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• Suspected pepper spray incident at West Island high school sends 2 to hospital

  30-10-2018 23:19 via globalnews.ca
  A high school in Montreal's West Island was evacuated and two people were taken to hospital after an irritant gas was discharged inside the building early Tuesday afternoon.
  
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• Alouettes discover one-two rushing punch from backfield

  30-10-2018 23:16
  Lawrence Pittman produced the kind of numbers in college that scream NFL.
  When the Philadelphia Eagles invited him to mini-camp last May, they told the talented tailback they were surprised he wasn’t drafted. They also advised him they liked his attitude and work ethic.
  Pittman spent months training diligently for the opportunity. And, although he likely realized the odds were stacked against him, he went into that weekend vowing to prove he belonged in the NFL.
  Instead, about three months
  
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• LaSalle Legion settles its accounts

  30-10-2018 22:39 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 30: A little more than a month ago the LaSalle Legion thought it would be closing its doors forever. As Global’s Phil Carpenter explains, thanks to the public and fundraising efforts, the Legion was able to pay its outstanding municipal tax bill and hopes that they will be able to continue operating for...
  
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• New wave of daring, younger artists pushed up ADISQ Gala ratings

  30-10-2018 22:37
  It looks as if the new wave of young, daring Quebec artists is breathing new life into the ADISQ Gala.
  There has been much talk since the Quebec music awards ceremony Sunday night that the event was dominated by younger hipper artists and that may be one of the reasons that the ADISQ Gala had such good ratings.
  The gala, which was broadcast live on Radio-Canada, was watched by 1,367,000 people — the show’s best performance since 2015. It handily beat the very popular dance-contest sh
  
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• Kahnawake residents vote in favour of selling cannabis on territory

  30-10-2018 22:36
  A majority of voters in Kahnawake have cast their ballots in favour of legalizing cannabis on the Mohawk territory.
  The South Shore community rejected Ottawa’s cannabis legislation earlier this month, opting instead to create its own laws governing the growth and sale of legal weed in Kahnawake.
  Before moving forward with any law, Kahnawake’s band council put the issue to a vote last week. In the end, 54.6 per cent of the 425 band members who went to the polls voted to allow the sale
  
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• Liveblog: Dallas at Canadiens

  30-10-2018 22:30
  Radu! Radu! Ra …
  Ahh, who cares?
  Sure, Canadiens fans still love Alexander Radulov, who’ll be visiting the Bell Centre with his Dallas teammates Tuesday night.
  And we certainly miss him more than the not-so-dearly departed Max Pacioretty and Alex Galchenyuk.
  But after their initial disastrous Raduless season, the Canadiens are off to an excellent 2018-’19 campaign.
  The team is fast.
  They all work hard.
  And Carey Price – MIA too often last season – seems to have rec
  
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• Charlotte Cardin releases new song and video Double Shifts

  30-10-2018 22:24
  Much-buzzed-about Montreal singer Charlotte Cardin released a new song and video on Tuesday. The song is Double Shifts, a sultry ballad built around Cardin’s soulful Amy Winehouse-like vocals and a strong R’n’B backbeat. It is available for streaming and sale on all the main digital platforms.
  Cardin has previously released two EPs (mini-albums), Big Boy from 2016 and Main Girl, which was her U.S. debut, in 2017. She has garnered all kinds of positive press south of the border,
  
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• Hanes: Premier Legault must reconsider skipping COP climate forum

  30-10-2018 22:13
  François Legault is without a doubt a busy guy.
  He’s just been sworn in as premier of Quebec, is leading a party that has never governed before, has a brand new cabinet cramming to get up to speed on their dossiers, and is in a hurry to recall the National Assembly for a brief spell before Christmas to kick off his ambitious legislative agenda.
  So blowing off an international conference at this jam-packed juncture wouldn’t be such a big deal — if the focus of said confer
  
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• Family of NDG man killed by Montreal police launches lawsuit against city

  30-10-2018 22:13 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 30: The family of a 23-year-old man shot dead by police in August is looking for answers. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports, Nicholas Gibbs’ loved ones announced that they’re suing the City of Montreal for just over $1 million in damages.
  
