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• Quebec flood victims still waiting on government help

  19-12-2017 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Many home owners still waiting on financial help from the government to rebuild homes following last spring's devastating floods.
  
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• Rough day? At least you're not driving a truck up this slushy street

  19-12-2017 23:43 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s a struggle out there.
  We’re all trudging toward the end of 2017, but perhaps none of us more so than the driver of a semi-trailer truck who found him or herself marooned on steep, snowy stretch of Jeanne-Mance St. just south of its intersection with Sherbrooke St. on Tuesday. 
  The driver’s travails appear to have been filmed from a nearby balcony before being sped up and posted on YouTube by an individual who says the whole episode actually lasted 10 minutes.
  The vide
  
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• Brownstein: Canadians are No. 1 in Netflix binge racing this year

  19-12-2017 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s almost enough to make the most jaded of Royal Family skeptics monarchists.
  No, not just the coming nuptials of Prince H and Meghan Markle. No, silly sausages, The Crown.
  Season 2 recently started streaming on Netflix, and it is virtually impossible to watch just one episode at a time. It’s as addictive as a heavily laced gin and tonic to lovers of all libations British.
  One can’t help but be struck by the work of the remarkable Claire Foy as the young Queen Elizabeth II, f
  
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• Quebec to improve flood response system

  19-12-2017 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Dec 19: The Quebec government is admitting its response system during the spring floods was not perfect, and it promises to do better in the future. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Montreal gets new garbage cans

  19-12-2017 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Dec 19: A new green garbage can initiative is gaining popularity in downtown Montreal. Global’s Brayden Haines explains.
  
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• Cartier Avenue in Pointe-Claire finally reopens after months of repairs

  19-12-2017 23:25 via cbc.ca
  There’s finally some relief for merchants along the commercial strip of Cartier Avenue in Pointe-Claire.
  
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• Special delivery: Dorval hotels supply food for Meals on Wheels

  19-12-2017 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  Two Dorval hotels donated food to Meals on Wheels West Island.
  
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• Highway 40 eastbound near Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge reopens, several hours after collision

  19-12-2017 22:59 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's Transport Ministry shut down Highway 40 eastbound near the entrance of the Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge at the western tip of Montreal for several hours Tuesday, turning the commute in the area into a nightmare.
  
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• Crash involving rigs, tanker truck closes eastbound Transcanada Highway near Vaudreuil

  19-12-2017 22:59 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's Transport Ministry is urging all commuters to stay away from Highway 40 eastbound near the entrance of the Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge at the western tip of Montreal.
  
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• Meals on Wheels feeds thousands for Christmas

  19-12-2017 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Dec 19: Two hotels in Dorval have provide 450 meals for volunteers to distribute through the West Island’s Meals on Wheels program over the holidays. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Canadian synagogues receive anti-Semitic hate mail

  19-12-2017 22:53 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Dec 19: Montreal’s Jewish community is in shock after two synagogues received anti-Semitic hate mail. Global’s Matt Grillo reports.
  
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• Highway 40 East closes in Vaudreuil after truck spills fuel

  19-12-2017 22:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Transport Quebec closed a stretch of Highway 40 East on the approach to the Île-aux-Tourtes bridge in Vaudreuil Tuesday afternoon after a long-haul truck jackknifed, provincial police said.
  The accident resulted in the spill of diesel fuel on the highway. The incident occurred at 12:40 p.m.
  “The driver suffered no injuries, but Highway 40 East was closed because the diesel fuel was on the road,” said Sgt. Audrey-Anne Bilodeau of the Sûreté du Qu&eacu
  
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• Slight increase of 0.9 for residential property tax

  19-12-2017 22:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The City of Vaudreuil-Dorion tabled a municipal budget of $75.3 million for 2018.
  The budget also included an increase in the general residential property tax of 0.9 per cent.
  The residential property mill rate will now go from $0.6131 to $ 0.6186 per $100 of valuation.
  The water tax remains unchanged at $275.
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• No evidence of allegations levelled by police union boss against Liberal MNAs, SQ finds

  19-12-2017 21:56 via cbc.ca
  There's no evidence of the allegations levelled by Yves Francoeur, head of the Montreal police brotherhood, against two senior members of the Quebec Liberal Party, an SQ investigation has found.
  
