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• Stu Cowan: Beautiful day at Saputo Stadium turns ugly for the Impact

  21-04-2018 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  At least the weather was beautiful.
  Spring finally arrived in Montreal on Saturday and it was sunny and 10C at 1 p.m. when the Impact kicked off their first home game of the season at Saputo Stadium in front of 20,302 fans. 
  By halftime, Saputo Stadium was like a giant outdoor terrace for sun-starved Montrealers with fans singing and cheering as the Impact took a 3-1 lead over Los Angeles FC on three goals by Ignacio Piatti. But the party ended in the second half with LAFC scoring four
  
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• Youth descend on Montreal for annual Classic Hoops tournament

  21-04-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Forty youth basketball teams, comprised of 500 athletes are in Montreal this weekend for the 20th anniversary of the Montreal Classic Hoops tournament.
  
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• The Montreal Electrical Vehicle Show highlights future of mobility

  21-04-2018 23:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s second annual Electric Vehicle Show is on this weekend at Place Bonaventure downtown, with more than 60 exhibitors displaying everything from electric and hybrid cars, boats, school buses and snowmobiles to bikes, scooters and motorcycles. Attendees had the opportunity to take a seven-kilometre test drive of more than 30 different models of cars. By far the most popular was the Tesla 3, which was being displayed for the first time in Canada at the show. 
  “We had to op
  
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• Carlos Vela’s penalty kick leads LAFC past Montreal Impact in 5-3 win

  21-04-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  Laurent Ciman scored in his return to Montreal, his first game back since being traded to Los Angeles in the off-season.
  
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• Montreal couple says they were abused, fined by police for 'walking while black'

  21-04-2018 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  A young couple who say they were the victims of police violence for “walking while black” are calling on the mayors of Montreal and Plateau-Mont-Royal to take responsibility for “excessive force, abuse of power and racism.”
  Both were given $444 tickets for making excessive noise.
  At a news conference Saturday organized by the Centre for Research-Action on Race Relations (CRARR), Brian Mann and his girlfriend, who chose not to give her name for fear it could hamper her car
  
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• Montreal couple claims they were victims of racial profiling, excessive force by police

  21-04-2018 22:01 via globalnews.ca
  A couple claims they were the victims of racial profiling and excessive force by the Montreal Police.
  
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• No excuses: eat your greens, and in Canada that includes Romaine

  21-04-2018 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadians can continue to use romaine lettuce in their salads, says the Public Health Agency of Canada.
  While the lettuce has been infected with E.Coli in the U.S. — in an outbreak that has sent 31 people to hospital in recent weeks — no traces of the bacteria appears to have affected Canadian produce, the agency said.
  In the U.S., the infected lettuce has come from the Yuma region in Arizona.
  The agency said it is still investigating the sources of lettuce in this country, but
  
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• Citizen groups highlight need for better access to midwifery services in Quebec

  21-04-2018 21:45 via globalnews.ca
  Citizen groups meeting in Montreal are hoping to hammer out a series of demands and recommendations to help improve access to midwifery care in Quebec.
  
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• Montreal organization for distressed parents calls out government over lack of funding

  21-04-2018 21:39 via cbc.ca
  The founder of La Maison Kangourou has penned a public letter, calling for better funding for organizations which help parents in crisis, following the death of a two-year-old girl in Quebec City.
  
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• Impact crumble against LAFC after holding halftime lead

  21-04-2018 21:25 via cbc.ca
  Carlos Vela scored from the penalty spot in the 83rd minute as expansion-side Los Angeles FC overcame an Ignacio Piatti hat trick to defeat the 10-man Montreal Impact 5-3 at Saputo Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
  
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• From roof to table: How 'data nerds' are transforming Quebec's produce markets

  21-04-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  Mohamed Hage and Lauren Rathmell are greenhouse pioneers and agri-biz stars. Their company, Lufa Farms, specializes in growing vegetables on Montreal rooftops. For them, hydroponics, economy and ecology go hand-in-hand.
  
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• Investigation into death of Quebec City toddler continues

  21-04-2018 18:09 via globalnews.ca
  A command centre has been set up in the hopes of gathering more evidence in connection with the stabbing death of a two-year-old girl in Quebec City.
  
