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• Why was a 911 call left on hold during a medical emergency?

  07-06-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 7: A West Island mom is looking for answers after she claims her 911 call was put on hold for 15 minutes while her son had a seizure. Global’s Dan Spector has been working to find out what was behind the delay.
  
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• Montreal accused of failing to follow Quebec's flag protocol

  07-06-2018 23:44 via cbc.ca
  A lawyer for two retired Montreal journalists championing the cause says legal action could ensue if the city fails to adhere to Quebec's flag-flying protocol.
  
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• Close call in Pointe-Claire prompts calls for better safety measures

  07-06-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 7: After a hit and run near a retirement home in Pointe-Claire, two West Island seniors are asking for a crosswalk or stop sign to make crossing the street safer. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, the city says steps are being taken to improve safety in the area.
  
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• Man faces two charges in Dorval stabbing

  07-06-2018 23:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A Dorval resident made a brief appearance before a Quebec Court judge at the Montreal courthouse on Thursday where he was charged with the attempted murder of a 52-year-old man who was stabbed Monday night.
  Christopher Mckenzie, 46, faces two charges in the case. He is accused of the attempted murder of Paul William Nagy, a man who was stabbed inside a car parked near a strip mall on Herron Rd. just before 10 p.m. that night. According to the Montreal police, the victim was stabbed following an
  
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• Quebec delays school board elections to 2020, preventing back-to-back elections this fall

  07-06-2018 23:18 via cbc.ca
  The National Assembly passed a law Wednesday to delay general school board elections by two years, giving officials time to study and possibly adopt new methods of voting that will reduce travel time for voters in rural Quebec.
  
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• An emotional day for Indigenous students at Concordia

  07-06-2018 23:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Tears came streaming down Kaya Bellaar Spruyt’s face when she rose to accept her graduation stole on Thursday.
  For Bellaar Spruyt, the journey to this moment wasn’t just about all-night study sessions and making friends in a new place.
  To earn her degree, she had to leave her remote Inuit village and battle the culture shock of being one of the only Inuk students at Concordia University.
  But along the way, she had the help of Concordia’s Aboriginal Student Resource Centre
  
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• Residents calling for safer street crossing near senior’s home

  07-06-2018 23:01 via globalnews.ca
  A hit and run in Pointe-Claire is pushing many to make crossing Hymus Boulevard in Pointe-Claire a lot safer.
  
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• Heat is on as Impact tries to pad win streak in Dallas

  07-06-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  When the Montreal Impact players stepped off their plane at Dallas-Fort Worth airport Thursday afternoon, the thermometer had eased above 37C.
  But coach Rémi Garde said extreme heat isn’t the biggest obstacle facing the Impact in Saturday’s game against FC Dallas (8 p.m., TVA Sports, TSN 690 Radio).
  “(It’s) the quality of the opponent,” Garde said before the Impact held an early morning practice in Montreal Thursday. “I think Dallas is a very good team.
  
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• In Quebec, caution — but little fear — as city and shop owners prepare for night of G7 protests

  07-06-2018 22:44 via globalnews.ca
  Shop owners in Quebec City are battening down the hatches ahead of G7 protests scheduled for Thursday night but while there is caution, there seems to be little fear about what might come.
  
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• Longueuil police ask for public’s help after 3 attempted kidnappings

  07-06-2018 22:27 via globalnews.ca
  Longueuil police are asking for the public's help in identifying a suspect in connection with three attempted abductions last month.
  
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• 'Music is one of the best cures': Jazz comes to Jewish General Hospital

  07-06-2018 22:09 via cbc.ca
  The hospital is hosting a series of free concerts from June 4 to 15.
  
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• Ibéricos: Spanish restaurant in Montreal is a fabulous new find

  07-06-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Ibéricos: Taverne à Tapas Espagnoles
  ★★★ out of ★★★★$$-$$$
  4475 St-Denis St. (near Mont-Royal Ave.)
  Phone: 514-845-4475
  Website: www.ibericos.ca
  Open: Tues.-Thurs. 5 p.m. – 10 p.m.; Friday 5 p.m. – 11 p.m.; Sat. 10:30 a.m.- 11 p.m.; Sun. 10:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.
  Wheelchair access: No
  Licensed: Yes
  Reservations: Essential
  Cards: All major
  Vegetarian-friendly: Not especially
  Parking: On the surrounding streets
  Price range: tapas $6
  
