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• West Island teen back in the pool after cancer treatment

  22-06-2018 23:54 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jun 22: A 14-year-old swimmer from Pointe-Claire has spent much more time in hospitals than pools over the past year. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, Zoe Morinville is back in competition after a tough stretch of cancer treatment.
  
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• Public transit users voice concerns, questions at first-ever public consultation

  22-06-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jun 22: The organization that oversees transit in greater Montreal is trying to get more people to use trains and buses. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, the organization held its first public consultation meeting to hear from transit users – and they got an earful.
  
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• McGill receives $37M from Quebec to transform part of old Royal Victoria Hospital

  22-06-2018 23:44 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government hands over $37 million to McGill to fund next steps in Royal Victoria Hospital project.
  
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• Watch: A former drug user explains why safe injection sites matter

  22-06-2018 23:27 via montrealgazette.com
  Farin Shore, a former drug user and now an outreach worker at Cactus, explains how safe-injection sites work, and why it’s important to have them. Montreal obtained permission from Health Canada to open four of them last year, making it the second city in Canada to do so, after Vancouver. In their first year of existence, they helped 876 drug users for a total of 21,265 visits.
  
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• Weekend road closures: Lane reductions begin on Mercier Bridge

  22-06-2018 23:19 via montrealgazette.com
  Here are the details of road closures this holiday weekend:
  Mercier Bridge
  Northbound and southbound routes on the Honoré-Mercier Bridge will be reduced to one lane starting Friday at 10 p.m. The lanes will reopen two months later on Aug. 20 at 5 a.m.
  Turcot Interchange
  The ramp from Highway 20 East to Highway 15 North (Décarie Expressway) will be closed from Friday at 11:59 p.m. until Monday at 5 a.m.
  The ramp from the Highway 720 West and Route 136 West (Ville-Marie Expressway) t
  
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• Montreal pledges to return Indigenous remains to Kahnawake

  22-06-2018 22:45 via cbc.ca
  The City of Montreal will surrender thousands-year-old Indigenous human remains in its possession within a year as part of its commitment to reconciliation, mayor Valérie Plante announced Thursday.
  
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• Man says he was denied help after reporting bike stolen at Beaconsfield station

  22-06-2018 22:42 via globalnews.ca
  A West Island man said he is disappointed with Montreal police after reporting his bike was stolen from the Beaconsfield train station.
  
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• Pro-wrestler gives students a lesson on bullying on last day of school

  22-06-2018 22:19 via globalnews.ca
  Jacques Rougeau was bullied as a pro wrestler, something he says traumatized him for a long time.
  
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• Alexandre Gendron guilty of 2nd-degree murder in pregnant girlfriend's death

  22-06-2018 22:10 via cbc.ca
  The 12-person jury was told it could choose between second-degree murder, manslaughter and an acquittal. The verdict came two days after they were sequestered.
  
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• Youth charged with homicide in Nuns Island acquitted by a jury

  22-06-2018 22:04 via montrealgazette.com
  A jury has acquitted a youth who was charged with second-degree murder after having stabbed another teenager on Nuns’ Island more than year ago.
  Tiago Murias, one of two defence lawyers who represented the youth in a trial that began near the end of May, confirmed to the Montreal Gazette that his client was found not guilty following a trial at Montreal’s youth courthouse. The jury was in its third day of deliberation when it reached its decision on Friday.
  “We are very proud o
  
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• Ottawa makes deal with Quebec's Davie shipyard to buy icebreakers for coast guard

  22-06-2018 21:42 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government has concluded a deal with a Quebec shipyard to purchase, through a sole-source contract, three medium icebreakers to relieve pressure on the Canadian Coast Guard’s aging fleet.
  
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• Ex-financial advisor barred from the profession faces criminal charges

  22-06-2018 21:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A former financial advisor, who was barred from the profession for life by a disciplinary tribunal, is now facing criminal charges.
  The Autorité des marchés financiers said it is launching criminal proceedings against Michael John Moore. He faces a total of 69 charges, including 34 counts of illegally practising as a securities broker, 34 counts of distributing securities without a prospectus and one count of obstructing an AMF investigation.
  In 2016, Moore’s permit to p
  
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• A lot of intrigue with Canadiens holding No. 3 pick at NHL Draft

  22-06-2018 21:14 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin says there’s one player available at Friday night’s NHL Draft in Dallas (7:30 p.m., SN, TVA Sports) who could definitely help his team right away next season.
  “I would say yeah, Dahlin,” Bergevin said with a smile and a laugh when he met with reporters Thursday in Dallas.
  Unfortunately for Bergevin and the Canadiens, Swedish defenceman Rasmus Dahlin is the consensus No. 1 pick and the Buffalo Sabres hold the first selection after wi
  
