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• Global News at 5:30: May 17

  17-05-2018 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Thursday, May 17, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• #GreatMTLer: Giving back to women is natural for Lise Watier

  17-05-2018 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Lise Watier: her name is synonymous with beauty and class.
  
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• #GreatMTLer: Beauty icon Lise Watier gives back to her community

  17-05-2018 23:55 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 17: Philanthropist, entrepreneur and beauty icon Lise Watier has been a household name around the world for more than four decades. Global News Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard speaks to this great Montrealer about her journey to give back to her community.
  
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• Canadiens' player development is pillar of new plan, Geoff Molson says

  17-05-2018 23:54 via montrealgazette.com
  For some time, one of the recurring criticisms of the Montreal Canadiens is that the team doesn’t do a good job of developing its players, and team president Geoff Molson admitted it’s a problem area.
  “It’s a part of the organization that’s very important for us, particularly right now, given that we have so many picks in the draft this year,” Molson said during an interview Thursday after a news conference announcing that Bell was inking a ten-year sponsorshi
  
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• Man dies after high-speed police chase in Saguenay

  17-05-2018 23:34 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's independent bureau of investigation (BEI) is looking into the death of a 22-year-old man who was killed after a high-speed police chase that ended when the fleeing car crashed into an oncoming vehicle.
  
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• 1 man dead after high-speed police chase in Saguenay

  17-05-2018 23:34 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's independent bureau of investigation (BEI) is looking into the death of a 22-year-old man who was killed after a high-speed police chase that ended when the fleeing car crashed into an oncoming vehicle.
  
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• Opinion: Ensuring McGill deals properly with sexual violence, harassment

  17-05-2018 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A month after the end of McGill University’s winter semester was disrupted by students protesting against alleged mishandling of complaints of sexual harassment and sexual violence, McGill has finally chosen to respond. In an email sent out to university faculty and students on May 10, Provost and Vice-Principal (Academic) Christopher Manfredi wrote that McGill will appoint a special external investigator to address complaints of sexual harassment and violence, and
  
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• Montreal doctor suspended for excusing students from class without proper medical checkup

  17-05-2018 23:17 via cbc.ca
  Dr. Raymond Rezaie has been fined $10,000 and will lose his licence for six months for writing notes excusing CEGEP students from school and prescribing them medication for depression or anxiety without thoroughly examining them first.
  
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• Quebec tables bill for better government transparency

  17-05-2018 22:46 via globalnews.ca
  Premier Couillard promised the most transparent government in Quebec history. On Thursday, it finally tabled a bill to allow citizens greater access to information.
  
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• Dance therapy lets special needs students feel free

  17-05-2018 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 17: Dance therapy classes give people with special needs the freedom to express themselves however they want. Global’s Rachel Lau meets Sue Brotherwood and her son, Matthew.
  
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• Quebec to ask Ottawa to allow people in the province to file a single tax return

  17-05-2018 21:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government will formally ask Ottawa to allow people in the province to file a single tax return.
  
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• Royal wedding: Meet the West Island mom who's crazy about Harry

  17-05-2018 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Allisun Dalzell-Ranaldi, who is throwing a major bash at her Beaconsfield home early Saturday to celebrate Prince Harry’s marriage to Meghan Markle, is a big Harry fan. Always has been.
  “I love the royal family,” said Dalzell-Ranaldi. “Harry is actually, I would say, my favourite of all of them. He’s always been. Just because he’s spunky. Just because he’s got spirit and he’s got red hair. I (felt) for both of them when they lost their mom, but esp
  
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• Former SNC-Lavalin exec charged with illegal federal political contributions

  17-05-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  A former executive of engineering giant SNC-Lavalin has been charged by Canada's election watchdog with helping to orchestrate illegal political donations paid to federal political parties between 2004 and 2011.
  
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• Traffic in NDG has commuters seeing red

  17-05-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, May 17: The intersection of Girouard and Sherbrooke streets has suddenly become the centre of controversy in NDG. Global’s Billy Shields finds out why.
  
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• Quebec won’t introduce tip sharing mechanism sought by restaurant owners

  17-05-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government is nixing a proposal by restaurant owners to have a tip-pooling clause added to the province's labour code to address a considerable wage gap among their employees.
  
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• No tip sharing for Quebec restaurant owners

  17-05-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government is nixing a proposal by restaurant owners to have a tip-pooling clause added to the province's labour code to address a considerable wage gap among their employees.
  
