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• This Is Salluit: Midwives help women give birth at home

  10-04-2018 23:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Last winter, reporter Christopher Curtis travelled to the small community of Salluit in northern Quebec. This is Part 4 of his seven-part series This Is Salluit.
  SALLUIT — Elisapie Padlayat says there were two miracles on the day she helped deliver her first baby.
  Miracle No. 1 was the beautiful, healthy child that came screaming to life in the Salluit nursing station. Padlayat says she’ll never be able to describe the joy she felt when she saw the baby enter this world.
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• Quebec mosque shooting: Public has right to see video, media lawyer argues

  10-04-2018 23:41 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Judge François Huot says he will have to weigh two “great fundamental values” in deciding whether to allowing news media outlets to broadcast parts of security-camera video from the night of the Quebec City mosque massacre.
  The first: freedom of expression. The second: respect for the dignity of crime victims and those who could be psychologically harmed if the videos are shown.
  Huot is presiding over the trial of Alexandre Bissonnette, who walked into the Centr
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of April 11

  10-04-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd., presents an exhibition of paintings by Elke Attal, Lisa Marie Boissonneau, Nicole Dorion, Huguette Gabrial, Terri McKeown and Catherine Zanbaka. Continues to May 6. Vernissage on Sunday from 1:30 to 4:30 p.m. Call 514-630-2726, local 3216.
  Galerie de la ville, 12001 de Salaberry Blvd. in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, presents the exhibition Multifaceted — recent works by teachers of classes for adults of the DCA. Continues until Apr
  
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• Media attention is factor in conditional discharge for Denis Coderre's son

  10-04-2018 22:58 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec Court judge listed the heavy media coverage former Montreal mayor Denis Coderre’s son received while his fraud case was before the courts as a reason to justify granting him a conditional discharge. 
  The former mayor was in the Montreal courtroom on Tuesday when Judge Sylvie Durand sentenced his 22-year-old son, Alexandre, to two years of probation for having amassed thousands of dollars of debt on credit cards while visiting sex-related websites and then claiming he was the
  
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• Quebec judge to decide whether surveillance footage of Quebec City mosque shooting should be made public

  10-04-2018 22:55 via cbc.ca
  A lawyer representing a media consortium says the public has the right to documents entered into a court of law, including video surveillance from cameras inside the Sainte-Foy mosque.
  
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• Residents, community groups call for inclusive Blue Bonnets project

  10-04-2018 22:05 via globalnews.ca
  Community groups rallied in front of city hall Tuesday to ask officials for an inclusive Blue Bonnets project.
  
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• Fill an empty bowl with good will and a hearty soup

  10-04-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Bread Basket Lac St-Louis is hosting an Empty Bowls fundraiser at St-Columba-By-The-Lake Church in Pointe-Claire, on Saturday.
  For the price of admission, the grownups are invited to enjoy a bowl of hearty soup and take home the handcrafted bowl. Children are invited to eat for a reduced admission price, but do not keep the bowls.
  Potters including members of Pointe-Claire’s Claycrafters Pottery Studio created the bowls to be used. During an event called the “bowl-a-thon” Clayc
  
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• Fire breaks out on abandoned cargo ship still floating in Lac Saint-Louis

  10-04-2018 21:57 via cbc.ca
  The misery surrounding the Kathyrn Spirit, abandoned by its bankrupt owners off of Montreal's South Shore in 2011, deepened today after a part of the derelict vessel caught fire.
  
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• Montrealers honour victims of Humboldt tragedy by putting out hockey sticks

  10-04-2018 21:52 via globalnews.ca
  Several Montrealers honoured the victims of the Humboldt bus crash by leaving hockey sticks out on their front porches.
  
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• What is a Code Orange? Is Montreal ready for an emergency situation?

  10-04-2018 21:40 via globalnews.ca
  Are Montreal hospitals and first-responders prepared for a Code Orange situation?
  
