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• Mosque shooting victims continue to fight stereotypes, court hears

  19-04-2018 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 19: Community leaders delivered victim impact statements as the sentencing hearing for the Quebec City mosque shooter continued Thursday. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the issue of stereotyping immigrants was front and center.
  
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• The fight to save Babe the pig

  19-04-2018 23:52 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 19: Sarah-Maude Ravanelle was surprised when city inspectors showed up at her home in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve earlier this week and gave her a 15-day notice to get rid of her pet micro-pig. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, Ravenelle intends to fight for the right to keep Babe home.
  
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• Quebec shooting: "Your father was a hero," judge tells daughter of man who tried to stop attack

  19-04-2018 23:46 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Jan. 29, 2017, was a normal day at the Soufiane household in Quebec City.
  Azzeddine Soufiane left the home to close the family store, and then pray at the Quebec City mosque. “Bye-bye, my princess,” he said to his seven-year-old daughter.
  A few hours later, he was dead. Hailed as a hero, Soufiane, tackled killer Alexandre Bissonnette as he shot at terrified worshippers in the mosque.
  On Thursday, his 14-year-old daughter spoke at Bissonnette’s sentencin
  
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• Supreme Court's 'free-the-beer' decision privileges one part of the Constitution over another

  19-04-2018 23:35 via cbc.ca
  This case required the Court to balance Section 121, which holds that goods should be "admitted free" into a province, with the provincial authority granted under Section 92, which includes the power to regulate property and civil rights.
  
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• Summer work blitz planned for existing Champlain Bridge

  19-04-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 19: The bridge corporation has announced some major work on the existing Champlain Bridge over the summer as the old span enters the last phase of its life. Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Pot-bellied pig caught in Montreal pet bylaw kerfuffle

  19-04-2018 23:32 via cbc.ca
  The owners of a pet pig named Babe have found themselves mired in Montreal's controversial and changing animal control bylaws.
  
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• Hope for stability: new leader named to problem-plagued MUHC

  19-04-2018 23:16 via globalnews.ca
  After a long search, a new CEO is appointed to run the McGill University Health Centre. The hope is Dr. Pierre Gfeller will bring some much needed stability to the hospital.
  
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• MUHC announces new leadership

  19-04-2018 23:12 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 19: Dr. Pierre Gfeller has been named to head the the McGill University Health Centre and will take on his new responsibilities at the end of May. As Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports, his appointment as president and executive director comes at a crucial time for the new hospital.
  
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• Crown wraps up its evidence in Île-Bizard manslaughter case

  19-04-2018 22:55 via montrealgazette.com
  The jury trial of an Île-Bizard resident charged with manslaughter for having allegedly stabbed a drug dealer who came after him with a baseball bat will enter its final stages in May. 
  After having heard evidence over the course of less than two weeks, Superior Court Justice Jean-François Buffoni told the jury hearing the trial of Steve Barnes, 34, that they will return to the Montreal courthouse to hear closing arguments during the first week of May. Barnes is alleged to have
  
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• Quebec Superior Court upholds province's secession law

  19-04-2018 22:49 via cbc.ca
  Quebec has the right to determine what constitutes a clear majority in a referendum on sovereignty, the province's Superior Court has ruled.
  
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• Contentious Parti Québécois law from 2000 not sovereignist plot, court rules

  19-04-2018 22:49 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec Superior Court has tossed out a legal challenge to a contentious provincial law. Passed by a Parti Québécois government 17 years ago, Bill 99 was not a covert attempt to make sovereignty easier to achieve, a judge ruled Thursday.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Impact hoping to turn season around at Saputo Stadium

  19-04-2018 22:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The Impact have had five head coaches during their seven seasons in Major League Soccer, but one thing hasn’t changed — they have problems winning on the road.
  The Impact have played five of their first six games on the road this season and have a 1-4 record away from home. They won their only home game, beating Toronto FC 1-0 at Olympic Stadium on March 17. The Impact have been outscored 12-5 on the road and lost their last two games, 4-0 in New England and 3-1 in New York against t
  
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• At least someone at city hall was amused by Luc Ferrandez's bike ticket

  19-04-2018 22:28 via montrealgazette.com
  It looks like Plateau-Mont-Royal and cycling advocate Luc Ferrandez will be hearing about his biking ticket for a little while longer.
  On Tuesday, he was stopped by police for biking the wrong way on a one-way street near city hall and fined $42 plus fees for the infraction.
  In a tweet posted Thursday, Ferrandez indicated that his administrative assistant had posted one-way traffic signs at city hall. 
  She has a sense of humour, he noted.
  Mon adjointe administrative à l’hô
  
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• Restaurants in Canada embracing vegan dishes, updating menus

  19-04-2018 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  Restaurateurs say the proliferation of options is being driven not by observant vegans, but by dabbling omnivores looking for appealing meat-free fare.
  
