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• Are our kids all right? Survey takes the pulse of Montreal's sixth graders

  10-05-2018 23:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Child development experts recognize sixth grade as a crucial time of transition — between primary and secondary school, childhood and adolescence — when kids are developing a sense of autonomy and adopting lifelong habits, good and bad. 
  So last year, Montreal’s regional public health authority decided to take a serious, in-depth look at Montreal’s 11- and 12-year-olds as a way of determining what’s going well and what’s not at this crucial age. In short,
  
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• Stu Cowan: Ex-Impact coach Biello stays in the game with Canada Soccer

  10-05-2018 23:52 via montrealgazette.com
  I like to believe what goes around comes around and that good things happen to good people. 
  With that in mind, I wasn’t surprised — and was also very happy — to see Mauro Biello land on his feet after getting fired as head coach of the Impact after the team missed the Major League Soccer playoffs last season.
  Biello has a new job as an assistant coach to John Herdman with the Canadian men’s team and is also in charge of the EXCEL U-23 program, leading our country&rs
  
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• Teacher at Montreal's National Circus School charged with child ... - CBC.ca

  10-05-2018 23:43 via cbc.ca
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  A teacher at Montreal's National Circus School has been relieved of his duties after he was arrested and charged with sex-related crimes.
  Sexual allegations against coach rock Montreal's National Circus SchoolGlobalnews.caall 2 news articles »
  
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• McGill University appoints special investigator for sexual misconduct complaints

  10-05-2018 23:39 via cbc.ca
  After initially saying it had the resources and policies in place to investigate sexual misconduct complaints, McGill University has responded to concerns raised by students, admitting it can do better.
  
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• Gas prices pinching your wallet? Here’s how much you could save with an electric car

  10-05-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Going electric will save you on fuel and maintenance costs - and you might get a hefty discount on your purchase price, too.
  
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• Greater Montreal Day acts of kindness

  10-05-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 10: Montrealers celebrated by doing good deeds all day for Greater Montreal Day. Here are some special moments from the day.
  
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• Circus school teacher arrested in Montreal

  10-05-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 10: The city’s gymnastics and circus worlds are reeling after a teacher at Montreal’s National Circus school was arrested. As Global’s Amanda Jelowicki reports, the man faces charges relating to child luring and enticement – and police say there could be more victims.
  
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• Quebec releases guidelines on how to apply religious neutrality law

  10-05-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 10: Quebec has unveiled new guidelines on how to apply the Liberals’ controversial religious neutrality law. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, opposition parties say the directives are too general.
  
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• Montreal students fundraise to build school in Kenya

  10-05-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 10: Three EMSB schools are learning the value of giving back. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, students there have started a unique project to ensure Kenyan children have a chance at education.
  
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• Xavier Dolan, Philippe Falardeau films get green light from SODEC

  10-05-2018 23:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Xavier Dolan’s next French-language film, Matt et Max, is one of 12 upcoming features to receive support from the Société des entreprises culturelles (SODEC), alongside new movies from Philippe Falardeau, Anne Émond and animator Theodore Ty.
  The Quebec film funding agency has given the green light to Dolan’s project about two childhood friends who come to a crossroads in their relationship after an unexpected kiss. Written and directed by Dolan, Matt et Max follo
  
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• Teacher at Montreal's National Circus School charged with child luring, other sex crimes

  10-05-2018 23:05 via cbc.ca
  A teacher at Montreal’s National Circus School has been relieved of his duties after he was arrested and charged with sex-related crimes.
  
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• NOTEBOOK: Trudeau caps 10-days of pork barrelling in vacant Quebec riding

  10-05-2018 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  The vacant riding of Chicoutimi--Le Fjord has received an extraordinary amount of attention from the federal government in the last 10 days, as Trudeau's Liberals gear up to fight what could be a close byelection.
  
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• Checking In: A colourful new take on Palm Beach's classic Colony Hotel

  10-05-2018 23:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The classic Colony Hotel in glamorous Palm Beach, Fla., has experienced a next-generation rejuvenation.
  The 71-year-young Colony is at the nexus of Palm Beach’s essentials. It is adjacent to famous Worth Ave. where one-per-centers patronize jewelry stores, art galleries and fashion touchstones like Chanel and Gucci. And the hotel also is one block from the Atlantic Ocean.
  Members of the Florida Riviera social elite alight at The Colony for drinks and dinner, cabaret entertainment, weddings
  
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• Saguenay mom's class action suit over public school fees settled out of court

  10-05-2018 22:57 via cbc.ca
  According to Radio-Canada sources, the settlement will amount to between $27 and $28 per student, per year for the period covered by the lawsuit.
  
