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• Quebec City mosque shooting suspect pleads not guilty

  26-03-2018 23:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The man accused in the slayings at a Quebec City mosque last year pleaded not guilty Monday to six charges of first-degree murder and six of attempted murder.
  Wearing handcuffs and shackles, Alexandre Bissonnette entered the 12 not-guilty pleas in Quebec Superior Court ahead of pre-trial motions to be debated this week.
  The motions could have an impact on how the proceedings will unfold and the evidence that will be heard beginning in April, when the two-month trial is slated to begin.
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• Blue Jays' Russell Martin hasn’t given up hope on baseball in Montreal

  26-03-2018 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal looks no closer to getting a Major League Baseball team back than the first time Russell Martin visited as a player in 2014, but the Toronto Blue Jays catcher hasn’t given up hope.
  Fans of the former Montreal Expos, a team that moved to Washington D.C. after the 2004 season, have turned out to Olympic Stadium in droves for Blue Jays preseason games in hope of demonstrating to MLB that they deserve to get baseball back, so far to no avail.
  “It would definitely be nice to see
  
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• Westmount dental clinic hosts epilepsy awareness event in honour of late employee

  26-03-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Mar 26: March 26 is International Purple Day in support of epilepsy awareness. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports, an orthodontics clinic in Westmount decided to become involved in the movement after a a co-worker died following a seizure last September.
  
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• Montreal falafel joint serving up lesson on the meaning of community

  26-03-2018 23:29 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Mar 26: Falafel St. Jacques in Lachine is doing so well, that plans are in the works for a second location come summertime. But as Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, what makes the restaurant special is how its Israeli owner and Palestinian manager have put their differences aside to lead by example.
  
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• Vaudreuil-Dorion mayor critical of police intervention that led to lengthy Hwy 40 closure

  26-03-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Last February, a police chase and shooting closed a portion of eastbound Highway 40 in the West Island for over eight hours, snarling rush hour traffic. Now the mayor of Vaudreuil-Dorion is speaking out, saying the road should have re-opened sooner.
  
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• Canadian customs facilities in the U.S.? Americans say it could happen soon

  26-03-2018 23:14 via cbc.ca
  Canada could soon have its first customs facilities inside the United States, says an American official who cites Florida and Arizona as potential sites for pilot projects in ongoing experiments to modernize the border.
  
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• Longueuil police introduce panic buttons for women who fear ex-partners

  26-03-2018 23:13 via cbc.ca
  Police in Longueuil have introduced a new tool for women who've been victims of domestic violence -- a panic button alarm system they can install in their home.
  
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• Keeping tabs on kids using GPS tracking technology?

  26-03-2018 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Mar 26: The disappearance of 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou two weeks ago has prompted a renewed interest in GPS tracking devices for kids. But as Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the devices shouldn’t replace what’s most important.
  
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• Celine Cooper: The firepower of Generation Z

  26-03-2018 23:02 via montrealgazette.com
  On Saturday, hundreds of thousands of people descended on Washington, D.C. for the March For Our Lives event to protest school shootings and gun violence. 
  In the battle for the soul of America in the early 21st century, let it be known that the revolution is being led by teenagers. Generation Z has arrived, and this is just the beginning.
  This particular movement has made waves around the world, including here in Montreal. The roiling debate over guns in the United States re
  
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• The Israeli-Palestinian duo behind Falafel St. Jacques

  26-03-2018 22:59 via globalnews.ca
  What makes this falafel joint special isn't just the great food, but the unique relationship between the restaurant's Jewish owner and Palestinian manager.
  
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• Quebec man tortured in Mexico wants answers from federal government

  26-03-2018 22:59 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Régent Boily spent 10 years in a Mexican prison, where he experienced torture more than once. Now on parole in Canada, he wants the federal government to explain why officials let it happen.
  
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• Quebec man tortured in Mexican prison wants answers from federal government

  26-03-2018 22:59 via cbc.ca
  Canadian Régent Boily spent 10 years in a Mexican prison, where he experienced torture more than once. Now on parole in Canada, he wants the federal government to explain why officials let it happen.
  