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• Russell Copeman on Quebec’s plan to extend kindergarten to four-year-olds

  30-10-2018 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 30: Quebec school boards say they will be short thousands of classrooms to move ahead with a CAQ promise to extend kindergarten to four-year-old children. Global Montreal Senior Anchor Jamie Orchard speaks to Russell Copeman, the executive director of the Quebec English School Boards Association, about the proposal.
  
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• Canada Border Services Agency moves to 'substantially' increase deportations

  30-10-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  Canada’s border agency is stepping up efforts to deport failed refugee claimants and other foreign nationals not welcome in this country, setting a goal of dramatically increasing deportation numbers by up to 35 per cent.
  
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• At the scary age of 115, costume shop Malabar closing after Halloween

  30-10-2018 21:55
  Dobson appears more distraught than usual. Which is saying something since Dobson is a mannequin. The curmudgeonly looking figure from another era is the official Malabar Costumier mascot and, apparently, “other husband” of owner Susan Cohene.
  And if Dobson does seem somewhat glum, it’s understandable. His last day on the job is Halloween Wednesday as Malabar closes its doors for good on Parc Ave.
  Dobson has been with Cohene since she bought Malabar 25 years ago. But Dobson cou
  
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• Montreal restaurant worker attacked

  30-10-2018 21:51 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Oct 30: The manager of Dunn’s Restaurant in downtown Montreal is back at work after suffering a blow to the head from a patron on Monday. Scot Williams was on the phone inside the restaurant when a man walked up and punched him in the head. As Global’s Tim Sargeant explains, the victim says...
  
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• UPDATE: Family of N.D.G. man fatally shot by police files suit

  30-10-2018 21:21
  As she cradled her nine-month old granddaughter in her arms, Erma Gibbs criticized the Montreal police for killing her son and for racially harassing young black men across the city.
  Nicholas Gibbs, a 23-year-old black man, was fatally shot in Notre-Dame-de-Grâce last August after allegedly threatening police with a knife.
  A cellphone video that captured part of the police intervention shows that police fired five shots toward Gibbs, including two while his back was turned.
  “I don&rs
  
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• Lawyers argue over Bain's sentence in election-night shooting

  30-10-2018 21:20
  A jury’s decision to convict Richard Henry Bain of second-degree murder in a shooting that was obviously planned still leaves legal minds perplexed two years after he was found guilty of killing a stagehand while on his way to kill people at a Parti Québécois victory rally.
  On Sept. 4, 2012, Bain, who is now 68, loaded his van with several firearms and materials to set a fire and showed up at the Metropolis club where the newly elected premier Pauline Marois was about to deli
  
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• Lawyers argue over sentence for PQ election-night shooter

  30-10-2018 21:06 via cbc.ca
  Lawyers painted two very different accounts of the crimes of Richard Bain, the man convicted of second-degree murder in the shooting death of a stagehand at the Parti Québecois election night victory rally in September 2012.
  
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• Video shows police fatally shooting Montreal man

  30-10-2018 21:02 via globalnews.ca
  While announcing a civil lawsuit against the city of Montreal, the family of a man shot and killed by police, released a video of the final moments of his life.
  
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• Starlight Foundation makes wish come true

  30-10-2018 20:54 via globalnews.ca
  The Starlight Children’s Foundation helped a nine-year-old Montrealer’s dream come true. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, the boy got to live a dream at a toy store, with the right to keep as much as he could take off the shelves.
  
