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• March organized by Quebec Solidaire calls for health minister’s resignation

  24-02-2018 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  The group presented a petition with 50,000 signatures asking the premier to dismiss Barrette. 
  
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• Plekanec will not play against Lightning Saturday

  24-02-2018 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  Sitting Plekanec fuels the rumours that the 35-year-old centre could be traded before Monday, the NHL's trade deadline.
  
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• Montreal seeks citizen input on animal control after revoking pit bull ban

  24-02-2018 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Montreal is asking citizens to weigh in on a new animal control bylaw after suspending the previous administration's controversial pit bull ban.
  
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• 'Our sisters are still not protected': Montrealers call for justice for Tina Fontaine

  24-02-2018 21:25 via cbc.ca
  The failure to hold anyone accountable for the 2014 death of an Indigenous teenager in Winnipeg brought several hundred people to Montreal's Cabot Square on Saturday, where they demanded more concrete action on reconciliation and urgent reforms to Canada's justice system.
  
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• Montrealers gather to call for justice for Tina Fontaine

  24-02-2018 21:25 via cbc.ca
  The failure to hold anyone accountable for the 2014 death of an Indigenous teenager in Winnipeg brought several hundred people to Montreal's Cabot Square on Saturday, where they demanded more concrete action on reconciliation and urgent reforms to Canada's justice system.
  
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• Enter to WIN passes to @AnnihilationMov starring Natalie Portman. Now playing in theatres. btmontreal.ca/contests/win-p…

  24-02-2018 20:50
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• If you overcome Sunday's weather, this will be a nice week

  24-02-2018 20:39 via montrealgazette.com
  Motorists and pedestrians take note: it could be a slippery Sunday.
  Environment Canada issued a special weather statement Saturday warning residents of southwestern Quebec that weather conditions may be hazardous on the roads and sidewalks.
  After a relatively dry Saturday, significant precipitation is expected for the Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, Châteauguay and Outaouais regions. Up to 10 centimetres of snow are expected to fall starting Sunday morning when the temperatures will be hoverin
  
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• Car torching revived fears in Quebec City's Muslim community, mosque leader tells court

  24-02-2018 19:58 via cbc.ca
  The torching in August of a car belonging to the leader of a prominent Quebec City mosque reinforced the Muslim community's fears about their safety following a deadly shooting last year, a court heard earlier this week.
  
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• Tomas Plekanec has likely played his last game with Canadiens

  24-02-2018 19:39 via montrealgazette.com
  It looks like Tomas Plekanec has played his last game with the Canadiens.
  The Canadiens announced on Saturday afternoon that the 35-year-old centre will be a healthy scratch for Saturday night’s game against the Tampa Bay Lightning at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., CITY, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690), meaning he is likely to be dealt before Monday’s 3 p.m. NHL trade deadline.
  Plekanec, who was selected by the Canadiens in the third round (71st overall) at the 2001 NHL Draft, has spent 13 seas
  
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• Road worker dead after alleged impaired driving accident in Dorval

  24-02-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  A 44-year-old Transports Quebec worker is dead and six other people are injured after an alleged impaired driver crashed his vehicle in Dorval late Friday night.
  
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• Couillard says he is open to advancing Montreal’s subway contract to Bombardier

  24-02-2018 18:31 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard is suggesting he's open to giving Bombardier a contract to replace Montreal's subway cars in order to stave off potential job losses at the company.
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens' Jeff Petry and Victor Mete face a tough challenge

  24-02-2018 18:21 via montrealgazette.com
  The Tampa Bay Lightning have the second-best record in the NHL and the No. 1 offence, so they will provide a huge challenge for the Canadiens and their new No. 1 defence pair of Jeff Petry and rookie Victor Mete Saturday night at the Bell Centre (7 p.m., CITY, TVA Sports, TSN Radio 690).
  Canadiens coach Claude Julien put Petry and Mete together for the first time this season in a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers Thursday night at the Bell Centre and they played very well. Noah Juulsen, who play
  
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• Montreal bar plans Max Pacioretty good riddance party while he's still a Hab

  24-02-2018 18:03 via montrealgazette.com
  Captain Max Pacioretty may or may not still be with the Montreal Canadiens after Monday’s trade deadline, but one Montreal bar isn’t letting such minor inconveniences as facts or or uncertainty delay the work of planning his goodbye and good riddance party. 
  “Let’s all look forward to the departure of Pacioretty and the advent of a new captain for the Montreal Canadiens,” reads the description on the Facebook event created by Taverne Saint-Sacrement.
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• Pit bulls: Public consultation on animal control begins Saturday

