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• Montreal football star officially becomes a doctor

  29-05-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 29: A Montreal-born NFL football star has officially graduated from McGill University’s medical school. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, while Laurent Duvernay-Tardif’s teammates relax in the off-season, he has spent every minute studying and seeing patients.
  
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• Quebec MNAs get to work with clock ticking

  29-05-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 29: With three weeks to pass legislation before the National Assembly breaks for summer and the fall election, Quebec MNAs are scrambling to finish work on bills. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, politicians are also busy campaigning – particularly for Anglophone votes.
  
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• Valérie Plante weighs in on Formula E fallout

  29-05-2018 23:31 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 29: Montreal’s inspector general found the Denis Coderre administration skirted the rules to hold the Formula E race. Global Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard speaks to Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante about what steps the city may take in light of the damning report.
  
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• Concrete falling from Turcot Interchange prompts concerns

  29-05-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, May 29: Montreal drivers were stuck in heavy traffic during morning rush-hour after a slab of concrete fell from the Turcot Interchange. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, the incident is raising a lot of questions about the safety of the Turcot.
  
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• Quebec man charged with second-degree murder in father’s death

  29-05-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  A Quebec man has been charged with second-degree murder in his father's death.
  
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• Police, public health officials investigate possible drug use tied to 7 recent deaths in Longueuil

  29-05-2018 22:10 via cbc.ca
  The Montérégie department of public health said it is investigating six of seven deaths in the last two weeks in the Longueuil area as possible drug overdoses.
  
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• Man injured in Vaudreuil-Dorion shootout with SQ to plead guilty

  29-05-2018 21:56 via montrealgazette.com
  A 28-year-old man who was injured in a shootout with police officers in the parking lot of the Sûreté du Québec’s detachment in Vaudreuil-Dorion will plead guilty to some of the eight charges filed against him two summers ago, a judge was told on Tuesday.
  Christopher Perez made an appearance before Quebec Court Judge Magali Lepage at the Valleyfield courthouse during which prosecutor Hélène Langis announced that, following long discussions with the accused
  
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• Ottawa's plan to buy Trans Mountain project raises concern in Quebec over provincial rights

  29-05-2018 21:53 via cbc.ca
  Quebec Premier Philippe Couillard says the debate over the contentious Trans Mountain pipeline expansion project belongs in Western Canada. Quebec opposition parties have blasted the federal government for its plans to buy the project, however.
  
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• ‘It’s a landmark’: Pointe-Claire residents vow to save the Pioneer

  29-05-2018 21:53 via globalnews.ca
  Residents are vowing to fight to save the Pioneer from being transformed into condos.
  
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• Brownstein: Montreal teen whiz kid dazzles Alzheimer’s researchers

  29-05-2018 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  Just maybe there is hope for the future. There are actually young people out there like Maya Mikutra-Cencora who will restore your faith in humanity.
  On the surface, Mikutra-Cencora, a 17-year-old Grade 12 student at Collège Brébeuf, looks and dresses like your typical teen. She has typical teen tastes when it comes to music — the Black Keys, Cage the Elephant — and movies: Wonder Woman, Interstellar. And she has a soft spot for the Habs and Harry Potter.
  What is not ty
  
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• Garage Sale & Pop up cafe

  29-05-2018 21:37 via globalnews.ca
  Fundraising sale for Mosaik Family Resource Centre Toys, Children & Adult clothing, Household Items, Books
  
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• Update: We can keep old Champlain span going until at least June 2019: agency

  29-05-2018 21:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante is worried about a federal report that the new Champlain Bridge may not open in December after all.
  But the agency that operates the old one says it’s ready to keep the span going until at least June 2019. And the federal infrastructure minister reiterated that “the objective (is) to open the new Champlain Bridge to traffic on Dec. 21, 2018.”
  Speaking to reporters in Quebec City on Tuesday, Plante said: “Of course I’m concerned, beca
  
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• Let Quebec decide on growing pot at home

  29-05-2018 21:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Should Canadians across the country be permitted to grow their own cannabis plants for recreational use? And who should get to decide — provincial governments, or the federal government?
  The issue has been a sticking point on the ever-winding road to marijuana legalization in Canada. On Monday, a Senate social affairs committee conducted a clause-by-clause study of C-45,  the federal bill addressing the regulation, sale and cultivation of recreational cannabis
  
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• F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen files extortion complaint against Montreal woman

  29-05-2018 21:08 via montrealgazette.com
  F1 star Kimi Raikkonen has filed a complaint with Montreal police alleging extortion and harassment by a woman who is claiming damages for alleged sexual assault at a bar in 2016.
  The allegations against the Ferrari driver are detailed in a blog item by the woman, who doesn’t name Raikkonen explicitly.
  The woman, who was working as a waitress, accuses him of grabbing her breast and a member of his entourage of touching her genitals as she tried to get them to settle a bar tab.
  A member of
  
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• Update: Turcot investigation launched after fallen concrete discovered

  29-05-2018 20:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s Transport Ministry is investigating what caused several pieces of concrete to fall from the exit ramp connecting the Décarie Expressway southbound to Highway 20 West in the Turcot Interchange. Two major access ramps had to be closed during morning rush hour Tuesday, causing major traffic backlogs.
  At 7 a.m., traffic was backed up to the Champlain Bridge and into the South Shore. Travellers from the west reported bottlenecks stretching beyond Lachine.
  Several pieces of concr
  
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• Conservatives accuse Goodale of ‘hiding’ the number of deported asylum seekers

  29-05-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  Public Safety Minister Ralph Goodale was accused on Tuesday of "hiding" the number of people who have been removed from Canada after crossing the border irregularly.
  
