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• Fire causes major damage in Hochelaga–Maisonneuve residential building

  15-12-2018 23:56 via cbc.ca
  It took 100 firefighters three hours to put the fire out. Damages to the building will cost in the hundreds of thousands of dollars.
  
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• Future Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital to search for new site

  15-12-2018 23:28 via globalnews.ca
  There has been yet another setback for the future Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital. As Global’s Felicia Parrillo reports, part of the land for the proposed site is zoned for agricultural use and the Montreal Metropolitan Community says it does not conform to its land use and development plan.
  
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• Four-alarm fire tears through residential building in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve

  15-12-2018 22:35 via globalnews.ca
  Around 20 people are homeless after a fire tore through a three-storey residential building on Sicard Street.
  
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• Ottawa considering moving rail yard to safer location, 5 years after Lac-Mégantic tragedy

  15-12-2018 22:21 via cbc.ca
  The railyard in Nantes, Que., where a runaway train started careening toward Lac-Mégantic in 2013, killing 47 people and destroying the downtown core, could be moved to another location.
  
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• Future Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital moving to another site

  15-12-2018 21:56 via globalnews.ca
  The future site of the Vaudreuil-Soulanges hospital is now undecided.
  
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• How to help Montreal's homeless and impoverished citizens this holiday season - CBC.ca

  15-12-2018 21:34
  How to help Montreal's homeless and impoverished citizens this holiday season  CBC.caAll in a Weekend host Sonali Karnick spoke with Matthew Pearce, director general of the Old Brewery Mission, to find out what the men's homeless shelter needs ...
  
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• How to help Montreal's homeless and impoverished citizens this holiday season

  15-12-2018 21:34 via cbc.ca
  All in a Weekend host Sonali Karnick spoke with Matthew Pearce, director general of the Old Brewery Mission, to find out what the men's homeless shelter needs right now.
  
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• Baloo the cat to be reunited with Halifax family after being accidentally shipped to Montreal

  15-12-2018 21:04 via globalnews.ca
  Despite his 17-hour ordeal, the cat, named Baloo, was found in good health.
  
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• Enjoy the balmy weather. It's back to the usual chill by Tuesday

  15-12-2018 20:51
  The mild weather that arrived in Quebec on Saturday won’t last long, according to Environment Canada.
  While no cold front is on the horizon, the temperature, which is above the freezing point on Saturday (5 C as of 2:30 p.m., with a low of -4 C Saturday and Sunday), should return to colder seasonal values next week, the environment agency said.
  “It’ll be quite brief,” meteorologist Amélie Bertrand said.
  Colder weather should arrive on Tuesday, she said, with temper
  
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• Halifax cat safe after being accidentally shipped to Montreal - CityNews

  15-12-2018 19:53
  Halifax cat safe after being accidentally shipped to Montreal  CityNewsA Halifax-area pet who nestled into a box for a catnap ended up 1,200 kilometres from home after his owner unknowingly sealed him inside and shipped it away.
  
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• Quebec moves up deadline for obligatory winter tires in 2019

  15-12-2018 19:49 via globalnews.ca
  Beginning in 2019, the deadline for installing winter tires is being moved back to Dec. 1 from the current deadline of Dec. 15.
  
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• ‘Let’s be clear’: Quebec education minister says school boards will be abolished

  15-12-2018 19:40 via globalnews.ca
  The Quebec government is standing firm on its plan to abolish school boards and school elections.
  
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• Assault in Quebec City a possible hate crime, police say

  15-12-2018 19:17 via cbc.ca
  An assault that happened overnight in a downtown Quebec City bar could be a hate crime, according to police. The victim was attacked after being asked if he was anti-fascist.
  
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• Arthur Margelidon takes silver in Canton Masters judo

  15-12-2018 18:33
  CANTON, China — Adopted Montrealer Arthur Margelidon won the silver medal in the under 73 kg category at the Canton Masters Tournament in China on Saturday.
  Margelidon had an almost perfect day. With his victories against Israeli Tohar Butbul and Japan’s Soichi Hashimoto during the preliminaries, as well as against Odbayar Ganbaatar of Mongolia in the quarter-finals, the 25-year-old could not get in front of Azerbaijan’s Rustam Orujov, who took gold.
  Margelidon’s compatri
  
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• Moukoko family sues Montreal, school board for $1.5M in drowning death - Montreal Gazette

  15-12-2018 18:22
  Moukoko family sues Montreal, school board for $1.5M in drowning death  Montreal GazetteThe suit, filed Friday, details that 'there are 13 claimants, who are part of the immediate family who has been affected by the loss of Blessing.'
  
