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• Quebec police locate 24-year-old woman allegedly kidnapped by ex-boyfriend

  03-06-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  A 24-year-old woman is safe and her ex-boyfriend has been arrested following an alleged kidnapping north of Montreal Sunday morning.
  
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• Quebec Liberals add economic uncertainty to reasons they should stay in office

  03-06-2018 23:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Money to help four-year-olds get daycare, a pitch to Quebec’s anglophones and an attack on François Legault, who Liberals say would probably fail a Canadian version of his own values test.
  Quebec’s Liberals this weekend stepped up efforts to square the circle with voters in the continuing battle to incarnate the change Quebecers say they want so badly.
  But with the economy moving into uncertain waters, the Liberals trotted out an old weapon in their political arsenal, one used
  
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• ‘Tour de l’Île’ jams up traffic but goes off without a hitch: Montreal police

  03-06-2018 23:03 via globalnews.ca
  Some 25,000 cyclists headed out to tour the city by bike Sunday morning for the 34th anniversary of Montreal's "Tour De l'Île."
  
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• Two longtime friends build cultural bridges in the West Island

  03-06-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  What started out as a simple childhood friendship has blossomed out into building an important bridge among religious communities in the West Island.
  
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• Quebec mechanic seeks to empower women by teaching them how to care for their cars

  03-06-2018 22:30 via cbc.ca
  Annie Barrette is an electrician and millwright by trade, and she holds mechanic workshops for women who want to learn how to take care of their cars.
  
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• Jack Todd: The Vegas Golden Knights are not your father’s expansion team

  03-06-2018 21:43 via montrealgazette.com
  I can pinpoint the exact moment when I began feeling a little queasy about this manufactured fairy tale with the overblown monicker: the Vegas Golden Knights.
  It was the moment they picked up Marc Methot in the expansion draft.
  That was when I sensed two things: First, the Knights were going to be better than I thought. Second, the whole thing made me a bit uneasy.
  Today, with the Knights everyone’s favourite feel-good story, down a game but definitely not out in this improbable Stanley Cu
  
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• Global aluminum industry leaders meet in Montreal amidst tariff concerns

  03-06-2018 21:11 via globalnews.ca
  Aluminum industry leaders meet in Montreal amidst tariff concerns.
  
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• Thousands of Montreal cyclists hit the streets for annual Tour de l'Île

  03-06-2018 20:56 via cbc.ca
  For drivers, it's a dreaded maze of road closures and slow downs. For cyclists, it's a chance to hit the open road free of other vehicles.
  
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• Focus Montreal: ‘Joseph and the Technicolor Dreamcoat’

  03-06-2018 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  Actor Sam Boucher and producer Mitchell Brownstein, join senior anchor Jamie Orchard to talk about the Côte Saint-Luc Dramatic Society’s latest production.
  
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• Focus Montreal: One-on-one with Valérie Plante

  03-06-2018 20:26 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante joins senior anchor Jamie Orchard to discuss the steps the city may take after a scathing report revealed the former administration worked around the rules to hold the controversial Formula E race. Part one of two.
  
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• Marc Richardson: Never mind America, let's make libraries great again

  03-06-2018 20:16 via montrealgazette.com
  I was planning on writing this column from the Aire Commune space in the Mile-End, which is located in a formerly vacant lot near de Gaspé and Bernard Aves. It’s a novel co-working concept driven by the provincial and municipal governments and Mile-End tenants like Ubisoft and Romeo’s Gin, among others. But with the warm weather making the prospect of working outside under the sun less attractive, I settled on an air-conditioned café instead.
  One place — or type o
  
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• Man, 26, arrested north of Montreal in kidnapping case

  03-06-2018 20:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Provincial police arrested a 26-year-old man in Notre-Dame-de-la-Merci, 110 kilometres north of Montreal, after a young woman was allegedly kidnapped from a home in St-Eustache Sunday morning.
  Isabelle Cyr, 24, was found safe and sound in the village of fewer than 1,000 residents after police got a tip from a member of the public, the Sûreté du Québec said in a press release about 12:30 p.m.
  Benjamin Dallaire, of St-Hubert, allegedly appeared at 8:45 a.m. at a home on De Bell
  
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• Lesley Chesterman's 10 favourite Montreal pizza places

  03-06-2018 20:00 via montrealgazette.com
  When exactly did Montreal’s pizza scene swivel from old-school pies to the Neapolitan-style pizza that has flooded the scene today? I’d say the fall of 2006, when Bottega Pizzeria opened its doors, and what a thrill ever since it has been to wolf back one excellent pizza after another.Yes, the old-school pizza still hits the spot, but the Naples-style pizza served in the city’s trendiest restaurants are simply sensational, especially when made with homemade ingredients, paired
  
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• 1993 Stanley Cup archive: Habs' Carbonneau wants to take on Gretzky

  03-06-2018 20:00 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. 
  June 3, 1993
  Original headline: Captain Carbo seeks responsibility of Gretzky
  Carbo wants 99.
  If the Stanley Cup final really were the World Wrestling Federation on blades as some ESPN watchers think it is, Guy Carbonneau would have screamed that at 7:30 tonight at the
  
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• Martine Ouellet loses Bloc Québécois leadership confidence vote

  03-06-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  The party says 32 per cent voted in favour of her leadership, whereas 67 per cent voted against.
  
