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• Watch: What makes a great cannoli?

  31-07-2018 23:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Pâtisserie Alati has been using the same cannoli recipe since the bakery was founded more than 60 years ago.
  “They’re the same shells as we made back in 1954,” said Henry Padulo, son-in-law to the shop’s founder, Antonio Alati. “The ricotta filling is the same recipe as back in 1954. We haven’t changed anything; it’s the same cannoli.”
  So, what’s the first sign of a great cannoli? Every cannoli is filled on the spot, not
  
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• Als’ Johnny Manziel to make CFL debut Friday

  31-07-2018 23:46 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 31: Johhny Manziel, the 2012 Heisman Trophy winner, will make his CFL debut against his former team the Hamilton Tiger-Cats on Friday. Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines has more on the Montreal Alouettes latest acquisition.
  
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• Motorcyclist not wearing a helmet dies after hitting tree in Outaouais

  31-07-2018 23:42 via montrealgazette.com
  A motorcyclist died Monday after his vehicle hit a tree on Barrage-Mercier Rd. near Montcerf-Lytton in the Outaouais region.
  The 37-year-old man was driving a motocross-style motorcycle and not wearing a helmet at the time of the incident, around 3 p.m.
  A passenger on the motorcycle was not injured in the crash. The Sûreté du Québec is investigating.
  
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• Father claims Human Rights Tribunal mishandled complaint

  31-07-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 31: A father and his 17-year-old daughter are asking the Quebec government to launch an external investigation into how Quebec’s Human Rights Tribunal handled their complaint. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the pair alleges the lawyer assigned to their case was aggressive and biased.
  
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• Father claims Human Rights Commission mishandled complaint

  31-07-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 31: A father and his 17-year-old daughter are asking the Quebec government to launch an external investigation into how Quebec’s Human Rights Commission handled their complaint. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the pair alleges the investigator assigned to their case was aggressive and biased.
  
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• Complainants allege bias in Quebec human rights investigations

  31-07-2018 23:36 via cbc.ca
  A Montreal man whose daughter was expelled from her school after complaining about being bullied there said the Quebec Human Rights Commission's case evaluator grilled her aggressively, without ever trying to get the teen's side of the story.
  
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• Two surviving Dionne quintuplets to visit log cabin where they were born

  31-07-2018 23:35 via montrealgazette.com
  The two surviving Dionne quintuplets will be returning this week to the log cabin where they were born 84 years ago for a ceremony marking their birth as an event of national historic significance.
  A spokesman for the sisters said Cécile Dionne and Annette Dionne will be travelling to their birth home in North Bay, Ont., on Sunday. A commemorating plaque will be unveiled during the ceremony at the home, which has been turned into a museum.
  Carlo Tarini said the sisters will be visiting th
  
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• Striking Quebec City calèche workers stand firm

  31-07-2018 23:27 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 31: It’s the height of tourist season in Quebec City, but calèche drivers who have been on strike for a week say they’ll keep picketing for as long as it takes. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, they are fighting for better working conditions for themselves but also for their horses.
  
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• Wild animals in Montreal aren't the problem, experts say, humans are

  31-07-2018 23:07 via montrealgazette.com
  In the past week and a half, three children were bitten by coyotes in Montreal, leading the city to release a statement saying it would take action “on the presence of coyotes on Montreal’s territory.”
  Should Montrealers be alarmed? The Montreal Gazette spoke with three animal experts about coyotes and other wildlife on the island. They say that when it comes to building a peaceful relationship between humans and other animals, it’s people who should be the first to chang
  
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• Kouakou family forgives alleged ‘abductor’

  31-07-2018 22:54 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 31: Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou, 10, has been missing for four months and his family remains convinced he was abducted. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, the family delivers a message of forgiveness to their son’s alleged kidnapper in an open letter.
  
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• Poll: Did it feel like the hottest July in nearly 100 years?

