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• Plante on World Cup: We won't go ahead without cash from Ottawa and Quebec

  20-02-2018 23:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Hosting the soccer World Cup would be “fabulous” and add to Montreal’s international prestige, Mayor Valérie Plante said Tuesday.
  But if the city is chosen to host part of the international tournament in 2026, there’s no question of going ahead unless the federal and provincial governments assume two-thirds of the cost, estimated at $150 million, Plante told reporters after an appearance at the HEC Montréal business school with Transport Minister Marc G
  
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• Rizzuto to keep low profile after release, crime expert suggests

  20-02-2018 23:46 via montrealgazette.com
  After more than two years behind bars, Leonardo Rizzuto was released from jail on Monday and an organized crime expert says he expects the former alleged Mafia leader to keep a low profile.
  “He is facing other charges (possession of a firearm and drugs) and will likely be under police surveillance,” said Pierre de Champlain, a former RCMP intelligence analyst and author of books about organized crime.
  Rizzuto, 48, the son of former mob boss Vito Rizzuto, and Stefano Sollecito we
  
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• Planning for traffic ahead of Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital construction

  20-02-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 20: While construction has yet to begin on the long-awaited Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital, there are concerns that traffic could become an issue. But as Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, the mayors of Vaudreuil and Saint-Lazare are working with the transport ministry to find solutions.
  
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• Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu orderly charged with sexual assault, voyeurism

  20-02-2018 23:31 via cbc.ca
  André Tougas, 53, appeared in court in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu Tuesday, to face eight charges including sexual assault, voyeurism and possession of child pornography.
  
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• Liveblog: Canadiens at Philadelphia

  20-02-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Spoiler alert!
  No, Liveblog is not about to reveal the plot of Black Panther.
  Spoiler is the role the Canadiens will be playing through the end of their miserable 2017-’18 season.
  And the latest opportunity to rain on someone else’s parade is Tuesday night in Philadelphia.
  The Flyers sit third in the Eastern Conference’s Metropolitan Division. they are tied with New Jersey at 70 points, but Philadelphia has more ROW (Regulation or Overtime Wins).
  The Canadiens’ winless ro
  
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• Montreal protesters argue lives are cut short by drug prohibition

  20-02-2018 23:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Protesters carrying signs saying “Injustice is fatal!” laid dozens of white carnations next to a coffin on the steps of Montreal City Hall Tuesday, each representing a life lost to a drug overdose.
  A coalition of community groups, crisis workers, activists and drug users held a demonstration demanding the government repeal drug laws that marginalize drug users. They also held a moment of silence — joining several vigils held simultaneously across Canada. The opio
  
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• Quebec maple syrup producers planning for another sweet season

  20-02-2018 23:27 via montrealgazette.com
  After recording unprecedented sales for their product last year, Quebec’s maple syrup producers are planning for another sweet season as it kicks off on Tuesday.
  According to the Fédération des producteurs acéricoles du Québec, last year was a high-water mark for sales, with more than 118 million pounds of product sold, a 100-per-cent increase compared with seven years ago.
  Canadian maple syrup exports also broke records in 2017, with 101 million pounds of syrup
  
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• Montreal-area parents protest lack of services for children with autism

  20-02-2018 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Feb 20: It started out as a one-man show outside the health and social services minister’s office in downtown Montreal to protest the lack of services for children living with autism, but as Global’s Anne Leclair reports, other parents are joining the fight.
  
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• No compensation for commuters fed up with train delays, RTM says

  20-02-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Elie Skaf figures Montreal’s commuter train authority owes him at least a day’s pay for late trains.
  Skaf, who boards the Deux-Montagnes line in Ste-Dorothée, said delayed trains have caused him to arrive late to work numerous times this year. He was recently given the option of making up for being late by working longer hours or having his pay docked. He chose the latter option.
  “All the times I have come late to work this year have amounted to a full day of pay,”
  
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• Hedley out of Juno consideration, but still to appear in Laval Wednesday

  20-02-2018 22:10 via cbc.ca
  The Juno Awards will not be naming replacement nominees now that embattled rockers Hedley have withdrawn from consideration for group of the year, pop album of the year and the fan choice prize.
  