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• Opinion: Pit bull bans are good policy

  10-04-2018 21:06 via montrealgazette.com
  In coming to the defence of “furbabies,” columnist Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed (“Breed-specific bans on dogs are bad policy,” April 6) gives short shrift the severity of the dangerous dog problem in Quebec and the disproportionate propensity of pit bulls to bite.
  Awareness of these dangers  prompted restrictions on the ownership of pit bulls in Montreal by the Coderre administration — quickly reversed by the new mayor, Valérie Plante, after November’s ele
  
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• Couillard 'crossed the line' in disdain of some Quebecers: opposition

  10-04-2018 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Opposition parties ganged up on Premier Philippe Couillard Tuesday accusing him of treating citizens who don’t agree with him with disdain because he used the term “real citizens.”
  But in his one comment on the issue, Couillard told reporters: “That’s not what I wanted to say.”
  “He has crossed the line in terms of disrespecting Quebecers,” Parti Québécois leader Jean-François Lisée told reporters. “I
  
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• Where's Bono? U2 sets up shop at Place Bell in Laval for 2 weeks

  10-04-2018 20:24 via cbc.ca
  It’s a very hush-hush affair, but it’s hard to keep a secret as big as one of the world’s biggest rock bands.
  
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• Montreal coyote hotline set up to report sightings, educate city-dwellers

  10-04-2018 20:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Concerned about the number of coyote sightings on the island of Montreal, the city is adopting several measures to tackle the problem. 
  The city is not sure how many coyotes are roaming the island, but since last June, there have been 379 sightings. During that time, five people were bitten or snapped at and 10 dogs were attacked.
  The city is setting up a hotline citizens can call to report coyote sightings or to obtain information on the wild canines. 
  “The coyote has been
  
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• U2 is using Place Bell in Laval to rehearse for upcoming tour

  10-04-2018 20:12 via montrealgazette.com
  While online rumours spread on social media that the rock band U2 is in Quebec, employees at the Place Bell arena in Laval have confirmed to the Presse Canadienne the group is indeed in town to rehearse for its upcoming tour.
  Rumours that the Irish band is in Montreal have been circulating on social media for several days. Some fans have posted photos of stage lighting supply trucks used by the group in previous tours seen near Place Bell on Monday.
  Neither Place Bell, concert promoter even
  
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• Fundraising rally continues after Huntingdon’s Kraft Hockeyville final 4 finish

  10-04-2018 19:39 via globalnews.ca
  The Huntingdon arena's GoFundMe page raised over 10 per cent of its $250,000 goal within the first week of its launch.
  
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• West Island students pay tribute to Saskatchewan hockey team

  10-04-2018 19:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Students at Clearpoint Elementary School in Pointe-Claire are paying tribute to the Humboldt Broncos players, coaches and a journalist who lost their lives in a devastating road accident Friday. On Monday, students wore hockey jerseys or school shirts and collected $2 donations. More than $800 was collected over the last two days to help the families cope with their loss and the plan is to send a cheque by the end of the week. 
  Clearpoint School students in Pointe-Claire wrote letters and m
  
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• Centaur Theatre founder now devoted to working with South African youth

  10-04-2018 19:35 via globalnews.ca
  The philanthropist spends his time between Cape Town and Montreal.
  
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• Spring has sprung: Montreal releases its Bixis for 10th season

  10-04-2018 19:32 via cbc.ca
  Montreal's popular bike-sharing service is launching its summer season today, five days earlier than usual.
  
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• Bixi launches new season, with new deals for students and seniors

  10-04-2018 19:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Bixi launched its season at noon on Tuesday — five days earlier than scheduled.
  The early start — despite wintry temperatures — was among improvements announced at a news conference on the start of the bike-sharing service’s 10th year of operation.
  They include special deals for students and seniors, who will be able to rent a bike for 30 minutes or less for $2, on presentation of an STM pass with photo.
  Mayor Valérie Plante took part in the launch, with&
  
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• Self-cleaning public toilets to debut in Montreal in May

  10-04-2018 19:06 via montrealgazette.com
  The first three of Montreal’s self-cleaning public toilets are expected to make their official debut in May, officials for the downtown borough of Ville Marie confirmed on Tuesday.
  Costing $300,000 each, the city is planning to install a dozen of the installations over the next two to three years. They will be the first free-standing public toilets seen in Montreal in nearly 50 years, outside of city parks and chalets.
  The inaugural trio of toilets will be located at Place Émilie-Ga
  
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• Judge listening to arguments on whether to release Quebec mosque shooting videos

  10-04-2018 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  A Quebec judge is hearing arguments about whether video footage from the deadly mosque shooting should be made public.
  