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• CP Rail strike not expected to affect Montreal’s commuter trains

  29-05-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal's commuter trains are not expected to be affected by the CP Rail strike.
  
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• Former Dawson College student denounces harassment in theatre program as faculty members resign

  29-05-2018 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  A former student, who has asked to remain anonymous, says there has been an ongoing problem of bullying spanning at least 20 years.
  
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• Auditor general doubts new Champlain Bridge will open on schedule in December

  29-05-2018 20:04 via cbc.ca
  Auditor General Michael Ferguson calls the bridge consortium's vow to meet its Dec. 21 deadline 'ambitious,' and he says the government could have saved taxpayers half a billion dollars had it acted more quickly to replace the crumbling bridge.
  
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• F1 driver Kimi Raikkonen files police complaint against Montreal woman

  29-05-2018 19:19 via globalnews.ca
  Kimi Raikkonen denies the allegations and claims to not know the woman.
  
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• Coeur de pirate's #MeToo moment: Béatrice Martin explores her trauma

  29-05-2018 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  Béatrice Martin tells it like it is.
  Martin — who goes by the name Coeur de pirate in her professional life as one of Quebec’s most successful singer-songwriters — is brutally honest, whether she’s on Twitter (it’s really her tweeting, not some corporate PR drone, as is the case with most pop stars), talking to journalists or writing songs. The honesty is all the more impressive given that she’s a major star — she hit it big in France soon after t
  
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• Update: Turcot ramps reopen after being deemed safe for traffic

  29-05-2018 18:31 via montrealgazette.com
  The access ramps off of Highway 15 at the Turcot Interchange that were closed for emergency inspections Tuesday morning have reopened, Transport Quebec said.
  Two access ramps off of Highway 15 leading to the 20 West at the Turcot interchange were closed for emergency inspections early Tuesday after a report that concrete had fallen from the structure. The report was issued at 5 a.m.
  Transport Quebec said the structure was inspected to ensure it was safe to reopen the ramps.
  Transport Quebec repo
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Curried Sweet Potato and Split Pea Stew

  29-05-2018 17:51 via montrealgazette.com
  A well-stocked pantry might be all the inspiration you need to make an interesting dinner. As this U.S. blogger puts it, if you have a good variety of basics on hand, you minimize last-minute runs to the grocery store. Jodi Moreno, Brooklyn, N.Y., is the author of More With Less: Whole Food Cooking Made Irresistibly Simple (Roost/Penguin Random House, $47). She starts her user-friendly collection of more than 130 recipes with a detailed chapter on what she has in her pantry. This term, to her, i
  
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• 'Pride, aggression' fuelled stabbing of Montreal teen, prosecutor says

  29-05-2018 17:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The jury trial of a Montreal teenager accused of stabbing a 15-year-old to death after a Halloween party on Nuns’ Island began Tuesday in Quebec Youth Court with the prosecution’s summary of the evidence.
  This is not a story about youths with troubled pasts, or about drug deals and street gangs, said prosecutor Anne-Claire Perron.
  “But it’s about teenagers carried away by pride, aggression, impatience and mostly a bad choice to take the knife offered by a friend and to us
  
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• From a refugee camp to a career in modelling - The story of @queenkim_nyakim youtu.be/qolyHavCVbI https://t.co/FL1FN8shA9

  29-05-2018 17:13
  
  From a refugee camp to a career in modelling - The story of @queenkim_nyakim youtu.be/qolyHavCVbI https://t.co/FL1FN8shA9
  
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• Allison Hanes: Legault short-sighted not to think Pink

  29-05-2018 17:01 via montrealgazette.com
  The road to electoral power in Quebec has never run through Montreal.
  And early front-runner François Legault seems to have made the calculation that it certainly doesn’t run through Montreal métro tunnels.
  The Coalition Avenir Québec leader told a party convention in Lévis during the weekend that Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante’s proposal to build a new Pink Line of the métro would not be a priority if he leads the next government. The Quebec
  
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• Lord Stanley statue in Vancouver gets new look in honour of Red Fisher

  29-05-2018 16:26 via montrealgazette.com
  Members of the Professional Hockey Writers Association weren’t the only ones wearing red for Game 1 of Monday night’s Stanley Cup final in honour of the legendary Red Fisher, who died in January at age 91.
  Fisher, who retired from the Montreal Gazette in 2012, covered the Canadiens and the NHL for 57 years, writing about 17 Stanley Cup championship teams and 15 players who ended up in the Hockey Hall of Fame. He won three National Newspaper Awards and was named a member of the O
  
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• The ABCs of pool and water safety youtu.be/9I1iTfTLlxc https://t.co/UMS5P1Y2rW

  29-05-2018 16:21
  
  The ABCs of pool and water safety youtu.be/9I1iTfTLlxc https://t.co/UMS5P1Y2rW
  
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• Turcot Interchange reopened after concrete falls, closing ramps

  29-05-2018 16:20 via globalnews.ca
  The Turcot Interchange has reopened after a piece of concrete fell Tuesday morning.
  
