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• Trailing in the polls, PQ believe a comeback is imminent as pre-election convention begins

  26-05-2018 23:47 via globalnews.ca
  The PQ began their pre-election convention in Drummondville.
  
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• Canadiens’ prospective draft picks for 2018: Evan Bouchard

  26-05-2018 22:45 via montrealgazette.com
  During the weeks leading up to the 2018 NHL Entry Draft, we’re taking a look at players who might be selected by the Montreal Canadiens. The team has five selections in the first two rounds, including the No. 3 overall pick. Check back daily from Thursday to Monday up until the draft on June 22-23 in Dallas, and weigh in on their potential in the comments section below.
  Evan Bouchard, defenceman
  Height/weight: 6-foot-2, 192 pounds
  Central Scouting Rank: No. 4 North American skaters
  What th
  
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• Three missing Quebec men rescued from wooded area by police helicopter

  26-05-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  Leon Drapeau, 75, Pierre Barriere, 57, and Ronald Filion, 78, were reported missing earlier this week after failing to return from what was supposed to be a day trip to a lake about 200 kilometres northeast of Quebec City.
  
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• 1993 Stanley Cup archive: Charest compares his leadership race to Habs'

  26-05-2018 22:23 via montrealgazette.com
  It has been 25 years since the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. For the next 15 days, we’ll be tracking the Habs’ route to victory with articles from the Montreal Gazette archives. 
  Date: May 26, 1993
  Original headline: I’ve got as much right to win as Habs: Charest
  Environment Minister Jean Charest said yesterday he has as much of a right to win the Progressive Conservative leadership as the Montreal Canadiens have to win the Stanley Cup.
  Though the odds
  
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• Montreal weather: Showers and a risk of thunderboomers

  26-05-2018 21:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The weekend kicks off under cloudy skies with a 40-per-cent chance of showers in the morning.
  Showers will begin near noon and there is a risk of a thunderstorm in the afternoon.
  Environment Canada predicts a cool high of 17 Celsius and a UV index of 5 or moderate.
  Tonight: It will remain cloudy with a 60-per-cent chance of showers overnight and a risk of a thunderstorm before morning. The low will be 11C.
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• Police are treating death in Roxboro as suspicious

  26-05-2018 21:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are treating as suspicious the death of a man in Roxboro who was found shot in his upper body Saturday morning.
  Police responded to a 911 call at 9:50 a.m., showing up at an apartment building on 1st Ave. N, near Gouin Blvd. W.
  “When the police arrived they found a man in the basement with gunshot injuries to his upper body,” said Constable Audre-Anne Picard of the Montreal Police Department. “Unfortunately, he was pronounced dead on the scene.”
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• Missing since Tuesday, three men found in wooded area in Kamouraska

  26-05-2018 21:17 via cbc.ca
  Several days after three friends went missing on route to a fishing trip in Quebec's Kamouraska region, provincial police have confirmed they were found Saturday morning. The men were taken to a local hospital, where one remains in critical condition.
  
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• Man dies after going missing en route fishing trip in Kamouraska region

  26-05-2018 21:17 via cbc.ca
  Several days after three friends went missing on route to a fishing trip near Mont-Carmel in the Kamouraska region, Quebec provincial police confirmed they were found in that area Saturday morning. One of the men later died in hospital.
  
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• 1 of 3 men found in wooded Kamouraska area has died

  26-05-2018 21:17 via cbc.ca
  Several days after three friends went missing on route to a fishing trip in Quebec's Kamouraska region, provincial police have confirmed they were found Saturday morning. The men were taken to a local hospital, where one remains in critical condition.
  
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• C2 Montréal: Valérie Plante and Snoop Dogg are apparently friends now

  26-05-2018 20:40 via montrealgazette.com
  This could be the beginning of a beautiful friendship.
  Montreal mayor Valérie Plante met rapper and cannabis entrepreneur Snoop Dogg at the C2 technology conference on Friday.
  In addition to posing with the rapper for a photograph — “No, I wasn’t trying to kiss Snoop Dogg,” she later joked about the image — she helped present him with a Montreal Canadiens jersey.
  Snoop Dogg was later photographed wearing the sweater as he performed.
  @SnoopDogg in MT
  
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• Fire in Longueuil leaves two families homeless

  26-05-2018 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  Two homes were destroyed in an early morning fire in Saint-Hubert.
  
