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• Pointe-Claire residents fight to save 75 trees

  04-05-2018 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, May 4: A battle is brewing in Pointe-Claire over a construction project to cut down 75 trees. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, the city says the work is necessary but a group of residents wants to silence the saws.
  
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• Montrealer struggles to receive care in English

  04-05-2018 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, May 4: The daughter of an 87-year-old woman is sounding the alarm because her mother is unable to receive care in English. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, it’s not an isolated case.
  
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• Quebec floods: Pierrefonds couple drained life savings, still waiting for funds from province

  04-05-2018 23:43 via montrealgazette.com
  After the basement in their Pierrefonds home was flooded on May 7, 2017, Zofia and Ped Malek cashed in their life savings and rolled up their sleeves to do the repairs themselves.
  The Maleks were among about 6,000 property owners who sustained damage during last year’s historic flooding in the Montreal area.
  Now nearly a year later, the Maleks are still waiting for the province to come through with money promised by the disaster relief fund set up in the wake of the flooding.
  Zofia, 68, is
  
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• Ultimate frisbee team hopes to boost profile in Montreal

  04-05-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, May 4: The Royal of Montreal ultimate frisbee team is starting the season with big aspirations. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the team hopes to attract more fans and make it to the championship game this year.
  
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• Westmount Liberals hope for anglo MNA this time around

  04-05-2018 23:25 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The last time Westmount–Saint-Louis riding had an English-speaking MNA, his name was Richard Holden — and he ended his career having crossed the floor to the Parti Québécois.
  That was 1989, and the teacups are still rattling.
  Today, with the general election looming, a movement is building to return to the tradition of having an anglophone representative or at least someone who lives in the riding if, as expected, current Liberal MNA Jacques Chagnon decid
  
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• Man gets life sentence after pleading guilty in stabbing death of his wife

  04-05-2018 23:25 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal man who killed his wife by stabbing her 59 times in a fit of jealousy will be eligible for parole in seven years as part of the sentence delivered Friday following his guilty plea to second-degree murder. 
  On March 3, 2012, Jonathan Exi, 51, killed Justine Macena Blaise, 44, inside their apartment on Arthur-Chevrier St. The couple had argued beforehand and Blaise left the apartment the night before, with her three-year-old son, because she feared for her safety. She spent the nig
  
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• Montreal home sales continue to climb in hot market

  04-05-2018 23:18 via cbc.ca
  The Greater Montreal Real Estate Board says area home sales in April were up 10 per cent compared to a year ago, as it recorded the highest mark for the month in eight years.
  
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• Montreal’s 375th anniversary committee defends celebrations

  04-05-2018 23:13 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, May 4: The committee responsible for Montreal’s 375th anniversary released its financial results today. As Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports, the committee called the celebrations a success but some Montrealers say they were left out.
  
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• Social Notes: Sterling quality Daffodil Ball

  04-05-2018 23:03 via montrealgazette.com
  When I first skipped onto the social scene as Gazette Social Gal more than a decade ago, I was admittedly unaware of what that actually entailed. I mean, I knew we are the “party city” and the beat would never be dull, but I had no idea the social reach was so huge — and that certain events would take on global appeal, like the internationally recognized and award-laden Daffodil Ball benefiting the Canadian Cancer Society. Noties, it brings me great pleasure today to continue c
  
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• Zurkowsky: Alouettes' Kavis Reed deserves full marks for draft strategy

  04-05-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  Trey Rutherford will never lift fans out of their seats at Molson Stadium. Let’s face it, nobody goes to Canadian Football League games to watch 6-foot-5, 312-pound offensive linemen.
  Slowly but surely, however, Alouettes general manager Kavis Reed is doing his best to improve this misfit band of spare parts he inherited almost 18 months ago. Will it translate into a competitive team, one that improves on its 3-15 record in 2017?
  There are many throughout the league who firmly believe the
  
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• Paying homeless people to answer survey risks sullying data, community worker says

  04-05-2018 22:37 via cbc.ca
  The director of a street newspaper in the Eastern Townships is slamming the co-ordinators of a survey of the country's homeless population for paying street people a nominal fee for their participation.
  
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• Montreal 375 celebrations $16M under budget: committee

  04-05-2018 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  The committee responsible for organizing Montreal's 375th anniversary celebrations released a detailed financial report of the year-long birthday party.
  