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• GPS tracking to protect kids

  26-03-2018 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  When her oldest daughter started high school four years ago Guevremont started using an iPhone to track her.
  
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• Canadiens scout Sean Burke, Martin Brodeur named co-GMs for Team Canada

  26-03-2018 21:53 via montrealgazette.com
  CALGARY — Sean Burke and Martin Brodeur will select the Canadian hockey squad that will go for gold at the 2018 IIHF World Championship in Denmark.
  Burke, who is a professional scout with the Montreal Canadiens, put together the Canadian team that won bronze at the Winter Olympics in Pyeongchang, South Korea, last month. Brodeur was Burke’s assistant.
  The tournament takes place in Copenhagen and Herning, Denmark, from May 4 to 20. Canada kicks off action against the United State
  
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• Cream and butter popularity has Quebec's dairy farmers producing more than ever

  26-03-2018 21:40 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's dairy farmers and producers are scrambling to expand operations due to an increased interest in butter and cream, thanks in part to the "foodie" movement.
  
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• Referendum on Martine Ouellet's Bloc Québécois leadership set for June 1-2

  26-03-2018 21:21 via cbc.ca
  Bloc members are set to vote on whether or not Martine Ouellet should be ousted as leader and if the party should continue to push for Quebec's independence.
  
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• CFL great Miles Gorrell returns to Montreal to help rebuild Alouettes

  26-03-2018 20:58 via montrealgazette.com
  WINNIPEG — The roots that would eventually bring Miles Gorrell back to Montreal, began a decade ago in Toronto, over coffee with Kavis Reed.
  A mutual admiration society was forged between the two. At the time, Gorrell was the Argonauts’ player personnel assistant and director of Canadian scouting, while Reed was the team’s defensive coordinator.
  Last December when Reed, the Alouettes’ general manager, was looking to improve the scouting department, he requested permission
  
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• Quebec pledges $150 million more for Montreal's economic development

  26-03-2018 20:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Premier Philipe Couillard announced on Monday that the province will invest $150 million in Montreal’s economic development over the next five years.
  The funding, announced at a press conference that saw the premier accompanied by Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and provincial cabinet ministers Dominique Anglade and Martin Coiteux, will target the creation of jobs, reducing the number of young people without a high-school diploma, increasing the number of university graduates a
  
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• Extend deadline for funding of Aboriginal police forces, inquiry head says

  26-03-2018 20:37 via montrealgazette.com
  After hearing testimony last week about the underfunding of Aboriginal police forces in Quebec, the province and Ottawa should postpone a March 31 deadline to come up with a new deal with First Nations communities, said commissioner Jacques Viens, who is heading a public inquiry into the relationship between Indigenous Peoples and public services in Quebec.
  The deadline should be delayed for up to a year to allow Aboriginal communities to “negotiate with the authorities on their respe
  
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• Longueuil adopts panic-button program for victims of conjugal violence

  26-03-2018 20:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Women in Longueuil who have been the victims of conjugal violence will be able to benefit from a free security program that sees panic buttons issued to those deemed to be “very much at risk” of being attacked.
  Victims of conjugal violence will get priority police response when they use the alarm, as part of the agreement among Longueuil police, Quebec’s IVAC (Indemnisation des victimes d’actes criminels), shelters Carrefour pour Elle, the Pavillon Marguerite de Cham
  
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• Quebec court rules delays in trial of former deputy premier reasonable

  26-03-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec court Judge André Perreault said while a delay of two years surpasses the 18-month ceiling set out by a Supreme Court of Canada ruling, the Crown demonstrated it was necessary due to the complexity of the case.
  
