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• Adele Sorella trial: Shaken grandmother recounts finding dead girls

  26-11-2018 23:49
  Teresa Di Cesare woke early, went downstairs, and started her usual routine.
  Her youngest granddaughter, Sabrina, 8, was already awake watching television in the playroom. Her daughter, Adele Sorella, and other granddaughter, nine-year-old Amanda, would wake soon after.
  As she would every morning, Di Cesare brushed the family dog and took it outside. She then poured each granddaughter a cup of milk with a splash of coffee in it — so they could all share “coffee” together i
  
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• Allison Hanes: Young Quebecers are suing for climate negligence

  26-11-2018 23:45
  With the prognosis for the planet getting worse by the week, young Quebecers took matters into their own hands Monday by suing the Canadian government for climate negligence.
  Environnement Jeunesse launched a class action lawsuit on behalf of all Quebec youth under the age of 35. The statement of claim filed in Quebec Superior Court argues that it is young people who will disproportionately bear the brunt of climate change — an infringement on their rights to life, equality and security of
  
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• Flood hits Pioneer Bar

  26-11-2018 23:36 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Nov 26: The Pioneer Bar in Pointe-Claire is facing yet another hurdle. As Global’s Gloria Henriquez reports, the historic building was flooded after a pipe burst.
  
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• Quebec politicians to return for 42nd legislature

  26-11-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Nov 26: Quebec’s new Coalition Avenir Québec government is ready to open the National Assembly’s 42nd legislature. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, politics will sit for the next two weeks before the Christmas break.
  
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• Montreal to bury its new $254-million Bellechasse bus garage underground

  26-11-2018 23:31
  In what is being billed as a North American first, the city of Montreal announced Monday it has will bury its controversial Rosemont-La-Petite-Patrie bus depot three storeys underground in order to lessen negative effects on the heavily populated neighbourhood that surrounds it. The submergence will mean less visual pollution in the neighbourhood, and can be done for the same price first estimated for an above-ground multi-storey garage, the city said.
  At the same time, Montreal Mayor Valé
  
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• Ensemble Montréal proposes diverting Pink Line funds to plan tramway

  26-11-2018 23:25
  Montreal’s opposition says the Plante administration should kill the office to study the Pink Line of the métro, and use that money for a project it says is more realistic.
  On Monday evening, Ensemble Montréal published an amendment it plans to propose at the Wednesday city council meeting to approve the city’s $5.7-billion budget. The amendment says the $1 million earmarked for the creation of a municipal project office to study the construction of a new line of the m&
  
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• Stanley Cup champion, former Montreal Canadien joins fight against bullying

  26-11-2018 23:20 via globalnews.ca
  Two-time Stanley Cup champion and former Canadiens player Stéphane Richer has joined Shriners Hospital in the #CutTheBull campaign.
  
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• MUHC superhospital: Former exec pleads guilty to taking $10M in bribes

  26-11-2018 23:09
  A man who was key in ensuring the contract to build the McGill University Health Centre superhospital was awarded to a consortium led by SNC Lavalin was taken into custody Monday after he pleaded guilty to four charges related to the fixed bid. 
  Yanaï Elbaz, 49, winked to his younger brother Yohann as he was handcuffed and taken into custody to begin serving his prison term in the MUHC scandal that also involved the now-deceased Arthur Porter. 
  He was taken into custody after a Qu
  
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• What the Puck: Alzner departs, but Weber unlikely to solve Habs' D woes

  26-11-2018 22:41
  Shea Weber is not the saviour.
  It is going to be great to have the Man Mountain back in the Habs’ lineup, in all likelihood beginning with Tuesday’s Bell Centre bout against the Carolina Hurricanes. But I don’t think Weber is going to be a game-changer.
  The bottom line is the Canadiens’ defence corps is one of the worst in the NHL and Weber will help shore up things on the back end. But great as he is, Dad is not enough to cure what ails this blue line. I don’t even
  
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• Quebec politicians back to work Tuesday under new CAQ government

  26-11-2018 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  The 42nd legislature of Quebec's National Assembly will be the first with a CAQ government. Beginning Tuesday afternoon, the CAQ says it will start tackling its campaign promises.
  
