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• Man who drugged elderly women before robbing them gets 8-year sentence

  07-12-2018 23:57
  An Algerian man who apparently came to Canada with the sole intent of drugging elderly women before pilfering anything of value from their homes was sentenced to an overall prison term of eight years on Friday after admitting he carried out four robberies in a similar fashion in Montreal and Ottawa.
  “I made an enormous error. I ask for forgiveness, especially from the victims,” Hamid Chekakri said just before Quebec Court Judge Thierry Nadon agreed with the joint recommendation prese
  
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• False alarm at Jean-Talon station shuts down part of métro

  07-12-2018 23:50
  “Threatening comments made by an individual” at the Jean-Talon métro station forced the shutdown of part of the Orange Line and the complete Blue Line for about an hour and a half on Friday afternoon.
  The Orange Line was shut between Berri-UQAM and Henri-Bourassa stations before resuming around 3:45 p.m. The STM reported service on the Blue Line gradually resumed starting at 3:50 p.m.
  Shuttle buses were mobilized to provide backup service on both lines during the disruption.
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• Serial robber who targeted elderly victims in Montreal, Ottawa gets 8 years - CBC.ca

  07-12-2018 23:49
  Serial robber who targeted elderly victims in Montreal, Ottawa gets 8 years  CBC.caAn Algerian man charged in connection with the drugging and robbery of several elderly people in Montreal and Ottawa has been sentenced to eight years in ...
  
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• Quebec National Assembly short session wraps up

  07-12-2018 23:45 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Dec 7: The National Assembly has wrapped up it’s short, two-week mini session during which the CAQ government tabled four bills. As Global’s Raquel Fletcher explains, with most of the MNAs being new to politics, this session saw more than its fair share of blunders.
  
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• Quebec MNAs debate over plan to abolish school boards

  07-12-2018 23:38 via globalnews.ca
  Jacques Cartier Liberal MNA Greg Kelley says Quebec’s education minister of a lack of knowledge when it comes to the constitutional protect of school boards.
  
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• Montreal’s exo gets ready for winter

  07-12-2018 23:32 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Dec 7: With winter fast approaching, exo, the company in charge of the city’s commuter train service, is putting the wheels in motion to ensure users have a smooth ride. As Global’s Tim Sargeant reports, new measures have been put in place to ensure that there are fewer delays this winter.
  
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• Many of Quebec’s new MNAs still getting used to politics

  07-12-2018 23:26 via globalnews.ca
  More than half of the MNAs from all parties are new to politics, and it's clear they are still getting their bearings.
  
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• Montreal Hindus upset over religious effigy on leggings

  07-12-2018 23:21 via globalnews.ca
  Fri, Dec 7: A Montreal website that sells clothes designed by various artists is under fire because of a pair of leggings. As Global’s Dan Spector explains, the yoga pants depict an important Hindu god and has left many Montreal Hindus feeling disrespected.
  
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• Canadiens' fourth-liners play key roles in closing out Senators

  07-12-2018 22:54
  CHICAGO — Why is Nicolas Deslauriers on the Canadiens’ roster?
  This is a popular question on Twitter, but the answer was there for all to see Thursday as Deslauriers played his part in the Canadiens’ 5-2 win over the Ottawa Senators at Canadian Tire Centre.
  Deslauriers was a healthy scratch Tuesday, when the Canadiens won the first half of their home-and-away series against the Senators. A second-period outburst propelled Montreal to a 5-2 win. They won most of the battles and
  
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• Glenmount residents open to seceding from borough

  07-12-2018 22:52
  As negotiations over access to municipal swimming pools and hockey rinks in the Town of Mount Royal drag on, the residents of Glenmount are keeping their powder dry.
  For now.
  This week, residents of the Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce neighbourhood threatened to secede from the borough and join T.M.R. if they can’t access the neighbouring city’s recreational services at a fair price.
  But a Thursday meeting between C.D.N.-N.D.G. mayor Sue Montgomer
  
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• Quebec Liberals say education minister ‘doesn’t have a clue’ about English school system

  07-12-2018 22:43 via globalnews.ca
  A debate on the government's plan to abolish school boards took place Friday at the National Assembly and parts of it were in English.
  
