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• Chronic pain patients reluctant to consider opioids

  30-05-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, May 30: Many patients who suffer from chronic pain are facing increased stigma when they turn to opioids, according to a new study out of Montreal. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports, the study’s leading researcher wants doctors and the general public to stop stigmatizing patients.
  
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• 'Prince of Pot' Marc Emery says Quebec cannabis plan will fail, keep black market in business

  30-05-2018 23:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Canada’s highest-profile supporter of the legalization of recreational cannabis said Quebec’s proposed model to sell the drug is doomed to fail and will only serve to keep organized crime in the marketplace.
  Marc Emery, 60, made his comments to reporters at the Montreal courthouse while he kept a Quebec Court judge waiting to hear his guilty plea for his role in promoting a series of illegal cannabis dispensaries that opened in the city in December 2016.
  Emery had to be summoned away
  
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• Dorchester Square Park revamp tests residents’ patience

  30-05-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, May 30: A major revamp for one of the most cherished parks in downtown Montreal is underway. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, the construction in Dorchester Square Park is taking a toll on the patience of people who work and travel through the area.
  
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• Quebec Liberal MNA Robert Poëti not seeking re-election

  30-05-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, May 30: Quebec MNA Robert Poëti will not be running in the next provincial election. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, he is the 16th Liberal MNA to announce he’s leaving politics at the end of this term.
  
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• Valérie Plante wants more transparency over Parc Jean-Drapeau contracts

  30-05-2018 23:20 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante said Wednesday that transparency is the most important issue when it comes to contracts between event organizers and the Société du parc Jean-Drapeau.
  
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• ‘Prince of Pot’ Marc Emery gets fine after guilty plea on trafficking charge

  30-05-2018 22:52 via globalnews.ca
  The self-styled Prince of Pot has pleaded guilty to trafficking cannabis and will pay a $5,000 fine.
  
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• Montreal CEO of top adult site says #MeToo counts in her world, too

  30-05-2018 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Appearances can be deceiving. With its brightly coloured fixtures, full-service cafeteria, workout equipment and banks of computers operated by a force of diverse young people, the massive, 16,000-square-foot St-Henri loft could pass for a hipster advertising or IT company. Not quite.
  Though there is no sign on the door, it is the home of ManyVids, the world’s most visited adult entertainment website, with nearly 2 million active members.
  “People come in here and probably expect to s
  
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• Montreal International Jazz Festival: Highlights of 300 free outdoor shows

  30-05-2018 21:22 via montrealgazette.com
  A breath of fresh air sweeps through the Montreal International Jazz Festival as rising Toronto R&B vocalist Jessie Reyez leads the lineup of over 300 free outdoor shows.
  Winner of this year’s Juno Award for Breakthrough Artist of the Year, the Toronto-born Colombian-Canadian singer performs the mid-fest free outdoor blowout, July 3 at 9:30 p.m. on Place des Festivals. 
  The jazz fest will stretch out again with its event-closing blowout by The War on Drugs, winner of this year&rsq
  
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• Quebec cancer patient says he was forced to leave Relay For Life event over animal companion

  30-05-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  The family of a South Shore man with cancer is upset and confused after they had to leave a Relay For Life event because of their small dog.
  
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• 'Prince of Pot' pleads guilty in Montreal cannabis dispensaries case

  30-05-2018 21:15 via montrealgazette.com
  Canada’s highest-profile supporter of the legalization of recreational cannabis said Quebec’s proposed model to sell the drug is doomed to fail and will only serve to keep organized crime in this province in the marketplace.
  Marc Emery, 60, made his comments to reporters at the Montreal courthouse while he kept a Quebec Court judge waiting to hear his guilty plea for his role in promoting a series of illegal cannabis dispensaries that opened in the city in December 2016.
  Emery had to
  
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• Canadiens’ prospective draft picks for 2018: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, centre

  30-05-2018 21:00 via montrealgazette.com
  During the weeks leading up to the 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 Wednesday to Sunday up until the draft on June 22-23 in Dallas, and weigh in on their potential in the comments section below.
  Jesperi Kotkaniemi, centre
  Height/weight: 6-foot-2, 190 pounds
  NHL Central Scouting Rank: No. 6 among European skaters
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• Dawson College teacher scales the school’s buildings

  30-05-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, May 30: Dawson College physical education teacher Mark Abbott is retiring from teaching — and scaling the school’s buildings. Global’s Rachel Lau meets the man who changes the college’s lights.
  
