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• Gatineau home decontaminated after family sickened by toxic coral

  28-04-2018 23:36 via cbc.ca
  Workers in yellow Hazmat suits and gas masks decontaminated a house in Gatineau Saturday morning after seven family members became seriously ill when they were exposed to toxic coral from their home aquarium.
  
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• Quebecers call for change at International Workers’ Day march

  28-04-2018 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  Several issues were brought to the forefront with protesters urging the future government to consider building a more just and equitable society by raising the minimum wage to $15 an hour.
  
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• N.S. man found guilty in death of Montreal-born girlfriend

  28-04-2018 22:06 via montrealgazette.com
  HALIFAX — A jury has found Nicholas Butcher guilty of second-degree murder in the death of Montreal-born yoga instructor Kristin Johnston.
  The 12-member Nova Scotia Supreme Court jury delivered its verdict Saturday after five hours of deliberation.
  Butcher showed no emotion as the verdict was read.
  Butcher was charged with second-degree murder after police found Johnston’s body on a blood-soaked bed inside her Halifax-area home next to a steak knife on March 26, 2016.
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• Lobster season pushed back in Gaspé due to ice buildup

  28-04-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  A group of fishermen in the Gaspé will have to wait a little bit longer before heading out to sea due to ice accumulation.
  
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• Impact suffers fourth straight defeat, losing 4-1 in Atlanta

  28-04-2018 21:45 via montrealgazette.com
  For the second straight game, the Impact took a lead into the second half of a Major League Soccer game and for the second straight time they blew it by giving up four unanswered goals.
  The Impact were leading Atlanta United FC 1-0 after 45 minutes Saturday afternoon at Mercedes-Benz Stadium on a 13th-minute goal by Saphir Taider. But Atlanta came back in the second half with two goals from Miguel Almirón — including one on a penalty kick — and two more by Kevin Kratz on
  
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• Landslide forces street closing in northeastern Laval

  28-04-2018 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  A landslide in the St-François district of Laval has forced the closing of a section of Mille-Îles Blvd. in a northeastern part of the city. 
  The section of the roadway that is affected is several kilometres east of Highway 25. The boulevard runs alongside the Rivière des Mille Îles.
  According to a release issued by by the city of Laval, the landslide occurred Friday night in between Reaume and Des Européens Sts., and the section will be closed until tests c
  
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• Toronto van attack: Philippe Couillard to attend Sunday night vigil

  28-04-2018 20:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard will attend Toronto’s vigil honouring of the victims of Monday’s van attack, which killed 10 people and injured 14 others.
  Sunday night’s event is being jointly organized by municipal authorities and community groups Faith in the City and the Toronto Area Interfaith Council
  Accord to Joçanne Prévost, Couillard’s press secretary, the premier was deeply moved by what happened in Toronto. She added that the premier wished to &l
  
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• As election nears, Quebec workers press for increased minimum wage

  28-04-2018 20:25 via cbc.ca
  Hundreds of workers and union members marched through the streets of Montreal on Saturday, calling for an increase to minimum wage and improved conditions for workers.
  
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• Landslide forces street closure in northeastern Laval

  28-04-2018 18:56 via montrealgazette.com
  A landslide in the St-François district of Laval has forced the closure of a section of Mille-Îles Blvd. in a northeastern part of the city. 
  The section of the roadway that is affected is several kilometres east of Highway 25. The boulevard runs alongside the Rivière des Mille Îles,
  According to a release issued by by the city of Laval, the landslide occurred Friday night in between Reaume and Des Européens streets, and the section will be closed until test
  
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• Stu Cowan: Dominique Ducharme a head-coach-in-waiting with Canadiens

  28-04-2018 18:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Shortly after the Canadiens announced Friday that Dominique Ducharme had been hired as an assistant coach, Martin St. Louis took to Twitter and wrote: “Had the chance to play with Dom for two years. High IQ so I’m not surprised how well he’s done as a coach. Congrats Dom!”
  Ducharme and St. Louis were teammates for two seasons at the University of Vermont in 1993-94 and 1994-95. In Ducharme’s fourth and final season as a centre with the Catamounts, he posted 13-23-36
  
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• Boy, 9, allegedly forced children to perform sexual acts on a school bus

  28-04-2018 18:14 via cbc.ca
  The Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board north of Montreal is investigating after a nine-year-old boy allegedly forced two kindergarten children to perform sexual acts on a school bus.
  