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• Piknic Électronik brings DJ dance parties to Parc Jean-Drapeau for 16th season

  17-05-2018 19:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Life is a Piknic, once again, as Montreal’s summer Sunday dance party launches its 16th season this weekend, presenting 21 events through Sept. 30 at Parc Jean-Drapeau’s Plaine des Jeux on Île-Ste-Hélène.
  Piknic Électronik welcomed 112,000 daytime revellers in 2017. The event returns for more, Sunday from 2-9:30 p.m. with the thumping techno of Brazil-born, Barcelona-based DJ Anna; then takes advantage of the long weekend with Berlin’s Marcel Dettmann
  
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• Quebec Liberals to reinstate commissioner of health and well-being

  17-05-2018 19:46 via montrealgazette.com
  In what appears to be a pre-electoral about-face, Health Minister Gaétan Barrette is poised to reinstate the commissioner of health and well-being after the position was abolished two years ago following a highly critical report by the last commissioner over the Liberal government’s handling of overcrowded emergency rooms.
  In Quebec City on Thursday, Barrette told reporters it was never his decision to abolish the position in the first place.
  “That decision was sort of imposed
  
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• Former SNC-Lavalin executive charged in illegal political donations scheme

  17-05-2018 19:42 via cbc.ca
  Normand Morin, a former vice-president of SNC-Lavalin, has been charged with soliciting illegal campaign donations from the firm's employees and reimbursing them from company coffers.
  
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• Traffic at Girouard and Sherbrooke has commuters seeing red

  17-05-2018 19:24 via globalnews.ca
  Girouard and Sherbrooke has become a nightmare intersection in NDG over the past year, and it looks like it might not get any better for another year.
  
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• Montreal dance teacher’s therapy classes lets special needs students express themselves freely

  17-05-2018 18:54 via globalnews.ca
  Dance therapy classes give people with special needs the freedom to express themselves however they want.
  
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• Montreal AIDS support group to get $1 million over next five years

  17-05-2018 18:23 via montrealgazette.com
  An estimated 65,000 people are living with HIV in Canada. Of those, one in five is unaware of their infection. Although sexually transmitted diseases are preventable, rates continue to rise, mainly in men who have sex with men.
  To help those at greatest risk of acquiring HIV, hepatitis C and other sexually transmitted and blood-borne infections, the federal government is to announce a grant on Thursday of $1,050,000 over five years to AIDS Community Care Montreal (ACCM), a volunte
  
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• Sherbrooke police surveilling hotel after body found in industrial park

  17-05-2018 18:22 via montrealgazette.com
  Sherbrooke police have launched an investigation after the discovery of a body Thursday morning in a local industrial park.
  Officers were called at 8:30 a.m. to Ovation Logistique, a transport company on Pépin St., after the body of a man was discovered at the site.
  Few details on the incident were immediately available, including the victim’s identity, age or whether the body bore any marks of violence.
  However, police also placed a local hotel on Bourque Blvd. under surveilla
  
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• Jailhouse leader's plan for deadly attack 'well-orchestrated'

  17-05-2018 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Crown has asked that the man who acted as a leader in an assault that resulted in the death of a fellow inmate at the Montreal Detention Centre be required to serve at least 15 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole. 
  Tarik Biji was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder this week for his leading role in the death of Michel Barrette. The conviction comes with an automatic life sentence but Biji’s parole eligibility can be set at anywhere between 10 and 25 years.&n
  
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• Watch: How Montrealers are breaking fast during Ramadan

  17-05-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every year, Muslims observe the month of Ramadan by fasting during daylight hours.
  We asked some Montrealers how they’re breaking fast.
  Video by Christopher Curtis, Montreal Gazette
  
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• Planning a cookout in the woods? Don't, Quebec says

  17-05-2018 17:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s ministry of forests, wildlife and parks has issued a ban on open air fires in or near the province’s woodlands effective 8 a.m. May 17.
  The directive is based on prevailing weather conditions and is in effect until further notice.
  The ban is aimed specifically at heavily wooded regions, including Abitibi-Témiscamingue, the Outaouais and the Laurentiens but also extends to Laval and Montreal and the Montérégie.
  The ministry notes that as of Wednesday afte
  
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• Jailhouse leader's plan for deadly attack called 'well-orchestrated'

  17-05-2018 17:36 via montrealgazette.com
  The Crown has asked that the man who acted as a leader in an assault that resulted in the death of a fellow inmate at the Montreal Detention Centre be required to serve at least 15 years behind bars before he is eligible for parole. 
  Tarik Biji was convicted by a jury of second-degree murder this week for his leading role in the death of Michel Barrette. The conviction comes with an automatic life sentence but Biji’s parole eligibility can be set at anywhere between 10 and 25 years.&n
  
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• Montreal salsa convention

  17-05-2018 17:08 via globalnews.ca
  Find out all you need to know about the big salsa convention coming up this week in Montreal, with Global’s Laura Casella and her special guests.
  
