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• Police investigating after body of man recovered from Rivière des Prairies

  15-04-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  The body of a man believed to be around 25 years old was recovered from the Rivière des Prairies Sunday afternoon.
  
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• Montreal firefighters pull body from Rivières-des-Prairies

  15-04-2018 23:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The body of a man believed to be in his 20s was discovered in the Rivière-des-Prairies on Sunday afternoon.
  Passersby called 911 at 2:45 p.m. to report seeing a body floating in the water near the intersection of Gouin Blvd. and St-Jean-Baptiste St. in the Rivière-des-Prairies borough.
  Montreal firefighters retrieved the body.
  Last week, police found the body of a woman in the same river. 
   
  
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• Parents of children with autism announce plan to take legal action against government

  15-04-2018 22:29 via cbc.ca
  Three mothers and one father said that cuts to programs have made it difficult to access medical and social services for their children, and that financial and emotional tolls ensue.
  
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• Montreal-born hospital founder takes step toward sainthood

  15-04-2018 22:24 via cbc.ca
  Élisabeth Bruyère is one of eight people worldwide — and the only Canadian — to be named a 'Venerable Servant of God' by Pope Francis Saturday.
  
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• Jean-Martin Aussant wins PQ nomination battle in Pointe-aux-Trembles

  15-04-2018 22:17 via cbc.ca
  Jean-Martin Aussant was chosen by Parti Québécois members in the Montreal riding of Pointe-aux-Trembles to represent the party in the fall election.
  
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• Aussant wins PQ nomination in Pointe-aux-Trembles

  15-04-2018 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  Parti Québécois members in Pointe-aux-Trembles have chosen former Option nationale founder Jean-Martin Aussant as their candidate in next October’s provincial election.
  Aussant, a former PQ MNA, defeated Maxime Laporte, president of Société St. Jean Baptiste, in a vote held on Sunday afternoon. Aussant won 64 per cent of the votes cast.
  He had the support of PQ Leader Jean-François Lisée, while Laporte earned the endorsement of former premier Berna
  
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• Freezing rain to make for slippery Monday commute in Montreal and surrounding areas

  15-04-2018 22:01 via montrealgazette.com
  A nasty spring storm that will bring ice pellets, freezing rain and strong winds to the greater Montreal region could lead to treacherous conditions on highways, roads and sidewalks on Monday, Environment Canada says.
  Between 10 and 20 millimetres of precipitation is predicted to fall by Monday evening, with several hours of freezing rain expected, Environment Canada says in a weather warning it issued for island of Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, Varennes, La Prairie and Châteauguay area
  
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• This week on Focus Montreal: April 14

  15-04-2018 21:26 via globalnews.ca
  This week on Focus Montreal: Remembering Nick Auf Der Maur, modernizing Quebec's liquor laws and meet Great Montrealer Maestro Kent Nagano.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Meet #GreatMTLer Kent Nagano

  15-04-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Kent Nagano first came to Montreal in 2004 as a guest conductor for the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. He became musical director in 2006 and has worked tirelessly to connect with the community in the hopes of demystifying classical music and making the art accessible to everyone.
  
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• Economist Youri Chassin to run for CAQ in St-Jérôme

  15-04-2018 20:53 via montrealgazette.com
  The Coalition Avenir Québec announced Sunday that economist Youri Chassin will be their candidate in the riding of St-Jérôme in the general election this fall.
  In a statement, party leader François Legault praised Chassin for prioritizing education and Quebec’s economic prosperity for nearly 20 years.
  Legault said the two “have always had a shared vision for Quebec.”
  Chassin was an economist and research director at the Montreal Economic Ins
  
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• Focus Montreal: Modernizing Quebec’s liquor laws

  15-04-2018 20:29 via globalnews.ca
  As public hearings are underway to modernize Quebec’s liquor laws, Éduc’alcool is calling for a minimum price on alcohol, aimed at making it harder for young people to drink. Hubert Sacy, Éduc’alcool’s director general explains his organization’s point of view.
  
