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• Man, 34, pleads guilty to torching car of Quebec City mosque leader

  06-02-2018 23:56 via cbc.ca
  Mathieu Bilodeau, the 34-year-old man accused of torching the vehicle of Mohamed Labidi, the president of the Quebec City mosque where six men were killed last year, has an intellectual disability and was not motivated by hate, defence lawyer explains.
  
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• Quebec City man pleads guilty to torching Muslim man's car

  06-02-2018 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec City man pleaded guilty on Tuesday to torching a car belonging to the president of the Islamic Culture Centre of Quebec.
  Mathieu Bilodeau, 33, was arrested last September, one month after a vehicle belonging to Mohamed Labidi was set on fire in his driveway. Bilodeau also pleaded guilty in Quebec Court to setting three other criminal fires, said Jean-Pascal Boucher, spokesperson for the Crown prosecutor’s office. Sentencing arguments will be heard on Feb. 23. 
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• Turcot Interchange construction too noisy

  06-02-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 6: Saint-Henri residents say the constant jackhammering, banging and beeping coming from the Turcot Interchange construction site is still keeping them up late at night. Global’s Phil Carpenter reports.
  
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• STM to replace fare-card readers

  06-02-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  It may soon be faster to get onto a bus, as the Société de transport de Montréal will be replacing all of its decade-old fare-card readers starting next year.
  However, it’s unclear if the new card readers will allow payment by credit card or smartphone.
  A $16.6-million project to purchase 2,483 new card readers was part of the STM’s 10-year capital budget. The STM says the current readers take several seconds to read a fare card. Purchasing newer, better readers
  
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• Quebec health minister, nurses’ union discuss burnout, exhaustion

  06-02-2018 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 6: After a week of outcry, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is meeting with the nurses’ union about the risk of burnout, exhaustion and extensive overtime. The outcry has forced Premier Philippe Couillard to defend his own leadership. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• What's happening in the West Island

  06-02-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd. in Kirkland, presents an exhibition of paintings by Jennifer and Janet Harris and their students. A vernissage will be on Feb. 18 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. Exhibition continues until Feb. 28. Call 514-630-2726, local 3216.
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Art Souterrain: Must Art Be Appealing? Continues until March 11. Call 514-630-1220, local 1778.
  The Peter B. Yeomans Cultura
  
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• Montreal doctor fined for 'gifts' to gynecologists who referred patients

  06-02-2018 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal doctor has been fined $27,500 in a case involving gynecologists who referred patients to his ultrasound clinic.
  Hing-Sang Hum pleaded guilty in October to giving “gifts” to three doctors who are staff members at the Jewish General Hospital — payments totalling almost $36,000 between 2011 and 2015.
  The three doctors referred patients to Hum’s ultrasound clinic near the Côte-des-Neiges Rd. building where they practised.
  At a Quebec College of Physician
  
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• 24-hour Montreal parking ticket could have been contested: lawyer

  06-02-2018 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 6: Concordia student Jean-Pierre Colgan-Nolin was fined for parking outside his apartment building for longer than 24 hours. Avi Levy, lawyer and founder of Ticket 911, tells Global’s Felicia Parrillo what could have happened if he contested his ticket.
  
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• Quebec health minister called ‘arrogant,’ blamed by opposition for nurses’ exhaustion

  06-02-2018 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  After a week of outcry, Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is meeting with the nurses’ union about the risk of burnout, exhaustion and extensive overtime.
  
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• NDG has a rat problem

  06-02-2018 21:14 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 6: A Shell station in NDG is currently home to a colony of rats. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, getting rid of the rodents may be harder than it seems.
  
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• Accused killer's former cellmate admits Kwasi Benjamin never told him he killed his girlfriend

  06-02-2018 21:06 via cbc.ca
  Under cross-examination by the lawyer for Kwasi Benjamin, the defendant's former cellmate said Benjamin told him the woman he's accused of killing, Nellie Angutiguluk, 29, had been suicidal.
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Playoff chances only at 1.5 per cent after weekend wins

  06-02-2018 20:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens had a very successful Super Bowl weekend, winning back-to-back games against the Anaheim Ducks and Ottawa Senators while outscoring the opposition 9-3. However, the Canadiens didn’t gain any ground in the Eastern Conference standings, still sitting in 14th place out of 16 teams.
  Through Monday’s games, the Canadiens (22-25-6) were eight points behind the New York Islanders (26-22-6) for the final wild-card playoff spot. There were five teams between the Canadiens and th
  
