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Quebec bill would force Internet firms to block access to online gaming sites
A little-publicized bill that is making its way through Quebec’s legislative process has digital-law experts and others worried that the concept of a free and open Internet is being threatened in the...
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Woman injured after jumping from balcony to escape blaze
A 42-year-old woman was hospitalized Sunday after jumping from the balcony of her third-storey apartment onto the balcony of a neighbouring building to escape a fire. A spokesperson for the Montreal...
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Claire Kirkland-Casgrain funeral: Quebec says goodbye to a pioneer
Fittingly for a pioneer, it was a first. At the first national funeral for a Quebec woman, Claire Kirkland-Casgrain was remembered as a trailblazer for women. She was the first woman elected to...
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McGill student who battled depression now promoting mental health on campus
There is something very unusual about Ryan Golt’s graduation photo from McGill University. He has the standard suit enhanced with some coloured academic regalia, a big grin of accomplishment — and a...
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'Grandparent scam' thrives in Montreal
Nellie was at home in her downtown apartment, getting ready to go out for dinner with family after spending the winter in Arizona, when her phone rang on a Saturday afternoon last month. The person on...
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Pointe-Claire to provide storage for sailors at Venture club
The city of Pointe-Claire will build a new storage facility for boat masts — a welcome announcement for members of the Venture Sailing Club, who will lose their equipment shed when the city demolishes...
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Plan to increase capacity on Hydro's high-tension lines in Dollard to be...
Residents will get their say on proposed modifications to Hydro-Québec’s power lines and upgrades to the St. Jean substation in Dollard-des-Ormeaux, the Bureau des audiences publique sur...
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Don Macpherson: Couillard is still dealing with legacy of the old Liberal regime
The Sam Hamad affair is more evidence that the Quebec Liberal Party’s early return to power in the general election two years ago may not have been best for the Quebec Liberal Party itself. It meant...
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Jean Charest stands by Nathalie Normandeau, Sam Hamad
MONTREAL — Former Quebec premier Jean Charest says he has full confidence in former deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau as she faces corruption-related charges. Normandeau was one of seven people...
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'I’m convinced that many Montreal Mafiosi are very nervous'
After a brief lull, blood is being spilled in Montreal’s underworld. A homicide and an attempted murder in recent weeks are raising questions about the turmoil in the Montreal Mafia. The Montreal...
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Dany Villanueva granted bail, other suspect dies of injuries after Montreal raid
Arrested in connection with a recent Montreal North drug raid that took a deadly turn, Dany Villanueva was granted bail and released on Monday until his eventual trial. Villanueva, who faces drug...
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B'nai Brith urges Laval police to investigate anti-Semitic graffiti more...
B’nai Brith is urging Laval police to investigate as a hate crime a spate of anti-Semitic graffiti last week that was sprayed on a number of houses, cars and on the walls of a park chalet in the...
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Arson fire tears through Candi Bar on Plateau Mont-Royal
The Plateau-Mont-Royal’s Candi Bar had been closed for barely two hours when someone hurled a Molotov cocktail through its front window early Monday morning. An employee was inside shortly after 5...
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English version of Parizeau's prepared 1995 Yes win speech released
Quebec is standing tall and the world should make space for the new country, the late premier Jacques Parizeau said in a speech prepared in the event of a Yes victory in the 1995 sovereignty...
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Quebec sets aside $16 million for new $800-million hospital in Vaudreuil
The Quebec government has announced it will set aside $16 million to acquire land and develop clinical plans for a new $800-million regional hospital in Vaudreuil-Dorion. Quebec Health Minister Gaétan...
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Moratorium on Pierrefonds West development fails to pass
A motion to impose a moratorium on the Pierrefonds West housing development failed to gain support, voted down 3-2 at the Pierrefonds borough council meeting Monday night. The motion, presented by Vrai...
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Kayaker plucked from frigid waters of Rivière-des-Prairies
Montreal firefighters and police executed a dramatic water rescue in Rivière-des-Prairies on March 27. Two friends in their 20s had taken their kayaks out for an early-evening tour off the tip of Parc...
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Three arrests following Reno-Dépôt heist
Police were alerted after a passer-by noticed hooded men dressed in black moving back and forth between the woods and the west entrance to the Reno-Dépôt in Pointe-Claire in the middle of the night...
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Woman who impersonated nurse at Lakeshore General fined $40,000
It doesn’t appear any patients were harmed by a woman who impersonated a nurse at the Lakeshore General Hospital in Pointe-Claire and Jean-Talon Hospital in late 2009, according to the Quebec Order of...
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Kirkland adopts stricter pesticide, lawn-care bylaws
Kirkland has banned a class of insecticides linked to the death of honey bees. The bylaw prohibiting the use of various insecticides included in the neonicotinoid family of pesticides was tabled last...
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