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• Hockey commentator Brian Wilde returns to Global News for second season

  29-08-2018 23:56 via globalnews.ca
  Fans can catch Brian’s unique analysis on Global News as soon as training camp gets underway.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Do our animal-control laws have enough teeth?

  29-08-2018 23:46 via montrealgazette.com
  Three dog attacks in 10 days are raising some pointed questions about how far new animal-control laws recently adopted in Montreal and across Quebec actually go to protect the public.
  A dog was shot by police in the Outaouais region Tuesday evening after turning on its owner, seriously injuring him and another man who tried to intervene. Another dog was killed by police in Laval last week after officers responded to a 911 call from a screaming woman who was repeatedly attacked by her son’s
  
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• CAQ’s François Legault is taking campaign controversies in stride

  29-08-2018 23:39 via globalnews.ca
  François Legault has momentum, but he is also facng a few setbacks on Day 6 of the campaign. For now, he seems to be taking it all in stride.
  
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• Record heat spells trouble for local farmers

  29-08-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 29: This summer’s record heat and humidity mixed with a lack of rain have been devastating for local farmers and their crops. As Global’s Cora MacDonald reports, many are hoping the balmy weather will let up.
  
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• CAQ faces setbacks on campaign trail

  29-08-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 29: The Coalition Avenir Québec continues to enjoy a healthy lead in the latest polls as the election campaign continues. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the party is facing a few setbacks– but CAQ Leader François Legault is taking it all in stride.
  
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• Quebec Liberals lead with millennials

  29-08-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 29: The Coalition Avenir Québec is leading the race in the provincial election campaign, but a recent poll shows young voters are leaning toward the Quebec Liberals. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, young people will have more voting power than ever in the upcoming election.
  
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• McGill law student says he was victim of systemic discrimination

  29-08-2018 23:23 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 29: A McGill University law student with a visual impairment is filing a complaint against the school with the Quebec Human Rights Commission. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the student claims he was the victim of discrimination, which has led to a series of problems.
  
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• Quebec election notebook: Volatile voters expect CAQ minority government

  29-08-2018 23:16 via montrealgazette.com
  Quebecers expect the Oct. 1 election to produce a minority Coalition Avenir Québec government.
  That’s one of the secondary take-aways from the Montreal Gazette-Le Devoir poll conducted by Léger that you read about in Wednesday’s paper.
  Forty-two per cent of respondents expect François Legault’s CAQ to win the election, compared with 24 per cent who think Philippe Couillard and his Liberals will take it. Only four per cent foresee a victory by the Parti Qu&e
  
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• New mobility agency seeks to improve parking in Montreal

  29-08-2018 23:15 via globalnews.ca
  The agency will be tasked with developing new and innovative strategies to help Montrealers find and access parking in the city.
  
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• Quebec election live blog Aug. 29: The anti-extremist blogger who vets PQ candidates

  29-08-2018 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  This was the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Wednesday, Aug. 29.5 p.m.: That’s a wrap
  Thanks for following along. We’ll be back on Thursday.3:45 p.m.: Couillard wows kids
  Here’s why Liberal leader Philippe Couillard keeps visiting schools. This was the fourth elementary school he has visited in three days, according to colleague René Bruemmer.
  Philippe Couillard gets most enthusiastic reception of his campaign, by far, at É
  
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• Beyond the Plate with Antonio Park: multicultural in life and in food

  29-08-2018 22:30 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the fifth instalment in the monthly series Beyond the Plate, looking at the motivations and passions of local chefs. This month: Antonio Park.
  After a day spent with Antonio Park, and hearing about his upbringing, his personal hardships and the rebuilding of his flagship restaurants Park and Lavanderia after a devastating fire, a Bob Marley quote comes to mind: “You never know how strong you are until being strong is your only choice.”
  Park said his mother recently revealed s
  
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• Severe thunderstorm, heat warnings end for Montreal area

  29-08-2018 22:18 via montrealgazette.com
  Environment Canada on Wednesday afternoon ended the severe thunderstorm warning and heat warning for the Montreal area.
  The forecast for Wednesday calls tor the temperature to plummet to 17 C tonight from a high of 30 C today.
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  While you were sleeping: CAQ leading polls, man punches shark
  
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• Montreal woman kicked out of courtroom for wearing hijab still looking for answers

  29-08-2018 22:15 via cbc.ca
  Rania El-Alloul, the Montreal woman who was asked to remove her hijab in order to have her case heard in court, was back in court Wednesday. She is trying to get a ruling that clearly states that a judge can't refuse to hear a case based on someone's religious attire.
  
