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• Montrealers gather to honour memory, call for justice for Colten Boushie

  13-02-2018 23:55 via cbc.ca
  More than 100 Montrealers gathered near Concordia University Tuesday afternoon for a vigil in honour of Colten Bushie, a 22-year-old Cree man shot to death after venturing onto a farm near Biggar, Sask., in 2016.
  
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• A daycare Valentine’s Day date

  13-02-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 13: When is it too early for children to ‘date’ or have crushes? As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, even young kids can fall into “pre-school love.”
  
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• Montreal doctor’s cancer treatment helps to improve patient care

  13-02-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 13: After undergoing chemotherapy for pancreatic cancer, Dr. Philip Gordon says he’s experienced life as both a doctor and patient. Global’s Anne Leclair finds out how this has changed his life.
  
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• Lionel Perez on City’s plan to consult Anglo Seniors

  13-02-2018 23:42 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 13: Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard speaks to city hall Opposition leader Lionel Perez about Montreal’s plan to consult the English community on its action plan for seniors.
  
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• Vast majority of Quebec flood victims still waiting for compensation

  13-02-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 13: Almost one year after the intense Quebec floods, only 7.5 per cent of disaster victims have come to an agreement with the provincial government about compensation. Global’s Matt Grillo reports.
  
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• After damning report, interim boss to detail Montreal police changes

  13-02-2018 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police interim director Martin Prud’homme is to detail changes he plans to bring to the force at a public meeting this month. 
  Prud’homme, who heads the Sûreté du Québec, took over the SPVM in December. He was appointed after Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux suspended police chief Philippe Pichet following a damning report that criticized the force’s internal-affairs division.
  Among other things, the report revealed that c
  
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• City council passes capital-works plan

  13-02-2018 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration fended off attacks on its plan to close Mount Royal to through traffic as city council approved a $6.38­-billion, three-year capital-works program Tuesday by 39 votes to 21.
  Opposition councillors voted against the plan — which outlines major projects for the next three years, including roadwork, water mains, sewers, bike paths and social housing — saying the administration has not justified the need to increase taxes by an avera
  
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• ‘Peter Rabbit’ sending wrong message about allergies

  13-02-2018 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 13: A scene in the new Peter Rabbit movie shows two characters throwing blackberries at Mr. McGregor, knowing that he’s allergic to them. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, advocates insist this sends the wrong message to children about allergies and bullying.
  
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• Val-d'Or sexual assault support centre gets $240K to address needs of Indigenous women

  13-02-2018 23:18 via cbc.ca
  Workers at a sexual assault support centre in Val-d'Or, Que., are welcoming a $240,000 envelope which will be used to create a new program addressing the needs of Indigenous women in the Abitibi-Témiscamingue region.
  
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• ‘It’s not a joke’: Parents, allergy group furious over scene in ‘Peter Rabbit’

  13-02-2018 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  Parents and allergy groups are furious with a scene from the new Peter Rabbit movie.
  
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• Late blooming Éric Gélinas hopes Rocket is his ticket back to NHL

  13-02-2018 22:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The professional tryout is hockey’s version of an audition, providing candidates with another opportunity to defy the odds or extend careers.
  It’s not a place for the faint of heart. And it was likely the furthest scenario from which Éric Gélinas figured to find himself after being a second-round (54th overall) draft choice of the New Jersey Devils in 2009.
  “When August came and I hadn’t received any calls, I was freaking out a little bit,” said G&eacu
  
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• Police seek public's help after Hemmingford pharmacy robbed

  13-02-2018 22:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The Sûreté du Québec is asking the public’s help to identify a suspect after a robbery in Hemmingford on Feb. 7.
  During the night, around 4:15 a.m., police say a man broke into a pharmacy on Frontier Street and stole various prescription drugs. He drove a 2005 to 2010 model, light-coloured minivan or SUV.
  The suspect is white, about 5’7 ” and weighs about 150 lbs. He was wearing khaki pants, a black coat with reflective stripes, a light red hood and glo
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard makes comeback in Sports Illustrated's Swimsuit Edition

  13-02-2018 22:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Eugenie Bouchard is once again gracing the pages of Sports Illustrated’s Swimsuit Edition. 
  The 23-year-old Westmount native posed on the beaches of Aruba for photographer James Macari. U.S. tennis star Sloane Stephens is also featured in the issue.
  Last year, Bouchard shared the SI pages with Serena Williams, Caroline Wozniacki, and two other athletes.
  Bouchard has had her share of struggles on the tennis court in recent months and is currently ranked 116th on the WTA circuit.&n
  
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• Update: Bizarre accident will keep westbound 440 closed until 6 p.m.

