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• Cyberattack shuts down 4 Montreal CIUSSS health board websites

  04-12-2018 23:57 via globalnews.ca
  Four websites for the province's health boards (CIUSSS) in Montreal have been forced offline by a cyberattack.
  
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• Racial profiling by Montreal police 'widespread and systemic' in Saint-Michel, report says - CBC.ca

  04-12-2018 23:46
  Racial profiling by Montreal police 'widespread and systemic' in Saint-Michel, report says  CBC.caYoung people from the racially diverse, low-income neighbourhood of St-Michel are subject to "widespread and systemic" racial profiling by Montreal police, ...
  
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• Racial profiling by Montreal police 'widespread and systemic' in Saint-Michel, report says

  04-12-2018 23:46 via cbc.ca
  The examples, compiled from interviews with 48 young people aged 15-28, range from small but pervasive daily inconveniences to brazen racism and violence.
  
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• Plante open to new regulations in wake of Hells wedding

  04-12-2018 23:38
  Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante suggested Rhéal Fortin do his job and keep to his own jurisdiction Tuesday after the Bloc Québécois MP criticized her for not endorsing regulations to ban events like the Hells Angels wedding held in downtown Montreal on Saturday.
  She added that she would be amenable to new laws if the police or population supported them over safety concerns.
  “As a federal minister, I would invite (Fortin) to stick to his own spheres of operations,&
  
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• New report details impacts of racial profiling on young people

  04-12-2018 23:33 via globalnews.ca
  Tue, Dec 4: A research team known as #MtlSansProfilage is making a series of recommendations that they believe could put an end to racial profiling. Their research involving interviews with 48 young people from the St-Michel neighborhood shows what impact racial profiling can have on young people’s lives. Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports.
  
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• STM doesn't have enough working buses to meet its schedules

  04-12-2018 23:21
  So many buses are parked for maintenance or repairs that there are now not enough working buses to meet the schedules set by the Société de transport de Montréal.
  More Montrealers than ever are being stranded when buses don’t show up because of a record number of buses parked for maintenance or repairs: up to 541 out of a fleet of 1,815 or 30 per cent. In the last two weeks, the STM cut its service by between 83 and 151 buses, according to figures provided to the
  
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• 'I deserve the truth': Family of slain teen files police ethics complaint

  04-12-2018 23:02
  In the months after his son Riley was shot and killed by a Sûreté du Québec officer last summer, a question kept eating away at Larry Fairholm.
  Fairholm was at the scene of the shooting that night in Lac-Brome, he remembers trying to push beyond the yellow police tape to find out what happened to 17-year-old Riley.
  But even after the information started to trickle through, the most basic questions were left unanswered.
  “I wanted to know did he die instantly? Did he writ
  
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• Update: Quebec confirms plan to reduce immigration by about 20%

  04-12-2018 22:56
  QUEBEC — Despite a warning from Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Quebec is steaming ahead with its plan to reduce its immigration numbers by about 20 per cent.
  Immigration, Diversity and Inclusion Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette tabled a plan in the National Assembly on Tuesday. It says Quebec will reduce the total number of new arrivals from 53,300 in 2018 to between 38,000 and 42,000 in 2019.
  The plan was tabled even though Quebec and Ottawa have yet to reach an agreement on how it will
  
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• Quebec moves forward with controversial plan to lower immigration levels

  04-12-2018 22:20 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government tabled its immigration plan to lower immigration thresholds by 20 per cent Tuesday afternoon at the beginning of question period.
  
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• Her son was killed by provincial police, now this Lac-Brome mother wants answers

  04-12-2018 22:02 via cbc.ca
  It was 1:42 a.m on a Wednesday in July when Tracy Wing received a text message from her son, Riley Fairholm. It contained only three words: "I love you." Less than 15 minutes later, the 17-year-old was dead, shot by provincial police.
  
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• Racial profiling a widespread, systemic problem in Montreal: report

  04-12-2018 21:43 via globalnews.ca
  A research group at Concordia University has released a report that shows racial profiling is still an issue.
  
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• Cyber attack forces 4 Montreal health board websites offline - CBC.ca

  04-12-2018 21:43
  Cyber attack forces 4 Montreal health board websites offline  CBC.caThe websites of four Montreal regional health boards are down because of a cyber attack. The sites of the CIUSSS Centre-Ouest-de-l'Île-de-Montréal, ...
  
