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• Major construction underway on Sainte-Catherine Street

  26-04-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: The first stage of construction has begun on a massive new revitalization plan for Montreal’s Sainte-Catherine Street. Global’s Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Injury prevention fair at Dawson College aims to decrease dangerous behaviours

  26-04-2018 23:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Dawson College hosted an injury prevention fair on Thursday to educate youths about how to prevent common accidents that can have serious consequences.
  Over a dozen organizations offered immersive activities on the risks of drinking and driving, fires, sports injuries and high-risk behaviours.
  The event was organized by the Montreal General Hospital Injury Prevention Program, in collaboration with the Montreal General Hospital Foundation, the SAAQ and Dawson College.
  
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• Quebec City mosque shooting wasn’t terrorism, says Crown psychiatrist

  26-04-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: A psychiatrist testifying on behalf of the Crown told the court the shooting massacre at a Quebec City mosque was a racist act — but it wasn’t terrorism. Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports.
  
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• NDG’s Loyola park construction causes controversy

  26-04-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Loyola Park in NDG is being reorganized to move two playgrounds and a soccer field. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, residents in the area aren’t happy, saying the multi-million dollar project is a waste of time and money.
  
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• Lisée's border fence plan draws ridicule from opposition parties

  26-04-2018 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Jean-François Lisée’s plan to deter the arrival of asylum seekers entering Quebec by Roxham Rd. with a fence has earned him ridicule and criticism from his political opponents.
  “He started with a fence, then it became a sign, then a cedar hedge,” joked Coalition Avenir Québec MNA Jean-François Roberge. “What’s next, a garden gnome?”
  “He (Lisée) really shot himself in the foot,” Québec solidai
  
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• Hamid Chekakri faces 18 charges, including aggravated assault, robbery

  26-04-2018 22:52 via cbc.ca
  A man arrested last month in the United States and extradited to Canada in connection with a string of thefts appeared in a Montreal courtroom Thursday, where he was charged with multiple counts of aggravated assault, robbery, and breaking and entering.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Toronto sports scene is booming despite a disappointing night

  26-04-2018 22:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Wednesday was a huge sports night in Toronto that fans there will never forget. Unfortunately for them, the lasting memories won’t be good ones.
  For only the sixth time, four of Toronto’s major pro sports teams played on the same night: the Maple Leafs, Raptors, Blue Jays and Toronto FC. The Marlies, the Maple Leafs’ AHL farm team, also played.
  At the end of the night, only one of those teams was victorious with the Raptors beating the Washington Wizards 108-98 at the Air Canad
  
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• #GreatMTLer: Former professional football player Alvin Powell gets a second chance

  26-04-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Former NFL offensive lineman Alvin Powell says after beating his drug addiction, he’s grateful for the opportunity to help others stay clean. Global News Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard speaks to this Great Montrealer about how he turned his life around.
  
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• Quebec City mosque shooter not a ‘terrorist’: Crown psychiatrist

  26-04-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  The Crown called a legal psychiatrist to the stand in the Alexandre Bissonnette sentencing hearings to counter the defence's expert witnesses.
  
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• Quebec lawmakers need to force schools to deal with sexual violence, activists say

  26-04-2018 22:16 via cbc.ca
  Quebec schools need to have standard legal protocols for dealing with sexual harassment and assault, according to a collective of community and women's groups.
  
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• Quebec lawmakers need to force schools to deal sexual violence, activists say

  26-04-2018 22:16 via cbc.ca
  Quebec schools need to have standard legal protocols for dealing with sexual harassment and assault, according to a collective of community and women's groups.
  
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• Hall of Fame goaltender Patrick Roy returns to Remparts as coach and GM

  26-04-2018 22:03 via globalnews.ca
  He was spotted at some QMJHL playoff games last week, stirring speculation he would return to the Remparts.
  
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• Air Canada says it will do what it can in event of WestJet strike

  26-04-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Air Canada has waded into labour issues at rival WestJet, promising to help get customers to their destination in the event of a strike at the airline.
  
