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• Quebec’s finances in good shape: auditor general

  20-08-2018 23:58 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 20: Quebec’s auditor general has released a report on the province’s finances in advance of the provincial elections. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, the announcement comes as good news for the Liberal government because the report says the province’s books are in order.
  
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• Pat Hickey: NBA franchise coming to Montreal is nothing but a pipe dream

  20-08-2018 23:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The Duke Blue Devils put a 103-58 whooping on the McGill Redmen Sunday before a capacity crowd of 10,098 at Place Bell in Laval.
  It was two hours of pure entertainment as Duke’s prize recruits — Canadian R.J. Barrett and Zion Williamson — showed why they will be in the NBA next fall and McGill’s Alex Paquin did more than enough to earn the ovation he was accorded after scoring 29 points against his more heralded opponents.
  As McGill coach Dave De Aveiro addressed the medi
  
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• Montreal adopts motion calling for ban on private ownership of handguns, assault weapons

  20-08-2018 23:56 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal motion demands that no Canadians be allowed to possess a handgun or assault rifle, with the exception of people who work in the military or law enforcement.
  
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• Sikh community seeks greater effort from Quebec officials to promote inclusion

  20-08-2018 23:51 via globalnews.ca
  The World Sikh Organization of Canada says Quebec lags behind other provinces when it comes to accommodating the religious needs of the community.
  
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• Quebec Liberals gear up for upcoming election

  20-08-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 20: After a difficult week, Quebec Liberal candidates met in the Beauce on Monday to prepare for the provincial election campaign. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, Premier Philippe Couillard says his team is united and ready for the campaign trail – but he admits it will be a tight race against the CAQ.
  
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• Moldy splash pad raises concerns in NDG

  20-08-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Aug 20: NDG parents are concerned after a child slipped and was injured at a moldy splash pad in the area. As Global’s Brayden Jagger Haines reports, the child’s family is calling on officials to fix the problem before more kids get hurt.
  
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• McGill University launches 'historic' partnership with Kahnawake Mohawks

  20-08-2018 23:30 via montrealgazette.com
  It took an act of protest for Robin Delaronde and her classmates to get a high school education on the Kahnawake territory some 40 years ago.
  At the time, the newly adopted Bill 101 prevented Mohawk students from attending school in English, even though they’d been doing exactly that for generations.
  So when Mohawks were barred from entering Howard S. Billings High School in neighbouring Châteauguay in 1977, they marched back to Mohawk territory together. If they wouldn’t be al
  
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• McGill University partners with Kahnawake to offer on-reserve bachelor of education program

  20-08-2018 23:03 via cbc.ca
  Thirty students will be starting classes on Sept. 4 for the first-ever bachelor of education program being offered in Kahnawake.
  
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• Quebec election: Got questions for the party leaders? Ask them here

  20-08-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  The campaign ahead of Quebec’s Oct. 1 provincial election kicks off Thursday, Aug. 23, and as the major parties rev up, so are the preparations for the first-ever televised English debate featuring their leaders.
  Premier Philippe Couillard, leader of the Quebec Liberal Party, François Legault of Coalition Avenir Québec, Parti Québécois Leader Jean-François Lisée and Manon Massé, co-spokesperson of Québec
  
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• South Shore mayors push for public transit improvements

  20-08-2018 22:22 via montrealgazette.com
  The mayors of the Longueuil agglomeration want to see an extension to the Montreal métro’s Yellow line, a tram line on Taschereau Blvd. and reserved lanes for public transit users within the next seven years, the five municipalities announced Monday.
  Called Vision 2025 for Public Transit, their plan is focused on improving the service offered by the Réseau de transport de Longueuil in Brossard, Boucherville, St-Lambert, St-Bruno-de-Montarville and Longueuil, and making p
  
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• Montreal urges Ottawa to issue national ban on handguns, assault weapons

  20-08-2018 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal city councillors voted unanimously to request the federal government issue a sweeping ban on handguns and assault rifles.
  
