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• New Quebec government unveils economic update

  03-12-2018 23:41 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Dec 3: The new CAQ government has unveiled its economic update and announced it has inherited a $1.7-billion surplus for this fiscal year. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher reports, Finance Minister Eric Girard earmarked over $200 million in tax breaks — but he did not reveal his plans for some of the CAQ’s biggest promises.
  
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• Ile-aux-Tourtes Bridge to be replaced

  03-12-2018 23:35 via globalnews.ca
  Mon, Dec 3: After years of repairs, the Ile-Aux-Tourtes Bridge connecting Vaudreuil to the western tip of the island of Montreal will be torn down and replaced. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, commuters are thrilled the existing structure will be replaced.
  
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• Stu Cowan: Ex-Canadien Scherbak a cautionary tale for NHL prospects

  03-12-2018 23:32
  “I tell the kids and the parents, all the draft means is you got drafted. Now the work starts. From 15 to 22 or so, that’s the window when you’ve got to put a lot back into the game. Because there’s always somebody else out there who wasn’t that flashy as a 15-year-old that ends up making it.”
  Truer words were never spoken about making it in the NHL and those ones came from Hall of Fame defenceman Paul Coffey, who was the guest on Hockey Night in Canada’
  
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• Montreal, environmental groups join forces to reach climate goals

  03-12-2018 23:18
  Montreal is partnering with three environmental organizations to achieve its goal of making the city carbon neutral by 2050, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Monday.
  Flanked by representatives of the David Suzuki Foundation, the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group and the Trottier Family Foundation, Plante signed a two-year agreement to work together to help reach the 2015 Paris Agreement goal of limiting increases in greenhouse-gas emissions to 1.5 per cent.
  In addition to lending their ex
  
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• Montreal, environmental groups join forces to reach climate goals - Montreal Gazette

  03-12-2018 23:16
  Montreal, environmental groups join forces to reach climate goals  Montreal GazetteMontreal is partnering with three environmental organizations to achieve its goal of making the city carbon neutral by 2050, Mayor Valérie Plante announced ...
  
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• This Montreal Bar Has An Entire "Grinch" Menu For The Holidays - MTL Blog

  03-12-2018 23:13
  This Montreal Bar Has An Entire "Grinch" Menu For The Holidays  MTL BlogFinally a holiday treat for the less-than-jolly people this season!
  
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• What the Puck: Scherbak's loss showcases Habs' draft/development woes

  03-12-2018 23:12
  The departure of winger Nikita Scherbak speaks volumes about how badly the Montreal Canadiens have developed young talent for the first 14 years of this century. Scherbak was placed on waivers Saturday by the Habs and was picked up on Sunday by the Los Angeles Kings.
  Looking at all of the first-round draft picks squandered from 2000 to 2014, there are only two possible explanations. The Habs are really bad at picking young players or they are really bad at developing young players.
  Either way, i
  
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• Restricting cars on Mount Royal doesn't improve safety: CAA Quebec

  03-12-2018 23:06
  Banning or restricting cars on Mount Royal goes against the international norms of the Vision Zero road safety movement, CAA Quebec told Montreal’s public consultation office Monday.
  Traffic safety expert Marco Harrison said the goal of Vision Zero, to which the city subscribes, is the safe sharing of roads for all forms of traffic — and not at the exclusion of a major group.
  “Vision Zero is an inclusive concept, so it should include all road users,” said Harrison, t
  
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• Ex-Lachine borough mayor Claude Dauphin says UPAC has closed his case with no charges

  03-12-2018 22:30 via cbc.ca
  Claude Dauphin, the former borough mayor of Lachine and former chair of Montreal's executive committee, said he's been notified by Quebec's anti-corruption squad, UPAC, that an investigation into him is closed and he won't face any charges.
  
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• Retailer Crabtree & Evelyn files for bankruptcy

  03-12-2018 22:23 via cbc.ca
  Beauty and home products retailer Crabtree & Evelyn Canada Inc. is closing its stores and has filed for bankruptcy protection.
  
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• Watch: Folk-rock band Whitehorse makes Irish cream for the holidays

  03-12-2018 21:40
  Luke Doucet and Melissa McClelland of Canadian folk-rock duo Whitehorse demonstrate how to make homemade Irish cream.Doucet says his mom doesn’t often drink but will make this beverage over the holidays. 
  