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• Montreal police investigate after 3 men injured in Ahuntsic-Cartierville shooting

  03-06-2018 18:39 via globalnews.ca
  A total of five people were arrested in connection with the incident, including the injured, but they have since been released.
  
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• SQ search for kidnapped 24-year-old woman, appeal to public for help

  03-06-2018 18:34 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police say a 24-year-old woman, Isabelle Cyr, was kidnapped earlier this morning, and are appealing to the public for help in finding her.
  
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• SQ find 24-year-old woman, arrest man following morning kidnapping

  03-06-2018 18:34 via cbc.ca
  Quebec provincial police say the suspect in a kidnapping earlier this morning in Saint-Eustache has been arrested and the victim was found safe.
  
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• Families of deceased military college students demand answers from Ottawa

  03-06-2018 18:20 via cbc.ca
  The mothers of three Royal Military College students who died two years ago say they are angry and frustrated that the Department of National Defence has not released the results of an internal inquiry into their sons' deaths.
  
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• L'Île-Perrot neighbourhood rallies to save forest slated for private development

  03-06-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  The forest is privately owned, and zoned for construction. A developer is planning to use the land to build 160 townhouses — something residents worry about.
  
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• Île-Perrot residents rally to save forest slated for private development

  03-06-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  The forest is privately owned, and zoned for construction. A developer is planning to use the land to build 160 townhouses — something residents worry about.
  
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• Results of Bloc Québécois vote on Ouellet's leadership to be announced

  03-06-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  The Bloc Québécois will announce the results of a confidence vote on Martine Ouellet's leadership this afternoon.
  
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• Martine Ouellet loses Bloc Québécois confidence vote with 32% support

  03-06-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Bloc Québécois leader Martine Ouellet received 32 per cent of the party members' support during the confidence vote held Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Martine Ouellet loses Bloc Québécois confidence vote, with 32 per cent support

  03-06-2018 17:58 via cbc.ca
  Bloc Québécois leader Martine Ouellet received 32 per cent of the party members' support during the confidence vote held Friday and Saturday.
  
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• Former Canadiens forward Brian Flynn playing in AHL Calder Cup final

  03-06-2018 17:42 via montrealgazette.com
  Lars Eller and Devante Smith-Pelly aren’t the only former Canadiens still playing hockey in hopes of winning a championship this season.
  While Eller and Smith-Pelly are playing with the Washington Capitals in the Stanley Cup final against the Vegas Golden Knights, Brian Flynn is playing with the Texas Stars against the Toronto Marlies in the AHL Calder Cup final.
  Flynn was pointless in Game 1 of the best-of-seven series, which the Marlies won 6-5 on Saturday afternoon, but the 29-year-old
  
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• Arson squad investigates fatal fire in Lachine

  03-06-2018 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  The investigation was transferred to the arson squad after firefighters were unable to ascertain what caused the fire.
  
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• Update: Missing septuagenarian found

  03-06-2018 16:50 via montrealgazette.com
  A septuagenarian from the Plateau Mont-Royal, who had been missing since Saturday afternoon, has been located.
  Montreal police announced Sunday morning that the septuagenarian was found safe and sound in the Outremont area.
  
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• Imam could run for federal Liberals in Montreal byelection

  03-06-2018 16:34 via montrealgazette.com
  A Quebec imam who touched hearts across the country and around the world with his homily on the 2017 massacre in a Quebec City mosque is considering running in an upcoming byelection for the Liberal Party of Canada.
  Hassan Guillet, the spokesman for the Quebec Council of Imams, said he is considering seeking the federal Liberal nomination in St-Léonard–St-Michel.
  A byelection to replace Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio, who announced his resignation in April, could be announced in the nea
  
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• ICYMI: She was living in a Kenyan refugee camp when she was only 14 years old. Now, @queenkim_nyakim took a moment… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  03-06-2018 16:00
  ICYMI: She was living in a Kenyan refugee camp when she was only 14 years old. Now, @queenkim_nyakim took a moment… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Canada announces additional fishery closures after more Right Whales spotted

  03-06-2018 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  The closures, which are meant to respond to sightings of the whales, will shut down the zones for at least 15 days. 
  