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• Opinion: Targets of racism can learn from #MeToo

  06-02-2018 20:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Last week, the House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage presented its report on systemic racism and religious discrimination, including Islamophobia. The presentation of the report came in the same week that Canadians marked the one-year anniversary of the Quebec City mosque attack, which left many in our country in a state of shock and dismay. It also came only a few days after International Holocaust Remembrance Day, a worldwide day of reflection and remembrance for the million
  
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• Airlifting sick kids: Quebec looking at ways to accommodate a parent, Barrette says

  06-02-2018 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The government will look at ways to adjust the seating on its medical evacuation planes so at least one adult can accompany a sick or injured child, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette said Tuesday.
  Responding to complaints about a policy barring parents because of space constraints, Barrette said he has ordered managers of the system to examine alternatives and report back to him.
  “This is a concern I agree with and understand fully,” Barrette told reporters. &ldqu
  
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• Why NDG’s rat problem may be difficult to eradicate

  06-02-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  After rats were discovered in a mound in NDG, plans to get rid of them were launched -- but it could prove a difficult proposition.
  
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• Canadians are tapping into their Olympic spirit with this golden stick

  06-02-2018 19:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Canada stands behind its athletes as they attempt to bring home medals from the Pyeongchang Olympics.
  But the country is not standing on its own. It has invited Canadians to register their support of our athletes by tapping a golden hockey stick that made a tour of Montreal and other Canadian cities.
  The stick will be on display at Canada House in the Olympic Village to show athletes — via its tap counter and GPS — that the country is behind them.
  “To know that people are
  
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• More green, less traffic, parking on Mount Royal, says city

  06-02-2018 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Mount Royal will become greener and safer, with fewer cars and less parking, the city’s executive-committee member responsible for large parks said Tuesday.
  And through traffic on Camillien-Houde Way will be eliminated this spring, Luc Ferrandez said after presenting the city’s vision for Mount Royal to a committee studying the capital-works budget.
  Ferrandez said the city is interested in using part of the former Royal Victoria Hospital site for a visitor centre and parking, reducin
  
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• Woman, 34, charged with 1st-degree murder in Montreal's 1st homicide of 2018

  06-02-2018 19:08 via cbc.ca
  Meng Ye, 34, has been charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing death of her 61-year-old mother in Montreal's LaSalle borough on Jan. 28.
  
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• Motorists will no longer be able to cross Mount Royal starting in spring, city says

  06-02-2018 18:58 via cbc.ca
  Coming from the east, those hoping to access Mount Royal can park at the historic Maison Smith, and from the west, at the parking lot near Beaver Lake. But the 800 metres between the two spots will be off-limits.
  
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• White Cane Week shines light on the challenges of living with vision loss, blindness

  06-02-2018 18:38 via globalnews.ca
  "There is a certain perception about people with vision loss out there in the world that is unfortunate."
  
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• Arcade Fire, Jessie Reyez lead Juno nominees with four apiece

  06-02-2018 18:38 via montrealgazette.com
  TORONTO — Arcade Fire and Jessie Reyez are the leading nominees at this year’s Juno Awards in Vancouver.
  Arcade Fire is in the running for best group, single, album and alternative album for their latest record Everything Now.
  Reyez is nominated for best R&B/soul recording, music video and the breakthrough artist of the year and Juno Fan Choice awards.
  The late Tragically Hip frontman Gord Downie, the Arkells, Ruth B and Hedley have three nominations apiece.
  The Juno Awards will
  
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• Woman charged with first-degree murder of her mother

  06-02-2018 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A 34-year-old woman was charged with first-degree murder last week in connection with the first homicide of 2018 in Montreal.
  Meng Ye was taken into custody by police on Jan. 28 after her 61-year-old mother was found outside her LaSalle home suffering from stab wounds.
  When police arrived at the home on Guy-Bouchard Blvd. near Louis-Hébert St., they found the victim lying in a pool of blood in front of a row of semi-detached homes. She had been stabbed in the back. She was
  
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• Montreal doctor fined for 'gifts' to gynecologists who sent patients

