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• Global News at 5:30: Aug 13

  13-08-2018 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  The Monday, August 13, 2018 edition of Global News at 5:30 on Global Montreal.
  
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• Simons unveils 5 rooftop beehives

  13-08-2018 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 13: La Maison Simons is creating a buzz around its new urban beekeeping project. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the Quebec company has set up five rooftop beehives to help protect declining honeybee populations.
  
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• Preliminary hearing begins for Ugo Fredette

  13-08-2018 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 13: A preliminary hearing is underway for a Quebec man accused of killing two people in September 2017. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, Ugo Fredette faces charges of first and second-degree murder following the deaths of his ex-wife and another victim.
  
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• Fence goes up around woods next to Fairview Mall

  13-08-2018 23:53 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 13: A black barrier has popped up around the woods next to the Fairview Mall along Highway 40 West. As Global’s Cora MacDonald reports, the fence is related to the REM, the electric train project promised for greater Montreal.
  
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• Dorval home fire under investigation

  13-08-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 13: Montreal police are investigating after a major fire destroyed a Dorval home over the weekend. As Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports, the blaze began just weeks before the owners were set to move in.
  
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• Canadian veteran’s dream takes flight

  13-08-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 13: After more than 70 years of waiting, a Canadian war veteran got the chance to live out a special dream. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the leading aircraftsman during the Second World War worked on many planes – but this is the first time he flew in the B-25 Mitchel bomber.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Bernier's tweets drum up fear for the sake of fear

  13-08-2018 23:49 via montrealgazette.com
  Maybe the heat got to Maxime Bernier Sunday night.
  The Conservative MP from the Beauce region of Quebec, who is known for courting controversy, fired off a six-part Twitter tirade over the dangers of Canada’s growing diversity. While gamely acknowledging there is much to celebrate, he nevertheless went on to wonder why we don’t put the accent on our own traditions and culture, lambaste newcomers who refuse to integrate or isolate themselves in “ghettos, ” call multicultur
  
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• Safe and sound: Missing Shawinigan boy found

  13-08-2018 23:22 via montrealgazette.com
  A seven-year-old boy who was reported missing in Shawinigan has been found, the Sûreté du Québec said.
  The child was reported missing late on Monday afternoon.
  Police said he went to a beach with some friends, where he was found healthy and safe.
  
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• Watch: Why is Quebec’s election campaign kicking off early?

  13-08-2018 23:08 via montrealgazette.com
  Official campaigning for Quebec’s 42nd general election will kick off on Aug. 23, 2018.
  If that feels like a relatively long time before the Oct. 1 vote, that’s because it is.
  Liberal strategists hope an extended campaign will help them catch up to the Coalition Avenir Québec, which currently leads in the polls. The idea is that a longer campaign could give the CAQ and its leader François Legault more time to trip.
  Such political machinations are possible because while
  
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• Police searching for missing 7 year old in Shawinigan, Que.

  13-08-2018 22:36 via cbc.ca
  Zachary Bourgon was last seen around 11:55 a.m. on 201st Street in Shawinigan, Que., about 170 kilometres east of Montreal.
  
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• Police locate missing 7 year old in Shawinigan, Que.

  13-08-2018 22:36 via cbc.ca
  The boy was found safe Monday afternoon, the Sûreté du Québec said.
  
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• Missing 7-year-old boy in Shawinigan found safe and sound

  13-08-2018 22:31 via globalnews.ca
  The Sûreté du Québec say a seven-year-old boy who was reported missing on Monday in Shawinigan has been found safe and sound.
  
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• Preliminary hearing in Ugo Fredette case gets underway in Saint-Jérôme

  13-08-2018 22:30 via cbc.ca
  Hugo Fredette, 42, is facing first- and second-degree murder charges in the deaths of his partner, Véronique Barbe, and 71-year-old Yvon Lacasse.
  
