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• First Nations advocate in Quebec awarded prestigious justice prize

  07-12-2017 18:04 via cbc.ca
  Cloutier is the 25th person to receive the Prix de la Justice since it was created in 1991 to recognize Quebecers who have promoted justice in the province.
  
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• Gymnastics Canada suspends Alberta coach amid sexual-abuse allegations

  07-12-2017 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  An Edmonton gym has banned one of its co-founders — gymnastics coach Michel Arsenault — and Gymnastics Canada has suspended him amid allegations he sexually abused some of his former students.
  
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• What to do in Montreal over the holidays — with or without the kids - Montreal Gazette

  07-12-2017 17:46
  Montreal Gazette
  What to do in Montreal over the holidays — with or without the kids
  Montreal Gazette
  There are hundreds of things to do during the Christmas break. Pick five or six, and school will be back in session before you know it. Hayley Juhl, Montreal Gazette More from Hayley Juhl, Montreal Gazette. Published on: December 7, 2017 | Last Updated ...
  
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• Bonjour-Hi: English is not a foreign language in Quebec, Couillard says

  07-12-2017 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Premier Philippe Couillard has admitted his government underestimated the negative impact the Bonjour-Hi debate would have on the English-speaking community.
  And switching to English in a debate in the legislature, Couillard tried to patch things up by saying, in public, that English is not a foreign language in Quebec and should not be treated that way.
  Answering a question from Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée, who wanted to know how the gov
  
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• What to do in Montreal over the holidays — with or without the kids

  07-12-2017 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s the eternal holiday parenting quandary: What level of exhaustion will you attain to keep your children from boredom? Fret not: there are hundreds of things to do during the Christmas break. Pick five or six, and school will be back in session before you know it.
  And who knows? You might have a good time despite yourself.
  PLAY
  This is your last chance to use your free Parks Canada pass. (Don’t worry if you forgot to get a physical pass; you’ll be allowed into the park for f
  
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• Here are the provinces with the highest and lowest family net worth

  07-12-2017 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  The share of seniors with a mortgage, meanwhile, has nearly doubled since 1999.
  
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• Couple sought in the wake of crime spree in Montreal, Mirabel, Longueuil - Montreal Gazette

  07-12-2017 17:22
  Montreal Gazette
  Couple sought in the wake of crime spree in Montreal, Mirabel, Longueuil
  Montreal Gazette
  27. A vehicle believed used by the couple was seized Sept. 27 in Saint-Sauveur and police suspect the pair could be in Quebec or Ontario. Tardif Loiselle is 41 years old, stands five-feet-seven-inches tall and weighs 119 pounds. She has black hair and ...
  Police searching for suspected thievesCTV News
  Couple wanted in connection with string of thefts, break-ins around MontrealCBC.caall 3 n
  
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• Look out for the City Montreal team on McGill College today! We're collecting for @GuignoleeMedias #ggm2017 https://t.co/eM4Tfb9rBz

  07-12-2017 17:20
  
  Look out for the City Montreal team on McGill College today! We're collecting for @GuignoleeMedias #ggm2017 https://t.co/eM4Tfb9rBz
  
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• Comedians in TV studios screwing up teases - @morganstandup & @faisalbutt are in town this weekend! Full Interview… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-12-2017 16:52
  Comedians in TV studios screwing up teases - @morganstandup & @faisalbutt are in town this weekend! Full Interview… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Pedestrian dies after being struck by car in Laval

  07-12-2017 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  A 90-year-old man has died after he was struck by a car at the intersection of des Laurentides Boulevard and Meunier Street Thursday morning in Laval.
  
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• Montreal police union welcomes shakeup, says new chief faces 'colossal' task - Montreal Gazette

  07-12-2017 16:40
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  Montreal police union welcomes shakeup, says new chief faces 'colossal' task
  Montreal Gazette
  “Police officers have paid dearly for the incompetence and irregularities of management and have been bullied by unjustified procedures,” said Yves Francoeur, head of the Fraternité des policiers et policières de Montréal, adding the union was ready to ...
  Can the head of the SQ help reform Montreal's beleaguered police service?CBC.caall 2 news articles
  
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• Montreal police union welcomes shakeup, says new chief faces 'colossal' task

  07-12-2017 16:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Saying it’s high time the Montreal police department “engaged in a process to regain the confidence of the public and of police officers,” the union representing the 4,000-member force’s and file is offering its “full co-operation” in getting the beleaguered organization back on its feet in the wake of a devastating government report on its management.
  “Police officers have paid dearly for the incompetence and irregularities of management and have been b
  
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• Montreal area real estate sets November record for condo sales - The Globe and Mail

  07-12-2017 16:34
  The Globe and Mail
  Montreal area real estate sets November record for condo sales
  The Globe and Mail
  The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says the region set a November record for condominium sales, which helped fuelled a 12 per cent increase in overall residential transactions compared with the same month last year. The number of condo sales across ...and more »
  
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• It’s the season of giving in Montreal

  07-12-2017 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  If you’re making your way around the city on Thursday, you might see people collecting donations and non-perishable food items at various street corners. As Global’s Matt Grillo reports, it’s all part of La grande guignolée des medias, a Montreal holiday tradition now in its 17th year.
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Dec. 8-10

  07-12-2017 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
  December is in full swing. There’s no shortage of fun things to do in Montreal these days, but which ones to choose? 
  To help you answer that question, here are five ways to make the most of your weekend: 
  Go skating
  The skating rink in Montreal’s Old Port opens at 10 a.m. on Saturday. If you enjoy a great view of the city with your morning skate, this is the perfect time to go. It’s also a good time to go if you’re wondering how a rink can operate in this weath
  
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• 5-vehicle pileup on Hwy. 40 leads to 11-km traffic jam

  07-12-2017 15:59 via globalnews.ca
  It was a rough commute on Highway 40 in Repentigny Thursday morning.
  
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