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• Supreme Court rules that Quebec's pay-equity law is unconstitutional

  10-05-2018 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Women should not have to bear the financial burden created by employers who have yet to conform to Quebec’s pay-equity law, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.
  The ruling, upheld by six of the nine justices, is the first time the Supreme Court has ruled that a law created to ensure equal pay for men and women is unconstitutional.
  The Supreme Court issued two rulings on two separate cases dealing with Quebec’s pay-equity law, which was adopted in 1996. One of the rulings uphol
  
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• ‘It’s risen from the ashes’: Two years after nearly closing down, Riverview Elementary is thriving

  10-05-2018 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  The staff believe a key curriculum change has something to do with it. The school is now thriving with a new science and technology focus.
  
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• Speeding Montreal driver loses right to drive for seven days

  10-05-2018 22:49 via montrealgazette.com
  If Life in the Fast Lane, as the Eagles’ song says, will “surely make you lose your mind,” then a Montreal driver has forfeited some of that and a whole lot more.
  On Thursday morning at 8:30, police clocked a car speeding at 108 kilometres per hour in a 50 km zone in Ville-St-Laurent. The consequences? The driver was fined $869 and received 10 demerit points along with a licence suspension for seven days — effective immediately.
  
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• Speeding Montreal driver loses right to drive for seven days - Montreal Gazette

  10-05-2018 22:48 via montrealgazette.com
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  If Life in the Fast Lane, as the Eagles' song says, will “surely make you lose your mind,” then a Montreal driver has forfeited some of that and a whole lot more. On Thursday morning at 8:30, police clocked a car speeding at 108 kilometres per hour in ...
  
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• No conflict of interest, Alexandre Taillefer says about heading Liberal campaign

  10-05-2018 22:34 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — Prominent Montreal businessman Alexandre Taillefer has denied he is in a conflict of interest because he will head the Liberal election campaign at the same as being a registered lobbyist and influential media owner.
  In fact, Taillefer says he arrives in the world of politics with his integrity intact and intends to keep it that way.
  “Not at all, I am not in a conflict of interests,” Taillefer said Thursday at a news conference in Montreal broadcast on RDI. “This
  
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• Market vs. message: Aloe Blacc weighs in on the role of the artist right now in America

  10-05-2018 22:13 via cbc.ca
  Against the backdrop of rapper superstars Kanye West and Childish Gambino shaking up our group consciousness, Nantali Indongo sat down with American singer, songwriter and producer Aloe Blacc to talk about using your art to do good.
  
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• Time is ticking BT Montreal fans! @Scotiabank is awarding one lucky winner and guest with a trip to the #StanleyCup… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-05-2018 22:08
  Time is ticking BT Montreal fans! @Scotiabank is awarding one lucky winner and guest with a trip to the #StanleyCup… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Restaurant review: Tangia serves up Moroccan fare in a pretty setting

  10-05-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Tangia
  ★★★ out of ★★★★
  $$$
  2072 Drummond St. (near de Maisonneuve Blvd.)
  Phone: 514-282-9790
  Website: tangia.ca
  Open: Mon.-Wed. 5:30 p.m. to 10 p.m.; Thurs.- Sat. 5:30 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: No
  Reservations: Recommended 
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian-friendly: Yes
  Licensed: Yes
  Parking: On the street with meters.
  Price range: Three-course menu $45; four-course menu $55. À la carte main courses $16-$25.
  In the ’90s, my two f
  
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• Opposition says Quebec religious accommodation law is still confusing

  10-05-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  New guidelines for how to apply the Liberals' religious neutrality law, known as Bill 62, are not likely to end debate at the National Assembly.
  
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• Highs and lows of Jewish experience honoured in McCord's Shalom Montreal exhibition - CBC.ca

  10-05-2018 21:53 via cbc.ca
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  Highs and lows of Jewish experience honoured in McCord's Shalom Montreal exhibition
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  Trials and triumphs marked the 20th-century story of Montreal's Jewish community, and the city's social history museum is putting that story on display. Shalom Montreal is the result of two years of planning, said the McCord Museum's president and CEO, ...
  