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• Parents to file human rights complaints over lack of autism services

  15-04-2018 20:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Parents who are exhausted, stressed out and depressed from taking care of their autistic children say Quebec is failing their children and their families.
  “I have no life, no work, no social life and there is stress in our marriage,” said Kathleen Salvail, whose four-year-old son and two-year-old daughter have autism.
  Salvail said she had to pay $3,000 to have her children’s autism diagnosed privately because there was a two-year waiting list in the public system in her hometow
  
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• Kirkland resident receives national volunteer award

  15-04-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  A Kirkland resident was presented with a national volunteer award.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Remembering Nick Auf Der Maur

  15-04-2018 20:18 via globalnews.ca
  ‘Montreal Gazette’ columnist Bill Brownstein joins Global News senior anchor Jamie Orchard to share his memories of Nick Auf Der Maur, a former journalist, city councillor and bon vivant who left his imprint on the city.
  
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• Frozen strawberries recalled over hepatitis A contamination

  15-04-2018 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  Montana brand frozen strawberries, sold in Marché Adonis stores in Quebec and Ontario, are being pulled from the market place due to possible hepatitis A contamination.
  
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• Montana brand frozen strawberries recalled by Adonis

  15-04-2018 18:56 via cbc.ca
  A recall has been issued for one-kilogram bags of Montana brand frozen strawberries sold by the Adonis Group in Quebec and Ontario, due to possible contamination with hepatitis A.
  
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• Adonis expands recall linking strawberry products to hepatitis A

  15-04-2018 18:56 via cbc.ca
  A recall notice has been expanded by the Adonis Group to include strawberry juices, smoothies and frozen strawberries due to possible contamination with hepatitis A.
  
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• Montrealer aims to be 1st woman to summit Mount Logan in solo expedition

  15-04-2018 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  Should Monique Richard reach the summit of Yukon's Mount Logan, she will be the first female to reach the top by herself, according to officials with Parks Canada and data it has compiled since the late 1800s.
  
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• 1 dead, 4 injured in head-on collision in Saint-Valentin

  15-04-2018 17:46 via globalnews.ca
  A 51-year-old woman is dead, and four others were injured following a head-on collision in Saint-Valentin, roughly 60 km south of Montreal.
  
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• Centre has to top summer shopping list | HI/O Bonus

  15-04-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  In this bonus episode, our panelists — Gazette sports columnists Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, Sportsnet’s Eric Engels and host Adam Susser — discuss the Montreal Canadiens’ nagging centre problem.
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• Contaminated frozen strawberries recalled in Quebec and Ontario

  15-04-2018 16:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Frozen strawberries sold in Quebec and Ontario by Groupe Adonis have been recalled due to a possible hepatitis A contamination.
  The affected products are one-kilogram bags of the brand Montana, with strawberries originating from Egypt.
  Adonis stores have recalled the product and some cases of illness have been associated with consumption of the berries.
  Symptoms of hepatitis A infection typically include fever, loss of appetite, nausea, vomiting and abdominal discomfort. It can also cause jaundi
  
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• #ICYMI Did you know a Montreal animation studio was behind Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero @StubbyMovie? Emmanuel Lau… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  15-04-2018 16:00
  #ICYMI Did you know a Montreal animation studio was behind Sgt. Stubby: An American Hero @StubbyMovie? Emmanuel Lau… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• While you were sleeping: India protests against sexual violence, North Korean diplomacy, Assad condemns airstrikes

  15-04-2018 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Thousands of people have protested across India to seek an end to sexual violence against women.
  Protesters marched in New Delhi, Mumbai and other cities on Sunday to show their anger and express solidarity with victims of sexual violence. The outrage was triggered by the rape and murder of an 8-year-old girl in India’s portion of Kashmir and the abduction and rape of a teenage girl in India’s northern Uttar Pradesh state.
  Violent crimes against women have been on the rise in India d
  
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• Freezing rain warning to make for a slippery Monday commute in Montreal

  15-04-2018 15:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada has issued a freezing rain warning for the Montreal area.
  A “significant event” of freezing rain is expected to begin Sunday afternoon, starting as ice pellets and then turning into freezing rain later in the evening.
  Between 10 and 20 millimetres of precipitation is predicted to fall during this period, with several hours of freezing rain expected.
  The warning is for the island of Montreal, Laval, Longueuil, Varennes, La Prairie and Châteauguay areas. 
  