  06-02-2018 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal doctor has been fined $27,500 in a case involving gynecologists who referred patients to his ultrasound clinic.
  Dr. Hing-Sang Hum pleaded guilty in October to giving “gifts” to three doctors who are staff members at the Jewish General Hospital — payments totalling almost $36,000 between 2011 and 2015.
  The three doctors referred patients to Hum’s ultrasound clinic near the Côte-des-Neiges Rd. building where they practiced.
  At a Quebec College of
  
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• Tony Accurso acquitted in Mascouche corruption case

  06-02-2018 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso was acquitted Tuesday of a charge of breach of trust in connection with a corruption investigation into the city of Mascouche.
  Accurso was accused of having offered trips on his yacht and money to the then mayor of Mascouche in exchange for infrastructure contracts.
  The jury in the case acquitted him of the charge after just a day and a half of deliberations.
  Accurso originally faced six charges in connection with the investigation; however, only one &mda
  
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• Montreal police say condition of boy struck by car over weekend improving

  06-02-2018 18:07 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police say the condition of a five-year-old boy struck by a vehicle over the weekend is improving.
  
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• Jury acquits Quebec construction mogul Tony Accurso of breach of trust

  06-02-2018 18:03 via globalnews.ca
  A jury has acquitted Quebec construction magnate Tony Accurso on one count of breach of trust.
  
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• Woman in custody after fatal stabbing in Little Burgundy

  06-02-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A tenant opened his apartment door to put out his garbage Monday night when he saw four Montreal police officers ordering a woman to come out of an apartment on the first floor.
  “They had their guns drawn and were yelling at her to come out,” said the tenant, who didn’t want his name published. “She crawled out of the apartment and they handcuffed her and told her she was being arrested for murder.”
  Police were called to the Habitations Richmond, a subsidized apartm
  
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• Plenty of snow in the forecast for the Dorval Winter Festival

  06-02-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Dorval Winter Festival begins Wednesday, Feb. 7, the same day the forecast calls for 20 cm of snow and a seasonable minus 7° Celsius. Festivities begin with the crowning of the festival’s king and queen, at the Sarto-Desnoyers Community Centre from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m.
  The next morning is dedicated to parents and preschoolers, with a skate-and-slide at the Dorval Arena from 9:30 to 11:30 a.m.
  That evening, for the grownups, there’s a BYOB dinner and comedy night at the Pine
  
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• Dorval's Brown-Vandecruys named queen of St.Patrick's Day parade

  06-02-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The 63rd Queen of this year’s St. Patrick’s Parade in Montreal is Kathleen Brown-Vandecruys of Dorval.
  The 23-year-old was chosen at a gala public speaking event organized by the United Irish Societies of Montreal. The Queen & Court of the 195th consecutive St. Patrick’s Parade was chosen by a panel of judges.
  Brown-Vandecruys, 23, graduated from McGill University in the fall of 2017. She is employed by the City of Dorval and will soon be joining the ranks of the Canadian A
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Scallops and Peas

  06-02-2018 17:54 via montrealgazette.com
  How often have we dined on something delectable in a restaurant and wondered if we could replicate it at home? Gail Simmons, a judge on the TV show Top Chef, has made adapting chefs’ dishes for the home cook a project, hence her cookbook Bringing It Home: Favorite Recipes from a Life of Adventurous Eating (Hachette Book Group, $39).
  In more than 100 “achievable” recipes, the Canadian-born U.S. food writer demonstrates her years of culinary studies, journalism and travelling. Ge
  
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• Taxi driver urges Quebec to change flat rate to Trudeau airport during construction

  06-02-2018 17:44 via globalnews.ca
  One taxi driver insists the flat rate should be waved because it does not take into account road closures and traffic.
  
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• How honest are you about finances with your partner? @Tinatenneriello takes a look at "financial cheating" https://t.co/IipKY2bnR8

  06-02-2018 17:22
  
  How honest are you about finances with your partner? @Tinatenneriello takes a look at "financial cheating" https://t.co/IipKY2bnR8
  
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• These signs of frostbite in pets can help you prevent serious injuries

  06-02-2018 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  Despite their warm fur coats, frostbite and hypothermia are very much a possibility for cats and dogs during Montreal’s colder months.
  