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• Up to 90 km/h winds expected in and around Montreal

  04-05-2018 22:23 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada has issued a wind warning for areas in and around Montreal, Laval and Longueuil. It says strong gusts Friday evening may cause loose objects to blow away or tree branches to break.
  
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• Thousands without power as 100 km/h winds expected in and around Montreal

  04-05-2018 22:23 via cbc.ca
  Environment Canada issued a wind warning Friday for areas in and around Montreal, Laval and Longueuil, as gusts up to 100 km/h may cause tree branches to break or toss loose objects. More than 171,000 Hydro-Québec customers across the province were without power as of 11 p.m.
  
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• Quebec Immigration Minister David Heurtel not seeking re-election

  04-05-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec Immigration Minister David Heurtel is the latest member of the Liberal government to announce he won't run again.
  
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• Montrealer Jim Montgomery finds 'right situation' behind Stars' bench

  04-05-2018 22:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Jim Montgomery has gone from being the answer to a trivia question to being head coach of the Dallas Stars.
  The 48-year-old Montreal native was introduced as the Stars coach at a news conference Friday morning. He replaces Ken Hitchcock, who stepped down at the end of the season.
  Montgomery, who went to the Canadiens in the 1994 trade that sent Guy Carbonneau to St. Louis, has no coaching experience at the professional level, but he became a hot commodity last spring after he led the University
  
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• Montreal couple cleared of terror charges agree to peace bond conditions

  04-05-2018 21:00 via cbc.ca
  A Montreal couple acquitted on most of the terrorism-related charges against them have agreed to the conditions set out in a peace bond requested by the Crown.
  
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• Macpherson: A debate in English, a trap for Legault

  04-05-2018 20:58 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s understandable if Quebec anglophones were excited that leaders of the four parties in the National Assembly agreed in principle this week to a televised debate in English during the campaign for the Oct. 1 general election.
  It would be only the second leaders’ debate in English in a Quebec election campaign ever, and the first on television. There was one on radio in 1985 (in which the leader of a short-lived, fringe, pro-independence party was included on the order of the chief
  
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• Impact 'keeper Evan Bush sees ray of hope after brutal road stretch

  04-05-2018 20:58 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Impact knew it would be tough to pick up points while playing six of their first eight Major League Soccer games away from home.
  But they had hoped to do better than a 2-6 record and an MLS-high 21 goals conceded.
  Now they’re back a Saputo Stadium for three of their next four games, starting Saturday (1 p.m., TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio) against the New England Revolution (4-2-2).
  “Playing six out of eight on the road in tough environments kind of baptized us with a bit of
  
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• Editorial: Exposing neo-Nazi activity is essential

  04-05-2018 20:43 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Gazette revealed this week that a prominent North American neo-Nazi propagandist is based in this city and has been recruiting here. A major investigation by two independent journalists and a Gazette reporter linked “Zeiger,” the pseudonym for a prolific writer for the extreme-right website the Daily Stormer, to an IT consultant who lives in Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie. And their investigation chronicled how Zeiger assembled a nucleus of supporters who left the shadows of
  
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• What the Puck: Habs' return to glory a matter of dollars and sense

  04-05-2018 20:41 via montrealgazette.com
  It is impossible to exaggerate the bitterness felt by Habs fans.
  Many of us are watching some mighty exciting playoff hockey and as we see the best players in the world engage in the war of attrition that is the never-ending NHL post-season, we think of just how far our Montreal Canadiens are from teams like the Winnipeg Jets, Nashville Predators, Boston Bruins, Tampa Bay Lightning, Vegas Golden Knights, San Jose Sharks, Washington Capitals and the Pittsburgh Penguins.
  The Habs are not even clos
  
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• Djermane and Jamali agree to peace bond, to 'be of good behaviour'

  04-05-2018 20:22 via montrealgazette.com
  The young couple acquitted in December on charges alleging they were preparing to leave Canada to join ISIL in Syria agreed on Friday to sign a peace bond acknowledging Canadian authorities have reasonable grounds to suspect they might carry out a terrorist act. 
  Sabrine Djermane and El Mahdi Jamali, both 21, appeared before Quebec Court Judge Sylvie Durand at the Montreal courthouse and agreed to follow a series of conditions for a period of 12 months. Some of the conditions are similar to
  
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• More Montreal homes for sale this April compared to last year: board

  04-05-2018 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  Condominium sales climbed 18 per cent compared with a year ago.
  