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• This Montreal restaurant's offering free meals to the homeless

  19-12-2017 21:36 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal restaurant is stepping up to help the city’s homeless population during this vulnerable time of year.
  Responding to a tweet from Valérie Plante, Restaurant Amir Place Versailles owner Raji Abi Rached said he’d be offering free meals to homeless Montrealers through Christmas.
  He encouraged Plante to direct any homeless men or women she encountered to his restaurant, where he said they would be welcomed. 
  In a follow-up tweet, Abi Rached said: &ldq
  
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• Gord Downie, Valérie Plante deemed 'Newsmakers of the Year' in media poll

  19-12-2017 21:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, who died in October of brain cancer, has for a second consecutive year been deemed “Newsmaker of the Year” in a survey of newsrooms across the country by The Canadian Press.
  Meanwhile, French-language newsrooms that responded to The Canadian Press poll chose newly elected Montreal mayor Valérie Plante for the distinction. Plante, virtually unknown before the Nov. 5 municipal election, was the choice of 62.5 per cent of those respondents aft
  
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• Latest stats show illegal border crossings continued to decline in November

  19-12-2017 21:34 via cbc.ca
  A decision by the Trump administration to yank protected status for thousands of Haitians doesn't appear to have prompted a new surge of asylum seekers at the Canada-U.S. border.
  
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• Update: Two Montreal synagogues among 8 in Canada to get hate mail

  19-12-2017 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  B’nai Brith Canada now says that at least eight synagogues across Canada have been hit with anti-Semitic hate mail, including the two in Montreal. 
  Montreal police announced earlier Tuesday that they had opened an investigation into “Jewry must perish” messages  received this week by the Beth Ora and Shaare Zedek synagogues. The messages, sent during the celebration of Hannukah, depict a bleeding Star of David covered by a swastika.
  At a press conference Tuesday,
  
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• Unfounded allegations against Liberal MNAs by Montreal Police Brotherhood president: SQ

  19-12-2017 21:23 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec provincial police say allegations made against Liberal MNAs by the head of the police union are unfounded.
  
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• Alouettes expected to name new head coach Wednesday morning

  19-12-2017 21:13 via montrealgazette.com
   The Montreal Alouettes have scheduled a news conference for Wednesday at 11 a.m. at the Marriott-Château-Champlain Hotel, where it is expected general manager Kavis Reed will name a new head coach.
  Head coach Jacques Chapdelaine and defensive coordinator Noel Thorpe were fired in September with the team at 3-8. Reed took over as head coach and Montreal lost its final seven games, missing the playoffs a third straight season. Thorpe was hired by the Ottawa Redblacks as their defensive
  
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• 401 Derby: Montreal Impact to host Toronto FC in 2018 home opener

  19-12-2017 20:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Impact fans will get their first taste of Major League Soccer’s 401 Derby early in the upcoming season.
  The team will host reigning MLS Cup champions Toronto FC in its March 17, 2018, home opener at the Olympic Stadium.
  Montreal won one of the five meetings between the two teams during the 2017 season. The match will also be the first time newly acquired Impact wingback Raheem Edwards, who played for Toronto FC until last week, faces off against his former team.
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• Dan Delmar: Quebec is well placed to become a leader in AI ethics

  19-12-2017 20:19 via montrealgazette.com
  After a month of chatter on quotidian language etiquette, it’s uplifting to see Montreal’s avant-garde technologists boosting Quebec’s international credibility by tackling more serious matters, like the future of labour as we know it.
  Montreal is among a select group of cities leading in the development of artificial intelligence, and industry actors locally are among a smaller set attempting to develop an ethical framework for the technology.
  “In the past two months, we
  
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• Anglophones volunteer more than francophones: Quebec study

  19-12-2017 19:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Any volunteers?
  Anglophones do more volunteer work than their francophone neighbours, a new Quebec study suggests.
  The analysis of 2012 data from Statistics Canada indicates that 47 per cent of Quebecers who speak English at home had done volunteer work in the previous 12 months, while only 36 per cent of those who speak French at home had done so.
  “As a linguistic minority, anglophones may be more motivated to engage in activities aimed at the development and vitality of th
  
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• Update: Montreal police probe hate messages to two local synagogues

