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Activists groups make demands ahead of Montreal North byelection
Ahead of Sunday’s mayoral byelection in Montreal North, black activists groups are calling on candidates to commit to changes they deem necessary to improve race relations in the borough. Standing...
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Nathalie Normandeau, six co-accused to return to court in July
Former Quebec deputy premier Nathalie Normandeau and six co-accused were represented by their lawyers in court in Quebec City on Wednesday on charges of influence trafficking in the granting of public...
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Bicycle safety measures for city underpasses to be completed by 2017
The city of Montreal released its plans to make its underpasses more secure for cyclists in the wake of the death of Mathilde Blais in April 2014. An experienced rider, Blais was killed when she was...
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4/20: Thousands celebrate cannabis culture in Montreal and other Canadian cities
Rapping, drums and smoke, lots of smoke, were all part of the festive vibe at Mount Royal Park — the site of the weekly Tam-Tams — in Montreal Wednesday afternoon as at least 1,000 people marked 4/20,...
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Job cuts avoided by new money, CSDM says
The Conseil Scolaire de Montréal (CSDM) said Wednesday it should be able to retain “the vast majority” of positions and services at risk as a result of new discussions with the provincial government...
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Researchers will battle beetle with fungus
The emerald ash borer, a beetle from Asia now taking a destructive toll on Canadian ash trees, is about to get a taste of its own medicine. In a pilot project this summer in Ontario and Quebec,...
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Fire quickly doused at Jeanne Mance pavilion of Hôtel-Dieu Hospital
A fire in an auditorium in the Jeanne Mance pavilion of the Hôtel-Dieu Hospital on St-Urbain St. was quickly brought under control by Montreal firefighters Wednesday afternoon. The call came in at 3:47...
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De-radicalization crusader stuck in France after Canada seizes her passport
Under normal circumstances Christianne Boudreau might be in Berlin right now, or back home in Calgary, giving another talk to high school students on the reality of life under the Islamic State and how...
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Man dies after he and a child found unconscious in hotel pool
A 36-year-old man and 2-year-old boy were rushed to hospital Wednesday after being found unconscious in the pool of a Montreal hotel. The man later died in hospital, while the child was listed in...
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Two men killed in crash in Montérégie
Two men died Wednesday when their vehicle left the road crashing into a field in Saint-Anicet, in the Montérégie. The Sûreté du Québec was alerted around 5 p.m. When the SQ arrived on Chemin des...
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McGill student's Montreal gallery slides back and forth in time
A lot of things have changed in Montreal in the past 100 years. And a lot of things have barely changed at all. That’s something that struck Conor Nickerson as he photographed modern-day cityscapes and...
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Montreal program to combat elder abuse will go nationwide
It was about 4 a.m. on a November night in 2015 when the police officer patrolling Ville Émard noticed a man in his ’70s taking money out of a bank machine, accompanied by a young woman. Something...
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Judicial council recommends Quebec judge not be removed from bench
A Quebec Superior Court justice should be allowed to return to the bench, the Canadian Judicial Council has concluded following a probe into serious allegations. The recommendation regarding the fate...
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Accident prompts calls for investigation of calèche industry
Montreal is looking at all its options, including shutting down its calèche industry, in the wake of another incident with one of its horse-drawn carriages. A horse that got away from its owner was...
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Crown asks for seven-year sentences for STM bus driver attackers
Lorena Rivas was driving to work one morning three years ago when she heard the news on the radio: three men had severely beaten a Montreal bus driver, leaving him in a coma. She’d find out later that...
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Two-year-old boy on life support after father drowns in Montreal hotel pool
Kim and Gregg Pierce cut short a family vacation to Montreal Thursday morning and drove back home to Haverhill, near Boston, one day earlier than they had planned. The couple and their two daughters...
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Advocates for jailed Saudi blogger Raif Badawi hold rally in Montreal
Canada needs to enhance its reputation as a defender of human rights and do more to free Raif Badawi, a spokeswoman for Amnesty International Canada said Thursday at a Montreal rally in support of the...
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Boshra: Thankfully, Prince's music will live on forever
“Michael or Prince?” If you were, as I was, a music-obsessed kid growing up in the 1980s, the answer to this seemingly innocuous question required considerable finesse, because your answer spoke to...
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Local environmental groups demand halt to green space development
Just in time for International Earth Day on Friday, local environment groups are calling on Montreal Mayor Denis Coderre to make a real commitment to preserving the remaining natural green space on the...
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Police searching for missing 55-year-old woman from Anjou
Montreal police are asking for help from the public in the disappearance of 55-year-old Geneviève Atsama. Atsama was last seen Wednesday at around 5 p.m., when she left her residence in Anjou to take a...
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