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• CP Rail reaches tentative deal with Teamsters union, ending strike

  30-05-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  CP has reached a tentative deal with the union representing striking engineers, meaning operations will be back to normal as early as Thursday.
  
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• Get jazzed about Montreal's 2018 free, outdoor jazz festival shows

  30-05-2018 19:33 via cbc.ca
  Jessie Reyez, The War on Drugs to headline outdoor shows at the annual festival.
  
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• Iconic Pointe-Claire Village watering hole is being sold to condo developer

  30-05-2018 19:31 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s a place where politicians met with friends to forget about the latest poll while metal heads gathered in the back room to listen to the latest in mind-melting metal. The Pioneer, then Clydes, then the Pioneer is a storied structure on the main strip of the Pointe-Claire Village and if the scuttlebutt is true, it is poised to close for good.
  Almost everybody in the West Island has a story about the Pioneer. Sneaking in underage to drink too much beer. Unwinding after a stressful day at
  
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• Complaint filed against Montreal radio host who compared Gregory Charles to feces

  30-05-2018 19:28 via cbc.ca
  Montreal activist Will Prosper says the comment, made during an episode of Ça rentre au poste by host José Gaudet, was "unacceptable" and he wants Gaudet to make an official apology to the black community.
  
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• Food, retail and culture market to open in Montreal's Eaton Centre

  30-05-2018 19:26 via montrealgazette.com
  A new market from the global media company Time Out is set to open in the Eaton Centre on Ste-Catherine St. late next year.
  Time Out Market Montreal “will include a curated mix of 16 food offerings, two bars, a demo kitchen, a cooking academy, a retail shop and a cultural stage,” according to Ivanhoé Cambridge, the company that owns the Eaton Centre. Ivanhoé Cambridge said the market will have “a focus on supporting local businesses.”
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• Robert Poëti becomes latest Liberal minister to announce he won't run again

  30-05-2018 19:10 via cbc.ca
  Poëti, a Liberal MNA for the Marguerite-Bourgeoys riding and Quebec's Minister for Integrity in Public Procurement and for Information Resources, said he will not seek re-election in upcoming provincial vote.
  
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• Trucking companies try to quash injunction that keeps them off rural road en route to Turcot

  30-05-2018 19:04 via cbc.ca
  Residents on Montreal's South Shore who fought to keep heavy trucks from transporting materials to the Turcot Interchange construction site using a rural road are getting some pushback in court today.
  
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• Dawson College teacher to retire after 10 years of scaling buildings to change lights, flags

  30-05-2018 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  Dawson College physical education teacher Mark Abbott has been scaling the school's buildings for over 10 years.
  
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• Drugs seized, 4 arrested in Longueuil during probe of possible OD deaths

  30-05-2018 18:56 via montrealgazette.com
  Two 24-year-old women and two 26-year-old men are expected to appear in court in Longueuil Wednesday after being arrested during a series of raids by local police linked to a probe of possible overdose deaths in the South Shore municipality.
  The four will face drug trafficking and conspiracy charges, and a fifth suspect, a 44-year-old male, is still being sought by police.
  Police say the raids and arrests stem from their probe into the deaths of seven people — possibly due to drug overdose
  
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• Westmount loses bid to halt noisy Turcot construction

  30-05-2018 18:54 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec Superior Court Judge rejected the request for an injunction in a decision, rendered May 17.
  
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• Montreal says goodbye to the original 1966 Metro car

  30-05-2018 18:33 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal's Metro network will be paying tribute to its flagship MR-63 trains by running the very last train on each of the four lines between June 18 and 21.
  
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• Châteauguay police seek help to find missing woman

  30-05-2018 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Châteauguay police are seeking the public's help to find a 51-year-old woman who has been missing since May 1.
  