  13-02-2018 22:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Westbound Highway 440 in Laval will remain closed until at least 6 p.m. at Curé-Labelle Blvd. in connection with a bizarre accident that saw a vehicle wind up under the trailer of a flatbed truck, where it remained as both vehicles swerved off the road.
  The Sûreté du Québec is advising people to avoid the route. Transport Quebec says there is currently a traffic backup of approximately 4 kilometres along that stretch of the westbound Highway 440 (Autoroute Jean-No
  
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• Quebec father calls wait for speech therapy for child with autism a 'nightmare'

  13-02-2018 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Sam Kuhn's 7-year-old daughter Charlotte has been on a government wait list for speech therapy for five years, but now the family is being told she's too old for one-on-one sessions.
  
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• Overbearing queen oversteps her authority in fairytale makeover

  13-02-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Queen Aggravain knows one thing for sure. No woman is good enough for her precious prince and she’s willing to make all sorts of mischief to prove it.
  The Hudson Music Club presents the Once Upon a Mattress at the Hudson Village Theatre, beginning Feb. 15.
  The Mary Rodgers and Marshall Barer musical comedy, with book by Barer, Jay Thompson and Dean Fuller, is based on the Hans Christian Andersen fairytale The Princess and the Pea. 
  The Hudson Music Club production features an 18-membe
  
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• IOC calls online threats directed at Canadian medallist Kim Boutin unfortunate

  13-02-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Short track speed skater Kim Boutin, who captured bronze in the 500-metre event Tuesday at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, has received threatening messages on social media from angry supporters of a disqualified South Korean skater.
  
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• Canada's Kim Boutin subjected to online threats after winning short-track bronze

  13-02-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Short track speed skater Kim Boutin, who bronze in the 500-metre event Tuesday at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, has received threatening messages on social media from angry supporters of a disqualified South Korean skater.
  
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• Dan Delmar: If anti-Semitism isn’t the problem on campus, what is?

  13-02-2018 21:44 via montrealgazette.com
  A McGill University report that failed to substantiate allegations of anti-Semitism made in connection with a recent incident is being met with skepticism in Montreal’s Jewish community, with reason: If anti-Semitism isn’t the problem on this and other Canadian campuses, what is behind the longstanding fixation with expressions of Jewish nationalism?
  The report was produced by retired former university ombudsperson who was mandated by McGill’s president to look into a stud
  
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• Montreal florist Stefano Zambito uses Valentine’s Day holiday to support people in need. https://t.co/jzbhQLeypx

  13-02-2018 21:26
  
  Montreal florist Stefano Zambito uses Valentine’s Day holiday to support people in need. https://t.co/jzbhQLeypx
  
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• 'I always loved that girl,' accused killer Kwasi Benjamin testifies in his own defence

  13-02-2018 21:10 via cbc.ca
  Kwasi Benjamin is taking the rare step of testifying at his second-degree murder trial, telling a Montreal jury that he did not strangle his girlfriend, Nellie Angutiguluk, in May 2015.
  
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• ICYMI: Natural ways to stay healthy during cold & flu season with @Jamieson_Canada & registered dietitian… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-02-2018 21:00
  ICYMI: Natural ways to stay healthy during cold & flu season with @Jamieson_Canada & registered dietitian… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• New rules for surveillance cameras in Quebec care centres

  13-02-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  The new regulations will be in effect as of March 7.
  
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• Liberals to unveil third budget on Feb. 27

  13-02-2018 20:49 via cbc.ca
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau will deliver his government's third budget on Feb. 27.
  
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• Liberals to unveil budget on Feb. 27 as Canada faces trade, competitiveness uncertainty

  13-02-2018 20:49 via cbc.ca
  Finance Minister Bill Morneau will deliver his government's third budget on Feb. 27.
  