  31-07-2018 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  It’s official: this July was the hottest Montreal has experienced in nearly a century.
  The month’s average temperature of 24.2 C fell just half a degree shy of the all-time high recorded in 1921.
  Although 24 C may not seem particularly stifling, the humidity certainly has an impact on how hot it feels outside. We perceive the temperature to be higher when there’s so much moisture in the air that our sweat doesn’t evaporate quickly, leaving our bodies slick and s
  
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• Hot damn! July was one of hottest on record in Montreal

  31-07-2018 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  This July was the hottest the island of Montreal has experienced in nearly 100 years.
  The month’s average temperature of 24.2 C fell just half a degree shy of the all time high of 24.7 C, recorded 97 years ago in 1921.
  “It’s not a record-breaking month, but it’s close to the maximum ever recorded in Montreal,” said Environment Canada meteorologist Simon Legault. “We can definitely say we’re in the Top 3 in the Montreal area.”
  The 2018 average is al
  
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• Judge criticized as appeal court overturns sex-assault conviction

  31-07-2018 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec Court of Appeal has annulled the sexual-assault conviction an Ontario man received at the Montreal courthouse three years ago after determining the guilty verdict was based on a judge’s prejudices toward young men.
  “The comments of (Quebec Court Judge Manon Ouimet) are unfortunate. They call up prejudices and stereotypes, which constitute an error in law,” the appellate court ruled in its decision to order that Timothy Robbins, now 31, have a new trial on a charge al
  
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• Quebec City calèche drivers on strike for better conditions for horses

  31-07-2018 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  Calèche drivers in Quebec City have been on strike for a week, and say they'll keep picketing until their employer agrees to better working conditions for themselves and their horses.
  
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• West Island community calendar for the week of Aug. 1

  31-07-2018 22:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Peter B. Yeomans Cultural Centre, 1401 Lakeshore Dr. in Dorval, presents the exhibition Traditions and Continuity by Sophie Roy. Continues until Aug. 24. Call 514-633-4071.
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd. in Pointe-Claire, presents the exhibition Making a Stand. Revisited Pedestals — Part III. Continues until Aug. 26. Call 514-630-1220.
  Greenwood Centre for Living History, 254 Main Rd. in Hudson, is open for guided tours and tea for the summer
  
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• Murdered St-Isidore woman was in a 'toxic' relationship, father says

  31-07-2018 21:41 via montrealgazette.com
  A 36-year-old man who was charged with murdering a young woman in a South Shore town over the weekend was residing at a halfway house in Montreal and serving a prison term for drug trafficking at the time of his arrest.
  Eugène Morin appeared before a Quebec Court judge at the Valleyfield courthouse on Monday where he was charged with the second-degree murder of 24-year-old Kim Racine. The victim was reportedly in a relationship with Morin for roughly two years. On Tuesday, Racine’s
  
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• Quebec Appeal Court throws out sexual assault conviction after judge's 'unfortunate' comment

  31-07-2018 21:05 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec Court of Appeal has thrown out a sexual assault conviction after it found a comment by the lower court judge, based on "prejudices and stereotypes" about young men, "irremediably compromised" the trial's fairness.
  
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• Family of missing Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou forgives alleged ‘abductor’

  31-07-2018 21:00 via globalnews.ca
  Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou's family says they forgive their son's alleged abductor.
  
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• Dave Chappelle visited a Montreal brand's pop-up, wore its shirt to JFL

  31-07-2018 20:58 via montrealgazette.com
  Dave Chappelle appeared on stage at the Bell Centre for his Just for Laughs show last Saturday sporting a T-shirt by Montreal’s Okinx.
  “I’m not cocky I’m confident,” read the text on its front and back.
  It’s the kind of moment fashion upstarts dream of.
  You can spend four years obsessing about your brand or imported cotton or stitching, as Okinx’s Cedric Okitundu and Sam Moghbel say they’ve done, but moments like this usually come down to something
  
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• Editorial: Culture, comedy and 'correctness'