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• Sebastian Vettel has pole for Azerbaijan GP; Lance Stroll 10th

  28-04-2018 17:58 via montrealgazette.com
  BAKU, Azerbaijan — Sebastian Vettel and Lewis Hamilton will battle again for the win on the Baku streets where their cars hit twice last year.
  Vettel’s storming start in Formula One continued on Saturday at the Azerbaijan Grand Prix with a third consecutive pole position. With him on the front row is Hamilton, who lost out on pole by 0.179 seconds.
  The cooler, windy conditions in qualifying were mastered by Vettel and Ferrari, who struggled for grip in practice on Friday.
  “When
  
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• Montreal Police search for suspect in Saturday morning Île-Bizard stabbing

  28-04-2018 17:33 via globalnews.ca
  Police have yet to locate a 35-year-old man wanted in connection with an armed assault overnight that sent a 20-year-old man to hospital in critical condition.
  
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• Nicholas Butcher found guilty of second-degree murder in Kristin Johnston’s death

  28-04-2018 17:25 via globalnews.ca
  Butcher, 36, pleaded not guilty to the offence and had been on trial at Nova Scotia Supreme Court in Halifax since early April.
  
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• ICYMI: @nadiasaputo just released her first cookbook. Discover how to make her favourite recipe: her grandmother's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  28-04-2018 16:05
  ICYMI: @nadiasaputo just released her first cookbook. Discover how to make her favourite recipe: her grandmother's… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Most Quebecers feel they're overtaxed and underserved: study

  28-04-2018 15:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Nearly two-thirds of Quebecers feel they pay too much tax relative to the government services they receive. 
  A third of Quebecers, meanwhile, believe their tax burden is fair, according to a Université de Sherbrooke study, which was based on a CROP poll. 
  The main reason so many Quebecers believe they’re overtaxed is the perception their money is poorly managed by the government.
  More than 70 per cent of Quebec taxpayers say their taxes are “rather badly” admin
  
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• Man hospitalized in serious condition after Île-Bizard stabbing

  28-04-2018 15:13 via montrealgazette.com
  A popular restaurant and bar in Île-Bizard became the scene of an altercation that turned bloody early Saturday morning, leaving a 20-year-old man who was stabbed in serious but stable condition. 
  “I have been the owner for eight years and nothing like this has ever happened here,” said Zhiqiam Yang, the owner of Bar Le Gagnant, on Cherrier St., just west of Jacques Bizard Blvd. “Usually, everybody who comes here knows each other.” 
  Montreal police spokesp
  
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• Halifax law grad found guilty of murdering Montreal native

  28-04-2018 15:02 via cbc.ca
  Nicholas Butcher has been found guilty of second-degree murder in the death of his girlfriend, Kristin Johnston, who was found stabbed to death in her Purcells Cove-area home in March 2016.
  
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• How a small Gaspé inn earned a perfect score

  28-04-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  L'Auberge sous les arbres recently got a perfect score on a popular hotel booking website. It’s the only hotel in Canada to earn a score of 10/10, which is based on guest ratings.
  
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• A warm hug and a shot of gin is Gaspé inn's secret to success

  28-04-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  L'Auberge sous les arbres recently got a perfect score on a popular hotel booking website. It’s the only hotel in Canada to earn a score of 10/10, which is based on guest ratings.
  