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• Quebec immigration minister to move on to 'new chapter,' won't run again

  04-05-2018 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Another top Couillard cabinet minister has announced he will not seek re-election in October.
  Immigration Minister David Heurtel confirmed Friday he will not run again. Heurtel, the MNA for Viau, made the announcement on Twitter.
  He becomes the 13th Liberal MNA — and fourth cabinet minister — to announce he’s done with politics. Jean-Marc Fournier, Martin Coiteux and Stèphanie Vallée are the other ministers. The election is Oct. 1.
  “In the las
  
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• I didn't incite mosque shooter, conservative pundit Ben Shapiro insists

  04-05-2018 19:51 via montrealgazette.com
  High-profile American conservative commentator Ben Shapiro is firing back at critics who accuse him of inciting Quebec mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette.
  Shapiro, a columnist, podcaster and editor in chief of The Daily Wire website, was at the top of a list of Twitter feeds Bissonnette was visiting in the month before he attacked a Quebec City mosque, killing six Muslim men and injuring another five.
  An RCMP document presented at Bissonnette’s sentencing hearing last month showed the ki
  
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• Montreal's 375th celebrations 'big success,' leading to record tourist year for city, say organizers

  04-05-2018 19:40 via cbc.ca
  According to the Society for the Celebration of Montreal's 375th Anniversary, the 2017 festivities turned a profit — money that will be reimbursed to the municipal and Quebec governments.
  
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• May the 4th be with you: Stormtroopers cheer up kids at Quebec hospital

  04-05-2018 19:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Stormtroopers don’t have the best reputation; Not everyone is over their putting down revolts under the Galactic Empire.
  But representatives of the 501st Legion fan club and Mandalorian Mercs Costume Club cheered up some kids and gave the stormtroopers a rare PR boost by appearing at a Quebec City hospital in full regalia on Friday.
  May the fourth, which sounds just like “may the force” unless you have perfect diction, is Star Wars Day.
  The Centre hospitalier universitaire
  
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• Liberal cabinet minister David Heurtel says he, too, is leaving politics

  04-05-2018 19:13 via cbc.ca
  Quebec Immigration Minister David Heurtel says he won't seek re-election this fall, citing illness in his family for his decision.
  
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• 5 Montreal stories guaranteed to make you smile this week: May 4

  04-05-2018 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  Will you be doing a good deed for Greater Montreal day on May 10?
  
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• Find out how moms can meet — and support — other moms! btmontreal.ca/videos/perfit-…

  04-05-2018 18:55
  Find out how moms can meet — and support — other moms! btmontreal.ca/videos/perfit-…
  
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• Rousillon police seek suspects in La Prairie restaurant fire

  04-05-2018 18:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Rousillon regional police are seeking several suspects in connection with a case of arson on April 30.
  The Ali Baba restaurant at 1016 Taschereau Blvd. in La Prairie caught fire at 5 a.m. The flames caused damage to the interior of the establishment but not the structure’s exterior or neighbouring businesses.
  Surveillance cameras depict two suspects inside the restaurant before the flames took hold and then fleeing from the rear of the building once they did.
  Anyone with any information on
  
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• Starbucks to close some Canadian stores to provide implicit bias training

  04-05-2018 18:35 via cbc.ca
  Starbucks will close all its Canadian company-operated stores and offices for an afternoon next month to provide training about creating a "culture of warmth and belonging."
  
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• Starbucks to close Canadian stores to provide implicit bias training

  04-05-2018 18:35 via cbc.ca
  Starbucks will close all its Canadian company-operated stores and offices for an afternoon next month to provide training about creating a "culture of warmth and belonging."
  
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• SQ arrests 33-year-old suspected of sex crimes against more than 60 teens

  04-05-2018 18:34 via montrealgazette.com
  The major crimes squad of the Sûreté du Québec have arrested a 33-year-old man in connection with more than 60 alleged cases of sex crimes involving teenage victims.
  Simon Drouin, 33, of St-Faustin-Lac-Carré, was taken into custody Thursday and appeared Friday in a St-Jérôme courtroom to face charges of sexual assault, inciting sexual contact, online luring and possession of child pornography.
  Investigators allege Drouin solicited more than 60 teenage vict
  
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• Montreal couple agree to submit to peace bond conditions over terror fears

  04-05-2018 18:19 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal couple acquitted on the majority of terrorism-related charges they were facing have agreed to a peace bond sought by the Crown over fears they may commit a terror act.
  