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• Couillard promises slice of sales tax for Quebec cities

  17-05-2018 17:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Premier Philippe Couillard is promising to allocate one percentage point of the province’s 9.975 per cent sales tax to cities and towns if the Liberals are re-elected on Oct. 1.
  Couillard made the promise Thursday while attending the general meeting of the Quebec Union of Municipalities in Gatineau.
  On Wednesday, the union had complained that cities and towns must rely almost exclusively on property taxes as a source of municipal funding — a system dating from the 19th century a
  
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• Clash over clamour from Parc Jean-Drapeau may soon be resolved

  17-05-2018 17:02 via cbc.ca
  Montreal and Saint-Lambert have agreed to set a cap on how loud concerts can be. It would come into effect next summer, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• Hosting the perfect tea party for the royal wedding

  17-05-2018 17:01 via globalnews.ca
  Kim learns how to host the perfect tea party while at Bramble House in Pointe-Claire.
  
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• We caught up with @BrunySurin this morning on BT for a look at the upcoming "We Are More" conference twitter.com/BrunySurin/sta…

  17-05-2018 16:59
  We caught up with @BrunySurin this morning on BT for a look at the upcoming "We Are More" conference twitter.com/BrunySurin/sta…
  
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• Royal Wedding: Meghan’s dad out, Elton John in - We join @CityMelanie live from London youtu.be/egRd0MZ-p84

  17-05-2018 16:57
  Royal Wedding: Meghan’s dad out, Elton John in - We join @CityMelanie live from Londonyoutu.be/egRd0MZ-p84
  
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• Sleep essentials for your baby - Ceritfied pediatric sleep consultant Tracy Braunstein shares her picks youtu.be/QLT6cBBDY6U

  17-05-2018 16:52
  Sleep essentials for your baby - Ceritfied pediatric sleep consultant Tracy Braunstein shares her picks youtu.be/QLT6cBBDY6U
  
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• The pros and cons of condo living

  17-05-2018 16:51 via globalnews.ca
  Find out all the pros and cons of condo living with Global’s Laura Casella and Remax broker Shanna Garneau.
  
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• More Quebec doctors are opting out of medicare, report shows

  17-05-2018 16:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Nearly a year and a half after Quebec banned medical accessory fees in the public system, the number of doctors opting out of medicare continues to rise, the latest provincial statistics show.
  The cumulative total number of doctors who no longer practise in the public system — and who have the legal right to bill patients directly for medical services — stood at 413 in April, up from 377 during the same month last year. That’s an increase of 9.5 per cent — and a dramatic
  
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• Traffic woes plaguing NDG

  17-05-2018 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  The corner of Girouard and Sherbrooke streets in NDG have been plagued with traffic due to surrounding construction. Billy Shields reports.
  
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• The Brunch Refresh - @Andrea_Buckett with unique ideas to shake up your Spring brunch youtu.be/47rSIh5twfo

  17-05-2018 16:42
  The Brunch Refresh - @Andrea_Buckett with unique ideas to shake up your Spring brunch youtu.be/47rSIh5twfo
  
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• Montreal outdoor concert festivals: How loud is too loud?

  17-05-2018 16:41 via montrealgazette.com
  The cities of Montreal and St-Lambert are working together to establish a tolerable volume level for the music coming from Parc Jean-Drapeau during the summer concert season, Radio Canada reports.
  The effort will begin with the installation of six sound monitors — two in St-Lambert, two in the downtown borough of Ville-Marie and two in the park itself — in an attempt to establish a level acceptable to concert-goers and residents living on either side of the St. Lawrence River.
  Both m
  
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• Roxham: @thenfb's immersive documentary about Canada's asylum seekers youtu.be/M9938NcIJ2g

  17-05-2018 16:37
  Roxham: @thenfb's immersive documentary about Canada's asylum seekers youtu.be/M9938NcIJ2g
  
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• Israel, Iran, & North Korea: An eventful week in U.S. foreign policy - We speak to @Concordia's Graham Dodds youtu.be/NCakJVYOn3w

  17-05-2018 16:33
  Israel, Iran, & North Korea: An eventful week in U.S. foreign policy - We speak to @Concordia's Graham Dodds youtu.be/NCakJVYOn3w
  
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• Prepping for finals

  17-05-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  Marla Pinsler joins Global’s Laura Casella with tips and tricks to beat the stress and help your kids prepare for their final exams.
  
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• Everything royal in preparation for the big wedding

  17-05-2018 16:27 via globalnews.ca
  Join Kim Sullivan at Bramble House in Pointe-Claire as she and store owner Diane Hodges talk about everything royal in advance of the big weekend wedding.
  
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• Confirmed: Habs name Joël Bouchard head coach of Laval Rocket

  17-05-2018 16:09 via montrealgazette.com
  The Canadiens announced Thursday morning that Joël Bouchard is the new head coach of the AHL’s Laval Rocket.
  Bouchard won the Ron Lapointe Trophy this season as the QMJHL’s top coach after leading the Blainville-Boisbriand Armada to a league-best 50-11-7 record. The Armada advanced to the President’s Cup final for the second straight season, losing in six games to the Acadie-Bathurst Titan. Game 6 was on Sunday with the Armada losing 2-1 to the Titan to end their seas
  
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