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• Opponents question CAQ leader François Legault on his sovereigntist past

  26-05-2018 20:21 via cbc.ca
  The criticism comes as the latest opinion polls show the Coalition Avenir Québec holding the most public support ahead of provincial elections set for October.
  
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• CAQ convention: François Legault vows to oppose Montreal's Pink Line

  26-05-2018 20:19 via montrealgazette.com
  LÉVIS – If the Coalition Avenir Québec forms a government Oct.1, it will not support Montreal’s plan for a new métro line.
  But it does back the development of the new driverless light electric rail network (REM) and would want to expand the service further north and south.
  “We think it’s not the most urgent line that we need right now,” CAQ leader François Legault said at a Saturday news conference opening a two-day party policy conventio
  
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• 1993 Stanley Cup archive: Brian Bellows delays wedding for playoffs

  26-05-2018 20:15 via montrealgazette.com
  It has been 25 years since the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. For the next 15 days, we’ll be tracking the Habs’ route to victory with articles from the Montreal Gazette archives. 
  May 26, 1993
  Original headline: No vows for Bellows; Habs’ playoff run delays wedding
  The wedding bells have been muted — for now.
  Canadiens forward Brian Bellows was supposed to be married on June 5 in Minnesota. But this little matter of the Stanley Cup final, specifically G
  
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• Shake things up and get prepared: Earthquake simulator touring Quebec

  26-05-2018 20:08 via montrealgazette.com
  The Insurance Bureau of Canada is crisscrossing Quebec with an earthquake simulator to give citizens a sense of what it’s like to live through a tremblor.
  The bureau will deploy its Shakezone portable earthquake simulator in Quebec City, Laval, Gatineau and Montreal at a variety of festivals and events until June 10. The simulator allows users to experience what it’s like to be in a magnitude 7 Richter scale earthquake for 30 seconds. The goal is to help Quebecers prepare for an even
  
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• Daniel Ricciardo takes pole position in Monaco; Lance Stroll 18th

  26-05-2018 19:48 via montrealgazette.com
  MONACO — Daniel Ricciardo took a dominant pole position for the Monaco Grand Prix on Saturday, softening the blow for Red Bull after his teammate Max Verstappen failed to even start qualifying, having earlier crashed in final practice.
  Ricciardo topped all three sections of qualifying, setting a lap record in the process for only his second career pole. The other was also in Monaco, two years ago.
  “We sent a statement and have been quickest every session,” Ricciardo said. &ldqu
  
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• Montreal Alouettes quarterback Josh Freeman announces retirement

  26-05-2018 19:47 via globalnews.ca
  Freeman's departure narrows the Alouettes' quarterback competition down to four, with Drew Willy and Matthew Shiltz considered the favourites. Antonio Pipkin and Garrett Fugate are also in the running.
  
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• Can a new candidate change the CAQ’s image with women and minorities?

  26-05-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  The CAQ has been ahead in the polls, but they trail in support from women and members of cultural minorities. Can a new candidate change their image?
  
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• Hydro-Québec plugs into Magdalen Islands to slash oil dependency

  26-05-2018 19:27 via cbc.ca
  Hydro-Québec plans to build a 220-kilometre, underwater cable to connect the province's main power grid to the Magdalen Islands, which currently relies solely on a diesel power plant for its energy.
  
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• Police investigate suspicious death in Roxboro apartment building

  26-05-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Officers located a man with gunshot injuries to the upper body in the building's basement.
  
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• Police confirm suspicious death in Roxboro apartment building is a homicide

  26-05-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are investigating the city's 11th homicide of 2018, after a man was found with gunshot wounds inside an apartment building in Roxboro.
  