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• Bill Brownstein: Montrealer sneaks gross vanity plate past SAAQ

  29-08-2018 21:57 via montrealgazette.com
  Ryk Edelstein has a twisted sense of humour. So after learning that several friends were turned down for Quebec’s new vanity licence plates over fairly innocuous submissions, he figured he would apply with one whopper of a word that was certain to be rejected by the Société de l’assurance automobile du Québec (SAAQ).
  After all, his friends had been turned down for such seemingly benign requests as ROTH and STOWE, and he was submitting one of the more gross and of
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ MNA received $55,000 loan from suburban mayor

  29-08-2018 21:54 via montrealgazette.com
  On the heels of the resignation of the Coalition Avenir Québec president Tuesday, another one of the party’s candidates is embroiled in a controversy for accepting a $55,000 personal loan from a suburban mayor in Quebec City.
  Éric Caire, the CAQ MNA for the Quebec City riding of La Peltrie, acknowledged Wednesday in a televised news conference that he accepted a personal loan a year ago from Émile Loranger, the mayor of L’Ancienne-Lorette, to buy a house in the m
  
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• Montreal gains control of parking with new sustainable mobility agency

  29-08-2018 21:51 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal will be gaining control of all duties related to parking with the creation of its new Agence de mobilité durable, the city announced Wednesday.
  The agency will be a paramunicipal corporation — the municipal equivalent of a crown corporation — led by a nine-person board of directors. The board will largely be composed of administrators from Stationnement de Montréal, the organization that currently manages parking in the city.
  Over the next few months, the agenc
  
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• Severe thunderstorm warning issued for parts of southern Quebec

  29-08-2018 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal and surrounding areas are under a severe thunderstorm warning Wednesday afternoon.
  
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• Five things to do in Montreal this weekend: Aug. 30 to Sept. 3

  29-08-2018 21:20 via montrealgazette.com
  Get your music festival fix at Mile Ex End
  How many more chances are you going to get this year to wear a flower crown in a relatively judgment-free environment? The Mile Ex End festival, running Saturday to Monday, is packed with great acts. Headliners The Barr Brothers and Broken Social Scene will close off Days 1 and 2, respectively, while Day 3 is reserved for comedians. And it’s a great deal: $60 for a three-day pass.
   
  Go on a late-night excursion at an art museum
  On Sept. 2, th
  
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• Parti Québécois rules out alliance with Coalition Avenir Québec

  29-08-2018 21:07 via globalnews.ca
  Parti Québécois Leader Jean-Francois Lisée says he would accept a minority government mandate but is ruling out any possibility of forming a coalition with Francois Legault's Coalition Avenir Québec.
  
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• Small pets on the train? Via Rail says yes, on Québec City to Windsor route

  29-08-2018 21:05 via cbc.ca
  Some pets will now be allowed in the Via Rail Québec City to Windsor corridor, but they must be placed in carriers and passengers need to reserve in advance.
  
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• West Island kids return to school amid traffic and safety concerns

  29-08-2018 19:58 via globalnews.ca
  Wednesday marked the first day of the 2018-19 school year for most kids in the Lester B. Pearson School Board, and traffic safety was the first issue to confront parents.  
  
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• Live — Quebec election: The anti-extremist blogger who vets PQ candidates

  29-08-2018 19:57 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Wednesday, Aug. 29. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:55 p.m.: Economic debateThe Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal will host a Sept. 11 election debate on the economy that will be broadcast live by LCN. Speeches by the four party leaders will follow later in the month.
  1 p.m.: Blogger torpedoes another PQ hopeful
  Parti Qu&eac
  
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• Martin Patriquin: Canada needs a new abortion law

  29-08-2018 19:56 via montrealgazette.com
  As an unabashed pro-choice Quebecer, whose province was an early home to unfettered abortion access, gay rights activism and assisted suicide, among other bugaboos of the social conservative movement, let me say this: The Campaign Life Coalition finally got something right.
  Last week at the Conservative convention in Halifax, supporters of Canada’s largest anti-abortion group introduced a motion that would have struck down the party’s pledge to “not support any legislation to r
  
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• Cote-St-Luc inaugurates Leonard Cohen Lane

  29-08-2018 19:55 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 29: The tributes to one of Canada’s most iconic voices continue. Nearly 2 years after poet and singer Leonard Cohen died, Cote st- luc is honouring his in their own way. Elysia Bryan-Baynes has that story.
  
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• Quebec Solidaire promises ban on gas fueled cars by 2050

  29-08-2018 19:51 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Aug 29: Quebec Solidaire is pushing for the province to go green. The provincial party wants to get gas powered cars off the roads by 2050. Elysia Bryan-Baynes reports.
  
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• Quebec bar honours lawyer who works in Cree, Indigenous communities

  29-08-2018 19:47 via cbc.ca
  'I'm particularly honoured to receive this distinction,' says Christian Leblanc, who is also the prosecutor-in-chief for the Viens Commission.
  