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• First National Assembly session with Quebec CAQ government begins Tuesday

  26-11-2018 22:22 via globalnews.ca
  The 42nd legislature of Quebec's National Assembly will be the first with a CAQ government. Beginning Tuesday afternoon, the CAQ says it will start tackling its campaign promises.
  
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• 2 Quebec City teens plead guilty to sharing nude photos of classmates

  26-11-2018 22:22 via cbc.ca
  The three teenaged girls involved in the case were present in the courtroom on Monday.
  
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• Nearly two-thirds of Quebecers support public-sector ban on religious symbols, poll finds

  26-11-2018 22:00 via cbc.ca
  A wide majority of Quebecers is in favour of banning public-sector workers from wearing religious symbols, according to a poll released ahead of the first legislative session under a Coalition Avenir Québec government.
  
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• Quebec declares former company town Arvida in Saguenay a heritage site

  26-11-2018 21:58 via cbc.ca
  The Quebec government has recognized the Arvida neighbourhood in the Saguenay-Lac-Saint-Jean region as a heritage site.
  
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• Sorella and her mother missed doctor's appointment on day her daughters found dead, court hears

  26-11-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  Grandmother breaks down in court as she describes discovering the bodies of her two grandchildren.
  
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• Sorella and her mother missed a doctor's appointment on day her daughters found dead, court hears

  26-11-2018 20:59 via cbc.ca
  Grandmother breaks down in court as she describes discovering the bodies of her two grandchildren.
  
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• Historic Pionnier building damaged by flood

  26-11-2018 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  The owner thinks extreme cold followed by a sudden thaw could be the cause.
  
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• Historic Pioneer building damaged by flood

  26-11-2018 20:55 via globalnews.ca
  The owner thinks extreme cold followed by a sudden thaw could be the cause.
  
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• Second Cup franchisees in Quebec file lawsuit against coffee chain over debt, ad fund

  26-11-2018 20:51 via globalnews.ca
  A group of current and past Second Cup franchisees has filed a lawsuit against the Canadian coffee chain.
  
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• Lise Ravary: The travails of an honest bridge-builder

  26-11-2018 20:48
  The slow reactions, or lack thereof, to the Doug Ford government’s decision — now partly reversed — to eliminate the office of the French Language Commissioner and kill the projected French university, by media outside Quebec surprised me. After all, they had been quick to condemn Pastagate and other examples of “oppression” against those Québécois whose first language is English.
  Here in Quebec, the Montreal Gazette must be commended for taking a
  
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• Environment Canada issues snowfall warning in effect for Greater Montreal

  26-11-2018 20:44 via globalnews.ca
  About 15 to 25 centimetres of snow are expected to fall from Monday through to Tuesday evening, with an additional five centimetres expected on Wednesday.
  
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• Yves-François Blanchet running for Bloc Québécois leadership

  26-11-2018 20:34 via cbc.ca
  A TV political pundit and former PQ cabinet minister is launching his bid to lead the Bloc Québécois.
  
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• Flu vaccination campaign comes to Dollard

  26-11-2018 20:30
  Have you got your winter flu shot yet?
  The Montreal West Island health network’s (CIUSSS) seasonal flu vaccination campaign continues this week at the Dollard Civic Centre in Dollard-des-Ormeaux.
  The campaign continues until Dec. 15 at locations across the West Island.
  Vaccination is offered free of charge to:
  Anyone over the age of six months with a chronic condition, including pregnant women (anytime during pregnancy)
  Healthy pregnant women in their second or third trimester
  Pe
  
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• Montreal Canadiens place veteran defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers as Weber nears return

  26-11-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens have placed defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers.
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Shea Weber ready to make his season debut

  26-11-2018 20:25
  Captain Shea Weber will make his season debut Tuesday night when the Canadiens play the Carolina Hurricanes at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  The veteran defenceman had off-season knee surgery and hasn’t played since the NHL 100 Classic outdoor game last Dec. 16 in Ottawa. Weber suffered a fractured left foot in the first game last season and tried to play through it before being shut down and requiring surgery for tendon damage in the foot before his off-season sur
  
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• Woman who slipped on icy sidewalk will get $28,000 from Montreal

  26-11-2018 20:22
  A court has ordered the city of Montreal to pay $28,000 to a woman who slipped on an icy sidewalk and broke her ankle.
  In a Nov. 19 judgment, Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis J. Gouin found the city should have spread abrasives on the sidewalk “to avoid as much as possible the creation of ice sheets and thus minimize the risk of falling, especially on a sidewalk located near a school.”
  However, he also noted that the woman, who had been walking on sidewalks in the area for about e
  
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• Iconic Archambault sign in downtown Montreal removed

  26-11-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  The building's new owner, Québecor, requested the sign be taken down.
  
