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• 90-month sentence for man who blames porn for assault, home invasions

  09-11-2018 23:59
  A man who linked his early porn exposure to break-ins at three young women’s Montreal homes and the sexual assault of one was sentenced Friday to a prison term of more than seven years.
  On Dec, 23, 2015, Luis Dalberto Ventura Silverio, 38, broke into the home of the first victim and ordered her to undress while he threatened her with a knife. When it became clear that he was going to rape her, she handed him a condom and requested he wear it to protect her from sexually transmitted disease
  
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• Tenants will bear the brunt as C.D.N.-N.D.G. prepares city's biggest tax hike

  09-11-2018 23:58
  Tenants who can least afford it are expected to be among the hardest hit when property taxes rise in Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce, the borough with the biggest average hike in the latest Montreal budget.
  “It will have a significant impact on tenants,” said Claire Abraham, an organizer at Project Genesis, a community group that helps people with low incomes in the Côte-des-Neiges part of the borough.
  The average property tax bill in C.D.N.-N.D.G. will ri
  
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• Alleged white supremacist who was kicked out of Alberta UCP briefly joined Maxime Bernier’s party

  09-11-2018 23:34 via globalnews.ca
  An alleged white supremacist who was kicked out of Alberta's United Conservative Party found a new political home for a brief time in Maxime Bernier's fledgling People's Party of Canada.
  
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• 'We will proceed': Plante aims to euthanize dog that injured six in Montreal North

  09-11-2018 23:02 via cbc.ca
  Describing it as "nonsense" that the dog is still alive, Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says “we will not defend the indefensible."
  
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• 'Barely breathable': Former Montrealer recounts escape from California fires

  09-11-2018 22:42 via cbc.ca
  Former Montrealer Laurent Eyquem was on the road with his family of four Friday morning, heading south through California in search of a safe place to stay the night as they fled fires alongside more than 150,000 people.
  
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• Innu woman calls for provincial police to fire officer involved in violent altercations

  09-11-2018 22:24 via cbc.ca
  CBC has learned 10 ethics complaints against an officer involved in violent incidents in two First Nations communities have been dismissed without a public hearing. That’s left an Innu woman who first complained about the officer’s behaviour in 2014 frustrated, and asking how and if police are disciplined.
  
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• New documentary shines light on hidden issue of food insecurity in West Island

  09-11-2018 22:18 via globalnews.ca
  A new film seeks to bring poverty in the West Island to the forefront.
  
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• Not in 'panic mode,' Habs' Carey Price says, but won't face Knights

  09-11-2018 22:03
  After Carey Price allowed six goals on 31 shots in Thursday night’s 6-5 overtime loss to the Buffalo Sabres at the Bell Centre, Canadiens head coach Claude Julien was asked what he could do to help the struggling goalie.
  “I think if anything he needs to feel that we’ve got his back — and we do,” Julien said. “We know how good he can be. At the same time, you do the things you have to do. You have a goalie coach that’s going to work with him and he needs
  
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• The Challenge of Peace exhibition at Victoria Hall resonates with students

  09-11-2018 21:24
  The New York Tribune front-page banner headline of Nov. 11, 1918 blared: “Germany Surrendered. World War Ended.”
  This is but one of scores of clips, battlefield artifacts and interpretative panels in War: Is It Over? The Challenge of Peace, a poignant exhibition commemorating the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War. It runs until Sunday at Victoria Hall.
  But while the armistice put an end to four years of battle that resulted in the deaths of millions&nb
  
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• Valérie Plante defends property tax hikes, higher than inflation in 3 boroughs

  09-11-2018 21:03 via cbc.ca
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante says her administration had no choice because of the high property values in those areas and because of the amount of roadwork the city needs to do.
  
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• Remembrance Day: Parade, artillery and flyby to mark downtown ceremony

  09-11-2018 20:47
  Downtown Remembrance Day ceremonies on Sunday will disrupt traffic from 10:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. as a military parade, a 21-gun salute and a helicopter flyby also mark the 100th anniversary of the armistice that ended the First World War.
  A perimeter formed by Robert-Bourassa Blvd. (formerly University St.), René-Lévesque Blvd., Metcalfe St. and Ste-Catherine St. will contain the ceremonies, which will take place at Place du Canada. A 21-gun salute will begin at 11 a.m. with a sing
  
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• Tomas Plekanec to retire from NHL after Canadiens place him on waivers

  09-11-2018 20:45
  Tomas Plekanec was a good soldier throughout his career with the Canadiens and he was a good soldier when his 17-year association with the organization ended.
  The Canadiens will place the 36-year-old centre on unconditional waivers Saturday for the purpose of terminating his contract.
  Plekanec had been practising with the Canadiens for the past three or four days and was preparing to return from a lower-back injury. But he sat down with Bergevin earlier this week and the result was what both par
  
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• Beyond the Plate with Montreal chef Emma Cardarelli

  09-11-2018 20:33
  The seventh instalment of Beyond the Plate looks at how local chef Emma Cardarelli rose through the kitchen scene amid a boys’ club and ended up blazing her own path.
  Check out Heidi Smalls’ full report, here.
  
