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Véronique Hivon returns to caucus after an extended sick leave
VICTORIAVILLE — Véronique Hivon, who had to drop out of the PQ leadership race in August due to illness, made a triumphant return Sunday at her party’s caucus meeting in Victoriaville. Visibly...
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Conditions criticized at care centre for the elderly in Île-Bizard
Employees of the Centre d’hébergement Denis-Benjamin-Viger in Île-Bizard plan to stage a demonstration Monday outside the long-term-care facility to protest against staff cuts and building problems...
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Health care users' committee gets $200,000 in government funding
Quebec will be giving a patients’ rights group $200,000 over two years for training purposes. The funding will allow the group to provide free training to its various groups, said Pierre Blain, the...
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Squeaky Wheels: New light to help cars turn on to Fort St. by spring
Q: Fort St. is an access road to the Ville-Marie Expressway. Cars that drive west on de Maisonneuve Blvd. heading to the expressway have to make a left turn on Fort St., but it is difficult to do so...
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Monday Calendar: Oct. 17-23
Monday, Oct. 17 The Toronto Blue Jays host Cleveland for Game 3 of the American League Championship Series at 8 p.m. Sum 41 performs at Metropolis. Tuesday, Oct. 18 Jean-François Lisée takes his place...
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Woman's body found wearing bicycle helmet in Ahuntsic-Cartierville
A woman’s body was found Saturday night in the Ahuntsic-Cartierville borough of Montreal. The body, estimated to be of a woman in her 50s, was found in a ditch at the corner of Lambert St. and Gouin...
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Montreal Police searching for missing woman
Montreal Police are asking for the public’s help in locating a missing woman. Danielle Agnese Scala, 80, is 165 cm tall, weighs 59 kg and has brown eyes and blond hair. She suffers from Alzheimer’s...
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Coroner to investigate woman's death following childbirth
The Quebec coroner’s office is investigating the death of a 27-year-old woman who died following a difficult childbirth last week. Éloïse Dupuis, a Jehovah’s Witness, died in a hospital in Lévis on...
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Quebec to increase funding for urban First Nations communities
Quebec’s homeless aboriginal population is approaching crisis levels, indigenous experts say. About half of the province’s 100,000 indigenous people now live in urban centres and many are falling...
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Parti Québécois-Québec solidaire wedding a non-starter in Verdun
QUEBEC – It’s more important to send an anti-austerity signal to the Liberal government than add another Parti Québécois MNA to the fold, PQ leader Jean François Lisée said Monday. Continuing to pitch...
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Police investigate sexual assault claims at Université Laval residences
Quebec City police say they are investigating at least nine break-ins at a Université Laval student residence over the weekend, with four people alleging they were victims of crimes of a sexual nature....
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Montreal traffic less chaotic than predicted as Turcot work ramps up
The morning commute from the West Island to downtown Montreal, via Highway 20 eastbound, went better than expected because many drivers switched to public transportation, Transport Quebec concluded on...
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John Boulachanis appeared to have slept with victim's wife shortly after slaying
John Boulachanis appeared to have slept with the wife of the man he is accused of killing shortly after the victim is believed to have died. Boulachanis, 42, is on trial at the Gouin courthouse where...
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Two men charged with break-ins at Jewish synagogues in Montreal
Montreal police have arrested two suspects in connection with a string of break-and-enters and thefts at synagogues in Côtes-des-Neiges, Côte-St-Luc, Outremont and Notre-Dame-de-Grâce. The two suspects...
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Highway 25, La Fontaine tunnel partially closed this weekend
Demolition of an underground structure and construction aimed at improving access to the Port of Montreal will cause closures on Highway 25 and the Louis-Hippolyte La Fontaine Tunnel this weekend. The...
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Melania Trump does not believe husband’s accusers
NEW YORK — Melania Trump on Monday dismissed her husband’s sexually aggressive language as “boy talk,” insisting his remarks do not reflect “the man I know,” and said she does not believe that he has...
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Quebec's police-oversight bureau investigating Gatineau crash involving...
Quebec’s Bureau des enquêtes indépendantes (BEI) will investigate an August car crash involving a Gatineau police car after an 81-year-old man who was injured in the collision died on Monday....
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Montreal conference: 'Lack of understanding' about palliative care
Palliative care doesn’t just serve the dying, experts say. It focuses on improving lives, easing suffering and comforting patients with life-threatening illnesses, Kappy Flanders, co-chair of the...
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Quebec judge convicted of murder seeks bail pending federal review of conviction
QUEBEC — A former Quebec judge found guilty of first-degree murder in his wife’s death was back in court Tuesday seeking his freedom pending the outcome of a federal review of his case. Jacques Delisle...
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Dollarama won't be bringing back black shackled feet next year
Dollarama will not be restocking Halloween decorations depicting severed black feet in shackles after a Montreal customer complained they could be considered racist. The retail chain plans to remove...
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