Montreal news

• Family unable to come to terms with jury's verdict in murder case

  29-03-2018 23:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The relatives of a young man who was murdered in Côte-des-Neiges say they are still reeling over a jury’s decision last month to acquit two of the four men who were charged with causing his death. 
  “First, my son died. Second, justice killed my family. My family is frozen now,” Hanim Sen, the mother of Fehmi Sen, said on Thursday at the Montreal courthouse during a sentence hearing for one of two men who pleaded guilty to charges related to the same case.
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• Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou search continues

  29-03-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 28: It’s been more than two week since 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou disappeared in Ahuntsic-Cartierville. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, ice breakers are still searching for the boy in the Rivière des Prairies.
  
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• Barrette, nurses reach deal to ease workload

  29-03-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 29: Quebec Health Minister Gaetan Barrette’s fight with Quebec nurses is over. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the health minister, along with the head of the nurses’ union, have a plan to ease the workload of hospital nurses.
  
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• Construction noise closes daycare for second day

  29-03-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 29: For the second day in a row, a large daycare in Griffintown has remained closed because of loud nearby construction noise. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, it seems it’s not easy to stop construction once the work starts.
  
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• Montreal students knit for charity

  29-03-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 29: About 76 students at St. Charles Elementary in Pierrefonds are gathering to knit items for those in need. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, not only are they donating to various centres and hospitals, but they’re also working with the Free the Children initiative in Haiti.
  
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• LBPSB investigates incident between St. Thomas teacher, students

  29-03-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 29: The Lester B. Pearson School Board is remaining tight-lipped after a teacher was temporarily replaced because of an incident where he allegedly waved a knife at a group of students. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports.
  
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• #GreatMTLer: Judy Martin looks back on her life of giving back

  29-03-2018 23:30 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 29: Judy Martin has done a lot in her life — from being president of the board at Batshaw Youth and Family Services to her creative fundraising for the Cedars Cancer Centre. Nevertheless, she says she was humbled to speak to Global News Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard about being a Great Montrealer.
  
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• U.S. woman sues Quebec company for renting house for ‘porn production’

  29-03-2018 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  A Massachusetts woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing her tenant of using her Martha's Vineyard home to shoot pornographic videos without telling her.
  
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• Quebec health minister, nurses agree to plan to ease workload

  29-03-2018 22:58 via globalnews.ca
  Health Minister Gaetan Barrette and the president of Quebec's nurses union, Nancy Bédard, announced a project pilot to introduce specific nurse-to-patient ratios in 17 hospitals and CHSLDs on Thursday.
  
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• Orchestre Métropolitain wins $30,000 grand prize from arts council

  29-03-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  The Conseil des arts de Montréal handed out its 33rd grand prize recognizing the excellence and vitality of a Montreal arts organization on Thursday, and this year’s winner was the Orchestre Métropolitain led by conductor Yannick Nézet-Séguin.
  The Conseil’s annual awards luncheon was attended by nearly 750 members of Montreal’s arts, municipal and business communities at the Palais des congrès, including Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante.
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• Restaurant review: Île Flottante improves upon Les Deux Singes

  29-03-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Île Flottante
  ★★★ 1/2 out of ★★★★
  $$$ 
  Address: 176 St-Viateur St. W. (Near de l’Esplanade Ave.)
  Phone: 514-278-6854 
  Website: restaurantileflottante.com
  Open: Tues.-Sat. 6 to 11 p.m. 
  Wheelchair access: No 
  Reservations: Essential 
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian friendly: Three- and five-course vegetarian menus 
  Parking: On the street with meters
  Price range: Set menus: $45, $65, $85
  Two years ago I revie
  
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• St. Thomas student speaks about incident with teacher

  29-03-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Mar 29: Jonathan Forlini, a Sec 1 student at St. Thomas High School in Pointe-Claire tells Global News about an incident where a math teacher allegedly waved a Swiss Army knife.
  
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• Government report says more money needed for Quebec’s battered road network

  29-03-2018 21:35 via globalnews.ca
  About $1 billion is required for the Montreal area alone.
  
