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• Making trucks safer in Montreal

  23-10-2018 23:59 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 23: An opposition councillor at Montreal City Hall has tabled a motion asking the Plante administration to make it mandatory for city contractors to equip their heavy duty vehicles with truck skirts. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, the mother of a young woman run over by a snow plow in 2005 is behind...
  
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• Watch: No timeline for U.S. removal of steel, aluminum tariffs, Freeland says

  23-10-2018 23:32
  Foreign Affairs Minister Chrystia Freeland says it’s in the best interest of both countries to lift the U.S. tariffs on Canadian steel and aluminum and Canada’s retaliatory tariffs. Freeland spoke after meeting with Mexican dignitaries.
  
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• Watch: Cancelling Saudi arms deal would come at a high cost, Trudeau says

  23-10-2018 23:25
  Amid outrage over the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi, Ottawa is under renewed pressure to cancel the armoured vehicle deal with Saudi Arabia. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says backing out of the $15-billion contract would be difficult.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Canada should respond strongly to Saudi Arabia

  23-10-2018 23:02
  Before Jamal Khashoggi, there was Raif Badawi.
  Now an honorary citizen of Montreal, whose wife and three children are Canadian citizens residing in Quebec, Badawi has been in prison since 2012 for writing a blog that promoted secularism and democracy in the theocratic monarchy of Saudi Arabia and sometimes criticized the government.
  In early 2015, he was publicly flogged, receiving the first 50 of the thousand lashes ordered as part of his 10-year sentence for the crime of “insulting Islam
  
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• Plans unveiled for new public building made with old Montreal Metro cars

  23-10-2018 22:39 via cbc.ca
  Frédéric Morin-Bordeleau and his brother Étienne want to build a multi-level structure composed of the cars stacked inside an eco-friendly glass shell.
  
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• Increased number of gas leaks in Montreal probably tied to construction boom

  23-10-2018 22:37
  Doctors performed surgery with flashlights, a house caught fire in the east end and the métro’s Yellow Line was shut down for nearly an hour.
  All three of these events were caused by separate ruptures in underground gas lines in the last six months. A rupture also caused 12,000 customers to go without power in the Côte-St-Luc area last month, and last year, left a portion of the Metropolitan Expressway’s service road closed to traffic for several hours.
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• Mural pays tribute to piano teacher Daisy Peterson Sweeney

  23-10-2018 22:34 via globalnews.ca
  A mural in Montreal's Little Burgundy was inaugurated in honour of Daisy Peterson Sweeney.
  
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• Montreal drug smuggling trial stars Hollywood stuntman

  23-10-2018 22:19
  The long-awaited trial of four men — including a West Island resident and an Ontario stuntman who has worked on several Hollywood movies — began at the Montreal courthouse Tuesday.
  The four are charged with conspiring to smuggle cocaine and hashish into Canada for more than a year —between January 2011 and June 2012.
  Prosecutor Carly Norris did not mention the amount of drugs.
  “This is a conspiracy case,” Norris told the jury of six men and six women, noting that no
  
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• Quebec Court of Appeal sides with eBay in case of $98K running shoes

  23-10-2018 22:08 via cbc.ca
  Quebec's Court of Appeal has ruled in favour of the online auction site eBay after it cancelled the sale of a pair of running shoes that stood to earn a pair of Montreal brothers $98,000.
  
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• Coast Guard planning to use sole-sourced 'interim' icebreakers for decades

  23-10-2018 22:02 via cbc.ca
  The Canadian Coast Guard says three 'interim' icebreakers that were recently purchased without a competition will be used for the next 15 to 20 years.
  
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• Major closures on Hwy. 40 could create West Island congestion Nov. 3-4

  23-10-2018 22:00 via globalnews.ca
  Officials of the REM need to close part of Highway 40 between St-Jean Boulevard and Highway 13 during the weekend of Nov. 3-4.
  