  24-02-2018 17:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The first of eight public consultation meetings aimed at redrafting the city’s animal control bylaw got underway on Saturday.
  Public meetings are taking place this Saturday, Monday and next Saturday, March 3, in Plateau–Mont–Royal, Mercier–Hochelaga–Maisonneuve, Sud-Ouest, St-Laurent and Villeray—St-Michel—Parc–Extension boroughs. 
  While Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante has rescinded a ban on pit bulls that was part of the new bylaw put in
  
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• First woman to break into 'boys' club' at National Assembly honoured

  24-02-2018 17:00 via cbc.ca
  A trailblazer in the world of Quebec political journalism was honoured at the National Assembly this week. A conference room now bears a plaque in tribute to Evelyn Dumas, the province's first female legislative reporter.
  
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• Saturday march in Montreal calls for Health Minister Barrette's head

  24-02-2018 16:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec solidaire has organized what it calls a citizens march to demand the resignation of Health Minister Gaétan Barrette.
  QS MNAs Gabriel Nadeau-Dubois and Amir Khadir will speak at the demonstration, as will activists in the healthcare system.
  The march will begin Saturday at 3 p.m. at Place Émilie-Gamelin and will end at the Montreal office of Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard on Sherbrooke St. W. at McGill College Ave.
  The group will deposit a petition with 50,000
  
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• ICYMI: @TheKaylaDiamond performed her song "What You're Made Of" from her new Beautiful Chaos EP. See her performa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  24-02-2018 16:00
  ICYMI: @TheKaylaDiamond performed her song "What You're Made Of" from her new Beautiful Chaos EP.See her performa… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Host of CBC's Reclaimed celebrates spirit of resistance by championing Indigenous artists

  24-02-2018 16:00 via cbc.ca
  Jarrett Martineau has a PhD in Indigenous governance from University of Victoria, but music and the arts are equal passions. The son of a white mother and Cree/Dene father spoke to Nantali Indongo about his tools for combating ignorance and racism on The Bridge.
  
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• One dead, seven injured after driver crashes into workers on Highway 20

  24-02-2018 15:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A 44-year-old Transport Quebec worker is dead and seven other workers are injured after they were struck by a vehicle late Friday night in Dorval. 
  Five of the victims were seriously injured, but their lives are not believed to be in danger. The other two are suffering from nervous shock. 
  The accident took place around 11:30 p.m. on Westbound Highway 20 near the junction with Autoroute 520 West. 
  The right lane was closed for construction, signage was in place and protective vehi
  
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• While you were sleeping: Can someone please claim this Degas?

  24-02-2018 14:25 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Changes to classrooms and school buses
  The Commission scolaire de Montréal is adding mobile elementary school classrooms to cope with a surge in enrolment. This policy was announced in a newsletter sent to parents on Friday. Since September alone, the school board says it has welcomed 1,250 new students. The newsletter, signed by CSDM chairperson Catherine Harel Bourdon, says the school board has already converted art and music rooms and after-school daycare facilities int
  
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• The Week in Review: From independence flip-flops to bridge deadlines

  24-02-2018 14:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Court to decide Wednesday fate of Pointe-St-Charles tenants served with evacuation notices
  Whether or not a city of Montreal evacuation notice is enforced on two Pointe-St-Charles residential buildings will be decided in court on Wednesday, a mere 24 hours before tenants are expected to be forced out of their homes. The city sent residents of two buildings on Centre and Châteauguay Sts. evacuation notices on Jan
  
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• Mayor Valérie Plante’s first 100 days: In her own words

  24-02-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante arrives carrying soup in a paper cup. It’s a noon-hour interview and she’s nursing a bad cold that literally left her speechless at city council three days earlier.
  “I love soup and I’m sick,” she says, laughing, by way of explanation.
  Though clearly still under the weather, Plante’s voice is back and she’s not about to skip the round of 100-days-in-office chats with reporters. The reviews of her baptism by fire haven’t
  
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• Analysis: The highs and lows of Valérie Plante's first 100 days

  24-02-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It was Day 89 and Montreal’s Energizer Bunny had lost her voice.
  As a candidate, Valérie Plante, mostly unknown to Montrealers until last summer, won over voters with relentless campaigning — a barrage of news conferences and promises that helped underscore the complacency of former mayor Denis Coderre’s campaign.
  After her surprise victory, Plante slipped into the role of highly visible mayor, making announcements left and right, always ready to defend her administratio
  
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• Josh Freed: Made-in-Montreal solutions to the Mount Royal dilemma

