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• Provincial police union acknowledges tense relations with Indigenous citizens in Val-d'Or

  18-12-2018 23:33 via cbc.ca
  The union representing Sûreté du Québec officers recommends better training programs for recruits who work with Indigenous communities, but it is also criticizing certain methods used by the Viens Commission to document their work.
  
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• New trial ordered for consultant in city of Montreal fraud case - Montreal Gazette

  18-12-2018 23:31
  New trial ordered for consultant in city of Montreal fraud case  Montreal GazetteProvincial police arrested Benoît Bissonnette in 2009, along with Gilles Parent, the former head of IT for the city of Montreal.
  
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• New trial ordered for consultant in city of Montreal fraud case

  18-12-2018 23:31
  The Quebec Court of Appeals has ordered a new trial for a computer consultant who was acquitted in a fraud case where the city of Montreal was bilked out of almost $5 million by one of its former civil servants.
  On Dec. 5, 2015, a Quebec Superior Court jury found Benoît Bissonnette not guilty of breach of trust and conspiracy after four days of deliberations at the Montreal courthouse.
  Bissonnette had been arrested by Sûreté du Québec investigators in 2009, along with G
  
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• Montreal driver Lance Stroll's new F1 ride to be showcased in February - Montreal Gazette

  18-12-2018 23:30
  Montreal driver Lance Stroll's new F1 ride to be showcased in February  Montreal GazetteRacing Point principal Otmar Szafnauer said Stroll "absolutely loved his time in the car" during recent testing sessions in Abu Dhabi.
  
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• Quebec approves ‘life-changing’ treatment for patients with Type 2 and 3 spinal muscular atrophy

  18-12-2018 23:00 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec has announced that SMA Type 2 and 3 patients will now have access to Spinraza.
  
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• Watch: How park bench grannies are tackling depression

  18-12-2018 22:59
  More than 300 million people suffer from depression globally. Could this groundbreaking mental health program in Zimbabwe be a solution for the rest of the world?
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  Mental health awareness campaign focuses on anxiety disordersFirst step in preventing teen suicide is spotting teen depression: expertOpinion: An 'epidemic of loneliness' threatens Canadians' health
  
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• Minister's tough stance on school-board reforms sparks war of words

  18-12-2018 22:41
  QUEBEC — The government’s plans to transform Quebec’s school boards into service centres sparked a war of words Tuesday with the education minister sticking to a hard line and his opponents accusing him of being condescending.
  “It’s not a negotiation, it’s a discussion,” Jean-François Roberge told reporters. “Of course we will write the law in a way that respects the constitution.
  “If they go for a battle in the courts, of course they
  
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• Montreal driver Lance Stroll's new F1 ride to be showcased in February

  18-12-2018 22:35
  Lance Stroll’s new Formula 1 car will be unveiled in February at the Canadian International Auto Show in Toronto.
  The Racing Point team, formally known as Force India, was bought in August by a group of businessmen led by the Montreal driver’s father, billionaire Lawrence Stroll.
  His 20-year-old son announced last month that he was joining the team after spending his first two seasons in F1 with Williams. The presentation of the team’s 2019 car on Feb. 13 will come five days be
  
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• Watch: Humboldt Broncos bus crash voted News Story of the Year

  18-12-2018 22:33
  A deadly bus crash that united a hockey-mad country in grief and spurred people to leave sticks on porches from coast to coast has been selected as Canada’s News Story of the Year.
  The Canadian Press annual survey of newsrooms across the country saw 53 out of 129 editors cast their votes for the Humboldt Broncos bus crash in rural Saskatchewan as the most compelling story of 2018.
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• Montreal police ask for public’s help in finding fatal hit-and-run suspect

  18-12-2018 22:32 via globalnews.ca
  Montreal police are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in the West Island last spring.
  
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• Quebec education minister reiterates ‘no room for interpretation’ about abolishing school boards

  18-12-2018 22:08 via globalnews.ca
  Quebec's Education Minister reiterated there is "no room for interpretation" when it comes to the government's plan to abolish school boards.
  