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• Manziel cleared for return, but unlikely to start for Als against Ottawa

  29-08-2018 19:36 via cbc.ca
  Johnny Manziel is out of concussion protocol, but it looks certain that Antonio Pipkin will start a third straight game at quarterback for the Montreal Alouettes.
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ MNA received $55,000 loan from suburb mayor

  29-08-2018 19:21 via montrealgazette.com
  On the heels of the resignation of the Coalition Avenir Québec president Tuesday, another one of the party’s candidates is embroiled in a controversy for accepting a $55,000 personal loan from a suburban mayor in Quebec City.
  Éric Caire, the CAQ MNA for the Quebec City riding of La Peltrie, acknowledged Wednesday in a televised interview that he accepted a personal loan a year ago from Émile Loranger, the then-mayor of L’Ancienne-Lorette, to buy a house in the mu
  
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• Safety first as West Island students head back to school

  29-08-2018 19:08 via globalnews.ca
  As kids head back to school across the island, many institutions are struggling to manage traffic around their buildings. Global’s Billy Shields reports on how officials at one school in Kirkland were out in full force trying to keep the traffic flow moving.
  
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• 'Just watch me,' Couillard says of protecting Quebec dairy industry

  29-08-2018 19:03 via cbc.ca
  Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard is warning there would be "serious political consequences'' to allowing any further dismantling of Canada's supply management system in order to strike a NAFTA deal.
  
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• Quebec election: Lisée denounces candidate who called Islam a 'menace'

  29-08-2018 18:52 via montrealgazette.com
  NICOLET — A Parti Québécois candidate who posted on social media that Islam should be banned “like we ban pit bulls” will not be allowed to stand for the party, said leader Jean-François Lisée on Wednesday morning.
  Pierre Marcotte was selected as the party’s candidate in Drummond—Bois-Francs by the local riding association, but Lisée said he has a fundamental disagreement with Marcotte’s opinions and writi
  
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• Opinion: Charities, 'political activity' and free speech

  29-08-2018 18:33 via montrealgazette.com
  An Ontario court recently issued one of the most important free speech rulings in Canada in years.
  On July 16, Justice Edward Morgan of Ontario’s Superior Court of Justice ruled that limits imposed by the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) that muzzle charities are arbitrary and violate freedom of expression under the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.
  But now, the federal government has announced it will appeal the ruling.
  According to Imagine Canada, there are about 85,000 charities in Ca
  
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• Couillard warns against softening stance on supply management in NAFTA talks

  29-08-2018 18:25 via globalnews.ca
  Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard suggested the country's second-largest province will make its disapproval heard if Canada gives in to American demands and grants greater access to its dairy market during tough NAFTA renegotiation talks.
  
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• Laval police seek car thieves who added insult to injury

  29-08-2018 18:24 via montrealgazette.com
  Laval police are turning to the public in an effort to track down two car thieves who are believed to have also used their victim’s credit card to make purchases at a dépanneur.A Dodge Durango — containing its owner’s personal documents — was stolen from Laval’s Chomedey district on May 15. A credit card that had been in the vehicle was used about an hour later to make some purchases in a dépanneur.Laval police seek two male suspects in May 15 car thef
  
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• We're in for a 'teeth-chattering', 'unusually snowy' winter: Farmers' Almanac

  29-08-2018 18:18 via montrealgazette.com
  If you attempt to understand when winter will end by following the movements of a groundhog, you might as well also read the Farmers’ Almanac.
  Both of these meteorological predictors share a folksy and studied indifference to anything that might be described as scientific rigour.
  Another similarity: Groundhog Day gave us the line “It’s going to be cold, it’s going to be grey, and it’s going to last you for the rest of your life,” which is roughly what the Farm
  
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• The English-language provincial leaders debate on September 17 will air on Citytv https://t.co/GtlVW9pq9b

  29-08-2018 18:00
  
  The English-language provincial leaders debate on September 17 will air on Citytv https://t.co/GtlVW9pq9b
  
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• Montreal North business owners decry plans to build bike path on industrial artery

  29-08-2018 17:32 via cbc.ca
  Vélo Québec says the path would actually make it safer for everyone on the road, and calls the reaction “outdated.”
  
