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• Woman who drove car into D.D.O. home sentenced to community service

  14-06-2018 23:55 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal woman who drove her car into a Dollard-des-Ormeaux home at 135 km/h — while three children were sleeping upstairs — will not go to jail.
  Melinda Kazandjian, who sped through the residential streets of D.D.O. on Dec. 1, 2013 and crashed into the home of Rachel Toledano, has been sentenced to 240 hours of community service and must pay $4,000 to the family whose home she destroyed — just one per cent of the $400,000 in damages she caused. The court also suspe
  
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• South Shore man says he was victim of discrimination at National Bank

  14-06-2018 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 14: A black man says he was the victim of discrimination and wrongfully accused of stealing at a National Bank in Brossard. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, he has decided to bring his case to the Canadian Human Rights Commission after suffering from anxiety for eight months.
  
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• Montreal job growth highest among largest cities in Canada and U.S.

  14-06-2018 23:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal had a higher rate of job creation in 2017 than any other large city in the United States or Canada, according to Montréal International.
  74,900 jobs were created in the Montreal region in 2017, according to the economic development agency, which used figures from the Conference Board of Canada and the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics.
  That translated into a growth rate of 3.61 per cent — the highest rate among the 20 largest metropolitan areas in the two countries.
  
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• Maple Grove students pay it forward to Dans la rue

  14-06-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Maple Grove elementary school is recognized for its year long Kindness Matters initiative.
  
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• Retired police officer who taught life lesson searches for letter writer

  14-06-2018 23:40 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 14: A retired Westmount police officer is asking the public to help him track down someone he gave some stern advice to while on patrol in 1976. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, the former officer’s search started with a letter he recently unearthed.
  
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• Four Montreal softball parks that will scare the hell out of you

  14-06-2018 23:36 via montrealgazette.com
  In light of recent news that the Projet Montréal administration will close a popular softball field in Jeanne-Mance Park over “safety concerns,” here’s an (incomplete) list of Montreal’s most dangerous ball parks.
  Editor’s note: I compiled this over seven seasons spent slumming it in the city’s co-ed beer leagues. Some of these observations may reflect my own biases as a hopeless left-fielder who plays in dangerously low-cut jean shorts.
  1. Kent Park &n
  
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• Quebec scrambles to pass bills before end of session

  14-06-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 14: With summer break and an election on the horizon, Quebec politicians are in a mad dash to pass as much legislation as possible. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the Quebec Liberals passed bills on alcohol, marijuana and extra vacation before the end of session.
  
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• Plateau landmark Else's welcomes liquor law changes

  14-06-2018 23:32 via montrealgazette.com
  “I’m a very happy man,” said Claude Pires Lopes.
  The owner of beloved Plateau landmark Else’s was celebrating changes to Quebec’s liquor laws allowing restaurants to serve alcohol without forcing customers to order food.
  Anyone who has been to Else’s knows it’s more of an artsy pub than a traditional restaurant. Opened in 1993 by Norwegian expat Else Smith (and taken over by Lopes following Smith’s death, in 2000), the Roy St. E. hangout attracts a
  
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• When it comes to cannabis, Quebec is as conservative as they come

  14-06-2018 23:24 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec government has situated itself as among the most conservative in the country when it comes to the sale and distribution of cannabis. Is the province missing out?
  
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• Concordia University launches investigative journalism institute

  14-06-2018 22:59 via montrealgazette.com
  In what it’s describing as a Canadian first, Concordia University on Thursday launched its Institute for Investigative Journalism, which will be at the centre of a nationwide network connecting major media outlets with journalism students and faculties across Canada to report on large-scale public interest stories.
  Headed by Patti Sonntag, former managing editor of the New York Times’s News Services Division, the institute will be headquartered in Concordia’s Department of Jour
  
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• Faulty street lights leave St-Laurent residents in the dark

  14-06-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  After more than three weeks of on-again, off-again street lights, lifelong St-Laurent resident Bruno Stenson is frustrated.
  Stenson said the street lights outside his home on Laval Rd. and de la Sorbonne St. have been inconsistent since Victoria Day weekend. The faulty lights leave Stenson and his neighbours in the dark for multiple nights in a row before turning on for 24 hours a day, he said.
  As the problem persists, he says he and his neighbours are worried the lack of light, made worse by th
  
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• Quebec passes multiple laws just before session breaks for summer

  14-06-2018 22:50 via globalnews.ca
  The National Assembly could end up sitting Thursday night until midnight as the government tries to pass one last important bill.
  