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• Rosalie Gagnon to be remembered at Quebec City balloon release

  28-04-2018 14:50 via montrealgazette.com
  A balloon release is to be held on Saturday in Quebec City in memory of two-year-old Rosalie Gagnon.
  The event will take place at Terrasse Bon-Air, where her stroller was found on April 18. Her body was located in a garbage bin in the city’s Charlesbourg district later that day. 
  Her funeral will be held on May 5. 
  Audrey Gagnon, Rosalie’s mother, was charged with second-degree murder on Friday.
  Related
  Hundreds turn out for silent march for Rosalie Gagnon in Quebec CityMot
  
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• While you were sleeping: Stormy Daniels lawsuit put on hold

  28-04-2018 14:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Everyone’s claiming victory on the Korean penninsula
  West Island traffic patrol officers nabbed a young man with a probationary licence going 116 km/h in a 50 km/h zone. The driver was slapped with a $1,298 fine and 14 demerit points. His vehicle was towed “and he was definitely late to wherever he was going,” the Montreal police said on its Twitter feed.
  Nearly a decade after the Hippodrome de Montréal closed, its grandstand is finally set to come down. 
  
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• One year after the Quebec floods, an infernal waiting game plays out

  28-04-2018 14:05 via montrealgazette.com
  For 41 days last year, floodwaters ravaged thousands of homes across the province.
  April and May were a misery.
  At the peak of the disaster, more than 4,000 people were forced to leave their homes — roughly one-quarter of them on the island of Montreal — when heavy rains combined with a high volume of snow melt from late-winter storms caused rivers to reach historically high levels.
  Today, a year after that devastation, many of those affected by the floods are still picking up the pi
  
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• The Week in Review: Tragedy, security, refugee, sexually and publicly

  28-04-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  10 dead after van strikes pedestrians in north Toronto 
  The end was valiant and restrained as surely as the incident itself was sickening and deadly. Toronto police say 10 people are dead and 15 injured after a rental van mowed through pedestrians along a busy Yonge Street on Monday afternoon, stopping for nothing: not people, not a bus shelter, not fire hydrants, not a mailbox. The dead and injured, some sent flying, some
  
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• Shelter: Graphic artist makes her own mark in familiar Anjou

  28-04-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Pina Tamburro jokingly says that she lives in a “seniors’ residence”. At age 52, she claims she’s the youngest person in the building. When she moved to her current abode, she had been looking for a place with young neighbours and a lively ambience — neither of which could be applied to her condo complex, which is situated on a quiet street in Anjou.
  A graphic artist by profession, Tamburro works as a UX, or user-experience, designer for a company that creates websi
  
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• Pardon My French: Shared languages can open up a whole new world

  28-04-2018 14:00 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.
  It was a hot, gritty day in Nazareth.
  My cameraman and I were trudging away from a shouting, shoving match between Arab Christians and Muslims in the dusty street between the Church of the Annunciation and the proposed site of a new mosque. It was well over 30 C, and the sun was searing.
  Sweaty and covered in grime, we were slogging up a narrow stre
  
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• Karl Lohnes: Making your television feel right at home

  28-04-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Welcome to Week 8 of my mission to fix the 10 most common decorating mistakes. Last week we gave you some simple tips to create your dream kitchen; this week we’re changing the channel and turning the television into a work of art for the home. Televisions that are too small for the space, hung too high, and not accessorized into the decor scheme are common mistakes. With a little forethought and these tips and tricks, your TV can blend beautifully into the background or take a starring ro
  
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• 'It hurts': 1 year after flooding, retired senior evicted from hotel with no place to call home

  28-04-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  One year after Vasiliki Petrisi and her husband were forced from their home due to flooding, they're now being evicted from the hotel room they’ve been living in, leaving them homeless.
  
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• A year after flooding, retired West Island senior evicted from hotel with no place to call home

  28-04-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  One year after Vasiliki Petrisi and her husband were forced from their home due to flooding, they're now being evicted from the hotel room they’ve been living in, leaving them homeless.
  
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• A year after flooding, retired senior evicted from hotel with no place to call home

  28-04-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  One year after Vasiliki Petrisi and her husband were forced from their home due to flooding, they're now being evicted from the hotel room they’ve been living in, leaving them homeless.
  
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• Savoury Saturday: Bakeries across Quebec offer croissants for $1.25 today

  28-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  There are now more than 100 bakeries and pastry shops taking part in the annual Fête du Croissant, shining a spotlight on their golden-brown croissants and the skill it takes to make them.
  