  19-12-2017 19:44 via montrealgazette.com
  B’nai Brith Canada now says that at least five synagogues across Canada have been hit with anti-Semitic hate mail, including the two in Montreal. 
  Montreal police announced earlier Tuesday that they had opened an investigation into “Jewry must perish” messages  received this week by the Beth Ora and Shaare Zedek synagogues. The messages, sent during the celebration of Hannukah, depict a bleeding Star of David covered by a swastika.
  A Toronto synagogue —&nbs
  
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• Terror trial update: Djermane not guilty, Jamali convicted on explosives charge

  19-12-2017 19:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The jury in the trial of Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali has found one of the accused not guilty on all four charges and another guilty of only one charge.
  Djermane was found not guilty of the four counts she faced, including the charge alleging she wanted to leave Canada to join ISIL.
  Jamali was found guilty of a reduced charge that the presiding judge in the trial, Justice Marc David, added as an option while he was instructing the jury. 
  The 20-year-old was convicted of being in pos
  
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• A great wine at the grocery store? Yes, it's possible! https://t.co/HeGharcyYa

  19-12-2017 19:26
  
  A great wine at the grocery store? Yes, it's possible! https://t.co/HeGharcyYa
  
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• Holiday desserts from Montreal's oldest French patisserie btmontreal.ca/videos/holiday…

  19-12-2017 19:15
  Holiday desserts from Montreal's oldest French patisserie btmontreal.ca/videos/holiday…
  
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• Montreal synagogue members on edge following discovery of hateful letter

  19-12-2017 19:12 via cbc.ca
  The rabbi at a Notre-Dame-de-Grâce synagogue says his members are upset and nervous following the discovery of a threatening letter in the middle of the holiday season.
  
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• 'No evidence' to back up allegations by Montreal police union chief: SQ

  19-12-2017 18:57 via montrealgazette.com
  There is no evidence to back up a bombshell allegation by the head of Montreal’s police union that a corruption investigation was dropped because the suspects were Liberal MNAs, the Sûreté du Québec announced on Tuesday.
  In May, the provincial force was assigned by the province’s public security ministry to investigate comments made last April by Yves Francoeur, a serving Montreal police officer and head of the force’s labour union, alleging a fraud and infl
  
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• City hall meets Elf: Benoit Dorais to wear 'Christmas Party Suit'

  19-12-2017 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  They say you should dress for the job you want, which raises the interesting question of why the head of Montreal’s executive committee plans on dressing like an extra from the movie Elf.
  Spoiler alert: It’s for charity.
  Benoit Dorais announced on Tuesday that he’ll dress up in a garish Christmas-themed suit for the last executive committee meeting of the year to raise funds for the Mission Bon Acceuil. 
  Manufacturer OppoSuits calls the garment in question a “Christm
  
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• Dorval Interchange still not open to traffic following official inauguration

  19-12-2017 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  Motorists hoping to use the newly inaugurated Dorval overpass on their Tuesday morning commute were in for a nasty surprise. 
  
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• CBC extends Hockey Night in Canada partnership with Rogers until 2026

  19-12-2017 18:30 via cbc.ca
  CBC has extended its partnership with Rogers Media to keep broadcasting Hockey Night in Canada and the Stanley Cup playoffs until 2026 as part of a new sub-licensing agreement. The new English-language broadcast deal will begin in the 2019-2020 NHL season.
  
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• Montreal police think they've solved 130 cases after busting alleged burglary ring

  19-12-2017 18:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police think they may have solved 130 break-in cases after arresting members of what they describe as “an organized group of thieves of South American origin who specialized in burglaries in homes and deluxe stores.”
  Since June of 2016, police had noticed a spike in such venues being targeted, and a subsequent investigation launched several months ago and involving the Montreal force’s south, north and west divisions led to nine raids and 12 arrests in Montreal, Bouche
  
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• Montreal couple acquitted of terror charges, man convicted of explosives offence

  19-12-2017 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  A defence was not presented with lawyers for the accused choosing instead tried to discredit the Crown's case.
  
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• Montreal couple cleared of terror charges, man guilty of explosives-related offence

  19-12-2017 17:59 via cbc.ca
  A young Montreal couple accused of planning to leave Canada to go fight with ISIS has been found not guilty of all terrorism-related offences. One of the accused was found guilty of an explosives-related offence.
  
