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• Unacceptable for Royalmount project to worsen traffic woes: Plante

  27-11-2018 23:51
  It’s not acceptable for the future Royalmount mega-mall to aggravate traffic woes in the already congested area around the Décarie Expressway and Highway 40, Mayor Valérie Plante said Tuesday.
  But speaking to reporters at city hall, Plante acknowledged there’s little she can do about it.
  “The number that jumps out at me is 20 additional minutes in traffic,” Plante said, quoting an impact study released two weeks ago revealing that the $2-billion project &mda
  
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• Quebec coroner releases report into Montreal teen drowning death

  27-11-2018 23:50 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Nov 27: A Quebec coroner released a report into a Montreal teen’s drowning death. As Global’s Phil Carpenter reports, the findings point to a number of oversights – including people in authority not having proper training.
  
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• Quebec MNAs return to the National Assembly

  27-11-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Nov 27: Quebec’s politicians are back in session at the National Assembly under the new Coalition Avenir Québec government. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, the first order of business was electing a speaker.
  
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• Battle at English Montreal School Board

  27-11-2018 23:43 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Nov 27: The English Montreal School Board’s chairperson and former vice-chair are facing a series of allegations – including psychological harassment and breaches of the council’s code of ethics. As Global’s Anne Leclair reports in this exclusive story, both took legal action.
  
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• Montreal official opposition says city spending is out of control

  27-11-2018 23:37 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Nov 27: The official opposition at Montreal city hall says it is worried about the 2019 budget proposed by Valérie Plante. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, the mayor is hitting back and says it is the city’s best budget in years.
  
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• Ice-free sidewalks: Côte-St-Luc considering the idea

  27-11-2018 23:25
  The city of Montreal has nixed the idea, but that hasn’t deterred suburban Côte-St-Luc from considering heated sidewalks as an alternative to plows, salt and shovels.
  Côte-St-Luc city councillor Ruth Kovac floated the idea before council and will now embark on a cost-benefit analysis to consider the case for building sidewalks with heating elements installed inside them.
  Kovac said she has read about heated sidewalks in other jurisdictions and believes the idea has me
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Creamy red lentil soup boils down to the basics

  27-11-2018 23:05
  This easy, flavourful lentil soup is typical of the 125-plus recipes in Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress Out of Home Cooking (Penguin, $32), by Toronto TV cook and recipe developer Claire Tansey.A working mother who has simplified family cooking, Tansey starts each recipe with helpful tips, how long it takes to prepare and how long it takes to cook. Many of the dishes can be made in advance, or in batches.A former Chatelaine magazine food director, Tansey has strong views on ingredients, equipme
  
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• City of Côte St-Luc wants to try out heated sidewalks

  27-11-2018 22:58
  The city of Montreal has nixed the idea, but that hasn’t deterred suburban Côte-St-Luc from considering heated sidewalks as an alternative to plows, salt and shovels.
  Côte-St-Luc city councillor Ruth Kovac floated the idea before council and will now embark on a cost-benefit analysis to consider the case for building sidewalks with heating elements installed inside them.
  Kovac said she has read about heated sidewalks in other jurisdictions and believes the idea has me
  
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• Descendant of Kahnawake ironworker hopes to put a name and a face to Bill S-3 amendments

  27-11-2018 22:54 via cbc.ca
  Even though Charles Kader and any children he would have are now eligible for Indian status under recent amendments, he still doesn't qualify for membership in Kahnawake under the community's law. ​
  
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• New speaker of Quebec’s National Assembly promises ‘modern and efficient democracy’

  27-11-2018 22:51 via globalnews.ca
  As the National Assembly's 42nd legislature opened Tuesday afternoon, Quebec's opposition parties also pressed Premier François Legault on climate change.
  
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• Allison Hanes: Climate change will test CAQ government

  27-11-2018 22:44
  A cloud loomed over what should have been a momentous day in Quebec politics Tuesday, when a new government took its place in the National Assembly to open a jam-packed two-week fall session.
  As Premier François Legault and his Coalition Avenir Québec government begin work in earnest on their laudable priorities — education, health and the economy — they simultaneously signalled a lamentable regression on an issue close to the hearts of most Quebecers.
  The possibil
  
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• CBC Montreal charity drive: What's your favourite holiday tradition?

  27-11-2018 22:25 via cbc.ca
  We want to hear your stories about your favourite holiday tradition and why it's so special.
  