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• Montreal man, 23, faces charges of luring minors online

  29-03-2018 21:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police have arrested a 23-year-old man who is now facing charges of online luring of at least two minors, inciting them to engage in sexual acts and sending them sexually explicit materials.
  William Arabian was arrested on March 13 and arraigned the next day at the Montreal courthouse, and has been released under several conditions. Investigators say they have reason to believe Arabian may have contacted other minors.
  Police believe Arabian used the cell number 514-501-1946 to contact a
  
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• It's a Passover treat so good, you'll want to make it all year round: tortillas! @delishnogluten btmontreal.ca/videos/tortill…

  29-03-2018 21:15
  It's a Passover treat so good, you'll want to make it all year round: tortillas! @delishnogluten btmontreal.ca/videos/tortill…
  
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• Ants on a plane, the sequel: Dude, where's my luggage?

  29-03-2018 21:10 via cbc.ca
  Some passengers on a WOW airlines flight that landed in Montreal Monday still don't have their luggage back, four days after they were forced to abandon it on an ant-infested plane.
  
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• Michaela Di Cesare steps up as Centaur’s new Italian-Canadian voice

  29-03-2018 20:59 via montrealgazette.com
  It seems particularly timely for a Michaela Di Cesare play to be hitting the Centaur stage.
  The Italian-Canadian playwright’s vivid examinations of women’s struggles to be heard above the perceived machismo of her community seem just right for this moment in history. More so when you consider that her community has so far been represented theatrically, and largely on the Centaur stage, by two men, Steve Galluccio and Vittorio Rossi.
  There’s a bit of irony, then, in the fact tha
  
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• Montreal, Laval buses ticketed and towed as SAAQ agents press for wage hike

  29-03-2018 20:53 via montrealgazette.com
  For the last two days, dozens of buses in Montreal, Laval and other cities in the province have been pulled over and ticketed by agents working for Quebec’s licence bureau, the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
  The operations are pressure tactics by the union of road security patrollers who are demanding pay hikes. More than 100 buses were pulled over province-wide on Wednesday.
  STM spokesperson Amélie Régis said 15 buses were pull
  
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• Technology done right! @hands_on_media empowers teachers and their students to use tech creatively and responsibly. btmontreal.ca/videos/digital…

  29-03-2018 20:45
  Technology done right! @hands_on_media empowers teachers and their students to use tech creatively and responsibly. btmontreal.ca/videos/digital…
  
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• Friends, fans remember Montreal's beloved 'Grand Orange'

  29-03-2018 20:15 via cbc.ca
  Former Expos great Rusty Staub died Thursday morning and fans are sharing their sadness, and their thanks for what he brought to the game.
  
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• JGH Foundation names Denis Coderre as 'ambassador'

  29-03-2018 20:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Former mayor Denis Coderre has been hired as a consultant by the Jewish General Hospital Foundation, starting May 1.
  Coderre, a former federal cabinet minister whose career in politics dates back to 1997, will serve as an “ambassador” who will work “closely with the Foundation’s Board and staff to advance the Foundation’s mission to provide essential funding to the hospital,” the foundation said in a press release on Thursday.
  “I am very pleased and
  
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• Get a much-needed spring refresh with the help of @amazonca. @kaanyalkin reveals how you can revive everything from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 19:30
  Get a much-needed spring refresh with the help of @amazonca. @kaanyalkin reveals how you can revive everything from… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• OQLF notes 'significant rate' of compliance with Bill 101 sign provisions

  29-03-2018 18:54 via montrealgazette.com
  A seven-year study has allowed the Office québécois de la langue française to conclude there has been a “significant rate” of compliance by Montreal-area businesses with the public sign provisions of Bill 101, the province’s French-language charter.
  In a study made public Thursday, the OQLF found that businesses located in Montreal-area shopping centres registered the biggest increase in compliance, overall signage registering a rate of 78 per cent compared
  
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• Every Tuesday until May 1, McGill University's @TekLrnCogLab will host a public lecture series on strategies for mo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  29-03-2018 18:52
  Every Tuesday until May 1, McGill University's @TekLrnCogLab will host a public lecture series on strategies for mo… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Three employees who collected coins from parking meters convicted of theft