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• Quebec's bill governing dangerous dogs is still alive, government says

  20-02-2018 21:43 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Montreal may be backing away from legislation governing dangerous dogs, but the province has not had its last word in the emotional debate.
  Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux denied Tuesday that the government has shelved its own legislation on the issue that would force municipalities to ban any breed of dog it classifies as “potentially dangerous.”
  Individual cities would be allowed to adopt their standards if they want — even stricter ones, under the term
  
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• Pilot project prohibiting through traffic on Mount Royal draws praise and controversy

  20-02-2018 21:24 via globalnews.ca
  A pilot project planned by Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante's administration is drawing praise and criticism.
  
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• Watchdog says Quebec judge should be fired after cocaine use inquiry

  20-02-2018 21:06 via cbc.ca
  A judicial watchdog says a Quebec Superior court judge accused of buying cocaine should be tossed from the bench for misleading an inquiry into his conduct.
  
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• Opinion: Squeals over Mount Royal traffic plan sound like entitlement

  20-02-2018 21:05 via montrealgazette.com
  There are more than 1.2 million dead people on Mount Royal, taking up over 500 acres of prime Montreal real estate. They lie there in perpetuity by historical decree, for the benefit of a few. Established when much of the city was pasture, these monuments to ash and bone have endured even as the surrounding city transformed.
  Though decidedly less sacrosanct, the road stretching over the mountain in half has proven no less enduring — until now. Constructed in the car-happy 1950s and named a
  
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• Parti Québécois leader Jean-Francois Lisée wants Quebec to compete at the Olympics... as a country. Would you suppo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 21:04
  Parti Québécois leader Jean-Francois Lisée wants Quebec to compete at the Olympics... as a country. Would you suppo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Defence in Kwasi Benjamin murder trial argues Nellie Angutiguluk's death was suicide

  20-02-2018 20:54 via cbc.ca
  Defence lawyer Paul Skolnik has begun closing arguments in Kwasi Benjamin's second-degree murder trial, telling the jury Nellie Angutiguluk died because she hanged herself, and not because Benjamin strangled her.
  
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• Dan Delmar: The 'Plateau-ization' of Montreal is underway

  20-02-2018 20:25 via montrealgazette.com
  During an uncharacteristically flat mayoralty campaign last year, one of the few effective criticisms hurled by former mayor Denis Coderre at his opponents was that a Projet Montréal government would bring about the “Plateau-ization” of the city.
  Three months into the Valérie Plante administration, there seems to be some fear that the Plateau-ization has commenced.
  Before 2017, Coderre was a masterful campaigner, connecting with his constituents at an almost visceral le
  
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• West Islanders like their cars

  20-02-2018 20:15 via montrealgazette.com
  The vast majority of West Islanders rely on their cars to get from home to work; under one-quarter take public transit, a study suggests. 
  According to a Montreal Metropolitan Community (MMC) study, 22 per cent of Dorval residents and 19.3 per cent of Pointe-Claire residents use public transit to head to work, based on 2016 data. As far as demerged West Island cities are concerned, Dorval and Pointe-Claire had the highest ratio of public transit users to head to work during that period. The
  
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• Warmer winters threaten the Oka-Hudson ice bridge

  20-02-2018 20:12 via globalnews.ca
  Warmer and wetter winters are making it difficult for a Montreal family to operate the Oka-Hundson ice bridge.
  
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• Frigid waters were no match for determined fundraisers

  20-02-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Wearing costumes and uniforms of all shapes and sizes, 36 teams jumped into the frigid waters of Lac St-Louis near the Lachine Canoe Club and raised $55,000 for the Special Olympics Québec, Feb. 17.
  Participants in the Polar Bear Plunge jumped into the water feet first and paddled their way at top speed, across the large rectangle cut in the ice, to ladders set up at the opposite side. The teams were comprised of law enforcement officers, corporate managers and employees and Special Olymp
  
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• CJAD's Andrew Carter to head Hudson's St. Patrick Day parade

  20-02-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  CJAD morning man Andrew Carter has been named Grand Marshal of the 2018 Hudson’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade .
  “I am absolutely thrilled,” Carter said after being named Grand Marshal of the ninth edition of Hudson’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade, which is set for Saturday, March 17.
  Hudson’s annual St. Patrick’s Day parade is set for March 17. 
  The parade begins at 1 p.m. and will roll along Hudson’s Main Rd.
  “I think the Hudson
  
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• Crocodile cracking irks drivers on stretch of Highway 19, just months after $3.3M repaving job

  20-02-2018 19:47 via cbc.ca
  Less than four months after Roxboro Excavation finished resurfacing a three-kilometre stretch of Highway 19, the road is already showing signs of deterioration, a Radio-Canada investigation has found.
  
