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• Stu Cowan: Canadiens' Jeff Petry's family embraces life on South Shore

  19-03-2018 23:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens owner Geoff Molson confirmed last week that Marc Bergevin will be back next season, meaning the GM will be spending part of his time this off-season trying to convince free agents to come to Montreal.
  Jeff Petry might be able to help him with that.
  Bergevin acquired Petry from the Edmonton Oilers at the NHL trade deadline on March 2, 2015 in exchange for a second-round pick (Jonas Siegenthaler) and a fourth-round pick (Caleb Jones) at the 2015 NHL Draft. Petry could have become an unre
  
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• Charlevoix prepares to host world leaders ahead of G7 summit

  19-03-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  In less than three months, the city of La Malbaie will host the 2018 G7 summit. Security preparations are already underway in the Charlevoix region.
  
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• Montreal wants refund after report on garbage contracts shows double-dipping

  19-03-2018 23:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said she’s going to try to get back money the city’s inspector general said was illicitly taken from Montrealers by a garbage contractor.
  “It’s unacceptable that Montrealers pay for garbage that came from other cities,” Plante said. “If there is a way to recuperate money that Montrealers paid for services they didn’t get, we’ll do that.”
  A report from Denis Gallant found a company paid by the weight of gar
  
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• Anthony Calvillo hopes to rekindle his coaching fire with Argonauts

  19-03-2018 23:11 via montrealgazette.com
  After 16 years as the Alouettes’ franchise quarterback, followed by three more as an assistant coach, perhaps it’s sacrilegious seeing Anthony Calvillo in Toronto Argonauts’ blue.
  But this was a move Calvillo had to make, for peace of mind and his future in the coaching profession. And don’t blame him for taking the carrot when it was dangled after he said he was going to take a year’s sabbatical. Had Toronto head coach Marc Trestman not come calling, down a body fo
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Mar 19

  19-03-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, March 19, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Time to wake up and smell the garbage problem

  19-03-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s integrity watchdog has detected the whiff of corruption emanating from a contract for garbage collection in the borough of Verdun.
  If the possibility of fraud wasn’t alarming enough, the investigation by the Bureau de l’inspecteur général (BIG) has also uncovered a larger and equally worrisome problem: The city doesn’t have a good-enough handle on what’s happening to all the waste being picked up from its streets. And that lack of scrut
  
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• Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante sits down with Jamie Orchard

  19-03-2018 22:56 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Mar 19: Global News Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard speaks to Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante about her first four months in office, inheriting a garbage collection scandal and the appointment of the city’s new Diversity Committee.
  
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• New treatment plant to pump contaminated water at Mercier lagoons

  19-03-2018 22:38 via globalnews.ca
  A new treatment plant will be built on the site of the old Mercier lagoons to pump and treat polluted water from the contaminated soil.
  
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• Hampstead set to vote on smoking ban

  19-03-2018 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Mar 19: The Town of Hampstead is holding a special council meeting Monday evening. On the agenda? A vote on ‘By-law 1019’ which would ban smoking in public spaces. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports not all non-smoking advocates are on board with the municipality’s plan.
  
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• Hampstead prepares to vote on smoking ban

  19-03-2018 22:23 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Mar 19: The Town of Hampstead is holding a special council meeting Monday evening. On the agenda? A vote on ‘By-law 1019’ which would ban smoking in public spaces. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports not all non-smoking advocates are on board with the municipality’s plan.
  
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• U.S. woman charged for transporting 6 people into the country near Quebec border

  19-03-2018 22:16 via cbc.ca
  A North Carolina woman has been charged with transporting six Mexican citizens into the U.S. without permission.
  
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• Moncton cheerleader steals show at competition despite having seizure minutes before going onstage

  19-03-2018 21:47 via globalnews.ca
  A young Moncton woman has proven she has the grit and determination of a true champion at a provincial competition.
  