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• Dr. @dufourlapointe will see you now! Recently retired Maxime on fulfilling her life-long dream.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  13-08-2018 22:23
  Dr. @dufourlapointe will see you now! Recently retired Maxime on fulfilling her life-long dream.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Debunking the myths of strength training! How to shape & tone to lose fat. youtube.com/watch?v=RYg5Mo… https://t.co/Np8Xnl15Ym

  13-08-2018 22:11
  
  Debunking the myths of strength training! How to shape & tone to lose fat. youtube.com/watch?v=RYg5Mo… https://t.co/Np8Xnl15Ym
  
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• No NAFTA deal without Canada: Quebec chief negotiator

  13-08-2018 22:09 via montrealgazette.com
  STOWE, Vt. — The Trump administration doesn’t have the legal authority to side-swipe Canada and sign a bilateral trade deal with Mexico, Quebec’s chief NAFTA negotiator said Monday.
  Raymond Bachand, an ex-Quebec finance minister, said “there is no worry whatsoever” the current one-on-one talks between the United States and Mexico will end in a trade deal signed without Canada.
  Bilateral NAFTA negotiations between the two countries have been building momentum in rece
  
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• The Asian Night Market is back! New venue and much more food! youtube.com/watch?v=TIHbrm… https://t.co/4TlZN5fHRY

  13-08-2018 22:01
  
  The Asian Night Market is back! New venue and much more food! youtube.com/watch?v=TIHbrm… https://t.co/4TlZN5fHRY
  
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• Trump can't reach NAFTA deal without Canada: Quebec chief negotiator

  13-08-2018 21:59 via cbc.ca
  The Trump administration doesn't have the legal authority to sideswipe Canada and sign a bilateral trade deal with Mexico, Quebec's chief NAFTA negotiator said Monday.
  
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• How to go back to school in style: decorate your space to reflect your personality! youtube.com/watch?v=E9-q17… https://t.co/glcrgtsRhX

  13-08-2018 21:41
  
  How to go back to school in style: decorate your space to reflect your personality! youtube.com/watch?v=E9-q17… https://t.co/glcrgtsRhX
  
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• ‘They don’t have legal authority’: Quebec NAFTA negotiator says US can’t sign deal without Canada

  13-08-2018 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's chief NAFTA negotiator says the Trump administration does not have the legal authority to sign a bilateral trade deal with Mexico.
  
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• Work on St-Jean Blvd. hurting DDO businesses

  13-08-2018 20:31 via globalnews.ca
  Ongoing construction work on St-Jean Boulevard in Dollard-des-Ormeaux has been dragging on and businesses complain they are feeling the pinch. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• DDO businesses say St-Jean roadwork is cutting into their bottom line

  13-08-2018 20:15 via globalnews.ca
  Dollard-des-Ormeaux businesses are angered over roadwork they say is making it difficult to stay afloat.
  
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• Maxime Bernier criticizes Liberals for 'extreme multiculturalism'

  13-08-2018 19:39 via cbc.ca
  The man who nearly bested Andrew Scheer in the last Conservative leadership race is condemning the Liberal approach to multiculturalism, warning "ever more" diversity is leading to the ghettoization of minorities and fostering a culture of dependence.
  
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• Simons department stores’ rooftop beehives designed to help bee populations

  13-08-2018 19:31 via globalnews.ca
  Simons department stores are creating a buzz around its new urban beekeeping project. The company has joined a growing movement to protect declining honeybee populations, but will it make a difference?
  
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• Quebec's new domestic violence plan doesn't go far enough, advocate says

  13-08-2018 18:49 via cbc.ca
  Liberal MNA David Birnbaum has defended Quebec's $600-million plan to counter domestic violence over the next five years across the province, but admits "the resources will never be quite sufficient."
  
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• Preliminary hearing underway for accused murderer Ugo Fredette

  13-08-2018 18:47 via globalnews.ca
  Fredette faces two murder charges in connection with the September 2017 death of his former partner, 41-year-old Véronique Barbe, as well as the death of 71-year-old Yvon Lacasse.
  
