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• ‘We’ve been stripped of our rights and our dignity’: Canadian WW2 veteran on why he wants to sue government for $30 million

  31-10-2018 23:49 via globalnews.ca
  A group of veterans is decrying what they call declining service at Ste. Anne Hospital.
  
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• Quieter and safer: Montreal calls Mount Royal pilot project a success

  31-10-2018 23:38
  The pilot project eliminating through traffic on Mount Royal was a success, Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration claims in a preliminary report.
  But the nine-page report, presented to the city’s executive committee Wednesday, concedes that preventing vehicles from using Camillien-Houde Way and Remembrance Rd. as a crosstown artery did not solve the dangers inherent in having drivers, cyclists and pedestrians share the road.
  The “pilot project did not make it possib
  
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• Liberal MP Nicola Di Iorio's absence from Parliament puzzles colleagues

  31-10-2018 23:24 via cbc.ca
  Several Liberal MPs said Wednesday they are unable to explain the prolonged absence of their colleague Nicola Di Iorio, who hasn't been seen on Parliament Hill since the House resumed sitting Sept. 17.
  
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• McGill protesters demand change of Redmen name

  31-10-2018 23:22
  Hundreds of students came out in the pouring rain Wednesday afternoon to protest the McGill Redmen name.
  Around since the late 1920s, the moniker for the university’s varsity men’s teams has sparked renewed debate of late for being insulting to Indigenous people.
  “This name has got to change,” said protester Jennifer Chan, vice president external affairs of the Political Science Students Association. “It’s just not right for a school this influential in Canada
  
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• Als' season has silver lining as Henoc Muamba earns award nominations

  31-10-2018 22:47
  In yet another season of disappointment and underachievement for the Alouettes, one player stood tall — Henoc Muamba.
  On Wednesday, the Canadian Football League announced the non-import middle linebacker is the Als’ award nominee in three categories — outstanding player, defence and top Canadian. Muamba was a unanimous selection in all three.
  Meanwhile, tailback William Stanback is the team nominee for outstanding rookie and the special-teams award. Completing the list is centr
  
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• 'Not your Redmen': Students hold rally to protest McGill University team name

  31-10-2018 22:41 via cbc.ca
  Students at McGill University in Montreal who want the name of the school's sports teams to change expressed their discontent on campus with a rally Wednesday.
  
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• Camillien-Houde Way reopens to through traffic

  31-10-2018 22:41 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Oct 31: The pilot project to block through traffic on Montreal’s Mount Royal is over. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the temporary ban was issued in order to make the street safer for pedestrians and cyclists – but some are questioning the project’s success.
  
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• World War Two veteran takes on one more battle

  31-10-2018 22:40 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Oct 31: Veteran Wolf William Solkin is seeking a class-action lawsuit against both levels of government for what he calls the degradation of services. Solkin says that since the Ste. Anne Hospital was handed over to the province from the federal government in 2016, services and care have gone downhill. As Global’s Dan Spector...
  
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• Will the crucifix stay in the National Assembly?

  31-10-2018 22:14 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Oct 31: The crucifix in the National Assembly has been the subject of ongoing debate as some argue it’s part of Quebec’s heritage and others claim it flies in the face of secularism. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, most people don’t know the history of how it got there.
  
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• What to do with the Empress Theatre?

  31-10-2018 22:07 via globalnews.ca
  Wed, Oct 31: NDG’s iconic Empress Theatre has been sitting empty for 26 years. Once considered the jewel of the town, it is now seen as an eyesore. As Global’s Tim Sargeant explains, one city councillor believes time is running out for the Empress Theatre.
  
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• Montreal traffic hell to hit new level over next two weekends

  31-10-2018 22:07
  If ever there was a need for an express train to the West Island, it’s now — with construction projects set to close major highways in Montreal over the next two weekends.
  As it happens, work on the light-rail project is the cause of the first set of traffic disruptions.Builders of the $6.3 billion Réseau express métropolitain are urging commuters to and from the West Island to take public transit on Sunday — or stay home.
  That’s because starting Saturd
  
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• National Assembly crucifix representing Quebec ‘heritage’ only 36 years old

  31-10-2018 21:59 via globalnews.ca
  Many have said the crucifix is a piece of our heritage that needs to be preserved, even though it was only created in 1982.
  
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• A condo project for Empress Theatre? Montreal city councillor says it should be considered

  31-10-2018 21:50 via globalnews.ca
  Councillor Marvin Rotrand suggests a housing project should be considered after so many proposals to restore the iconic building have failed.
  