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• Former Canadien Steve Bégin receives high school diploma at 40

  09-11-2018 20:16
  When it comes to NHL players, Steve Bégin was as tough as they come. But now the former Canadien was having a hard time holding back his tears. The reason: he finally received his high school graduation diploma — at age 40.
  Don’t miss Stu Cowan’s full report, here.
  
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• Theatre: Porte Parole reminds us polarization goes beyond Trump

  09-11-2018 20:08
  In the spring of 2016, during the Republican primaries in the U.S., Annabel Soutar found herself at once distressed and fascinated by the campaign of party candidate Donald Trump.
  Soutar, the artistic director of Montreal documentary theatre company Porte Parole — which gave us the 2016 smash hit J’aime Hydro — was intrigued by how Trump was tapping into white male anger, and by the fact that no one seemed to be taking him seriously.
  She called Brett Watson, an actor and f
  
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• What the Puck: Canadiens' $84M goalie Carey Price in dire need of help

  09-11-2018 20:00
  Habs management should think long and hard about trading Carey Price while there’s still a Carey Price debate.
  That’s the lede that popped into my head when I first woke this morning. A few hours later, I still agree that is the best course of action for Habs president Geoff Molson and his hockey lieutenant, Marc Bergevin.
  But now I’m focused on something else altogether, something far more important. Molson and Bergevin need to help this guy — now.
  Did you see the clip f
  
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• Charge in Pointe-Claire parking-lot killing upgraded to first-degree murder

  09-11-2018 19:57
  A man who was arrested earlier this year in connection with a homicide carried out in the parking lot of a hotel in Pointe-Claire saw the charge filed against him upgraded to first-degree murder this week.
  Jérôme Latham, 49, made a brief appearance before Quebec Court Judge Joëlle Roy on Thursday at the Montreal courthouse where he learned that the murder charge filed against him during the summer was being upgraded. The change suggests the Crown is convinced the death of Tommy
  
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• Backstreet Boys announce ‘DNA’ tour and album, with 7 Canadian dates

  09-11-2018 18:56 via globalnews.ca
  The boys also dropped the video for 'Chances.' This will be their first album in more than 6 years.
  
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• Language commissioner investigating English-only tornado alert

  09-11-2018 18:45 via cbc.ca
  A senator said he got an English-only emergency alert during September's severe tornadoes and has filed an official complaint, one of six the official languages commissioner received that month.
  
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• Buchignani: My picks for Top 3 drivers of the Formula One season

  09-11-2018 18:25
  So it’s done. Lewis Hamilton has pocketed his fifth Formula One drivers’ title with two races to spare.
  Good for him. Less good for the rest of us. I mean, will you even bother with the PVR?
  Sure, the constructors’ championship remains to be settled but, truth is, that prize has always meant more to the teams than to the fans.
  For the record, Mercedes leads Ferrari by 55 points, so the red cars must outscore their silver rivals by 13 this weekend in Brazil to take the fight to
  
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• Putting on a face on hunger in the West Island

  09-11-2018 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 9: A group of Concordia and McGill students has produced a documentary showing the problem of hunger in the West Island. As Global’s Dan Spector reports, the film was commissioned by a local community organization to help humanize the problem of food insecurity in one of Montreal’s most affluent areas.
  
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• Good news for Montreal commuters

  09-11-2018 18:14 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Nov 9: The Turcot Interchange is closed until Tuesday but that doesn’t mean there isn’t any light at the end of the tunnel. As Global’s Tim Sargeant explains, the Nuns’ Island bridge, linking the access from the Champlain Bridge to Highway 15, officially opens on Monday.
  