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• Canadiens' development camp will be held June 28-July 1 in Brossard

  22-06-2018 21:13 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal hockey fans can get their first look at the players the Canadiens select at Friday night’s NHL Draft in Dallas when the club holds its annual development camp next Thursday (June 28) through Sunday (July 1) at the Bell Sports Complex in Brossard.
  The full list of players invited will be released early next week along with the schedule. The Canadiens have 10 picks at Friday night’s NHL Draft (7:30 p.m., SN, TVA Sports), including the No. 3 overall pick in the first round and
  
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• Quebec health minister announces pilot project to transfer patients by air

  22-06-2018 20:25 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's health minister is announcing an 18-month pilot project to transfer patients between hospitals by helicopter.
  
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• Assault in Dollard-des-Ormeaux sends 72-year-old to hospital

  22-06-2018 20:20 via montrealgazette.com
  A 72-year-old man was sent to hospital with potentially life-threatening upper-body injuries after an argument turned violent in Dollard-des-Ormeaux on Friday.
  Montreal police said that the victim was stabbed at approximately 11:30 a.m. while fighting with the suspect, a 47-year-old man, near the intersection of Sunnybrooke Blvd. and Hyman St.
  The suspect fled in a car before police arrived on the scene. The two men reportedly know each other.
  Police said that an investigation is underway as the
  
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• Inside the CFL: Bombers QB Chris Streveler enjoying his 15 minutes of fame

  22-06-2018 20:15 via montrealgazette.com
  The elevator doors opened and the fresh-faced kid with the beard that requires trimming emerged. Chris Streveler had almost forgotten about his media appointments, he admitted, and wished he was wearing a suit, not a white T-shirt, shorts and sneakers.
  “I’m just trying to enjoy the process, as I would be if I was the third-string guy or whatever. Enjoy it, have fun and keep it light,” said Streveler, the Canadian Football League’s flavour of the month. “I don’
  
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• Quebec will give the Royal Victoria Hospital land to McGill University

  22-06-2018 19:59 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec government will cede the land occupying the Royal Victoria Hospital to McGill University, the province announced Friday.
  In so doing, the government is also authorizing the university to undergo a vast renovation of the historic buildings along the southeastern flank of Mount Royal.
  McGill has long voiced its interest in occupying the land and properties housing the Royal Victoria, which were abandoned three years ago when the hospital operations were moved to the McGill University He
  
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• This hockey-loving Sudbury tot was supposed to be asleep — instead, he was making this adorable viral video

  22-06-2018 19:54 via cbc.ca
  A lot of people predict that in about 15 years, a video of Eli Graveline of Sudbury, Ont., will re-surface when he's drafted to the NHL.
  
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• Imagine Monkland street festival takes over NDG

  22-06-2018 19:48 via cbc.ca
  The new, three-day Imagine Monkland street festival begins Friday in Montreal’s west end, breathing new life into a Notre-Dame-de-Grâce tradition that was loved by some, despised by others.
  
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• Pro-wrestler gives students a lesson on bullying

  22-06-2018 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Jun 22: Pro-wrestler Jacques Rougeau is at Hampstead Elementary School to give students a lesson on bullying.
  
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• Accurso trial: Deliberating jury asks question about key witness

  22-06-2018 19:32 via montrealgazette.com
  The jury in the municipal corruption and fraud trial of construction magnate Antonio Accurso emerged from its fourth day of deliberation on Friday with a question concerning a key prosecution witness.
  The jury asked presiding judge Superior Court Justice James Brunton a question about Marc Gendron. The former executive with Tecsult, an engineering firm based in Laval, had testified that he collected money from companies that were part of the system of collusion that operated in Laval between 199
  
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• Montreal police search for suspect after armed assault in DDO

  22-06-2018 19:15 via globalnews.ca
  The 72-year-old victim suffered injuries to his upper body and was transported to hospital.
  