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• Four years after conviction, 84-year-old on his way to prison

  07-06-2018 21:24 via montrealgazette.com
  An octogenarian West Island businessman who was convicted four years ago of having sold millions of contraband cigarettes will have to start serving time in a federal penitentiary following a decision by the Supreme Court of Canada on Thursday.
  Gerald O’Reilly has been trying to avoid time behind bars since July 2, 2014, when a Quebec Court judge sentenced him to a five-year prison term. The Beaconsfield businessman was 81 on the day he was sentenced.
  O’Reilly was the leader in a plo
  
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• Lac-Mégantic residents, businesses seek to sue CP Rail over rail disaster

  07-06-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  A group of 49 people and businesses are seeking authorization to sue for economic and moral damages worth upwards of $5 million relating to the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy in 2013.
  
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• Another group of residents seeks to sue CP Rail over Lac-Mégantic rail disaster

  07-06-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  A group of 49 people and businesses are seeking authorization to sue for economic and moral damages worth upwards of $5 million relating to the Lac-Mégantic rail tragedy in 2013.
  
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• Quebec government launches hiring blitz of anglos and allophones

  07-06-2018 21:11 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — English-speaking Quebecers, the government wants you.
  The Quebec Treasury Board has launched a large-scale call for applicants for professional jobs in Quebec’s civil service and is hoping anglophones get aboard the hiring bandwagon.
  There are currently 1,500 full and part-time positions available, largely in the Quebec City and Montreal regions as well as others in the regions, including Abitibi-Témiscamingue and Gaspésie—Îles-de-la-Madeleine.
  
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• Prom won’t be cancelled for Montreal students after grad prank with crickets, dead fish, marbles

  07-06-2018 20:49 via globalnews.ca
  Prom won't be cancelled for students at Lester B. Pearson High School after a graduating prank gone wrong left a staff member injured last month.
  
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• Have you or someone you know faced an obstacle and not let it hold you back? Tell us the story for a chance to WIN*… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  07-06-2018 20:49
  Have you or someone you know faced an obstacle and not let it hold you back? Tell us the story for a chance to WIN*… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Teenage days are over for the Canadiens' Victor Mete

  07-06-2018 20:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The teenage years came to an end for Victor Mete on Thursday as the Canadiens defenceman celebrated his 20th birthday.
  Mete was a pleasant surprise in what was a terrible season for the Canadiens, who finished 28th in the overall NHL standings with a 29-40-13 record and missed the playoffs for the second time in three years. The 5-foot-9, 184-pound Mete played in 49 games, picking up seven assists and posting a plus-5 while averaging 15:35 of ice time after being selected by the Canadiens in the
  
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• Montreal police want public's help to locate missing teen

  07-06-2018 20:35 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are asking for the public’s help in finding 14-year-old Océanne Dinardo.
  Dinardo left the family residence in Ahuntsic borough on Tuesday around 2 p.m., and has not been seen since.
  Her family fears for her safety since she recently reunited with “bad company.”
  Dinardo is 5-foot-5 and weighs 57 kilograms (125 pounds). When she was last seen she was wearing a red camisole and jeans. She likes to hang out around downtown.
  Anyone with information can give it
  
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• Here are 4 potential areas for conflict (other than steel tariffs) at the G7 Summit

  07-06-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Recent steel and aluminum tariffs imposed by Donald Trump will be a sore spot among leaders at the G7 Summit - but it will not be the only issue ripe for conflict.
  
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• Commentary: Not racist? Prove it

  07-06-2018 20:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Julien Marshall was getting ready to hop onto the ice when the chants started.
  “Gang of savages!”
  “We pay your taxes!”
  “Go home, savages!”
  These weren’t the ramblings of a young, drunk hockey fan or some belligerent parent. It was a group of adults, banding together to let Indigenous children know they weren’t welcome in Quebec City.
  After the initial shock wore off, Marshall skated over to the referee and implored him to regain control of the situ
  
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• Women's rights issues first up at G7 protests in Quebec City

  07-06-2018 20:07 via cbc.ca
  Oxfam-Québec was the first group to send a message to world leaders gathering in La Malbaie for the G7 Summit, demanding they recognize unpaid housework that often falls on women's shoulders.
  
