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• Quebec mosque shooting sentencing arguments continue

  12-04-2018 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 12: A Quebec City courtroom saw more grizzly evidence from Crown attorneys during the second day of sentencing arguments for Alexandre Bissonnette. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the 28-year-old gunman pleaded guilty to six counts of murder and six counts of attempted murder in connection with the deadly Quebec City mosque attack.
  
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• ‘Anyone can make a difference,’ Terry Fox’s brother tells students

  12-04-2018 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 12: On the anniversary of the day Terry Fox dipped his artificial leg in the Atlantic to begin his cross-country journey, the humanitarian athlete’s brother, Fred Fox, had one message for students at St. Thomas High School in Pointe-Claire. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, he wanted to remind them that “anyone can make...
  
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• Quebec shooting: Court hears killer fretting in 911 call about whether anyone injured

  12-04-2018 23:42 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Ten minutes after he went on a rampage inside a Quebec City mosque, Alexandre Bissonnette called 911 from the side of a road and repeatedly asked the operator if anyone at the mosque was injured.
  The operator, Simon Labrecque, told him he didn’t know. 
  “Tell them, I never hurt anyone,” an emotional Bissonnette asks Labrecque to tell police.
  Labrecque tells him: “If there are injuries, don’t worry about it, ambulances are there.”
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• Montreal women's shelters decry funding disparity that gives men's shelters more

  12-04-2018 23:42 via cbc.ca
  Two of Quebec's largest women's homeless shelters say they're getting only a fraction of the provincial funding that men's shelters are allotted and they're calling on the government to rectify the inequity.
  
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• Brownstein: Don Johnston's musical interlude

  12-04-2018 23:40 via montrealgazette.com
  This is a story about one of the most illustrious Canadian politicians of his era. It has little to do with politics.
  This is what many know about Don Johnston: He was born in Ottawa, but lived in Montreal most of his life. He was first elected to Parliament in 1978 as the Liberal member representing St-Henri–Westmount. He served in various cabinet positions during the periods when Pierre Trudeau and John Turner were prime ministers. He was the president of the Liberal Party from 1990 to 1
  
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• Monkland Festival revived after one year off

  12-04-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 12: After a festival-less year because of noise and garbage complaints, the Monkland Festival is back – under new management. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, it will now be a joint venture between NDG Arts Week and the NDG Business Association.
  
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• Montreal Jewish community remembers Holocaust

  12-04-2018 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 12: Yom HaShoah is a day to remember those who perished during the Holocaust and to celebrate the lives of those who made it through. Gloria Henriquez speaks to a 93 year-old survivor.
  
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• Stakeholders push for bus regulations following Humboldt tragedy

  12-04-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  The president of a large coach and school bus company is pushing for new industry safety standards following the tragic crash in Saskatchewan last weekend.
  
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• Maritime bus company pushes for seatbelt regulations following Humboldt tragedy

  12-04-2018 23:08 via globalnews.ca
  The president of a large coach and school bus company is pushing for new industry safety standards following the tragic crash in Saskatchewan last weekend.
  
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• Opinion: 5G, artificial intelligence, data and protecting citizens' trust

  12-04-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Last March, the government of Quebec floated the idea of instituting a Montreal-based international organization responsible for developing the necessary frameworks for artificial intelligence (AI).
  This concept has merit. Montreal seems tailor-made for this role, considering its global leadership in AI and the sustained diplomatic activity within our city. It also stands to reason that this proposed agency’s mandate should extend to the development of ethical and legal frameworks for data
  
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• Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou’s family wants police division to search for missing kids

  12-04-2018 22:55 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 12: The father of missing 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou says he hasn’t stopped hoping his son will be found alive. Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports.
  
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• Montreal surgeon passes away after documenting his battle with cancer

  12-04-2018 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  Dr. Philip Gordon, a Montreal surgeon who treated cancer patients before being diagnosed with pancreatic cancer himself, has died.
  
