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• Polish-born Montrealer files complaint against CHUM doctor

  11-01-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 11: An elderly Polish immigrant is sounding the alarm after a language dispute at the CHUM superhospital. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports.
  
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• Demerged cities dealing with tax hikes

  11-01-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 11: Montreal’s 2018 budget saw a tax hike for demerged cities. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports both residents and mayors are furious over the increases.
  
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• Surgeon at Lakeshore General Hospital suspended for 2 months for tardy surgical notes

  11-01-2018 23:29 via cbc.ca
  The disciplinary council of Quebec’s College of Physicians has suspended a surgeon from a West Island hospital for not dictating her surgical notes in the 24 hours following her surgeries.
  
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• Elderly man says doctor at CHUM mistreated him because he doesn’t speak French

  11-01-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  An elderly Polish immigrant says a doctor at the CHUM superhospital mistreated him because he did not speak French.
  
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• As Bitcoin upstages electric cars in energy usage, Hydro-Québec prepares

  11-01-2018 22:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The global power needed to create cryptocurrencies this year could rival the entire electricity consumption of Argentina and be a growth driver for renewable energy producers from the U.S. to China.
  Miners of bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies could require up to 140 terawatt-hours of electricity in 2018, about 0.6 per cent of the global total, Morgan Stanley analysts led by Nicholas Ashworth wrote in a note Wednesday. That’s more than expected power demand from electric vehicles in 2025.
  
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• It has been a bad week for Montreal-area commuter trains

  11-01-2018 22:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Several unrelated incidents wreaked havoc with the commuter train lines on the first four days of the week.
  “It was a difficult week,” said Elaine Arsenault, a spokesperson for the Réseau transport métropolitain, which oversees operations of the region’s commuter trains.
  The problems began on Monday morning when water from melting snow seeped into what Arsenault called propulsion boxes on four train cars serving the Deux-Montagnes line. As a result, several trains
  
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• ‘Hopes crushed’ by Montreal 2018 budget for demerged cities

  11-01-2018 22:16 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 11: Montreal West mayor Beny Masella says demerged city mayors weren’t aware of the increased contributions they would have to pay in the 2018 budget.
  
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• Lesley Chesterman: How do we react to abusive restaurateurs and chefs?

  11-01-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  There are many reasons to boycott a restaurant. Disappointing food is the most obvious, but chances are you’re also not going back if waits between dishes were too long, the waiter was surly or you were seated next to the bathroom. 
  In the last year, however, another reason to boycott restaurants has come to the forefront: behind-the-scenes ethics — more specifically, allegations of abuse and sexual harassment. And there have been many.
  The case that blew open much of the debate
  
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• CHUM urologist under fire for allegedly rejecting patient because he spoke English

  11-01-2018 21:22 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal woman says her father was denied critical medical attention at Montreal’s new French-language superhospital because he had asked to be served in English.
  Suzie Malysa says the treating doctor, a urologist, publicly mocked her father in French, called him an immigrant and a burden to society, and then tore up a resident doctor’s notes, threw them in the garbage and left the room. 
  Malysa said her father, Zbigniew Malysa, 67, was told Wednesday that he would have t
  
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• Classics old and new heat up Montreal theatre’s winter season

  11-01-2018 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal theatre’s winter season gets underway this week with two premières from notable female Quebec playwrights. Théâtre La Licorne (4559 Papineau Ave.) premières La Meute (Jan. 16 to Feb. 3), a dark thriller set in a bed and breakfast from the prolific Catherine-Anne Toupin. Centre du Théâtre d’aujourd’hui (3900 St-Denis St.) boasts a new play from Sarah Berthiaume: Nyotaimori (Jan. 16 to Feb. 3) takes its name from the
  
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• Montreal wants power to decide where cannabis use can be banned

  11-01-2018 20:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal wants pot-smoking banned in public spaces where tobacco use is already forbidden — near playgrounds, for example.
  And it also wants Quebec to give it the power to ban cannabis consumption temporarily in other places during special events, Mayor Valérie Plante told the Montreal Gazette on Thursday.
  Under rules that came into effect in May 2016, smoking is prohibited in outdoor play areas aimed at children and on sports fields.
  “We want to follow the same rules and byla
  
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• Six more women accuse conductor Charles Dutoit of sexual misconduct

  11-01-2018 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  Six more women have stepped forward to accuse prominent conductor Charles Dutoit of sexual misconduct.
  