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• How to list your Montreal place on Airbnb

  14-06-2018 22:47 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s tourist season in Montreal, and all those visitors will need somewhere to stay.
  Many will be looking for something cheaper, closer to the neighbourhoods they want to visit or something more “authentic” than a hotel.
  They’ll be looking for places on short-term rental sites like Airbnb, VRBO or HomeAway.
  So how can Montrealers take advantage of that?
  How to get started
  “What’s really important is to be really well organized,” said Nadine Iza
  
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• Calèches will be banned by 2020 under Montreal's new animal control bylaw

  14-06-2018 22:31 via cbc.ca
  There have been a few hundred complaints and four accidents involving calèches since 2014, the city said.
  
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• Still no solution for McCord Museum complex nixed by city

  14-06-2018 22:30 via cbc.ca
  Montreal is standing firm on it decision to turn a parking lot into a small park rather than a $150-million museum complex, leaving museum officials empty handed after years of planning.
  
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• Quebec man sentenced after forcing daughter to stay at table for 13 hours for not eating brussels sprouts

  14-06-2018 21:27 via globalnews.ca
  A Quebec man was sentenced to four months in the community after forcing his eight-year-old daughter to sit at the dinner table for 13 hours over an uneaten serving of brussels sprouts.
  
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• Hydro-Québec sets 20-year energy deal with Massachusetts

  14-06-2018 21:12 via montrealgazette.com
  Hydro-Québec and its American partner came to an agreement with three electricity distributors in Massachusetts on Wednesday to supply the state with hydroelectricity for 20 years, starting in 2022.
  The contract has to be approved by the Massachusetts Department of Energy Resources, which should happen within the next few weeks.
  The agreement, the largest awarded by Hydro-Québec, depends on New England Clean Energy Connect, which is proposed in collaboration with Central Maine Powe
  
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• Montreal to ban calèches as of 2020

  14-06-2018 21:04 via montrealgazette.com
  Rather than targeting specific breeds, Montreal’s new animal management bylaw will allow the city to be more proactive in identifying potentially dangerous dogs, the Valérie Plante administration announced Thursday.
  And horse-drawn calèches on the city’s streets will be a thing of the past as of 2020, under two bylaws unveiled Thursday. The city’s executive committee approved them on Wednesday and they will be adopted by city council at the end of August.
  The new
  
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• Couple hospitalized after violent dispute in Mercier

  14-06-2018 20:55 via montrealgazette.com
  An 18-year-old woman and a 19-year-old man have both been sent to hospital following an armed assault in an apartment in the Mercier-Hochelaga-Maisonneuve neighbourhood Thursday morning, Montreal police say.
  The man was stabbed during a domestic dispute around 11 a.m., said SPVM spokesperson Manuel Couture. The pair has been identified as a couple but other circumstances surrounding the incident are still unknown.
  The man is being treated for serious injuries but his life is said to not be in da
  
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• Montreal moves to ban calèches, tightens animal welfare laws

  14-06-2018 20:42 via globalnews.ca
  The City of Montreal has announced measures that change the way animals are dealt with the the city.
  
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• Canadiens executive Shauna Denis to be enshrined in McGill Sports Hall

  14-06-2018 20:28 via montrealgazette.com
  Back in 2007, Shauna Denis felt she had some unfinished business before leaving McGill University.
  “I was graduating with a B. Comm in marketing and international business, but I felt there was something missing,” said Denis, who will be inducted into the McGill Sports Hall of Fame this year as an individual and also as part of McGill’s national championship hockey team in 2008.
  “I played hockey for four years and we had a very good team,” said Denis. “We were
  
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• McGill music student awarded $350,000 after girlfriend stalls career

  14-06-2018 20:20 via montrealgazette.com
  McGill University music student Eric Abramovitz was among the top clarinetists in Canada. He studied with some of the country’s elite teachers from the age of 7. He won first prize at the Canadian Music Competition six times. He was a featured soloist with the Montreal Symphony Orchestra and the Orchestre symphonique du Quebec.
  In late 2013, Abramovitz applied for a full two-year scholarship to complete his bachelor’s degree at the Coburn Conservatory of Music in Los Angeles. Every s
  
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• Serge Lamontagne named Montreal city manager

  14-06-2018 20:03 via globalnews.ca
  Lamontagne has 30 years of experience working at the municipal level, including 12 years with the City of Montreal and nine years in Pointe Claire.
  