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• Iconic 90-year-old Archambault sign in downtown Montreal removed

  26-11-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  The building's new owner, Québecor, requested the sign be taken down.
  
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• Quebec rower Douglas Vandor named chef de mission for Lima Pan Am Games

  26-11-2018 19:50
  TORONTO — Douglas Vandor expects to be busy at this summer’s Pan American Games.
  The two-time Olympic rower from Dewittville — 80 kilometres southwest of Montreal — has been named Canada’s chef de mission at this summer’s Pan American Games in Lima, Peru.
  And with 39 sports — six more than the 2020 Tokyo Olympics — Vandor will be on the go for the majority of the July 26-Aug. 11 Games.
  “It’s crazy, there’s 423 events over 39 sport
  
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• Town of Mount Royal rejects REM station design

  26-11-2018 19:21 via cbc.ca
  Planners for the light-rail train station in the Town of Mount Royal will need to go back to the drawing board after municipal officials rejected a preliminary proposal last week.
  
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• Girls’ grandmother trembles as she testifies at Adele Sorella trial

  26-11-2018 19:15
  LAVAL — Teresa Di Cesare woke early, went downstairs, and started her usual routine.
  Her youngest granddaughter, Sabrina, 8, was already awake watching television in the playroom. Her daughter, Adele Sorella, and other granddaughter, nine-year-old Amanda, woke soon after.
  Di Cesare did as she would every morning: she brushed the family dog and brought it outside. She poured her granddaughters two cups of milk with a splash of coffee in them — so they could all share “coffee&rdq
  
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• Canadiens place defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers

  26-11-2018 19:12 via cbc.ca
  The Montreal Canadiens have placed defenceman Karl Alzner on waivers. The move comes as top defenceman Shea Weber nears his return form off-season knee surgery.
  
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• Canadiens Notebook: Shea Weber looks ready for season debut

  26-11-2018 18:31
  Captain Shea Weber is expected to make his season debut Tuesday night when the Canadiens play the Carolina Hurricanes at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio).
  The veteran defenceman had off-season knee surgery and hasn’t played since the NHL 100 Classic outdoor game last Dec. 16 in Ottawa. Weber suffered a fractured left foot in the first game last season and tried to play through it before being shut down and requiring surgery for tendon damage in the foot before his off-
  
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• Young Quebecers sue Canada for climate negligence

  26-11-2018 18:23
  Young Quebecers have launched a class-action lawsuit against the Canadian government for failing to protect them from the devastating effects of climate change.
  ENvironnement JEUnesse filed the action Monday in Quebec Superior Court on behalf of all Quebecers under the age of 35. The suit argues that even though the federal government recognizes the harm of global warming and is a signatory of the Paris Accord on fighting climate change, it is showing gross negligence by setting emissions reduct
  
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• Petition demands Quebec cannabis society stop using single-use plastics

  26-11-2018 18:11 via globalnews.ca
  A petition is demanding Quebec's cannabis society stop using single-use plastics in its packaging.
  
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• Just in time for Christmas, SAAQ launches 'don't drive impaired' campaign

  26-11-2018 18:07
  Quebec’s automobile insurance board, the SAAQ, on Monday launched a publicity campaign aimed at highlighting the dangers of driving while impaired by alcohol or drugs.
  The campaign, titled “Alcohol and Drugs: Don’t drive” reminds Quebecers that while recreational marijuana is now legal, it remains a crime to consume it then drive. While the multimedia campaign is aimed at a 18-44-year-old demographic, its focus is on younger drivers.Also, beginning Nov. 29 to Jan. 3, poli
  
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• Montreal's jam-packed Metros show need for a new line, head of STM says

  26-11-2018 17:49 via cbc.ca
  "Higher ridership is good news, but it shows we need to think seriously about a new Metro line," said STM chair Philippe Schnobb.
  