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• Man behind longest Amber Alert in Quebec history back in court

  13-08-2018 18:30 via montrealgazette.com
  The man behind the longest Amber Alert in Quebec’s history was back at the St-Jérôme courthouse Monday for his preliminary inquiry.
  The man is charged with first-degree murder in the death of his former partner and second-degree murder in the death of Yvon Lacasse, a 71-year-old man whose car the accused is believed to have used while on the run.
  Following a nearly 24-hour manhunt, the man was arrested in an eastern Ontario town on Sept. 15, 2017 in the presence of a six-year-
  
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• Lise Ravary: Confessions of a federalist Quebec nationalist

  13-08-2018 18:13 via montrealgazette.com
  During Meech Lake, I was living in Calgary. I don’t know if watching the debacle from afar was more painful than living through it in Quebec, but never did I come closer to giving up on Canada. Something astonishing.
  My family, dyed-in-the-wool federal and provincial Liberals, supported Lester B. Pearson in Ottawa and Jean Lesage, the premier who oversaw the Quiet Revolution, in Quebec. I must have been the only francophone who did not flirt with sovereignty during adolescence.
  It must be
  
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro’s ‘Strangers in the Night’ returns youtu.be/M2mASxbCMJA

  13-08-2018 18:00
  Pierrefonds-Roxboro’s ‘Strangers in the Night’ returns youtu.be/M2mASxbCMJA
  
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• What the Puck: Here are a few ideas to lift the Habs from the gutter

  13-08-2018 17:59 via montrealgazette.com
  After 25 years of underachieving, maybe the time has to come to radically change the way the Montreal Canadiens are managed.
  Given that I and most other fans are not keen to match the Toronto Maple Leafs’ stunning record of 50 years of failure, I’ve decided to make a few modest proposals that would help pull this once-storied franchise out of the gutter.
  The most important thing is that Habs executives must learn to live in the present and not in the past. You might think the idea to
  
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• Montreal Canadiens: Francis Bouillon proved hard work is what it takes - A Winning Habit

  13-08-2018 17:57
  A Winning Habit
  Montreal Canadiens: Francis Bouillon proved hard work is what it takes
  A Winning Habit
  The Montreal Canadiens gave Francis Bouillon an opportunity to play in the NHL proving that it there's hope even if you start in the ECHL. There was one main positive take away from Alex Burrows joining the Montreal Canadiens organization as an ...and more »
  
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• Four ways to head back to school in style youtu.be/E9-q17L3ki8

  13-08-2018 17:56
  Four ways to head back to school in style youtu.be/E9-q17L3ki8
  
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• Police hand out 300 tickets at Hells Angels weekend biker gathering in Quebec

  13-08-2018 17:54 via cbc.ca
  Police say most of the tickets were for minor road safety infractions such as riding without a helmet or riding on the shoulder.
  
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• Debunking the myths of strength training youtu.be/RYg5MoUIY2w

  13-08-2018 17:47
  Debunking the myths of strength training youtu.be/RYg5MoUIY2w
  
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• Majority of Canadian cities don’t monitor real-time data of sewage leaks into lakes, rivers

  13-08-2018 17:37 via globalnews.ca
  Environment Canada does require municipal governments to report annually how much untreated wastewater is spilled.
  
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• Vanier College implements campus-wide smoking ban

  13-08-2018 17:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s Vanier College has banned smoking “of any kind and of all substances” on the entirety of its campus.
  The English-language CEGEP, based in St-Laurent, announced the campus-wide ban is in effect as of Monday, asking anyone wishing to smoke to leave the school’s grounds to do so. Ashtrays have been installed around its perimeter, the school said.
  The ban was first announced last October and described by the school as a “firm commitment to protecting the
  
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• Opinion: Linking elders, youth builds stronger communities

  13-08-2018 17:32 via montrealgazette.com
  This summer’s multiple deaths in Quebec from the heat wave illustrate the terrible price of social isolation. Most of the victims were elderly, alone and largely without support.
  Yet there is a remedy, a strategy that could make a world of difference. Making intergenerational connections — linking elders and young people in a variety of ways — reduces isolation, and enhances a sense of belonging, of community and civic responsibility for both groups.
  We
  
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• Maxime Dufour-Lapointe @dufourlapointe retires from mogul skiing youtu.be/HGv5IcDNSDw

  13-08-2018 17:29
  Maxime Dufour-Lapointe @dufourlapointe retires from mogul skiingyoutu.be/HGv5IcDNSDw
  