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• Balanced attack paces Habs for second straight win over Sens

  07-12-2018 22:34
  OTTAWA — The Canadiens got a goal from each of their four lines as they defeated the Ottawa Senators 5-2 Thursday night at the Canadian Tire Centre.
  The Canadiens kicked off a three-game road trip by sweeping their home-and-away series against the Senators. Montreal also beat Ottawa 5-2 Tuesday at the Bell Centre. The win gave the Canadiens 33 points and they moved into the first wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference. They are one point ahead of Boston, which lost to Tampa Bay on Thursd
  
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• Montreal steakhouse Moishes aims to preserve family 'spirit' after being bought by Cage aux Sports owners - CBC.ca

  07-12-2018 22:22
  Montreal steakhouse Moishes aims to preserve family 'spirit' after being bought by Cage aux Sports owners  CBC.caMoishes, the fabled steakhouse on Montreal's Saint-Laurent Boulevard, has been bought out by the company that owns La Cage aux Sports.
  
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• Montreal steakhouse Moishes aims to preserve family 'spirit' after being bought by Cage aux Sports owners

  07-12-2018 22:22 via cbc.ca
  Moishes, the fabled steakhouse on Montreal's Saint-Laurent Boulevard, has been bought out by the company that owns La Cage aux Sports.
  
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• Montreal steakhouse Moishes aims to preserve family 'spirit' after beinbought by Cage aux Sports owners

  07-12-2018 22:22 via cbc.ca
  Moishes, the fabled steakhouse on Montreal's Saint-Laurent Boulevard, has been bought out by the company that owns La Cage aux Sports.
  
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• Classic Montreal steakhouse Moishes bought by owners of La Cage aux Sports

  07-12-2018 22:22 via cbc.ca
  Moishes, the fabled steakhouse on Montreal's Saint-Laurent Boulevard, has been bought out by the company that owns La Cage aux Sports.
  
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• Montreal website raises ire of Hindu community for ‘disrespectful’ depiction of deity Ganesha

  07-12-2018 22:11 via globalnews.ca
  "Ganesha is the Lord of Wisdom."
  
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• Medical intervention partially shuts métro's Orange, Blue Lines

  07-12-2018 22:08
  A police forced the shutdown of part of the Orange Line and the complete Blue Line for about an hour on Friday afternoon.
  The Orange Line, originally shut between Berri-UQAM and Henri-Bourassa stations, was reopened gradually around 3:45 p.m., but with trains not stopping at Jean-Talon. The STM reported service on the Blue Line gradually resuming at 3:50 p.m.
  Shuttle buses were mobilized to provide backup service on both lines.
  Police said a man called 911 at 2:15 p.m. Friday making threatening
  
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• Serial robber who targeted elderly victims in Montreal, Ottawa gets 8 years

  07-12-2018 21:50 via cbc.ca
  Hamid Chekakri, 48, pleaded guilty to nine charges of aggravated assault, breaking and entering, robbery and causing a person to take an overpowering drug.
  
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• This Is Why: Looking back on Global News investigative reports in 2018

  07-12-2018 21:34 via globalnews.ca
  Carolyn Jarvis, chief investigative correspondent for Global News, shared some of her investigative highlights in the latest episode of This Is Why.
  
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• Montreal police investigate threats at Jean-Talon Metro station

  07-12-2018 21:33 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police say they are investigating after a man made threatening comments concerning the Jean-Talon Metro station.
  
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• Longueuil issues boil water advisory for Greenfield Park due to E. coli

  07-12-2018 21:28 via globalnews.ca
  Residents in the affected neighbourhoods are recommended to boil their water for at least one minute before drinking.
  
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• Moishes sold to company that owns La Cage restaurant chain

  07-12-2018 21:18 via globalnews.ca
  Moishes has been sold to Sportscene, the Quebec-based company that owns the La Cage-Brasserie Sportive brand.
  
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• Montreal website raises ire of Hindu community for ‘disrespectful’ depiction of deity Ganesha - Global News

  07-12-2018 21:11
  Montreal website raises ire of Hindu community for ‘disrespectful’ depiction of deity Ganesha  Global NewsWATCH: A Montreal website that sells clothes designed by various artists is under fire because of a pair of leggings. As Global's Dan Spector explains, the yoga ...
  
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• Sears customers told to continue paying for worthless extended warranties

  07-12-2018 21:04 via cbc.ca
  Debt collectors are demanding Sears customers continue to pay for extended warranties even though the department store has gone out of business and will not honour them.
  
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• Six cookbooks that nourish the body and mind for the holidays

  07-12-2018 20:56
  Few pastimes are more alluring to me than finding myself lost in a book, carried into another world on the wings of an engrossing story, lyrical language or evocative images.
  I read more fiction than non-fiction but count books about food, cooking and entertaining among my favourites. I read them for comfort, for inspiration, for escape. The late, great writer Laurie Colwin said she liked to read cookbooks like novels. So do I: they make excellent bedtime reading.
  Some people say they find
  
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• Montreal police investigate threats at Jean-Talon Metro station - Global News

  07-12-2018 20:33
  Montreal police investigate threats at Jean-Talon Metro station  Global NewsMontreal police say they are investigating after a man made threatening comments concerning the Jean-Talon Metro station.
  