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• Moukoko family sues Montreal, school board for $1.5M in drowning death

  15-12-2018 18:22
  The Montreal School Board and the city of Montreal are being sued for $ 1.5 million by the family of Blessing Claudevy Moukoko, who drowned in the swimming pool at his school in February 2018.
  The 14-year-old boy drowned in the pool of the Centre Père-Marquette, adjacent to École Père-Marquette, where he was studying.
  Thirteen family members are suing the school board and the city, saying the school board was negligent in assigning a teacher who did not have the skills to te
  
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• Duncan Keith a Potential Target for the Montreal Canadiens? - Last Word on Hockey

  15-12-2018 17:58
  Duncan Keith a Potential Target for the Montreal Canadiens?  Last Word on HockeyThe Montreal Canadiens are looking for a top left-handed defenceman to pair with Shea Weber. How about Blackhawks defenceman Duncan Keith?
  
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• Montreal willing, and able, to support MLB - TheSpec.com

  15-12-2018 17:38
  Montreal willing, and able, to support MLB  TheSpec.comMONTREAL — A group of investors trying to bring Major League Baseball back to Montreal have released a market study concluding the project would be viable ...
  
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• Game Day: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens - Ottawa Sun

  15-12-2018 16:37
  Game Day: Ottawa Senators at Montreal Canadiens  Ottawa SunOTTAWA (14-15-4) AT MONTREAL (16-11-5)Saturday, 7 p.m., Bell Centre, Sportsnet, TSN 1200 AM, Unique 94.5 FMSPECIAL TEAMSOTT: PP 21.8% (13th); ...
  
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• Even gastro can't keep Kingsbury down, as he wins another ski gold

  15-12-2018 15:59
  PEKING — Despite being hit hard by gastroenteritis, Deux-Montagnes skier Mikaël Kingsbury won a gold medal Saturday morning at the World Cup in Thaiwoo, China.
  Picking up his 51st career victory, the athlete revealed that he’d lost six pounds before the competition.
  He did not, however, execute a perfect run in the final.
  “I made some mistakes, but I learned from them and I was able to gather all the energy I had left to make my best run in the super final,&rdquo
  
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• Busy weekend expected for Nez rouge after more than 6,600 rides on Friday

  15-12-2018 15:16
  QUEBEC CITY — Nez rouge is anticipating this will be its busiest weekend of the 2018 holiday season, and Friday has already lived up to expectations.
  The organization provided more than 6,600 rides across Quebec on Friday, thanks to the services of nearly 4,500 volunteers.
  The organization is celebrating 35 years this year.Hier soir, un nombre record de 239 bénévoles de la @SAAQ ont parcouru les routes du Québec pour assurer un retour sécuritaire à ceux q
  
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• Lohnes: Tricks to help create a festive, inviting home in a small space

  15-12-2018 15:00
  It’s that time of year when Christmas trees, boughs and decorative items have invaded the house for another season of decorating merriment. In small (and even not so small) spaces, you might feel adding holiday decor will literally and visually fill up your home, and that finding space to entertain will become an impossible feat. As someone who has lived in small spaces most of my life, I’ve learned a few entertaining and design tricks to help create a festive and inviting home with
  
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• If you're not driving on winter tires, you are illegal as of Saturday

  15-12-2018 14:56
  Winter tires are obligatory as of Saturday in Quebec.
  By law, Dec. 15 is the deadline for drivers to get their winter tires on. They can come off only after March 15.
  Drivers face stiff fines for breaking the law.
  Beginning next year, the deadline for winter tires to go on will be moved to Dec. 1. The date they can come off will remain unchanged.
  According to CAA-Québec, the change is a smart move.
  Winter tires work best in cold temperatures, the automobile association’s spokesperso
  
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• Snow may have arrived long ago, but winter tires are a must as of today in Quebec

  15-12-2018 14:47 via cbc.ca
  It may feel like Quebec has already been through a decade of winter this year, but the day to have your winter tires on has finally arrived.
  
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• While you were sleeping: Death of a Guatemalan child, rare ivory seized, suicide bombing

  15-12-2018 14:46
  Good morning. Here are a couple of stories from the overnight world desk as your morning coffee kicks in.
  Death of 7 year old on U.S.-Mexico border raises questions: Jakelin Amei Rosmery Caal Maquin, age 7, was picked up by U.S. authorities with her father and other migrants this month in a remote stretch of New Mexico desert. Some seven hours later, she was put on a bus to the nearest Border Patrol station but soon began vomiting. By the end of the two-hour drive, she had stopped breathing
  
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• Mikael Kingsbury fights off food poisoning for 51st World Cup victory

  15-12-2018 14:04 via cbc.ca
  Canadian freestyle skier Mikael Kingsbury earned his 51st career World Cup victory on Saturday with a gold medal in moguls in Thaiwoo, China.
  