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• Lise Ravary: Franco-Ontarians shouldn't be underestimated

  03-12-2018 20:54
  Who would have thought that a language crisis would erupt in Ontario, of all places — with ex-first daughter Caroline Mulroney at the centre of it all. This is normally Quebec territory.
  I don’t know how her father, as bilingual and bicultural as can be, views her performance thus far as Ontario’s attorney-general and minister responsible for francophone affairs, but I hope she has somewhere nice and comfy to retire to when this is all over. Last week, a Toronto Star columnist
  
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• Plateau shootout ends in Montreal's 29th homicide of 2018

  03-12-2018 20:44
  One man is dead and another fighting for his life in the wake of a shootout early Monday in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal district.
  Two suspects were arrested minutes after the incident, after which a police car chase ended at the corner of Robert-Bourassa Blvd. and Notre-Dame St. The death has been designated Montreal’s 29th homicide of 2018.
  When police arrived around 12:30 a.m. at the scene of the shooting at the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and Mont-Royal Ave., they found one victi
  
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• Informant with ties to Septimus Neverson takes stand in murder trial

  03-12-2018 20:44
  A man who became an informant for the Montreal police while investigators were trying to track down Septimus Neverson has taken the stand in his murder trial.
  Jonathan Rogers, 53, revealed that he will be paid a total of $100,000 to $110,000 when Neverson’s trial at the Montreal courthouse comes to an end. He has already been paid $65,000 and his contract with the Montreal police calls for him to be paid either $35,000 or $45,000 when the trial ends.
  Neverson, 56, is on trial before Superi
  
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• Update: Glenmount negotiations back on, C.D.N.-N.D.G. mayor says

  03-12-2018 20:22
  A day and a half after an agreement between the borough of Côte-des-Neiges—Notre-Dame-de-Grâce and Town of Mount Royal over the neighbourhood of Glenmount apparently fell through, C.D.N.-N.D.G. borough mayor Sue Montgomery wrote on Monday that talks are back on.
  “I have a meeting Thursday with (T.M.R. mayor) Philippe Roy and I am hoping for a transparent and fair agreement that will be favourable for all. Thank you,” Montgomery wrote on her Facebook page about two h
  
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• Quebec announces tax breaks for families, businesses in economic update

  03-12-2018 19:52 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government is promising more than $3 billion in targeted tax breaks for families and businesses.
  
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• Opinion: Protecting English rights means keeping our school boards

  03-12-2018 19:32
  “We are proud to protect your historical rights and we will continue to do just that.” These reassuring words, addressed to the English-speaking community, were pronounced by Premier François Legault in his inaugural speech in the Quebec National Assembly. Later in that same speech, he reiterated his government’s intention to abolish elected school boards governed by democratically elected school commissioners. These two goals are antithetical — the second threaten
  
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• Montreal métro will pull an all-nighter for New Year's Eve - Montreal Gazette

  03-12-2018 19:13
  Montreal métro will pull an all-nighter for New Year's Eve  Montreal GazetteMeanwhile, children from 6 to 11 will be allowed to ride free with a paying adult from Dec. 21 till Jan. 6.
  
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• Montreal métro will pull an all-nighter for New Year's Eve

  03-12-2018 19:13
  Métro service in Montreal will be maintained throughout the night of Dec. 31, New’s Year’s Eve, the Société de transport de Montréal announced on Monday.
  The STM says the métro system — usually shut down at night for maintenance and repairs — will remain open for New Year’s revellers. It also expects demand for fares to be so great that it is advising those who intend to leave their cars at home the night of Dec. 31 to take ad
  
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• 15 Free Things You Gotta Do In Montreal This December 2018 - MTL Blog

  03-12-2018 18:46
  15 Free Things You Gotta Do In Montreal This December 2018  MTL BlogEven though it's gray and dark outside, December is probably the brightest month of the year. READ ALSO: This Montreal Bar Has An Entire "Grinch" Menu For ...
  
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• Montreal's famous 'ugly' Christmas tree is back, still not ugly - Montreal Gazette

  03-12-2018 18:41
  Montreal's famous 'ugly' Christmas tree is back, still not ugly  Montreal GazetteIf Montreal's 'ugly' Christmas tree was a model, it'd be the kind that gets talked about as brave and normal and unconventional while looking much like everyone ...
  
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• Montreal's famous 'ugly' Christmas tree is back, still not ugly

  03-12-2018 18:41
  If Montreal’s ‘ugly’ Christmas tree was a model, it’d be the kind that gets talked about as brave and normal and unconventional while looking much like everyone else on catwalks and magazine covers.
  The 2018 edition of this burgeoning local tradition involves an entire Christmas village on Prince Arthur St.
  But this story really begins in 2016, when a tall, waiflike tree was installed in front of Place des Arts.
  The twiggy tree went mildly viral, and out of that a new hol
  
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• Update: Plateau shootout ends in Montreal's 29th homicide of 2018

