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• Ten years after his death, Fredy Villanueva supporters denounce lack of recognition

  01-08-2018 23:48 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 1: Supporters of Fredy Villanueva, the Montreal teen who was shot to death by a city police officer in 2008 are lamenting the absence of a memorial in his honour. Global’s Dan Spector’s reports.
  
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• Activists slam Montreal North borough for feeble tribute to Fredy Villanueva

  01-08-2018 23:48 via cbc.ca
  As Montreal North prepares to mark ten years since 18-year-old Fredy Villaneuva was shot and killed by police, activists and community groups are slamming the borough for refusing to publicly commemorate him.
  
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• Montreal’s hot July breaks 97-year-old heat record

  01-08-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  July was a scorcher for Montreal. Sweltering temperatures consistently soared above 30 degrees, smashing a 97-year-old record. Tim Sargeant reports.
  
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• Monarch butterflies

  01-08-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 1: The city of Pointe-Claire is joining a small group of cities in the fight to preserve the endangered monarch butterfly. Brayden Jagger-Haines explains.
  
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• Weekend road closures

  01-08-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 1: Montrealers have become accustomed to never-ending construction and this weekend there will be even more major closures. Felicia Parrillo has the details.
  
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• Overgrown trees planted by Rivière des Prairies borough major nuisance for resident

  01-08-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 1: Having trees on your property is no doubt enjoyable, but the maintenance can be problematic for some homeowners. Global’s Phil Carpenter has the story of one Rivière-des-Prairies woman who is struggling with tree upkeep.
  
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• Haitian-born Frantz Benjamin to run for Liberals in Viau

  01-08-2018 23:16 via montrealgazette.com
  A Haitian-born poet — who plans to keep his distance from controversies — will be a Quebec Liberal Party candidate in the Oct. 1 election.
  Frantz Benjamin, municipal councillor in Montreal’s St-Michel district since 2009, will be registered in the multicultural district of Viau, a Liberal fortress, on Thursday. He will try to succeed outgoing MNA David Heurtel.
  Benjamin describes himself as moderate, prudent, and looking for dialogue, consensus and “living together.&rdquo
  
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• Rivière-des-Prairies woman stumped about damage caused by city trees

  01-08-2018 23:11 via globalnews.ca
  The trees are about 30 years old and have grown so big they're starting to cause problems.
  
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• Who will Anglo Quebecers vote for?

  01-08-2018 23:10 via globalnews.ca
  Quebecers have a federalist alternative to the Liberals: Legault's Coalition. But will the vote for them?
  
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• Quebec pig farmers lose livestock to soaring temperatures

  01-08-2018 23:08 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's hottest July in 97 years wasn't just deadly to vulnerable people. Pigs are heat sensitive, as they hardly sweat and can't easily regulate their body temperature.
  
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• TIFF: Xavier Dolan's John F. Donovan to finally have world première

  01-08-2018 22:53 via montrealgazette.com
  Xavier Dolan certainly has a flair for the dramatic.
  From his voluble, volatile films to his complaints about the Cannes sections they do or don’t appear in, the prizes they do or don’t get and his defiant stances against the harsh words of critics who don’t get his artistic flourishes, the Quebec director never fails to make himself heard. But he has certainly taken his time this time.
  Wednesday morning, the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) announced the Canadian com
  
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• TIFF 2018 Canadian movies: Xavier Dolan’s English-language debut to premiere, joins roster of Canuck talent

  01-08-2018 22:28 via globalnews.ca
  Forty per cent of the Canadian film slate at this year's Toronto Film Festival is directed by women.
  
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• Inmate who died in prison linked to Rock Machine biker gang

  01-08-2018 22:08 via montrealgazette.com
  A federal penitentiary in Drummondville is under lockdown while authorities conduct a search following the death of an inmate who had past ties to the Rock Machine biker gang.
  Correctional Service Canada (CSC) announced late Tuesday night that a thorough search of the Drummond Institution, a medium-security penitentiary 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal, was underway following the death of Jonathan Payeur on Sunday. In a statement, it said the “lockdown has been put in place at the
  
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• Saudi Arabia arrests sister of imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi, Amnesty says

  01-08-2018 22:07 via cbc.ca
  The sister of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been arrested by authorities in that country, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
  
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• Saudi Arabia arrests sister of imprisoned blogger Raif Badawi

  01-08-2018 22:07 via cbc.ca
  The sister of jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi has been arrested by authorities in that country, Amnesty International said Wednesday.
  