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• Montreal couple cleared of terror charges, boyfriend guilty of explosives-related offence

  19-12-2017 17:59 via cbc.ca
  A young Montreal couple accused of planning to leave Canada to fight with ISIS has been found not guilty of all terrorism-related offences. One of the accused was found guilty of an explosives-related offence.
  
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• Foreign ownership of real estate rises in Montreal, new data shows

  19-12-2017 17:44 via cbc.ca
  Montreal has seen a notable increase in the number of foreign buyers this year, suggesting investors from outside Canada may be shifting their focus to Quebec's largest city after crackdowns in Toronto and Vancouver.
  
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• Foreign ownership climbs in Montreal, new data shows

  19-12-2017 17:44 via cbc.ca
  Montreal has seen a "statistically significant" increase in the number of non-resident buyers this year, a new report says, suggesting investors may be shifting their focus to Quebec's largest city after foreign buyer crackdowns in Toronto and Vancouver.
  
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• Formula E: Organizers to take legal action against Montreal

  19-12-2017 17:06 via montrealgazette.com
  The organizers of the Formula E car race say they will take legal action against the city of Montreal for cancelling the upcoming race.
  The Formula E organization said in a statement it was “very surprised and disappointed by the unilateral decision and announcement of the mayor of Montreal.”
  “This is a clear case of a new mayor undoing what the previous mayor did. Whilst there is a contract in place, we will not make further comments at this point as this is now in the hands o
  
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• Montreal expecting a weather cocktail in time for afternoon rush hour

  19-12-2017 17:05 via montrealgazette.com
  The snow that fell softly but constantly on Montreal early Tuesday morning may have seemed Christmas card perfect, but once it touched the ground it was decidedly less so.
  That snowfall, which was expected to turn to rain by noon with a possibility of freezing up in time for the evening rush hours, essentially turned city sidewalks and streets into slippery and slush covered thoroughfares as treacherous to pedestrians as to motorists.
  As early as midnight Tuesday, Quebec 511, the traffic informa
  
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• Focus Montreal: December 16

  19-12-2017 16:56 via globalnews.ca
  This week on Focus Montreal: Tackling the Santa myth, reviewing the province's anti-poverty strategy and the SPVM communications department welcomes back a familiar face.
  
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• Brad Wall still most popular premier in Canada, Couillard ranks fifth

  19-12-2017 15:52 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall has retained his spot as the most popular premier in the country, according to a survey from the Angus Reid Institute.
  
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• Laval cops arrest 10 as early morning drug raids target local network

  19-12-2017 15:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Nearly a dozen persons have been arrested and an as yet undetermined amount of illegal drugs and other items seized as Laval police launched a series of early morning raids on Tuesday aimed at breaking a local drug distribution ring.
  Thus far, seven raids in Laval and the North Shore have resulted in the arrests of 10 persons, three of whom are known to local police. 
  Police say the alleged network dealt in a variety of illegal drugs, most notably cocaine.
  Operation Désintégra
  
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• Diary of a Social Gal launches special anniversary edition

  19-12-2017 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  Social columnist Jennifer Campbell joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk about Montreal’s social scene and her special anniversary edition of Diary of a Social Gal.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Lafrenière reinstated as head of SPVM communications

  19-12-2017 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Dec 19: Ian Lafrenière joins senior anchor Jamie Orchard to talk about his reappointment at the head of the SPVM’s communications team and what it means for the police force.
  
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• New Year’s Eve fashion for all sizes

  19-12-2017 15:20 via globalnews.ca
  Fashion consultant Mlle. Geri joins Global’s Laura Casella with great fashion looks for New Year’s Eve parties and celebrations.
  
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• Montreal police investigating possible hate crimes targeting Montreal synagogues

  19-12-2017 15:04 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are investigating after two Montreal-area synagogues received what they are describing as anti-Semitic messages. Global’s Matt Grillo reports.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Tuesday, December 19

  19-12-2017 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Tuesday, December 19.
  
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• Exercises to help release holiday tension

  19-12-2017 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  Fitness expert Adrian Davis joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with some exercises that are sure to help you release your holiday tension.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Guaranteed minimum income

  19-12-2017 14:47 via globalnews.ca
  Katie Hadley, the director of the West Island Community Resource Centre and Alena Ziuleva, from the Table de quartier sud de l’Ouest-de-l’Île, join senior anchor Jamie Orchard to discuss the government’s recently announced guaranteed minimum income plan.
  
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