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• Lesley Chesterman: A New York getaway doesn’t have to break the bank

  12-04-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  For my 50th birthday last year, I planned a fun-filled trip for my family over spring break. My destination was Mexico — specifically Tulum, with its great restaurants, unbeatable beaches, cool vibes and even cooler margaritas. I soaked up every sunny second of that trip, discovered mezcal, had some terrific tacos and even got a tan.
  The only downside was discovering that my two teenage kids had hit that age where they were too old to spend the day on the beach making sandcastles and too y
  
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• Montreal police seek information on bus assaults

  12-04-2018 21:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are seeking information from anyone who was a victim or knows someone who might have been a victim of sexual assaults or indecent acts targeting underage and adult women on Société de Transport de Montréal buses.
  Three weeks ago, police arrested Rosenthal Jr Dorleans, 29.
  He faces charges of sexual contact, sexual assault and indecent acts.
  According to three complaints filed with police, the suspect is alleged to have approached the victims on buses at about
  
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• Stratford Festival HD – Timon of Athens

  12-04-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  The Stratford Festival’s latest event cinema release, Shakespeare’s Timon of Athens, comes to Cineplex theatres nationwide on April 22. Stephen Ouimette’s captivating production gets a glorious treatment on the screen by director Barry Avrich. This rarely produced Shakespearean treasure tells the story of Timon, a tremendously generous nobleman, who lavishes gifts upon his friends and...
  
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• Crown shows photo evidence in Quebec City mosque shooting sentencing hearing

  12-04-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  A Quebec City courtroom was subject to more grizzly evidence from Crown attorneys Thursday during sentencing arguments for Alexandre Bissonnette. 
  
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• Canada’s list of 100 best restaurants revealed

  12-04-2018 20:14 via globalnews.ca
  Canadas100best.com drops its fourth annual list of the best restaurants from coast to coast. Which city and province came out on top this year?
  
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• Impact star Ignacio Piatti returns to lineup and will face Red Bulls

  12-04-2018 20:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact are glad to have midfield star Ignacio Piatti back, especially with their other designated player, Saphir Taider, serving a suspension.
  Piatti sat out a 4-0 loss in New England last weekend with a sore thigh, but was back in training this week. He is expected to be in the lineup when Montreal (2-3) visits the New York Red Bulls (2-0-2) on Saturday (1 p.m.,TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio).
  “For the match against Seattle (two weeks ago) I felt something in my quadriceps and I c
  
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• Montrealers embrace Jersey Day in memory of Humboldt Broncos

  12-04-2018 20:08 via globalnews.ca
  Students at a Kirkland elementary school were among those who took part in Jersey Day to support the Humboldt Broncos.
  
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• Religious accommodation requests lead to heated exchanges in Quebec legislature

  12-04-2018 19:50 via globalnews.ca
  Religious symbols in the civil service are continuing to dominate Quebec politics Thursday.
  
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• Canadiens GM Bergevin lays blame on players | HI/O Show

  12-04-2018 19:32 via montrealgazette.com
  On this week’s show, our panelists — Gazette sports columnists Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, Sportsnet’s Eric Engels and host Adam Susser — give their takes on the Canadiens’ post-mortem news conference and these topics:
  • Roster construction doomed Canadiens• Players deserved better from Bergevin• Transparency is likely an empty promise• Contract, bilingualism work in GM’s favour• Habs miss playoffs even with Price a
  
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• Canadians don hockey jerseys in show of solidarity with Humboldt

  12-04-2018 19:31 via cbc.ca
  From celebrities to premiers to hockey moms in B.C., Canadians wore hockey jerseys on Thursday in a show of solidarity with the town of Humboldt, Sask.
  
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• Montreal students wear jerseys for Humboldt

  12-04-2018 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 12: Students at Margaret Manson Elementary in Kirkland held a moment of silence for the victims of the Humboldt Broncos bus crash. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, they donned their jerseys in memory of those who lost their lives.
  
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• Widows gasp, survivor leaves room during sentencing hearing of Quebec City mosque shooter

  12-04-2018 19:09 via cbc.ca
  A survivor of the fatal Quebec mosque shooting had to leave the courtroom abruptly Thursday morning, as the Crown presented photos taken at the scene in the hours that followed the attack.
  
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• Court hears 911 call: Quebec City mosque shooter asks if people are injured

  12-04-2018 19:09 via cbc.ca
  A survivor of the Quebec mosque shooting had to leave the courtroom abruptly Thursday as the Crown presented photos of the scene taken in the hours that followed the attack.
  
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• Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou’s father wants Montreal police division dedicated to missing kids searches

  12-04-2018 19:06 via globalnews.ca
  The father of missing 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou says he hasn’t stopped hoping his son will be found alive.
  