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• Security concerns still an issue at Montreal General Hospital after nurse attack

  26-04-2018 21:25 via globalnews.ca
  There is no live camera feed from the Montreal General Hospital's psychiatric ER to the main security desk.
  
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• Construction starts on Montreal’s Sainte-Catherine Street revitalization plan

  26-04-2018 20:58 via globalnews.ca
  Construction has begun on a massive new revitalization plan on Montreal’s Sainte-Catherine Street.
  
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro to ban smoking in parks

  26-04-2018 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Apr 26: Montreal’s Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough wants to ban smoking in public parks. Global’s Dan Spector reports
  
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• Girl released to father's custody in gang rape case was re-arrested hours later

  26-04-2018 20:49 via montrealgazette.com
  A 13-year-old girl, who was released to the custody of her father on Wednesday while she remains charged in connection with the gang rape of another teen, was arrested just hours later for having violated her conditional release.
  Montreal police spokesperson Constable Anie Lemieux said the girl was re-arrested Wednesday evening, just hours after a hearing at Montreal’s youth court where she and two 15-year-old boys were ordered released to the custody of their parents.
  The release is
  
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro to ban smoking in all parks

  26-04-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal's Pierrefonds-Roxboro borough wants to ban smoking in public parks.
  
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• Social Notes: Spring as it should be at Printemps du MAC

  26-04-2018 20:29 via montrealgazette.com
  As I made my way into the 12th annual Printemps du MAC event at the Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal — the now-gargantuan gala planned by and aimed at young professionals, raising funds to support the activities of the museum while exposing the next generation of leaders to the magic and importance of contemporary art — I knew, based on past events, that the impact would be big, overstimulation in the best way. 
  But even previous over-the-t
  
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• Montreal police asking students who may have been approached by man to step forward

  26-04-2018 20:23 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are asking students who may have been approached by a man near schools in Beaconsfield to come forward and speak to them.
  
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• Coalition Avenir Québec denies it's a party of the "extreme right"

  26-04-2018 20:13 via montrealgazette.com
  The Coalition Avenir Québec (CAQ) is denying an accusation by Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard that it is a party of the “extreme right.”
  On Wednesday, during a meeting to study budget credits, Couillard accused the CAQ, led by François Legault, of being “to the extreme right, the hard right of Quebec’s political spectrum,” and challenged the party to be honest with Quebecers about where it stands.
  Couillard’s comments came in reaction to Legaul
  
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• Teenage girl facing sexual assault, child porn charges back in detention

  26-04-2018 20:10 via cbc.ca
  A 13-year-old girl facing sexual assault and child pornography charges is back in detention to face a new charge for breach of conditions just hours after being released into the custody of her parents yesterday.
  
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• Ste-Catherine St. revamp: one lane, no parking, more pedestrian friendly

  26-04-2018 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Ste-Catherine St. W. will be reduced to one traffic lane between Mansfield and Bleury Sts. and parking will be eliminated on both sides of the street, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Thursday.
  There will be a second lane for delivery and emergency vehicles on the right-hand (south) side of the street, according to the plan.
  Making Montreal’s main shopping drag more pedestrian-friendly is the guiding principle behind the first phase of the refurbishment, to last until the end of
  
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• Aggressive incidents in Quebec schools on decline, study shows

  26-04-2018 19:48 via cbc.ca
  Université Laval researcher Claire Beaumont said it’s possible the decrease in hostile acts is tied to a law passed in 2012 which required schools to come up with plans to address bullying.
  
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• McGillis: Sheila Heti's latest novel is pregnant with possibility

  26-04-2018 19:17 via montrealgazette.com
  “I’m interested in not knowing.”
  Sheila Heti has a way, in conversation and on the page, of coming out with statements like that: terse yet dense, flirting with self-contradiction, in this case carrying some of the ineffable qualities of a Zen koan.
  The Toronto writer’s work, forming what looks more and more like an ongoing overarching project, is like a grand-scale version of that statement: it’s a literature of ideas and inquiry, filed as fiction though really inh
  
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• Government hotel tab for flood victims hits $10M — and counting

  26-04-2018 19:15 via cbc.ca
  The provincial government has now paid out $10.3 million on hotel rooms for flood victims, and some of those who spent months in hotels say that money was wasted.
  