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• Survivors of mosque shooting overwhelmed by anxiety, constant fear, court hears

  19-04-2018 21:54 via cbc.ca
  Those who witnessed the deadly shooting at a Quebec City mosque and survived say they lost all sense of peace when Alexandre Bissonnette entered their place of worship, killing six men and wounding many more.
  
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• Alexandre Bissonnette terrorized an entire nation, Quebec City mosque leaders tell court

  19-04-2018 21:54 via cbc.ca
  Two of the men who were at the centre of the chaos which followed the shooting at a Quebec City mosque say Alexandre Bissonnette left fear in the hearts of all Muslims, by targeting their place of worship.
  
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• Mosque shooting victims fight against stereotypes in court testimonies

  19-04-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  Victim testimony during sentencing arguments for the Quebec City mosque shooter addressed how immigrants are treated in Quebec society.
  
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• Happy 70th Birthday Israel! Our @CVDmtl hosted the annual @IsraelDayMTL rally! Tune in tomorrow for more… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 21:33
  Happy 70th Birthday Israel! Our @CVDmtl hosted the annual @IsraelDayMTL rally! Tune in tomorrow for more… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Montreal police seeking other potential victims of man arrested for sexual assault

  19-04-2018 21:27 via cbc.ca
  Oba Femi Toussaint, 40, is charged with sexual assault and forcible confinement after an attack on a 15-year-old girl in downtown Montreal on April 6.
  
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• ‘Painful and unending’ nightmare: Quebec City mosque leaders speak at shooter’s sentencing hearing

  19-04-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  Sentencing hearing arguments for the Quebec City mosque shooter continued Thursday.
  
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• Family fights to keep pot-bellied pet in Montreal

  19-04-2018 20:51 via montrealgazette.com
  An east-end family is fighting to keep its pet pig, Babe, after an animal control inspector warned them to get rid of the little porker.
  
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• Police looking for suspects who stormed Montreal restaurant in anti-Macron protest

  19-04-2018 20:44 via cbc.ca
  In Montreal last week, a mob of protesters pelted a group of Emmanuel Macron supporters with flyers and objects, and pepper-sprayed them. Police have now released photos of the suspects.
  
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• Opinion: Some homeless people shouldn't count more than others

  19-04-2018 20:30 via montrealgazette.com
  There has been much debate regarding I Count MTL 2018 version 2.0, a Point-in-Time (PiT) measurement of visibly homeless people in Montreal, to begin April 24, part of a national project. 
  The first count in Montreal took place in March 2015. Its finding of only 3,016 people homeless at that time, a startlingly low number, resulted in scathing and justified critiques, especially because a more expansive study (albeit with a broader definition) was carried out in the late 1990s that had foun
  
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• Commuters, advocates hope Turcot pedestrian bridge actually happens

  19-04-2018 20:13 via globalnews.ca
  A new bridge for pedestrians and cyclists might soon be a reality.
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Let's get over our fear of the other

  19-04-2018 20:10 via montrealgazette.com
  The less diversity Quebecers are exposed to, and the less they interact with those of different cultures or backgrounds, the higher their level of fear of the other will be. That seems to be one of the overarching truths reflected in a recent Léger poll of 1,000 Quebecers on whether they think immigration should be increased, maintained, lowered or halted altogether. The poll found Montrealers and younger people generally had more favourable attitudes toward immigration than older and les
  
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• Weightlifter Christine Girard to be awarded Olympic gold medal

  19-04-2018 20:07 via cbc.ca
  Girard initially won a bronze medal at the 2012 London Olympics, but the two athletes who placed ahead of her, Maiya Maneza of Kazakhstan and Svetlana Tsarukaeva of Russia, were both disqualified after they tested positive for doping.
  