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• Serge Losique saves film festival despite debt to Revenue Quebec

  01-08-2018 22:03 via montrealgazette.com
  The Festival des Films du monde (FFM) was given a reprieve from Revenue Quebec and will go ahead with its 42nd edition in three weeks.
  The festival’s founder, Serge Losique, has paid Revenue Quebec $32,800 — only part of the debt his festival owes in taxes. The agency wanted the money by Wednesday as security.
  According to Revenue Quebec, Losique’s festival owes almost $500,000 in unpaid taxes. The agency filed an injunction request against the FFM in July, requesting the festi
  
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• Buckle up, Montreal: Major closures on Decarie Expressway this weekend

  01-08-2018 21:54 via globalnews.ca
  There will be major closures on Highway 15 this coming weekend.
  
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• Last time July was this hot in Montreal, everything was black and white

  01-08-2018 21:15 via montrealgazette.com
  With an average temperature of 24.2 degrees Celsius, Montreal just completed its warmest July since 1921.
  While the heat wave of 2018 might harken back to that summer, a lot has changed in the intervening decades.
  Let’s revisit that summer, shall we?
  Last time a July was this hot in Montreal, Médric Martin was the city’s mayor.
  Last time a July was this hot in Montreal, the city had a population of 618,506.
  Last time a July was this hot in Montreal, red and white had stil
  
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• Quebec labour tribunal sides with employer in cat bereavement spat

  01-08-2018 21:08 via globalnews.ca
  Chantal Dumais filed a complaint alleging she was forced to leave her job due to various incidents of alleged psychological harassment.
  
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• Mount Royal Cemetery now closed to bikes

  01-08-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 1: Cyclists are no longer allowed to ride on the grounds at Mount Royal Cemetery. Global’s Billy Shields finds out why.
  
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• Montreal's Eugenie Bouchard tops wild-card entries for Rogers Cup

  01-08-2018 20:55 via montrealgazette.com
  Former Top-10 player Eugenie Bouchard of Montreal heads the list of those who have received wild-card entries into the Rogers Cup Canadian Open women’s tennis championships on Aug. 4-13 at the Jarry Tennis Centre.
  No Canadians qualified for direct entry into the 56-woman main draw and Bouchard, who is ranked No. 123, will be joined in the main draw by Carol Zhao of Richmond Hill, Ont., (No. 138) and Bianca Andreescu of Mississauga (No. 181).
  Outgoing Fed Cup captain Sylvain Bruneau and Lou
  
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• Union puts up billboards after election posters torn down in Quebec City

  01-08-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  A group of unions representing 116,000 employees has put billboards in Quebec City after their pre-election posters were torn down last week.
  
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• Ten years after his death, Fredy Villanueva supporters deplore lack of recognition

  01-08-2018 20:50 via globalnews.ca
  Supporters of Fredy Villanueva are lamenting the lack of any kind of tangible memorial in his honour.
  
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• Cyclists furious as Mount Royal Cemetery closes to bikes

  01-08-2018 20:46 via globalnews.ca
  Mount Royal Cemetery is now off-limits to cyclists, causing a furor in the biking community that prized it as a training destination.
  
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• Martin Patriquin: Doug Ford, Montreal could use your help

  01-08-2018 20:11 via montrealgazette.com
  Neither blessed with flesh-pressing prowess nor cursed with dangerous addictions like his younger brother Rob, Doug Ford nonetheless has a similar gift for hyperbole. Last week, the newly ensconced Ontario premier slashed the size of Toronto’s city council nearly in half, to 25. He did so because Toronto was “the most dysfunctional political arena in the country.”
  Ford’s commute to Queen’s Park from his spread in the suburban sticks is about 25 kilometres. He would
  
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• Because nothing's sacred, here's the $448 'World's Richest Poutine'

  01-08-2018 19:50 via montrealgazette.com
  Poutine is rich.
  Anyone who has ever feasted on the combination of fries, squeaky cheese curds and brown sauce before falling into a well-earned food coma could have told you that much.
  But what if it is also rich in the monetary sense?
  That question, which was not begging to be moved out of the rhetorical category, is the premise for a promotional campaign for the film Crazy Rich Asians.While in Toronto, cast members Awkwafina, Ken Jeong and Nico Santos visited Smokes Poutinerie to make what is
  
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• Time to revamp Quebec's public dental plan, critics say

  01-08-2018 19:22 via cbc.ca
  The labour dispute between the government and the province's dentists is shining a spotlight on the level of dental care provided to those who are not covered by private insurance plans.
  