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• Tomkinson: Street trees add more than just ambiance and increased property values

  30-10-2018 20:47
  Without trees, a neighbourhood just doesn’t feel neighbourly. The world seems too hard and boxy. There’s no rustle of leaves or chirping of birds to buffer the drone of lawnmowers and hissing of tires. The sun shines too bright. The wind blows too hard.
  I can’t imagine living without the filigree of snow-laced branches in winter, an ephemeral blaze of colour in autumn, and that magical, jubilant pop of green when new leaves bud in spring.
  Trees add more than ambiance. They also
  
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• Vaudreuil-Dorion overpass to remain closed indefinitely

  30-10-2018 20:45 via globalnews.ca
  The Des Chenaux Road overpass above Highway 40 in Vaudreuil-Dorion will remain closed indefinitely following a recent inspection.
  
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• Bloodied body found in Viger Square by Montreal police

  30-10-2018 20:07 via globalnews.ca
  An investigation is underway after Montreal police officers found a body Tuesday morning in Viger Square.
  
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• Surveillance video shows assault inside Montreal Dunn’s restaurant

  30-10-2018 20:05 via globalnews.ca
  Surveillance video shows a man walking up to an employee speaking on the phone and punching him in the head before walking out at a Dunn’s Famous restaurant in Montreal.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Alexander Radulov returns to Bell Centre with Stars

  30-10-2018 19:43
  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:
  Former Canadien Alexander Radulov will be in the Dallas Stars lineup Tuesday night when the two teams meet at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  Radulov had missed the previous four games w
  
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• Family of NDG man killed by police sues city of Montreal for $1M

  30-10-2018 19:38 via globalnews.ca
  The family of the 23-year-old Notre-Dame-de-Grâce (NDG) man who shot and killed by police on Aug. 21 is suing the City of Montreal.
  
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• Ensemble Montréal announces candidate in St-Michel byelection

  30-10-2018 19:33
  Librarian and archivist Josué Corvil will run in the St-Michel district in the Dec. 16 municipal byelection for the opposition Ensemble Montréal party.
  Corvil will seek to replace city councillor Frantz Benjamin, who jumped to provincial politics and was elected as a Liberal member of the National Assembly in the Oct. 1 election.
  He is opposed by Nadine Raymond, a former director of innovation and development for the provincial YMCA and vice-president of Quebec’s Conseil
  
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• C.D.N.–N.D.G. offers subsidies for washable diapers, sanitary products

  30-10-2018 19:33
  The borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce says it is launching “Québec’s most ambitious ecological subsidy program” covering the purchase and rental of washable diapers and menstrual products.
  The program, adopted by borough council in September, is a two-year pilot project with an annual budget of $30,000.The program would see residents reimbursed a percentage of the amount spent for the purchase or rental of fabric diapers
  
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• Freezing rain: Special weather statements cover areas north of Montreal

  30-10-2018 19:30
  The Great Lakes have a little surprise brewing for the Laurentians and other regions just north of Montreal: freezing rain.
  Thankfully, Environment Canada has ruined the surprise by issuing special weather statements for the Laurentians, Lachute—St-Jérôme, Lanaudière, Mont-Laurier, Mont-Trembant and Upper Gatineau. The federal weather service says the freezing rain is expected to start Wednesday morning, riding in on a trough from the Great Lakes.
  The weather system sho
  
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• CAQ government mulls future of Apuiat wind-farm proposal

  30-10-2018 19:25
  QUEBEC — The Coalition Avenir Québec government has asked Hydro-Québec to come up with a possible Plan B to the Apuiat wind farm project near Port Cartier on Quebec’s North Shore.
  After siding with Hydro-Québec President Éric Martel’s view that the project made no economic sense, Premier François Legault last week met with hydro officials to start examining alternatives, officials confirmed Tuesday.
  “The discussions are ongoing,” s
  
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• Opinion: Quebec culture can be diplomatic asset for CAQ government

  30-10-2018 19:13
  Will Patrick Watson, Socalled, Kent Nagano, Ariane Moffatt or Elisapie Isaac accompany Premier François Legault next time he travels overseas? If not, he and Nadine Girault, our new Minister of International Relations and La Francophonie, should consider recruiting them, or any other accomplished artists for that matter, to act as impromptu ambassadors. It’s essential for the Coalition Avenir Québec to place culture front and centre in its international relations if it wishes
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Oct. 31

  30-10-2018 19:00
  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. Continues until Dec. 2. 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 514-684-1012.
  The Kirkland Library, 17100 Hymus Blvd.,
  
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• ‘Just a hit and a run’: Montreal restaurant owners baffled after assault on employee

  30-10-2018 18:55 via globalnews.ca
  Police are investigating after a man walked into the Dunn's restaurant on Metcalfe Street and punched an employee before running away.
  