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• 4 weekday trains to be cut from Deux-Montagnes line starting in June

  29-05-2018 15:54 via cbc.ca
  One of two tracks on the south side of the train line will be closed in order to speed up the construction of the $6.3-billion project. As of June 25, three departures for downtown and one toward the West Island will no longer be in service.
  
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• The Wall Extravaganza

  29-05-2018 15:41 via globalnews.ca
  If you’re a big fan of Pink Floyd’s music and would love to see them on stage – we have the next best thing! The Wall Extravaganza is set for Thursday night May 31st. We get a preview with producer Richard Petit.
  
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• Self care for new moms

  29-05-2018 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  Are you feeling a little overwhelmed as a new mom? Join Global’s Laura Casella and beauty and style expert Lisa Kisber as they look at ways to care for yourself while you’re taking care of everyone else.
  
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• Staying on the fitness track while vacationing

  29-05-2018 15:27 via globalnews.ca
  Going on vacation? Don’t leave your fitness behind! Join Global’s Kim Sullivan and fitness expert Tina Toner and find out how to pack with fitness in mind.
  
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• Dare to give campaign

  29-05-2018 15:23 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec Breast Cancer Foundation wants you to donate a bra for their “Dare to Give” campaign. Join Global’s Laura Casella and spokesperson Stéphanie Alexandra Joseph to find out how you can participate and make a difference.
  
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• Right on track for 40 years of F1 in Montreal youtu.be/_4vXeJdcnqA https://t.co/TjmIEgz7xV

  29-05-2018 15:04
  
  Right on track for 40 years of F1 in Montreal youtu.be/_4vXeJdcnqA https://t.co/TjmIEgz7xV
  
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• F1's Raikonnen claims Montreal woman tried to extort money from him: reports

  29-05-2018 14:56 via montrealgazette.com
  F1 driver Kimi Raikonnen has filed a complaint with Montreal police alleging a local woman tried to extort money from him in the wake of a meeting in 2016, several news outlets reported on Tuesday.
  According to the reports, the alleged extortion attempt is based on a claim by the woman that Raikonnen, who drives for the Ferrari team, touched her breasts during an encounter two years ago.
  Montreal police said on Tuesday that they do not confirm whether complaints have been filed with the for
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Tuesday, May 29

  29-05-2018 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Tuesday, May 29.
  
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• Jewish General Hospital pushes envelope in robotic surgery

  29-05-2018 14:38 via montrealgazette.com
  Robotic surgery — once a rarity  — has become so commonplace at the Jewish General Hospital that some surgeons now operate more often than not with the help of robotic arms during certain procedures.
  A decade ago, surgeons at the Côte-des-Neiges hospital performed traditional open surgery in 90 per cent of gynecologic cancer operations, and in 10 per cent of cases they were assisted by robots. Today, that ratio has flipped, with surgeons performing 90 per cent of such oper
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/CyYPZJADCW

  29-05-2018 14:35
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/CyYPZJADCW
  
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• Villeray–St-Michel–Parc-Ex mayor apologizes amid harassment allegations

  29-05-2018 14:34 via cbc.ca
  Mayor Giuliana Fumagalli apologized to "anyone hurt by [my] comments," two weeks after she was asked to work from home amid harassment allegations.
  
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• Did you catch @WilliamdeVry1 doing the weather with @cvdmtl? Well, now he's joined @joannevrakas to chat with mode… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-05-2018 14:31
  Did you catch @WilliamdeVry1 doing the weather with @cvdmtl? Well,now he's joined @joannevrakas to chat with mode… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Montreal-area raids target alleged black market labour ring

  29-05-2018 14:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Raids aimed at an alleged black market labour ring were launched early Tuesday by Quebec’s Labour Ministry.
  The ministry alleges the ring worked out of job placement agency that exploited workers with little knowledge of their legal rights — particularly in the areas of the minimum wage or benefits available to sick or laid off employees.
  Six raids have been carried out thus far in the wake of an investigation launched by the ministry.
  Given that the operation is ongoing, authorities
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Tuesday, May 29

  29-05-2018 14:21 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Tuesday, May 29.
  
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• NEXT: @queenkim_nyakim was living in a Kenyan refugee camp at 14 years old. Now, she's a successful model! We're ta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  29-05-2018 14:20
  NEXT: @queenkim_nyakim was living in a Kenyan refugee camp at 14 years old. Now, she's a successful model! We're ta… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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