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• Stephane Parent remains in custody, court case put over a month for 2002 death of Adrienne McColl

  20-02-2018 19:46 via globalnews.ca
  Stephane Parent was arrested and charged with the murder 16 years to the day after Adrienne McColl’s body was found in a farmer’s field south of Calgary.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Phillip Danault returns to lineup in Philadelphia

  20-02-2018 19:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Centre Phillip Danault will make his long-awaited return to the Canadiens on Tuesday at Wells Fargo Center against the Philadelphia Flyers (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  Danault, who has missed 16 games with a concussion, received the green light Tuesday morning and will centre a line with Alex Galchenyuk and Charles Hudon.
  There was a scare during the morning skate when Carey Price took a shot off his right knee. He went to the side boards and was flexing his knee, but he said afterward th
  
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• What's the future of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park?

  20-02-2018 18:55 via cbc.ca
  After last August’s microburst ravaged much of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park, the borough is asking for the public’s take on how to move forward with its reconstruction.
  
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• Residents asked to weigh in on future of NDG Park

  20-02-2018 18:55 via cbc.ca
  After last August’s microburst ravaged much of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park, the borough is asking for the public’s take on how to move forward with its reconstruction.
  
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• Borough to hold public consultation to discuss future of Girouard Park

  20-02-2018 18:55 via cbc.ca
  After last August’s microburst ravaged much of Notre-Dame-de-Grâce Park, the borough is asking for the public’s take on how to move forward with its reconstruction.
  
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• Accused in pit bull mauling case calls no defence witnesses

  20-02-2018 18:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Karim Jean Gilles, the man accused of criminal negligence causing injury in connection with the mauling by a pit bull of a seven-year-old girl in 2015, has decided not to mount a case in his defence.
  The accused, who is representing himself, told the judge hearing the case in Longueuil on Tuesday that he will not be calling any witnesses in his defence.
  Prosecutor Claudie Gilbert declared the Crown’s case against Gilles completed on Monday.
  The prosecutor had called 12 witnesses including
  
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• Raids targeting Hell Angels continue in Montreal, North Shore

  20-02-2018 18:19 via montrealgazette.com
  A police task force targeting the Hells Angels and spearheaded by the Sûreté du Québec launched a series of raids in Montreal and on the city’s North Shore Tuesday.
  SQ officials said the raids, which involved 130 officers, were launched at 17 residences and five business and are part of an ongoing investigation into drug trafficking police suspect has links to “influential members of the Hells Angels.”
  No immediate information of arrests or seized evidence w
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Herbed Potato Soup makes for tasty winter dish

  20-02-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Early Canadian settlers would breakfast on potato soup, writes Rose Murray in her new cookbook, Rose Murray’s Comfortable Kitchen Cookbook (Whitecap, $29.95).
  Her recipe, beautifully photographed with a topping of crisp-cooked bacon, is tempting winter food at any time of day.
  One of a dozen soups in the book, a revision of a 1991 publication, the cold weather assortment includes a chunky minestrone, a canned salmon chowder packed with vegetables, Hungarian goulash flavoured with caraway s
  
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• Accused in Longueuil dog attack trial will not testify in court

  20-02-2018 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  A man charged with criminal negligence after one of his pit bull-type dogs allegedly mauled a young girl will not testify at his trial. Karim Jean Gilles faces up to 10 years if convicted.
  
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• Accused in Longueuil dog attack trial suggests his dog might have been provoked

  20-02-2018 17:52 via globalnews.ca
  A man charged with criminal negligence after one of his pit bull-type dogs allegedly mauled a young girl will not testify at his trial. Karim Jean Gilles faces up to 10 years if convicted.
  
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• Quebec's top court upholds kirpan ban at National Assembly

  20-02-2018 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's top court has upheld the right of the province's National Assembly to prohibit people from entering with a kirpan.
  