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• Canadiens send Karl Alzner to Laval Rocket after he clears NHL waivers

  27-11-2018 22:12
  After the Canadiens finished their morning skate Tuesday in Brossard, Karl Alzner’s equipment was still hanging in his locker-room stall.
  But after Alzner cleared NHL waivers at noon, his equipment would have been packed up and shipped to Laval, where he will report to the AHL’s Rocket.
  This isn’t what Alzner or Canadiens general manager Marc Bergevin had in mind when the veteran defenceman signed a five-year, US$23.125-million contract as a free agent on July 1, 2017, with an
  
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• Montreal doctor suspended 13 months for abandoning 1,500 patients

  27-11-2018 22:10
  The provincial order of physicians has ordered the 13-month suspension of Trevor Wesson, a Montreal doctor who suddenly abandoned his 1,500 patients in 2017.
  The sanction, which was handed down by the disciplinary committee of the Quebec College of Physicians on Nov. 15, is effective from the committee’s ruling a year ago that found Wesson had behaved contrary to the college’s professional code of ethics by abandoning his clinic and patients without notice.
  Wesson disappeared some ti
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Nov. 28

  27-11-2018 22:00
  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 Sunday. Call 514-630-1220, ext. 1778.
  Cedar Park United Church presents their To The Stable Creche Display on Tuesday and Dec. 5 from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. at 204 Lakeview Ave. in Pointe-Claire. All are welcome. Free admission. Tea room available both days from 2:30 to 4 p.m. Call 514-695-3337.
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• Applying for '60s Scoop settlement like 'opening the past,' survivor says

  27-11-2018 21:24
  Nakuset was just three years old when they came for her.
  Like thousands of other Indigenous children taken during the ’60s Scoop, Nakuset was forced from her home in Cree territory, put onto a plane and placed in the care of a family halfway across the country.
  Now, decades later, she may be eligible for a government settlement that acknowledges the harm caused by its policy of separating Indigenous children from their families.
  However, the process is proving rather complicated.
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• After outcry, Chambly to build replica of historic house it demolished

  27-11-2018 20:41 via globalnews.ca
  The house, which was built around 1820, had links to a civilian uprising against British rule.
  
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• As Via Rail prepares to announce winning bid for trains, Garneau warns Bombardier can't be favoured

  27-11-2018 20:29 via cbc.ca
  Free trade agreements with Europe and the United States prevent Via Rail from favouring Bombardier in the awarding of contracts, federal Transport Minister Marc Garneau says.
  
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• Quebec blasts Ottawa over $1B Via Rail contract to Siemens

  27-11-2018 20:09
  QUEBEC — Premier François Legault has blasted the federal government for allowing a $1 billion contract to refurbish Via Rail trains slip into foreign hands.
  Legault said he was stunned to learn the German firm Siemens would be doing the work and Ottawa failed to ensure a Canadian content clause in the package.
  “It’s naive to see our federal government not doing what all other governments including the U.S. do,” Legault told reporters on his way into the legis
  
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• Woman from Quebec, 10-month-old daughter killed by bear at remote Yukon cabin

  27-11-2018 20:00 via cbc.ca
  Yukon's coroner says 37-year-old Valérie Thé​orêt, and her daughter Adele Roesholt were found dead by the child's father on Monday. When the father returned to the cabin, he was immediately charged by a grizzly bear.
  
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• Montreal police seek missing 17-year-old last seen in Dorval

  27-11-2018 19:38
  Police have turned to the public for help in finding 17-year-old Zoë Korn, who was last seen in Dorval on Oct. 8.
  This is not the first time Zoë, who speaks English, has disappeared, but her family has had no news from her and is concerned for her safety.
  She stands five-feet-five-inches tall and weighs 110 pounds. When last seen she was wearing a green sweater, blue jeans and white shoes.
  Anyone with any information on her whereabouts is urged to call 911, contact their local police s
  
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• Get smart about smart toys' threat to privacy: consumer group

  27-11-2018 19:38
  So-called “smart” toys that are able to interact with children can be fascinating, but as the holiday shopping period approaches, a Quebec consumer protection group warned on Tuesday that such interaction comes with some risk.
  Option Consommateurs sounded that note of caution as it unveiled its research on smart toys, a category that can include interactive stuffed animals, robot dogs or a remote-control truck.
  Some toys will respond to questions, others will move on command or invit
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Shea Weber returns to lineup against Hurricanes

  27-11-2018 19:08
  The Man Mountain is back.
  Shea Weber will make his season debut for the Canadiens when they face the Carolina Hurricanes Tuesday night at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio). It will be Weber’s first game since the NHL 100 Classic outdoor game last Dec. 16 in Ottawa. Since then, Weber has had surgery to repair tendon damage in his left foot and a second surgery to repair a torn meniscus in his right knee.
  Tuesday night will also be Weber’s first game wearing th
  
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• Opinion: As more oil moves by rail, Lac-Mégantic lessons still unlearned