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• Club Sportif MAA, condo developer work out plan for building makeover

  23-10-2018 21:56
  Montreal’s oldest athletics club, the Club Sportif MAA, will undergo a major renovation in partnership with a developer who will build luxury condos on the roof of the historic club on Peel St.
  Devimco Immobilier, the real estate developer chosen for the project, said it would build 300 units (studios to 7,500 square foot penthouses), saying there’s still a strong demand for condo units in downtown Montreal.
  The athletics facilities will be upgraded and will include a modern, high-en
  
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• SQ identifies 1 of 2 bodies found in torched SUV in Trois-Rivières

  23-10-2018 21:25 via cbc.ca
  The bodies were discovered Oct. 10, just hours before 19-year-old Ophélie Martin-Cyr was found dead in a field 35 kilometres away.
  
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• Montreal city councillor withdraws motion on religious symbols

  23-10-2018 21:10 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal city councillor Marvin Rotrand has withdrawn his motion that would have supported current and incoming elected officials should they choose to wear religious symbols at city council meetings.
  
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• Should smoking pot be banned at Montreal’s Santa Claus parade?

  23-10-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  Now that marijuana is legal, some are wondering whether smoking should be banned at the Santa Claus parade and other events were children are present. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, the issue was debated during a council meeting at Montreal City Hall.
  
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• Plans unveiled for new public building made with old Montreal subway cars

  23-10-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal's original subway cars were taken off the tracks two years ago, but local entrepreneurs have unveiled a plan that would see the blue and white cars serving the city for another century.
  
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• Montreal Alouettes defensive lineman Woody Baron co-authors children's book

  23-10-2018 20:54 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Alouettes rookie defensive lineman has co-authored #JustaGobbler with his uncle, James Baron, and Henry Taylor. The 38-page hardcover publication was released in August for third- and fourth-graders.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Victor Mete gets back in lineup vs. Flames

  23-10-2018 20:53
  Canadiens Game Day is a new feature this season in which we will follow the Habs during every home game from the morning skate in Brossard through the post-game interviews at the Bell Centre, updating throughout the day with all the news, quotes, notes and opinion you’re looking for:
  Defenceman Victor Mete will be back in the lineup when the Canadiens play the Calgary Flames Tuesday night at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio) after missing the last two games with a minor
  
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• Investing in pot stocks: Is the 'gold rush' over legal cannabis worth the risk?

  23-10-2018 20:48
  Long before they sold a single gram of recreational weed, the key companies in Canada’s new legal cannabis market were already publicly traded.
  It’s an unusual and defining feature of Canada’s cannabis industry. Traditionally, companies listed on Canadian stock exchanges are older and more established. In the cannabis market, the oldest companies have been growing marijuana for only four years. And yet, all six suppliers to the&
  
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• Rotrand withdraws motion on religious garb at city hall

  23-10-2018 20:40
  Councillor Marvin Rotrand withdrew his motion affirming Montreal city councillors’ right to wear religious symbols on Tuesday after both leaders in council said their parties would not support it.
  In an emotional speech, opposition leader Lionel Perez, who wears a yarmulke (Jewish skullcap), spoke eloquently of the importance of freedom of religion as a fundamental value, but said Rotrand’s motion simply muddied the waters in an already divisive climate on the right to
  
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• Should smoking legal cannabis be allowed at Montreal’s Santa Claus parade?

  23-10-2018 20:36 via globalnews.ca
  There could be a cloud hanging over Montreal's Santa Claus parade.
  