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• U2 practicing at Montreal-area venue ahead of tour

  10-04-2018 18:43 via globalnews.ca
  U2 are playing Montreal's Bell Centre on June 5 and 6.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: An easy dish from Christine Tizzard

  10-04-2018 18:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Honest To Goodness is the title of an appealing new cookbook from Toronto TV cook and recipe developer Christine Tizzard.
  Reading her book, subtitled Everyday Recipes for the Home Cook (Whitecap, $29.95), is like having a friend who is a good cook show you how to manage feeding your family in style. She offers more than 120 recipes that are so carefully explained, you want to start cooking at once.
  The author, raised in Newfoundland by parents who both cooked and then trained at Toronto’s
  
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• Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve to open to cyclists, skaters this week

  10-04-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The Circuit Gilles-Villeneuve will be open to cyclists and inline skaters April 14 while the Aquatic Complex will welcome swimmers beginning May 19, the Société du Parc Jean-Drapeau announced Tuesday.
  The Aquatic Complex’s three swimming pools will again be accessible to the public and new areas of shade where people can cool off will be set up between the pools. The installation of triangular stretched shade sails will provide swimmers with protection from the sun. The shady
  
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• Allison Hanes: Holocaust survivor shares her story, hoping the world will listen

  10-04-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Eva Verebes drafted the list for the first time three years ago.
  Her grandson, age 15, wanted to read the names of family members murdered during the Holocaust at a ceremony at his synagogue. So Verebes sat down and made a list.
  She pulled a folded white paper from her pocket while speaking to journalists recently at the Montreal Holocaust Memorial Centre and read out 15 names. Among them: Jozsef Heller, her grandfather; Julia Klein, her great-grandmother; and Gabor and Ivan Lorand, favourite co
  
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• HanesBrands to donate undergarments to Montreal women’s shelter in need

  10-04-2018 17:53 via globalnews.ca
  Citing a Global News story, Wonderbra has stepped forward to donate lingerie to Logifem.
  
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• Tough times on Ste-Catherine street - @thierrylindor on commercial real estate challenges. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-04-2018 17:47
  Tough times on Ste-Catherine street - @thierrylindor on commercial real estate challenges. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Questions remain with Blue Line Metro extension - We speak to @MarvinRotrand. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-04-2018 17:25
  Questions remain with Blue Line Metro extension - We speak to @MarvinRotrand. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• What makes a team a Stanley Cup contender? Montreal-based @SPORTLOGiQ may have the answer. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-04-2018 17:23
  What makes a team a Stanley Cup contender? Montreal-based @SPORTLOGiQ may have the answer. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Alexandre Bissonnette: Judge urged to keep mosque security video under wraps

  10-04-2018 17:23 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A judge was urged Tuesday not to grant news media outlets permission to broadcast parts of security-camera video from a Quebec City mosque on the night Alexandre Bissonnette killed six people there.
  Prosecutor Thomas Jacques asked Judge Francois Huot not to allow the videos to be made public. He said doing so would “revictimize” the survivors and the families of the mosque shooting and could fuel hate around the world.
  Seven media outlets, including the Montreal Gazett
  
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• 2018 fashion trends for grooms - Watch the full segment at btmontreal.ca/videos/ https://t.co/KLhReZiPpR

  10-04-2018 17:20
  
  2018 fashion trends for grooms - Watch the full segment at btmontreal.ca/videos/ https://t.co/KLhReZiPpR
  
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• Montreal sets up hotline for people to report coyote sightings

  10-04-2018 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Montreal has set up a hotline for people to report coyote sightings.
  
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• Funding shortage leaves Quebec anti-poison centre in 'critical' condition

  10-04-2018 17:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s anti-poison centre, which administers a 24/7 emergency hotline, is in “critical” condition and may have to shut down by September because of a lack of staff and funding.
  The centre, which fields questions from physicians and the public, is asking the Quebec health ministry for funding to allow the hiring of the equivalent of 5.6 full-time nursing positions. It also wants the government to re-instate the critical care bonus once paid to workers at the centre.
  Centre dir
  
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• Video: @KimThuyOfficiel explores the lives, loves and struggles of Vietnamese refugees in her new book "Vi" btmontreal.ca/videos/launch-…

  10-04-2018 16:42
  Video: @KimThuyOfficiel explores the lives, loves and struggles of Vietnamese refugees in her new book "Vi" btmontreal.ca/videos/launch-…
  
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• Montreal police want more stun guns for beat officers

  10-04-2018 16:35 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police want to significantly increase the number of stun guns available to its beat officers.
  