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• Personal surveillance cameras to be allowed in Quebec's long-term care homes

  13-02-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Beginning March 7, residents of publicly funded long-term care institutions in Quebec will have the right to install surveillance equipment in their rooms to prevent mistreatment.
  
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• Former mail carrier a lifelong resident of Pierrefonds-Roxboro

  13-02-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Pierrefonds-Roxboro Mayor Jim Beis has launched the “Mail Carrier’s Memories” heritage project, a series of video clips featuring 86-year-old former mail carrier Marc Locas, a lifelong resident of the borough
  The series of eight video clips, which premiered Tuesday, will be available for viewing on the borough’s Facebook page and website.
  “The history and heritage of our borough are very important to me and the council members,” said Beis, who launched the ser
  
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• West Island waiting on REM project

  13-02-2018 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  While the project to construct a Montreal regional electric train network breaks ground this April, the timetable for the opening of the stations along the West Island branch remains up in the air for now.
  The first Réseau express métropolitain riders are expected to begin boarding in the summer of 2021, and all four branches on the 67-kilometre network — which will connect the West Island, downtown Montreal, North Shore and the South Shore — are expected to open within
  
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• Highway 440 W. in Laval closed by bizarre accident

  13-02-2018 18:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Westbound Highway 440 in Laval is closed at Curé-Labelle Blvd. in the wake of a bizarre accident that saw a vehicle wind up under the trailer of a flatbed truck, where it remained as both vehicles swerved off the road.
  The incident occurred at about 10 a.m. Tuesday. The driver of the vehicle, a late model Volkswagen, is described by police as a man in his 60s. While his injuries are described by the Sûreté du Québec as serious, they don’t appear to be life threat
  
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• Show this cold and flu season who’s boss! Find out how you can enter for a chance to win a $350 prize pack from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-02-2018 18:52
  Show this cold and flu season who’s boss! Find out how you can enter for a chance to win a $350 prize pack from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebec ombudsman urged to probe 'organizational mistreatment' in health sector

  13-02-2018 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s Centrale des syndicats (CSQ), an alliance of unions, has asked the province’s ombudsman into investigate what it calls “organizational mistreatment” in the public health sector — lapses in care created by a lack of personnel or by deliberate managerial decisions.
  The CSQ made the formal request on Tuesday, saying the problems are many and have become systemic.
  CSQ president Louise Chabot said an ombudsman’s investigation is necessary to reveal the sco
  
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• Montreal school bus drivers reject deal, strikes possible

  13-02-2018 18:21 via globalnews.ca
  Transco drivers have rejected a tentative deal worked out by their union after two strike days in January. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, 15,000 Montreal-area kids and their parents are are bracing for more trouble getting to and from school.
  
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• Boushie family promised 'concrete changes' in meetings with Trudeau, ministers

  13-02-2018 18:11 via cbc.ca
  Colten Boushie's family says they believe the Liberal government will go the distance to change what they see as systemic problems with Canada's justice system in the simmering aftermath of his shooting death.
  
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• Boushie aftermath points to need for justice system reform, says Wilson-Raybould

  13-02-2018 18:11 via cbc.ca
  Concerns raised in the aftermath of a not-guilty verdict in Colten Boushie's shooting death highlight the need to reform the justice system, says Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Swedish Meatballs

  13-02-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  A cookbook that takes readers down memory lane to recipes popular long-ago has been published to remember the legendary cook Betty Crocker. It’s a good read as well as a collection of more than 120 easy recipes. The name given by the American flour company General Mills back in the 1920s to its consumer advice service lives again in Betty Crocker’s Lost Recipes: Beloved Vintage Recipes for Today’s Kitchens (Houghton Mifflin Harcourt/Raincoast, $35). How about a cheese ball or h
  
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• Quebec mosque shooting victim thanks donors who raised more than $400,000

  13-02-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Aymen Derbali, left permanently paralyzed in the wake of last year’s attack on a Quebec City mosque, has expressed his thanks to the thousands of donors who raised more than $400,000 to allow him to purchase an accessible home.
  The money was raised by on online campaign launched last December by DawaNet, a Muslim, non-profit community organization in Toronto. The campaign raised $416,335 from 4,800 donors from 40 countries, 3,765 coming from Canada and 1,004 from Quebec.
  Derbali was shot s
  
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• Man seriously injured as vehicle gets stuck under flatbed truck in Laval

  13-02-2018 17:41 via cbc.ca
  Highway 440 is completely closed westbound near Curé-Labelle Boulevard following the incident, which happened Tuesday morning.
  