  31-07-2018 20:36 via montrealgazette.com
  The past few weeks have given Montrealers much to think about concerning the nature of artistic and cultural expression, and who can say what, and how, to whom.
  There has been much discussion about Robert Lepage’s missteps, which led to the cancellation of productions of two of the world-renowned theatre artist’s shows.
  At the Just for Laughs festival, too, concerns were raised — not least by comics themselves — about whether “political correctness” is curbing
  
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• Motorcyclist dies after colliding with ambulance in Villeray

  31-07-2018 20:31 via montrealgazette.com
  A 53-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday morning after he collided with an Urgences Santé ambulance at the corner of Crémazie Blvd. and St-Hubert St.
  The incident occurred at 6:30 a.m. Preliminary information from the scene suggests the motorcyclist was heading south on St-Hubert and the ambulance heading east on Crémazie Blvd. at the time of the impact.
  The motorcyclist was taken to hospital in critical condition and the ambulance driver was treated for shock. The motorcycli
  
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• Moose spotted in Kirkland https://t.co/we5GsM4pgy

  31-07-2018 20:17
  
  Moose spotted in Kirkland https://t.co/we5GsM4pgy
  
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• Alouettes newcomer Johnny Manziel to make CFL debut vs. Tiger-Cats

  31-07-2018 20:14 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Alouettes on Tuesday announced that recently acquired quarterback Johnny Manziel will be their starter when they host Hamilton on Friday at 7:30 p.m. ET. The Tiger-Cats, who signed Manziel for two years in May, traded him on July 22.
  
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• Celine Cooper: In this changing world, good journalism matters

  31-07-2018 20:07 via montrealgazette.com
  I began writing a weekly column for the Montreal Gazette back in December 2012.
  Quebec’s 2012 printemps érable — the massive student demonstrations characterized by the banging of pots and pans and those iconic red squares — had contributed to the fall of Premier Jean Charest’s Liberals and the election of Pauline Marois’s minority Parti Québécois government. Stephen Harper was prime minister of Canada, having been returned with a majo
  
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• Manziel to make CFL debut with Montreal Alouettes

  31-07-2018 20:06 via globalnews.ca
  Johnny Manziel will make his CFL debut against his former team.
  
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• Highway 15 completely closed at Turcot Interchange this weekend

  31-07-2018 19:58 via cbc.ca
  It will not be possible to get on or off the Décarie Expressway at the Turcot Interchange this weekend, forcing drivers to detour to Highway 13, about six kilometres west.
  
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• Say goodbye to July - the hottest in Montreal in 97 years

  31-07-2018 19:18 via cbc.ca
  How hot was it? We had 11 days where the temperature was 30 C or higher. Normally, we only have three or four July days that hot.
  
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• Naval ship gives Montrealers a glimpse of life at sea

  31-07-2018 19:11 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Jul 31: The Moncton is visiting Montreal as part of a one-month tour of the Great Lakes and the Saint Lawrence River. Global’s Billy Shields finds out why.
  
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• Naval ship offers Montrealers a glimpse of life at sea

  31-07-2018 18:53 via globalnews.ca
  The HMCS Moncton is calling at the Old Port, part of a deployment through the Great Lakes and St. Lawrence River aimed at helping the public understand the mission of the Royal Canadian Navy.
  
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• Update: Murdered Saint-Isidore woman was in a 'toxic' relationship, father says

  31-07-2018 17:52 via montrealgazette.com
  A 36-year-old man who was charged with murdering a young woman in a South Shore town over the weekend was residing at a halfway house in Montreal and serving a prison term for drug trafficking at the time of his arrest.
  Eugène Morin appeared before a Quebec Court judge at the Valleyfield courthouse on Monday where he was charged with the second-degree murder of 24-year-old Kim Racine. The victim was reportedly in a relationship with Morin for roughly two years. On Tuesday, Racine’s
  
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• Updated: Motorcyclist dies after colliding with ambulance in Villeray