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• Despite missing MLS playoffs, Impact players buoyed by strong finish

  31-10-2018 21:40
  When a team fails to make the playoffs, professional athletes are loath to suggest where improvements are required, inevitably stating those decisions rest with management.
  But on Wednesday, as Impact players cleaned out their lockers and met the media at Centre Nutrilait after missing Major League Soccer’s playoffs for the second consecutive season, midfielder Samuel Piette had no problem offering his two cents’ worth.
  “Obviously we need a top striker,” the 23-year-old R
  
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• Ste. Anne's Hospital veterans seek leave to sue Quebec for decline in health services

  31-10-2018 21:33 via cbc.ca
  A 95-year-old veteran has filed a lawsuit application on behalf of the 166 veterans who live at the St. Anne's Hospital on Montreal's West Island. Court documents allege heatlh care services have deteriorated since the province took over the hospital from VeteransAffairs.
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron skip practice

  31-10-2018 21:25
  Brendan Gallagher and Paul Byron both took therapy days Wednesday and did not take part in the Canadiens’ 11:30 a.m. practice in Brossard.
  Gallagher scored the only goal — his team-leading seventh of the season — in Tuesday night’s 4-1 loss to the Dallas Stars at the Bell Centre, while Byron left the game in the second period with a lower-body injury and didn’t return.
  After practice Wednesday, coach Claude Julien said Gallagher will be in the lineup Thursday night
  
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• Free of foreclosure, LaSalle Legion set for Remembrance Day ceremonies

  31-10-2018 21:20
  Ray Cormie has been sleeping far better than he has for the last few years, now that there is no longer the threat of foreclosure hanging over the Royal Canadian Legion in LaSalle.
  Cormie, president of the LaSalle Legion, is delighted to report that annual Remembrance Day ceremonies will take place as usual at the branch on Sunday. This year’s event will have particularly special significance for the LaSalle Legion as well as all the others in the land, as it marks the 100-year anniversary
  
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• Quebec physicians to Health Canada: Modify regulations for medically assisted dying

  31-10-2018 21:09 via globalnews.ca
  Physicians who fail to comply with new federal regulations could face jail time.
  
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• REM says no to TMR request to bury its tracks

  31-10-2018 21:01
  Builders of the $6.3 billion Réseau express métropolitain are throwing cold water on a request by the Town of Mount Royal to bury the part of the line slated to run through the suburb.
  Residents of the area recently packed the town hall for an information session about the  project, which would see the number of trains running through the town increase to 550 per day, from 62 currently.
  T.M.R. Mayor Philippe Roy said he would like CDPQ Infra, the REM’s builders, to
  
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• Montreal Impact lament missing playoffs after season filled with changes

  31-10-2018 20:22 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal Impact fought until the last day of the Major League Soccer regular season, before missing out on a playoff berth.
  
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• Kwasi Benjamin sentenced to life in prison for 2nd-degree murder of Nellie Angutiguluk

  31-10-2018 20:19 via cbc.ca
  A judge has sentenced 32-year-old Kwasi Benjamin to life in prison with no chance of parole for 14 years, for killing Nellie Angutiguluk, 29, a mother of three who moved to Montreal from Puvirnituq, in northern Quebec.
  
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• Assisted dying: Don't fill out federal forms, Quebec doctors told

  31-10-2018 20:18
  Quebec’s College of Physicians is telling its members not to fill out paperwork required by Ottawa once federal legislation on assisted dying goes into effect on Thursday.
  The provincial medical association contends the information required by Health Canada will not only increase the administrative burden on Quebec doctors, but also could reveal the identity of patients seeking to end their lives.
  The College worries those new requirements might make doctors here less willing to involve th
  
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• Quebec Crown seeks maximum sentence for pilot who nearly left entire province in the dark

  31-10-2018 19:56 via globalnews.ca
  The Crown is seeking the maximum sentence for a pilot who nearly shut down Hydro-Québec's entire power grid in a 2014 act of sabotage.
  