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• Île-des-Soeurs bridge to open to traffic on Nov. 12

  09-11-2018 18:02
  Thanking Île-des-Soeurs residents for their patience in the wake of three years of construction on the new Champlain Bridge, federal Infrastructure Minister François-Philippe Champagne announced on Friday that the new Île-des-Soeurs Bridge linking to Montreal will officially open to traffic in both directions on Monday, November 12, 2 by 5 a.m.
  The span has four traffic lanes in each direction and a multi-use path for pedestrians and cyclists that will
  
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• Wine: Costières de Nîmes is a bridge between two worlds

  09-11-2018 18:00
  European regions and appellations can be confusing, even for those with in-depth knowledge of wine. 
  In short, a region is a territory that groups together a number of vineyards. In theory, the wines within a region share a similar taste profile, though some regions are so large that this is not the case.Within a region are appellations. A European wine appellation groups together vineyards with similar soils and climates, and which grow the same grape varieties. In theory, this should give
  
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• Bill Zacharkiw's Wines of the Week: Nov. 9, 2018

  09-11-2018 18:00
  Every week, Bill Zacharkiw identifies his top wine picks available at the SAQ and offers ideas for food pairings.
  Under $15
  Ventoux 2017, La Vieille Ferme, France red, $13, SAQ # 263640. I was surprised how much I liked the most recent vintage. Fresh and juicy, with that typical Ventoux sweet fruit, although the wine is completely dry. Finessed tannin and florals. This is almost more Provence than Rhône. Good deal as well. Residual sugar: 2.3 g/L. Grape varieties: grenache, syrah, mou
  
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• Union leader reacts to Bombardier layoffs

  09-11-2018 17:49
  David Chartrand, Quebec co-ordinator for the International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers, reacts to news that Bombardier plans to lay off 5,000 employees — 2,500 of them in Quebec.
  Read our story here.
  
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• SQDC delays opening new stores as province mulls revisions to cannabis legislation

  09-11-2018 17:29 via cbc.ca
  The agency in charge of selling recreational cannabis, the SQDC, has delayed its store rollout strategy under the province's newly elected government.
  
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• Farewell, Pleky: Tomas Plekanec retires from NHL after being placed on waivers by Montreal Canadiens

  09-11-2018 17:20 via cbc.ca
  After 1,001 regular season games in the NHL, including 984 games with the Montreal Canadiens, Tomas Plekanec said that he's retiring from the NHL
  
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• Farewell, Pleky: Montreal Canadiens and Tomas Plekanec agree to part ways

  09-11-2018 17:20 via cbc.ca
  After 1,001 regular season games in the NHL, including 984 games with the Montreal Canadiens, the team announced that Tomas Plekanec will be placed on unconditional waivers on Saturday.
  
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• Will Montreal have 'most expensive composting plants in this universe'?

  09-11-2018 17:15
  Montreal’s 2019-2021 capital spending program appears to confirm the city will have what a whistleblower warned this summer would be the “most expensive composting plants in this universe.”
  The latest municipal capital works program, unveiled by Mayor Valérie Plante on Thursday, shows the combined price of the decade-old project to design, build and maintain five organic waste treatment centres on the island has ballooned to $589 million.
  The latest figure is up by
  
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• Tomas Plekanec retires from NHL after Montreal Canadiens place him on waivers

  09-11-2018 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  Tomas Plekanec says he's retiring from the NHL after the Montreal Canadiens placed the veteran centre on unconditional waivers.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens place veteran Tomas Plekanec on unconditional waivers

  09-11-2018 17:15 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens have placed veteran centre Tomas Plekanec on unconditional waivers.
  
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• Montreal real estate: Prices likely to keep climbing through 2020

  09-11-2018 17:04
  For years, Vancouver and Toronto were the stars of the Canadian real estate market. Prices were skyrocketing, and buyers were in a fever to outbid each other. Meanwhile, Montreal just kept trucking along, prices increasing modestly if unambitiously.
  Now, it seems, it’s our time to shine.
  Montreal’s housing market started picking up toward the end of 2015 and has been gaining momentum ever since. According to the most recent forecast from the Canadian Mortgage and Housing Corporation
  
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• Montreal Canadiens putting Tomas Plekanec on waivers

  09-11-2018 17:02
  Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin announced Friday that veteran centre Tomas Plekanec will be placed on unconditional waivers at noon Saturday for the purpose of terminating his contract.
  Bergevin signed the 36-year-old Plekanec to a one-year, US$3.5-million contract this summer after dealing him to the Toronto Maple Leafs at the NHL trade deadline last season along with Kyle Baun in exchange for Kerby Rychel, Vinat Valiev and a second-round pick at this year’s NHL Draft.
  Plekanec ha
  
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• First visit to Bell Centre for former Canadien Pacioretty | HI/O Bonus

  09-11-2018 17:00
  In this bonus episode — Gazette sports columnists Stu Cowan, CBC Daybreak’s Jessica Rusnak, former Canadien Chris Nilan and host Adam Susser — preview former Habs captain Max Pacioretty’s return to the Bell Centre with the Vegas Golden Knights.
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• New bridge between Nuns’ Island, Montreal considered an ‘important milestone’

  09-11-2018 16:42 via globalnews.ca
  A new bridge connecting Nuns' Island to Montreal is being considered an important milestone for the new Champlain Bridge corridor.
  
