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• How to splint a broken bone in one-step

  07-03-2018 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Mar 7: At just 11-years-old, Carter Brown has launched a revolutionary one-step splint kit with the Montreal Shriners Hospital to help people with brittle bone disease. Global’s Anne Leclair reports.
  
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• Montreal unveils $7.8M homeless action plan

  07-03-2018 23:51 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's plan to finance a wet shelter, 950 more housing units and embark on other measures to ease the plight of the city's homeless wins the cautious support of community advocates.
  
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• West Island courier service delivers furniture to refugees, families in need

  07-03-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  A West Island courier service is picking up and delivering donated furniture to those in need.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Saskatchewan boy creates splint kit for fellow patients at Shriners Hospital for Children

  07-03-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Carter Brown has created a splint kit with the Shriners Hospital for Children to help make fractures more bearable for children suffering from brittle bone disease.
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: Saskatchewan boy creates splint kit for fellow patients at Montreal Shriners Hospital

  07-03-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Carter Brown has created a splint kit with the Montreal Shriners Hospital to help make fractures more bearable for children suffering from brittle bone disease.
  
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• Trial for Bernard Trépanier in Contrecoeur case postponed indefinitely

  07-03-2018 23:29 via montrealgazette.com
  The trial of former municipal political fundraiser Bernard Trépanier in connection with the city of Montreal’s sale of Faubourg Contrecoeur won’t begin next month, and it may never begin, his lawyer says.
  Trépanier is too ill to attend the five weeks of his trial on seven counts of fraud, conspiracy, fraud against the government and breach of trust that was scheduled to begin on April 3, Court of Quebec Judge Yves Paradis ruled on Wednesday.
  “At present, his
  
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• More major roadwork for Montreal

  07-03-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Mar 7: Transports Quebec is planning some major roadwork on the Island of Montreal. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, more than $1 billion is being spent between now and 2020.
  
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• Spring/summer 2018 social calendar: It's party time, Montreal

  07-03-2018 23:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Buh-bye, hibernation-friendly Netflixed winter. Hello, party-friendly spring — the season famous for delivering gaggles of A-list events and social dos.
  This season is ablaze with great gatherings, guaranteed to spark a little social sumpin’-sumpin’ in everyone. So what are you waiting for, Noties? Dust off the suits, glam on the gowns and get ready to give Spring Social Scene ’18 a cheers/dance/schmooze.
  Tune in next week for the supersized start to the regular column. S
  
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• EXCLUSIVE: West Island courier delivers hope to refugees, families in need

  07-03-2018 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Mar 7: A Kirkland-based courier company is doing its part to help refugees and families in need by delivering furniture to their Montreal-area homes. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Dimitri Nasrallah explores balance of power in latest novel, The Bleeds

  07-03-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  How do you follow a hit?
  All writers would like to have Dimitri Nasrallah’s problem. The Lebanon-born Montrealer’s second novel, 2007’s Niko, won multiple awards and an international readership with its story of an orphan’s long and perilous journey from the Middle East to Canada. It also drew the kind of emotional response that might have made a sequel very tempting. But as readers are about to find out, The Bleeds (Esplanade Books / Véhicule Press, 197 pages, $19
  
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• FCKD UP competitor suspends plan to return high-alcohol drink to Quebec

  07-03-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The American company that produces Four Loko, a sugary, high-alcohol beverage, has suspended its plan to return the product to the Quebec market — at least for the time being.
  The announcement, made public Tuesday afternoon, follows the accidental death last week of a Laval teenager who apparently drank a similar beverage called FCKD UP. The maker of that drink, Quebec-based Geloso, announced on Sunday night it would cease production and had encouraged its competitor to do the same.
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• Sweet success: Juliette et Chocolat 'ready to franchise' and expand into Ontario

  07-03-2018 22:36 via montrealgazette.com
  In 15 years, Montreal confectionary chain Juliette et Chocolat has gone from baking 10 brownies a day to 5,000. Now they have ambitious plans to satisfy even more sweet tooths.
  After years of slow and steady growth since opening their first location on St-Denis St. in 2003, the husband-and-wife-run company intends to franchise, expand into Ontario and get onto more grocery-store shelves in 2018.
  “I think we’re ready to franchise now,” said eponymous company founder Juliette Bru
  
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• Montreal Children's Hospital medical resident arrested for allegedly stealing narcotics

  07-03-2018 22:36 via cbc.ca
  A 28-year-old medical resident at the Montreal Children's Hospital has been arrested and charged with theft and possession of narcotics.
  
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• Playground bar packs up ping-pong tables on Notre Dame Street

  07-03-2018 22:29 via cbc.ca
  The closing down of Playground Ping Pong bar in Griffintown after Southwest borough council voted against issuing it a liquor permit was the end of a dream for the bar's owners — but it spelled relief for some of the bar's neighbours.
  
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• Construction season in Montreal is around the corner…again

  07-03-2018 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  Transports Quebec is planning some major roadwork on the Island of Montreal.
  