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• COMMENTARY: Politicians of all levels and stripes refuse to display moral courage on Islamophobia

  11-01-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  The first anniversary of the Quebec City mosque massacre is approaching. Supriya Dwivedi says politicians should take a moral stand on the call to declare Jan. 29 as a National Day of Remembrance and Action on Islamophobia.
  
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• N.D.G. is at the bottom of the snow-clearing heap, St-Léonard on top

  11-01-2018 20:17 via montrealgazette.com
  On the snow-packed sidewalk of Montclair Ave. in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, Ashley Baker stepped cautiously from driveway to front door with 8-month-old Max in a baby seat, navigating between snowbanks.
  “After this past snowstorm, it’s been particularly awful,” she said. “They haven’t even plowed the streets yet. … There’s a ridge of snow up the middle of the street, so it looks like they just let the cars plow it.”
  With the snow piled high on bot
  
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• It's been a bad week for Montreal-area commuter trains

  11-01-2018 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Several unrelated incidents wreaked havoc with the commuter train lines on the first four days this week.
  “It was a difficult week,” said Caroline Julie Fortin, a spokesperson for the Réseau transport métropolitain, which oversees operations of the region’s commuter trains.
  The problems began on Monday morning when water from melting snow seeped into what Fortin called propulsion boxes on four train cars serving the Deux-Montagnes line. As a result, several t
  
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• Montreal budget: Tenants, suburbs among hardest hit, critics say

  11-01-2018 20:14 via montrealgazette.com
  They don’t get city of Montreal tax bills in their mailboxes but tenants and suburban residents will be among the hardest hit by tax hikes in Mayor Valérie Plante’s first budget, critics say.
  The average municipal tax increase in 2018 will be 3.3 per cent, according to Montreal’s 2018 budget, made public Wednesday. But the pain varies according to the size of buildings.
  While single-family homes will see increases of 2.8 per cent, apartment buildings with six or more uni
  
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• Beaconsfield undecided on plastic bag ban

  11-01-2018 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 11: Montreal banned plastic bags in 2018, but the ban does not apply to demerged cities. As Global’s Dan Spector reports one municipality is still undecided about what it will do.
  
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• Former OSM director facing new allegations of sexual harassment, assault

  11-01-2018 19:54 via cbc.ca
  Six more women have stepped forward to accuse prominent conductor Charles Dutoit of sexually assaulting them in the United States, France and Canada.
  
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• Robber who preyed on elderly is back behind bars

  11-01-2018 19:46 via montrealgazette.com
  A man currently serving an eight-year sentence for a series of armed robberies where he specifically targeted elderly people has seen his statutory release revoked after two residents of the apartment building where he was residing were robbed as well. 
  In 2011, Ghyslain Bouchard, 60, received his current prison term after he admitted to having committed several armed robberies inside downtown residences for the elderly. In almost every case, he would enter an elderly person’s apartme
  
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• Will demerged cities follow Montreal in banning plastic bags?

  11-01-2018 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  Will demerged cities ban plastic bags like Montreal has?
  
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• Orphaned bikes brave Montreal winter elements alone

  11-01-2018 19:39 via cbc.ca
  It's winter o'clock in Montreal: do you know where your bike is? If your answer is "stuck in a snowbank," then your sad, abandoned two-wheeler may be a casualty of our harshest season — an "orphan bike."
  
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• Opinion: Suddenly, I was in computer withdrawal

  11-01-2018 19:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Windows was about to open … but it didn’t.
  Richard, the computer expert, came by — I have a desktop computer — but, after several hours, could not fix the damage. Finally, he unplugged the tower, picked it up, and left, hoping to repair it in his shop.
  The next few days were spent in computer-withdrawal mode. Every so often, I would jump up to rush to the computer, as I usually do, only to realize that things were not as usual. While the screen, keypad, modem, with light
  
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• Montreal meal-kit startup Goodfood sees revenue rise more than 400%

  11-01-2018 18:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal-based “meal kit” delivery company Goodfood Market saw quarterly revenue grow by 412 per cent year-over-year.
  Goodfood (TSX:FOOD) reported revenue of $11.2 million during the three-month period that ended on Nov. 30, 2017. That’s up from $2.2 million during the equivalent period the year before. 
  The company’s net loss shrunk from $3.1 million to $2.5 million
  However, the company’s adjusted net loss, which excludes items not directly rela
  
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• Quebec woman who had arms and legs amputated after crash undergoes more surgery

  11-01-2018 18:16 via globalnews.ca
  She lost control of her vehicle on Christmas morning and collided with a hydroelectric pole in western Quebec.
  