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• Laval police warn of drug more powerful — and deadly — than fentanyl

  13-02-2018 17:22 via montrealgazette.com
  An emergency call last month to help a man found unconscious in a home in Laval’s Vimont district has led police to the discovery of several stamps impregnated not only with LSD but with carfentanyl, a synthetic opioid 100 times more potent than fentanyl, a drug already blamed for scores of overdoses — some of them fatal — in the Montreal area.
  Police investigating the Jan. 23 emergency call detected the carfentanyl in postage stamps apparently already treated with LSD, le
  
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• Quebec government to blame for nursing crisis: patients’ rights advocate

  13-02-2018 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  "When nobody wants to come and work for the company, who is the problem?"
  
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• Quebec coroner’s report into ride sharing death a warning to users

  13-02-2018 17:17 via globalnews.ca
  A Quebec coroner is warning vehicles used in ride-sharing programs aren't required to undergo regular inspections.
  
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• Four arrested as Montreal cops bust large-scale drug ring

  13-02-2018 16:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Four men have been arrested and a secret drug lab shut down in the wake of the Montreal police narcotics investigation that saw six raids carried out late last week on a large-scale trafficking ring with links to organized crime and criminal biker gangs.
  Lorenzo De Rosa, 46, Marcello Paolucci, 37, Rudolph Jean, 45, and Lucio Augello, 45, were arrested after raids were carried out overnight Feb. 9-10 in Montreal, Mirabel, Terrebonne, Blainville, Mirabel and Chertsey. The four were arraigned
  
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• Feds brace for more irregular Quebec border crossings with meal plan, extra funding

  13-02-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  The food provided to asylum seekers will include juice, milk, egg and chicken sandwiches, plus granola bars as snack items.
  
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• Carfentanil stamps found north of Montreal

  13-02-2018 16:30 via globalnews.ca
  Laval police say it's the first time they've seen carfentanil blotting stamps on their territory.
  
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• "If he were not married to the President's daughter, there's no way in hell he would be there." - @Concordia's Grah… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  13-02-2018 16:14
  "If he were not married to the President's daughter, there's no way in hell he would be there." - @Concordia's Grah… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Quebec floods: With less than 10% of claims processed, CAQ demands action

  13-02-2018 15:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite repeated claims by the Quebec government that it has tried to fast-track compensation claims by those who suffered damage or displacement by last year’s spring floods, less than 10 per cent of the more than 1,000 claims made in the Montreal area have been successfully completed, the Coalition Avenir Québec charged on Tuesday.
  Armed with numbers provided by access to information requests, CAQ MNA Sylvie D’Amours issued a statement contending that as of Jan. 18 of this y
  
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• 'The price of freedom': It will take 3 elevators to access Bonaventure métro

  13-02-2018 15:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A long-awaited elevator to the Bonaventure métro station could finally see the light —  nine years later than anticipated.
  In 2010, the station was one of the first in the city to get an elevator, but has only one of two elevators necessary for the station to be considered universally accessible.
  The elevator links the platform to the turnstile level, but there is no elevator to get from the station itself to street level or from any of the buildings linking the station to the
  
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• Valentine’s tips from a matchmaker

  13-02-2018 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  Learn how to have a successful Valentine’s Day with matchmaker Margaux Cassuto and Global’s Kim Sullivan and Laura Casella.
  
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• Quebecers would rather more services than a tax cut, PQ poll suggests

  13-02-2018 15:07 via montrealgazette.com
  After a series of unfavourable opinion polls, the Parti Québécois has found some solace in a survey that suggests some of its platform is favoured by a majority of Quebecers.
  Trailing the Coalition Avenir Québec and the Liberals in the polls for months, the PQ internal survey suggests that one element of its platform — more funding for services rather than a tax cut — resonates with voters.
  According to a survey conducted for the PQ by Repère Communication
  
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