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• Tensions over yellow badge protest belie improving relations in Outremont, residents say

  07-03-2018 21:33 via cbc.ca
  Hasidic Jews in Outremont are hoping a controversial protest that, for some, evoked memories of the Holocaust, doesn't take away from the promise of a more co-operative approach taken by the new borough administration.
  
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• Tensions over yellow badge protest belie improving relations in Outremont, Hasidic blogger says

  07-03-2018 21:33 via cbc.ca
  Hasidic Jews in Outremont are hoping a controversial protest that, for some, evoked memories of the Holocaust, doesn't take away from the promise of a more co-operative approach taken by the new borough administration.
  
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• Montreal unveils $7.8 million homeless strategy that includes more housing

  07-03-2018 20:59 via globalnews.ca
  The $7.8 million will be distributed over the next three years.
  
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• Montreal Children’s Hospital doctor charged with theft of fentanyl

  07-03-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  Jacob Kleiman, 28, is being charged with possession of narcotics and theft of narcotics.
  
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• Kahlo to Nagano: Festival international du film sur l’art draws us in

  07-03-2018 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Film is often referred to, en français, as le septième art. So it’s only fitting for our city to have a film festival devoted to the arts — yes, arts, because Montreal’s 36th Festival international du film sur l’art (FIFA) is filled with cinematic forays into painting, architecture, music, dance and cinema itself.
  From Thursday through March 18, the festival presents dozens of films on a wide array of art-related topics. To get you started, here’s
  
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• Opinion: Quebec's optometrists deserve to be paid fairly

  07-03-2018 20:24 via montrealgazette.com
  When I was seven years old, my optometrist, who became my mentor, examined my eyes and gave me clear vision. On that day, and because of that, I decided I wanted to be an optometrist. That was 64 years ago.
  Today, after 47 years of practice in the profession I love and live for, I am sad to have concluded I have to remove myself from Quebec’s public health system. I would never have thought that it would come to this.
  When I graduated in 1971 from the École d’optométrie
  
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• Gilbert and Sullivan's The Mikado is one for the ages

  07-03-2018 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  There is no arguing Gilbert and Sullivan’s The Mikado has stay power.
  The satirical operetta debuted in London on March 14, 1885 and has gone on to become one of the most-performed pieces of musical theatre of all time.
  The Lakeshore Light Opera production of The Mikado opens at Lakeside Academy in Lachine, March 9.
  Director Roger Andrews has loved Gilbert and Sullivan since he first remembers hearing their music when he was 10 years old.
  “They were both incredibly talented,” A
  
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• The regulatory ‘loophole’ that lets companies sell alcoholic drinks containing caffeine

  07-03-2018 19:45 via globalnews.ca
  Alcoholic beverages with added caffeine are prohibited in Canada. But added guarana, which naturally contains caffeine, is allowed.
  
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• Neil Young, Foo Fighters, Lorde to perform at Festival d'été de Québec

  07-03-2018 19:30 via cbc.ca
  After pulling out all the stops for its 50th anniversary edition in 2017, Quebec City's summer music festival has invited several artists who will be performing on the Plains of Abraham for the first time, including Neil Young, Lorde and Beck.
  
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• Festival d'été de Québec books Foo Fighters, Weeknd, Lorde, Neil Young

  07-03-2018 19:16 via montrealgazette.com
  The Festival d’été de Québec (FEQ) continues to attract some of the biggest names in music. Foo Fighters, the Weeknd, Beck, the Chainsmokers, Lorde and Neil Young are just some of the acts that will descend on the 51st edition of the Quebec City event, July 5 to 15.
  Foo Fighters have unfinished business at the festival, after their 2015 performance was cut short due to a severe storm. They return July 9.
  Young will be making the first Quebec City appearance of his
  
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• Montreal to create 950 housing units for homeless people

  07-03-2018 19:14 via montrealgazette.com
  The city will create 950 housing units for homeless people in the next three years under a $7.8-million action plan on homelessness announced Wednesday by Mayor Valérie Plante.
  The plan also calls for measures to address the needs of homeless people in Montreal: to end social profiling and racial profiling by police, distribute a survey of rooming houses, conduct research on homelessness in different neighbourhoods, and better train the police and municipal employees in dealing with homel
  
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• Police officers guilty of racial profiling in Montreal North

  07-03-2018 19:01 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec Human Rights Tribunal has ordered the Montreal police service and two of its officers to pay a Ghanaian immigrant $14,000 in damages for violating his rights when he was arrested for driving with a burnt-out tail light in 2011.
  