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• Quebec election: PQ leader denounces anti-Muslim candidate

  29-08-2018 17:10 via montrealgazette.com
  NICOLET — A Parti Québécois candidate who posted on social media that Islam should be banned “like we ban pit bulls” will not be allowed to stand for the party, said leader Jean-François Lisée on Wednesday morning.
  Pierre Marcotte was selected as the party’s candidate in Drummond—Bois-Francs by the local riding association, but Lisée said he has a fundamental disagreement with Marcotte’s opinions and writi
  
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• Quebec election: 'Just watch me' says Couillard on saving dairy farms

  29-08-2018 17:04 via montrealgazette.com
  “Just watch me,” said Quebec Liberal leader Philippe Couillard on Wednesday morning when asked what he would do if Canada decides to allow concessions on its supply-management policies for dairy farmers in trade negotiations with the United States.
  The incumbent premier was evoking the words of former Liberal prime minister Pierre Trudeau to a journalist during the 1970 October Crisis. Three days later, Trudeau invoked the War Measures Act to quell dissidents in the province.
  Couilla
  
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• Live — Quebec election: Voters expect (hope for?) CAQ minority

  29-08-2018 16:56 via montrealgazette.com
  This is the Montreal Gazette’s live blog on the Quebec provincial election for Wednesday, Aug. 29. This post will be updated throughout the day. Email me at [email protected]:35 a.m.: CAQ win but a minority – poll
  Quebecers expect the Oct. 1 election to produce a minority Coalition Avenir Québec government.
  That’s one of the secondary takeaways from a new Montreal Gazette-Le Devoir poll conducted by Léger.
  Forty-two per cent of respondents expect the Fra
  
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• Consultation office OKs Lachine project — with conditions

  29-08-2018 16:45 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal’s office of public consultations has made public its report on a proposal to convert the mother house of the Congrégation des Soeurs de Sainte-Anne in Lachine. And while the commission that presided over hearings on the project recommends it be allowed to proceed, it also thinks several conditions should be met before doing so.
  “The commission believes many modifications to the proposed regulation (allowing demolition and reconstruction) are necessary to protect
  
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• Quebec election: CAQ 'economic squad' would boost entrepreneurship

  29-08-2018 16:31 via montrealgazette.com
  Coalition Avenir Québec leader François Legault introduced a six-person “economic squad” of financial heavyweights he said would spearhead a CAQ government’s economic policy.
  The six candidates include banking executive Éric Girard, who is running in Groulx, north of Laval, and touted as Legault’s pick for finance minister if he is elected.
  Businessman Pierre Fitzgibbon is running in Terrebonne, while Nadine Girault, a board member of Investissement Q
  
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• Celebrating photography at World Press Photo Montreal

  29-08-2018 15:40 via globalnews.ca
  Some of the world’s best photos are on display at the Bonsecours Market during the World Press Photo Montreal exhibition. Get a sneak preview as photographer Alexandre Champagne joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan.
  
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• Self-care for moms

  29-08-2018 15:37 via globalnews.ca
  The kids are back in school and it’s time for moms to take care of themselves. Find out how, with life coach Erica Diamond and Global’s Laura Casella.
  
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• Montreal police warn of jewel thieves who target the elderly

  29-08-2018 15:36 via montrealgazette.com
  Montreal police are warning citizens — particularly the elderly — to be wary of a gang of con artists who specialize in stealing jewelry the victim is wearing.
  Police say gang members will work solo or in groups and keep a getaway vehicle nearby. The theft begins with the victim’s attention being distracted on a false pretext — a request for directions, the exact time or a conversation about a deceased relative. As a means of thanking the victim for taking the time to lis
  
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• 2 men hospitalized after dog attack in western Quebec

  29-08-2018 15:17 via globalnews.ca
  Police say a 40-year-old man was attacked by his own dog outside his residence on Tuesday evening, and when a 69-year-old man came to his aid, he was also bitten.
  
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• Montreal Impact still in the hunt for playoff spot

  29-08-2018 15:07 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Kim Sullivan and Montreal Impact defender Daniel Lovitz as they talk about the team’s run to the playoffs. You could also win a set of tickets for this week’s game against the New York Red Bulls.
  
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• Quebec election: Liberals promise to raise teachers' starting salaries

  29-08-2018 15:00 via montrealgazette.com
  RIVIÈRE-DU-LOUP — Liberal Leader Philippe Couillard has pledged to increase the starting salaries of teachers to $53,134 a year.
  Couillard said at a campaign stop in Rivière-du-Loup on Wednesday he would compress the first six pay grades teachers normally have to climb.
  The first pay grade starts at $41,390 and is increased annually. However, most teachers in the province start at the third level of pay — $44,985 — under the current collective agreement if they ha
  
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• Jazzing up the back-to-school season for your kids

  29-08-2018 15:00 via globalnews.ca
  The great weather continues even though the kids are back in school. Find out how you can enjoy these last days of summer with your kids with Global’s Laura Casella and parenting expert Jaime Damak.
  
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• Fixing tech products to help the planet and new Quebecers

  29-08-2018 14:43 via globalnews.ca
  Learn how Insertech, a new Montreal non-profit helps the environment and new Quebecers by teaching them to repair used and broken tech products. Global’s Laura Casella has more.
  
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