  31-07-2018 17:43 via montrealgazette.com
  A 53-year-old motorcyclist died Tuesday morning after he collided with an Urgences Santé ambulance at the corner of Crémazie Blvd. and St-Hubert St.
  The incident occurred at 6:30 a.m. and preliminary information from the scene suggests the motorcyclist was heading south on St-Hubert and the ambulance heading east on Crémazie Blvd. at the time of the impact.
  The motorcyclist was taken to hospital in critical condition and the ambulance driver was treated for shock. The motorc
  
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• Southern stretch of Décarie Expressway to close in both directions this weekend

  31-07-2018 17:40 via montrealgazette.com
  Décarie Expressway will be a mess this weekend, as the southern stretch will be closed in both directions for work to rebuild the St-Jacques St. overpass.
  The southbound side of the expressway will be closed and motorists will be forced off at the Sherbrooke St. W. exit starting at 10 p.m. on Friday, and all but two of the entrances to get on the expressway will be closed. You’ll be able to get onto Décarie from Highway 40 eastbound, and from the Décarie Blvd./Marcel-L
  
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• Nul, Culinaire, 51: Record number of parties running in Quebec's election

  31-07-2018 17:30 via montrealgazette.com
  With two months left before Quebec’s general election on Oct. 1, the province’s chief electoral officer, or DGE, has announced that at least 20 different political parties — a record — will be vying for votes.
  As of Monday, the DGE website listed 20 registered political parties intending to run in October, a number that could increase since the Parti des sans droits (Party of those without rights) is on the waiting list for authorization.
  Never in the province’s rec
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Indian dish finds a use for all that kale

  31-07-2018 17:00 via montrealgazette.com
  Kale is ripening and — as with zucchini, another plentiful vegetable — gardeners will soon be giving it away. Fortunately, it combines well with other foods, as in this subji (vegetable) recipe with cabbage and potatoes from the vegetarian cookbook Fresh India, a user-friendly collection of 130 dishes, by British food writer Meera Sodha (Flatiron Books/Raincoast, $45.50).Sodha prefers using fresh spice seeds and grinding them just before adding them in the recipes. Commercially
  
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• 'No room for hatred': Ariel Kouakou's family forgives possible abductor

  31-07-2018 16:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Still convinced his son was abducted more than four months ago, Ariel Jeffrey Kouakou’s father has written a letter to the person he believes took his child, forgiving them and asking them to come forward.
  “We’re trying to look at this in a positive way,” Kouadio Frédéric Kouakou said in an interview Tuesday morning. “For someone to abduct a child, for one reason or another, it’s because they’re missing something, either affection or a chil
  
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• How does it taste? From milk & cream to soy & cashew, is vegan ice cream worth the shot? youtube.com/watch?v=J_23ON… https://t.co/mDO5UyGQMT

  31-07-2018 16:49
  
  How does it taste? From milk & cream to soy & cashew, is vegan ice cream worth the shot?youtube.com/watch?v=J_23ON… https://t.co/mDO5UyGQMT
  
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• Mars in opposition: You can still catch the tail end of the Martian flyby

  31-07-2018 16:48 via montrealgazette.com
  Mars has just buzzed the Earth, but don’t despair if you missed the flyby early Tuesday morning.
  The Red Planet hasn’t been this close to us — a mere 54.6 million kilometres away — since 2003, and its orbit won’t bring it this close again for another 15 years or so. You can still see Mars, but the trick is to get up before dawn and find a good view of the horizon — over the water or from high ground outside the city.
  The “blood moon” eclipse seen f
  
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• Eugenie Bouchard has a word, or 10, for the haters

  31-07-2018 16:44 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Eugenie Bouchard has apparently heard the barbs about her recent results and extracurricular activities.
  She has heard them, but understandably disagrees.
  The tennis pro took to Instagram on Monday to note: “Your bi-monthly reminder that I do, in fact, play tennis.”
  If you’d like to see why such a reminder is necessary and also lose all will to live, you are free to read the comments.Bouchard most recently made the semi-final of the Swiss Open in Gstaad, winnin
  