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• Cyber attack forces 4 Montreal health board websites offline

  04-12-2018 21:43 via cbc.ca
  The sites of the CIUSSS West-Central Montreal, Nord-de-l’Îe-de-Montréal, l'Ouest-de-l'Îe-de-Montréal and Centre-Sud-de-l'Île-de-Montréal and Santé Montréal have been down since Nov. 29.
  
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• Pit bull-type dog attacks two women in Lanaudière

  04-12-2018 21:11
  Two women were seriously injured Tuesday morning after being attacked by a pit bull-type dog in the Lanaudière region.
  The dog attacked its owner and another woman in a house in the town of Ste-Béatrix, said Sgt. Eloïse Cossette of the Sûreté du Québec.
  The two women, 31 and 73, were bitten several times on the arm. One might have to have her arm amputated.
  A second dog, described as a mixed breed Australian shepherd, was is the house, but police aren&
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Coach Claude Julien makes change on fourth line

  04-12-2018 21:06
  Canadiens coach Claude Julien has spoken much in the past about the importance of finding an identity on his fourth line.
  Tuesday night, when the Canadiens play the Ottawa Senators at the Bell Centre (7:30 p.m., TSN2, RDS, TSN 690 Radio), Julien is going to change that identity by inserting Matthew Peca into the lineup and taking out Nicolas Deslauriers.
  Peca has been a healthy scratch for the previous four games and five of the last six, while Deslauriers has played every game since missing the
  
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• Montreal disability-rights activists want Quebec to help out

  04-12-2018 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal disability-rights advocates hold a protest outside the Jean-Talon Métro. They want the Quebec government to provide more services for adults and children with disabilities.
  
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• Kramberger: Replacement for Île­-aux­-Tourtes span is a bridge not too far

  04-12-2018 20:30
  While patience is required, Off-Islanders will be blessed with a new hospital as well as a new bridge along Highway 40 in the coming decade, as promised by the Quebec government.
  Plans for a project to replace the aging Île­-aux­-Tourtes Bridge, part of the TransCanada Highway that connects the West Island with Vaudreuil-Dorion, were detailed in a document released by Quebec’s Environment Ministry last week. The new bridge, to be built just north of the existing structure, wi
  
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• PQ wants to abolish loyalty oath to Queen Elizabeth

  04-12-2018 20:29
  The opposition Parti Québécois is seeking to abolish the oath of allegiance Quebec MNAs must swear to Queen Elizabeth II.
  At the moment, any newly elected MNA who wishes to sit in the National Assembly and benefit from its privileges must publicly swear their allegiance to the monarch, who is also Canada’s head of state.
  Interim-PQ leader Pascal Bérubé will table a motion calling for an end to the loyalty on Tuesday, hoping to rally other parties to the ide
  
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• Quebec presses forward with cuts to immigration, despite Trudeau's concerns

  04-12-2018 19:48 via cbc.ca
  Quebec is moving forward with its plan to cut the number of immigrants by more than 20 per cent next year, despite concerns raised by Prime Minister Justin Trudeau.
  
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• It 'may not be the right time' for Quebec to cut immigration levels, Trudeau says

  04-12-2018 19:48 via cbc.ca
  As the Coalition Avenir Québec government prepares to announce a plan to cut newcomers by 20 per cent, the prime minister told reporters in Ottawa he has heard concerns from businesses owners about the province's labour shortage.
  
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• Opinion: Rise in hate crimes calls for a unified response

  04-12-2018 19:36
  Since the deadly Quebec City mosque attack on Jan. 29, 2017, Canadians have come to recognize that our country is not immune to the growth in hatred and racism spreading across many liberal democracies.
  The latest figures from Statistics Canada on police-reported hate crimes only confirm the worst fears of community advocates. Islamophobia is a reality Canadians Muslims face. In 2017, hate crimes against Muslims rose sharply, up 151 per cent from the previous year, with 349 documented cases
  
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• Quebec book prize drops Amazon sponsorship after outcry from literary community

  04-12-2018 19:34 via globalnews.ca
  A prestigious Quebec literary prize has decided to abandon a sponsorship from Amazon.
  
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• NHL leaves Quebec City in the cold — again

  04-12-2018 19:34 via cbc.ca
  The announcement Tuesday of Seattle officially becoming the NHL's 32nd team only Illustrates how far Quebec City is from landing its own franchise — if ever. Its best bet now appears to be relocation, although both the NHLPA and the league have hinted at future expansion.
  