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• Martin Patriquin: On signs of religion, CAQ targets imaginary problem

  31-10-2018 19:49
  Here’s the gist of the spiel wafting from the Coalition Avenir Québec government: Religious types, left unchecked by 15 years of wanton multiculturalism at the hands of the Quebec Liberal Party, are imposing their will and practices on Quebec’s institutions. These religious minorities are poised to flood Quebec’s expansive civil service with kippahs, hijabs and the like, altering it in particular and society in general. These practices are taking over and must be stopped
  
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• Opinion: McGill's Redmen team name should remain

  31-10-2018 19:38
  As McGill alumni, we share the commitment of the Working Group on Principles of Commemoration and Renaming to ensure that our campus is more inclusive and welcoming to Indigenous people. We applaud McGill University’s recent initiatives like the launch of the college program in Kahnawake and ongoing efforts to boost recruitment of Indigenous faculty and students.
  As student-athletes, we proudly wore the red colours of McGill and were proud to represent McGill as its Redmen. There is a long
  
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• Legault contradicted: No freeze on salaries of medical specialists

  31-10-2018 19:21
  QUEBEC — The provincial government has backtracked after saying last week it had frozen the salaries of Quebec’s medical specialists.
  “Before we talk about a freeze or anything else for that matter, we have to fully understand the agreement,” Treasury Board President Christian Dubé told reporters arriving for a Wednesday cabinet meeting.
  “For the moment, there is no freeze because we want to understand the numbers which would be frozen if we were to freeze.&r
  
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• Grade 5 student who uses wheelchair gets the costume of a lifetime

  31-10-2018 19:16 via globalnews.ca
  A 10-year-old Repentigny student was the lucky recipient of a custom-made, 3D printed dragon outfit that works with his electric wheelchair, work done by a new start-up that is part of the maker movement.
  
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• Montreal paints rosy picture of Camillien-Houde pilot project, but conflicts remain

  31-10-2018 19:13 via cbc.ca
  The preliminary report into the seasonal road closure is positive, but it points out that drivers are still not respecting the rules.
  
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• Airbus masks production shortfall — with help from Bombardier

  31-10-2018 19:10
  Airbus SE acknowledged it must now rely on a Bombardier Inc. jet acquired this year to meet its delivery target of 800 planes in 2018.
  It’s the first time the planemaker has factored the impact of the purchase into plans to meet its forecast, after previously saying it wouldn’t need the A220s to do so. On Wednesday, the company said it would count 18 of the narrow-body jets, formerly called the C Series, in this year’s total.
  The shift, announced with third-quarter results, hig
  
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• Pilot's attack on 'spinal column' of Hydro-Québec is unprecedented: lawyer

  31-10-2018 18:31
  There is no crime that compares to what Normand Dubé did to Hydro-Québec’s power network when he somehow short-circuited two high-tension power lines nearly four years ago, a prosecutor argued at the St-Jérôme courthouse on Wednesday.
  “There is nothing that compares to what he did,” Steve Baribeau said of Dubé while seeking the maximum 10-year sentence that accompanies a conviction of mischief. The prosecutor emphasized that he could find no pr
  
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• Disability rights advocates occupy Quebec ombudsman’s office, demand meeting with health minister

  31-10-2018 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Disability activists are staging a sit-in at the Quebec Ombudsman's office in Montreal in the hopes of obtaining a meeting with the health minister to discuss access to services.
  
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• Public security minister confident Montreal cops will heed BEI's warning

  31-10-2018 18:02
  QUEBEC — The public security minister says she has complete confidence in the head of Quebec’s police watchdog agency and believes Montreal police officers will conform to her warning about respecting the rules on investigations into police shootings.
  “I saw extracts of this letter in the media,” Geneviève Guilbault told reporters Wednesday as she arrived for a meeting of the Quebec cabinet. “What I saw is (Madeleine) Giauque did her work.
  “She warned M
  
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• Repentigny boy rolls into school in epic Halloween costume

  31-10-2018 17:57 via globalnews.ca
  Grade 5 student Émile Laliberté rolled into his school in an elaborate dragon costume that fits around his wheelchair. It was designed by a Montreal collective, who’s new initiative “Rolloween” aims to make the holiday more inclusive. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Former governors general must be more accountable on spending, Trudeau says

  31-10-2018 17:08 via cbc.ca
  Canada's governors general deserve continued financial support once they retire but they need to be more transparent and accountable for their expenses, Justin Trudeau said Wednesday.
  
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• 13 spooky stats about Halloween in Montreal

  31-10-2018 16:58
  Halloween is now upon us, and obviously that means it’s time to talk about numbers.
  With a little help from the City of Montreal, here are some numbers that encompass this spooktacular day:
  304,475 kids live on the Island of Montreal, which adds up to a lot of doorbell rings tonight.
  Speaking of loot to hand out, the city says the average household spends $174 on candy each year. Households in L’île-Bizard—Sainte-Geneviève spend the most on candy — $187, to b
  
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• What was your costume this Halloween?

  31-10-2018 16:12 via globalnews.ca
  From the frightful to the delightful, Global News viewers got into the spirit of things and sent photos of their Halloween creations.
  