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• Police bust up drug trafficking ring in Lachine

  19-03-2018 21:38 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal police believe they have taken down a drug trafficking ring that they allege had been operating for years after arresting three people during a raid. 
  According to a release issued by the police on Monday, the group allegedly sold drugs in Lachine, including inside a bar on Notre-Dame St. near 8th Ave., that was the scene of a shooting last year in mid-June. Two people were wounded in the incident, including a 22-year-old woman who was reportedly in-line skating past the bar wh
  
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• Montreal Impact sign Uruguayan midfielder Alejandro Silva

  19-03-2018 21:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact boosted their attack with the acquisition of Uruguayan midfielder Alejandro Silva on Monday and are expected to make at least one more signing soon.
  Silva, 28, arrived on a free transfer from Club Atletico Lanus of Argentina. Montreal used targeted allocation money to sign the attacking midfielder to a three-year contract, which avoided using their one remaining designated-player slot after midfielders Ignacio Piatti and Saphir Taider.
  The club is also chasing French central
  
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• Ottawa considers crackdown on sweet, high-alcohol drinks

  19-03-2018 21:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Health Canada wants to reduce the alcohol content and product size of such sweetened drinks as FCKD UP and Four Loko.
  Federal Health Minister Ginette Petitpas Taylor will launch a 45-day consultation aimed at modifying the Food and Drugs Act. The proposed changes would focus on products sold as individual servings and in non-resealable containers.
  The drinks are extremely popular with young people and that’s why Petitpas Taylor wants to act, a spokesperson for the minister said.
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• Make the Metro more comfortable, and commuters will come, researcher says

  19-03-2018 21:00 via cbc.ca
  Alireza Mohammadi thinks if public transit systems around the world focus more on rider comfort, it will be easier to convince people to leave their cars behind. The Concordia PhD candidate has been taking measurements on Montreal's Metro for over 200 hours.
  
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• ‘There wasn’t a lot of warning signs’: Mother of N.S. teen lured into sex trade tells agonizing story

  19-03-2018 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  Jennifer Holleman of Yarmouth, N.S., told her agonizing story Monday to a federal committee that has just started travelling the country to learn what to do about combating human trafficking, which some are calling a growing form of modern slavery.
  
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• Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou: Police divers search river for missing 10-year-old

  19-03-2018 20:48 via montrealgazette.com
  One week after a woman spoke to Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou in a riverfront park on the day he went missing, police divers entered the river on Monday as the search for the 10-year-old boy began its second week.
  Rivière des Prairies was frigid and the conditions for the divers were difficult, said Constable Manuel Couture of the Montreal police. Divers examined the stretch of river in front of Des Bateliers Park — the  park where Ariel was last seen.
  Police couldn’t say whether
  
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• Cirque du Soleil performer killed in fall remembered as 'terrific person'

  19-03-2018 20:41 via cbc.ca
  Longtime circus performer Yann Arnaud, a father of two, died of his injuries after falling during an aerial stunt in Cirque du Soleil show Volta on Saturday in Tampa, Fla.
  
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• Inquiry should use its powers to fact-find for families of missing and murdered women, advocates say

  19-03-2018 20:22 via cbc.ca
  After observing last week's hearings in Montreal, Viviane Michel, the head of Quebec Native Women, says the inquiry isn't doing enough to ensure families have all available information about their cases before sharing their stories.
  
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• Concert for Syria raises funds for hospitals, students

  19-03-2018 19:47 via montrealgazette.com
  As the war in Syria entered its eighth year, I Medici de McGill and the Centre Culturel Syrien held a benefit concert in March to raise funds to help build hospitals in Aleppo and Damascus, and support Syrian students at McGill. 
  For Nabil Beitinjaneh, the president of the CCS and one of many volunteers who devoted untold hours to organizing this third benefit for Syria, it was a labour of love for the country of his ancestors. 
  Beitinjaneh, who came to Montreal as a teenager, says the
  
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• Celine Cooper: G7 in Charlevoix and the Trump factor

  19-03-2018 19:30 via montrealgazette.com
  In June, the region of Charlevoix will play host to leaders from seven of the world’s advanced economies for the 44th Group of Seven (G7) Summit. 
  Or, as it may otherwise come to be known, the second annual G6 versus Donald Trump. 
  I kid, I kid. But only a little. Last year’s 2017 G7 meeting in Taormina, Italy — Trump’s first full international summit as U.S. president — was marked by tension and disagreement between the United States and the oth
  
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• Injured Montrealers seek compensation from city for icy sidewalks this winter

  19-03-2018 19:09 via cbc.ca
  Nadya Mirarchi is one of 108 Montrealers who have complained to Montreal after slipping on icy city property so far in 2018. She's had two operations and has been bedridden since January after badly breaking her ankle in a fall.
  