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• National Women's Show returns to Montreal this weekend

  21-04-2018 17:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite criticism that such an event may be outdated in 2018, the National Women’s Show has set up shop in Montreal’s Palais des congrès for the weekend.
  Organizers said the event is held at the request of many women who want to learn about the services and products that are intended for them, whether in fashion, cooking or beauty.
  It is, they added, an outing “to pamper and be pampered, to do good both physically and mentally”.
  Last year, more than 24,000 peo
  
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• Hello sun, my old friend: Montreal basks in the glory of blue skies

  21-04-2018 16:51 via cbc.ca
  Finally, after weeks of sporadic snow, grey, dreary skies and a general group longing for the warm rays of the sun, sunlight has come to southern Quebec.
  
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• Weekend helpline offers Quebecers free legal advice

  21-04-2018 16:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebecers can get free legal advice by phone this weekend.
  The Young Bar of Montreal, in collaboration with its Quebec City sister organization, is bringing together hundreds of volunteer lawyers and notaries in Montreal and Quebec City to staff this initiative. 
  The legal clinic will operate between 9 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on Saturday and Sunday.
  Citizens can call the helpline to learn about their rights and obligations. The lawyers and notaries are available to respond to questions about a v
  
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• #ICYMI Mommy-blogger Nadia (@nadiastar) was in studio for #EarthDay2018 showing what can be recycled and what canno… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  21-04-2018 16:00
  #ICYMI Mommy-blogger Nadia (@nadiastar) was in studio for #EarthDay2018 showing what can be recycled and what canno… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Flood watch begins in Quebec as temperatures rise

  21-04-2018 15:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The risk of flooding is minimal this weekend, but Quebec’s civil security department is warning that higher temperatures forecast for the coming week could spur a faster melt of the snow cover and ice on rivers and lakes.
  The department is closely monitoring water levels around the province.
  Water levels are presently below normal conditions throughout the province, but regional civil security organizations are in constant contact with municipalities situated near rivers, and are read
  
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• Shelter: Couple enjoys St-Henri loft in former Imperial Tobacco building

  21-04-2018 15:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Christophe Lambert is only 27 years old, but he has led a peripatetic life. His father hails from Quebec City and his mother is from the Philippines. Lambert senior is in the hotel business, so the family moved around. Lambert junior, who was born in the U.S. Virgin Islands when his father worked there, has lived in Sherbrooke, Vancouver, Toronto, New Orleans, Dallas and Ottawa.
  Lambert found the latter “rather boring” so when it was time to go to college, he moved to Montreal to stu
  
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• Turcot, Champlain Bridge roadwork means more closures this weekend

  21-04-2018 14:51 via cbc.ca
  The sun may have returned to Montreal, but that doesn’t mean this weekend’s road closures will cause any less of a headache for Montrealers.
  
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• Montreal weather: Is this what spring feels like? We can only faintly remember

  21-04-2018 14:02 via montrealgazette.com
  This, apparently, is what spring feels like.
  But who can really be sure after a cold week that included freezing rain, snow and one spritzing of rain after another?
  Anyhow, Environment Canada is forecasting a daytime high of ten degrees and clear skies on Saturday. The nighttime forecast calls for more clear skies and a low of minus two.
  On Sunday, the agency is forecasting a daytime high of 11 degrees and nighttime low of three degrees.
  Just about anything other than locust would have been an u
  
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• The Week in Review: It was stupidly cold for April and still very busy

  21-04-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Testimony at Alexandre Bissonnette’s sentencing hearing was heard throughout the week
  On Monday, the court heard about Bissonnette’s internet usage prior to the 2017 Quebec City mosque shooting. He was checking Donald Trump’s Twitter feed every day. In the lead-up to the attack, he also checked the Twitter feeds of right-wing American commentators, as well as conspiracy theorists, and alt-right and white supre
  
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• Pop goes the world: ICI Musique's L'effet Pogonat and Vi@Fehmiu shake up Montreal radio