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• Meanwhile in Montreal: All-night party Nuit Blanche draws huge crowds

  07-03-2018 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every year, Montrealers stay up all night to enjoy Nuit Blanche — a night of art, food and partying that caps off the Montréal en Lumière winter festival.
  The event includes free activities at the Quartier des Spectacles including a zip line and Ferris Wheel. Museums are also open late, including the Leonard Cohen exhibit A Crack in Everything at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal.
  Montrealers were fortunate enough to get a mild Saturday night t
  
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• Children's Hospital doctor charged with theft, possession of fentanyl

  07-03-2018 18:48 via montrealgazette.com
  A medical resident at the Montreal Children’s Hospital was arrested Monday at his place of work after being suspected of being in illegal possession of the opioid fentanyl.
  Jacob Kleiman, 28, appeared at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday and was charged with possessions of drugs and theft of narcotics.
  He remains in custody and is expected to return to court April 27 for a bail hearing.
  Few details on the investigation or circumstances of the arrest were immediately available. The Montreal C
  
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• Winning Olympic gold still 'fresh' for snowboarder Sébastien Toutant

  07-03-2018 18:22 via cbc.ca
  Just a few weeks ago, Sébastien Toutant won Olympic gold in the first-ever big air snowboarding competition at the Winter Games. But it wasn't until he arrived home to Repentigny, Que., that Toutant realized the magnitude of his accomplishment.
  
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• Canada, Mexico may be exempted from new U.S. steel, aluminum tariffs

  07-03-2018 18:21 via cbc.ca
  A White House spokesperson and two members of U.S. President Donald Trump's cabinet suggested Wednesday that Canada and Mexico might escape new tariffs on steel and aluminum.
  
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• Found guilty of racial profiling, Montreal police ordered to pay more than $12,000

  07-03-2018 18:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police department and two of its officers have been ordered to pay a man of Ghanian origin more than $12,000 after his complaint of racial profiling was upheld by Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal.
  In a ruling handed down March 2, Judge Mario Gervais ordered the Montreal police department to pay $8,000 in damages to plaintiff Davids Mensah, while Constable Jean-Michel Fournier was ordered to pay $2,500 and Constable Martin Robidoux to pay $1,500.
  The sum ordered from th
  
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• Suuns move toward the light on new album Felt

  07-03-2018 17:45 via montrealgazette.com
  “It’s a stretch to say it’s accessible,” said Ben Shemie, lead singer for Montreal electro-rock band Suuns.
  He was responding to my observation that Suuns’ fourth album, Felt, finds the adventurous band — whose expansive jams venture into continually surprising sonic territory — flirting with more conventional rock textures.
  “Maybe for us,” Shemie continued, “but I don’t think it’s a pop record. Compared to what we’ve
  
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• Batshaw Centres Foundation ‘Défi Canapé’ Fundraising Event

  07-03-2018 17:20 via globalnews.ca
  Well-known local chefs from Bishop and Bagg/Burgundy Lion, Loic, Mouton Noir, Petros Taverna Westmount, Restaurant Sumac, and Tuck Shop will prepare signature canapés. Then, guests will vote on their favourite and a winning canapé will be crowned.
  
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• City sets aside an additional $10 million for snow clearing

  07-03-2018 17:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal is having to dip into its contingency funds for an additional $10 million for snow clearing.
  The city’s executive committee approved the additional expense, caused by this year’s unusually heavy snowfall, on Wednesday.
  Even though Montrealers have had a break in recent weeks, it was an unusually challenging year for snow removal, executive-committee chairperson Benoit Dorais said.
  “We’ve had a pretty rigorous winter and despite the spring weather in the last few
  
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• Watch: @MaCherieBleue shares 2018 bridal fashion trends btmontreal.ca/videos/2018-br…

  07-03-2018 16:57
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• Park the kids at Parc for Kids for good old-fashion big screen experience

  07-03-2018 16:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Save for the occasional blockbuster like Black Panther, movie attendance is fast dwindling. It’s understandable. Ticket prices notwithstanding, it’s just a lot more simple to catch a flick in front of the tube or a computer tablet.
  This worries Jean-François Lamarche. And not just because his métier is programming the Cinéma du Parc and Beaubien theatres.
  Lamarche fears that too many families are missing out on the excitement of the big-screen cinema experience,
  
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  07-03-2018 16:24
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  07-03-2018 16:12
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• Montreal suburb seeks ban on smoking in all public spaces

  07-03-2018 16:11 via globalnews.ca
  Smoking tobacco products and other herbs would be prohibited in Hampstead's public spaces under new bylaw.
  
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• We get an update on Rusty Staub from @ExposFest and talk up event coming to Montreal on March 25 - Full video at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  07-03-2018 16:04
  We get an update on Rusty Staub from @ExposFest and talk up event coming to Montreal on March 25 - Full video at… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Plants and Animals celebrate 10th anniversary of Parc Avenue album release

  07-03-2018 15:53 via globalnews.ca
  Members of Montreal indie group Plants and Animals talk to Global’s Laura Casella about releasing an expanded 10th anniversary version of their original ‘Parc Avenue’ album.
  
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• Honouring female trailblazers

  07-03-2018 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  Life coach Erica Diamond joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about women who’ve made an impact ahead of national women’s day.
  
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