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• 'Start speaking up for us,' Mohawk grandmother tells inquiry

  12-02-2018 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Like thousands of other First Nations people across Canada, Sedalia Kawennotas was angry, hurt and disappointed by the acquittal on Friday of a Saskatchewan farmer who fatally shot an Indigenous man who was on his property.
  On Monday, Kawennotas testified at a public inquiry into the mistreatment of Quebec’s Indigenous population by government institutions, such as the police and justice system, over the past 15 years.
  She used the platform to call for changes to the justice system an
  
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• Montreal votes on capital works project

  12-02-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Feb 12: Montreal’s finance commission is voting on recommendations to the city’s capital works budget. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, many demerged city mayors aren’t happy with how the budgets are being laid out.
  
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• Canadiens' Phillip Danault has Lady Luck to thank for quick recovery

  12-02-2018 23:39 via montrealgazette.com
  It was a scary sight at the Bell Centre on Jan. 13 when Phillip Danault took a slapshot from the Boston Bruins’ Zdeno Chara in the head and was taken off the ice on a gurney.
  Danault hasn’t played since because of what the team called “concussion-like symptoms” but was back practising with his teammates for the first time Monday morning in Brossard. Danault said he never lost consciousness after taking Chara’s slapshot off the right side of his helmet late in the se
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Team hits the road with NHL trade deadline looming

  12-02-2018 23:33 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens practised Monday morning in Brossard before heading to the airport for a flight to Colorado, where they will play the Avalanche Wednesday night (9:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690). It will be the first of four straight road games with other stops in Arizona, Las Vegas and Philadelphia. The Canadiens don’t play again at the Bell Centre until Feb. 22, when the New York Rangers will be the visitors.
  There’s no doubt the Feb. 26 NHL trade deadline will be on the mind
  
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• Montreal surgeon speaks out about patient treatment

  12-02-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Feb 12: Dr. Philip Gordon sits down with Global News Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard to share his personal experience as a cancer patient, and to remind physicians to show compassion when dealing with their patients.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Autistic girl’s father to ‘occupy’ Quebec social services minister’s office

  12-02-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Feb 12: Charlotte Kuhn, a 7-year-old Montrealer living with autism has been waiting for speech therapy for most of her short life. Now, the Grade 1 student has been removed from the province’s waiting list and her family has been told that they will need to reapply for support. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports,...
  
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• City accused of stalling on Cavendish extension

  12-02-2018 23:25 via montrealgazette.com
  The city is dragging its feet on plans to extend Cavendish Blvd. from St-Laurent to Côte-St-Luc, the municipal Opposition charged Monday.
  “We’ve talked about it for donkey’s years,” said Alan DeSousa, the mayor of St-Laurent borough and vice-president of Montreal’s finance and administration committee.
  “We had made really good headway in the last four years,” De Sousa said.
  “What’s surprising is that in this budget, there’s no mon
  
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• 4 men arrested in drug bust after police raid homes, warehouses in Lanaudière, Montreal

  12-02-2018 23:22 via cbc.ca
  Four men are facing several drug-related charges after being arrested during police raids over the weekend in the Lanaudière region and the greater Montreal area.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Delivery service helping On Rock

  12-02-2018 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Feb 12: After Global News reported about On Rock food bank’s string of bad luck, a delivery service has stepped up to make things a little easier. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Alouettes GM Kavis Reed sets sights upgrading defence as CFL free agency begins

  12-02-2018 23:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Like any general manager, Kavis Reed is wearing his best poker face before Canadian Football League free agency begins Tuesday at noon.
  Don’t expect Reed to predict whether the Alouettes will sign only one or two free agents or whether the team, which seemingly has many holes to fill, will be more active than usual.
  “Strategically, I’ve learned free agency … is (all about) recruitment. It’s also looking at who fits,” Reed said. “It’s not just havi
  
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• West Island community helps On Rock during difficult time

  12-02-2018 23:04 via globalnews.ca
  After a string a bad luck, the community has stepped in to give On Rock a hand.
  