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• Montreal to spend $25M more per year on economic development

  19-04-2018 20:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The city of Montreal plans to spend an additional $25 million per year on economic development over the next four years.
  The money comes as part of the city’s new economic development strategy, which is being presented to the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal by Mayor Valérie Plante on Thursday.
  The plan calls for the city to provide additional resources to PME MTL, a city agency that supports entrepreneurs.
  The city says it also plans to provide additional funds to
  
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• Montreal bails on ArtsGames, another event vaunted by former mayor Denis Coderre

  19-04-2018 20:01 via cbc.ca
  The City of Montreal is pulling all funding from the ambitious, made-in-Montreal international competition set for this fall, after investing $3.7 million in the inaugural event.
  
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• Q&A: Steven Wilson on To the Bone, challenging his fans and great pop

  19-04-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Steven Wilson is a progressive-rock master in the most literal sense of the term: the English auteur has consistently progressed and evolved through a maze of meticulously crafted albums and a wide array of projects. It’s the more popular definition of the term that has been problematic.
  “People decided a long time ago that I was a progressive-rock artist, and I’ve been at pains to point out that I never claimed to be,” Wilson said last week, ahead of a North American tou
  
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• Quebec mosque shooting: 'An act of terrorism,' community leader says

  19-04-2018 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — A Muslim community leader says Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette is clearly an Islamophobic terrorist.
  “It was an act of terrorism,” Mohamed Labidi, former president of the mosque that Bissonnette attacked, said of the Jan. 29, 2017 shooting.
  Speaking at Bissonnette’s sentencing hearing on Thursday, Labidi said Bissonnette “was inspired by fanatical and hateful propaganda on the the Internet and on social media.”
  Bissonnette has not faced an
  
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• As @ChrisCooking explains, there's no such thing as too much pasta! https://t.co/reEWNDDV7V

  19-04-2018 19:49
  
  As @ChrisCooking explains, there's no such thing as too much pasta! https://t.co/reEWNDDV7V
  
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• Turcot pedestrian bridge one step closer to reality?

  19-04-2018 19:25 via globalnews.ca
  A pedestrian bridge crossing Highway 20 near the new Turcot may be built after all. The proposed Green walkway dubbed “Parc Dalle” had been in the original plans in 2010, but was later canceled. Global’s Dan Spector reports on the project’s new life.
  
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• Montreal police search for suspects after pro-Macron celebrations disrupted

  19-04-2018 19:14 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are looking for a group of masked individuals who stormed a Montreal restaurant last week while patrons were celebrating French President Emmanuel Macron's first year in office.
  
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• ‘Free the beer’ knocked down by top court: What it means for Canada

  19-04-2018 19:10 via globalnews.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada has opted to maintain the status quo on interprovincial trade.
  
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• Asylum seekers: Quebec welcomes Ottawa's 'change in tone'

  19-04-2018 18:40 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Immigration Minister David Heurtel has welcomed the federal government’s “change in tone” around Quebec’s difficulties in managing the arrival of asylum seekers at the border.
  At the same time, Quebec is not backing away from its plan to impose a ceiling on the number of arrivals it will accept in temporary shelters in the coming weeks.
  “It’s clear we will follow this carefully, but we are sticking to our position,” Heurtel told reporters
  
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• Walk on the wild side: Montrealers trade convenience for connecting with their food

  19-04-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  At a time when dinner can be ordered and delivered at the touch of a button, a hunter, a fisherman, a forager and a chef explain how their pursuit of wild foods brings them closer to the land.
  
