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• Plane makes unplanned landing on Outaouais highway

  22-04-2018 23:36 via cbc.ca
  The pilot of a small aircraft was unhurt after making an unexpected landing Sunday afternoon near Chelsea, Que., according to the Sûreté du Québec.
  
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• Andrei Markov's Ak Bars Kazan wins KHL’s Gagarin Cup

  22-04-2018 23:19
  MOSCOW — Russia’s Ak Bars Kazan won the Kontinental Hockey League’s Gagarin Cup for the third time in its history on Sunday with a surprise 4-1 series win over CSKA Moscow.
  Ak Bars won Game 5 1-0, with ex-Edmonton Oilers wing Rob Klinkhammer scoring the winning goal on the power play early in the third period. Emil Garipov stopped 33 shots for the first shutout of the finals.
  Former Canadien Andrei Markov led his time with ice time, with 22:58. The defenceman had a goal an
  
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• This week on ‘Focus Montreal:’ April 22

  22-04-2018 23:14 via globalnews.ca
  This week on 'Focus Montreal:' Does Canada need to update its fertility laws? Should Quebec's subsidized daycare program serve as a model for other provinces? And meet Great Montrealer Kim Thuy, a world-famous authour whose books have won numerous awards and been translated into dozens of languages.
  
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• CAQ announces measures to cut down on waste of public funds

  22-04-2018 22:47
  Believing the provincial government is wasting public money, the Coalition Avenir Québec is proposing four measures it feels could fix the situation and save hundreds of millions of dollars a year.
  CAQ MNA Éric Caire, along with candidates Youri Chassin and Alice Khalil, held a news conference Sunday morning to announce commitments the party believes would allow it to better manage public funds. 
  The CAQ suggests, among other things, to consolidate computer processin
  
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• Focus Montreal: Meet #GreatMTLer Kim Thuy

  22-04-2018 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Thuy is a world-famous Quebec author whose books have won numerous awards and been translated into dozens of languages. As a Great Montrealer, she can teach us all a lesson in gratitude, beauty and the power of pure joy.
  
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• Quebec maple syrup hits sweet spot on Japanese market, entrepreneur says

  22-04-2018 21:57 via cbc.ca
  Takeya Kaburaki recently bought an inn and sugar shack in the Gaspé region, hoping to draw maple-loving, Japanese visitors to Quebec. His company, Kabuchan International, has sold more than two million bottles of maple syrup in Japan in 15 years.
  
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• Pincourt celebrates Earth Day with free tours of water plant

  22-04-2018 21:57 via globalnews.ca
  Dozens visited the local water plant to see where their drinking water comes from.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Quebec subsidized daycares, a model to emulate?

  22-04-2018 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  Olivier Jacques, one of the authors of a new study by the Institute for Research on Public Policy that delves into what makes Quebec’s daycare program so exceptional, discusses his findings.
  
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• Focus Montreal: Are Canada’s fertility laws outdated?

  22-04-2018 21:38 via globalnews.ca
  Mount Royal MP Anthony Housefather discusses why he believes change is needed when it comes to Canada’s surrogacy and sperm donation laws.
  
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• ‘It’s kind of like a little oasis’: Montreal’s green alleys have environmental, community benefits, experts say

  22-04-2018 20:52 via globalnews.ca
  The alleys are the result of citizen initiatives to add greenery, benches, murals and other green infrastructure to the alleys running behind their homes, often with the partnership of local environmental groups and city's boroughs.
  
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• Earth Day a catalyst for sprucing up La Fontaine Park

  22-04-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Montrealers celebrated Earth Day by doing a bit of spring cleaning in La Fontaine Park.
  
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• 4 tips for planting a pollinator garden this Earth Day

  22-04-2018 19:39 via cbc.ca
  Milkweed, daisies and fruit trees are better choices than a lawn full of grass, if you want to attract monarch butterflies and other pollinators, according to Quebec City gardening expert Larry Hodgson.
  