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• How to have a healthy Halloween

  31-10-2018 15:47 via globalnews.ca
  Halloween treats don’t always have to be junk food! Life coach and parenting columnist Erica Diamond joins Global’s Laura Casella to show you how to prepare healthy Halloween treats at home.
  
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• Take #30minutesthatmatter to fill out The Choicebook

  31-10-2018 15:34 via globalnews.ca
  A 30-minute online survey is changing the future of cancer care in Canada. Cancer survivor Doreen Edward joins Laura Casella to talk about “The Choicebook” and how you can participate in the Canadian Strategy for Cancer Control.
  
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• Meet the new head of Quebec’s Anglophone secretariat

  31-10-2018 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  We have a new government in power in Quebec City, so what are the priorities for Anglophones? Sainte Rose MNA Christopher Skeete breaks down his plans for the English secretariat with Global’s Laura Casella.
  
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• Quieter, safer: Montreal calls Mount Royal pilot project a success

  31-10-2018 15:14
  The pilot project eliminating through traffic on Mount Royal was a success, Mayor Valérie Plante’s administration claims in a preliminary report.
  Eliminating cross-town traffic on Remembrance Rd. and Camillien Houde Way and reducing the speed limit to 40 km/hour reduced the daily number of vehicles from 10,000 to 3,700 and made the roads quieter and safer, according to the report, presented to the city’s executive committee Wednesday morning.
  Whereas 600 to 700 traffic ti
  
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• Canada Post update: Rotating strikes hit Ottawa, parts of Quebec, P.E.I.

  31-10-2018 14:51 via globalnews.ca
  A new wave of unionized workers at Canada Post walked off the job on Wednesday morning as rotating strikes hit the Ottawa area, two cities in P.E.I and several areas in Quebec.
  
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• Canada Post update: New rotating strikes hit Ottawa, parts of Quebec, P.E.I. and B.C.

  31-10-2018 14:51 via globalnews.ca
  A new wave of unionized workers at Canada Post walked off the job on Wednesday morning as rotating strikes hit the Ottawa area, two cities in P.E.I and several areas in Quebec.
  
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• Keeping the flu away from your kids

  31-10-2018 14:45 via globalnews.ca
  Flu season is almost upon us. Dr. Harley Eisman joins Global’s Laura Casella with tips to keep your kids flu-free and what the Montreal Children’s Hospital is doing to help.
  
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• Playing it straight: Posture tips for musicians can help you, too

  31-10-2018 14:40
  When it comes to posture, many musicians aren’t much better than people who work in front of a computer all day, according to Anne Ouellet-Demers. In some ways, they’re worse off.
  “An instrument is not like a desk, where you can raise your computer, or push your keyboard back, use an ergonomic mouse or change sides (of your mouse hand),” said the Montreal kinesiologist and kinesiotherapist.
  Classical musicians often play from a seated position and focus almost all their e
  
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• Quebec names former Sûreté du Québec officer as UPAC interim-director

  31-10-2018 14:21
  A former Sûreté du Québec officer has been named interim-director of Quebec’s anti-corruption unit, UPAC.
  Frédéric Gaudreau has been working as an associate commissioner for investigations with the squad since June.
  Gaudreau will fill both posts and assume that of interim-director on Nov. 3, a day after the departure of incumbent Robert Lafrenière.
  Once a full-time replacement for Lafrenière is found, their candidacy will have to be appr
  
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• Rainy weather could put a damper on Halloween in Montreal, Quebec City

  31-10-2018 13:44 via cbc.ca
  The weather conditions could impact visibility on the roads, and the Montreal police service is advising drivers to stay vigilant this Halloween.
  
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• Canadian expected to be aboard Russia's 1st manned space mission since rocket failure

  31-10-2018 13:41 via cbc.ca
  The first manned mission to the International Space Station since a Russian rocket failed to launch earlier this month may take off on Dec. 3, space agency Roscosmos said on Wednesday. And a Canadian astronaut is expected to be aboard.
  
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• Man dies in car crash near Cowansville

  31-10-2018 13:33
  A 25-year-old man died Tuesday night after the car he was driving was struck by another vehicle and then plunged into a ditch.
  The incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Saint-Ignace à Dunham Rd. southwest of Cowansville.
  The victim was ejected from his car on impact was and in critical condition during transport to hospital. He later died of his injuries.
  The driver of the other vehicle, a 31-year-old man, was treated for nervous shock and may face a charge of dangerous driving causing de
  
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