  21-04-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  What is the sound of a city?
  How about the soundtrack?
  Six months ago, mine changed.
  In September, I received an email from Marie-Hélène Poitras, researcher at L’effet Pogonat, the morning program on Radio-Canada’s all-music station, ICI Musique. She was wondering if I might be interested in appearing on the show as a regular columnist, translating the secret meanings of anglo pop hits for L’effet Pogonat’s mostly francophone audience.
  Since then, I&rsq
  
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• Montreal artist explores black, queer identities on interactive space odyssey

  21-04-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Montreal artist and musician Elle Barbara's new show, Elle's Black Space Mission: An Afrodiasporic Odyssey, combines music, acting and a bit of narration, as well as projected images that change with the movements of the crew's commander.
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Your dream kitchen is only a few design rules away

  21-04-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome to Week 7 of my mission to fix the 10 most common decorating mistakes. Last week I ended your nightmares by dealing with the bedroom’s focal point — the headboard. This week, we tackle the kitchen, usually the most expensive of all home renovations. Here are my answers to questions about kitchen design and style, and my top tips for giving your renovation a designer finish.
  Five important style questions
  Kitchen cabinets are like furniture — they’d just be boxes a
  
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• While you were sleeping: North Korea suspends nuclear tests, ICBM launches

  21-04-2018 13:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Quebec reverses a decision not involving nuclear weapons
  Police say two-year-old Rosalie Gagnon, who died in hospital after being found in a garbage can, had been stabbed. Her mother was charged Thursday with mischief, violating probation and obstructing the work of a police officer in the infant’s death. Quebec City police had recommended Audrey Gagnon, 23, be charged with murder but the Crown has not yet laid that charge. The accused’s bail hearing has been set for next Wedne
  
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• Allison Hanes: We must do our part and celebrate Earth Day, every day

  21-04-2018 13:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Every year on Earth Day, we celebrate this amazing, life-sustaining planet we are lucky enough to call home. Then the next day we go back to killing it again.
  It’s hard not to be morose about the future of our Earth — not to mention our future on Earth, especially that of our children — with climate change, species going extinct at an alarming rate, and the rise in severe weather events.
  It’s also hard not to be cynical about what one day of awareness can realistically ac
  
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• Montreal dépanneurs are taking stock and getting creative

  21-04-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Two pretty girls with long blond hair are sitting at Dépanneur Le Pick-Up’s crowded counter, eating raspberry pie and drinking coffee. A giant pink comb hangs on the wood-panelled wall behind them.
  “I think that was picked up at a flea market somewhere,” explains chef Marc Giroux from behind the counter. He is piling kaiser buns with faux pulled pork, a vegetarian favourite, and topping them with dollops of coleslaw, during the busy lunch hour rush at the tiny dép
  
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• Josh Freed: Show me the place you're going to name after Leonard Cohen, Montreal

  21-04-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  City Hall is dragging its feet in honouring Montreal’s most world-famous figure — and “everybody knows” who I mean.
  What can we name after our master of song, our poet of the Plateau, our bard on a wire – Leonard Cohen?
  Ex-mayor Denis Coderre pledged to name “a park, a street, a place” or something “creative” after Cohen, as soon as the one-year delay required after his death was up.
  But Cohen died in November 2016, so what’s our new Ci
  
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• New Impact coach Rémi Garde ready to 'suffer' to bring Montreal fans joy this season

  21-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  New Montreal Impact head coach Rémi Garde is gearing up for Saturday's home opener at Saputo Stadium with valuable lessons he learned playing with some the world's top leagues.
  
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• Montreal gets ready for spring cleanup

  21-04-2018 05:45 via globalnews.ca
  After a long winter with above average snowfall, the city says it's time to spruce up the city for summer.
  
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• Pointe-Claire Old-Timers tournament hoping to raise $100,000

  21-04-2018 04:56 via globalnews.ca
  Players compete in the week-long Pointe-Claire Old Timers Invitational Tournament, a fundraising event.
  
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• Verdun auditorium to be renovated

  21-04-2018 04:28 via globalnews.ca
  Plans to renovate the Verdun auditorium will finally be moving forward with work slated to begin next month.
  
