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Hockey, ringette parents bracing for rising costs as deal between St-Lazare...
With negotiations to renew a rental agreement between the town of St-Lazare and a private arena at an impasse, local hockey, ringette and figure-skating parents are bracing for rising costs and...
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Montreal this morning: Some sun in the picture today
Environment Canada is calling for a mix of sun and cloud today. It will be a bit breezy, with wind gusts of 40 km/h. Today’s high: 10. Tonight, rain will begin in the evening and end overnight. Low:...
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Brenda O'Farrell: St-Lazare benefits from having a private arena
A public debate is being sparked in St-Lazare over the municipality’s role in subsidizing ice sports. It’s an issue that does not only hold interest for the families with children who play these sports...
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SQ, Revenue Quebec stage raids across province
Some 150 Sûreté du Québec officers conducted 15 searches Wednesday morning, in Montreal, Quebec and Sherbrooke as part of a $90-million fraud investigation. About 70 investigators from Revenue Quebec...
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Concordia's School of Canadian Irish Studies receiving $1 million for student...
Concordia University’s School of Canadian Irish Studies is receiving $1 million to go toward new student scholarships, the university announced on Wednesday. The new Brian O’Neill Gallery Scholarship...
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Jacques Cartier Bridge to close for three nights next week
The Jacques Cartier Bridge will be completely closed for three nights next week as work is completed to reinforce the metal structure. On Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, March 21–23, lanes will start...
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Laval teenager missing from youth centre for more than a month
Laval police are asking for the public’s help in finding a teenage girl who has now been missing for more than a month. Rose Lafond, 17, has been missing from the Laval youth centre since Feb. 8, when...
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Two years of construction work set to start around Place Jacques-Cartier
Old Montreal will remain a construction zone well past the city’s 375th anniversary celebrations next year, but the city says it’s imposing strict conditions in a new contract to a firm that will...
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Leitão preaches responsible spending on eve of budget
QUEBEC — Finance Minister Carlos Leitão is urging Quebecers to spend as responsibly as he does and says Thursday’s provincial budget will reflect that philosophy. To prove his point, Leitão dispensed...
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Longueuil police conduct drug raids on South Shore
More than 200 police officers participated early Thursday morning in a major anti-drug operation in Longueuil. A total of 40 search warrants were to be served, and 18 people were being sought as part...
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Special report on suicide: 'Does it run in families like a disease? Like...
INTRODUCTION: THE LONELY PLACE This article contains material about suicide that may be disturbing to some readers. UASHAT — The weather had already started to turn when Nadeige Guanish set out for the...
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High-ranking Liberals, including Nathalie Normandeau, arrested by UPAC: reports
Quebec’s anti-corruption squad has arrested seven high-ranking members of the provincial Liberal party, including two former cabinet ministers, according to reports. Among those arrested early Thursday...
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Montreal this morning: Cloudy, but green is the theme today
Expect mainly cloudy conditions on this St. Patrick’s Day, with a few showers beginning in the morning. It will be breezy, with wind gusts of 40 km/h near noon. Today’s high: 10. Tonight, we’ll see...
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Body of teenager discovered in Kuper Academy High School
Montreal police and first responders sped to a private school in Kirkland Thursday afternoon after a teenage student took their own life on the premises. No one could be reached for comment at Kuper...
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Education funding gets boost after years of cutbacks
QUEBEC — Years of cutbacks that spurred thousands of irate parents to form human chains around schools were eased Thursday with the announcement of a renewed infusion of cash into the province’s...
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Custio Clayton needs nine rounds to stop rock-chinning Munoz
Custio Clayton needed to inflict nine rounds of nearly continuous punishment before putting veteran Hector Munoz on the canvas for the victory Thursday night in a welterweight battle at the Montreal...
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UPAC's first provincial-level corruption case rounds up ex-deputy premier...
The stench of dirty money in politics wafted to the provincial level on Thursday with the arrests by Quebec’s anti-corruption squad of former deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau and six other people in...
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Montreal lawyer Dimitrios Strapatsas charged in obstruction case
A Montreal lawyer has been charged with attempting to dissuade a convicted robber from testifying in a court case. The lawyer, Dimitrios Strapatsas, 42, was arrested twice last year in connection with...
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Montreal this morning: A few flurries before it clears
There will be some flurries ending in the morning then switching to a mix of sun and cloud. Wind will be northwest at 20 km/h gusting to 40. The high will be plus 1. Skies will be clearing late in the...
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Aislin on the St. Patrick's Day parade
Terry Mosher, a.k.a. Aislin, shares some of his favourite St. Patrick’s Day and St. Patrick’s Day-inspired cartoons from his archives. The Montreal St. Patrick’s Parade has run consecutively since 1824...
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