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• Meet Maddie Pettigrosso, founder of the Montreal Special Needs Family Organization. btmontreal.ca/videos/pure-he…

  04-05-2018 18:15
  Meet Maddie Pettigrosso, founder of the Montreal Special Needs Family Organization. btmontreal.ca/videos/pure-he…
  
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• Québec Solidaire’s Amir Khadir not seeking re-election this year

  04-05-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Amir Khadir announced this morning he will resume practising medicine after 10 years as a member of the legislature for the left-wing Québec solidaire.
  
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• Zacharkiw: In Mexico, tequila is only the beginning

  04-05-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  What’s in a wine critic’s suitcase when he goes on a beach vacation? I just returned from a week in the tiny surfing village of Sayulita, Mexico. It’s a gorgeous spot 40 kilometres north of Puerto Vallarta, but I had a feeling there wasn’t going to be a lot of wine to be found.
  I took a bottle of Pierre Gimonnet Champagne, an exceptional Clos Bellane rosé I had put in my cellar last summer, and my go-to bottle of Campari — to be mixed with beer, of course. Bu
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: May 4, 2018

  04-05-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $16 
  Douro 2015, Vale do Bomfim, Portugal red, $14.55, SAQ # 10838982. Always one of the better “bargain Douros” at the SAQ, but the 2015 is even drier and more focused. Bright fruit, low oak, ripe tannins and a gravelly, mineral finish. Despite the heft, drinks well on its own. For price, a great taste of the Douro region. Grape varieties: tinta barroca, touri
  
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• How would you rate @Val_Plante's first six months in office? Here's what her team had to say! @jzoubris… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  04-05-2018 17:55
  How would you rate @Val_Plante's first six months in office? Here's what her team had to say! @jzoubris… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Brownstein: Kiefer Sutherland gets personal on country-music stage

  04-05-2018 17:47 via montrealgazette.com
  You, too, can be forgiven if you felt that Kiefer Sutherland was the ultimate urbanite. Certainly his body of film and TV work — he currently portrays the U.S. president in the series Designated Survivor — could lead to that conclusion.
  And then there’s his pedigree: Born in London, England with one whopper of a name, Kiefer Williams Frederick Dempsey George Rufus Sutherland hails from royalty of sorts — Canadiana-style, that is. His parents are actors Donald Sutherland a
  
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• Alleged sex offender in Quebec's Laurentians charged for crimes involving 70 teenage victims

  04-05-2018 17:43 via cbc.ca
  Simon Drouin, 33, appeared in court in Saint-Jérôme today on 87 counts of various sexual crimes against 70 teens.
  
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• Alleged pedophile in Quebec's Laurentians facing charges involving 70 teenage victims

  04-05-2018 17:43 via cbc.ca
  Simon Drouin, 33, is expected to appear in Saint-Jerome court today on 87 counts of various sexual crimes against 70 teens.
  
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• Making Mother's Day extra special with the help of @Janette_Ewen! btmontreal.ca/videos/making-…

  04-05-2018 17:35
  Making Mother's Day extra special with the help of @Janette_Ewen! btmontreal.ca/videos/making-…
  
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• Québec solidaire MNA Amir Khadir will not seek re-election

  04-05-2018 17:34 via cbc.ca
  After serving three terms in office, Khadir says he isn't quitting political life entirely. He plans to stay active in the party.
  
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• Did @ChefChuckHughes call @DerickFage a jerk live on air?! Find out why! btmontreal.ca/videos/cooking…

  04-05-2018 17:22
  Did @ChefChuckHughes call @DerickFage a jerk live on air?! Find out why! btmontreal.ca/videos/cooking…
  
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• Québec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir to leave politics

  04-05-2018 16:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Québec Solidaire MNA Amir Khadir confirmed on Friday he will be leaving politics at the end of his term.
  Khadir, who turns 57 next month, was born in Tehran, Iran. He holds a doctorate in medicine from Laval University and a master’s degree in physics from McGill University.
  He specialized in microbiology and infectious diseases at the Université de Montréal before working in the field at the Centre Hospitalier Pierre-Le Gardeur in Terrebonne.
  Khadir was the first MNA
  
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• ‘Les Petits Violons’ end-of-year concert

  04-05-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella and two violin virtuosos as they guide us through what you can expect from the 53rd edition of ‘Les Petits Violons’ end of year concert.
  
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• Food trucks and comic books with Jay Walker

  04-05-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  It’s the first food truck Friday of 2018 and free comic book day coming coon. Jay Walker joins Global’s Laura Casella with those activities and more for this weekend’s entertainment.
  
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