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• Unified 2026 World Cup bid defends decision to have U.S. host lion’s share of games

  19-03-2018 18:44 via globalnews.ca
  The group hoping to bring the 2026 World Cup to North America has defended its decision to stage 60 games in the United States, and 10 in each in Canada and Mexico.
  
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• Game Day: Canadiens' Carey Price given green light to play again

  19-03-2018 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  After missing 13 games with a concussion, goalie Carey Price has been given the green light to play by the Canadiens’ medical team and will be the backup to Antti Niemi Monday night against the Florida Panthers at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN Radio 690).
  With only 10 games remaining in the season and the Canadiens not going to make the playoffs, coach Claude Julien is well aware that there will be people criticizing the team’s decision to give Price the green light rath
  
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• Crackdown on sweet, high-alcohol drinks like FCKD UP could be coming

  19-03-2018 17:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Health Canada wants to reduce the alcohol content and product size of such sweetened drinks as FCKD UP and Four Loko.
  Federal Health Hinister Ginette Petitpas Taylor will launch a 45-day consultation aimed at modifying the Food and Drugs Act. The proposed changes would focus on products sold as individual servings and in non-resealable containers.
  The drinks are extremely popular with young people and that’s why Petitpas Taylor wants to act, a spokesperson for the minister said.
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• Ouellet agrees to have confidence vote on her Bloc leadership brought forward

  19-03-2018 17:41 via cbc.ca
  Martine Ouellet has agreed to have a confidence vote on her Bloc Québécois leadership brought forward.
  
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• Former Alouettes’ Hall of Fame QB moves down 401 to coach Argonauts

  19-03-2018 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  The legendary quarterback led the Alouettes to three Grey Cups.
  
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• Spring starts Tuesday, but winter will have some parting shots

  19-03-2018 17:37 via montrealgazette.com
  February’s spring tease was just that, the Weather Network says. There are chilly days ahead for most of Quebec in the early spring, coupled with a higher-than-usual threat of winter storms.
  Those storms will bring above-normal amounts of precipitation across Eastern Canada, but the extended thaw in late winter means much of the snow in the south of Quebec has already melted, reducing the possibility of severe flooding. The Weather Network expects March to be colder than normal in Quebec,
  
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• Making the best of an engineering degree - We speak to an engineering graduate student at @Concordia btmontreal.ca/videos/making-…

  19-03-2018 17:04
  Making the best of an engineering degree - We speak to an engineering graduate student at @Concordia btmontreal.ca/videos/making-…
  
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• Easter is right around the corner! Check out these simple and fun tips for Easter decorating courtesy… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 17:03
  Easter is right around the corner! Check out these simple and fun tips for Easter decorating courtesy… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Via Rail to buy new trains to run between Quebec City and Windsor

  19-03-2018 17:02 via cbc.ca
  Via Rail is preparing to launch a process to replace aging trains on its main Canadian corridor after federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau announced funding Monday by the government.
  
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• City of Montreal to review trash collection after report reveals scandal

  19-03-2018 16:59 via globalnews.ca
  Garbage from other municipalities has been turning up in Verdun and Sud-Ouest dumpsites.
  
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• Via Rail to launch process to replace aging trains with federal funding announcement

  19-03-2018 16:52 via globalnews.ca
  The national passenger service says it will launch a request for qualifications, followed by a request for proposals.
  