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• Spreading kindness one compliment at a time

  26-11-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  A West Island teen is challenging others to join the #KindnessCatchesOn campaign and to pay someone a compliment today.
  
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• Exo trains, buses to be free during Christmas, New Year holidays

  26-11-2018 16:29
  Exo, the Montreal area transit authority, has announced that service on its commuter trains, buses and handicapped transport will be free of charge of Dec. 24, 25, 31 as well as Jan. 1-2.
  The authority oversees public transit in areas surrounding Montreal Island as well as area commuter trains.
  The schedules and service offer for each of the transit lines run by Exo can be found on the agency’s website.
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  Exo offering two months free with new annual membershipsClass-action reque
  
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• Spreading positivity with #KindnessCatchesOn

  26-11-2018 15:42 via globalnews.ca
  After experiencing bullying at her school, a young Montrealer is hoping to spread a message of kindness with her new campaign. Global’s Laura Casella speaks to Chloe Boisvert about #KindnessCatchesOn.
  
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• Beware, says Environment Canada: Snowfall could be fast and flurrious

  26-11-2018 15:41
  That low-level Monday-morning headache could be a harbinger of a low-pressure system headed here from the Midwest.
  Because of it (the system, not your headache), Environment Canada has issued a special weather statement that covers Montreal, Laval, Châteauguay and the Longueuil areas, warning of changing precipitation Monday through Tuesday.
  The federal meteorologists predict rain till after suppertime on Monday, at which time snow should begin to fall. Tuesday morning, the snowfall could
  
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• Enter your winter weather cliché here: Mixed bag, cocktail, roller-coaster

  26-11-2018 15:09
  If winter is your favourite season, have we got a treat for you.
  The Weather Network has released its winter forecast, and the theme for Quebec is a “long-lasting and colder than normal” season. They expect snowfall to be near normal in the province, but active weather to the south and east could mean a few strong storms along the St. Lawrence River.
  And although we’ll still enjoy January thaws, the forecasters say, don’t bet your gopher on an early spring.
  “Through
  
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• Why is romaine lettuce unsafe?

  26-11-2018 15:04 via globalnews.ca
  What’s the deal with romaine lettuce? Dr. Mitch Shulman joins Global’s Laura Casella to break down what E. Coli is, and how you can avoid infection.
  
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• Highlighting body positivity on the runway

  26-11-2018 15:03 via globalnews.ca
  Body positivity advocate Svetlana Chernienko joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about a big upcoming runway show in New York to highlight bodies of all shapes and sizes.
  
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• Celebrating 50 years of handmade boots

  26-11-2018 15:03 via globalnews.ca
  A Montreal company is celebrating 50 years of boot-making, and it’s all done by hand. Global’s Kim Sullivan gets a tour of Anfibio’s factory to find out more.
  
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• Emergency forces cancellation of train service on Deux-Montagnes line

  26-11-2018 14:55 via globalnews.ca
  Commuter train service was cancelled indefinitely Monday morning on EXO line 6, also known as the Deux-Montagnes line, following a medical emergency. Global’s Billy Shields reports.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, November 26

  26-11-2018 14:54 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, November 26
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, November 26

  26-11-2018 14:54 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, November 26
  
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• Deux-Montagnes train service disrupted for 2 hours Monday morning

  26-11-2018 14:38
  Service on the Deux-Montagnes commuter train was disrupted for more than two hours Monday morning because of an emergency medical intervention at the Canora station.
  Several trains were delayed or cancelled because of the disruption — which occurred around 6:30 a.m. — and a shuttle service was established for commuters stranded along the route.
  Service was re-established at 8:30 a.m.
  
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• Stop dumping sewage into Quebec waterways, environment groups demand

  26-11-2018 14:00
  Three environmental groups will on Monday call upon the provincial government to find a way to limit the practice of dumping untreated sewage into waterways, and to permit such acts only when absolutely necessary.
  Eau Secours, Fondation Rivières and Nature Québec cite as examples the recent dumping of millions of litres of sewage by the cities of Longueuil and Shawinigan into the St. Lawrence and Saint-Maurice Rivers, large scale flush operations reminiscent of the 5-billion-litre
  
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