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• Yellowknifer rebuilding plane that dropped bombs 75 years ago

  15-12-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Mikey McBryan, the general manager for Buffalo Airways, bought the shell of the DC-3 aircraft on eBay.
  
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• Week in Review: Coyotes, the King, Pioneer, cannabis, the chief

  15-12-2018 14:00
  Catch up on what stories you might have missed this week in Montreal.
  Montreal to deploy scare teams to shoo away urban coyotes
  Following a growing number of coyote sightings and three attacks on small children last summer, Montreal will dispatch teams to try to scare the animals away from problem areas, euthanize animals that have become aggressive, and encourage residents to better manage food waste to avoid attracting the animals. The city released its coyote management plan Monday, wit
  
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• Photographers’ picks: Best unseen Gazette photos of 2018

  15-12-2018 14:00
  Gazette photo journalists take countless shots every year, from classrooms to cafés to crime scenes. What you see published in the paper is just a small sampling of their work. Here are some of their favourites from 2018 that never made it to publication.
   Pierre Obendrauf: It’s not all fun and games (but sometimes it is)
  Oct. 10, 2018.
  It took 35 years on staff at The Montreal Gazette for me to get the chance to cover an NBA game — a pre-season game at that. It was nice
  
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• Ice Pilots' Mikey McBryan rebuilding plane that dropped bombs 75 years ago

  15-12-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  Mikey McBryan, the general manager for Buffalo Airways, bought the shell of the DC-3 aircraft on eBay.
  
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• Glowing outdoor playground ready to make music in Quartier des Spectacles

  15-12-2018 14:00 via cbc.ca
  A lit up, “vintage tropical” set of oversized dominoes are waiting to be toppled over by deep winter revellers in Montreal’s Quartier des Spectacles.
  
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• Yves-François Blanchet launches Bloc québécois leadership campaign

  15-12-2018 13:24
  Yves-François Blanchet plans to launch his leadership bid for the Bloc québécois on Saturday.
  The former Parti Québécois cabinet minister is expected to be accompanied by most of the members of Parliament of the federal BQ to make his announcement in Montreal.
  Blanchet is expected to have the support of nine of the 10 BQ MPs now that Xavier Barsalou-Duval and Marilène Gill threw their support behind him on Friday.
  So far, Blanchet faces no opponent, maki
  
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• Second-hand affection: How to give the best gifts while saving the Earth

  15-12-2018 13:00
  There are three headless mannequins in my house. There is a lemon-shaped honey pot, vintage costume jewelry and a closet full of child-size ball gowns. There is a lamp depicting either a love triangle or a spontaneous piano recital, and there is a Crock-Pot transformed into a planter after a pivotal episode of a popular prime-time drama.
  These peculiar knick-knacks are proof that there are presents beyond consumerism and joy beyond online shopping. In a world of Amazon and AliExpress, it ta
  
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• Christmas Fund: ‘There are hard days,’ says student with a toddler and 3-year-old

  15-12-2018 13:00
  Twenty-three-year-old single mother Karina’s days revolve around her children.
  She said on a typical morning she wakes up early to prepare herself before turning to her two- and three-year-olds. After getting them fed and dressed, she brings them to daycare, after which she will hop on a bus to get herself to school.
  Karina is a full-time student, working to complete her high-school education through a program with Emploi-Québec. Because of her studies, she’s unable to work.
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• Cat will be home for Christmas after mistakenly shipped 1,200 km to Montreal

  15-12-2018 13:00 via cbc.ca
  Baloo, a one-year-old tabby, survived the 17-hour trip to Montreal after crawling into a parcel shipped by his family.
  
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• Turcot traffic hotspots to avoid on Saturday

  15-12-2018 12:30
  There will be a lot of road closings today in the Turcot area as work crews prepare to open a new configuration of Highway 20. 
  Turcot Interchange/Highway 20 
  Highway 20 East will be closed from Exit 60 for Highway 13 to the Turcot Interchange until Monday at 5 a.m.
  The Angrignon Blvd. entrance for Highway 20 East will also be closed as will the entrance from Route 138 East to Highway 20 East. However, there will be one lane available for motorists heading to Route 138 West and th
  
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• Montreal weather: Skies will turn blue, but you won't

  15-12-2018 12:30
  Clearing in the morning with a southwest wind of 20 km/h, gusting to 40, then becoming light near noon.
  Environment Canada is calling for a high of plus 1.
  Tonight: Clear with a low of minus 5.
  Don’t forget to submit your photos of Montreal via Facebook, Twitter and Instagram by tagging them with #ThisMtl. We’ll feature one per day right here in the morning file. Today’s photo was posted on Instagram by @mtl_by_me.
  Quote of the day:A big part of being a well-adju
  
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• Sisters and the legacy of the Sixties Scoop: Watch our short documentary

  15-12-2018 12:00 via cbc.ca
  Sisters who were separated as part of the Sixties Scoop found each other decades later. But reunions can’t always fix the harm of separation. Watch their story here.
  