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• What the Puck: Canadiens should take a page out Vegas GM's playbook

  26-05-2018 18:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Vegas, baby.
  I know there are many of you out there that hate the Vegas Golden Knights’ success story, but don’t count me as one of you naysayers because I’m just a positive kind of guy.
  I love the Vegas fairy tale. The Nashville Predators were my team in the NHL playoffs until they went down to the Winnipeg Jets and I give full credit to the Jets, who were the better team in that epic seven-game bout. Once the Preds were out, I immediately switched my allegiance to this unlike
  
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• Montreal to offer residents up to $4K to treat ash trees against bug infestation

  26-05-2018 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Emerald ash borer beetles, a tiny but destructive bug, have infected thousands of trees across Montreal. The city now plans to offer property owners more financial aid to treat their trees in an effort to contain the infestation.
  
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• Montreal to offer all residents up to $4,000 to treat ash trees against bug infestation

  26-05-2018 18:43 via cbc.ca
  Emerald ash borer beetles, a tiny but destructive bug, have infected thousands of trees across Montreal. The city now plans to offer property owners more financial aid to treat their trees in an effort to contain the infestation.
  
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• Several injured after robbery gone wrong in Montreal gas station parking lot

  26-05-2018 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  Three men were arrested after a possible robbery gone wrong.
  
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• Rainy weekend in Montreal: Five activities the weather won't ruin

  26-05-2018 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  Admittedly, the weekend is starting out slightly blah. Fortunately, we live in Montreal, a city blessed with a plethora of activities that can be done in the rain, or cloud, or damp.
  Here are five things to do to brighten the spirit and elevate the soul, even if the skies are grey and the cloud cover low.
  Gardening weekend at Montreal’s Botanical Garden
  Gardeners will tell you that damp is often the best time to plant. It’s also a good chance to catch the latest in horticultural offe
  
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• ICYMI: It's summertime - allow yourself to have a sweet dessert once in a while! @cookingwithv shared her favourite… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  26-05-2018 16:00
  ICYMI: It's summertime - allow yourself to have a sweet dessert once in a while! @cookingwithv shared her favourite… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Body of missing teenager found in Quebec City cement quarry

  26-05-2018 15:23 via montrealgazette.com
  The body found Friday evening in a cement quarry in the Quebec City neighbourhood of Beauport has been identified as that of a teenager who was reported missing Wednesday.
  The boy’s body was found in a body of water at the bottom of the quarry, located near the Samuel-de-Champlain High School.
  Aurélien Chuop-Mourareau, 16, had not been seen since 10:30 Wednesday morning, when he was in the schoolyard of L’Ancienne-Lorette High School, where he was a student. It was reported th
  
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• Montreal traffic: 5 spots you'll want to avoid Saturday

  26-05-2018 15:09 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s a look at today’s closures and blockages in Montreal.
  — Construction on the Mercier Bridge will reduce traffic in each direction to just one lane on Saturday morning. If all goes well, the remaining lanes should reopen by 11 a.m., but inclement weather could further delay matters.
  — A large section of Highway 20 is closed as part of the ongoing Turcot Interchange reconstruction. This includes sections of Highway 720 and Route 136 between Exit 5 in the Ville-Ma
  
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• While you were sleeping: Feather spill cleanup causes traffic chaos

  26-05-2018 14:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Also: Quebec’s politics apparently have consequences.
  The Parti Québécois is ruling out a candidacy by former leader Pierre Karl Péladeau. Party president Gabrielle Lemieux says the Quebecor CEO won’t return before the Oct. 1 election. In an interview with Radio-Canada, Péladeau didn’t close the door to a return to politics, and current PQ leader Jean-François Lisée said he was always welcome and would make an “exce
  
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• The Week in Review: Lucky birth, Airbnb brouhaha, cops in court, MUHC drugs and Montreal's Alt-right