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• Opinion: What laïcité is and what it is not

  12-04-2018 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Marvin Rotrand’s proposal to allow Montreal police to wear hijabs, turbans or kippahs at work has been a talking point for days, as has Ève Torres’s plan to run for Québec solidaire in the next provincial election wearing her hijab. And now, there is the case of the hijab-wearing CEGEP student who wants to be a police officer.
  “Whoa!” went Quebec. “What about laïcité?”
  The concept of laïcité is misunderstood. Sadly, it doe
  
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• Border agents make ‘significant’ beer seizure at Lacolle crossing in Quebec

  12-04-2018 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Border services in Quebec say agents have made a significant beer seizure at the Saint-Bernard-de-Lacolle crossing.
  
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• Father of missing Ariel calls on Mayor Plante to create special police squad

  12-04-2018 18:27 via montrealgazette.com
  In an emotional plea, the father of Jeffrey Ariel Kouakou on Thursday asked Montreal mayor Valérie Plante to intensify the search for his son, missing since March 12.
  During a press conference, Kouadio Frédéric Kouakou painfully detailed the “30 long days, 30 long nights” since his son disappeared, and then reiterated his “firm belief” that Ariel will eventually be found.
  Kouakou urged Plante and the Montreal police department to consider the creation
  
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• A moment of silence for Humboldt

  12-04-2018 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 12: Students at Margaret Manson Elementary held a moment of silence for Humboldt.
  
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• Munitions specialists called in after possible unexploded shell discovered in Longueuil lot

  12-04-2018 18:17 via cbc.ca
  The discovery was made Thursday morning as workers were carrying out excavation work in a residential area of the city.
  
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• Checking In: Pioneer village adds tree house glamping

  12-04-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Upper Canada Village is a living history museum that depicts life during the 1860s, on the eve of Confederation.
  The village recreates the pre-electricity era of the mid-19th century, and well before SIRI or AI, Netflix or GPS, when chores were done by hand and people travelled by horsepower.
  Upper Canada Village is a fun look at the past, with about 100 artisans and costumed animators bringing to life the work of blacksmiths, cobblers and cabinetmakers. The villagers chop their own wood and wea
  
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• McGill, Concordia students protest over 'mismanagement' of sexual misconduct allegations

  12-04-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Chanting “we will not be silenced” and “this will not blow over,” more than 700 students and professors walked out of class and gathered on the McGill campus Wednesday to protest against what they call the mismanagement of sexual misconduct allegations against professors at both Concordia and McGill universities.
  “Can everyone here who has been warned or heard of an abusive professor during their time here please raise their hand,” Connor Spencer of the M
  
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• #GreatMTLer: Maestro Kent Nagano a pillar of Montreal’s cultural symphony

  12-04-2018 17:41 via globalnews.ca
  Over the years, Montreal Symphony Orchestra maestro Kent Nagano has grown to embody the spirit of the city's rich culture.
  
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• Montreal's west end powerless after animal, Hydro wire come into contact

  12-04-2018 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  A little over 3,000 Hydro-Québec customers in Montreal’s west end and Town of Mount Royal saw their power fail for a couple of hours Thursday morning after nature clashed with technology.
  A Hydro-Québec official said the power failures were triggered after an animal came into contact with a power line a little after 9 a.m., triggering an emergency shutdown and knocking out electricity until about 11 a.m.
  The power utility was unable to say what type of animal was involved in
  
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• Quebec mosque shooting: Courtroom shown images of weapons, blood-stained walls

  12-04-2018 17:38 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The sentencing hearing for Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette continued Thursday with the prosecution presenting photos of the mosque and the weapons used in the attack.
  The photos showed the mosque interior and exterior, as well as the layout of the building. Some showed blood-stained walls and rugs, as well as bullet holes in walls.
  The prosecution showed photos of one of guns Bissonnette brought with him that night — a semi-automatic .223-calibre rifle made
  
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• Italian cops pull fast one, send 7 tonnes of salt to Montreal drug smugglers

  12-04-2018 17:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Drug smugglers based in Montreal who were expecting to receive a seven-tonne shipment of hashish from Pakistan were sent salt instead after police officers in Italy pulled a fast one on the people involved in the plot. 
  The details about how the RCMP and authorities at a Port in Genoa, Italy, switched the hashish for salt were revealed during the opening of the trial of Alain Charron at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday. 
  Charron faces charges related to three containers full of hash
  
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• PQ MNA tells would-be cop to take off her hijab or work for RCMP

  12-04-2018 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A young woman who wants to become a police officer and still wear her hijab should be told she has to take it off to work or look for a job with the RCMP, Parti Québécois MNA Agnès Maltais said Thursday.
  The Liberals rapidly branded the statement and similar position taken by the Coalition Avenir Québec as exclusionary and discriminatory.
  And they praised the courage of the woman, Sondos Lamrhari, 17, who started studying police science at the Coll&egra
  
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• Have you lost a diamond ring in Pointe-Claire?