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• Top gear for back to school: From backpacks to runners, Kathy Buckworth shares some must-haves.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…

  20-08-2018 22:07
  Top gear for back to school: From backpacks to runners, Kathy Buckworth shares some must-haves.… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
  
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• Tony Loffreda breaks down the youth employment rates in Canada. youtube.com/watch?v=4puBNj… https://t.co/UcsP0cjelx

  20-08-2018 21:58
  
  Tony Loffreda breaks down the youth employment rates in Canada. youtube.com/watch?v=4puBNj… https://t.co/UcsP0cjelx
  
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• City council votes to demand Ottawa ban handguns, assault weapons

  20-08-2018 21:52 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal city council voted unanimously Monday to demand the federal government outlaw the private possession of handguns and assault weapons.
  Councillor Alex Norris, who chairs the city’s public security committee, tabled the motion, which asks the federal government to strengthen the gun law, C-71, amending it to ban possession of assault weapons and handguns by anyone except members of the Canadian Armed Forces and police officers. With the motion, the city is also asking the federal go
  
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• Quebec Liberals gear up for campaign with more women candidates, younger caucus

  20-08-2018 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec Liberal candidates met in the Beauce on Monday for a pre-election caucus to welcome new candidates.
  
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• Government committed to tougher gun control but won’t bring back long-gun registry

  20-08-2018 21:49 via globalnews.ca
  On Monday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said that the government is committed to tougher and longer background checks for guns and ensuring a standard approach but will not bring back a long gun registry.
  
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• What the Puck: The time has come for Canadiens fans to fight back

  20-08-2018 21:46 via montrealgazette.com
  The time for laughing is over. So is the time for the crying. Now it’s time to get angry.
  Ladies and gentlemen, if you honestly assess YOUR 2018-2019 Montreal Canadiens, they are a seriously mediocre team. Come September, the usual media suspects will write the usual columns claiming the Habs might contend this season, but I don’t subscribe to that sort of weather-vane journalism.
  I stay on message. Here’s the short version of that message — as long as the same incompeten
  
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• Foodie travels: get a head start on your gourmet experience en route to your destination. youtube.com/watch?v=OOvJ3R… https://t.co/FRbThWzXRX

  20-08-2018 21:33
  
  Foodie travels: get a head start on your gourmet experience en route to your destination. youtube.com/watch?v=OOvJ3R… https://t.co/FRbThWzXRX
  
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• Trudeau: no apologies for heckler encounter, pledges to call out 'hate speech'

  20-08-2018 21:21 via cbc.ca
  Hate speech and the politics of division are creating a "dangerous path" for Canada, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday as he vowed to steer clear of such roads and to continue calling out those who rely on "extremist" methods to make their voices heard.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens trade Kerby Rychel to Calgary Flames for Hunter Shinkaruk in swap of AHL forwards

  20-08-2018 21:16 via globalnews.ca
  Rychel has three goals and 11 assists in 41 career NHL games with Columbus and Montreal. Shinkaruk had 17 goals and 15 assists in 63 games with the AHL's Stockton Heat last season.
  
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• Exo's fall schedule starts today. Plan your commute accordingly

  20-08-2018 21:14 via montrealgazette.com
  You may be clinging to the last shreds of summer for dear life, but the agency running the region’s commuter trains has moved on.
  Exo’s fall season has started on Monday, and brings with it a series of changes.
  Most notably, trains on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line are running on a new schedule.
  In a statement, the agency said these changes better account for the time it takes the line’s growing ridership to disembark at every station.
  You can check the new times and plan your commu
  
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• An artist's guide to falling in love with Quebec City: Food, views and an adventure for every season

  20-08-2018 21:00 via cbc.ca
  "Few outsiders know that Quebec has four faces — one for each season. And missing out on this information can be deadly...boring."
  
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• Opinion: Remembering the remarkable John Ciaccia

  20-08-2018 20:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Politicians come and go. A majority of them fade away from the scene and are soon forgotten. Few are those who leave an imprint, let alone a legacy.
  John Ciaccia left both an imprint and a legacy. During his lengthy political career of six mandates at the National Assembly as member for Mount Royal, he held senior cabinet posts as minister of energy and minister of international affairs.
  However, it was the delicate and complex realm of Indigenous Affairs where he left the deepest imprint.
  In 19
  
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• Montreal names councillor in charge of reconciliation with Indigenous people

  20-08-2018 20:46 via cbc.ca
  Mayor Valérie Plante says Marie-Josée Parent, the newest member of her executive committee, will play an important role in relations with the city's Indigenous community.
  