  27-11-2018 19:07
  The Alberta oil industry is in deep trouble because of the huge price discount (by as much as $50 US per barrel) for bitumen (West Canadian Select) compared to the U.S. benchmark West Texas Intermediate oil price, which itself has plummeted in recent months.
  The main culprit, according to producers, is a supply glut caused by pipeline bottlenecks, due largely to government-imposed delays in new pipeline construction: notably Trans Mountain, and more recently Keystone XL.
  Curiously, companies did
  
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• Teen was under water for 38 minutes in 'violent but accidental' drowning

  27-11-2018 19:01
  A Quebec coroner has ruled that the drowning death of 14-year-old Blessing Claude Moukoko in Montreal last winter was violent but accidental. But Dr. Louis Normandin is calling for an overhaul of how schools teach their students how to swim, and recommends swimming instruction in schools be immediately suspended until that overhaul takes place.
  Moukoko died last Feb. 21, six days after being found at the deep end of a swimming pool at the Centre Père Marquette.
  In his report, Normandin no
  
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• Man who conspired to set fire to Rizzuto funeral home denied parole

  27-11-2018 18:59
  A man with alleged ties to a Montreal street gang, who pleaded guilty to having taken part in a conspiracy to torch a funeral home owned by members of the Rizzuto family, was turned down for parole because he denies being tied to organized crime despite ample evidence to the contrary.
  On June 15, Kens Emmanuel Noël, 25, of Montreal North, pleaded guilty to having taken part in a conspiracy to set fire to the Loreto funeral home in April 2017. The fire caused little damage to the business in
  
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• Official opposition ‘very concerned’ about Montreal’s finances

  27-11-2018 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  The official opposition at city council says it is "very concerned" about the state of the Montreal's finances.
  
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• ‘Act like adults’ Valérie Plante fires back after opposition claims budget has ‘a lot of makeup’

  27-11-2018 18:45 via globalnews.ca
  The official opposition at city council says it is "very concerned" about the state of the Montreal's finances.
  
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• 2019 city budget: Spending is out of control, says Montreal opposition

  27-11-2018 18:38
  Spending is out of control at city hall, the opposition Ensemble Montréal charged Tuesday in a critique of the 2019 budget, which will be adopted Wednesday by city council.
  Expenditures will go up by 4.3 per cent under the budget, after going up by 5.2 per cent in 2018, opposition leader Lionel Perez said at a news conference.
  He accused the Valérie Plante administration of going on a hiring spree by adding 533 employees to the civil service. Since 467 of the new hires wo
  
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• Shining light on LaSalle’s Action Centre as Giving Tuesday kicks off season of giving in Montreal

  27-11-2018 18:02 via globalnews.ca
  Tuesday, Nov. 27, 2018 marks the sixth annual National Day of Giving and officially kicks off the giving season.
  
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• Long lines and ‘jam-packed’ buses frustrate commuters on Montreal’s 105 bus

  27-11-2018 17:51 via globalnews.ca
  Weather delays on Montreal's 105 bus line cause backups at the Vendome station, but many commuters say wait times are often long, even when the weather is nice.
  
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• Quebec teen drowned during school swim and nobody noticed for 38 minutes

  27-11-2018 17:42 via globalnews.ca
  Like many of the 19 students in the class, the boy did not know how to swim.
  
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• Focus on survival skills or cancel school swim classes: Quebec coroner

  27-11-2018 17:19
  A Quebec coroner has ruled that the drowning death of 14-year-old Blessing Claude Moukoko in Montreal last winter was violent but accidental. But Dr. Louis Normandin is calling for an overhaul of how schools teach their students how to swim, and recommends swimming instruction in schools be immediately suspended until that overhaul takes place.
  Moukoko died last Feb. 21, six days after being found at the deep end of a swimming pool at the Centre Père Marquette.
  In his report, Normandin no
  
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• Montreal teen who drowned during swim class went unnoticed for 40 minutes, says coroner

  27-11-2018 16:36 via cbc.ca
  Blessing Moukoko was 14-years-old and taking part in his third swim class of the year the day he drowned, according to the report by Dr. Louis Normandin.
  
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• CORE FITNESS 6th HOLIDAY CRAFT FAIR

  27-11-2018 16:32 via globalnews.ca
  – 25 artisans with HANDMADE items only – Tea Room … Homemade soup & bread … Bake Sale … Raffle – All proceeds donated to: Core’s Fit For Glory Community Fitness Programs Beaconsfield United Haiti School Project Suitcases for Africa water projects – TIME … Saturday, 10am – 4pm Sunday, 11am – 4pm
  
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• Canada Post workers in Montreal walk off the job, despite order to end strike

  27-11-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  The Senate voted to pass Bill C-89 with a 53-25 margin on Monday after the back-to-work legislation was rushed through the House of Commons last week.
  