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• Montreal robberies: Man accused of feeding victims drug-laced chocolate

  26-04-2018 18:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Hamid Chekakri, the man who was extradited to Canada this week to face criminal charges at the Montreal courthouse, is alleged to have used a powerful medication to put people to sleep, in some cases for more than a day, before he robbed their homes. 
  Details of the crimes Chekakri, a 47-year-old resident of Hussein Dey, a suburb of the city of Alger in Algeria, is alleged to have committed are detailed in documents filed in a U.S. District Court in Georgia presented as part of Canada&rsquo
  
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• Quebec mosque shooting: Racism but not terrorism, psychiatrist says

  26-04-2018 18:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A psychiatrist who interviewed Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette in prison says the crime was fuelled by racism but should not be considered terrorism given its “selfish” nature. 
  Gilles Chamberland, an expert in legal psychiatry, interviewed Bissonnette for four hours Wednesday afternoon. He testified on behalf of the Crown at Bissonnette’s sentencing hearing Thursday morning. 
  Chamberland said the murders were clearly rooted in racism, even if Bi
  
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• Quebec must help eradicate sexual violence in schools, groups say

  26-04-2018 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  With the issue of sexual violence making headlines, a group called Québec contre les violences sexuelles dans les écoles is calling on the provincial government to help address the problem in schools.
  In coordination with the Maison d’Haïti, Mouvement contre le viol et l’inceste, YWCA and Québec contre les violences sexuelles, the organization met the press on Thursday to demand more resources, education, information and training to deal with sexua
  
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• Quebec City mosque shooting 'loaded with racism,' says Crown expert, but terrorism ruled out

  26-04-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  While Alexandre Bissonnette's crime was "loaded with racism," he did not carry out the Quebec City mosque shooting to promote any kind of ideology, a forensic psychiatrist hired by the Crown said Thursday, on the final day of the killer's sentencing hearing.
  
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• Quebec City mosque shooting 'loaded with racism,' Crown expert says, but rules out terrorism

  26-04-2018 18:15 via cbc.ca
  While Alexandre Bissonnette's crime was "loaded with racism," he did not carry out the mass shooting in a Quebec City mosque to promote any kind of ideology, a forensic psychiatrist hired by the Crown said Thursday.
  
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• Suspect in alleged chocolate drugging thefts to appear in Montreal courtroom

  26-04-2018 18:12 via globalnews.ca
  A suspect in a series of alleged chocolate-drugging robberies is set to appear in Montreal.
  
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• #GreatMTLer: Former NFLer Alvin Powell gets a second chance

  26-04-2018 18:08 via globalnews.ca
  Former NFL offensive lineman Alvin Powell is grateful for his second chance at life.
  
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• Checking In: Saratoga Springs’ Gilded Age gem sparkles again

  26-04-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The divine Adelphi Hotel is once again the thrilling crown jewel of Saratoga Springs in mid-state New York.
  This luxurious boutique hotel was a high-society hub during the Gilded Age of the late 1800s, when Saratoga was famous for its restorative hot springs and glamorous thoroughbred racing.
  Now, after a five-year, down-to-the-studs overhaul, the Adelphi has reopened at a cost of more than US$40 million.
  In its new incarnation, the Adelphi is resplendent with sumptuous antique-chic décor
  
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• Patrick Roy returns to Remparts as coach, GM

  26-04-2018 17:53 via cbc.ca
  Patrick Roy is returning to the Quebec Remparts as coach and general manager. The Hall of Fame goaltender confirmed Thursday that he has signed a two-year contract with the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League team.
  