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• P.K. Subban fans have great expectations for Jets-Predators final

  10-05-2018 21:47 via montrealgazette.com
  P.K. Subban fans are on the edge of their seats waiting to see what happens with Subban and his Nashville Predators in Game 7 of the team’s epic series against the Winnipeg Jets.
  The deciding game of the series is set to take place Thursday (8 p.m. on CBC, TVA Sports), the first-ever Game 7 in the history of the Bridgestone Arena in Nashville.
  Many of the Subban fans are also Montreal Canadiens fans and they first began cheering on the Norris Trophy-winning defencemen when he played for th
  
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• 'No. 1 meat in the world': David McMillan teaches Anthony Bourdain about moose

  10-05-2018 21:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s David McMillan made the case for moose meat on the latest episode of CNN’s Parts Unknown with Anthony Bourdain. 
  McMillan, who runs the Little Burgundy triumvirate of Joe Beef, Vin Papillon and Liverpool House with Fred Morin, went to Newfoundland with the American food personality.
  Over a meal of moose — more of a cornucopia, really — he proclaimed that moose meat is the “best meat, No. 1 meat in the world.”
  “No better meat than the moos
  
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• Man caught with eight kilos of cocaine gets five-year prison term

  10-05-2018 20:59 via montrealgazette.com
  The Bell Centre seems to be a familiar setting for Jonathan Beaudin Naudi. A decade ago, he took part in a hockey riot outside the complex. When he was arrested months ago as part of a Montreal police investigation into cocaine trafficking, he was residing in a condominium there. 
  Beaudin Naudi appeared before Quebec Court Judge Denis Mondor at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday and admitted that he was the person who possessed eight kilograms of cocaine seized when the police ma
  
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• Registered sex offender slipped into Canada through illegal Quebec crossing

  10-05-2018 20:53 via globalnews.ca
  Adesanya Prince, who pleaded guilty to child pornography charges in Texas, entered Canada through a well-known illegal border crossing in Quebec.
  
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• Montreal jazz fest adds Martha Wainwright, Ani DiFranco

  10-05-2018 20:50 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal International Jazz Festival has announced a few more additions to the indoor lineup for its 39th edition.
  DIY folk icon Ani DiFranco will headline Théâtre Maisonneuve of Place des Arts on Wednesday, July 4. Tickets cost $50.90 to $61.90 and go on sale Friday, May 11 at noon. 
  Martha Wainwright has been added as the opening act for Jann Arden’s June 29 concert at Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts. Tickets cost $55.25 to $76.75 and are available now.
  Ot
  
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• The first edition of @LavalenRires takes place this September in venues across Laval. There will be shows in Englis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-05-2018 20:43
  The first edition of @LavalenRires takes place this September in venues across Laval. There will be shows in Englis… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• She spent the day at the spa, and tomorrow it's the big reveal! Tune in to see our BT Mother's Day makeover winner'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…

  10-05-2018 20:30
  She spent the day at the spa, and tomorrow it's the big reveal! Tune in to see our BT Mother's Day makeover winner'… twitter.com/i/web/status/9…
  
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• Opinion: Aislin pays tribute to his mentor, cartoonist Duncan Macpherson

  10-05-2018 20:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Duncan Macpherson, Canada’s most celebrated political cartoonist, died 25 years ago this month. He and I first met in 1971 during the FLQ trials. “Dunc” was in Montreal doing courtroom sketches for the Toronto Star; I was doing the same for the Montreal Star. At the end of one session, several of us piled into a cab headed down to the Montreal Press Club. Crime reporter Paul Dubois, a character in his own right, introduced us. “Duncan,” said Paul mischievously, &ldq
  
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• Quebec opposition parties come out swinging against Liberals' criteria for religious accommodation

  10-05-2018 20:10 via cbc.ca
  Guidelines for determining religious accommodation, released yesterday, are being criticized by all sides, with the CAQ accusing the Liberals of "creating chaos," and Québec Solidaire blaming all parties for stirring up a "toxic debate."
  
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• Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed: Let's unite against hate and discrimination

  10-05-2018 19:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Last week we learned that a prominent neo-Nazi figure lives and propagates his views right here in Montreal. My first reaction was disgust that in 2018 we are still dealing with Nazi wannabes. Have we not progressed enough as a society to know where that kind of hateful ideology leads us?
  I vividly remember our world history lessons from high school and CEGEP. The First World War, the Second World War, the Holocaust and the Crusades are among the critical events that shaped history. It seems the
  
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• SQ arrest 10 men on child pornography charges

  10-05-2018 19:37 via cbc.ca
  The suspects, men aged between 25 and 66, have no ties to each other, said Sûreté du Québec Sgt. Claude Denis. All were active on social media.
  