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• Quebec invests $50M to offer breakfast at schools in low-income areas

  22-06-2018 18:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebec’s Ministry of Education has pledged $50 million over five years to allow school boards to offer breakfast in low-income areas starting next school year, Minister Sébastien Proulx announced in Quebec City on Friday.
  He was accompanied by Daniel Germain, the founder and president of Breakfast Club Canada.
  This initiative will benefit 180,000 preschool and elementary school children from 700 schools across the province, the government said.
  To participate in the program, a
  
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• Trauma response: Quebec launches helicopter ambulance pilot project

  22-06-2018 18:26 via montrealgazette.com
  The government of Quebec announced Friday it will start using helicopter ambulances in three regions to transport trauma patients, as part of a pilot project.
  The project responds to a long-standing plea from trauma and medical specialists who decried the fact Quebec is the only province in Canada without a pre-hospital helicopter program, and Montreal the only urban centre not to have one. In addition to trauma patients, helicopter ambulances are often used to transfer patients in critical cond
  
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• Hydro-Québec subsidiary now has American primary shareholder

  22-06-2018 18:17 via montrealgazette.com
  Hydro-Québec and an American auto parts supplier, Dana, will be creating a new joint venture following a $165-million investment into the Crown corporation’s subsidiary, TM4.
  Hydro-Québec will still retain 45 per cent of the subsidiary’s capital as the Ohio-based supplier gains the ability to offer electric motors and other parts and systems.
  TM4’s motors have already appeared in Dana’s catalogue, which supplies parts for more than 10,000 customers — s
  
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• Macpherson: What Legault and the CAQ don't want anglos to hear

  22-06-2018 18:02 via montrealgazette.com
  Ventriloquists have nothing on the Coalition Avenir Québec. François Legault’s party can talk out of both sides of its mouth at the same time, and in two different languages.
  In Legault’s opening remarks at his news conference at the adjournment of the National Assembly last week, he made a point of saying a few words in English.
  Mind you, Legault’s invitation to anglophones to “work all together” with his party rang hollow. The CAQ leader had already
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: June 22, 2018

  22-06-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $16
  Ventoux 2016, Prestige Édition 1912m, Château Pesquié, France red, $15.55, SAQ # 743922. More elegant than most Ventoux wines. This is cool-climate Rhône where you get all the dynamic fruit and dried herbs you would expect, but with finer tannins offering up great length and focus. Really impressive, especially at this price. Residual sugar: 1.6 g/
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw: Quebecers can finally take pride in their wine

  22-06-2018 18:00 via montrealgazette.com
  The time for apologizing about Quebec wine is over.Over the past few months, I have tasted a number of Quebec wines that have impressed me. This is not because they were “good for a Quebec wine,” but because they were tasty and unique wines that could more than hold their own on a global scale.The vines are older, which helps make a better wine. There are also more “vinifera” vines being planted — European grape varieties like chardonnay and pinot noir &md
  
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• Canadian government announces measures to help save key whale species

  22-06-2018 17:53 via cbc.ca
  Transportation Minister Marc Garneau announced measures to help in the protection of the southern resident killer whale, the North Atlantic right whale and the St. Lawrence Estuary beluga.
  
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• Montreal will have three new beaches — but not yet

  22-06-2018 17:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal is a jewel of an island in the middle of a sparkling river, and for years, politicians have been promising to create new beaches so that island residents can reclaim the shorelines and actually swim in its waters.
  Here’s an update on those projects.
  Verdun beach
  This section of the shoreline behind the Verdun Auditorium will be transformed into a beach in time for next summer’s swim season.
  Like many projects planned for Montreal’s 375th birthday last summer, the Verdu
  
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• 2018 Montreal International Jazz Festival: 10 picks for 10-day love-in

  22-06-2018 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Another year, another argument over whether the Montreal International Jazz Festival is really a jazz festival at all.Ian Anderson’s sold-out commemoration of Jethro Tull’s 50th anniversary (July 7, Salle Wilfrid-Pelletier of Place des Arts) and a multi-artist tribute to the Beatles’ White Album (Number 9, July 2 at Cinquième Salle of Place des Arts) provide ammunition for the finger-wagging traditionalists.But the presence of Herbie Hancock (July 2, Salle Wilfrid-Pellet
  
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• Montreal's Red Roof homeless shelter facing shutdown as funds dry up

  22-06-2018 17:31 via montrealgazette.com
  One of Montreal’s longest-running homeless shelters is in dire straits.
  Donations have dried up and so too has government funding. As it stands, St. Michael’s Mission barely has enough cash on hand to cover rent and payroll for the seven employees who keep the place running.
  “We’re living hand to mouth right now,” says George Green, the shelter’s executive director. “It’s not clear how much longer we can keep going.”
  Green says St. Michael&rs
  
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• Quebec tests out helicopter ambulance service

  22-06-2018 17:03 via cbc.ca
  Quebec is testing out a helicopter service that will be able to quickly transport trauma victims to hospital from rural areas, meeting a longstanding demand of trauma specialists.
  