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• Savoury Saturday: Bakeries across Quebec offer croissants for $1.25

  28-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  There are now more than 100 bakeries and pastry shops taking part in the annual Fête du Croissant, shining a spotlight on their golden-brown croissants and the skill it takes to make them.
  
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• Savoury Saturday: Bakeries across Quebec offer $1 croissants today

  28-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  There are now more than 100 bakeries and pastry shops taking part in the annual Fête du Croissant, shining a spotlight on their golden-brown croissants and the skill it takes to make them.
  
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• Bakeries across Quebec offer croissants for $1.25

  28-04-2018 10:00 via cbc.ca
  There are now more than 100 bakeries and pastry shops taking part in the annual Fête du Croissant, shining a spotlight on their golden-brown croissants and the skill it takes to make them.
  
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• Details of alleged sex assault of girl, 13, revealed at Montreal hearing

  28-04-2018 03:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Warning: This story contains graphic content.
  A 13-year-old girl charged with sexually assaulting a girl she knew with a banana while a boy pinned the victim’s hands down was released to the custody of her father on Friday for the second time in three days. 
  Details of what allegedly transpired inside an apartment in Montreal North on March 24 were revealed in court for the first time during a bail hearing where the accused’s father made a convincing argument that his daughter&r
  
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• Pilot project closing portion of Camillien-Houde kicks off June 1

  28-04-2018 02:14 via globalnews.ca
  Starting June 1 until Oct. 3, the portion of Camillien-Houde Way from Smith House to Beaver Lake will be closed to traffic.
  
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• Writer Adam Gopnik, back in town for Blue Metropolis, weighs in on P.K. Subban trade, Montreal bagels

  28-04-2018 02:02 via cbc.ca
  He now calls New York home, but writer and political observer Adam Gopnik is back in his hometown of Montreal this weekend for the 20th edition of Blue Metropolis, an annual festival celebrating Montreal’s writers.
  
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• FIFA reminds Trump that blackmailing countries into voting for U.S. World Cup bid is unethical

  28-04-2018 01:30 via globalnews.ca
  FIFA is sensitive about perceptions of political interference after the litany of scandals related to the awarding of the 2018 and 2022 World Cups to Russia and Qatar respectively. 
  
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• Vaudreuil-Dorion unveils new city hall site amid parking and traffic concerns

  28-04-2018 01:23 via globalnews.ca
  For the second time in a year, the city of Vaudreuil-Dorion has unveiled a new city hall site.
  
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• Montreal DJ Kid Koala blends beats for virtual breakdancing

  28-04-2018 01:00 via cbc.ca
  You can now enjoy the music Montreal-based DJ Kid Koala composed for breakdance the award-winning video game, Floor Kids, on vinyl.
  
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• 'Attitude can be a lot of things,' Canadiens coach Claude Julien says

  28-04-2018 00:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens coach Claude Julien did not take part in the team’s postmortem news conference on April 9 after the team missed the playoffs and finished 28th in the overall NHL standings with a 29-40-13 record.
  Instead, owner/president Geoff Molson and general manager Marc Bergevin met with the media and the GM blamed the team’s lack of success largely on the players’ bad attitude, something that reflects on the coaching staff.
  “It was a disappointing season from start to fini
  
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• Camilien Houde pilot project going ahead despite public consultations

  28-04-2018 00:37 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Apr 27: Public consultations will be held on the controversial decision to ban traffic on Mount Royal’s Camillien-Houde Parkway. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, no matter the outcome of the consultations, the pilot project will still go ahead.
  
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• Mayor Plante outlines conditions for closing of Mount Royal roadway

  28-04-2018 00:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Saying Mount Royal must “reclaim its original vocation as a park,” Mayor Valérie Plante presented details Friday of how the city will manage its controversial pilot project to ban through traffic from June 2 to Oct. 31.
  The Camillien-Houde Way/Remembrance Rd. used by thousands of motorists to traverse the city will be closed to traffic for a distance of 550 metres between the parking lot at Smith House and the one at Beaver Lake. The closure will be indicated with street marki
  
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• Global News at 5:30: Apr 27

  28-04-2018 00:01 via globalnews.ca
  The Friday, April 27, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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