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• Therapy dogs at the Montreal Neuro

  14-06-2018 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Thu, Jun 14: Milo has been working hard at the Montreal Neurological Institute, visiting patients to help them in their recovery. Global’s Rachel Lau meets the seven-and-a-half-month-old French bulldog bringing a smile to people’s faces.
  
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• Canadiens’ prospective draft picks for 2018: Alexander Alexeyev, defence

  14-06-2018 19:48 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 Thursday to Monday up until the draft on June 22-23 in Dallas, and weigh in on their potential in the comments section below.
  Alexander Alexeyev, defenceman
  Height/weight: 6-foot-3, 190 pounds
  NHL Central Scouting Rank: No. 22 among North Ame
  
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• Therapy dogs soothing patients at the Montreal Neurological Institute

  14-06-2018 19:29 via globalnews.ca
  Milo has been working hard at the Montreal Neurological Institute for the past few weeks.
  
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• Montreal project manager Macogep acquires French engineering firm

  14-06-2018 19:19 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal-based project management company has acquired a French engineering firm as it looks to expand its presence in Europe.
  Macogep, which already has offices in France, announced the acquisition of Lyon-based Keeping on Thursday.
  Macogep said the acquisition will allow it to offer a broader range of services.
  The company, which employs 80 people, has previously worked on the expansion of the métro to Laval and projects to repair drinking water plants in Montreal.
  Keeping, which
  
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• Quebec dad kept daughter at table for 13 hours for not eating her brussels sprouts

  14-06-2018 18:37 via cbc.ca
  A Gatineau, Que., man was sentenced to community service and a fine earlier this year after forcing his eight-year-old daughter to sit at the dinner table for 13 hours over an uneaten serving of brussels sprouts.
  
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• Academics want to raise Canada’s ‘failed’ investor immigrant program from the dead

  14-06-2018 18:36 via globalnews.ca
  It's dead. It 'failed.' But some voices in Canada still want to bring it back.
  
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• Victim of car crash speaks to drivers speeding about the consequences they might have to deal with.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-06-2018 18:21
  Victim of car crash speaks to drivers speeding about the consequences they might have to deal with.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Quebec to invoke closure on bill to make La Presse a not-for-profit

  14-06-2018 18:14 via cbc.ca
  The structural change announced last month needs the Quebec government to repeal a provision of an act adopted in 1967 regarding La Presse's ownership.
  
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• School's out, establish a list of resources for your kid's safety this summer. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-06-2018 18:12
  School's out, establish a list of resources for your kid's safety this summer. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Montreal real estate: Are we ready for the "grey wave?"

  14-06-2018 18:09 via montrealgazette.com
  When it’s time to sell the family home and downsize, most seniors will want to look for a place that ticks all the boxes.
  They’ll likely want a smaller place, but with a big quality of life. A place where it’s easy to walk out the door to be active or meet a friend. Somewhere close to family and friends, likely near the same community where they have put down roots. Hopefully, it would be a place they could stay for a while — ideally as long as possible — before mov
  
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• Montreal's search for a city manager ends in Laval

  14-06-2018 18:07 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante announced Thursday that Serge Lamontagne, former city manager of Laval, will be Montreal’s new city manager.
  Lamontagne has 30 years of experience in municipal management, Plante told a news conference at city hall.
  “Mr. Lamontagne has a deep knowledge of the complex structure of the city of Montreal and the agglomeration, which means that he will be able to quickly move forward on several projects, in areas from mobility to economic development to housing
  
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• Pina Arcamone explains how online luring can affect your kids this summer. Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=rqHJ_r… https://t.co/uGRUu8VgbY

  14-06-2018 18:04
  
  Pina Arcamone explains how online luring can affect your kids this summer. Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=rqHJ_r… https://t.co/uGRUu8VgbY
  
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• Quebec City's Festival d'été introduces brigade to protect women, vulnerable concertgoers

  14-06-2018 18:00 via cbc.ca
  Around 60 volunteers and workers at Quebec City's Festival d'été will be trained to step in and assist women, or anyone, facing sexual harassment during concerts in July.
  
