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Suspicious fire destroys strip club, motel in Rivière-Beaudette
A strip club and a motel were completely destroyed Saturday morning by a fire that appears to have been deliberately set in Rivière-Beaudette, on the Quebec-Ontario border near the St. Lawrence River....
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Man arrested after ex, two others stabbed in eastern Montreal
Montreal police are investigating an armed assault that happened around 10 a.m. Saturday in Rivière-des-Prairies. According to initial information available, a man attacked his former partner and two...
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Trudeau says Bombardier negotiations continue, enthusiastic about Montreal...
MONTREAL — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau praised Bombardier’s CSeries as an “exceptional airplane” on Saturday but would not hint whether his government plans to invest federal money in the...
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Police investigating two attempted murders
Montreal police are investigating two attempted murders in separate incidents overnight. Both victims are male and were shot in the upper body. A 30-year-old man was hit with at least one bullet...
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Celine Cooper: The Canadian government's feminism should be better reflected...
The Liberal Party of Canada has officially made feminism a centrepiece of their political brand. Their latest fundraising campaign includes stickers with the slogan I am a Feminist (Like My PM)....
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Elder abuse: Pilot project leads to better intervention training for Montreal...
BY MORGAN LOWRIE Montreal police are implementing a new model to train officers to combat elder abuse and are hoping to share the results of their research with other Canadian law-enforcement agencies....
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Monday Calendar: May 2-8, 2016
Monday, May 2 Osama bin Laden died five years ago today. Former Desjardins president Monique Leroux takes office as chair of Investissement Québec. Ste-Catherine St. closes to traffic for the summer at...
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Squeaky Wheels: White flashing lights inside red lights are to alert...
Q: I have noticed in a few places across the city where the red light also “flashes” like the flash from a camera (for example, at Rockland Rd. at Dunbar Avenue). What does this flashing light mean? I...
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Six-year-old boy in critical condition after being struck by truck
A six-year-old boy is in critical condition in hospital after he was struck by a pickup truck while riding his bicycle in Côte-St-Paul. The truck driver was coming out of an alley when he struck the...
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Volunteers help clean up Mount Royal for the 25th year
Hundreds of volunteers spent Sunday morning picking up litter on Mount Royal as part of the annual clean up organized by Les amis de la montagne. For the 25th year in a row, Les Amis de la Montagne...
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Montreal police use tear gas to disperse anti-capitalist demonstrators, more...
Montreal police clashed with anti-capitalist protesters in downtown Montreal Sunday afternoon, forcing some stores to temporarily lock their doors and sending shoppers fleeing from smoke bombs and tear...
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Analysis: Midway through their mandate, embattled Quebec Liberals ride an...
QUEBEC — The idea made the rounds of the political chattering class for several days: Premier Michael Sabia. Crazy talk? For sure. On the other hand … After Sabia’s announcement April 21 that the...
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Robert Milot elected mayor of Ste-Adèle
Robert Milot, the new mayor of Ste-Adèle. Robert Milot was elected mayor of Ste-Adèle on Sunday in a partial election called after the community’s former mayor stepped down, along with two councillors...
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Timeline of memorable moments in PKP's political career
May 2, 2016 — Pierre Karl Péladeau announces he’s resigning as leader of the opposition Parti Québécois and leaving politics two weeks shy of his one-year anniversary as leader and just over two years...
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Dorval's so-called 'ramps to nowhere' to be completed by fall 2017
The two so-called ramps to nowhere off Highway 20 in Dorval will be completed by the fall of 2017. The announcement was made during a technical briefing by Transport Quebec on Monday. Work on the two...
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West-end borough announces which roads to be repaved this year
The borough of Côte-des-Neiges–Notre-Dame-de-Grâce announced on Monday which street sections it will repave using a $17-million roadwork budget this year. The borough says the budget, which will allow...
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Ville-Marie, Champlain closures this weekend
It will be a difficult weekend for the region’s motorists as part of the Ville-Marie Expressway, and half the Champlain Bridge will be closed for construction. The Ville-Marie will be completely closed...
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Péladeau stuns political world, steps down for family reasons
The choice was politics or family, and family won out. Pierre Karl Péladeau stunned the political world Monday by putting an early end to his short and at-times tumultuous leadership of the Parti...
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Slumlord's family sells buildings
The family of a notorious Montreal landlord who died in December has sold three of the apartment buildings that were the object of tenant complaints and interventions by the city. Claudio Di...
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Value of taxi licences down in Montreal area after Uber's first full year
Values of taxi licences took a hit in the Montreal region last year, the first full year calculated since the emergence of Uber as a competitor. Data provided Monday by the Commission des transports du...
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