  03-12-2018 18:39
  One man is dead and another fighting for his life in the wake of a shootout early Monday in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal district.
  Two suspects were arrested minutes after the incident, after which a police car chase ended at the corner of Robert-Bourassa Blvd. and Notre-Dame St. The death has been designated Montreal’s 29th homicide of 2018.
  When police arrived around 12:30 a.m. at the scene of the shooting at the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and Mont-Royal Ave., they found one victi
  
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• More than one child? Expect more cash from Quebec, Legault says

  03-12-2018 18:37
  QUEBEC — François Legault’s first economic update will offer more money to families with two or three children as well as low-income seniors.
  The mini-budget, introduced on Monday, forecasts a budgetary surplus of $1.7 billion for 2018-2019, but also slower economic growth in 2019 than in 2017 and 2018.
  It also includes business tax changes aimed at making the province more competitive. 
  As part of the economic update, the Coalition Avenir Québe
  
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• New L’Île-aux-Tourtes Bridge could ease traffic woes

  03-12-2018 18:36 via globalnews.ca
  The bridge is a vital link that connects the island of Montreal to its western suburbs.
  
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• Quebec rolls out fresh money for electric cars in economic update

  03-12-2018 18:27
  QUEBEC — Aiming to deflect its image as being a less than green regime, the Legault government is pouring fresh money into the province’s hugely popular electric car rebate program.
  In his economic update made public Monday, Finance Minister Éric Girard said the government will add an additional $21 million to the Drive Electric program, which provides rebates to individuals.
  “The program was going to run out of cash,” said Girard. “It is a victim of its own
  
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• UPDATED: Plateau-Mont-Royal shootout now a murder case as second victim fights for life

  03-12-2018 17:49
  One man is dead and another fighting for his life in the wake of a shootout early Monday in Montreal’s Plateau-Mont-Royal district.
  Two suspects were arrested minutes after the incident, which occurred at 12:30 a.m. and has now been designated at the 29th homicide of 2018, after a police car chase that ended at the corner of Robert-Bourassa Blvd. (formerly University St.) and Notre-Dame St.
  When police arrived at the scene of the shooting at the corner of St-Laurent Blvd. and Mont-Royal Av
  
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• Wedding of high-ranking Hells Angel in Montreal draws crowd, scorn - CTV News

  03-12-2018 17:02
  Wedding of high-ranking Hells Angel in Montreal draws crowd, scorn  CTV NewsFormer Bloc Quebecois leader Gilles Duceppe says it's unacceptable that a prominent Montreal venue agreed to host the wedding of a Hells Angel.
  
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• Montreal, environmental groups will collaborate to reach climate goals

  03-12-2018 16:55
  Montreal is partnering with three environmental organizations to achieve its climate goals, Mayor Valérie Plante announced Monday.
  Flanked by representatives of the David Suzuki Foundation, C40 and the Trottier family foundation, Plante signed a two-year agreement to work together to achieve the goal of making the city carbon neutral by 2050.
  The partnership will make it possible to pool resources, knowledge and know-how, she said.
  The foundations will contribute at least $250,00 to the c
  
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• Assault weapon ban should have been done long ago: Dawson College shooting victim

  03-12-2018 16:30 via globalnews.ca
  A group which included victims of deadly shootings at Ecole Polytechnique and Dawson College calls on the Liberals to push legislation through for a ban on assault weapons.
  
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• Victim of Dawson College shooting says gun laws worse now

  03-12-2018 16:19 via globalnews.ca
  A victim of the 2006 Dawson College shooting speaks out against gun laws saying they’re worse now than when she was shot during a press conference in Ottawa.
  
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• Six O'Clock Solution: Herb and Garlic Meatloaf

  03-12-2018 16:00
  A meat loaf in the refrigerator or freezer is like money in the bank. There’s a sense of security if you have this popular dish ready to bake, or baked and ready to serve cold, or sliced in sandwiches.
  Toronto food writer and TV cook Claire Tansey includes this recipe in the more than 125 in her new book, Uncomplicated: Taking the Stress Out of Home Cooking (Penguin, $32). Her loaf takes 10 minutes to mix and about an hour to bake. She calls it “classic comfort food”, adding th
  
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• The People’s Choir performs for Christmas

  03-12-2018 15:43 via globalnews.ca
  The People’s Choir is back with their annual Christmas concert. The choir joins Global’s Laura Casella to talk about the big show and special tribute to Aretha Franklin.
  
