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• Inside the new Montreal exhibition celebrating Inuit art

  08-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Uummaqutik: essence of life at the Montreal Museum of Fine Arts (MMFA) features works from 70 Inuit artists. Over the next five years, it will present a rotation of about 120 works.
  
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• About Last Night: Stronger effort from the Habs but they still lose

  08-11-2024 11:50 via montrealgazette.com
  
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• ‘Fearless’ 3-year-old cancer survivor gifted Taylor Swift tickets to Toronto

  08-11-2024 11:00 via globalnews.ca
  
  Chiara Langton of Île-Perrot, Que. has been in remission from leukemia and her mother has been trying desperately to get her daughter, a big Swiftie, to a Taylor Swift concert.
  
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• Veterans will soon get free year-round parking in Quebec City

  08-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Mayor Bruno Marchand will soon make good on one of his election promises by offering free parking in the streets of Quebec City for veterans. It begins in the spring of 2025.
  
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• Plastic mulch extends Quebec's growing season. Some residents worry it's polluting the region

  08-11-2024 10:00 via cbc.ca
  
  Saguenay–Lac-Saint-Jean farmers are in disagreement with some of their neighbours over the future of plastic mulch in the region. This comes after a study found potential health harms that can come with its use.
  
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• Canadiens lose 5-3 to Devils as rebuild takes another step backwards

  08-11-2024 05:13 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Year 3 of The Rebuild for the Canadiens isn't going the way management and head coach Martin St. Louis hoped it would. Read More
  
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• Analysis: Quebec keeps moving the goal posts on health care

  08-11-2024 04:01 via montrealgazette.com
  
  It's a goal that has bedevilled the Coalition Avenir Québec government ever since it took power in October 2018: how to ensure that every person in the province has a family doctor. Read More
  
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• Call of the Wilde: Canadiens fall to New Jersey 5-3, but Montreal’s rebuild continues

  08-11-2024 03:53 via globalnews.ca
  
  Heading into New Jersey on Thursday night, the Montreal Canadiens had won only four of their first 13 games. It isn’t just the losses that are discouraging. Montreal has the worst differential in the league, allowing 18 more goals than they have scored. They added to that total with a 5-3 loss to the Devils....
  
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• Unions say Quebec report's suggested savings for transit agencies come at their expense

  08-11-2024 03:18 via montrealgazette.com
  
  Unions were sounding the alarm on Thursday after a government-commissioned report analyzing the province's transit networks suggested more privatization could lead to cost savings. Read More
  
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• Quebec's transit authorities could save $350M per year, according to audit

  08-11-2024 02:02 via cbc.ca
  
  Subcontracting bus drivers from the private sector, expanding transit-on-demand models, shrinking vehicle reserves and pooling resources are among the top recommendations made by consulting firm Raymond Chabot Grant Thornton.
  
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• Worker fatally crushed by tonne of steel coils in Pointe-Claire metal factory

  08-11-2024 00:57 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A 37-year-old man was fatally crushed under one tonne of steel coils in Pointe-Claire in what Montreal police describe as a workplace accident. Read More
  
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• Habs liveblog: With help from Jack Hughes it's 4-2 Devils in third

  08-11-2024 00:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is another crucial game for the Montreal Canadiens, with gusts up to must-win. The Habs will be at the Prudential Center in beautiful Newark, N.J., to face-off against the New Jersey Devils (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS) who are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the Metropolitan Division. Montreal is in a familiar place, in last place in the Atlantic Division. Read More
  
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• Habs liveblog: Near end of second period, it's 3-1 for the Devils

  08-11-2024 00:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is another crucial game for the Montreal Canadiens, with gusts up to must-win. The Habs will be at the Prudential Center in beautiful Newark, N.J., to face-off against the New Jersey Devils (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS) who are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the Metropolitan Division. Montreal is in a familiar place, in last place in the Atlantic Division. Read More
  
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• Habs liveblog: It's a fifth straight loss with Devils beating Habs

  08-11-2024 00:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is another crucial game for the Montreal Canadiens, with gusts up to must-win. The Habs will be at the Prudential Center in beautiful Newark, N.J., to face-off against the New Jersey Devils (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS) who are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the Metropolitan Division. Montreal is in a familiar place, in last place in the Atlantic Division. Read More
  
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• Habs liveblog: Canadiens face New Jersey Devils hoping to end losing streak

  08-11-2024 00:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is another crucial game for the Montreal Canadiens, with gusts up to must-win. The Habs will be at the Prudential Center in beautiful Newark, N.J., to face-off against the New Jersey Devils (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS) who are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the Metropolitan Division. Montreal is in a familiar place, in last place in the Atlantic Division. Read More
  