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• West Island Intercultural Youth Music and Dance Festival set to go

  26-04-2018 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  The first West Island Intercultural Youth Music and Dance Festival kicks off at Riverdale High School in Pierrefonds, Saturday.
  The one-day event features voice, Bollywood dance, lyric composition and hip hop workshops and a panel discussion which touches on topics including the origins of dance and music styles, the influence of the media, multiculturalism and interculturalism. The day ends with a multi-disciplinary, multicultural showcase.
  “The festival targets kids who can’t affor
  
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• MUHC, McGill join forces to fight infectious diseases

  26-04-2018 17:27 via montrealgazette.com
  The McGill University Health Centre and McGill University are launching an interdisciplinary research association involving 250 health experts worldwide to battle infectious and immune-related diseases.
  The McGill Interdisciplinary Initiative in Infection and Immunity is being created thanks to a $15-million donation from the Montreal-based Doggone Foundation.
  McGill University’s faculty of medicine and the Research Institute of the MUHC will receive $7.5 million each for the project.
  The
  
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• Quebec accuses Ottawa of encouraging challenges to homegrown pot ban

  26-04-2018 17:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Federal Justice Minister Jody Wilson-Raybould seems to be trying to “encourage” legal challenges to Quebec’s ban on homegrown marijuana, Quebec intergovernmental affairs minister Jean-Marc Fournier says.
  Fournier made the remarks Wednesday after addressing a senate committee as it considers amendments to Bill C-45, Ottawa’s legalization of recreational marijuana.
  “Since the federal minister has encouraged challenges, citizens will challenge, I imagine — and we
  
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• Longueuil police turn to public in hunt for suspect in killing

  26-04-2018 17:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Longueuil police have turned to the public for assistance in tracking down a 20-year-old man who is a suspect in a killing last October.
  A Canada-wide warrant has been issued for Youcef Bouras after 18-year-old Muhammad Adhane was killed behind a building on St-Foy Blvd. the night of Oct. 15, 2017.
  Bouras is considered armed and dangerous. He stands 5-feet, 8-inches tall and weighs 135 pounds, has brown hair, brown eyes and speaks French.
  Anyone with any information is urged to call Échec
  
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• Quebec school board elections could be delayed until 2020

  26-04-2018 16:49 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The province is seriously examining the idea of delaying this year’s school board elections until 2020.
  Education Minister Sébastien Proulx confirmed the possibility Thursday, noting he is in talks with the other political parties to see if they can come to an agreement.
  Proulx said the delay would apply to all school boards. Elections are scheduled for Nov. 4.
  Voters in Quebec are casting ballots in a provincial election Oct. 1, and in a federal election in 2019. Pro
  
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• Glass Tiger tours Quebec

  26-04-2018 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  Find out what’s new with Glass Tiger as the band joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk all about their new album and upcoming Quebec tour!
  
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• Mom Talk with @CVDmtl: Taking action against bullying btmontreal.ca/videos/taking-… https://t.co/qllmMzKSsj

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  26-04-2018 16:18
  
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• A new Autism Awareness Jewelry Collection launches in Montreal btmontreal.ca/videos/a-new-a…

  26-04-2018 16:17
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• 'Armed and dangerous' Longueuil murder suspect still on the lam

  26-04-2018 16:06 via cbc.ca
  Longueuil police are looking for a 20-year-old man wanted in connection with the shooting death of an 18-year-old last fall.
  
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• New additions to Dragons' Den seek to fan entrepreneurial flames

  26-04-2018 16:02 via cbc.ca
  Heads up to the investors on Dragons' Den: a new colleague is looking to get under your skin this season.
  
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• Good news for 1st time home buyers

  26-04-2018 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  Did you know that as of June 1, Montreal is ditching its “Welcome tax” for first-time buyers? Real estate expert Nicolas Markou joins Global’s Laura Casella all the details.
  
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• Becket Players and Montreal’s West Island

  26-04-2018 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  Pierrefonds mayor Jim Beis and DDO mayor Alex Bottausci join Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk about how the Becket Players raise funds for West Island based foundations.
  
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• Sherbrooke police arrest suspect in online luring case

  26-04-2018 15:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A 20-year-old man was arrested by Sherbrooke police Thursday on allegations he used his computer to lure at least two persons under 14 years of age into sexual misconduct.
  Police said one victim was in Sherbrooke and the other in Gatineau.
  The suspect could face charges including preying on children online, production and distribution of child pornography and inciting sexual contact.
  Authorities say they became aware of the suspect’s activities several weeks ago, after he and his alleged v
  
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