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• Town of Mount Royal cancels press conference as Glenmount deal ends

  03-12-2018 15:40
  Citing a last minute “setback,” Town of Mount Royal has cancelled a press conference scheduled for Monday morning on the end of the Glenmount agreement.
  Glenmount is a de facto Côte-des-Neiges borough enclave of the Town of Mount Royal, cut off from the rest of the Montreal borough by a railway.
  The agreement saw Montreal subsidizing residents of the Glenmount neighbourhood near Jean-Talon St. W. and Canora Rd. for access municipal recreation services in TMR.
  Montreal oppositio
  
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• Quebec boxer Adonis Stevenson in medically induced coma after knockout

  03-12-2018 15:31
  QUEBEC — Blainville boxer Adonis Stevenson has been put in an medically induced coma after being knocked out Saturday night in his light heavyweight title fight in Quebec City.
  The Journal de Montréal first reported this development. RDS then revealed doctors had indicated to promoter Yvon Michel the next 48 hours will be crucial.
  On Sunday evening, Michel said in a tweet Stevenson’s condition was upgraded to stable from critical from yesterday to today, “which is,
  
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• The effect of processed foods on developing brains

  03-12-2018 15:22 via globalnews.ca
  Processed foods that are high in sugar can have detrimental effects on the developing brains of kids and teens. Nutritionist Tracy Satov joins Global’s Laura Casella to break down the right foods to keep your kids healthy.
  
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• Grandma’s cookie recipe is a big success

  03-12-2018 15:21 via globalnews.ca
  What do a CPA and engineer have in common? Grandma’s cookies of course! The brains behind La Biscuitery tell Global’s Kim Sullivan how their grandmother’s recipes are delighting Montrealers.
  
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• Montreal is getting a new, bigger Île-aux-Tourtes bridge - CBC.ca

  03-12-2018 15:08
  Montreal is getting a new, bigger Île-aux-Tourtes bridge  CBC.caThe Île-aux-Tourtes bridge, a crucial and often traffic-clogged artery connecting Vaudreuil-Dorion to the west of the island of Montreal, is going to be replaced.
  
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• Montreal is getting a new, bigger Île-aux-Tourtes bridge

  03-12-2018 15:08 via cbc.ca
  The crucial and often traffic-clogged artery connecting Vaudreuil-Dorion to the west of the island of Montreal is getting rebuilt.
  
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• Montreal YouTube star previews new clothing line with Garage

  03-12-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Popular YouTube star known for her self-titled channel where she vlogs about fashion, makeup and other trends was in town to launch her very own line of clothing at Montreal based company Garage. Global’s Kim Sullivan caught up with Montreal born and raised Sierra Furtado to preview the collection.
  
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• How to deal with layoffs

  03-12-2018 15:02 via globalnews.ca
  Being laid-off during the holidays is a trouble that many face. Global’s Laura Casella is joined by HR specialist Sherri Rabinovitch to find out how employees and employers can handle this tricky subject.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Monday, December 3

  03-12-2018 14:56 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Monday, December 3
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Monday, December 3

  03-12-2018 14:56 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Monday, December 3
  
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• Arsonists attack another pizza restaurant in Montreal - CTV News

  03-12-2018 14:39
  Arsonists attack another pizza restaurant in Montreal  CTV NewsArsonists smashed a window and hurled a Molotov cocktail into a pizza restaurant in Montreal's Cote des Neiges neighbourhood.
  
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• Montreal shooting leaves two injured, two arrested - CTV News

  03-12-2018 14:13
  Montreal shooting leaves two injured, two arrested  CTV NewsTwo men were shot and two arrested early Monday morning after a shooting in Montreal.
  
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• Montreal shooting leaves one dead, one injured, two arrested - CTV News

  03-12-2018 14:13
  Montreal shooting leaves one dead, one injured, two arrested  CTV NewsOne man has died, one man is injured, and two arrested early Monday morning after a shooting in Montreal.
  
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• Years after being denied by doping cheats, weightlifter Christine Girard receives Olympic medals

  03-12-2018 14:10 via cbc.ca
  After years of waiting, Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard has finally received her re-allocated Olympic medals: a gold from London 2012 and a bronze from Beijing 2008.
  
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• Watch Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard receive her Olympics medals

  03-12-2018 14:10 via cbc.ca
  Watch live today at 11 a.m. ET as Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard officially receives her 2012 Olympic gold medal and 2008 Olympic bronze medal in Ottawa.
  
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• Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard receives her Olympics medals

  03-12-2018 14:10 via cbc.ca
  Watch live coverage now as Canadian weightlifter Christine Girard officially receives her 2012 Olympic gold medal and 2008 Olympic bronze medal in Ottawa.
  
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• Suspected bank robber arrives at crime scene — to retrieve his wallet

  03-12-2018 14:01
  A 24-year-old man is expected to appear in a Quebec City courtroom Monday after allegedly breaking into a bank in the city’s Charlesbourg district and then returning to the scene of the crime — while police were on site — to retrieve his wallet.
  The incident occurred at 9:45 p.m. Sunday at the bank branch on Henri-Bourassa Blvd. Police, alerted by an alarm and already in possession of a description of the suspect, arrived at the scene to find evidence of a break-in. They deploy
  
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