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• BHS reunion attracts 1,000 former students and teachers

  23-10-2018 20:05
  Beaconsfield High School held its 60th Diamond Jubilee Reunion over the weekend and organizer Bill Stockwell figures the three-day nostalgia bash attracted more than 1,000 former students, teachers and staff.
  Ro Nauth holds up a photo of her and Chris Rosen as they headed to attend the Beaconsfield High School graduation prom together in 1984. They saw each other for the first time since 1984 as they attended an all-class reunion of Beaconsfield High School on Saturday.
  “It went very well,
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Oct. 24

  23-10-2018 20:00
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd., Pointe-Claire, presents the 2019 Art Rental Collection, a wide selection of artworks by more than 75 artists, starts Saturday and continues until Dec. 2. Vernissage on Sunday at 2 p.m. Call 514-630-1220, Local 1778.
  Galerie de la ville, 12001 de Salaberry Blvd., in Dollard, presents an exhibition in various media exploring the subject of time by visual artists from the group Le Cercle 9. Continues until Nov. 18. Call 514-
  
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• Six O’Clock Solution: Roasted Pepper Panzanella

  23-10-2018 20:00
  There are bread salads and bread salads but this one, from the outstanding seasonal cookbook Six Seasons: A New Way With Vegetables (Artisan/Thomas Allen, $50), is almost a meal in one, thanks to its bounty of colourful peppers and the accents provided by garlic, mozzarella cheese and optional chopped salami.U.S. chef Joshua McFadden has divided the vegetable year into six by declaring summer makes three (early, middle and late). He would like us to learn to eat seasonally by visiting farmer&rsq
  
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• City urges STM to create app to fight harassment on buses and métro

  23-10-2018 19:08
  The city is asking the Société de Transport de Montréal to look into creating an app to combat harassment of women and other vulnerable people in the public transit system.
  Opposition councillor Karine Boivin-Roy, representing the Louis-Riel district, proposed the motion, which was adopted unanimously by city council on Tuesday.
  Paris and Toronto have apps that allow transit users to report incidents, she noted.
  Mayor Valérie Plante said that when her Projet Mont
  
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• MR-63s resurrected: Brothers unveil plan for building made of métro cars

  23-10-2018 19:04
  Montreal’s original métro cars were taken off the tracks two years ago, but local entrepreneurs have unveiled a plan that would see the blue and white cars serving the city for another century.
  Frederic Morin-Bordeleau, 30, and his brother Etienne revealed details Tuesday of a planned multi-level structure composed of the two-ton cars stacked inside an eco-friendly glass shell.
  Frederic Morin-Bordeleau’s vision is of a building that would serve as a concert hall and meeting sp
  
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• Opinion: Quebecers need universal public dental coverage

  23-10-2018 19:02
  Public dental coverage became a major issue in the recent Quebec election. It is high time to make this a reality. Millions of Canadians, and approximately 25 per cent of the population of this province, are unable to receive the dental treatment they need. We, dentists and dental public health professionals, call for the introduction of universal dental coverage in Quebec.
  This idea is not new. In 1954, the Hall Commission recommended public medical insurance that would include dental care
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Victor Mete back gets back in lineup vs. Flames

  23-10-2018 18:48
  Canadiens Game Day is a new feature this season in which we will follow the Habs during every home game from the morning skate in Brossard through the post-game interviews at the Bell Centre, updating throughout the day with all the news, quotes, notes and opinion you’re looking for:
  Defenceman Victor Mete will be back in the lineup with then Canadiens play the Calgary Flames Tuesday night at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio) after missing the last two games with a mino
  
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• Quebec independence institute wins appeal for charity status

  23-10-2018 18:40
  QUEBEC — The think tank set up by Pierre Karl Péladeau to produce studies on independence has won its long battle to be declared a charitable organization.
  Daniel Turp, chairperson of the board of the Institut de recherche sur l’autodétermination des peuples et les indépendances nationales (IRAI), confirmed Tuesday the organization recently won its appeal of a Canada Revenue Agency ruling that denied the group charity status.
  The flip-flop came Oct. 1 — ele
  
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• Centre Sportif MAA, condo developer work out plan for building makeover

  23-10-2018 18:40
  Montreal’s oldest athletics club, the Centre Sportif MAA, will undergo a major renovation in partnership with a developer who will build luxury condos on the roof of the historic club on Peel St.
  Devimco Immobilier, the real estate developer chosen for the project, said it would build 300 units (studios to 7,500 square foot penthouses), saying there’s still a strong demand for condo units in downtown Montreal.
  The athletics facilities will be upgraded and will include a modern, high-
  