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• At long last, helicopter ambulance service coming to Quebec

  22-06-2018 17:03 via cbc.ca
  Quebec is finally getting a helicopter service that will be able to quickly transport trauma victims to hospital from rural areas.
  
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• Canadiens' Trevor Timmins says NHL Draft would make a good movie

  22-06-2018 16:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Canadiens assistant general manager Trevor Timmins thinks someone should make a movie about the NHL Draft.
  It’s a great idea and focusing on the Canadiens at Friday night’s NHL Draft in Dallas (7:30 p.m., SN, TVA Sports) would be a good place to start. Heading into the draft, the Canadiens hold 10 picks, including the No. 3 overall selection in the first round and four second-round picks.
  “Has anyone ever watched Draft Day, that movie about the NFL?” Timmins said when he
  
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• ANALYSIS: Canada already seeing effects of Trump’s immigration clampdown

  22-06-2018 16:33 via globalnews.ca
  Uncertainty surrounding Trump's immigration orders could trigger a flood of immigrants into Canada, expert says.
  
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• Video: Mosque shooter Bissonnette's parents decry ‘political' sentence

  22-06-2018 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Raymond Bissonnette, the father of Quebec City mosque shooter Alexandre Bissonnette, spoke to reporters for the first time after his son’s sentencing hearing came to an end on Thursday.
  He read a statement as Bissonnette’s mother, Manon Marchand, stood next to him holding back tears.
  He criticized prosecutors for “demonizing” his son and discounting the bullying he had suffered in school.
  “Alexandre is not a monster,” he insisted.
  Bissonnette called the prosec
  
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• Analyzing the Montreal Canadiens' top NHL Draft prospects, trades

  22-06-2018 16:24 via montrealgazette.com
  The Montreal Gazette’s Pat Hickey and Postmedia’s Michael Traikos discuss the Montreal Canadiens and the NHL Entry Draft.
  The draft will be held on June 22–23, at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas.
  
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• 5 Montreal stories guaranteed to make you smile this week: June 22

  22-06-2018 16:14 via globalnews.ca
  Have you heard of this homegrown basketball star?
  
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• Montreal construction workers rally behind striking crane operators

  22-06-2018 15:39 via montrealgazette.com
  The provincial government will be sending construction unions a formal notice demanding they pay any damages caused by the illegal strike of crane operators, Quebec Transportation Minister André Fortin said in a statement Friday.
  Fortin said he finds it unacceptable that the workers have not returned to their jobs, leaving worksites empty for a week, despite being ordered back to work Thursday.
  Construction workers and supporters have since planned to demonstrate in Montreal on Friday in
  
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• Cajun music to kick-off Saint Jean-Baptiste weekend

  22-06-2018 15:33 via globalnews.ca
  Get your Saint Jean-Baptiste weekend off to a great start with some Cajun style music from the Montreal band, “Les Flâneurs.”
  
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• Saint Jean-Baptiste weekend entertainment

  22-06-2018 15:26 via globalnews.ca
  Entertainment columnist Jay Walker joins Global’s Laura Casella with a great list of things to do on the long Saint Jean-Baptiste weekend.
  
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• Even beaches aren't immune to Montreal-area construction delays

  22-06-2018 15:23 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal is a jewel of an island in the middle of a sparkling river, and for years, politicians have been promising to create new beaches so that island residents can reclaim the shorelines and actually swim in its waters.
  Here’s an update on those projects.
  Verdun beach
  This section of the shoreline behind the Verdun Auditorium will be transformed into a beach in time for next summer’s swim season.
  Like many projects planned for Montreal’s 375th birthday last summer, the Verdu
  
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• Saint Jean-Baptiste barbecue ideas

  22-06-2018 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  Make your Saint Jean-Baptiste BBQ one to remember with some great recipes from food blogger Manon Lapierre and Global’s Laura Casella.
  
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• Social Notes: 2018 Canadian Grand Prix party patrol

  22-06-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  You might think the year following the glittering 50th anniversary of the Formula One Grand Prix du Canada would be a little more chill. Think again, Noties! This year’s edition was just as exhilarating, especially on the celebratory front. So please, fashion your seatbelts, and rev up for our best GP social roundup ever. Ready, set, party overdrive! 
  Rolls-Royce Motor Cars Quebec dealer principal Gad Bitton and Rolls-Royce Motor Cars CEO Torsten Muller-Otvos at the private openi
  
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• Quebec crane operators refuse order to return to work

  22-06-2018 14:52 via cbc.ca
  Some of Quebec's crane operators are still off the job, despite a labour tribunal ruling Thursday evening ordering them back.
  
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