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• One dead after fire in Lachine apartment

  03-06-2018 15:25 via montrealgazette.com
  One person was found dead after a fire in a Lachine apartment Saturday night.
  Firefighters discovered the body just after 10:45 p.m.
  Montreal Police said the victim’s body was found near the front door of the apartment on 3rd Ave.
  Police said it was not initially possible to identify the victim because the body had been badly burned.
  The apartment suffered considerable damage.
  Police did not know the cause of the fire and because one person died, the arson squad will conduct the investigat
  
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• Montreal police looking for missing septuagenarian

  03-06-2018 15:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police is seeking help from the public in finding missing 76-year-old Doan Hoa Bui.
  BUI left her residence in the Plateau Mont-Royal around 4 p.m. on Saturday, to go shopping. Bui has not been seen since. Her family fears for her safety, as she may be confused and left without medication. 
  Bui weighs 143 pounds (65 kg) and measures 5 foot, three inches (1.6 metre). She is of Vietnamese descent, and has short black hair with a little gray and black eyes. She speaks on
  
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• Montrealers take a stab at fencing as local club hosts Canada's only outdoor tournament

  03-06-2018 15:00 via cbc.ca
  Dozens of people took fencing lessons and learned more about the sport this weekend, at an annual outdoor event organized by Montreal's Escrime Mont-Royal fencing club.
  
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• Fitness: How the Daily Mile program changes kids' lives in 15 minutes

  03-06-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Six years ago, an elementary teacher at a small school in Scotland was so shocked by her students’ lack of fitness, she took her class outside for a 15-minute run around the yard. The kids enjoyed it so much, she made a deal to do it every day for a month. The idea caught on, and not only did every teacher in the school soon incorporate a 15-minute run into the school day, half the elementary schools in Scotland and several others in Europe and North America have adopted the program.
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• Man found not guilty in relation to arson of former Quebec City mosque leader's car

  03-06-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Marc Gagnon, 45, was suspected of "helping and encouraging" another man with an intellectual delay to set fire to a car belonging to Mohamed Labidi, the former head of the Quebec Islamic Cultural Centre.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Building collapses in Kenya’s capital, Spain rescues 240 migrants

  03-06-2018 13:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Top stories from around the world:
  Building collapses in Kenya’s capital; police report 3 dead: Three people have been killed when a building collapsed in Nairobi’s low income residential area of Huruma, a police official and witnesses said Sunday. Pius Masai Mwachi of the National Disaster Management Unit said a rescue operation is going on after a five-story residential building collapsed early Sunday in the Ngei area of Huruma. A body was pulled from the rubble and
  
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• Police arrest 5 men in Ahuntsic after shooting injures 2

  03-06-2018 13:30 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police said gunshots were heard just before 5:30 p.m., Saturday. Five men were arrested in relation to the incident, including two who suffered gunshot wounds to their lower bodies.
  
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• Quebecers get free day at the museum on first Sunday of every month — starting today

  03-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The province is investing $5 million to make museums free once a month for Quebec residents.
  
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• Quebecers get free day at the museum on first Sunday of every month

  03-06-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  The province is investing $5 million to make museums free once a month for Quebec residents.
  
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• Montreal weather: Bright and breezy

  03-06-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Sunny with an east wind  of 20 km/h, gusting to 40.
  Environment Canada predicts a cool high of 23 Celsius and a UV index of 8, or very high.
  Tonight: Increasing cloudiness with rain beginning after midnight and a low of 10.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @daveyboyofsilverbay
  
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• Five spots on Montreal roads to avoid today

  03-06-2018 13:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Here’s a look at today’s closings and blockages in Montreal, but it will be next to impossible to get anywhere in the city without encountering some delays.
  — The five-month ban on through traffic on Mount Royal started yesterday. Only a limited number of vehicles, like emergency vehicles, buses, and funeral cortèges, will be allowed to use a 550-metre stretch of road between Beaver Lake and Smith House, near the chalet lookout. Until Oct. 31, cars will be allo
  
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• 1 dead after overnight fire in Lachine

  03-06-2018 12:42 via cbc.ca
  Since firefighters were unable to determine the cause of the fire, the Montreal police arson squad is now investigating.
  
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• Should we have a monarchy?

  03-06-2018 12:30 via montrealgazette.com
  Some of my neighbours woke up early on the day of the British royal wedding to watch it in bed – It didn’t actually occur in their bed; it was on TV. Hours ahead of us, it was sort of like watching international hockey but much slower and with no nets.
  I have a great idea for someone who wants to make a few fast dollars: Start a business where you offer to deliver a sumptuous breakfast in bed to people who are watching some very special event in their undies. The event is not in thei
  
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• Province invests in social services for men on Magdalen Islands

  03-06-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  A community organization offering social and legal help to men on the Magdalen Islands is getting new funding targeted to the English-speaking population.
  
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• Vargas finally ends Impact’s scoring drought as Montreal tops Dynamo 1-0

  03-06-2018 08:07 via globalnews.ca
  Vargas scored Montreal's first goal in five games as the Impact defeated the visiting Houston Dynamo 1-0 on Saturday to snap a four-game losing skid.
  
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