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• Trudeau addresses his exchange with a woman who heckled him about irregular border crossers

  20-08-2018 20:33 via globalnews.ca
  Last Thursday Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to heckling about irregular border crossers by telling a woman, “Your racism has no place here.” Trudeau addressed the comments at an Ottawa event on Monday morning, speaking about intolerance and immigration.
  
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• Montrealers can now get all wet and pruney watching films in a pool

  20-08-2018 20:14 via montrealgazette.com
  In these steamy summer months, many Montrealers head to movie theatres to beat the heat. For similar reasons, many Montrealers also try to cool down in swimming pools.
  Why, then, wouldn’t you do both at once?
  The Bota Bota spa in the Old Port is projecting silent films this summer, which can be viewed from their swimming pool, among other locations.
  According to the spa’s website, the films, which are screened in collaboration with the Beaubien and Parc cinemas, are also visible from
  
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• Trudeau calls heckler racist during event in Quebec

  20-08-2018 20:01 via globalnews.ca
  Prime Minister Justin Trudeau responded to heckling about irregular border crossers by telling a woman, “Your racism has no place here.” Trudeau made the remarks after the woman interrupted him during an event in Quebec on Thursday to ask when the federal government would repay the province for the $146 million that Quebec says it...
  
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• Auditor general says Quebec finances in good shape going into election

  20-08-2018 19:54 via globalnews.ca
  Auditor general Guylaine Leclerc says Quebec's finances are in order and the budget forecasts put forth by the Quebec Liberals until 2020-2021 are "plausible.''
  
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• Flames, Habs swap minor-league forwards

  20-08-2018 19:48 via cbc.ca
  The Calgary Flames have acquired forward Kerby Rychel from the Montreal Canadiens in exchange for left-wing Hunter Shinkaruk.
  
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• Vaudreuil-Soulanges SOUP Festival

  20-08-2018 19:41 via globalnews.ca
  Symbol of Openness and Union of Peoples, the Vaudreuil-Soulanges SOUP Festival is a festival to create intercultural and intergenerational exchanges in the community. The Golden Ladle soup competition is the central activity of the Festival, the soup being a dish common to all cultures of the world. This is a friendly competition for professional, individual...
  
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• Man involved in hit on alleged Montreal Mafioso is denied parole

  20-08-2018 19:23 via montrealgazette.com
  A Montreal resident serving time for his role in an attempt to murder an alleged influential member of the Montreal Mafia recently told prison authorities he has no concerns despite having been informed his life appears to be in danger.
  The details of Kevin Rochebrun’s lack of worry about his safety are contained in a recent decision made by the Parole Board of Canada to deny him any form of release while he continues to serve a three-year prison term he received last year. He pleaded guil
  
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• Commuters struggling with new Turcot closures

  20-08-2018 19:23 via globalnews.ca
  Commuters were struggling to figure their route to work out Monday morning as new closures around Turcot came into effect. They're slated to last until Sept. 7.
  
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• Lise Ravary: It's not racist to question multiculturalism

  20-08-2018 19:00 via montrealgazette.com
  To make sure we are all talking about the same thing, may I first offer you the official definition of multiculturalism in Canada. It does not mean “multiethnic,” which is a fact, as in “I live in a multiethnic neighbourhood.” Multiculturalism is a doctrine that can be criticized.
  So here it is.
  “It is hereby declared to be the policy of the Government of Canada to a) recognize and promote the understanding that multiculturalism reflects the cultural and racial dive
  
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• Worried about a dangerous dog? Call 311, Valérie Plante says

  20-08-2018 18:03 via montrealgazette.com
  In the wake of dog attacks that injured two children, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante is urging Montrealers to call the city’s 311 information line if they are worried a dog might be dangerous.
  “If you feel threatened by a dog, maybe your neighbour’s dog or a dog in your own house, you can call 311 and we will evaluate,” Plante told reporters at city hall on Monday.
  She said she was “extremely troubled” by the attacks.
  On Sunday, in separate incidents in
  
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• English-language media join forces to host leaders’ debate ahead of provincial election

  20-08-2018 18:03 via globalnews.ca
  The first-ever televised English-language debate on Sept. 17, will be hosted by Global's Jamie Orchard with CTV's Mistsumi Takahashi and CBC's Debra Arbec acting as moderators.
  