  26-05-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Catch up on all the big stories that happened this week in Montreal.
  Being born in Montreal probably saved Baby Florencita’s life
  When the agent at the check-in counter at Montréal-Pierre Elliott Trudeau International Airport told Florence Corleto she needed a note from a doctor clearing her to fly — she was 34 weeks pregnant and heading home to El Salvador in early July after a two-week work assignment — he couldn’t have known his decision would probably save the
  
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• Royal Orr: Three hacks for improving your French

  26-05-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Most of us non-francophone Quebecers want to speak French better than what we managed to pick up at school, if only to make life easier at work or out in the world. So here are three “French learning hacks” that have worked for me.
  French learning hack No. 1:
  Tune your radio to Radio-Canada, Première chaine, and leave it there. Make it your go-to source of news, weather and diversion. Even if you’re missing a lot at first, remarkably soon you’ll be catching almost
  
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• For a generation of Habs fans, the 1993 Cup win isn’t even a memory

  26-05-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Samantha Mileto watched her first Montreal Canadiens broadcast on April 9, 2002. The Canadiens were trying to reach the playoffs and captain Saku Koivu made his return to the team after missing most of the 2001-02 season with Burkitt’s lymphoma. It stands as one of her — and many Habs fans’ — most memorable moments.
  Mileto, 26, has been a Canadiens fan “as long as I can remember,” she said.
  Daniel Kozel, 24, wasn’t yet born when the Canadiens won the Sta
  
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• Contemporary St-Sauveur home is classical in style

  26-05-2018 14:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Designing and building one house is challenging enough, but exponentially more so when it’s to be the model for a new high-end housing development, as was the case for Annie Marcil’s home in Le Sommet la Marquise, located within walking distance of the town of St-Sauveur. 
  Phase 1 of the development is well underway, with more houses to be built as the lots are sold, but before the 2014 construction of that first house, it was a blank slate. 
  “I wanted a house that wa
  
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• Montreal museums are free on Sunday. Here's what you need to know

  26-05-2018 13:58 via cbc.ca
  If Sunday’s Museum Day attracts as many people as last year's edition, almost 100,000 visitors will circulate though 34 Montreal museums.
  
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• Free Montreal museums set to attract up to 100,000 visitors Sunday

  26-05-2018 13:58 via cbc.ca
  If Sunday’s Museum Day attracts as many people as last year's edition, almost 100,000 visitors will circulate though 34 Montreal museums.
  
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• Four men injured in fight near Bell Centre

  26-05-2018 13:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Four men were injured, one of them seriously, following a fight that broke out near the Bell Centre overnight in Montreal.
  A first victim was found around 12:30 a.m. in the parking lot of a gas station on de la Montagne Street across from the stadium. The 20 year old had suffered serious injuries to his head, but was expected to survive.
  A 21-year-old man who had been stabbed in the upper body then met with police. His life is not believed to be in danger.
  The two other victims went to a nearby
  
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• Time is on their side: five couples toast half a century of marriage

  26-05-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  You have to be best friends, says Elinor Kaushansky. That comes first. And if your union is to be a long and happy one, as her half-century marriage to Sid has been, you can’t take each other for granted.
  There must be mutual respect, says Reva Fleischer. It “covers everything.” In March she and her husband, Allan, marked their 49th anniversary.
  Esther and Mark Dichter in March 1968. To celebrate their 50th anniversary, they returned to England, where they had honeymooned. They
  
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• Shopify's Harley Finkelstein credits good genes, Montreal generosity

  26-05-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  If you’ve ever bought eggs from the Le Capitaine stand in Jean Talon Market, you’ve brushed with Harley Finkelstein’s family history.
  The 34-year-old businessman in a top role at the e-commerce company Shopify thinks that Montreal encourages people who want to start their own businesses, and he points to his own ancestors to show it.
  “They had to support themselves,” Finkelstein said of his family, who moved to Canada during the 1956 Hungarian revolution. His grandf
  
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• Shelter: The arty Hodgson family finds a bright, roomy home in the Plateau