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• Hundreds march as protests heat up in Quebec City on the eve of G7 summit

  07-06-2018 20:07 via cbc.ca
  Oxfam-Québec was the first group to send a message to world leaders gathering in La Malbaie for the G7 Summit, demanding they recognize unpaid housework that often falls on women's shoulders.
  
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• At least 1 arrested in Quebec City protest on the eve of the G7 summit

  07-06-2018 20:07 via cbc.ca
  Oxfam-Québec was the first group to send a message to world leaders gathering in La Malbaie for the G7 Summit, demanding they recognize unpaid housework that often falls on women's shoulders.
  
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• Anti-G7 protests begin with small march under heavy police presence in Quebec City

  07-06-2018 20:07 via cbc.ca
  A small and mostly quiet march through Quebec City on Thursday evening kicked off a series of demonstrations opposing the upcoming meeting of G7 leaders in La Malbaie, Que.
  
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• The Westmount Street Festival is back and better than ever youtu.be/8Sjk-JIQNpg

  07-06-2018 19:19
  The Westmount Street Festival is back and better than ever youtu.be/8Sjk-JIQNpg
  
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• Montreal isn’t properly following Quebec’s flag protocol: complainants

  07-06-2018 18:35 via globalnews.ca
  Legal action could ensue if Montreal fails to act on flag debacle.
  
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• Are you making these mistakes during job interviews? We speak to @mindhr on what you need to avoid youtu.be/oIoGkfECxLI

  07-06-2018 18:35
  Are you making these mistakes during job interviews? We speak to @mindhr on what you need to avoid youtu.be/oIoGkfECxLI
  
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• “What The Hell Happened To My Patio Furniture” by @joshuabudman comes to the Montreal Fringe Festival youtu.be/mu8gKbIaSDg

  07-06-2018 18:31
  “What The Hell Happened To My Patio Furniture” by @joshuabudman comes to the Montreal Fringe Festival youtu.be/mu8gKbIaSDg
  
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• Check out @cookingwithv's Burgers for BBQ Season youtu.be/ToifXQaah-A

  07-06-2018 18:27
  Check out @cookingwithv's Burgers for BBQ Season youtu.be/ToifXQaah-A
  
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• Gilles Villeneuve's fairy-tale F1 ride began 40 years ago in Montreal

  07-06-2018 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  “Salut Gilles”
  The two words painted at the Canadian Grand Prix finish line underline the reverence Montreal feels for Gilles Villeneuve. They were first added to the Formula One track that bears his name in 1982 only weeks after Canada’s greatest racer perished in a violent qualifying accident at the Belgian Grand Prix. The message to a lost hero has graced the track in Montreal every year since.
  When many read those words, they immediately think of a frenzied and cold October
  
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• Canadian Grand Prix: The Formula One season so far

  07-06-2018 18:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal marks the seventh stop on the Formula One calendar, which this season comprises 21 races, the most in F1 history.
  To get you into gear for the 40th edition of the Canadian Grand Prix at Circuit Gilles Villeneuve June 8-10, here’s a race-by-race recap of the season so far.
  Australia (March 25)
  Podium: 1. Sebastian Vettel (Ferrari) 2. Lewis Hamilton (Mercedes) 3. Kimi Raikkonen (Ferrari)
  Picking up from where it left off last season, Mercedes arrives for the new campaign in str
  
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• Former Canadien P.K. Subban is dating American ski star Lindsey Vonn

  07-06-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  It looks like Alex Rodiguez and Jennifer Lopez might have a bit of competition now when it comes to new power couples in the world of sports and entertainment.
  There had been rumours circulating for a couple of months that former Canadiens defenceman P.K. Subban was dating American skier Lindsey Vonn and they made it official when they showed up together and posed for photos Wednesday night at the CMT Music Awards in Nashville, where Subban now plays for the Predators.
  Subban and Vonn were also
  
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• Canadian Grand Prix viewing guide

  07-06-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  The best way to get to Circuit Gilles Villeneuve for Grand Prix weekend remains public transit. The Jean-Drapeau station on the métro’s Yellow Line gives fans easy access to the track. For more information, visit the STM website, stm.info/en
  There is no parking for spectators at the track, but you are able to reserve a parking spot near a métro station or in Old Montreal, where you can hop on a water shuttle.To reserve, you can go online to gpcanada.ca/en/parking/ or cal
  