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• Why this 25-year-old decorates his house with 250,000 lights every holiday season

  04-12-2018 19:32 via cbc.ca
  In the borough of Ahuntsic-Cartierville, the man behind the brightest house on the block is a 25-year-old who has been covering his mother's large home in lights since he was 13.
  
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• Canadiens Game Day: Max Domi lives up to his 'Shootsy' nickname - Montreal Gazette

  04-12-2018 19:32
  Canadiens Game Day: Max Domi lives up to his 'Shootsy' nickname  Montreal GazetteScores two goals, giving him a team-leading 13 for the season, in 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators at Bell Centre.
  
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• Leslie Roberts to leave CJAD

  04-12-2018 19:20
  A prominent local media personality will be leaving his gig — but amicably. Leslie Roberts has announced that he will be vacating his mid-morning talk-show slot at CJAD to become the editor at large for a travel website.
  Roberts, who leaves his post Dec. 21, took over from the retired Tommy Schnurmacher two years ago.
  “Leslie’s departure is a loss for CJAD, no question,” CJAD program and news director Chris Bury said. “Leslie is experienced, level-headed, smooth. He
  
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• Alta., Sask. premiers call on Trudeau to address oil price 'crisis' at first ministers meeting in Montreal

  04-12-2018 18:29 via cbc.ca
  Saskatchewan Premier Scott Moe and Alberta Premier Rachel Notley are calling on Prime Minister Justin Trudeau to address the "crisis facing the energy industry" at this week's first ministers meeting.
  
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• Quebec residential school survivors say communication around settlement could have been better

  04-12-2018 18:07 via cbc.ca
  The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation is getting feedback from First Nations, Mé​tis and Inuit residential school survivors and their families about the successes and challenges of the Indian Residential School Settlement Agreement.
  
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• ‘Trials of Robin Hood’ takes a new twist on classic tale for Geordie Theatre fundraising gala

  04-12-2018 18:05 via globalnews.ca
  For Geordie Theatre's 38th annual fundraiser gala, they are putting their own twist on the classic tale of Robin Hood.
  
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• Opinion: Quebec and Ontario have much to gain from energy co-operation

  04-12-2018 17:57
  Premier François Legault says he is prepared to make Ontario an offer on electricity that will be too good to refuse. Given the difference in cost between producing power from Quebec’s legacy dams and rebuilding Ontario’s aging nuclear reactors, it won’t be a hard offer to make. 
  But while Ontario should eagerly accept the premier’s offer of power, it should shun his additional offer of jobs from building new dams. Quebec currently has a major power surplus, w
  
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• Montreal landlords not collecting enough condo rent to recoup expenses: CMHC

  04-12-2018 17:55 via globalnews.ca
  Last month, the Greater Montreal Real Estate Board reported condo sales were up 22 per cent.
  
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• Boys who shared explicit photos of teen girls can stay at private school

  04-12-2018 17:48
  The Séminaire des Pères Maristes, a co-ed private school in Quebec City, said on Tuesday it is at a legal “impasse” that obliges it to keep in class students who pleaded guilty last week to charges of online luring and sharing explicit pictures of teenage girls.
  In a statement issued Tuesday, the school’s administration said that it cannot expel the students because of Superior Court ruling made last August
  Last week, news reports stated that two of the stude
  
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• Montreal condos attract investors, but many are losing money - CBC.ca

  04-12-2018 17:37
  Montreal condos attract investors, but many are losing money  CBC.caA majority of landlord investors who bought properties in large, high-rise condominium buildings in downtown Montreal are not collecting enough rent to recoup ...
  
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• Quebec’s proposed religious symbol ban for public workers fuelled by specific symbols: study

  04-12-2018 17:30 via globalnews.ca
  About 65 per cent of Quebecers and 41 per cent of Canadians in the rest of the country say they support the Quebec government's proposal.
  
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• Montreal condos attract investors, but many are losing money

  04-12-2018 16:37 via cbc.ca
  A majority of landlord investors who bought properties in large, high-rise condominium buildings in downtown Montreal are not collecting enough rent to recoup their operating expenses, a new report says.
  
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• Quebecers not waiting as long for surgeries in 2018: study

  04-12-2018 16:00 via globalnews.ca
  The average wait time for Quebecers to receive medical treatment has significantly decreased compared to last year, according to a new report.
  