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• Checking In: Manhattan's Moxy is smart and sassy and prices are a steal

  19-04-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Micro is beautiful.
  The exciting Moxy Times Square New York is the leader in the new breed of micro-hotels built around progressive interiors and inspired drinking and dining.
  Moxy is high-tech, with a too-cool-for-school attitude and prices that are a steal for Manhattan.
  This hotel has taken midtown by storm — offering gorgeous lounges designed by the Toronto-New York virtuoso team, Yabu Pushelberg, delectable food at Legasea Seafood Brasserie and a sensational scene at Magic Hour Roofto
  
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• Update: Mother of slain toddler to face murder charge

  19-04-2018 17:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The mother of Rosalie Gagnon, the two-year-old found dead in a garbage bin Wednesday in the Charlesbourg district of Quebec City, is expected to face a murder charge Thursday.
  Audrey Gagnon, 23, was expected to appear in court Thursday morning but was hospitalized for injuries she inflicted on herself while in detention, police said.
  The woman was “disorganized” during the time she was being held, police said.
  Her wounds were described as minor, and her arraignment was expected
  
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• ‘All of these measures will lessen the pressure on Montreal’: Ottawa and Quebec reach agreements over asylum seekers

  19-04-2018 17:22 via globalnews.ca
  A working group has been struck to reach an agreement on how Quebec will be reimbursed for $146 million in unanticipated costs it says it has shouldered as a result of the influx of border crossers last year.
  
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• Humboldt Broncos GoFundMe closes, raises more than $15M

  19-04-2018 17:09 via cbc.ca
  The GoFundMe page dedicated to the Humboldt Broncos, believed to be the largest of its kind in Canadian history, stopped taking donations at midnight Wednesday as planned.
  
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• Comedy Show benefits Pearson Educational Foundation - We get laughs from David Pryde and Darren Henwood https://t.co/Mh2zuonRd5

  19-04-2018 16:43
  
  Comedy Show benefits Pearson Educational Foundation - We get laughs from David Pryde and Darren Henwood https://t.co/Mh2zuonRd5
  
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• Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Communicating with your teenager btmontreal.ca/videos/communi… https://t.co/oYfsIWZ9df

  19-04-2018 16:42
  
  Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Communicating with your teenager btmontreal.ca/videos/communi… https://t.co/oYfsIWZ9df
  
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• Comey, Cohen, and the big bag of Trump scandals - Graham Dodds from @Concordia on the latest in U.S. politics… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 16:39
  Comey, Cohen, and the big bag of Trump scandals - Graham Dodds from @Concordia on the latest in U.S. politics… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Rapid Eye movement: Filmmaker Kim Nguyen works at a breathless pace

  19-04-2018 16:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Kim Nguyen’s career has been on fire ever since the Montreal filmmaker’s African-set drama Rebelle was nominated for best foreign-language film at the 2013 Oscars.
  In an interview this week at a Plateau café, Nguyen admitted it’s been a little nuts over the past few years. As we discussed the movies he’s made since Rebelle, he had a hard time remembering when he shot each film. It took him a minute to decide with certainty that Eye on Juliet, which opens in Montrea
  
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• Montreal police seek suspects in anti-Emmanuel Macron attack

  19-04-2018 16:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are turning to the public in an effort to identify several suspects involved in what appears to have been a politically motivated assault in the basement of a St-Denis St. restaurant April 11.
  At about 6:40 p.m., about 10 people crashed a party to celebrate the first anniversary of the election of Emmanuel Macron as president of France.
  Police say the suspects, wearing hoods and scarves, entered the event chanting “Bonne fête Macron” and proceeded to spread out
  
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• Mother of toddler found dead in Quebec City released from hospital, facing murder charge

  19-04-2018 16:08 via globalnews.ca
  Audrey Gagnon, 23, is facing murder charges in connection with the death of her two-year-old daughter Rosalie Gagnon.
  
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• Mother of toddler found dead in Quebec City, in hospital with self-inflicted injuries

  19-04-2018 16:08 via globalnews.ca
  Audrey Gagnon, 23, is facing murder charges in connection with the death of her two-year-old daughter Rosalie Gagnon.
  
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• We get a first look at the Nintendo Labo - Plus we're giving away a huge Nintendo Switch bundle next week! Tune in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  19-04-2018 16:06
  We get a first look at the Nintendo Labo - Plus we're giving away a huge Nintendo Switch bundle next week! Tune in… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Discover a new vocational centre

  19-04-2018 16:02 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan talks to Verdun Adult and Career Centre Director Ardis Root about their brand freshly renovated centre and how you can try your hand at a variety of trades.
  
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• It’s illegal to bring large amounts of booze across a provincial border: SCOC

  19-04-2018 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada (SCOC) unanimously ruled on Thursday that a law preventing residents of New Brunswick from stocking up on alcohol from other provinces is constitutional. 
  
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