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• Fitness: The art of juggling motherhood and an active lifestyle

  15-04-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This time last year, Jaime Sochasky-Livingston set an ambitious goal to compete in a 102-kilometre road race. An athletic therapist and strength and conditioning specialist, it was Sochasky-Livingston’s first attempt at training for an endurance event. The mother of a nine-year-old, she was suddenly confronted with a dilemma all active moms face: juggling an intense training schedule with an already busy lifestyle that includes work and family commitments.
  “I knew it was going to be
  
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• Brace for a rough Monday, an ice storm is about to bear down on southern Quebec

  15-04-2018 14:22 via cbc.ca
  A miserable cocktail of wintry weather is about to batter the province.
  
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• Quebec factory transforms into welding school by night to combat labour shortfall

  15-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  When Granby-based company Durabac struggled to find welders to run its operation, owner Patrick Charbonneau decided to take matters into his own hands.
  
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• Woman, 51, killed in head-on crash in Montérégie

  15-04-2018 12:53 via cbc.ca
  A violent crash involving two vehicles near Saint-Valentin has left one woman dead and four other people, including two children, in hospital with serious injuries.
  
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• Condoville: What is the real estate boom doing to downtown Montreal?

  15-04-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Residential units in high-rise condos are hot commodity in Montreal, but critics worry they will kill the vitality of downtown neighbourhoods.
  
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• First ever microbrewery opens in Kahnawake

  15-04-2018 05:28 via cbc.ca
  Not only is Black Bridge Brewing Co. making history as the first-ever microbrewery to open in Kahnawake, it also led the way for the adoption of craft beer legislation on the Mohawk territory.
  
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• Montreal police searching for missing 14-year-old girl

  15-04-2018 04:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are asking the public for help in locating a missing 14-year-old girl.
  Isaora Thaisa Tavares Assuncao was last seen in the Villeray—St-Michel—Parc Extension area on Thursday, April 12.
  She is 5-foot-7, weighs 130 pounds, has brown eyes and communicates in French. 
  She was wearing a black windbreaker with a black and grey sweater with matching pants and carrying a blue backpack. 
  She often visits McDonald’s or Galeries d’Anjou and her family
  
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• Police search for missing 15-year-old girl

  15-04-2018 04:35 via cbc.ca
  Police are asking the public to help them locate Thaisa Tavares Assuncao, 15, who went missing in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension April 12.
  
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• Police search for missing 14-year-old girl

  15-04-2018 04:35 via cbc.ca
  Police are asking the public to help them locate Isaora Thaisa Tavares Assuncao, 14, who went missing in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension April 12.
  
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• Missing 15-year-old found in Lachine

  15-04-2018 04:35 via cbc.ca
  Thaïsa Tavares Assuncao went missing in Villeray–Saint-Michel–Parc-Extension April 12.
  
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• Spinning with celebrities for a good cause

  15-04-2018 02:46 via globalnews.ca
  Athletes, celebrities and cycling aficionados gathered at the MAA Sporting Club in downtown Montreal to take part in spin classes to raise money for the Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation.
  
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• Athletes, media personalities lace up to give back

  15-04-2018 02:41 via globalnews.ca
  The Pierrefonds Sportsplex was bustling with personalities and sports stars Saturday for the 15th edition of the Montreal Media Celebrity Hockey Marathon.
  
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• New fair shines spotlight on activities for people of all abilities

  15-04-2018 02:26 via globalnews.ca
  Adaptive sports and activities were highlighted Saturday at the first ever Fun For All Fair held in Montreal’s St. Laurent borough.
  
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• Cyclist voicing concern after close encounter with STM bus

  15-04-2018 01:09 via globalnews.ca
  A recent video showing an incident involving an STM bus driver narrowly passing a cyclist on a downtown Montreal street has sparked a conversation about road sharing and patience. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• Football players turned scientists aim to reduce concussion risk

  15-04-2018 01:05 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s a Saturday afternoon in Lachine, the players from the Dalbé-Viau secondary school football team are practising. 
  As the players run through hitting and running drills, a handful of cameras capture their every move.
  The Aigles d’Or football team is participating in a research project — led by a couple of the team’s former players — that aims to reduce the risk of concussions, while also improving player performance.
  “We’re trying to
  
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• Environment Canada issues freezing rain warning for Montreal area

  15-04-2018 00:35 via globalnews.ca
  Freezing rain Sunday evening into Monday could make the morning rush hour difficult in Montreal.
  
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