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• Allison Hanes: What kind of health system harms its caregivers?

  12-02-2018 22:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Anyone who has spent time in a hospital has benefited from the care of a nurse.
  They are the ones who greet you in triage when you arrive at the emergency room, the ones who offer comfort during labour pains, the ones who monitor your vital signs after surgery, the ones who administer the medications that fight infection, the ones who answer your call when you need help in the middle of the night.
  Nurses usually don’t get much glory or credit. Yet their often thankless work is the backbone
  
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• Celine Cooper: Let's ensure age-friendly Montreal is inclusive

  12-02-2018 22:01 via montrealgazette.com
  How do we make Montreal an age-friendly city for everyone?
   
  The Plante administration recently announced that it will hold public consultations on its new Municipal Action Plan for Seniors 2018-2020. It has since been criticized (rightly, in my opinion) by two research organizations based at Concordia University for developing a plan using a process that  excludes some of Montreal’s most vulnerable and marginalized seniors, including unilingual
  
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• Journalists don't have to reveal sources in UPAC leaks: judge

  12-02-2018 21:16 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC – Quebec journalists Marie-Maude Denis and Louis Lacroix will not have to testify in court as part of a case looking into leaks at Quebec’s anti-corruption unit.
  On Monday, a Quebec Court judge said lawyers acting on behalf of two former Liberals charged with corruption, Nathalie Normandeau and Marc-Yvan Côté, did not present sufficiently convincing arguments to force Denis and Lacroix onto the stand.
  “The parties did not demonstrate that the administration
  
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• Sure the UPAC scandal is labyrinthine, but here's why we should care

  12-02-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  There isn't a flow chart in the world that could help make decipherable the recent controversies surrounding Quebec's anti-corruption unit, UPAC. But there are good reasons to be concerned about its floundering reputation.
  
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• 'Outraged': Quebec Indigenous leaders say justice system needs to change after Gerald Stanley verdict

  12-02-2018 20:42 via cbc.ca
  Indigenous leaders in Quebec say reconciliation is put at risk if the Canadian justice system doesn't change in the wake of Colten Boushie's death.
  
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• SQ officers involved in 2016 fatal shooting won't face charges

  12-02-2018 20:35 via cbc.ca
  The director of criminal and penal prosecutions (DPCP) announced that it wont bring charges in the case of a fatal police shooting that took place in Île-Perrot Oct. 2, 2016.
  
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• Boushie case looms over Quebec Indigenous inquiry as Montreal hearings begin

  12-02-2018 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  An inquiry that has been examining the relations between Indigenous Quebecers and the public service has begun two weeks of hearings in Montreal.
  
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• 'Start speaking up for us,' Indigenous woman tells public inquiry in Montreal

  12-02-2018 19:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Like thousands of other First Nations people across Canada, Sedalia Kawennotas was angry and frustrated by the acquittal on Friday of a Saskatchewan farmer who fatally shot an Indigenous man who was on his property.
  On Monday, Kawennotas was one of the first witnesses to testify at a public inquiry into relations between Quebec’s Indigenous people and government institutions that opened in Montreal. She used the platform to call for changes to the justice system and better education f
  
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• This week on Focus Montreal: February 10

  12-02-2018 19:48 via globalnews.ca
  Meet the Montreal woman behind the city's string of successful chocolate shops; a young filmmaker and her latest project: a movie inspired by a famous Toronto intersection; and hear all about the tell-all book written by political commentator Luc Lavoie.
  
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• Luc Lavoie’s tell-all book

  12-02-2018 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Luc Lavoie, former spokesperson for Prime Minister Brian Mulroney, has published a new tell-all book. He tells Global News Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard all about it.
  