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• Gabba Gabba Hé: Raymonds translate The Ramones into Québécois French

  01-08-2018 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  Now this is the kind of cultural appropriation I can get 110 per cent behind.
  Les F—ing Raymonds take the classic punk songbook of The Ramones, a band I have suggested on occasion are the most influential group in the history of rock, and have translated their two-minute slices of comic punk rock into joual-flavoured Québécois French. So Pet Sematary, the tune the Ramones recorded as the theme song for the film of the same name, becomes Cimetière d’animal. I Don&
  
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• Give us a place to grieve, Fredy Villanueva supporters say

  01-08-2018 18:49 via montrealgazette.com
  The family of Fredy Villanueva, who was fatally shot by a police officer in Montreal North, wants the borough to discuss how he will be commemorated ahead of the 10th anniversary of his death.
  At a news conference hosted by the support committee for the Villanueva family, the group said that plans to bury a time capsule in Villanueva’s honour isn’t enough, they say, largely because the family wasn’t consulted about the project.
  Will Prosper, a member of the committee, repeatedl
  
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• Montreal reduced water consumption by more than three per cent in 2017

  01-08-2018 18:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Efforts to reduce water consumption on Montreal Island are paying off, the city says, with a 3.5 per cent reduction being recorded between 2016-2017.
  The production of 567 million cubic metres of drinking water in 2017 was a 3.5 per cent reduction compared with the previous year, and a 24 per cent drop since 2001, the city said in a statement on Wednesday.
  The city credits the reduction to improved infrastructure, the use of water meters and a public education program that has been providing tip
  
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• Pat Hickey: What's up with the Habs' slush fund?

  01-08-2018 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  For a second consecutive season, the Montreal Canadiens could find themselves with more than $8 million in unused cap space on opening night.
  The cap situation is a flash point for disgruntled fans. It’s time to look at why money is burning a hole in Marc Bergevin’s pocket, and what it means to the Canadiens now — and in the future.
  Let’s start by dismissing the notion that the Canadiens have become a penny-pinching, bargain-basement team that doesn’t want to spend
  
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• Céline Dion has taken to dancing on car rooftops, because why not?

  01-08-2018 17:17 via montrealgazette.com
  The world, as Shakespeare surely intended to say, is Céline Dion’s stage.
  It is therefore an entirely logical and reasonable that she dances on car rooftops. Actually.
  The Quebec icon took to Instagram this morning to post an image of herself doing just that, and it didn’t even seem that odd because she’s Céline Dion.
  “Love to dance….anytime, ANYWHERE! 💃🏻,” she wrote.Dion is in the midst of a summer tour across the Asia-Pacific r
  
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• Lightning strikes caused more than 100 Quebec forest fires in July

  01-08-2018 16:48 via montrealgazette.com
  The Quebec agency that monitors forest fires in the province says that lightning strikes sparked 125 forest fires over the course of July.
  The Société de protection des forêts contre le feu (SOPFEU) says those fires burned through 23,000 hectares of forest and compelled calls for reinforcements that saw 400 personnel brought in from the United States and other parts of Canada.
  SOPFEU is describing the summer of 2018 as one of the busiest in recent years but notes that the rec
  
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• Despite poutine, Montreal's the healthiest city in N. America: report

  01-08-2018 16:37 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal may be the carbohydrate lover’s dream, but it is also the healthiest North American city to live in, according to a report by rental platform Spotahome.
  Montreal finished 21st out of the 89 cities worldwide ranked across 10 different health factors in the report, which suggests that North America may have some issues. The No. 1 city is Amsterdam; Casablanca is in last place.
  The stand-out category for Montreal involved the number of electric car charging points within five miles o
  
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• Search continues for Montreal man who went missing in the Rivière Rouge

  01-08-2018 16:19 via cbc.ca
  Police and firefighters will be in the air, on boats and on foot searching for the 20-year-old, who went missing Monday afternoon.
  
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• Adventurer Simon DuBois returns home to Montreal

  01-08-2018 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  After traveling 40,000 nautical miles around the globe through 8 major stages on 6 continents, adventurer Simon DuBois recaps his great journey alongside Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan.
  
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• Starting now, speed limits reduced in Côte-de-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce

  01-08-2018 16:05 via montrealgazette.com
  Reduced speed limits went into effect Wednesday in the west-end borough of Côte-de-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce.
  Main thoroughfares such as Saint-Jacques St., Côte-Saint-Luc Rd., the service roads of Décarie Blvd., Jean Talon St. and Côte-des-Neiges Rd. (south of Queen-Mary Rd.) will retain their 50 km/h speed limits. However city officials say they’ll assess whether to eventually reduce the speed limit on these roads to 40 km/h.
  Meanwhile the f
  
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• ‘The Cool Kids’ release new single ‘Change the World’

  01-08-2018 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  ‘The Cool Kids’ is a group of six young talents from all from different backgrounds, who embody common values linked by friendship, team spirit, collaboration, and challenging themselves to reach new heights! They stop by our Global News Morning studio to perform one of their latest tracks!
  