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• Missing Children’s Network delivers tips to help keep children safe

  26-03-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  The Missing Children's Network Pina Arcamone speaks about safety as search for missing Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou enters third week
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Pacioretty resumes skating; Price will face Wings

  26-03-2018 19:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Max Pacioretty was on the ice prior to the Canadiens’ practice in Brossard Monday morning, but he’s not expected to play again this season. 
  “I doubt it,” coach Claude Julien said when asked if Pacioretty would get into a game before the Montreal’s final match of the 2017-18 campaign on April 7 against the Maple Leafs in Toronto. “There are only six games left and the (injured) players I can see possibly playing are (David) Schlemko and maybe (Rinat) Vali
  
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• Too many cute animals abandoned after Easter, agriculture ministry says

  26-03-2018 19:17 via montrealgazette.com
  With Easter just around the corner, Quebec’s agriculture ministry says too many small rabbits, chicks and ducklings are abandoned by their new owners following the holiday.
  “Easter only lasts 24 hours, but animals live a long time and become big very quickly — a rabbit can live for 10 years,” the department said in a press release.
  Quebecers should not buy these cute animals on a whim and should understand the responsibilities of being a pet owner, the ministry says.
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• Longueuil adopts panic-button alarms for victims of conjugal violence

  26-03-2018 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Women in Longueuil who have been the victims of conjugal violence will be able to benefit from a free security program that sees panic buttons issued to those deemed to be “very much at risk” of being attacked.
  Victims of conjugal violence will get priority police response when they use the alarm, as part of the agreement among Longueuil police, Quebec’s IVAC (Indemnisation des victimes d’actes criminels), shelters Carrefour pour Elle, the Pavillon Marguerite de Cham
  
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• Something borrowed: Montreal’s ‘Just Married Jacket’ for brides-to-be

  26-03-2018 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealer Jodi Tellier is looking to lend her ‘Just Married Jacket’ to brides-to-be. Joining similar chapters in Toronto, New York, Philadelphia and England. Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports.
  
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• Montreal babysitter sentenced for leaving toddler alone in burning building

  26-03-2018 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A crack cocaine addict who left the baby she was supposed to be looking after inside a burning apartment building last summer ‎has been sentenced to time served and two years of probation after having pleaded guilty to charges in her case on Monday. 
  ‎Josée Milot was looking after her friend’s 12-month-old baby on Aug. 31 when, by her own lawyer’s admission, she “consumed a lot more (drugs) than she normally would that day.” Through her own negligence,
  
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• City goes back to basics, using draft horses to pull infected trees out of Mount Royal park

  26-03-2018 18:23 via cbc.ca
  The pilot project is the latest in the emerald ash borer saga that has affected thousands of trees in the city.
  
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• Quebec pledges $150 million to Montreal for economic development

  26-03-2018 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Premier Philipe Couillard announced on Monday that the province would invest $150 million in Montreal’s economic development over the next five years.
  The funding, announced at a press conference that saw the premier accompanied by Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante and provincial cabinet ministers Dominique Anglade and Martin Coiteux, will be targeted at the creation of jobs, reducing the number of young people without a high-school diploma, increasing the number of university gr
  
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• Embattled Bloc Québécois leader to face confidence vote in early June

  26-03-2018 18:03 via globalnews.ca
  The Bloc is hoping the vote will end a crisis within the party that accelerated late last month when seven of its 10 MPs resigned over Martine Ouellet's leadership.
  
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• Opinion: Here's a realistic plan for baseball's return to Montreal

  26-03-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  The baseball season is right around the corner, so once again the Toronto Blue Jays are in town and, in a cruel game of make-believe, us old Expos fans are being told to head out to the Big O and cheer for (Rest of) Canada’s team like it’s our very own.
  This is the fifth year that we are hosting a baseball team from, let’s face it, the city we all loved to hate when their stadium roof worked and ours didn’t, and when they smugly won two championships in a row with their w
  
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• Normandeau trial to continue after judge rejects Jordan request

  26-03-2018 17:13 via montrealgazette.com
  The legal delays in a trial involving former Quebec deputy-premier Nathalie Normandeau are reasonable, a Quebec Court judge ruled on Monday, rejecting an attempt by the defence to stop the proceeding on the grounds of the Jordan decision, a Supreme Court ruling that sets time limits on trials.
  Judge André Perreault wrote in his decision that even if the deadline in this case is 18 months, the Crown, in continuing the case for 25 months and 19 days, had simply done a thorough job of explai
  
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• Alexandre Bissonnette, accused in Quebec City mosque shooting, pleads not guilty

  26-03-2018 16:56 via cbc.ca
  The 28-year-old Quebec City man charged with murder and attempted murder in the 2017 shooting at the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre last year has pleaded not guilty.
  