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• Quebec is in good financial shape, auditor general's report shows ahead of election

  20-08-2018 17:16 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's finances are in good shape and the Liberal government's budget estimates are "plausible," according to the province's first-ever, pre-election report on the state of public finances released Monday.
  
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• Quebec in good financial shape as election nears, auditor general finds

  20-08-2018 17:16 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's finances are in good shape and the Liberal government's budget estimates are "plausible," according to the province's first-ever, pre-election report on the state of public finances released Monday.
  
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• Montreal appoints councillor responsible for reconciliation

  20-08-2018 16:58 via montrealgazette.com
  A Verdun city councillor who was elected with former mayor Denis Coderre’s political party in November is joining Montreal’s executive committee and will be an associate member responsible for culture and reconciliation.
  Marie-Josée Parent, who is of Mi’kmaq and Acadian heritage, is the city councillor for Champlain–L’Île-des-Soeurs in the Verdun borough.
  Parent is the first Indigenous woman elected to Montreal city council.
  She will now sit as an indep
  
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• Finances in good shape as Quebec preps for election: auditor-general

  20-08-2018 16:35 via montrealgazette.com
  QUEBEC — The Couillard government’s financial framework for the coming years is “plausible,” with no hidden vices that would trouble whichever party ends up in control, the auditor-general says.
  It’s rare good news for a government trailing in the polls as the Oct. 1 election call nears: Guylaine Leclerc says the revenue and spending projections included in Finance Minister Carlos Leitão’s financial vision are credible.
  That means Leitão is bang
  
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• Coalition Avenir Québec promises new Outaouais hospital

  20-08-2018 16:34 via cbc.ca
  The opposition Coalition Avenir Québec is promising to build a new hospital in western Quebec during their first term in power if elected this fall.
  
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• Ottawa announces pilot project providing five more weeks of benefits for seasonal workers

  20-08-2018 16:30 via globalnews.ca
  An estimated 51,500 workers will benefit from the extra weeks of employment insurance.
  
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• Seasonal workers in Quebec to get additional 5 weeks of EI

  20-08-2018 16:16 via cbc.ca
  Seasonal workers living in select parts of Canada will be eligible for up to an additional five weeks of employment insurance under a new Liberal pilot project.
  
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• Montrealers bring musical theatre to the Big Apple

  20-08-2018 16:03 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal community theatre company Full Circle is heading off to Broadway after their success in putting on local musicals. Get the whole story from Global’s Laura Casella and her guests.
  
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• Turcot-related closures cause confusion around NDG

  20-08-2018 15:52 via globalnews.ca
  A stretch of Rue de Courcelle closed by CN Rail and Glen road closed for Turcot work is causing confusion getting in and out of NDG. Global’s Billy Shields has more.
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, August 20

  20-08-2018 15:52 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, August 20.
  
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• 16 year-old cooking sensation get kids excited about food

  20-08-2018 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  16 year-old cooking sensation Liam Lewis joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about his love for cooking and how he gets kids excited about food.
  
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• Montreal’s District M makes it big in digital advertising

  20-08-2018 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  Want to know how digital advertising works? Join Global’s Laura Casella and District M president Jean-Francois Coté to find out more about the new digital advertising age and why Montreal is well-placed to succeed.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, August 20

  20-08-2018 15:14 via globalnews.ca
  Gloria Henriquez has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, August 20.
  
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• Quebec man drowns off P.E.I. beach

  20-08-2018 14:52 via cbc.ca
  A 43-year-man from Quebec died Friday while swimming off Cavendish Beach on P.E.I.'s North Shore.
  
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• Here’s what’s making headlines, #Montreal: Your news, weather, & traffic update for 8:30am https://t.co/nYY0BsED5f

  20-08-2018 14:40
  
  Here’s what’s making headlines, #Montreal: Your news, weather, & traffic update for 8:30am https://t.co/nYY0BsED5f
  
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