  29-03-2018 18:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Three men who were fired five years ago from the organization that manages the city’s parking meters were found guilty on Thursday of several counts of theft for having stolen toonies from the boxes they were hired to collect money from. 
  While delivering his decision, Quebec Court Judge Pierre Labelle also criticized the almost non-existent checks and balances Stationnement de Montréal had in place back in 2012 and 2013 when the three men — Richard Bellavance, 56, Jocely
  
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• How are you spending Easter weekend in Montreal? @karolinajez has a few suggestions! btmontreal.ca/videos/how-to-…

  29-03-2018 18:37
  How are you spending Easter weekend in Montreal? @karolinajez has a few suggestions! btmontreal.ca/videos/how-to-…
  
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• Catherine McKenzie a convincing storyteller, in court and on the page

  29-03-2018 18:26 via montrealgazette.com
  “A lot of lawyers are writers.”You get the feeling Catherine McKenzie has dealt with this question before.
  Born and raised in Montreal (among her classmates at N.D.G.’s Willingdon Elementary School was Heather O’Neill), one of three children of Dawson College professors, McKenzie had her interest in legal matters piqued in her teens by TV viewings of L.A. Law, and ended up with a law degree from McGill in 1999. Specializing in litigation, she currently leads the coalition
  
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• 'Necessary culture shift': Liberals propose changes to criminal justice system

  29-03-2018 18:19 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government tabled a major bill today to modernize Canada's criminal justice system and speed up court proceedings by, among other things, eliminating preliminary inquiries except in the case of crimes that carry a life sentence.
  
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• Liberals propose major criminal justice changes to unclog Canada's courts

  29-03-2018 18:19 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government tabled a major bill today to modernize Canada's criminal justice system and speed up court proceedings by, among other things, eliminating preliminary inquiries except in the case of crimes that carry a life sentence.
  
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• Montreal, Laval buses ticketed and towed as SAAQ contract negotiations stall

  29-03-2018 17:44 via montrealgazette.com
  For the last two days, dozens of buses in Montreal, Laval and other cities in the province have been pulled over and ticketed by agents working for Quebec’s licence bureau, the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec.
  The operations are part of pressure tactics being applied by the union of road security patrollers in protest of stalled contract negotiations.
  STM spokesperson Amélie Régis said Thursday morning that 15 buses were pulled over and
  
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• Top court to hear Saint Joseph's Oratory appeal in sexual assault case

  29-03-2018 17:18 via cbc.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada will hear an appeal from Montreal's iconic Saint Joseph's Oratory which seeks to exclude the institution from a sexual assault class action suit.
  
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• St. Joseph’s Oratory appeals to be excluded from sexual assault class action

  29-03-2018 17:04 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec Court of Appeal had allowed the suit against the oratory and the Congregation of Holy Cross for alleged sexual abuse.
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Mosque shooter's guilty plea brings mixed emotions

  29-03-2018 17:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Alexandre Bissonnette’s guilty plea, less than 48 hours after his initial plea of not guilty, brings with it a roller coaster of emotions. Feelings of hope and relief are mixed with sadness as a horrific chapter in our nation’s history draws to a close.
  Bissonnette’s savage attack on a mosque in Quebec City, described as an act of terrorism by our premier and prime minister last year, led to a period of mourning as Canadians came to terms with the physical effects of hate-
  
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• How to host a beautiful Easter brunch

  29-03-2018 16:46 via globalnews.ca
  Learn how to impress your brunch guests at Easter with food stylist and caterer Hanna Hajilou and Global’s Andrea Howick.
  
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• Longueuil police seek potential victims of sexual predator

  29-03-2018 16:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Longueuil police are seeking more potential victims of convicted sexual predator Georges Bédard.
  Bédard, 45, was convicted last week on six counts of sex crimes, including sexual touching of a child under the age of 16, invitation to sexual touching a child under the age of 16, and sexual assault.
  The events happened in Longueuil between 2012 and 2014, at Bédard’s home.
  Bédard was found guilty of assaulting one victim repeatedly when she was between the ages of
  
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• Montreal Shaadi Show

  29-03-2018 16:18 via globalnews.ca
  You don’t need to be getting married to attend the South Asian Montreal Shaadi Show. Learn more as Global’s Andrea Howick sits down with show coordinator Monika Sansoa.
  