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• North Hatley Club building destroyed by fire

  30-10-2018 18:41 via cbc.ca
  The building that was gutted dates to 1887, when the club was known as The American Club.
  
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• Starlight Foundation gives a 9-year-old a spree of a lifetime

  30-10-2018 18:27 via globalnews.ca
  A 9-year-old with a chronic illness got a chance of a lifetime when the Starlight Children's Foundation awarded him a three-minute spree at a Toys R Us.
  
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• CAQ government looking to abandon $600M wind farm on Quebec's North Shore

  30-10-2018 18:22 via cbc.ca
  The CAQ is trying to find the best way to get out of a wind turbine project on Quebec's North Shore that was backed by the former Liberal government.
  
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• Family of man killed by police in NDG to launch $1M lawsuit against city

  30-10-2018 17:03 via cbc.ca
  The family of Nicholas Gibbs say police used "excessive and disproportionate force" against him, poorly assessed the situation, acted unreasonably and did not follow the law regarding the independent investigation of police shootings on the night the 23-year-old died.
  
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• Family of man killed by police in NDG plans to sue city for $1M

  30-10-2018 17:03 via cbc.ca
  The family of Nicholas Gibbs say police used "excessive and disproportionate force" against him, poorly assessed the situation, acted unreasonably and did not follow the law regarding independent investigations on the night he died.
  
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• Montreal police find bloodied body in Viger Square

  30-10-2018 16:11
  Montreal police have launched an investigation after the discovery by patrolling officers of the body of man in Viger Square Tuesday morning.
  The body, which police say was blood-stained and appeared to show marks of violence, was found at 9 a.m. at the corner of Berri and Viger Sts.
  A crime scene has been erected and, for the time being, the incident is being treated as a suspicious death.
  This story will be updated.
  Related
  2015 editorial: Viger Square needs a careful overhaul
  
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• Quebec City police officer acquitted in fatal 2015 motorcycle crash

  30-10-2018 16:08 via cbc.ca
  Isabelle Morin has been acquitted of the charge of dangerous driving causing death following a fatal crash involving motorcyclist Jessy Drolet.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Squash soup with an Iranian or Canadian twist

  30-10-2018 16:00
  The perfect colour for squash season, this recipe comes from Iran, but with the Canadian touch of maple syrup. If you have tucked into squash soup and been disappointed in its flavour, this one will replace those memories.If you prefer, Iranian-born food blogger Naz Deravian suggests using the Middle Eastern seasoning of orange blossom water.The author of Bottom of the Pot: Persian Recipes and Stories (Flatiron/Raincoast, $45), Deravian has provided more than 100 recipes and a beautifully i
  
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• Beaconsfield's sound wall project whispers forward

  30-10-2018 16:00
  The sound wall project in Beaconsfield is back on the front burner. It’s been a frustrating wait for residents who live near Highway 20, but movement on the file is afoot.
  Beaconsfield representatives met with Transport Québec to discuss the particulars of a technical study, Oct. 11. The study is a required first step in the process of building a wall that would help mute highway noise.
  The Transport Québec-mandated firm WSP will produce the study. The second step will be to
  
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• Quebec City cop acquitted of dangerous driving in motorcyclist's death