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• Accused in Quebec City mosque shooting pleads not guilty

  26-03-2018 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  Alexandre Bissonnette pleaded not guilty to 12 counts of first-degree murder and attempted murder in connection with the Quebec City mosque shooting in January 2017.
  
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• Update: Quebec City mosque shooting suspect pleads not guilty

  26-03-2018 16:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Alexandre Bissonnette, accused of the murder of six men as well as charges of attempted murder in the attack on a Quebec City mosque in January of 2017, pleaded not guilty to all charges Monday in a Quebec City courtroom.
  Jury selection in the case is expected to begin on April 3.
  Bissonnette, 28, entered his plea as his lawyers began to enter a series of pre-trial motions which, if granted, could have an effect on how the trial will unfold and what evidence can be heard by the jury.
  A total of
  
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• As labour pool dwindles, Quebec must recognize foreign expertise: study

  26-03-2018 15:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Faced with a demographic deficit that sees more jobs than people qualified to fill them, Quebec “has no choice” but to do more to recognize diplomas held by immigrants in the province, according to researchers with the Institut du Québec.
  “Given the penury (of expertise) in certain sectors, it has become imperative to integrate all available talent,” says the IDQ report published Monday.
  While there are no statistics to precisely indicate to what extent diplomas ar
  
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• Balling with Harlem Globetrotter Briana ‘Hoops’ Green

  26-03-2018 15:31 via globalnews.ca
  Harlem Globetrotter Briana “Hoops” Green puts Global’s Kim Sullivan through her paces as they preview the Globetrotters’ upcoming games in Montreal, Laval and Quebec City.
  
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• The danger of sugary alcoholic drinks

  26-03-2018 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  Global News medical expert Dr. Mitch Shulman talks to Global’s Andrea Howick about the dangers of sugary alcoholic drinks and if they should be banned.
  
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• Could half of all cancers be prevented?

  26-03-2018 15:24 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. Michael Pollack of the Jewish General Hospital joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to discuss cancer prevention, the subject of an upcoming free public forum.
  
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• Laval police investigate suspected arson at Chomedy vape shop

  26-03-2018 15:17 via globalnews.ca
  Laval police were handed the investigation after firefighters saw one of the store's windows was deliberately broken.
  
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• Guidelines for your children’s safety

  26-03-2018 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  Missing Children’s Network general director Pina Arcamone joins Global’s Andrea Howick to talk about important safety guidelines for children and teens.
  
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• Engineering and its opportunities

  26-03-2018 15:13 via globalnews.ca
  Looking for an exciting career in engineering? Concordia student Andrea Cartile talks to Global’s Andrea Howick about the exciting opportunities that a degree in engineering can lead to.
  
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• Check out this week's #BTCalendar Week of March 26. https://t.co/XbcvaUMOil

  26-03-2018 14:47
  
  Check out this week's #BTCalendar Week of March 26. https://t.co/XbcvaUMOil
  
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• Community Events: A Taste of Kefi

  26-03-2018 14:46 via globalnews.ca
  Andrea Howick has Montreal’s community events for Monday, March 26.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, March 26

  26-03-2018 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, March 26
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, March 26

  26-03-2018 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  Andrea Howick has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, March 26.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/GJHYGJM0QG

  26-03-2018 14:34
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/GJHYGJM0QG
  
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• One man hospitalized after overnight shooting in Saint-Martin

  26-03-2018 14:32 via globalnews.ca
  The victim was not struck by bullets, but was treated for shock at a nearby hospital.
  
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• Horticultural business marks golden anniversary

  26-03-2018 14:30 via montrealgazette.com
  When I entered the main greenhouse at the Van Egmond family’s Hudson Greenhouses Ltd. the other day, I thought for a moment I was walking into a sea of tranquility. Or a Wordsworth poem.
  There were flowers. Flowers of every colour, flowers sitting on floors, flowers standing like toy soldiers on tables, flowers suspended from gutter shelves, and even flowers kneeling on racks above, or so it looked. And all was bathed in silence.
  Mesmerized as the afternoon light danced across the structur
  
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