  26-05-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Rachael Elizabeth Hodgson works in an industry that some dream about, namely the fashion business. A designer of woman’s clothing who specializes in blouses, knit tops and dresses, she has also lived in two of the world’s leading centres of style — Paris and New York.
  Hodgson, who is in her late 30s, grew up in Darlington, England, and studied fashion and design at the University of Southampton. After 18 years of living abroad, she was drawn to Montreal by a job offer from Grou
  
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• Montreal's Russian veterans: Diaspora members meet to remember WWII

  26-05-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Not all of them are in their 90s. David Ficherman, who was the commander of an armoured division in Riga when Germany capitulated, is 103.
  This former captain is one of 43 veterans in the Montreal area of the Great Patriotic War, as Russians and many other former Soviet peoples refer to the conflict spoken of in English as the Second World War. Last year, there were 48.
  Every year, those who are able gather at the downtown consulate of the Russian Federation the day before May 9 — the
  
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• Josh Freed: Forget lists, except the Dry Cleaning Index, which Montreal aced

  26-05-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal was a big economic loser in a new study of 15 North American cities.
  But in the same study, by the Institut du Québec, Conference Board of Canada and HEC Montréal, we also scored the second highest in quality of life — a reminder of the conflicting character of this crazy, chaotic town.
  The bottom line: We are the most successful unsuccessful city going.
  How do we manage to be called a “Leading Economic Laggard” yet enjoy envious lives? I have an exp
  
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• 4 men in hospital after fight near Bell Centre

  26-05-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Police said a fight between two groups led to the stabbing of at least three people at the parking lot of the Esso gas station beside the Bell Centre.
  
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• Tears, cheers and defiance follow Weinstein rape charges

  26-05-2018 12:46 via cbc.ca
  From the tremendous relief and tears of complainants to the stern defence of his lawyer, reactions were swift on Friday after disgraced film producer Harvey Weinstein surrendered to police in New York City to face sexual assault and rape charges.
  
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• Religious order in Quebec City asks to exhume remains of 600 nuns

  26-05-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  The Servants of the Holy Heart of Mary have asked a Quebec judge to allow them to move their cemetery, to allow for the sale of their land and convent.
  
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• Pierre Karl Péladeau isn't running for the PQ — this year

  26-05-2018 04:16 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Parti Québécois is ruling out a candidacy by former leader Pierre Karl Péladeau.
  Party president Gabrielle Lemieux says the Quebecor CEO won’t return before the Oct. 1 election.
  In an interview with Radio-Canada, Péladeau didn’t close the door to a return to politics, and current PQ leader Jean-François Lisée said he was always welcome and would make an “excellent addition” to his team.
  But in an interview
  
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• CBC journalists in Quebec take home 6 national RTDNA awards

  26-05-2018 03:23 via cbc.ca
  The RTDNA Canada awards recognize journalistic excellence in individual reporting, as well as for programs and stations across radio, television and digital platforms. In 2017, CBC Montreal was recognized for breaking news, for best overall website, for best podcast — and for a TV feature on the far-right group La Meute.
  
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• An oral history of the Canadiens' 1993 Stanley Cup win

  26-05-2018 03:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The last time the Canadiens won the Stanley Cup, Carey Price was two months away from his sixth birthday.
  Shea Weber was the ripe old age of 7, while Brendan Gallagher had celebrated his first birthday a month earlier. Jonathan Drouin, Alex Galchenyuk, Jacob De La Rose, Charles Hudon, Artturi Lehkonen, Victor Mete and Noah Juulsen weren’t even born.
  The current members of the Canadiens have little or no memory of the last time there was a Stanley Cup parade in Montreal. The same applies to
  
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• Crickets, dead fish and marbles: Why Montreal police are investigating a high school prank gone wrong - Globalnews.ca

  26-05-2018 03:05 via globalnews.ca
  Crickets, dead fish and marbles: Why Montreal police are investigating a high school prank gone wrong
  Globalnews.ca
  Fri, May 25: A graduation prank went terribly wrong at a Montreal North high school after a staff member was injured. As Global's Cora MacDonald reports, Montreal police are investigating – but no one has come forward and confessed.
  
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