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• Farewell tour for the MR-63, the Montreal métro's 52-year-old workhorse

  30-05-2018 18:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Those who repair and maintain them say they’re still good for 20 years, but the Société de transport de Montréal has decided to retire the last of its MR-63 subway cars at the end of June.
  However, the transit authority also reasons that a 52-year run deserves a farewell tour.
  Part of the original rolling stock of the STM when the subway was inaugurated in 1966, the cars served during Expo 67, the 1976 Olympic Games, two sovereignty referendums, any number of Habs and
  
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• Quebec Liberal Robert Poëti not seeking re-election this October

  30-05-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  He made the announcement Wednesday morning on his Facebook page.
  
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• Quebec Liberal Robert Poeti not seeking reelection this October

  30-05-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  He made the announcement Wednesday morning on his Facebook page.
  
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• Quebec Liberal Robert Poeti not seeking re-election this October

  30-05-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  He made the announcement Wednesday morning on his Facebook page.
  
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• Don't expect Canadiens GM Marc Bergevin to trade No. 3 overall pick

  30-05-2018 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin says he’s unlikely to trade the No. 3 overall pick at this year’s NHL Draft.
  During a Q&A interview with Mike Zeisberger of NHL.com Tuesday in Buffalo, where the 2018 NHL Scouting Combine is being held this week, Bergevin said he would have to be blown away with a trade offer from another team in order to deal the No. 3 pick that the Canadiens won in the NHL Draft Lottery after finishing 28th in the overall NHL standings this season wi
  
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• 1993 Stanley Cup archive: Canadians cheering for Leafs, not Habs

  30-05-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  It has been 25 years since the Montreal Canadiens won the Stanley Cup. Leading up to the anniversary on June 9, we’ll be tracking the Habs’ route to victory with articles from the Montreal Gazette archives. 
  May 29, 1993
  Original headline: Leafs huge favourites in Stanley Cup poll; But Quebecers love Canadiens
  OTTAWA — If the Toronto Maple Leafs meet the Montreal Canadiens in the Stanley Cup final, the big loser might be national unity.
  In Quebec, Habs fans outnu
  
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• Longueuil police arrest 4, seize 'all kinds' of narcotics in Tuesday night raid

  30-05-2018 18:12 via cbc.ca
  Longueuil police have arrested four people and seized “narcotics of all kinds” in connection to the deaths of seven people since May 12 in the area.
  
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• Beyond the Plate with Joe Mercuri: the accidental star chef

  30-05-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the second instalment in the monthly series Beyond the Plate, looking at the motivations and passions of local chefs. This week: Joe Mercuri.
  There is a quote by the late Julia Child that is bang-on when describing Joe Mercuri: “People who love to eat are always the best people.”
  Mercuri is a force on the Montreal food scene. When the gregarious 40-something walks into Westmount’s Cafe Gentile, the launching point for our adventure, he has undeniable star power. But he
  
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• Closure of treasured softball diamond at Jeanne-Mance Park frustrates players

  30-05-2018 17:59 via cbc.ca
  Players were told the city has to close the field, located on Mont-Royal Avenue near the corner of Parc Avenue, because the danger of errant balls hitting passersby was too great.
  
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• Opinion: My life as a Starbucks orphan in Montreal

  30-05-2018 17:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Almost 20 years ago, my life hit rock bottom.
  I had lost my business. But what I didn’t fully comprehend back then is that I had lost myself.
  I had no idea of the storm coming. All I did know is that it was coming. The days became impossible, reminding me of what I didn’t want to know, let alone face.
  Today my mind is blank about those early weeks and months. Everything seems blocked out, except for one strange detail. I remember vividly my days in the local Starbucks, wher
  
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• Union of striking CP workers says fatigue management major issue

  30-05-2018 17:53 via cbc.ca
  More than 3,000 conductors and locomotive engineers at Canadian Pacific, including over 100 in northeastern Ontario are on strike.
  
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• Bottle ban: Soon, Montrealers won't be able to buy water in city buildings

  30-05-2018 17:43 via montrealgazette.com
  Montrealers will soon not be able to reach for water bottles in vending machines in city buildings.
  On Tuesday, city council unanimously passed a motion banning single-use water containers from municipal buildings.
  What does the water-bottle ban mean?
  Montreal will “prohibit the purchase and distribution of single-use plastic water bottles, notably 500 millilitre ones, through all city departments and business units, with the exception of the supplies necessary in the event of a crisis or
  
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• Manon Massé, in hospital for a month, calls on health ministry to "clean up" its act

  30-05-2018 17:37 via cbc.ca
  Manon Massé, spokesperson for provincial party Québec solidaire, is calling on Health Minister Gaétan Barrette to “clean up” the province’s health system after spending a month in a rehabilitation centre with a fractured femur.
  