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• Montreal police seek missing 67-year-old man from Anjou

  23-10-2018 18:17
  Montreal police have turned to the public for assistance in locating 67-year-old Bohdan Moschanski, who left his family home in Anjou on Oct. 22 at 7:30 a.m. and hasn’t been seen since.
  Police and Moschanski’s family are concerned for his safety because he suffers from a medical condition and needs to take his medication.
  Also, Moschanski recently told a friend he intended to go to Toronto to find a job. However Moschanski has not worked in 40 years, has no money, no identi
  
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• Health Minister Danielle McCann says she misspoke on cuts

  23-10-2018 18:05
  Quebec Health Minister Danielle McCann said on Tuesday there will be no cuts to the province’s health care budget — the opposite of what she said during an interview Friday, making a mess of her first media foray as a cabinet minister.
  Speaking to CBC television Friday, McCann — in charge of Quebec’s largest ministry — said the government would be cutting costs in the health sector, but not in “services to patients.”
  “I’m not talking about cu
  
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• Air Canada facing lawsuit for booting woman without EpiPen from flight

  23-10-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  She was originally asking for about $2,100 for the humiliation and embarrassment that ensued when she was booted from the flight, in addition to the extra costs she incurred to get home from a trip last year. But she now says she may revise that amount upward.
  
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• Police officer charged following Val-d'Or investigation pleads guilty

  23-10-2018 17:42 via cbc.ca
  The only police officer to appear in court following the wave of allegations of mistreatment of Indigenous women in Val-d'Or Que., in 2015, has pleaded guilty to the charges against him.
  
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• Former La Presse cartoonist Jean-Pierre Girerd dies at 87

  23-10-2018 17:00
  Quebec cartoonist Jean-Pierre Girerd, whose work was featured for nearly three decades in the print editions of La Presse, died of cancer last Wednesday at the age of 87, La Presse Plus reported on Tuesday.
  From his hiring in 1968 until his retirement in 1996, the artist who signed his work simply “Girerd” produced nearly 15,000 cartoons, many of them focusing on Quebec’s political class.
  Girerd had a simple style coupled with a speedy pen. Over the course of his career the Alg
  
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• Tackling takeout waste: Montrealers bring their own containers to restaurants

  23-10-2018 16:31 via cbc.ca
  Karen Sherman, who lives in Montreal's Snowdon neighbourhood, is one of a growing number of Canadians that have joined in the effort to ditch disposable takeout boxes, plastic flatware and paper cups.
  
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• Aparté legal clinic will help sexual assault victims in entertainment jobs

  23-10-2018 16:08
  Juripop, a Montreal legal clinic, has created a resource centre for victims of sexual harassment in Quebec’s entertainment industry.
  In a statement issued Tuesday, the organization said the service will be called l’Aparté and focus on those working in the province’s cultural milieu.
  The service has already been called by 20 persons — two-thirds of them female — and l’Aparte’s website has already received 400 visits and recorded a series of complai
  
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• The scariest travel destinations, just in time for Halloween

  23-10-2018 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  Travel expert Alyssa Schwartz shares her pics for the most haunted travel destinations this Halloween season
  
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• ‘Writing makes me happy’: Montreal Alouettes defensive lineman Woody Baron co-authors children’s book

  23-10-2018 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  The six-foot-one, 270-pound Baron feels more anxiety preparing to read to a young audience than engaging an ill-tempered 300-pound centre or guard.
  
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• World’s first instant freezing machine

  23-10-2018 15:45 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella as she finds out about a new Montreal invention that freezes food and beverages instantly.
  
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• Fall winter skincare trends

  23-10-2018 15:39 via globalnews.ca
  Join Global’s Laura Casella and her guests to find out the latest trends in fall and winter skin care, including an anti-aging ingredient some call the fountain of youth.
  
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