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• Valérie Plante's reality check, and a promise broken

  11-01-2018 18:08 via cbc.ca
  Valérie Plante captured the imagination of Montrealers with an ambitious election platform that included more affordable housing, improved mobility and even the possibility of a new Metro line. But with her first budget, reality set in.
  
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• Official opposition unhappy with Montreal’s 2018 budget

  11-01-2018 18:04 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jan 11: The official opposition says Montreal mayor Valérie Plante has broken her promise to residents in tabling her 2018 budget.
  
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• Skiing is in our DNA: Laurentian museum honours snow sports pioneers

  11-01-2018 18:01 via montrealgazette.com
  The Laurentian Ski Museum in St-Sauveur is proof that Quebecers have snow sports in their blood.
  The museum honours remarkable champions and industry pioneers dating back more than 100 years. Its three rooms of exhibits tell snowy stories through vintage photos, racing memorabilia and artifacts such as wooden skis, bear-trap bindings and lace-up boots.
  The Laurentian region is acknowledged to be the cradle of downhill skiing in North America because of its innovative lifts, early ski schools and
  
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• Canada unveils men’s hockey team for 2018 Winter Olympics

  11-01-2018 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Canadian Olympic men's hockey team that will try for a third straight gold medal next month will be announced Thursday.
  
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• How Montrealers are dodging puddles on this slushy, icy day

  11-01-2018 17:48 via cbc.ca
  With a mixed bag of winter weather underway, CBC's Charles Contant caught Montrealers finding creative ways to jump puddles. Others simply gave up.
  
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• Workers at Quebec smelter locked out after rejecting contract offer

  11-01-2018 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  Workers at the ABI aluminum smelter in Becancour have been locked out after rejecting a contract offer.
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Jan. 12 to 14

  11-01-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  As Montreal yo-yos from one weather system to the next, you’re probably on the lookout for a mixture of indoor and outdoor activities to fill your weekend. Luckily there’s a bit of everything happening this weekend.
  Here are five ideas to make the most of it: 
  Ciné Gael
  Ciné Gael’s 26th annual celebration of Irish film kicks off this weekend. Friday’s program opener, The Journey, tells the story of the unlikely friendship that developed between a p
  
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• Arthur Kaptainis: Charles Dutoit exiled from CBC, but OSM gets a reprieve

  11-01-2018 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The music was Rossini’s Overture to La gazza ladra, or The Thieving Magpie, as host Ben Heppner translated the title last Sunday on Backstage, his show on CBC Radio. He noted, naturally enough, that “Charles Dutoit led the Montreal Symphony.”
  This was by no means the last broadcast of an OSM recording on a CBC program, but if a new CBC policy is applied rigorously, it might have been the last time Dutoit is acknowledged on air as conductor.
  “We are aware of the serious al
  
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• New research could help early Alzheimer’s detection

  11-01-2018 16:21 via globalnews.ca
  January is Alzheimer's awareness month and while research has still not produced a cure, scientists are developing therapies to slow the disease's progression and tools for early detection.
  
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• Caisse de dépôt's Sabia shrugs off Trump's NAFTA threat, says Canada will be okay

  11-01-2018 15:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Canada’s economy isn’t at major risk even if Donald Trump follows through on threats to withdraw from NAFTA, said the heads of two of the country’s largest asset managers.
  Michael Sabia of Caisse de dépôt et placement du Québec and Bruce Flatt of Brookfield Asset Management Inc., speaking Wednesday in a panel discussion in Toronto, responded to news that Canadian government officials see an increasing chance the U.S. president will give six months notice to
  
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• Analyze This: Canadiens' lack of puck-movers leaves offence in tatters

