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Freed: Icy pileup and ugly tree have brought us worldwide scorn
Congratulations, Montrealers! We’ve had two stunning media coups the last week like nothing I recall in years — twin stories that have put Montreal’s name on the world’s lips. Out first PR success was...
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Bar owner Peter Sergakis open to idea of later last call, if it applies to...
A leading critic of an attempt two years ago by Montreal mayor Denis Coderre to extend the hours of certain bars to 6 a.m. says he’d now support such a move in the wake of the province’s giving the...
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22-year-old man stabbed in Ville-Marie
A 22-year-old man was stabbed early Saturday morning in the Ville-Marie borough of Montreal. Around 4 a.m., police received a 911 call that a man had been stabbed near the corner of Ste-Catherine St....
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Quebec passes fossil fuel bill that opens oil and gas reserves
Quebec passed fossil fuel legislation that is likely to open up shale gas and oil reserves to energy companies operating in the province. Bill 106, introduced in June, passed by a margin of 62 to 38 in...
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While you were sleeping: CIA concludes Russia intervened in US election, Bill...
The CIA has concluded in a secret assessment that Russia intervened in the 2016 election to help Donald Trump win the presidency, rather than just to undermine confidence in the U.S. electoral system,...
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Parti Québécois reimburses $90,000 in illegal contributions
The Parti Québécois announced on Saturday it will reimburse $90,000 in illegal contributions the province’s director general of elections found it had received between 2006 and 2009. The DGE had...
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Municipal blue-collar union president to face non-confidence vote: reports
Montreal blue-collar union president Chantal Racette is expected to face a non-confidence vote at a union meeting on Saturday. Local 301 of the Canadian Union of Public Employees, representing about...
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81-year-old pedestrian killed in collision with SUV in N.D.G.
An 81-year-old man who was crossing a street away from a crosswalk was struck and killed by a passing car in western Notre-Dame-de-Grâce on Saturday morning. Montreal police say the accident, involving...
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Atwater métro exit in Cabot Square to be redone
The small building that houses an entrance to Atwater métro station in Cabot Square downtown is going to get a $3.3-million facelift in an effort to make the area safer, the city says. Montreal’s city...
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Police investigating after small aircraft crashes in Lévis
The Sûreté du Québec and Lévis police are investigating after a small aircraft crashed in the Etchemin River in the Lévis region of Quebec. The crash killed a 63-year-old man, identified as Yves...
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Small plane crash near Lévis kills 2
LÉVIS — Two occupants of the small plane that sank Saturday afternoon in the Etchemin River near Lévis, south of Quebec City, died. The deceased are a 63-year-old man and a 21-year-old woman,...
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Russell Copeman: A Tribute to Warren Allmand
My first contact with Warren Allmand was before I could vote. A schoolmate of mine was volunteering for the Liberal candidate in N.D.G during the 1974 general election and needed help distributing...
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Impact trade striker Romario Williams to expansion team Atlanta FC
The Montreal Impact traded forward Romario Williams to MLS expansion club Atlanta FC for a conditional 2018 draft pick on Sunday. The Impact will get Atlanta’s second round pick in 2018 if the Jamaican...
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Opinion: Electric train project not as green as it seems
Quebec’s largest public-transit project in 50 years, the Réseau électrique métropolitain, has been rushed through a superficial consultation process to the detriment of users, non-users and the...
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Historic N.D.G. church is set to close its doors in 2017
Christmas will be bittersweet this year at Trinity Memorial Church. The historic and imposing 93-year-old gray limestone church on Sherbrooke Street West near Northcliffe Avenue is destined to close at...
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Caisse to charge new regional transit body for operating costs
Quebec’s pension fund intends to charge the new regional public transit body a fee per passenger to operate its proposed electric light rail network at a profit. That will amount to a public body...
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Celine Cooper: Montreal's new powers a good start
On Thursday, Municipal Affairs Minister Martin Coiteux tabled legislation that officially recognizes Montreal as the metropolis of Quebec. Bill 121 is set to increase the autonomy and widen the scope...
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Art of Inclusion features the work of 10 Muslim Montrealers
Wuroot Habib puts aside nearly an hour every day to give thanks. It doesn’t matter if she’s at work, school or volunteering at the Salvation Army, Habib finds the time to say a 10 minute prayer. Habib,...
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While you were sleeping: Antonio Park restaurant reopens; Critics Choice...
Chef Antonio Park announced that one of his restaurants damaged by fire last month would reopen for business on Monday. Patrons of Park Restaurant will again be able to enjoy dining at the Westmount...
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Lachine charity foundation must cough up $3.9 million
A Lachine foundation that has distributed millions to local charities is at risk of shutting down after ending up on the losing side of a $3.9-million court judgment. Lachine Community Foundation has...
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