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• Bombardier deal gives turboprop crown to de Havilland Twin Otter planemaker

  09-11-2018 16:41
  A little-known company on Canada’s west coast will become king of the turboprops and owner of some of the most storied brands in the country’s aviation history after striking a deal with Bombardier Inc.
  Closely held Longview Aviation Capital Corp. is poised to become North America’s largest maker of turboprop aircraft with its $300-million purchase of Bombardier’s Dash 8 program, including the Q400. Longview is also buying the rights to the de Havilland trademark, bringin
  
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• Michael Bublé announces 2019 tour, with 9 Canadian dates

  09-11-2018 16:39 via globalnews.ca
  Michael Bublé will bring his latest album, 'Love,' to Canada next year for a handful of spring/summer shows.
  
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• National securities regulator would be constitutionally OK, Supreme Court rules

  09-11-2018 16:04 via cbc.ca
  The Supreme Court of Canada says the Constitution allows Ottawa and the provinces to set up a national securities regulator.
  
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• Toys ‘R’ Us Chief Play Officer Émile Burbidge retires

  09-11-2018 15:58 via globalnews.ca
  It’s time to start thinking about toys as the holiday season is approaching. Toys ‘R’ Us Chief Play Officer Émile Burbidge joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan with a spread of toys that are topping the charts.
  
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• Jay Walker’s Weekend Entertainment

  09-11-2018 15:48 via globalnews.ca
  The weekend is almost here and there’s an abundance of activities for the whole family. Jay Walker joins Global’s Kim Sullivan to discuss everything from a circus clown workshop in Cote-des-Neiges, to a kid’s cooking class!
  
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• Foodie Friday: Jiao Dim Sum Bar

  09-11-2018 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  Located in the heart of Old Montreal, Jiao combines modernized chinese tapas with a vast selection of spirits in a casual setting. Join Jiao Dim Sum Bar owner, Tongue Bui, alongside Global’s Laura Casella for this weeks’ Foodie Friday segment!
  
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• While you were sleeping: Free trains, Habs derailed, and an Uber oops

  09-11-2018 15:27
  Here’s what happened while you were losing sleep over how to get to work:
  Transport Quebec is warning Montrealers to steer clear of “unprecedented” closures in the Turcot Interchange today through Monday.
  That means public transit may be the best way to get to work, and to that end transit authorities have taken a series of measures to help smoothen the ride.
  They include adding 14 trains during off-peak hours on the Vaudreuil-Hudson line, though these extra trains ar
  
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• War flowers for Remembrance Day

  09-11-2018 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  Learn more about “WAR Flowers” a moving art exhibition at the Chateau Ramezay inspired by century-old letters and pressed flowers from the battlefields of World War One.
  
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• Turcot got you down? How about a side order of bad weather?

  09-11-2018 15:19
  A low-pressure system dropping mixed precipitation on the U.S. Plains is headed toward Quebec. This unwanted guest is packing rain, snow and strong winds.Though Montreal will be mostly spared, with a mix of rain and snow falling from Friday night into the day Saturday, snowfall warnings have been issued for regions north and east of the island: the Laurentians, Mont-Tremblant, Abitibi, Charlevoix, Manicouagan River, Quebec City and Témiscamingue. Those regions can expect see 15
  
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• Turcot traffic ahead this weekend

  09-11-2018 15:15 via globalnews.ca
  Some major work on the Turcot Interchange will cause a detour nightmare for drivers this weekend. Billy Shields has your options for the tricky commute.
  
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• Call of the Wilde: The Price is Wrong

  09-11-2018 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  Global hockey analyst, Brian Wilde, sits down with Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan to break down Carey Price’s declining performance in this week’s Call of the Wilde.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Friday, November 9th

  09-11-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Friday, November 9th
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Friday, November 9th

  09-11-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Friday, November 9th
  
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• How to get around Montreal while the Turcot is dismantled

  09-11-2018 14:52
  Train service will be free Friday, Nov. 9 and Monday, Nov. 12 on the Vaudreuil-Hudson and Candiac lines, with 14 additional off-peak departures added to the Vaudreuil line with stops at Dorval, Vendôme and Lucien L’Allier only.
  There will be 200 parking spaces reserved for people to take the train at the Jardins Dorval shopping centre.
  On the South Shore, free shuttle bus service will be provided between the Châteauguay terminus and the Ste-Catherine station of the Candiac lin
  
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