  11-01-2018 15:45 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens were 15th in the NHL in goals scored per game in 2016-17, but this season they have dropped to No. 29.
  You can point to the lack of production from forwards as a simple explanation why they are scoring so many fewer goals this season, but astute hockey fans know that most goal-scoring plays start in the defensive zone.
  Whoever coined the adage “a good defence is the best offence” probably didn’t know that, all these years later, it would apply more than ever in th
  
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• Acadie Blvd. restaurant Ezo D firebombed early Thursday

  11-01-2018 15:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Police were on the scene of a restaurant that had been firebombed early in the morning on Thursday.
  According to witness accounts, three men broke a window in the front of Ezo D restaurant on l’Acadie Blvd. at the corner of Mazurette St. around 5:15 a.m. and threw an incendiary device that was already on fire into the restaurant.
  There was minimal damage to the building, because firefighters were quick to arrive, said Montreal Police Constable Benoit Boisselle.
  Police were alerted to the i
  
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• What to do if your dog catches the flu

  11-01-2018 15:30 via cbc.ca
  The Atlantic Veterinary College in Charlottetown is telling pet owners to keep an eye out for signs of canine influenza or dog flu.
  
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• ‘The Same But Different: Hockey in Quebec’

  11-01-2018 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  Andy Holman talks to Global’s Laura Casella about the new book he co-edited, ‘The Same But Different: Hockey in Quebec.’
  
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• Man, 24, arrested in connection with fatal hit and run

  11-01-2018 15:23 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police have arrested a 24-year-old man in connection with a deadly hit and run in Brossard last summer.
  
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• Man, 23, arrested in connection with fatal hit and run

  11-01-2018 15:23 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police have arrested a 23-year-old man in connection with a deadly hit and run in Brossard last summer.
  
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• Freshen up your décor and stay on budget

  11-01-2018 14:54 via globalnews.ca
  Global décor expert Karl Lohnes drops by Global News Morning to show Laura Casella some great ideas to help you freshen up your décor while staying within budget.
  
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• Quebecor claims rights over sale of embattled Just For Laughs comedy festival

  11-01-2018 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  Quebecor filed a request for an injunction in Quebec Superior Court on Wednesday demanding its 2012 partnership deal with the comedy festival be respected.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/Jhq1DL5Xbd

  11-01-2018 14:34
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/Jhq1DL5Xbd
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Thursday, January 11

  11-01-2018 14:33 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Thursday, January 11.
  
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• NEXT: Montreal singer-songwriter @AdamDofficial releases his newest single "Blurr" tomorrow. Tune in to BT live to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-01-2018 14:30
  NEXT: Montreal singer-songwriter @AdamDofficial releases his newest single "Blurr" tomorrow. Tune in to BT live to… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Thursday, January 11

  11-01-2018 14:28 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Thursday, January 11.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Playing football chicken, plus the queen's underthings

  11-01-2018 14:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Hallucinatory hail? No, you were just dreaming … while you were sleeping. For the actual, thus-far-hail-free weather report, tap here.
  To the surprise of nobody: It appears the Alouettes have presented quarterback Darian Durant and his agent with a take-it-or-leave-it ultimatum. Now it becomes a question of which side will blink first. GM Kavis Reed went to great expense a year ago to acquire the veteran from Saskatchewan, trading two draft picks — including what would become the 10
  
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• Bon Jovi is coming to town! April 4th at the Bell Centre. @evenko https://t.co/wFKbr5vXeV

  11-01-2018 14:11
  
  Bon Jovi is coming to town! April 4th at the Bell Centre. @evenko https://t.co/wFKbr5vXeV
  
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• NEXT: Choosing the right school for your child can be tough task. Educational and College consultant Marla Pinsler… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  11-01-2018 14:01
  NEXT: Choosing the right school for your child can be tough task. Educational and College consultant Marla Pinsler… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Time for Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin to hit reset button | HI/O Show

  11-01-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  On this week’s show, our panel — Gazette sports columnist Stu Cowan, former Canadien and TSN 690 host Chris Nilan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak and host Adam Susser — says its time for the Canadiens to go back to the drawing board and also look at these other topics:
  No Plan B leaves GM in tenuous position
  Contracts make Carey Price, Shea Weber tough to trade
  Pacioretty-Drouin connection never clicked
  Moving Jonathan Drouin to wing might take heat off
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