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• Tash Sultana books a return trip to Montreal area after Osheaga

  13-08-2018 16:54 via montrealgazette.com
  Fast-rising Australian multi-instrumentalist Tash Sultana, who performed at last weekend’s Osheaga festival, has announced a headline show at Laval’s Place Bell.
  Tickets cost $51.25 to $61.50 and go on sale Friday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. at Place Bell and the Bell Centre, by phone at 855-634-4472 and via evenko.ca and placebell.ca.
  Sultana has attracted notice for her one-woman shows and homemade videos. The Laval concert is part of a world tour in support of her debut album, Flow S
  
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• Jack White brings Boarding House Reach tour to Laval

  13-08-2018 16:32 via montrealgazette.com
  Jack White has announced his first Montreal-area show since his 2014 headline appearance at the Osheaga festival. The former White Stripes singer will play Place Bell in Laval on Saturday, Nov. 10.
  Tickets start at $57 and go on sale Friday, Aug. 17 at 10 a.m. at Place Bell and the Bell Centre, by phone at 855-634-4472 and via evenko.ca and placebell.ca.
  The show is part of a nine-date Canadian tour in support of White’s third solo album, Boarding House Reach. White will also perform at Qu
  
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• NDP leader Jagmeet Singh will end week-long Quebec tour in Montreal

  13-08-2018 16:14 via montrealgazette.com
  New Democratic Party leader Jagmeet Singh began a week-long tour of Quebec on Sunday.
  Singh plans on spending the week discussing waterway protection measures and job creation in the renewable energy sector.
  Singh considers Quebec to be a leader in environmental protection and says the province proves it by increasingly developing its renewable energy sector.
  The NDP leader believes Canada should invest in a “fair” transition to clean energy, adding that “every dollar inve
  
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• Laura Janowski and the ‘One Take’ finale

  13-08-2018 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  The “One Take” finale is coming fast! Global’s Laura Casella talks to 13-year-old Dollard-Des-Ormeaux singer and “One Take” contestant Laura Janowski and her mentor Kevin Bazinet about the competition and her hopes for the finale.
  
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• Take a Carb Crawl Through Montreal's Mile End - Eater

  13-08-2018 15:36
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  Take a Carb Crawl Through Montreal's Mile End
  Eater
  Those visiting Montreal in summer, or frankly, any time of year, will likely find themselves up exploring Mile End exploring one of the city's most diverse neighbourhoods. And while some come for the history or art scenes, if your travel revolves ...
  
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• Best before and expiry dates: how to read them

  13-08-2018 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  How accurate are food expiry dates? Nutritionist Sylvia Meo joins Global’s Laura Casella to discuss the ins and outs of food expiry and best before dates.
  
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• Trump 'disrespectful' toward Canada, Vermont governor says in meeting with Couillard

  13-08-2018 15:03 via cbc.ca
  Vermont Governor Phil Scott says President Trump's criticism of Canada may be a negotiating tactic, "but it isn't one that I would use." Atlantic Canadian premiers are in Vermont to meet with New England governors today.
  
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• Saving lives with donor milk

  13-08-2018 15:03 via globalnews.ca
  Find out how donor mothers and Hema-Quebec are supplying life-saving breast milk to premature babies with Global’s Kim Sullivan and her guests.
  
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• Here’s what’s making headlines, #Montreal: Your news, weather, & traffic update for 8:30am https://t.co/EhnF0Gf4z8

  13-08-2018 14:48
  
  Here’s what’s making headlines, #Montreal: Your news, weather, & traffic update for 8:30am https://t.co/EhnF0Gf4z8
  
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• Teacher shortage in western Quebec?

  13-08-2018 14:46 via globalnews.ca
  If you’re English-speaking and want to teach, the Western Quebec School Board wants to talk to you. Join Global’s Laura Casella and WQSB HR director Terry Kharyati as they discuss living and working in western Quebec.
  
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• How studying 'babysitting' in belugas can help protect an endangered population

  13-08-2018 14:30 via cbc.ca
  What do baby belugas in the deep blue sea really need?
  
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