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• Josh Freed: In the world of lost and found, I’m a loser

  15-12-2018 12:00
  I took out my key chain the other day and someone eyed the huge clump and asked if I was a janitor.
  “No,” I said, “I just keep some useless old keys on it as added weight so it’s easy to find.”
  I know organized people carry each key separately on a tiny elegant loop. But I like a heavy bunch — so I don’t misplace them.
  Over the decades, I’ve lost enough single keys to start a locksmith shop. I’ve left them in restaurants, cabs, on movie floor
  
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• Batshaw employees decry lack of therapy for so-called 'system kids'

  15-12-2018 12:00
  This story contains details some readers may find distressing.
  It’s hard to imagine children in more need of therapy than those who end up in the care of Batshaw Youth and Family Centres, at group or foster homes in Montreal.
  Yet these so-called “system kids” — many of them victims of physical, psychological and/or sexual abuse — aren’t getting the help they need, say longtime employees.
  Far from it.
  “A lot of the kids aren’t getting any
  
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• Montreal Will Spend $1,500,000 To Quickly Pave 10 Roads And Tear Them Up Again In 2019 Because They Didn't Plan For Snow - MTL Blog

  15-12-2018 07:25
  Montreal Will Spend $1,500,000 To Quickly Pave 10 Roads And Tear Them Up Again In 2019 Because They Didn't Plan For Snow  MTL BlogTen of the construction projects Montreal was supposed to finish this year will now carry over into 2019. Citing the weather, the Executive Committee for ...
  
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• #ICYMI: English schools, early snow, other news

  15-12-2018 04:30
  In Case You Missed It (#ICYMI) is a daily feature highlighting news in and around Montreal.
  The English-speaking community has no intention of dropping its battle to protect the existing anglophone school board system. The Quebec Community Groups Network (QCGN) — which includes almost 60 English-language community organizations across Quebec — said in a statement Friday it “has absolutely no intention” of heeding Premier François Legault’s advice to give
  
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• Shipping mews: Dartmouth cat sneaks into Montreal-bound parcel - CTV News

  15-12-2018 03:32
  Shipping mews: Dartmouth cat sneaks into Montreal-bound parcel  CTV NewsA cat that snuck into a box in Dartmouth was accidentally shipped to Montreal and miraculously survived the trip.
  
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• Montreal blames early snow for failing to complete 10 roadwork projects

  15-12-2018 02:31
  Blame it on the snow.
  That’s what the city of Montreal did Friday, as it announced that it ran out of time to complete the work for at least 10 road construction sites, because of the early November snowfall.
  The work sites will all get a temporary coat of pavement in the coming days for the winter months. The asphalt will then be ripped off during the spring so crews can complete the work.
  In a news release, the city said the temporary coats of asphalt will cost an additional $1.5 million
  
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• BEI launches investigation in Longueuil car crash involving police

  15-12-2018 02:25
  Quebec’s bureau of independent investigations, the BEI, has launched an investigation into a police traffic stop in Longueuil early Friday that ended with a car crash and left a 28-year-old man in serious condition.
  According to information compiled thus far by BEI investigators, Longueuil police tried to intercept a vehicle travelling on Taschereau Blvd. at 3 a.m. in connection with a Highway Code violation.
  However rather than pull over, police say the driver of the car, which was carryi
  
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• Planned Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital moving to new site

  15-12-2018 01:57 via cbc.ca
  The new Vaudreuil-Soulanges Hospital will no longer be built at its planned site, Radio-Canada has learned.
  
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• Quebec vows to protect 10 ‘strategic’ companies from takeovers

  15-12-2018 01:46
  Quebec’s new government is committed to protecting local companies such as SNC-Lavalin Group Inc. from hostile offers from foreign bidders and has drawn up a list of 10 “strategic” firms worth preserving.
  “The government of Quebec has to figure out what head offices are strategically important,” Economy Minister Pierre Fitzgibbon said in an interview in Montreal. “There is a scale of 1 to 10. Can we intervene for all head offices? No. If we had to buy 20 per c
  
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• Quebec anglo community ready to fight to keep school boards

  15-12-2018 01:44 via globalnews.ca
  It's a battle the group is willing to take all the way to the Supreme Court.
  
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