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• Infant and pregnancy loss awareness youtu.be/Nxzn0AifpqU

  07-06-2018 18:16
  Infant and pregnancy loss awareness youtu.be/Nxzn0AifpqU
  
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• STM maintenance workers' strike begins on Grand Prix weekend

  07-06-2018 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  The union of 2,400 maintenance workers for the Société de transport de Montréal (STM), which includes mechanics and electricians, has given notice of an overtime-hours strike starting this weekend and extending until June 22. Employees are refusing to work more than 40 hours a week during this two-week period.
  The STM and the union agreed on essential services that must be maintained during the strike, including special circumstances related to this weekend’s Formula O
  
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• Day camp's free spots for refugees, asylum-seekers expands to Laval

  07-06-2018 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  The recent increase in asylum seekers crossing the U.S. border into Quebec has prompted some hostile reactions from certain quarters that easily grab headlines. But it has also inspired many local groups and organizations to quietly step up to find ways to welcome and integrate these newcomers.
  Since 2015, Laurus Summer Camp has been offering 20 free spots each week to the children of refugees or asylum seekers from Syria at its Atwater Ave. day-camp location. This summer, the camp is expanding
  
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• Simons to expand to West Island with new Fairview Pointe Claire store

  07-06-2018 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  Maison Simons is opening its first store on Montreal’s West Island at the Fairview Pointe Claire shopping mall.
  According to a statement issued by the retailer and the mall’s co-owners, Ivanhoé Cambridge and Cadillac Fairview, the new store is slated to open in 2021.
  Simons will take over the second and third floors of a space that was previously occupied by Sears.
  The ground-floor of that local will be converted into dining facilities.
  Related
  Simons to get $81M loan fro
  
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• Anse-à-l'Orme: Saving more green space means saving at-risk species, groups say

  07-06-2018 17:29 via montrealgazette.com
  An environmental coalition is calling on municipal and provincial governments to save all, not just part, of the undeveloped land in northern Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue to protect endangered species.
  The group Sauvons L’Anse-à-l’Orme unveiled two scientific reports showing the area is home to numerous animal and plant species classified as at risk.
  The studies, by researchers at the Université du Québec en Outaouais, the Coopérative de solidarité des
  
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• Crane operators on new Champlain Bridge are planning strike: report

  07-06-2018 17:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Crane operators working on the new Champlain Bridge are planning a nine-day-long overtime strike and a one-day strike on June 18, Le Journal de Montréal is reporting.
  Signature sur le Saint-Laurent, the consortium building the new bridge, said they are still expecting to finish by December of this year.
  The crane operators are protesting because of recent changes to how training is regulated in their industry.
  According to Le Journal de Montréal, the crane operators already began t
  
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• Women build Habitat for Humanity home in St. Henri

  07-06-2018 17:05 via globalnews.ca
  An all-female crew from Habitat for Humanity is building a home in St Henri for a needy family. Kim Sullivan joins Claire Boulanger and her crew to find out what the build is all about.
  
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• Just Like Home: Why stainless steel plates?

  07-06-2018 16:57 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 7: Have you ever noticed that when you eat at an Indian restaurant, the food always comes on stainless steel plates? Dipti Gupta explains the environmentally-friendly reason why.
  
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• Just Like Home: Gurnam Singh Malhi gives back

  07-06-2018 16:54 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 7: Gurnam Singh Malhi offers $3 every day to his God as a way to give back and give thanks for the wealth and good luck he’s received in Canada over the last 22 years.
  
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• Woman in Longueuil died of natural causes, police say

  07-06-2018 16:51 via cbc.ca
  Local police had said they were treating the woman's death as suspicious, but now say she died of natural causes.
  
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• Death of 65-year-old woman in Longueuil deemed 'suspicious' by police

  07-06-2018 16:51 via cbc.ca
  Police in Longueuil are investigating the suspicious death of a 65-year-old woman inside a residence on Bord de l’eau Street, early Thursday morning.
  
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• A song for Montreal commuters

  07-06-2018 16:48 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella and singer-songwriter Anesti Danelis for a musical rendition of a song written for subway commuters – something every Montrealer can identify with.
  
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• Helping an all-female crew build a Habitat for Humanity home

  07-06-2018 16:36 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Kim Sullivan as she joins the crew to help build a home in St-Henri for Habitat for Humanity.
  
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