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• Canada Post workers in Montreal back to work following order to end strike

  27-11-2018 16:31 via globalnews.ca
  The Senate voted to pass Bill C-89 with a 53-25 margin on Monday after the back-to-work legislation was rushed through the House of Commons last week.
  
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• Chambly plans to build duplicate of historic home it demolished

  27-11-2018 16:27
  Chambly’s city council has announced it will build a replica of the 19th-century home called the Maison Boileau and use it to house exhibits detailing local history, including the Patriotes rebellion of 1837.
  The decision to produce the duplicate comes after the original, built in the 1820s, was demolished last Thursday.
  City officials explained the demolition by saying neglect of the structure prior to Chambly’s purchasing the property in 2016 led to structural defects that made ren
  
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• A Q&A with MUHC Foundation’s chief, one of Canada’s most powerful women

  27-11-2018 15:30
  Julie Quenneville’s drive to experience a fulfilled and philanthropic life was born and raised in the West Island. The Kirkland resident is the president of the McGill University Health Centre Foundation and was just named one of the Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada by the Women’s Executive Network.
  The mother of two said her tireless drive to be engaged in the community and help others came from her maternal grandmother and from the support she received from loving parents and
  
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• Celebrating the season of giving

  27-11-2018 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  It’s the 6th annual National Day of Giving, and Montreal’s Action Centre is getting involved with a community day for the physically disabled. Global’s Laura Casella finds out more and gets a look at how you could be involved in this year’s season of giving.
  
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• Quebec domestic violence victim awarded $315,000 in civil suit against attacker

  27-11-2018 14:59 via globalnews.ca
  The woman, whose identity is not revealed in the court documents, testified that the attack took place while she was confined for three days in September 2012.
  
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• Mom and daughter holiday looks

  27-11-2018 14:43 via globalnews.ca
  The holidays are all about family, and what better way to celebrate than matching outfits? Fashion consultant Claude Laframboise joins Global’s Laura Casella with great holiday looks for moms and daughters.
  
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• NDG commuters fed up with long lines at bus stops

  27-11-2018 14:35 via globalnews.ca
  Public transit users in Notre-Dame-de Grâce are tired of the long lineups at bus stops, especially the 105 bus. As Global’s Billy Shields reports, the problem gets even worse during inclement weather when commuters turn to public transportation as an alternative to driving.
  
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• Staying active to prevent disease

  27-11-2018 14:16 via globalnews.ca
  Exercise is a critical factor in men’s health, in both fighting disease and preventing recurrence. Global’s Kim Sullivan finds out more from fitness expert Jenn Rochon.
  
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• Heated sidewalks discussed in Côte Saint-Luc as price of salt increases

  27-11-2018 14:11 via cbc.ca
  Côte Saint-Luc is bracing for its winter salt bill to jump $100,000 and that’s raising questions as to whether it’s time for the city to invest in heated sidewalks.
  
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• Restaurateurs to serve Lebanese-Canadian Christmas feast to those in need

  27-11-2018 14:08
  A group of local restaurateurs are hoping to bring some holiday joy to neighbours in need this year by hosting a free Christmas feast for families struggling to make ends meet and those who are alone over the holidays.
  Marlene Jaoudé and Chaouki Zakhour will open their restaurant, Elissar, on Christmas Day from noon to 4 p.m. to offer a lavish lunch for those who could use a helping hand over the holidays.
  The Vaudreuil-Dorion restaurant seats 72, and will continue offering meals unt
  
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• SQ investigates homicide in Sainte-Julie

  27-11-2018 13:53 via globalnews.ca
  The Sûreté du Québec (SQ) is investigating after a man's body bearing signs of violence was discovered near a car on Chemin de la Belle Rivière.
  
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• Former Abbott quarterback Sinagra wins Hec Crighton Trophy

  27-11-2018 13:53
  The John Abbott College football program has a feather in its cap after former Islanders quarterback Adam Sinagra was named 2018 winner of the Hec Crighton Trophy as the most outstanding player in U SPORTS football.
  Sinagra, who starred for the University of Calgary Dinos this season, was honoured at the Vanier Cup awards gala held last Thursday in Quebec City.
  Former John Abbott Islanders quarterback Adam Sinagra, seen here in a game in 2014, recently won a national award at the Vanier Cup
  
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• Kick-starting budding businesses

  27-11-2018 13:52 via globalnews.ca
  Getting your foot through the door can be the toughest part of starting your business. Global’s Laura Casella speaks to prominent Quebec entrepreneur Danièle Henkel about how she’s helping motivate new business owners.
  
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• Holiday leftover recipes with Chuck Hughes

  27-11-2018 13:52 via globalnews.ca
  Tired of seeing your holiday leftovers go to waste? Celebrity chef Chuck Hughes shows Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan how to make some great dishes with your uneaten food.
  
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