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• Montreal marks Earth Day

  22-04-2018 19:12
  From tree planting to picking up garbage to documentary screenings, a range of activities are being held to mark Earth Day in Montreal on Sunday.
  City councillor Jean-François Parenteau, the member of the executive committee responsible for the environment, called on Montrealers to take part in spring clean-ups being organized across the city from April 27-May 6.
  “I’m calling on all citizens, families, youth, property-owners, local businesses, our partners and other organizati
  
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• Let's clean up the city, Montreal officials urge on Earth Day

  22-04-2018 17:23 via cbc.ca
  The City of Montreal is urging residents to help clean up parks and streets on Earth Day, as the warm weather finally sets in.
  
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• Quebec minister calls for inquiry into two-year-old girl’s stabbing death

  22-04-2018 17:09 via globalnews.ca
  Lucie Charlebois says she's asking the province's independent youth and human rights commission to look into Rosalie Gagnon's death and find out what services her family had received.
  
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• Tax returns: Only a week left before being exposed to penalties

  22-04-2018 17:07
  There is only one week left for Quebec taxpayers to send in their tax returns.
  Income tax returns must be submitted by April 30th.
  Latecomers are liable to pay interest and penalties on any outstanding balance.
  Meeting the deadline also prevents any interruption in the payment of benefit and credit payments, such as the Canada Child Benefit and the GST credit.
  If a taxpayer cannot pay a balance owing, the Canada Revenue Agency and Revenu Québec recommend sending their return before the du
  
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• Judge awards $50K to couple who suffered 'extreme' racial harassment from neighbour

  22-04-2018 17:05 via cbc.ca
  A Laval man has been ordered to pay his neighbours more than $50,000 after a dispute over noise that started 16 years ago devolved into racist name calling and relentless harassment.
  
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• Fire damages residential building in Ahuntsic-Cartierville

  22-04-2018 16:45
  About fifty firefighters were dispatched to a fire early Sunday morning on Joseph-Quintal St. in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough.
  The fire started in the attic of a three-floor residential building around 6:30 a.m. Six appartments, each housing a family, were evacuated.
  Despite thick smoke and flames visible at the beginning of the intervention, no one was injured according to the Montreal Fire Dept.
  The fire could be of an electrical nature since it originated in the attic of the building. Th
  
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• Five greater Montreal area school boards could be affected by bus drivers' strike Monday morning

  22-04-2018 16:22
  An unrestricted general strike by school bus drivers from 5 school boards in the greater Montreal area could be triggered on Monday morning, if no agreement is reached by then.
  The latest employer offers were to be presented this weekend to workers, members of the Teamsters union affiliated to the FTQ. Workers have to decide if they will strike on Monday.
  Remuneration is at the heart of the dispute.
  The strike, which would affect more than 6,500 students, had already been postponed on April 10 w
  
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• #ICYMI Montreal Mountaineer, Monique Richard is looking to be the first woman to climb Canada's highest peak solo.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  22-04-2018 16:00
  #ICYMI Montreal Mountaineer, Monique Richard is looking to be the first woman to climb Canada's highest peak solo.… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Fire burns through roof of Ahunstic condo building

  22-04-2018 15:04 via cbc.ca
  An early morning fire that tore through the roof of a residential building forced residents to evacuate their homes and has left at least three homeless.
  
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• Fitness: Watch for it — technology can get you going

  22-04-2018 15:00
  “You rocked yesterday’s exercise rings. Keep it going today.”
  This message popped up on my Apple Watch today before breakfast. As the day goes on, if I lag behind my usual activity patterns, I’m reminded that “my exercise rings are usually a little further along by now.”
  If you use any of the popular fitness tracking apps or wear an activity tracker, you’ve probably received similar alerts. Part motivation and part nuisance, there’s a love/hate rel
  
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• While you were sleeping: Tourists at iconic French abbey evacuated after threat, ISIL suicide bomber kills 31 in Afghan capital