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• The story behind Juliette et Chocolat

  12-02-2018 19:42 via globalnews.ca
  Nothing says Valentine’s Day like a box of chocolates. As Global’s Amanda Jelowicki found out, it’s probably safe to say there are few people in Montreal who like chocolate more than Juliette Brun, of Juliette et Chocolat.
  
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• Dangerous glitches at Pincourt rail crossing

  12-02-2018 19:32 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Feb 12: Pincourt commuters are concerned over a series of glitches they’ve noticed over the past several weeks. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Glitches at Pincourt rail crossing leave commuters uneasy

  12-02-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Pincourt commuters are concerned over apparent glitches in crossing signals at the commuter rail station in Pincourt that they fear could lead to an accident.
  
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• Montreal public detox centre forced to close third of beds after losing half its nurses

  12-02-2018 19:02 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's only free rehab and addiction treatment facility has had to close a third of its beds in the withdrawal unit after losing half its nursing staff in a wave of resignations.
  
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• Taxi industry expresses fears over 'sharing economy' task force

  12-02-2018 18:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Taxi driver groups are worried that a newly announced provincial task force on the sharing economy is preparing, at the behest of the Couillard government, the deregulation of their industry.
  Last Friday, Quebec Economy Minister Dominique Anglade announced the creation of a task force assigned to advise the provincial government on its choices in dealing with the sharing economy, rather than deal with it on a case-by-case basis, as happened with Uber and Airbnb.
  The task force, presided over by
  
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• New phase of Quebec Indigenous inquiry focuses on personal stories

  12-02-2018 18:40 via cbc.ca
  Witnesses at the public inquiry into mistreatment of Indigenous people in Quebec shared stories of police brutality and violence during the first day of Montreal hearings.
  
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• New phase of Quebec Indigenous inquiry focuses on personal experiences

  12-02-2018 18:40 via cbc.ca
  The first witness at Monday's hearings for the public inquiry into mistreatment of Indigenous people in Quebec shared a story of allegedly being beaten by two police officers last February, after they showed up at his father's home in Puvurnituq.
  
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• COMMENTARY: ‘Clearing the plains’ continues with the acquittal of Gerald Stanley

  12-02-2018 18:30 via globalnews.ca
  David MacDonald of the University of Guelph says the acquittal of Gerald Stanley for the death of Colten Boushie means 'settlers' must step up and stand with Indigenous peoples to ensure they can implement their own justice systems.
  
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• Public inquiry looking into indigenous people & how they are treated by Quebec public servants open hearings in Mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-02-2018 17:52
  Public inquiry looking into indigenous people & how they are treated by Quebec public servants open hearings in Mon… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Why is Quebec airlifting sick kids without their parents?

  12-02-2018 17:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, gravely ill kids from remote parts of Quebec are airlifted to hospitals on the province’s medical evacuation jet.
  Parents are barred from these flights. Quebec pays for their commercial travel, but that can result in long delays due to weather and other factors.
  The province-wide policy disproportionately affects Indigenous children and families from northern Quebec. The Canadian Paediatric Society, Indigenous leaders and health workers have been demanding changes for years. Th
  
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• Mikaël Kingsbury is finally king of the Olympic hill

  12-02-2018 17:40 via cbc.ca
  Mikaël Kingsbury had done it all in moguls, except win Olympic gold. But on Monday, with his parents' help, he overcame his nerves and the weight of expectations to put the final jewel in his crown.
  