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• Martin Patriquin: Cowardly alt-right is running scared in Quebec

  30-05-2018 17:34 via montrealgazette.com
  Raphaël Lévesque is a terrible example for the white race.
  The Quebec City native’s lengthy criminal record is strewn with a variety of indictable indiscretions in the latter 16 of his 34 years, including assault, threats and drug trafficking. He has served time in jail, most recently in 2016. His criminal activity has cost him at least one job, according to his lawyer.
  Last year, he threatened to burn down the offices of the province’s anti-radicalization force should it
  
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• Quebec-wide pit-bull law unlikely to pass before October election

  30-05-2018 17:23 via montrealgazette.com
  It seems that despite a commitment to do so by the Liberal government, there will be no provincial ban on pit bull-type dogs — at least not before the Oct. 1 general election.
  It seems that the adoption of Bill 128, which aims at regulating the possession of dogs deemed dangerous, will not occur before the National Assembly suspends on June 15.
  More than a year after the bill was tabled in April 2017, study of its contents has not even begun, which makes any adoption before the summer rece
  
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• Facebook slacktivism: Gas price protest runs on empty

  30-05-2018 17:21 via globalnews.ca
  Highly anticipated gas price protest fizzles out when no one shows up.
  
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• 'The future lies in renewal': Poëti is the latest Quebec Liberal to quit politics

  30-05-2018 16:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Robert Poëti, a provincial police officer turned Liberal MNA and cabinet minister, announced Wednesday that he is leaving politics.
  The 62-year-old Poëti made the announcement on his Facebook page, saying that he would continue to serve as an MNA until the general election in October.
  Emerging from a party caucus meeting Wednesday, Poëti told reporters he would be back to talk after question period.
  But in a video on his Facebook page he thanks many people.
  “Today, I wanted
  
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• Girls living out loud

  30-05-2018 16:08 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Kim Sullivan and her special guests to get all the details of the upcoming “Girls Living Out Loud” empowerment event.
  
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• When the living is easy: Montreal's top 10 parks for picnicking this summer

  30-05-2018 15:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Summer is almost, basically, apparently here. With the annual Tour de l’Île getting cyclists out and about on Sunday, you could do worse than wandering to your nearest green space with a basket of food and your beverage of choice. Here are 10+ suggestions of hot/cool Montreal picnic spots.
  1. Jeanne-Mance Park/Mount Royal Park. The convergence point between Jeanne-Mance Park and Mount Royal Park (a.k.a. the Mountain) is the heart and soul of the city. The starting point of the Tour d
  
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• Going to a wedding this summer? Check out these looks from @zeeta https://t.co/iVZuXRS1kD

  30-05-2018 15:53
  
  Going to a wedding this summer? Check out these looks from @zeeta https://t.co/iVZuXRS1kD
  
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• Planning to avoid financial pitfalls

  30-05-2018 15:50 via globalnews.ca
  Join financial advisor Michael Martella and Global’s Laura Casella to find out how proper planning will help you to avoid financial pitfalls and achieve your goals in life.
  
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• From Montreal to Hollywood – We chat with the team behind the film 'Book Club' - @erinsimms9 & @200bill https://t.co/gOBxnM0HYp

  30-05-2018 15:48
  
  From Montreal to Hollywood – We chat with the team behind the film 'Book Club' - @erinsimms9 & @200bill https://t.co/gOBxnM0HYp
  
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• Atlantic Canada warned about beetles that have laid waste to Quebec, Ontario trees

  30-05-2018 15:29 via globalnews.ca
  The Nature Conservancy of Canada says the emerald ash borer has been discovered in Edmundston, N.B., and is urging the public to help reduce its spread.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Wednesday, May 30

  30-05-2018 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Wednesday, May 30.
  
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• Bike path controversy in Montreal North @DomenicFazioli https://t.co/sciZM9VFOo

  30-05-2018 14:45
  
  Bike path controversy in Montreal North @DomenicFazioli https://t.co/sciZM9VFOo
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Wednesday, May 30

  30-05-2018 14:39 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Wednesday, May 30.
  
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