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• Montreal Is Hosting A Giant New Music Festival At The Olympic Stadium In 2019 - MTL Blog

  18-12-2018 21:59
  Montreal Is Hosting A Giant New Music Festival At The Olympic Stadium In 2019  MTL BlogRolling Loud is to hip hop fans what Coachella is to indie music fans, or what Sonar is to electronic music fans. The festival even dubs itself "the largest hip hop ...
  
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• Class-action filed over 'abusive' strip searches at Montreal prisons

  18-12-2018 21:56
  Facing what seemed like an insurmountable “culture of delays” plaguing the provincial court system, in October 2016 the Quebec government announced a series of measures it hoped could remedy the situation.
  Among them was that people being held in custody following their arrests in Montreal would no longer make their first court appearance in person before a judge. The hearings would instead be held through a video link-up from local detention centres, depending on where the
  
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• Robert Lepage's controversial Kanata opens in Paris as a rehearsal

  18-12-2018 21:32
  PARIS — I was warming my hands by a wood stove in the waiting room when a member of the Théâtre du Soleil collective popped by to say the première of Robert Lepage’s Kanata had just been declared a rehearsal. Ticket holders were invited to get their money back and watch the Saturday afternoon performance for free.
  Four years in the making, workshops in New York, Vancouver, Quebec City, and still not ready? Some things never change, including Lepage’s down-to
  
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• Montreal police ask for public’s help in finding fatal hit-and-run suspect - Global News

  18-12-2018 21:32
  Montreal police ask for public’s help in finding fatal hit-and-run suspect  Global NewsMontreal police are asking for the public's help in identifying a woman in connection with a fatal hit-and-run in the West Island last spring.
  
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• 'We need to keep watching': Meet Montreal's new inspector general - Yahoo News Canada

  18-12-2018 20:57
  'We need to keep watching': Meet Montreal's new inspector general  Yahoo News CanadaThe city's new inspector general, Brigitte Bishop, was known for her damaging victories against the Hells Angels in the decades she spend fighting organized ...
  
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• 'We need to keep watching': Meet Montreal's new inspector general - CBC.ca

  18-12-2018 20:57
  'We need to keep watching': Meet Montreal's new inspector general  CBC.caThe city's new inspector general, Brigitte Bishop, was known for her legal victories against the Hells Angels in the decades she spend fighting organized crime ...
  
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• 'We need to keep watching': Meet Montreal's new inspector general

  18-12-2018 20:57 via cbc.ca
  Brigitte Bishop took on the role in an interim capacity in July, and was officially given the job Monday.
  
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• Video Showing Montreal Couple Walking Up Snow-Covered Mount Royal In Practically Nothing But Their Underwear - MTL Blog

  18-12-2018 20:49
  Video Showing Montreal Couple Walking Up Snow-Covered Mount Royal In Practically Nothing But Their Underwear  MTL BlogMount Royal is the crown jewel of Montreal. The hill from which the city gets its name makes our urban centre unique in the world. Few other cities can boast a ...
  
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• Police ask for help to identify West Island hit-and-run suspect

  18-12-2018 20:40 via cbc.ca
  Montreal police have released a composite sketch of a woman in her early 20s they believe was involved in a deadly hit and run earlier this year.
  
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• Canadian André Tamine sentenced to 8 years for Australian cocaine cruise plot

  18-12-2018 20:38 via globalnews.ca
  A Quebecer who pleaded guilty in Australia to smuggling cocaine aboard a luxury cruise ship has been sentenced to more than eight years in prison.
  
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• Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts offering FREE admission during holidays - Daily Hive

  18-12-2018 20:31
  Montreal's Museum of Fine Arts offering FREE admission during holidays  Daily HiveMontreal's Museum of Fine Arts is offering free admission to the public for all of their collections and discovery exhibitions starting on December 22.
  
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• Anglo rights will be 'respected' when school boards abolished, education minister says

  18-12-2018 20:20 via cbc.ca
  Education Minister Jean-François Roberge insists anglophone rights will be respected as he pushes forward with the Coalition Avenir Québec’s campaign promise to abolish school boards.
  