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• After dog DNA debacle, Indigenous researcher says ancestry testing is 'stupid science'

  14-06-2018 17:49 via cbc.ca
  A suspected Indian status scam that told a man he shared genetic ancestry with a dog should serve as a reminder of the perils of DNA testing for Indigenous ancestry, says an Edmonton researcher.
  
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• 17 year boy old falls in love with 73 year old woman in “When Love Digs a Hole”. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  14-06-2018 17:45
  17 year boy old falls in love with 73 year old woman in “When Love Digs a Hole”. Full interview:… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Free in Montreal: June 15-17, from murals to yoga

  14-06-2018 17:22 via montrealgazette.com
  There is no official public event or parade for Father’s Day in Montreal, but consider this your reminder to get your act together for June 17. But that is not all that’s going on this busy weekend.
  With that in mind, here are some things you can do for free:
  Vendredi — Scène Ouverte
  Stop by the esplanade at the Olympic park on Friday evening to take in some performances or offer one yourself. That’s right, this is an open mic kind of affair. Aspiring singers, musi
  
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• Liberals to invoke closure on La Presse legislation

  14-06-2018 17:15 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Couillard government will invoke closure in order to speedily adopt Bill 400, which will allow the La Presse+ media company to become a non-profit organization.
  At a morning news conference Thursday, Liberal house leader Jean-Marc Fournier said the government has no choice but to put the usual rules aside given the staunch opposition of Martine Ouellet, who is blocking the process.
  “We have obtained the consent of the Parti Québécois, of the CAQ (Coali
  
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• CelebrateHer: Twelve inspiring, everyday women

  14-06-2018 17:13 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella as she speaks to visual artist Aquil Virani and Rachel Zellars about CelebrateHer, a visual installation celebrating twelve inspiring, everyday women at McGill University’s Morrice Hall.
  
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• Closing arguments begin in Antonio Accurso collusion trial

  14-06-2018 17:07 via montrealgazette.com
  The only thing worse than one unreliable witness in a jury trial is eight unreliable witnesses, Antonio Accurso’s lawyer said on Thursday while making his closing arguments in the construction magnate’s corruption and collusion trial.
  Marc Labelle told the five women and seven men on the panel hearing the trial at the Laval courthouse that his closing arguments will be broken down into four chapters. The first part will focus on five specific events covered during the trial. The seco
  
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• Alexandre Taillefer says the Liberals have accomplished a lot. Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=_lvR4F… https://t.co/bPHFpoQobu

  14-06-2018 17:04
  
  Alexandre Taillefer says the Liberals have accomplished a lot. Full interview: youtube.com/watch?v=_lvR4F… https://t.co/bPHFpoQobu
  
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• MFleurs opens flagship store

  14-06-2018 17:03 via globalnews.ca
  Now you can enjoy MFleurs bouquets just like we do on Global News Morning! Join MFleurs owners Anna Mormina and Angela Martignetti as they take Laura Casella on a tour of their brand-new flagship store in Ville Saint-Laurent.
  
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• Competing to buy a home

  14-06-2018 16:54 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal is a seller’s market, so home buyers are often facing multiple offers to compete with! Join real estate broker Nick Markou and Global’s Laura Casella to find out the best way to proceed in such a hot market situation.
  
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• Karl Wolf sings

  14-06-2018 16:47 via globalnews.ca
  Singer songwriter Karl Wolf joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to talk about his recent career moves and sing “Way Low.”
  
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• Alexandre Taillefer: Don’t count the Liberals out youtu.be/_lvR4F8pTs8 https://t.co/lo66LnuC1i

  14-06-2018 16:40
  
  Alexandre Taillefer: Don’t count the Liberals out youtu.be/_lvR4F8pTs8 https://t.co/lo66LnuC1i
  
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• Muslims mark the end of Ramadan and the beginning of Eid

  14-06-2018 16:38 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal Gazette columnist Fariha Naqvi-Mohamed joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the end of Ramadan for Montreal Muslims and the beginning of Eid celebrations.
  
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