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• Habs liveblog: Battle in Jersey, it's 4-3 in third after Newhook goal

  08-11-2024 00:25 via montrealgazette.com
  
  At the risk of sounding like a broken record, this is another crucial game for the Montreal Canadiens, with gusts up to must-win. The Habs will be at the Prudential Center in beautiful Newark, N.J., to face-off against the New Jersey Devils (7 p.m., TSN2, RDS) who are currently in a three-way tie for first place in the Metropolitan Division. Montreal is in a familiar place, in last place in the Atlantic Division. Read More
  
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• Inuk man shot dead by police a victim of systemic racism: Crown-Indigenous minister

  08-11-2024 00:03 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The killing of an Inuk man by police earlier this week in Quebec's Far North is an example of systemic racism, Canada's minister for Crown-Indigenous relations said Thursday. Read More
  
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• Investigators arrive in Salluit, Que., after fatal police shooting

  07-11-2024 23:39 via cbc.ca
  
  Federal politicians are also paying tribute as independent investigators arrive in the northern village, three days after a fatal police shooting.
  
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• Union says talks to resume as bitter B.C. port work stoppage drags on

  07-11-2024 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal labour minister says there's a "concerning lack of urgency" to resolve port disputes in British Columbia and Montreal and the parties need to reach agreements quickly.
  
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• Labour minister decries ‘lack of urgency’ in resolving B.C., Montreal port disputes

  07-11-2024 23:17 via globalnews.ca
  
  The federal labour minister says there's a "concerning lack of urgency" to resolve port disputes in British Columbia and Montreal and the parties need to reach agreements quickly.
  
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• Quebec health minister admits province falls short on waiting lists for surgery and ER wait times

  07-11-2024 23:10 via cbc.ca
  
  The Opposition at Quebec's National Assembly said Thursday the CAQ government is letting down Quebecers by failing to meet its targets on reducing wait lists for surgeries
  
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• Old Port New Year’s Eve party returns as part of Montreal’s downtown winter festivities

  07-11-2024 23:08 via cbc.ca
  
  The city has several outdoor activities, festivities and exhibits planned for this winter, including a celebration that has been on hiatus since the COVID-19 pandemic.
  
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• PWHL unveils game jerseys with new team names, logos

  07-11-2024 22:56 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The Professional Women's Hockey League has revealed the jersey designs for its six newly named teams. Read More
  
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• Quebec man’s acquittal in 1978 double murder ‘historic and exceptional,’ lawyer says

  07-11-2024 22:04 via globalnews.ca
  
  Claude Paquin was first convicted of the murders in 1983, his appeal was unsuccessful, and he served 18 years in detention before being granted parole.
  
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• Crown seeks 10-year sentence for trucker who killed four people in Laval crash

  07-11-2024 21:56 via montrealgazette.com
  
  A Crown prosecutor argued Thursday that Jagmeet Grewal knew he was "a ticking time bomb" when the truck he was driving in Laval five years ago crashed into several vehicles and killed four people. Read More
  
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• A Montreal university closed its human rights think-tank. Advocates say it's a 'baffling' move

  07-11-2024 21:55 via cbc.ca
  
  A Montreal university shut down a think-tank devoted to studying genocide, citing financial strain and a lack of academic impact, but some human rights advocates say it's making a mistake.
  
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• Rights of special-needs children were violated at Laval centre: report

  07-11-2024 21:32 via montrealgazette.com
  
  An investigation into Le Jardin Unit of the Laval CISSS found that several special-needs youth at the residence were exposed to situations that compromised their security and integrity between March and November 2023. Read More
  
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• Pierrefonds-Roxboro mayor hopes to revive plan to build urban boulevard to REM

  07-11-2024 21:20 via montrealgazette.com
  
  The borough of Pierrefonds-Roxboro is hoping a change at City Hall will revive a project killed by the Plante administration to build an urban boulevard through the western part of the borough. Read More
  
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• Health minister wants all Quebecers to have access to a health professional by 2026

  07-11-2024 21:19 via globalnews.ca
  
  The proportion of Quebecers with access to a family doctor dropped from 82 per cent in 2019 to 73 per cent in 2023, according to the province's statistics agency.
  
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• Robert Libman: Trudeau has reason to be worried about Trump's win

  07-11-2024 20:49 via montrealgazette.com
  
  After Trump’s surprisingly decisive victory this week, many north of the border are asking how this could have happened, among other questions. How will Canada be affected? What parallels are there with the political dynamic here, as we go to the polls next year? How will Prime Minister Justin Trudeau get along with Trump this time? Read More
  
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