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• Kahlil Carter steps down as Als defensive co-ordinator, Stubler takes over

  10-05-2018 19:36 via globalnews.ca
  Veteran Rich Stubler will take over as defensive co-ordinator
  
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• Supreme Court finds Quebec pay equity law to be unconstitutional

  10-05-2018 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Women should not have bear the financial burden created by employers who have yet to conform to Quebec’s pay equity law, the Supreme Court of Canada ruled Thursday.
  The ruling, upheld by six of the nine justices, is the first time the Supreme Court has ruled that a law created to ensure equal pay for men and women is unconstitutional.
  The Supreme Court issued two rulings on two separate cases dealing with Quebec’s pay equity law, which was adopted in 1996. One of the rulings upholds
  
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• Close to a dozen arrested in Quebec child porn bust

  10-05-2018 18:32 via globalnews.ca
  A sting operation has led to several arrests across the province in connection with the possession and distribution of child pornography.
  
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• Montreal police seek potential victims of alleged extortionist

  10-05-2018 18:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are turning to the public in an effort to find more potential victims of Denis Savaria, who police say used physical and verbal threats to collect money from elderly clients of a “private money lender.”
  Savaria was arrested April 26 for extortion and uttering threats. Police allege his victims included the elderly, vulnerable and those who used video poker machines, and that he would harass his victims with phone calls or visits to their homes to collect what was owed
  
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• Alouettes shuffle defensive coordinators after unexpected resignation

  10-05-2018 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Barely more than a week before the start of training camp, the Alouettes have been forced to make modifications to their coaching staff.
  Early Thursday morning, the Canadian Football League team announced the resignation of defensive coordinator Kahlil Carter, who would have been in his first season on the job. Carter, who said he’s resigning for personal reasons, will remain with the organization as a scout.
  He’ll be replaced by Rich Stubler, who already was on the staff as a specia
  
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• New efforts launched in search for Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou

  10-05-2018 17:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Walking along a busy boulevard, Kouadio Frédéric Kouakou approached the newly-erected billboard, lifted his hand and extended his arm out to touch his son’s smiling face. 
  Standing next to him, his wife, Akouena Noëlla Bibie — mother of missing 10-year-old Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou — buried her face in his chest.
  Bibie had been quiet throughout the preceding news conference, asking Kouakou to handle the talking as new search efforts were announced. And
  
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• Online ads for sweet, high-alcohol drinks target youth: Quebec public health agency

  10-05-2018 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Online advertising for sugary, high-alcohol drinks is a veritable “wild west,” and explicitly targets minors, the Institut national de santé publique du Québec says.
  The ads are a shameless promotion of “dangerous products” aimed at minors — and even children — by using stuffed toys, cartoon characters and small animals riding tricycles, INSPQ researcher Manon Niquette told a parliamentary committee on Wednesday.
  Niquette is a co-author of an INS
  
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• Cora MacDonald

  10-05-2018 16:30 via globalnews.ca
  Cora MacDonald is a photojournalist with Global News in Montreal.
  
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• #GreaterMontrealDay: Edinburgh Elementary Clean-Up

  10-05-2018 16:29 via globalnews.ca
  For Greater Montreal Day this year, Global’s Laura Casella joined the Green Club of Edinbugh Elementary School as they picked up their “claws” and garbage bags to clean up the neighbourhood.
  
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• Mount Royal traffic: Public consultations begin Thursday night

  10-05-2018 16:28 via montrealgazette.com
  The public consultation process on access to Mount Royal — including a controversial plan by the Plante administration to ban through traffic by most automobiles on Camillien-Houde Way — kicks off Thursday night. If the response thus far to an online questionnaire on the issue is any indication, interest will be high.
  The city’s Office of Public Consultations noted in a statement on Thursday more than 2,500 people had filled out the online questionnaire since it was posted 10 d
  
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• People’s Potato in search of volunteers for Montreal urban garden

  10-05-2018 16:25 via globalnews.ca
  People's Potato urban garden is going green for its 19th year.
  
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• Entrepreneur Alexandre Taillefer to preside over Quebec Liberal campaign

  10-05-2018 16:10 via globalnews.ca
  Taillefer takes over the job from former premier Daniel Johnson, who chaired the Liberal campaign during the 2014 election.
  
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• “This is my Voice” A song about kindness

  10-05-2018 16:09 via globalnews.ca
  Noah Baum from JrMojo joins Global’s Andrea Howick to talk about “This is my Voice” a song to inspire children of all ages to be kind to themselves and to others.
  
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• How philanthropy enhances a community

  10-05-2018 16:06 via globalnews.ca
  Volunteer and Live for the Cause founder Olivia Monton talks to Global’s Laura Casella about why she volunteers, the Live for the Cause mission and Gala, and how philanthropy can enhance a community.
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: May 11-13 - Montreal Gazette

  10-05-2018 16:00 via montrealgazette.com
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  Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: May 11-13
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  There is no official public event or parade for Mother's Day in Montreal, but consider this your reminder to get your act together for May 13. With that in mind, here are five other things you can do this weekend: ...
  
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