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• McGill lecture series will help people who are parenting in the digital age

  19-03-2018 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  McGill University’s Faculty of Education is hosting a public lecture series next month called Effective Parenting that will deal with a wide variety of topics including how to help your child manage stress, improving sleep and helping children navigate the Internet and learn online.
  The five-week lecture series will be presented by professors in the Educational and Counselling Psychology department. The lectures will be presented in English.
  McGill says the lecture series focuses on topics
  
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• Interest rates and looming debt could derail Canadian economy - @TonyLoffreda shares his take and some positive sig… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-03-2018 16:45
  Interest rates and looming debt could derail Canadian economy - @TonyLoffreda shares his take and some positive sig… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• It's the segment you might want to forward at work: @EtiquetteJulie on what to do about annoying colleagues btmontreal.ca/videos/what-to…

  19-03-2018 16:41
  It's the segment you might want to forward at work: @EtiquetteJulie on what to do about annoying colleagues btmontreal.ca/videos/what-to…
  
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• It's official: Als great Anthony Calvillo is joining the Argos coaching staff

  19-03-2018 16:26 via cbc.ca
  Anthony Calvillo has a new gig. The Toronto Argonauts announced Monday pro football's all-time passing leader will serve as their quarterback coach in 2018.
  
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• Ontario-Quebec corridor to get 5G wireless technology through public-private partnership

  19-03-2018 16:18 via globalnews.ca
  Mobile 5G or fifth-generation technology, is up to 100 times faster than the 4G system.
  
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• Trash collection firm was charging Montreal for off-island garbage pickup

  19-03-2018 16:13 via cbc.ca
  Montreal has cancelled two contracts worth nearly $35 million after the city's inspector general found the company had violated key parts of its agreement, including collecting off-island trash while billing the city.
  
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• Opinion: Setting the record straight about the CAQ and immigration

  19-03-2018 16:06 via montrealgazette.com
  As spokesperson for the Coalition Avenir Québec on immigration, I consider it important to address several serious charges initially made by the Liberal Party of Quebec and included in recent articles in the Montreal Gazette.
  For several months now, it has become clear that the Liberal Party is in panic mode. Last week, Finance Minister Carlos Leitão told reporter John Meagher that “the kind of nationalism the CAQ proposes is, in my opinion, an ethnic-based nationalism.&rdquo
  
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• Grand Montréal comédie fest partners with Vidéotron in time for debut

  19-03-2018 15:45 via montrealgazette.com
   The Grand Montréal comédie fest (GMCF) will be able to count on a major league partner when the first edition of its comedy festival is held July 1-15.
  A deal has been reached with Vidéotron that will see the communications company become the festival’s “founding partner.”
  In a statement issued Monday, GMCF director-general Diane Arseneau described Vidéotron as a “major partner” that will allow the creation of “solid
  
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• Canada sending 6 helicopters to help UN mission in Mali

  19-03-2018 15:30 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government has confirmed it's sending a detachment of helicopters and support troops to the troubled west African nation of Mali, as it ticks off a number of its peacekeeping commitments.
  
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• Montreal Impact signs Uruguayan midfielder Alejandro Silva

  19-03-2018 15:01 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact announced Monday that it has signed Uruguayan midfielder Alejandro Silva after a transfer from Argentine club CA Lanús.
  Silva signed a three-year deal with the Impact and he will join the club after passing his medical and receiving his international transfer certificate. 
  The 28-year-old Silva, who also plays for the Uruguayan national team, has spent the last five seasons at Lanús.
  “Alejandro is an attacking player who will bring
  
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• 'We have to keep hope': Police divers search river for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

  19-03-2018 14:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police say that divers will be deployed to search the bed of the Rivière des Prairies Monday morning as their search continues for 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, who went missing from his Cartierville home one week ago.
  Police spokesperson Caroline Chèvrefils said the divers will examine the stretch of river in front of Des Bateliers Park — the same park where a woman told police she spoke to the missing boy last Monday afternoon.
  The head of the Missing Children
  
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• Olympian brings home a puppy

  19-03-2018 14:23 via globalnews.ca
  An Olympian went to Korea looking to win a second Olympic medal, but came home with a rescue puppy instead. American freestyle skier Gus Kenworthy joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to talk about ongoing rescue efforts from Korean dog meat farms.
  
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• Montreal to review garbage contracts after report shows double-dipping

  19-03-2018 14:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal is promising to correct a litany of administrative lapses in the wake of a devastating report from its inspector-general’s office calling for the cancellation of $32 million in garbage collection contracts.
  The report from the office of Denis Gallant found a company paid by the amount of garbage collected in the boroughs of Verdun and Sud-Ouest had been also been charging Montreal taxpayers for the collection of trash in other municipalities.
  In a statement issued earl
  
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