  24-02-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Thank you readers, for a virtual mountain of mail.
  Since my last column, you’ve inundated me with suggestions on how to protect Mount Royal from traffic, without entirely ending our stunning over-the-mountain drive.
  Many of you angrily attacked the city for being “close-minded,” “anti-car” and “amateurish” — as well as for being Blue Meanies.
  But a number of you angrily attacked me for being “close-minded”, “entitled” and a
  
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• Tampa Bay Lightning at Canadiens: Five things you should know

  24-02-2018 13:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are five things you should know about the Canadiens-Lightning game at the Bell Centre Saturday (7 p.m., CITY, TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio):
  The matchup: Tampa Bay has the most points in the NHL standings (85) but are being pushed by Boston for first place in the Eastern Conference. This is the third of four meetings between these teams this season and they split the first two. Tampa Bay won 3-1 at home on Dec. 28 as Steven Stamkos scored two goals. The Canadiens were 2-1 winners in a shootout
  
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• Shelter: 8 weeks to a new life, home and furnishings in Pointe-St-Charles

  24-02-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Stephanie Smith grew up in Nova Scotia’s Annapolis Valley and her spouse, Nigel (he did not wish to reveal his last name), is from Timmins, Ont. The couple, who are in their early 30s, met in Halifax.
  Smith worked her way up to management in call centres. After getting his degree in electronics engineering, Nigel, “who always liked to tinker around with computers,” taught himself the Linux operating system (“because it runs the world”). A three-year contract do
  
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• Go fish and other March Break strategies

  24-02-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Spring is so close you can almost taste it, like maple syrup and tender greens. If you’ve had a little trouble embracing the winter, March Break is one of your last chances till fall. Here are several things to do outside the house and a few for rainy, snowy, I’m-not-going-anywhere days during the school holiday from March 3 to 11.
  Getting out
  ‘It was this big!’ 
  You can get the kids to make dinner, but how about going one step farther: Have them catch and clean
  
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• Police accuse man, 38, of drunk driving in Highway 20 crash that killed road worker, badly injured 5

  24-02-2018 12:42 via cbc.ca
  A Transports Québec worker was killed late Friday night, and several others injured, when a vehicle crashed into a highway work site in the West Island.
  
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• Man arrested after vehicle crashes into workers on Highway 20, killing 1

  24-02-2018 12:42 via cbc.ca
  A Transports Québec worker is dead and several others are injured after a vehicle crashed into a group of workers late Friday night in the West Island.
  
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• At least 1 dead, 3 critically injured after vehicle crashes into group of workers on Highway 20

  24-02-2018 12:42 via cbc.ca
  A road worker is dead after a driver crashed into a Transports Québec vehicle overnight Friday.
  
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• Homeless man 'embarrassed,' fined by Montreal police after biking on a sidewalk

  24-02-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A homeless man in Montreal says he was belittled, humiliated and fined $240 by Montreal police after they spotted him riding his bike on a sidewalk downtown.
  
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• Man whose wife died in car crash furious after driver gets away with $2,000 fine

  24-02-2018 04:24 via globalnews.ca
  Robert Cadieux says he was told he'd be able to give a victim impact statement at the trial, but was later told the accused had already been sentenced.
  
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• In case you missed it, here is what happened in Montreal on Feb. 23

  24-02-2018 03:02 via montrealgazette.com
  A look at the day’s events in and around Montreal:
  Champlain Bridge is 65% done, on track for December
  Every day, roughly 1,000 people are on the site of the new Champlain Bridge, working nearly around the clock to build one of the widest bridges in the world within a short timeframe. “The government of Canada has asked for this bridge to be delivered by December 2018, and we’re absolutely committed to meeting that objective,”said Daniel Genest, the director of co-or
  
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• Quebec launching pilot project to install cameras on school buses

  24-02-2018 02:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec Transport Department will launch a pilot project in March to equip a handful of school buses around the province with cameras to catch motorists illegally passing when the buses are stopped.
  Transport Minister André Fortin announced the pilot project during a stop Friday in Gatineau, one of the municipalities where the pilot project will be carried out.
  The pilot project is to begin on March 12 and last 45 days.
  In all, 13 school buses in rural, urban and suburban areas of the
  
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• Opposition backs Royalmount mega-mall plan in the Town of Mount Royal

  24-02-2018 02:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The main opposition party at Montreal City Hall is coming out in favour of the Royalmount mega mall in the Town of Mount Royal.
  “We’re looking at a $2-billion private investment in Montreal, I think that bodes very well for the economic situation in Montreal, it shows that private interests are ready to invest in the long-term,” said Lionel Perez, the leader of Ensemble Montreal.
  While the party — and previous administration that it led — has raised concerns ab
  