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• Living by yourself? You're not alone: survey

  06-02-2018 16:50 via montrealgazette.com
  More than one million Quebecers live by themselves, according to an analysis of the 2016 federal census by the province’s Institute of Statistics.
  The total — 1.2 million — represents 17 per cent of Quebec’s population over the age of 15, and continues a growing trend that has been evident since 1981, when just eight per cent of the population described itself as living alone in a primary residence.
  Overall, a greater proportion of women (18 per cent) than men (
  
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• Tony Accurso acquitted in Mascouche fraud trial

  06-02-2018 16:46 via cbc.ca
  Accurso was on trial for allegedly exchanging money for construction contracts in Mascouche.
  
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• Junos 2018: Arcade Fire, Gord Downie, Jessie Reyez lead nominees

  06-02-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Perennial art-rock favourite Arcade Fire, a trio of rising star singer-songwriters – Jessie Reyez, Ruth B and Daniel Caesar – as well as the late Gord Downie are top nominees for Canada’s Juno Awards.
  
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• Lakeshore Players present “Calendar Girls”

  06-02-2018 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  “Calendar Girls” director Steve Gillam drops by Global News Morning to tell Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan about the new play opening this weekend.
  
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• Let parents accompany their kids on medical flights, Quebec child-advocacy groups urge

  06-02-2018 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  The call by the child-advocacy groups follows a similar demand by three physicians who wrote to the Quebec government in December, urging the health minister to reconsider the policy they say disproportionately affects northern Inuit and First Nations communities.
  
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• NDG’s rat colony to be exterminated

  06-02-2018 15:18 via globalnews.ca
  A rat colony located on land owned by a Shell gas station in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce will be exterminated, but as Global’s Billy Shield reports, the decision could be controversial as some people view the rodents as pets, not pests.
  
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• Valentine’s Day gift ideas

  06-02-2018 15:14 via globalnews.ca
  Have no clue what to get for the women and girls in your life this Valentine’s Day? Beauty expert Bahar Niarmwall gives Global’s Laura Casella some unique ideas.
  
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• Back pain holding you back?

  06-02-2018 15:06 via globalnews.ca
  Fitness expert Adrian Davis shows Global’s Kim Sullivan some exercises to avoid back pain by strengthening your core.
  
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• More customs facilities, in more places: Canada, U.S. plan expanded pre-clearance

  06-02-2018 15:04 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian and American governments are discussing expanding pre-clearance with plans to discuss potential sites for the first-ever Canadian customs facilities inside the U.S., and the longer-term goal of applying it to commercial goods.
  
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• Montreal fashion dazzles in Vegas

  06-02-2018 15:03 via globalnews.ca
  Get the inside scoop on Montreal’s big fashion contribution to Magic 2018, as Montreal designer Leonard Gorski talks to Global’s Laura Casella about the largest fashion event in North America.
  
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• Poll places CAQ in majority territory, with PQ stalled in third place

  06-02-2018 14:49 via montrealgazette.com
  François Legault’s Coalition Avenir Québec is poised to form a majority government while the Parti Québécois continues to languish in third place, an Ipsos poll conducted for La Presse suggests.
  And while the news seems perpetually bad for the PQ when it comes to surveys, this poll — which suggests the party enjoys 23 per cent support — also contains worse news for those who think a change in leadership might better the sovereignist party’s for
  
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• White Cane Weeks raises awareness about the challenges facing the visually impaired

  06-02-2018 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  Dany Rizk and his guide dog, accompanied by Suzanne Cloutier from the Rehabilitation CIUSSS West-Central Montreal joined Global’s Laura Casella to talk about White Cane Week which aims to highlight some of the challenges experienced by the visually impaired on a daily basis.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/e1Zhq0zHRS

  06-02-2018 14:34
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/e1Zhq0zHRS
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Tuesday, February 6

  06-02-2018 14:25 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Tuesday, February 6.
  
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• Global News Community Shout-out: Infinitheatre’s “Conversion”

  06-02-2018 14:22 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has Montreal’s Community Shout-outs for Tuesday, February 6.
  
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• Celebrations: February 6, 2018 We celebrate you!!! https://t.co/gMqlcCnyvg

  06-02-2018 14:13
  
  Celebrations: February 6, 2018 We celebrate you!!! https://t.co/gMqlcCnyvg
  
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• U.S. stock markets took a major tumble Monday. It was the biggest single-day point drop in the history of the Dow… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  06-02-2018 14:12
  U.S. stock markets took a major tumble Monday.It was the biggest single-day point drop in the history of the Dow… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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