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• Quebec figures call on government to drop Montreal light-rail project

  21-04-2018 04:21 via cbc.ca
  In an open letter, nearly two dozen members of environmental and public transit groups in Quebec are calling on the province to abandon the REM, a $6.3-billion light-rail project for the Montreal area.
  
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• CP Rail strike averted for now, unions say

  21-04-2018 03:53 via globalnews.ca
  A rail strike has been temporarily averted after the federal labour minister ordered employees of Canadian Pacific Railway Ltd. to vote on the company's final offers, just hours before they were set to walk off the job.
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on April 20

  21-04-2018 03:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Busy day? Here’s what you might have overlooked.
  The official opposition in Montreal city hall says a $139.5-million surplus found in the city’s coffers proves that the Valérie Plante administration’s recent tax hike was unnecessary. “This large surplus shows not only that the former administration left Montreal in excellent financial health, but that Mayor Plante knew perfectly well that the city was headed toward a surplus when she prepared the budget for 20
  
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• Enrolment is up at EMSB for first time in 15 years

  21-04-2018 02:49 via globalnews.ca
  The most tangible growth can be seen at the elementary level, in schools in the west end of the city.
  
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• West Island students debate solutions to global refugee crisis at model UN

  21-04-2018 02:21 via cbc.ca
  About 250 students at St. Thomas High School in Pointe-Claire held a model United Nations meeting Friday. They debated solutions to the refugee crisis, from how much countries would be willing to spend, to safe travel for asylum seekers.
  
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• Westmount woman says it took almost 3 weeks to bury her 77-year-old cousin

  21-04-2018 02:15 via globalnews.ca
  Joanne Stitt describes a nightmare scenario when she tried to bury her cousin who had a disability.
  
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• Fed Cup: Canada is in tough against Ukraine at Jarry Tennis Centre

  21-04-2018 01:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Despite the participation of Eugenie Bouchard for the first time since 2015, Canada’s Fed Cup team will be a decided underdog against Ukraine this weekend.
  The 24-year-old Bouchard had a magical season in 2014 when she reached the final at Wimbledon and achieved a career-high ranking of No. 5. But there has been a steady decline in her game and, while she is still Canada’s top female player, she’s currently at No. 117. 
  At Friday’s draw, Bouchard bemoaned the fact th
  
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• Pardon My French: Being bilingual has been an asset for Geoff Kelley

  21-04-2018 00:42 via montrealgazette.com
  In this series of columns, one-time Alliance Quebec president and media personality Royal Orr reflects on his relationship with his second language.
  “Diplomacy!” says Geoff Kelley.
  The response is instantaneous over lunch in Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue when I question him on what it takes to be an effective minister responsible for Aboriginal affairs in Quebec.
  And it’s easy to imagine Geoff Kelley in the role of diplomat. His knowledge about First Nations and Inuit issues and his com
  
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• Montreal woman finally buried after being ‘left in limbo’

  21-04-2018 00:37 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Apr 20: The body of a woman was “left in limbo” for three weeks, despite her now also deceased mother’s pre-paid funeral arrangements with the Armstrong-Rideau Funeral Home in Montreal. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, Susan Garner was finally laid to rest after being left in the care of the Public Curator.
  
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• Quebec City police say two-year-old Rosalie Gagnon was stabbed to death

  21-04-2018 00:29 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Police say a two-year-old Quebec girl who died in hospital after being found in a garbage can had been stabbed.
  Rosalie Gagnon’s mother was charged Thursday with mischief, violating probation and obstructing the work of a police officer in the infant’s death.
  Quebec City police had recommended Audrey Gagnon, 23, be charged with murder but the Crown has not yet laid that charge.
  The accused’s bail hearing has been set for next Wednesday and she will remain behind
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Apr 20

  21-04-2018 00:11 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, April 20, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Quebec backtracks on merger of Ste-Justine and CHUM hospitals

  21-04-2018 00:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Almost three years after merging the governing boards of the Centre hospitalier de l’Université de Montréal and CHU Ste-Justine, Quebec is reversing its decision.
  Health Minister Gaétan Barrette announced in a brief statement released late Friday afternoon that he will present a decree soon to the provincial cabinet to “proceed with the unbundling” of the boards, which could take place as of September.
  “We are entering a new era where it seems appropr
  
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