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• McGill University to announce decision on Redmen team name in January

  07-12-2018 20:28 via globalnews.ca
  McGill University says it will decide next month what to do about its sports teams' divisive Redmen name.
  
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• Moishes sold to La Cage aux Sports owner Sportscene Group

  07-12-2018 20:19
  Montreal institution Moishes Steakhouse has been sold to the Sportscene Group, the company that owns La Cage aux Sports.
  The sale, announced on Friday, sees Sportscene acquire the iconic restaurant on St-Laurent Blvd. as well as all Moishes trademarks, branding and the line of products sold at grocery stores.
  Lenny Lighter, the former owner and operator of Moishes, will continue to manage the restaurant. He is the son of founder Moishe Lighter.
  The steakhouse has been in business
  
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• Yves-François Blanchet has clear path to Bloc Québécois leadership

  07-12-2018 20:12
  Former Parti Québécois minister Yves-François Blanchet is the only remaining candidate for the leadership of the Bloc Québécois, after MP Michel Boudrias, who said he was in reflection, announced on Friday he would not run for the job.
  Boudrias, MP for Terrebonne, did not throw his support behind Blanchet, saying he would not support any candidate in the race. He said a leadership race was not the best ways “to advance ideas.”
  He said he would
  
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• Montreal police to move Outremont/T.M.R. operations into C.D.N. station

  07-12-2018 20:01
  The Montreal police department has confirmed that the personnel of community police station (PDQ) 24, which serves Outremont and Town of Mount Royal, will be merged into PDQ 26, which serves western Côte-des-Neiges, as of Jan. 14.
  The department announced Friday that the Van Horne Ave. offices of PDQ 24 are in need of major repair, forcing the relocation, and that the station facilities of PDQ 26 can “easily accommodate” the extra personnel in the short term.
  The personnel tran
  
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• Legault wants nothing to do with pipelines other premiers crave

  07-12-2018 19:58
  Premier François Legault said he doesn’t want to hear any more talk about oil pipelines crossing Quebec because the issue is no longer socially acceptable.
  Arriving for what is shaping up to be an acrimonious meeting of Canada’s first ministers in Montreal and where some of his counterparts want oil moved up on the agenda, Legault signalled that it’s a nonstarter for Quebec.
  “There are some who maybe will want to talk about petroleum. I am going to talk to the
  
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• Drake, Shawn Mendes, Diana Krall among Canadians up for Grammys

  07-12-2018 19:52 via cbc.ca
  Drake emerged one of the leading artists at the Grammy Awards nominations on Friday picking up seven nods, but he wasn't the lone Canadian up for the major music honour.
  
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• What the Puck: Staying in the black is bottom line for bleu-blanc-rouge

  07-12-2018 19:48
  One of the great talking points among Habs fans during the past 10 or 15 years is trying to figure out the 21st century Canadiens conundrum — why has one of the National Hockey League’s greatest franchises sunk so low since that last Stanley Cup win in 1993?
  I know, I know, Les Boys just swept the mighty Ottawa Senators — sarcasm alert! — but let’s forget this week and at least admit that the Habs in this century are but a pale shadow of the Flying Frenchmen th
  
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• Montreal man sentenced to life for murder of girlfriend - Montreal Gazette

  07-12-2018 19:44
  Montreal man sentenced to life for murder of girlfriend  Montreal GazetteJonathan Mahautière, 22, was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Gabrielle Dufresne-Élie, who tried to end their relationship on June 7, 2014.
  
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• Montreal man sentenced to life for murder of girlfriend

  07-12-2018 19:44
  A 22-year-old man convicted last month of the 2014 second-degree murder of his girlfriend was sentenced on Friday to life in prison with no possibility of parole for 11 years.
  Jonathan Mahautière, 22, was charged with second-degree murder in the killing of Gabrielle Dufresne-Élie, who tried to end their relationship on June 7, 2014.
  That day, the couple attended a therapy session during which Dufresne-Élie revealed she wanted to break up with him. However, she later had
  
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• Alberta goes on offensive to sell pipeline expansion to Canadians

  07-12-2018 19:21
  Alberta has gone on the offensive to sell the Trans Mountain oil pipeline, portraying the issue as a national priority.
  In full-page ads purchased in Quebec media Friday, including the Montreal Gazette, the province says delays in the pipeline expansion are costing Canadians $80 million a day.
  The campaign was launched as Canada’s first ministers, including Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, gather in a Montreal hotel for talks. And on Thursday Premier François Legault said the issue of
  