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• Beaconsfield’s Annual Community Garage Sale

  29-03-2018 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  Come see what treasures you will find at this year’s community garage sale. Open to all, admission is free.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Expo Rusty Staub, Le Grand Orange, was my first sports hero

  29-03-2018 15:49 via montrealgazette.com
  You never forget your first sports hero.
  For me, that was former Expos outfielder Rusty Staub. 
  Le Grand Orange.
  So there were tears in my eyes Thursday morning when I learned Staub had passed away at age 73.
  Staub died early Thursday morning at the Good Samaritan Medical Center in Palm Beach, Fla., due to multiple organ failure. He was initially admitted to the hospital with pneumonia, dehydration and an infection after collapsing on a golf course in February and had spent the last ei
  
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• Expos great, Rusty Staub, dead at 73

  29-03-2018 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Expos legend, Rusty Staub or le "Grand Orange" as he was affectionately known in Montreal, has died. He was 73.
  
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• Montreal porn company sued for filming in 'nearly every room' of woman's home

  29-03-2018 15:26 via cbc.ca
  A Massachusetts woman has filed a federal lawsuit accusing her tenant of using her Martha's Vineyard home to shoot pornographic videos without telling her.
  
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• Candy-filled gala making dreams come true

  29-03-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan talks with Sugar Ball co-chairs Gerry Kounadis and Sandra Ferreira about their mission and how a candy-filled gala sends thousands of kids to the McCord every year.
  
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• Rusty Staub, Canada's first major league superstar, dead at 73

  29-03-2018 15:21 via cbc.ca
  Nicknamed "Le Grand Orange" by Montreal Expos fans for his shock of red hair, he was one of the most popular players in the team's history.
  
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• Former Expos great Rusty Staub dead at 73

  29-03-2018 15:21 via cbc.ca
  Nicknamed "Le Grande Orange" by Montreal fans for his shock of red hair, he was one of the most popular players in Expos history.
  
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• Social Notes: Seen among the green at St. Patrick’s Society ball

  29-03-2018 15:19 via montrealgazette.com
  You know spring social has officially sprung when this column embraces every shade of shamrock in honour of the biggest greenest party machine-est of them all: the St. Patrick’s Society of Montreal’s annual charity ball. For your post-Pats pleasure, behold the highlights of this year’s electrifying edition, held once again in the elegant Grand Ballroom of the Marriott Château Champlain.  
  Jade-style joy: Ever adored by Montrealers of all backgrounds for its non-stop
  
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• Shriners’ Hospital patients to take part in Spartan Race https://t.co/gsk1Rwhcts

  29-03-2018 15:15
  
  Shriners’ Hospital patients to take part in Spartan Race https://t.co/gsk1Rwhcts
  
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• Discover the McCord Museum

  29-03-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Global’s Kim Sullivan discovers the wonderful McCord Museum with president and CEO Suzanne Sauvage.
  
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• Police arrest man wanted in connection with deadly Laval crash

  29-03-2018 14:51 via globalnews.ca
  Simon Lefevbre appeared in a Laval courtroom Wednesday where he was charged with several offenses including dangerous driving causing death, criminal negligence causing death and impaired driving.
  
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• Forging ahead: NAFTA or not, Quebec pours millions into manufacturing

  29-03-2018 14:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The future of Canada’s trade relationship with the U.S. is in limbo but that didn’t stop Robert Belanger from investing $3.6 million to upgrade his Quebec fabrics plant.
  New weaving machines and a state-of-the-art dying system are helping his company, Belt-Tech Inc., produce enough of the webbing used in seat belts and pull straps to meet a 30-per-cent surge in orders from the North American auto industry. Part of the financing came from the Quebec government, which is pushing manufa
  
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• Huntingdon hockey hopes are high

  29-03-2018 14:43 via globalnews.ca
  Excitement is building in Huntingdon as the town makes it to the final four of the Kraft Hockeyville contest. Three members of the hockey community join Global’s Andrea Howick to talk about the contest and what they hope to do in the community if they win.
  
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