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• Majority of Montreal condo investors have negative cash flow: CMHC - CTV News

  04-12-2018 15:30
  Majority of Montreal condo investors have negative cash flow: CMHC  CTV NewsA report by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. suggests a majority of landlord investors who bought properties in large, high-rise condominium buildings in ...
  
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• This Taiwanese Giant Fried Chicken Restaurant Is Now Open In Montreal - MTL Blog

  04-12-2018 15:14
  This Taiwanese Giant Fried Chicken Restaurant Is Now Open In Montreal  MTL BlogMontreal probably has the most vibrant food scene on the continent. With among the highest densities of restaurants in the world and a huge array of cultures ...
  
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• Giving the gift of learning

  04-12-2018 15:11 via globalnews.ca
  Give the gift of learning this holiday season. Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan find out what educational toys are all the rage this year from Evolve Toys.
  
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• Cirque du Soleil Contest – 2 Classics in Montreal

  04-12-2018 15:09
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• 3-minute make up for the holidays

  04-12-2018 15:03 via globalnews.ca
  The party season is in full swing, but what do you if you have to go straight from work? Makeup artist Elizabeth D’Amico joins Global’s Laura Casella and Kim Sullivan with great holiday looks you can do without running out of time.
  
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• Quebecers more OK with crucifixes, Stars of David in public service: survey

  04-12-2018 15:01
  While two-thirds of Quebecers support a ban on religious symbols in the public service, that support focuses most strongly on the hijab, turban, kirpan and face veil rather than the crucifix, Star of David or the kippa, a new survey suggests.
  The Angus-Reid poll of 1,500 Canadians — including 350 Quebecers — found that respondents in this province were almost unanimous in their opposition to a public servant’s wearing the full-body-covering burka (91 per cent), the niqab, a fac
  
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• Hitting the slopes to stay active

  04-12-2018 14:46 via globalnews.ca
  The snowy season is upon us, and that means many of you are hitting the slopes. Fitness Expert Kenny Spracklin joins Global’s Kim Sullivan with great exercises that will prep your muscles for skiing and snowboarding.
  
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• Going to the theatre for a good cause

  04-12-2018 14:40 via globalnews.ca
  For their annual fundraiser gala, Geordie Theatre is putting on a special performance of Robin Hood. Global’s Laura Casella finds out more about the show, and how audience participation plays a big role this year.
  
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• Global News Morning weather forecast: Tuesday, December 4

  04-12-2018 14:34 via globalnews.ca
  Kim Sullivan has Montreal’s weather forecast for Tuesday, December 4
  
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• Global News Morning headlines: Tuesday, December 4

  04-12-2018 14:33 via globalnews.ca
  Laura Casella has the Global News Morning headlines for Tuesday, December 4
  
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• Montreal condos lure investors, but many are losing money - BNNBloomberg.ca

  04-12-2018 14:21
  Montreal condos lure investors, but many are losing money  BNNBloomberg.caHigh-rise condo buildings that are popping up in downtown Montreal have become a magnet for investors, but in many cases they're a losing proposition, ...
  
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• Three years later, most Charbonneau inquiry recommendations implemented

  04-12-2018 14:05
  Three years after a high-profile inquiry into allegations of corruption in the Quebec construction industry filed its report, a committee tasked with tracking the progress of its recommendations has found that 29 of them have been carried out, 12 partially executed and 19 remain unfulfilled.
  Last year at the same date, the committee found significant progress, with 60 per cent of the 60 recommendations fully or partially carried out. This year that rate stands at 70 per cent.
  In its report publi
  
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• For love and farce, Snow White retold as a panto at Hudson Village Theatre

  04-12-2018 14:00
  Actor John Sheridan has performed in his fair share of Hudson Village Theatre holiday pantomimes. His first was Cinderella. He played an ugly stepsister.
  “It was set in the ’60s which meant miniskirts and go-go boots,” Sheridan said. “And I was a villain. Villains don’t fare well with the audience.”
  This year, Sheridan put on the writer/director cap for the HVT panto Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, which opens Dec. 14. Tickets for the annual panto sell quick
  
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• While you were sleeping: U.S. officials think New Mexico's a foreign land

  04-12-2018 13:53
  Here’s what happened while you were counting sheep — or reindeer.
  Hydro-Québec and the Nutashkuan Innu band council reached an agreement allowing for work to resume at the Romaine Hydroelectric complex. Hydro-Québec reported that the agreement will allow the creation of jobs for the Innu community through contracts that will be issued in the coming years. The details of the deal will not be published for several more weeks. The reopening of the sole acces
  
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