  30-10-2018 15:55
  A Quebec City police officer was acquitted Tuesday of a charge of dangerous driving causing death.
  In 2015, Isabelle Morin was at the wheel of a squad car when she made a U-turn in a construction zone on the Laurentienne Autoroute and was struck by a 38-year-old motorcyclist who died on impact.
  In rendering the verdict, Quebec Court Judge Pierre L. Rousseau noted that Morin’s manoeuvre, while unusual, was not illegal.
  The victim’s family has yet to react to the decision.
  Th
  
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• Pilon’s Haunted House

  30-10-2018 15:55 via globalnews.ca
  Pilon Street in LaSalle brings Halloween to the community to celebrate the fun and scary side of Halloween, for the second year, to raise autism awareness and voluntary donations in support of Autism Speaks Canada, a registered non-profit organization. The fun side of Halloween for younger kids at 5:00pm-6:30pm. The scarier side of Halloween at...
  
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• Our Lady of Czestochowa Polish Parish Fall Bazaar

  30-10-2018 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  There will be new & nearly new clothing, jewelry, books and miscellaneous articles. Polish pastries & hot delicacies like PEROGIES, SAUERKRAUT with KELBASA, BEET & BARLEY soups, CHEESE CREPES will be served
  
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• Montreal choreographer comes home for special performance

  30-10-2018 15:14 via globalnews.ca
  Choreographer Eric Gauthier has returned to his home town for four special performances at Place Des Arts. He sits down with Global’s Laura Casella & Kim Sullivan to talk about his illustrious career in dance.
  
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• Fashionable ways to stay warm this winter

  30-10-2018 14:51 via globalnews.ca
  Winter is on its way and instead of a big puffy coat, Mlle Geri shows Global’s Laura Casella great ways to keep warm and make sure your fashion is on point.
  
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• Police chase ends in crash, leaving suspect dead in Sorel-Tracy

  30-10-2018 14:48
  A 20-year-old man who was the subject of a police chase died after his vehicle crashed in Sorel-Tracy.
  The man’s SUV was intercepted at 6:10 a.m. by a Sûreté du Québec squad car because of a Highway Code violation, but the driver refused to stop, sparking a pursuit, police said.
  The suspect used a dirt road to shake off his pursuers but a second squad car took up the chase. The chase ended when the SUV crashed into a parked car, fatally injuring the
  
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• Lakeshore Chamber Orchestra Fall Concert

  30-10-2018 14:48 via globalnews.ca
  The Lakeshore Chamber Orchestra presents its Fall concert on Saturday November 17, 2018, at 7:30 pm at Valois United Church, 70 Belmont, Point-Claire. Soloist, Ludwig Sémerjian, piano. Conductor, Stewart Grant. Donation $10 – 18 and under free. http://www.lakeshorechamberorchestra
  
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• Montreal’s underworld: Mafia, Hells Angels, street gangs worked in concert

  30-10-2018 14:43
  On Aug. 20, 2015, organized crime investigators got a rare glimpse inside Montreal’s underworld as three men alleged to be the most powerful gangsters in the city discussed business in a room they assumed could never be bugged.
  The conversation was between Gregory Woolley, 46, a former Haitian street gang member who rose to become an associate of the Hells Angels, and two alleged leaders of the Montreal Mafia: Leonardo Rizzuto, 49, and Stefano Sollecito, 51.
  They were meeting in the L
  
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• Casa d’Italia’s first million-dollar milestone

  30-10-2018 14:38 via globalnews.ca
  Casa d’Italia’s annual fundraising gala is coming up – Global’s Laura Casella sits down with the heads of the organisation to find out how they’ve been enriching the community.
  
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• Street trees add more than just ambiance and increased property values

  30-10-2018 14:30
  Without trees, a neighbourhood just doesn’t feel neighbourly. The world seems too hard and boxy. There’s no rustle of leaves or chirping of birds to buffer the drone of lawnmowers and hissing of tires. The sun shines too bright. The wind blows too hard.
  I can’t imagine living without the filigree of snow-laced branches in winter, an ephemeral blaze of colour in autumn, and that magical, jubilant pop of green when new leaves bud in spring.
  Trees add more than ambiance. They also
  
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