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• 438-872-COYO: Coyote hotline set up to report sightings, educate city-dwellers

  10-04-2018 16:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Concerned about the  number of coyote sightings on the island of Montreal, the city is adopting several measures to tackle the problem. 
  The city is setting up a hotline number that citizens can call to report coyote sightings or to obtain information on the wild canines. 
  A team of experts will also visit local daycares to educate children about coyotes and how to respond if you encounter one. 
  The city will also distribute information about the animals in local parks and go
  
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• Quebec City high school relaxes dress code in first victory for 'yellow square' movement

  10-04-2018 16:21 via cbc.ca
  A group of female high school students in Quebec City has won the fight to wear shorter shorts and bare their shoulders in the heat of the summer.
  
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• Spot a coyote in Montreal? A new hotline can help you figure out what to do

  10-04-2018 15:54 via cbc.ca
  Starting Wednesday, you can call 438-872-COYO (2696) for all things coyote-related, a necessary measure, the city says, now that sightings of the animals are becoming more frequent.
  
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• 5 writers make 2018 CBC Short Story Prize shortlist

  10-04-2018 15:45 via cbc.ca
  The winner will receive $6,000 from Canada Council for the Arts, attend a 10-day writing residency at the Banff Centre for Arts and Creativity. Read all five finalists' stories now. The winner will be announced on April 17, 2018.
  
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• Criticisms arise as first veiled woman to run in Quebec elections 2018

  10-04-2018 15:38 via globalnews.ca
  The debate in Quebec about the clothes Muslim women choose to wear is back in the spotlight.
  
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• Life after The Centaur Theatre with founder Maurice Podbrey

  10-04-2018 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  Centaur Theatre founder Maurice Podbrey joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his life in South Africa since leaving Montreal twenty years ago.
  
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• Men’s spring fashion trends

  10-04-2018 15:09 via globalnews.ca
  Image consultant Claude Laframboise visits Global’s Laura Casella with a preview of men’s fashion trends for spring 2018.
  
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• Transcontinental opens door to Amazon with Coveris takeover

  10-04-2018 14:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Canada’s biggest printer says its latest deal opens the door to making Amazon.com Inc. a customer as the online retail giant tries to break into the fresh-food delivery business.
  Transcontinental Inc.’s proposed $1.32-billion purchase of Coveris Americas, announced last week, will bring on board several food suppliers that rely on Coveris for packaging, Chief Executive Officer Francois Olivier said. Several of those suppliers are in talks with Amazon about supplying food packaging fo
  
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• Humboldt Broncos honoured with hockey stick tributes https://t.co/JvyxEItq7G

  10-04-2018 14:44
  
  Humboldt Broncos honoured with hockey stick tributes https://t.co/JvyxEItq7G
  
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• Strengthening your core this spring

  10-04-2018 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  Fitness expert Jenn Rochon joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with a workout to strengthen your core.
  
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• Navigating Canadian tax software

  10-04-2018 14:42 via globalnews.ca
  Intuit senior marketing manager Marie-Paul Sardi talks to Global’s Laura Casella about using tax software compatible with the Canadian government’s NETFILE service.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos honoured with hockey stick tributes https://t.co/YSG2cB2mC4

  10-04-2018 14:39
  
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• While you were sleeping: A straight shooter and earth-friendlier mining

  10-04-2018 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  While you were sleeping, gas prices jumped about 14 cents. You might have missed these items, too.
  Robert Pitcairn and Nicole Rossignol prepare to compete in the Queen’s Prize pairs during Shooting at the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games in 2018.
  Giving it his best shot: Canadian Robert Pitcairn, at 79 the oldest competitor in the history of the Commonwealth Games, finished eighth in the Queen’s Prize Pairs shooting finals. Pitcairn, from B.C., and Quebec City teammate Nicole Rossi
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/EdWHC0l6bM

  10-04-2018 14:34
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/EdWHC0l6bM
  
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