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• Young Anglos leaving Quebec https://t.co/1LZZHwMWQn

  20-02-2018 17:35
  
  Young Anglos leaving Quebec https://t.co/1LZZHwMWQn
  
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• Ontario tops Quebec for most electric cars sold in Canada for 2017

  20-02-2018 17:31 via globalnews.ca
  Ontario's sales increased 120 per cent from 2016, when rebates increased.
  
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• .@thekayladiamond performs "What You're Made Of" on BT this morning - Full video and interview at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  20-02-2018 17:18
  .@thekayladiamond performs "What You're Made Of" on BT this morning - Full video and interview at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Accused in pit bull mauling case presents no defence, witnesses

  20-02-2018 16:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Karim Jean Gilles, the man accused of criminal negligence causing injury in connection with the mauling by a pit bull of a seven-year-old girl in 2015, has decided not testify in his defence.
  The accused, who is representing himself, also told the judge hearing the case in Longueuil on Tuesday that he will not be calling any witnesses in his defence.
  Prosecutor Claudie Gilbert declared the Crown’s case against Gilles completed on Monday.
  The prosecutor had called 12 witnesses including nei
  
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• At Montreal rink, fellow skaters and the Zamboni driver celebrate Virtue and Moir's victory

  20-02-2018 16:39 via cbc.ca
  "The man who sharpens their skates said, 'oh, it's because of me.' And I said, 'no, it's because of my ice,'" Danielle Leblanc, a Zamboni driver at the rink where Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir train, joked the morning after their big win.
  
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• Radiohead announces 2018 U.S. and Canada tour

  20-02-2018 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  Beloved British rock band Radiohead revealed east coast dates for their 2018 summer tour.
  
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• Quebec’s top court upholds kirpan ban at the national assembly

  20-02-2018 16:15 via globalnews.ca
  Two members of the World Sikh Organization of Canada were challenging a unanimous motion adopted in the national assembly in 2011.
  
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• From Dawson College hero to WE Day

  20-02-2018 16:13 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan talk to former Dawson College student shooting survivor and now police officer James Santos about taking part in WE Day activities in Montreal.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Tuesday, February 20

  20-02-2018 16:10 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Tuesday, February 20.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Tuesday, February 20

  20-02-2018 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Tuesday, February 20.
  
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• Spring break fashion for kids

  20-02-2018 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  Get a jump start on children’s fashion choices for Spring Break with Global’s Laura Casella and Deux Par Deux sales and marketing director Laura Wizman.
  
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• Thousands sign petition against traffic closure on Mount Royal

  20-02-2018 15:31 via globalnews.ca
  After the city decided to stop cars from driving across Mount Royal, a petition against the decision is steadily growing. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Pre-natal agility workout for moms-to-be

  20-02-2018 15:31 via globalnews.ca
  Get a great pre-natal agility workout from Coach Jonathan Williams and Global’s Kim Williams.
  
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• Radiohead announce two Montreal dates on 2018 North American tour

  20-02-2018 15:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Radiohead are playing Montreal’s Bell Centre on July 16 and 17 as part of their 2018 North American tour.
  The British group are touring in support of their latest record, 2016’s A Moon Shaped Pool.
  Tickets for the Montreal shows go on sale Feb. 24 and start at $90.50.
  The tour also includes two stops at Toronto’s Air Canada Centre. 
  Radiohead were last in Montreal for their headlining spot at the 2016 Osheaga Music and Arts Festival.
  Watch their full set from Osheaga here.
  
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• Quebec transport minister demands solution to commuter train delays: report

  20-02-2018 15:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Saying that he, too, is fed up with the situation, Quebec Transport Minister André Fortin has fired off an order to the Montreal area’s transit authority that a solution be found to a growing number of delays encountered by the region’s commuter trains, La Presse reported Tuesday.
  Fortin’s directive to the Autorité régionale de transport métropolitain follows a La Presse report Monday detailing the number of delays encountered by passengers usin
  
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• FACE orchestra celebrates 20 years

  20-02-2018 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella, FACE music teacher Theodora Stathopoulos and Concert master Gabriel Dodin as they talk about FACE’s big 20th anniversary concert.
  
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