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• As 2019 approaches, Kahnawake ready for year-long celebration of its Mohawk language speakers

  18-12-2018 20:14 via cbc.ca
  The Kahnawake Language and Culture Network is planning events and activities for the International Year of Indigenous Languages to spark involvement in the revitalization of Kanien’kéha.
  
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• Côte Saint-Luc community helps dog owner after traumatic hit-and-run

  18-12-2018 20:09 via globalnews.ca
  The community of Côte Saint-Luc has come together after a fatal hit and run took the life of a 10-year-old husky.
  
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• Health Canada takes steps to restrict amount of alcohol allowed in sugary premixed beverages

  18-12-2018 20:05 via cbc.ca
  Health Canada is taking steps to reduce the amount of alcohol allowed in the potent, sugary, premixed drinks that the agency says are becoming a growing risk to public health, especially for young people.
  
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• Legault's Gaspé gaffe was unbecoming a Quebec premier, PQ leader says

  18-12-2018 19:40
  Gaspé residents are less than impressed with controversial remarks made by Premier François Legault during a visit to the region on Monday, interim Parti Québécois leader Pascal Bérubé said on Tuesday.
  During his first official visit to the region on Monday, Legault told an audience that a Coalition Avenir Québec government would be a Gaspé government, even if the region didn’t vote for his party, a turn of events Legault went on to a
  
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• Montreal's Very Own Ski And Snowboarding Hill Is Opening This Week - MTL Blog

  18-12-2018 19:39
  Montreal's Very Own Ski And Snowboarding Hill Is Opening This Week  MTL BlogIf you're like most Montrealers, and you don't have a car to get you to the slopes this winter, have no fear. The non-profit Pente à Neige is opening a ski hill 5 ...
  
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• Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) Is Oversold and Offers 38% Upside - The Motley Fool Canada

  18-12-2018 19:35
  Bank of Montreal (TSX:BMO) Is Oversold and Offers 38% Upside  The Motley Fool CanadaCanada's Financial Index hasn't fared well during the most recent downturn. Now in official correction territory, the TSX Bank Index is down 9.53% in the past ...
  
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• New Lions coach Claybrooks adds eight to coaching staff - Montreal Gazette

  18-12-2018 19:06
  New Lions coach Claybrooks adds eight to coaching staff  Montreal GazetteThe B.C. Lions rookie head coach DeVone Claybrooks has filled out his staff for the 2019 CFL season, adding eight new members including coaching veteran ...
  
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• Opinion: Quebecers and Albertans should set aside provincialism

  18-12-2018 19:00
  Last week, the already rocky relationship between Alberta and Quebec got a little bit rockier.
  Premier François Legault haughtily announced that he would not support any revival of the Energy East pipeline, which if completed would transport landlocked Albertan oil across Quebec to be refined and exported from New Brunswick. Legault dismissed the idea that Quebecers should be expected to support the West’s “dirty energy.”
  Days later, the federal government announced next
  
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• Laval transit announces holiday fares and service. Some rides are free

  18-12-2018 19:00
  The Laval Transit Corp., STL, announced on Tuesday its holiday transit fares and service, and some of those fares will be free.
  The STL will continue a decades-old tradition of offering free rides throughout its network — including para-transit (with reservation) and taxibus — on Dec. 24 and Dec. 31. Drivers will accept cash donations, however, for the Centre de bénévolat Moisson Laval, a local food bank.
  Also, bus line 360, which serves Laval’s downtown core, wil
  
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• Opinion: New federal voter ID law corrects an injustice

  18-12-2018 18:38
  Changes introduced by the 2014 Fair Elections Act that excluded the use of voter information cards as identification failed more than 172,700 Canadians by denying them of their right to vote.
  Indeed, in the 2015 federal election, 49,600 Canadian citizens went to a polling station but were denied the right to vote due to a lack of two accepted pieces of identification. Another 123,100 stated that they did not make it to the polling station because they believed they could not meet existing identi
  
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• Montreal's "Harry Potter" Themed Bar Is Hosting A Magical Wand-Making Workshop This Month - MTL Blog

  18-12-2018 18:36
  Montreal's "Harry Potter" Themed Bar Is Hosting A Magical Wand-Making Workshop This Month  MTL BlogA little over a year ago, the Montreal resto-bar scene was blessed with a new bar unlike anything it has ever seen before. A Harry Potter-themed bar opened up ...
  