  12-04-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s been close to one year since a citizen dropped off a diamond ring at Montreal Police Station 5 in Pointe-Claire. The police tried to track down the owner, but have hit a dead-end.
  The white-gold ring with a diamond setting was found on a residential street in Pointe-Claire, below Highway 20, in early 2017. 
  The ring has very specific characteristics, but the police did not supply a photograph of the ring to avoid giving away too much detail.
  The owner must be able to describe the
  
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• Canadiens GM Bergevin throws players under the bus | HI/O Show

  12-04-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  On this week’s show, our panelists — Gazette sports columnists Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, Sportsnet’s Eric Engels and host Adam Susser — give their takes on the Canadiens’ post-mortem news conference and these topics:
  • Roster construction doomed Canadiens• Players deserved better from Bergevin• Transparency is likely an empty promise• Contract, bilingualism work in GM’s favour• Habs miss playoffs even with Price a
  
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• 38 years ago today, Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope #TerryFox @TerryFoxCanada https://t.co/MeUQQBzCOL

  12-04-2018 16:58
  
  38 years ago today, Terry Fox began his Marathon of Hope #TerryFox @TerryFoxCanada https://t.co/MeUQQBzCOL
  
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• La Voix finalist @DavidMarino98 talks music and his upcoming fundraising concert for mental health initiatives https://t.co/LF9auqQGAn

  12-04-2018 16:38
  
  La Voix finalist @DavidMarino98 talks music and his upcoming fundraising concert for mental health initiatives https://t.co/LF9auqQGAn
  
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• Montreal police investigate overnight shooting in Lasalle

  12-04-2018 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  A perimeter was set up near the intersection of Saint-Patrick and Clément Street as police investigated.
  
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• Refresh you spring beauty routine with @ByAngelaPrice! Full segment at btmontreal.ca/videos/ https://t.co/r21e1wfTzA

  12-04-2018 16:16
  
  Refresh you spring beauty routine with @ByAngelaPrice! Full segment at btmontreal.ca/videos/ https://t.co/r21e1wfTzA
  
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• Crazy lemon desserts with Chef Ricardo! @ricardorecipes @Ricardocuisine https://t.co/oE91yvXpyQ

  12-04-2018 16:11
  
  Crazy lemon desserts with Chef Ricardo! @ricardorecipes @Ricardocuisine https://t.co/oE91yvXpyQ
  
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• Father of Quebec girl missing for decades joins search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

  12-04-2018 15:58 via cbc.ca
  Frédéric Kouakou, the father of a Montreal boy who vanished a month ago today, will speak today along side the father of a Quebec teen who went missing in 1999.
  
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• Ariel is 'waiting for us': Montreal family pleads for renewed efforts in search for missing boy

  12-04-2018 15:58 via cbc.ca
  One month to the day after Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou vanished from a north Montreal neighbourhood, his family urged the city and police to do more to find their little boy.
  
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• Montreal schools tribute Humboldt Broncos with ‘Jersey Day’

  12-04-2018 15:54 via globalnews.ca
  A cross-country campaign to honour the Humboldt Broncos encourages young Canadians to wear their favourite jersey to school. Global’s Dan Spector reports from the Margaret Manson Elementary School in Kirkland.
  
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• Victim arrested after Lasalle shooting

  12-04-2018 15:51 via globalnews.ca
  A 38-year-old man escaped a shooting uninjured early Thursday morning. Montreal police found the victim at a nearby hospital, he was uncooperative and was arrested for drug possession.
  
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• Red Bull Sledhammers

  12-04-2018 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  Freestyle snowmobile champion Levi Lavalee joins Global’s Laura Casella to preview the 2018 Red Bull Sledhammers race at Ski La Réserve.
  
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