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• Witness at Neverson trial fears being known as 'a rat or a snitch'

  07-12-2018 19:16
  The end of the Septimus Neverson murder trial will be delayed by a month because a key witness has health concerns and does not want to be perceived as “a rat or a snitch.”
  Neverson, 56, faces 54 charges related to 13 home invasions carried out between 2006 and 2009 in Montreal, parts of the West Island and Laval. One of the armed robberies resulted in the death of Jacques Sénécal, a 61-year-old artist and teacher who was shot on July 20, 2006, during a break-in at his
  
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• Les Grands Ballets’ Nutcracker stays on its toes

  07-12-2018 19:10
  With the regularity of a clockwork soldier, Les Grands Ballets’ lavish production of The Nutcracker reports for duty on Thursday to begin its annual 2 1/2-week billeting at Place des Arts.
  Now in its 55th year, this unapologetically ultra-traditional production has attracted more than two million spectators. That’s two million-plus people reliably oohing and aahing at the sight of more than 300 sumptuous costumes; at the magnificent sets representing the von Stahlbaums’ la
  
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• Canada’s premiers bring conflicting agendas to meeting with Trudeau

  07-12-2018 18:57 via globalnews.ca
  Premiers have arrived for a meeting with a host of conflicting issues they want addressed and no clear agreement among themselves on which are the most pressing or what should be done about them.
  
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• Quebec says Ottawa owes it $300 million for costs related to influx of asylum seekers

  07-12-2018 18:20 via globalnews.ca
  Since 2017, there has been an influx of asylum seekers entering Quebec across the United States border.
  
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• Montreal police seek potential victims of sexual assault suspect - Montreal Gazette

  07-12-2018 18:18
  Montreal police seek potential victims of sexual assault suspect  Montreal GazetteAnyone who may have been a victim of Charles Colby is urged to go to the police or to call 911 to file an official complaint.
  
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• Montreal Canadiens place Xavier Ouellet on waivers - Habs Eyes on the Prize

  07-12-2018 18:17
  Montreal Canadiens place Xavier Ouellet on waivers  Habs Eyes on the PrizeThe Montreal Canadiens have placed Xavier Ouellet on waivers today. The defender has played 19 games this season the the Canadiens and has three assists.
  
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• Police search for potential victims of Montreal man charged with sexual assault - CBC.ca

  07-12-2018 18:06
  Police search for potential victims of Montreal man charged with sexual assault  CBC.caCharles Colby was arrested on Dec. 4 for sexual contact with children under 16 years old, sexual assault and harassment in the Outremont borough.
  
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• Montreal man who killed teen girlfriend sentenced to life in prison

  07-12-2018 18:05 via cbc.ca
  Jonathan Mahautière, 22, has been sentenced to life in prison without parole for 11 years for strangling his girlfriend to death in June 2014.
  
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• Police search for potential victims of Montreal man charged with sexual assault

  07-12-2018 18:02 via cbc.ca
  Charles Colby was arrested on Dec. 4 for sexual contact with children under 16 years old, sexual assault and harassment in the Outremont borough.
  
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• Montreal boxer David Lemieux gears up for bout at Madison Square Garden

  07-12-2018 18:00 via globalnews.ca
  Lemieux sat down with Global's Laura Casella to talk about the months of preparation he's put in ahead of his fight against Tureano Johnson.
  
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• Unemployment rate up slightly in November: Statistics Canada

  07-12-2018 17:13
  The unemployment rate in the Montreal region rose slightly in November, to six per cent, up from 5.6 per cent in October.
  It was at the same level in November 2017.
  Despite the increase, more Montrealers were working in November than in October.
  The number of jobs in the region rose by 44,500 and the number of people working or actively looking for work increased by 57,800.
  That pushed the employment rate — the percentage of the population over 15 that is employed — up to 64.2 p
  
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• Montreal boxer David Lemieux gears up for upcoming bout

  07-12-2018 17:10 via globalnews.ca
  Coming off of a thrilling first round knockout victory. Montreal boxer and former world champion David Lemieux is gearing up for his upcoming fight at Madison Square Garden on December 15.
  
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• Legault: Ottawa open to footing $300M bill for asylum seekers

  07-12-2018 17:05
  Quebec Premier François Legault says he has noticed an openness on the part of Ottawa when it comes to considering Quebec’s claim for $300 million to process the asylum seekers who irregularly crossed the border into Canada last year.
  Arriving at the first ministers’ conference in Montreal on Friday, Legault said he had raised the issue with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, but noted it would not be settled by the end of the conference and further meetings would be necessary.
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