  22-04-2018 13:47
  Top stories from around the world:
  Tourists at Mont-Saint-Michel abbey evacuated after threat: French authorities evacuated tourists from the Mont-Saint-Michel abbey and were searching houses Sunday on the famed outcropping in the English Channel for a visitor who apparently threatened to attack security services. The exceptional and elaborate evacuation of one of France’s most-visited tourist sites came after a string of sporadic attacks around France in recent years targeting police
  
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• Schukov: Road construction covers every angle

  22-04-2018 13:00
  A raking guilt compels me to confess that when I read the announcement the western part of the Lachine Canal bike path will be closed for construction till July – I laughed.  
  Does anyone else see the irony? Some of us lecture on why conscientious commuters should choose public transport over cars. Then the nebulous collective Q (like Transport Quebec) tear up the roads and pepper us with detours, like it was some kind of obstacle course. On a local level, some of us say we should tak
  
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• How Philippe Couillard went from environmental hero to zero in under a week

  22-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  On Tuesday, Quebec's Liberal government earned praise for its sustainable mobility plan. By Friday, it had burned through that goodwill from environmentalists like an SUV through a full tank of gas.
  
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• In case you missed it, here's what happened in Montreal on April 21

  22-04-2018 04:00
  Busy day? Here’s what you might have overlooked.
  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
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard solid at Fed Cup, but injuries hamper Canadian team

  22-04-2018 03:38
  The opening day of the Fed Cup tie between Canada and Ukraine could have been billed as a series of unfortunate events.
  The day finished with the best-of-five competition tied 1-1 after hometown favourite Eugenie Bouchard defeated Kateryna Bondarenko 6-2, 7-5, but there’s a big question mark hanging over the health of the Canadian team heading into Sunday’s matches.
  Canada’s problems began before the start of Saturday’s opening singles matches. Montrealer Françoise
  
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• Montreal couple looking for answers in alleged racial profiling case

  22-04-2018 03:01 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal couple is speaking out after they claim they were the victims of racial profiling and excessive use of force by police. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, they want answers from the city and the police force.
  
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• Groups fight for better access to midwifery care in Quebec

  22-04-2018 03:01 via globalnews.ca
  Groups from across the province gathered in Montreal Saturday to discuss some of the challenges facing midwifery in Quebec and what needs to be done to improve access.
  
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• Montreal couple ticketed $888 for 'excessive noise,' accuses Montreal police of racial profiling

  22-04-2018 00:44 via cbc.ca
  Tayana Jacques and Brian Mann say they were laughing on St-Laurent Boulevard when Montreal police officers arrested them without justification earlier this month. They say they will file complaints with the SPVM's ethics board and the Quebec Human Rights Commission.
  
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• Black woman given $444 ticket for 'excessive noise', accuses SPVM of racial profiling

  22-04-2018 00:44 via cbc.ca
  Tayana Jacques and Brian Mann say they were laughing on Saint-Laurent Boulevard when Montreal police officers arrested them without justification earlier this month. They say they will file complaints with the SPVM's ethics board and the Quebec Human Rights Commission.
  
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• Black woman given $444 ticket for 'excessive noise,' accuses Montreal police of racial profiling

  22-04-2018 00:44 via cbc.ca
  Tayana Jacques and Brian Mann say they were laughing on Saint-Laurent Boulevard when Montreal police officers arrested them without justification earlier this month. They say they will file complaints with the SPVM's ethics board and the Quebec Human Rights Commission.
  
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• Quebec minister calls for inquiry into 2-year-old girl’s stabbing death

  22-04-2018 00:01
  Quebec’s minister for youth protection is asking for an inquiry into the death of a two-year-old girl who died in hospital after being found in a garbage can.
  Lucie Charlebois says she’s asking the province’s independent youth and human rights commission to look into Rosalie Gagnon’s death and find out what services her family had received.
  Police confirmed Friday that the young Quebec City girl had been stabbed to death.
  Her 23-year-old mother was charged Thursday with m
  
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