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• Montreal temperatures expected to rise 14°C by end of the week - Daily Hive

  18-12-2018 18:22
  Montreal temperatures expected to rise 14°C by end of the week  Daily HiveThe Weather Network's forecast for Montreal on Friday, Deceber 21 has the temperature at 7°C before dropping to a mild 4° on Saturday.
  
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• Do you know the rules to fly a drone in Canada?

  18-12-2018 18:22 via globalnews.ca
  There are certain rules to flying a drone recreationally in Canada -- do you know them?
  
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• West Island Community Calendar for the week of Dec. 19

  18-12-2018 18:12
  Galleries and exhibitions
  The Stewart Hall Art Gallery, 176 Lakeshore Rd., Pointe-Claire, presents three exhibitions for the holidays — Origo — L’Effeuilleuse — Sam Black Sketches. Each exhibition highlights printmaking in its own unique way. Continues until Jan. 13. Call 514-630-1220, ext. 1778.
  Dorval Museum of Local History and Heritage, 1850 Lakeshore Dr., Dorval, presents the exhibition Hockey Cup History which captures the true spirit of Quebec and it’s passio
  
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• Quebec judge to rule on whether sexual abuse class-action against Jehovah's Witnesses can proceed

  18-12-2018 18:09 via cbc.ca
  A Quebec Superior Court justice is now deliberating on whether to authorize a class-action lawsuit against the religious group. Complainants are each seeking $250,000 in damages for sexual abuse claims.
  
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• Jehovah's Witnesses fight to have Quebec sexual abuse lawsuit rejected

  18-12-2018 18:09 via cbc.ca
  Lawyers for the religious group are trying to block a class-action lawsuit where complainants are each seeking $250,000 in damages for sexual abuse claims.
  
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• Canada Post says normal delivery times restored for most of the country

  18-12-2018 18:01 via cbc.ca
  ​Three weeks after striking postal workers were forced back to work, Canada Post says it has caught up on most parcel delivery backlogs that had been created by rotating walkouts, and normal holiday delivery service guarantees have been restored.
  
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• Montreal Impact name Rémy Vercoutre as first team's goalkeeping coach

  18-12-2018 17:17
  Recently retired French ‘keeper Rémy Vercoutre was appointed the Montreal Impact first team’s goalkeeping coach, the MLS club announced on Tuesday.
  “Although heavily solicited in France following his recent retirement from the professional game, Rémy was attracted by the Montreal Impact’s project to begin his transition and I couldn’t be happier,” Impact head coach Rémi Garde said in a release. “He will be responsible for the prepara
  
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• Travis Scott announces 2019 tour dates, including 3 in Canada

  18-12-2018 17:16 via globalnews.ca
  The 'Sicko Mode' rapper will return to Canada next spring for three shows in Vancouver, Toronto and Montreal.
  
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• Montreal must pay after removing posters during 2015 federal election campaign - Montreal Gazette

  18-12-2018 16:57
  Montreal must pay after removing posters during 2015 federal election campaign  Montreal GazetteThe Communist Party of Canada and the Boycott, Désinvestissement, Sanction Québec movement will receive $12860, a Quebec Court judge has ruled.
  
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• Montreal must pay after removing posters during 2015 federal election campaign

  18-12-2018 16:57
  The city of Montreal has been ordered to pay $12,860 in damages for ordering its blue-collar workers to take down election posters belonging to the Boycott, Désinvestissement, Sanction Québec movement and the Communist Party of Canada.
  Quebec Court Judge Sylvie Lachapelle ruled last month that the city violated Canada’s election law by removing posters during the federal election campaign in the fall of 2015.
  The posters showed a picture of a dead Palestinian child who had be
  
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• Police officer who pleaded guilty following Val-d'Or investigation dies of cancer before being sentenced

  18-12-2018 16:33 via cbc.ca
  The only criminal case to go forward following explosive allegations of police misconduct in Val-d'Or, Que., has ended with the death of retired police officer Jean-Luc Vollant, who died of cancer Sunday, months before he was supposed to be sentenced for sexual assault.
  
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