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• Bursting at the seams, CSDM adds mobile classrooms

  24-02-2018 02:27 via montrealgazette.com
  A surge in enrolment has the Commission scolaire de Montréal vaunting the benefits of mobile elementary school classrooms. 
  The school board, which is the largest in the province, has received 3,500 new students in the past three years, the result of demographics, a spate of residential construction on the island and immigration, it says in a newsletter sent to parents on Friday. 
  Since September alone, the school board has welcomed 1,250 new students, it says.
  The newsletter, s
  
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• Stranded in Montreal, U.S. Navy ship crew lend a helping hand

  24-02-2018 02:11 via cbc.ca
  About 24 crew members of the USS Little Rock spent a few hours of their impromptu visit to Montreal in Saint-Henri, packing grocery bags and sorting fruits, vegetables and clothing donations at the Welcome Hall Mission’s market.
  
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• Longtime Pointe-Saint Charles merchant says big chain store has killed her business

  24-02-2018 02:07 via globalnews.ca
  A dollar-store owner in Point-Saint-Charles is speaking out after Dollarama opened up shop a few doors down.
  
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• Health minister announces new Montreal super clinic in Cote-des-Neiges

  24-02-2018 01:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec health minister announced the 26th super clinic in Cote-des-Neiges.
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: The future is now for some young players

  24-02-2018 01:17 via montrealgazette.com
  With the Canadiens all but mathematically eliminated from playoff contention and injuries to key players Carey Price, Shea Weber and Andrew Shaw, the future is now for some of their young players.
  We saw that Thursday night when Noah Juulsen made his NHL debut in a 3-1 win over the New York Rangers at the Bell Centre after getting called up from the Laval Rocket and the 20-year-old defenceman — who was a first-round pick (26th overall) at the 2015 NHL Draft — looked impressive while
  
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• Checking In: Hôtel PUR is bridging history

  24-02-2018 01:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Hôtel PUR in Quebec City bridges history.
  It is a modern landmark in the St-Roch district that was founded in the early 1600s and just happens to be a hip neighbourhood of the 2000s.
  The hotel has an indie look and feel, which fits in with St-Roch’s progressive, creative community. It is a full-scale establishment with an indoor pool, indoor valet parking and Table, an outstanding contemporary restaurant. Plus, PUR is a great buy, with a keen staff and recent renovations from top to
  
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• Quebec Health Minister Gaétan Barrette opens 26th super clinic with extended hours

  24-02-2018 00:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Health Minister Gaétan Barrette inaugurated another Montreal-area super clinic Friday, next door to the Jewish General Hospital.
  The Herzl Walk-In Centre on Côte-des-Neiges Rd. becomes the ninth such clinic in Montreal — and the 26th in the province — to extend it’s operating hours to seven days a week from 8:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. 
  As a super clinic, it is equipped to provide medical imaging, blood tests and other diagnostic tests, and offer medical s
  
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• Judge rejects motion to require one special constable per courtroom

  24-02-2018 00:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Special constables working in courthouses across the province saw their motion requesting a minimum of one of their agents per courtroom rejected by a judge this week.
  The matter should be decided by a labour arbitrator, Quebec Superior Court judge Jean-François Émond ruled in response to the motion that sought a declaratory judgment requiring the minimum staffing.
  The union representing special constables has long said it worries about understaffing in courtrooms in the province.&
  
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• City hall extends consultation on seniors policy

  24-02-2018 00:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Bending to public pressure, Mayor Valérie Plante announced on Friday that her administration is extending its public consultation on how the city can better serve senior citizens to March 15.
  The city has also added two in-person consultation sessions in the west-end of the city, where seniors said they were being shut out of the hearings after city hall announced the process last month.
  “We’ve heard the comments of our constituents who wish to take part in our participat
  
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• Canadiens' Noah Juulsen earns rave reviews after NHL debut

  24-02-2018 00:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Brendan Gallagher doesn’t remember all the details from his first NHL game with the Canadiens five years ago.
  “Chucky (Alex Galchenyuk) always tells me I couldn’t stop smiling,” Gallagher said after the Canadiens beat the New York Rangers 3-1 Thursday night at the Bell Centre. “I don’t remember much about it. You’re obviously excited and you have that little jump of energy and you kind of have to pinch yourself a little bit because you look around and yo
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Feb 23

  24-02-2018 00:09 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, February 23, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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