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• Rhonda Massad’s Best of the West for August

  01-08-2018 15:25 via globalnews.ca
  August is a great month for activities in the West Island. Find out more from West Island blogger Rhonda Massad and Global’s Kim Sullivan. For a complete list, please visit westislandblog.com.
  
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• Ottawa plans to soften carbon tax plan over competitiveness concerns

  01-08-2018 15:06 via cbc.ca
  The Liberal government is raising the threshold on emissions for its planned carbon tax after hearing concerns from Canadian industry.
  
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• Vanessa Grimaldi delivers Montreal’s weather forecast!

  01-08-2018 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella, Kim Sullivan and their special guest Vanessa Grimaldi as they give us a forecast for Wednesday’s weather.
  
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• ‘The Bachelor’ winner Vanessa Grimaldi competes on MTV’s ‘Fear Factor’

  01-08-2018 15:01 via globalnews.ca
  Some fan-favorite ‘Bachelor’ alums, including Montreal’s own Vanessa Grimaldi, recently competed on MTV’s Fear Factor “For the Love of Fear” edition. We find out how ‘the final rose’ winner did and why she did it.
  
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• Update: Inmate who died in prison linked to Rock Machine biker gang

  01-08-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  A federal penitentiary in Drummondville is under lockdown while authorities conduct a search following the death of an inmate who had past ties to the Rock Machine biker gang.
  Correctional Service Canada (CSC) announced late Tuesday night that a thorough search of the Drummond Institution, a medium-security penitentiary 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal, was underway following the death of Jonathan Payeur on Sunday. In a statement, it said the “lockdown has been put in place at the
  
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• ALS Society of Quebec – “Every August until a Cure”

  01-08-2018 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  The ALS Society of Quebec provide reception, support, and referral services to people living with ALS and their loved ones. Ambassador Diane Tkalec and executive director Claudine Cook sit down with Global’s Laura Casella to talk all about their upcoming events including ‘Ride for ALS ‘ & ‘Hike for ALS’ this August.
  
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• Mount Royal cemetery bike ban goes into effect Aug. 1

  01-08-2018 14:51 via montrealgazette.com
  A ban on bicycles within the confines of Mount Royal cemetery went into effect Aug. 1 in reaction to a series of complaints concerning cyclists who use the National Historic Site for high speed training.
  The cemetery has defended the ban saying that multiple warnings to cyclists about respecting the site’s 10 km/h speed limit and not riding in groups of more than four have been ignored.
  Notre-Dame-des-Neiges cemetery, also located on Mount Royal, already has a ban on cyclists on its proper
  
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• No more bikes at the Mount Royal Cemetery

  01-08-2018 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  Cyclists have been banned from using the trails in the Mount Royal Cemetery after what they call a complete disregard for safety. Global’s Billy Shields investigates.
  
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• Here’s what’s making headlines, #Montreal: Your news, weather, & traffic update for 8:30am https://t.co/pin7rEBD8I

  01-08-2018 14:36
  
  Here’s what’s making headlines, #Montreal: Your news, weather, & traffic update for 8:30am https://t.co/pin7rEBD8I
  
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• It’s time to celebrate you! Here’s our BT Celebrations for August 1, 2018 https://t.co/AuTKRqhTFE

  01-08-2018 14:28
  
  It’s time to celebrate you! Here’s our BT Celebrations for August 1, 2018 https://t.co/AuTKRqhTFE
  
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• West Island commuters drive home their need for parking at REM stations

  01-08-2018 14:27 via montrealgazette.com
  When the ground-breaking ceremony for the Réseau express métropolitain (REM) was held April 12 in Griffintown, West Island commuters could finally envision the future promise of putting their car keys in their pocket and taking a light-rail train downtown.
  But initial enthusiasm for the REM, a 26-station system that will link downtown Montreal to the suburbs, including the West Island, has since given way to concerns about accessibility. More to the point: Where will motorists park
  
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• Federal prison in Drummondville under lockdown after inmate's death

  01-08-2018 14:07 via montrealgazette.com
  A federal penitentiary in Drummondville is under lockdown while authorities conduct a search following the death of an inmate who had past ties to the Rock Machine biker gang.
  Correctional Service Canada (CSC) announced late Tuesday night that a thorough search of the Drummond Institution, a medium-security penitentiary 100 kilometres northeast of Montreal, was underway following the death of Jonathan Payeur on Sunday. In a statement, it said the “lockdown has been put in place at the
  
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