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• Pick pocket awareness: tune in to find out how you can prevent being robbed. youtube.com/watch?v=R4SlBE… https://t.co/XCmsdp4Gqd

  31-07-2018 16:40
  
  Pick pocket awareness: tune in to find out how you can prevent being robbed.youtube.com/watch?v=R4SlBE… https://t.co/XCmsdp4Gqd
  
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• Montreal North serial rapist investigated after alleged sexual assault

  31-07-2018 16:28 via montrealgazette.com
  A man who raped nine women in Montreal North more than a decade ago when he was a teenager faces the possibility of new charges following an investigation into an alleged sexual assault committed last summer.
  In 2009, Wisbens Demosthene, now 29, became the first person in Canada to be designated a long-term offender in a Youth Court case when he was sentenced as an adult to a 10-year prison term for having sexually assaulted nine victims — girls and women between the ages of 14 and 26 &mda
  
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• August activities: start the month off with some good food & fashion during Italian week! youtube.com/watch?v=buWae2… https://t.co/RMB1S5lJ3w

  31-07-2018 16:25
  
  August activities: start the month off with some good food & fashion during Italian week! youtube.com/watch?v=buWae2… https://t.co/RMB1S5lJ3w
  
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• What's Gnawa music? This ancient repertoire is a fusion of poetry, music and dance. youtube.com/watch?v=lFPySP… https://t.co/nHuqAuTQtG

  31-07-2018 16:14
  
  What's Gnawa music? This ancient repertoire is a fusion of poetry, music and dance.youtube.com/watch?v=lFPySP… https://t.co/nHuqAuTQtG
  
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• Etienne Lavigne : Star dancer of Ballet National Canada

  31-07-2018 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  Not only is Etienne Lavigne a star dancer for ‘Ballet National Canada,’ he’s also the executive director of the ‘Festival des Arts de Saint-Sauveur,’ one of the largest summer dance festivals in the country! He sits down with Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to break down all the details.
  
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• Rocketing to success! @SpaceConcordia talks new projects & competing at an international level.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  31-07-2018 15:54
  Rocketing to success! @SpaceConcordia talks new projects & competing at an international level.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Popular athleisure trends with Claude Laframboise

  31-07-2018 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  Athleisure is a popular fashion trend in which clothing designed for workouts and other athletic activities is worn in other settings, such as at the workplace or at other casual occasions. Image consultant Claude Laframboise showcases all the latest in fashionable sportswear.
  
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• Carey Price’s off-season workout

  31-07-2018 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  Have you ever wondered what our Montreal Canadiens’ Carey Price does off-season? Global News fitness columnist got the chance to have a peek at some drills and decided to try them out.
  
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• Montreal’s first ever consultations on systemic racism

  31-07-2018 15:06 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal in Action collected more than 15,000 signatures forcing the city to hold public consultations on systemic racism and discrimination. The leader of the group Balarama Holness joins Global’s Laura Casella to explain more.
  
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• Montreal stands firm: No street to be named after Daisy Sweeney

  31-07-2018 15:01 via montrealgazette.com
  Mayor Valérie Plante said Monday that naming a street after Daisy Peterson Sweeney is not an option, but she is willing to work with the Peterson-Sweeney family to find a compromise.
  “To me, this is not a political decision. You don’t un-name a street to rename a street. This is a very serious process,” Plante said to reporters after a press conference in the Old Port.
  The mayor was responding to a report in the Montreal Gazette revealing that the city has decided not to
  
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• Dîner en Blanc’s 10th Anniversary

  31-07-2018 14:58 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal foodie tradition ‘Dîner en Blanc’ is celebrating its 10th anniversary this year. The mass “chic picnic” is located in public space, which is only revealed a few hours prior to the event.
  
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• #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/EdlUDpZ590

  31-07-2018 14:48
  
  #BTMTL #needtoknow VIDEO: Your news, weather, traffic update at 8:30 https://t.co/EdlUDpZ590
  
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