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• Vance Joy's Nation of Two tour includes Montreal show

  12-02-2018 17:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Vance Joy’s sophomore album has yet to be released, but the Australian pop star has already unveiled a tour of large venues that includes a Montreal show, Thursday, June 21 at the Bell Centre.
  Tickets cost $45.25 to $117 and go on sale at noon Friday, Feb. 23 — the release date for Joy’s new album, Nation of Two. Mondo Cozmo and Scott Helman are the support acts for the Montreal show. Tickets will be available at the venue and via Evenko (855-310-2525; evenko.ca).
  Joy recently
  
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• Gatineau man charged with murder of mother

  12-02-2018 17:35 via montrealgazette.com
  A 38-year-old man appeared in the Gatineau courthouse Monday to face a charge of murdering his mother.
  Claire Hébert, 58, was found dead Jan. 30 in her apartment on Napoléon-Groulx St. Her death occurred two days earlier.
  An autopsy found she had died after suffering head injuries.
  Denis Junior Dompierre was taken into custody on Sunday in the Hull area, near Montcalm and Papineau Sts. He did not resist arrest.
  The suspect was charged with second degree murder in connection with hi
  
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• Son charged with mother's murder in Gatineau

  12-02-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  Gatineau police officers visited a home in the city's east end to deal with a "family conflict" three days before the body of a 58-year-old woman was discovered at the same address.
  
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• Montreal restaurants join the war on plastic straws https://t.co/f3owr5PrEw

  12-02-2018 16:49
  
  Montreal restaurants join the war on plastic straws https://t.co/f3owr5PrEw
  
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• $5K reward posted for information regarding Mélissa Blais disappearance

  12-02-2018 16:36 via cbc.ca
  Leads have been few and far between, but a reward and new information has given the case new momentum. Blais went missing in November.
  
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• Free collective ice creations on the South Shore https://t.co/QwV2w0IgT8

  12-02-2018 16:19
  
  Free collective ice creations on the South Shore https://t.co/QwV2w0IgT8
  
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• Montreal’s classic winter festival

  12-02-2018 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  Like hockey and dressing up in early 20th century fashion? Learn more about Montreal’s WRG Classic winter festival from co-founder Leslie Woods and Global’s Kim Sullivan and Laura Casella.
  
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• Virtual reality changes the face of retail sales

  12-02-2018 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  Valtech Montreal president Damien Lefebvre shows Global’s Laura Casella a retail sales virtual reality setup that is changing how people shop.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, February 12

  12-02-2018 15:19 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, February 12.
  
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• Where to go when traveling in Mexico

  12-02-2018 15:16 via globalnews.ca
  Actor and travel host Jean-Michel Dufaux shows Global’s Kim Sullivan some of the lesser-known gems to visit while traveling in Mexico.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, February 12

  12-02-2018 15:12 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, February 12.
  
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• Montreal introduces new commissioner of Indigenous affairs

  12-02-2018 15:09 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal’s new commissioner of Indigenous Affairs Marie-Eve Bordeleau explains to Global’s Laura Casella what her role is as Montreal continues its efforts at reconciliation with indigenous people.
  
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• Commuters concerned about safety at Pincourt rail crossing

  12-02-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Pincourt commuters are sounding the alarm over a railroad crossing that runs along Highway 20 at 3 Avenue. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, some feel it is unsafe and are calling for an underpass to be built.
  
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• Foods to keep your heart healthy

  12-02-2018 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  February is heart month: Nutritionist Sylvia Meo talks to Global’s Laura Casella about which foods will keep your heart healthy.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/JvypQyYmAa

  12-02-2018 14:40
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/JvypQyYmAa
  
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• Celebrations: February 12, 2018 We celebrate you!!! https://t.co/5LBDu6HCqr

  12-02-2018 14:23
  
  Celebrations: February 12, 2018 We celebrate you!!! https://t.co/5LBDu6HCqr
  
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• NEXT: What is Erica Bucciacchio whipping up for us today? The 13-year-old chef is back with some delicious Valentin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  12-02-2018 14:01
  NEXT: What is Erica Bucciacchio whipping up for us today? The 13-year-old chef is back with some delicious Valentin… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Better work conditions pushing Quebec nurses to choose Switzerland

  12-02-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Quebec nurses have been moving to Switzerland for almost 40 years thanks attractive working conditions and health care system that is managed very differently than back home.
  
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