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City buses, police vehicle and salt truck collide on slippery roads in Montreal this morning. Submitted by Willem Shepherd.
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A stretch of Highway 40 in Repentigny is closed after the back of a semi-trailer truck carrying canola seed slammed into a pedestrian overpass.
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Montreal model and artist known as Zombie Boy dead at 32
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"We've become too loud for people to handle, so they try to silence us. So we should take that as a compliment," says Greta Thunberg on why she draws the ire of politicians — from Trump to Bernier. #climatestrike #climatestrikecanada #MarchePourLeClimat #marcheclimat #Montreal
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Monday he isn't apologizing for calling a woman racist at an event in Quebec last week.
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Playing pick-up with a champion: Sidney Crosby surprises Quebec teen at local hockey rink
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Greta Thunberg: "I'm very excited to be here and it's going to be very much fun to once again stand together, people from all around the world, for one cause." #climatestrikecanada #montreal
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BREAKING: The McGill Redmen are changing their name. A student-led campaign argued it was hurtful to Indigenous students
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Snowy owl spotted soaring on Montreal traffic camera:
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The morning after his re-election, Justin Trudeau was out early shaking hands and taking selfies at the Jarry Metro station in his Papineau riding. #elxn43 #cdnpoli
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Farmers dumped corn on the steps of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's constituency office in Montreal on Monday morning, to demand the government do something about the propane shortage caused by the CN Rail strike.
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"Kids, they love me. They don't even notice that you have a veil … it's how you teach," says substitute teacher and education student Chahira Battou. She says the province will lose much-needed teachers if the secularism bill passes. #polqc #cdnpoli
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Montreal police confirm a crocodile was spotted crossing the street in Villeray on Sunday afternoon, after it escaped from a van parked nearby.
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@pabloalboran warming up in the @cbcdaybreak studio this week.
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Quebec City mosque president Boufeldja Benabdallah said news of the Christchurch shooting brings "indescribable pain" to those who lost families in the 2017 shooting at his mosque. "We need to change. The world cannot continue like this," he said. More:
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A humpback whale is swimming in the St. Lawrence River in Montreal
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This veterinarian patrols the streets of Montreal offering services to homeless pets.
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A Montreal area couple has been watching with disbelief as a man they say owes them thousands of dollars for renovation work that was never done takes on a leadership role in the ongoing protest in Ottawa.
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Hillary and Bill Clinton spotted shopping in Quebec's Eastern Townships
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Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says "we will keep fighting everyday for a better world" by raising women to not be afraid and men to be feminists and allies. #dec6
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#MUHC Tech: See how the pneumatic tube system will work at the new super hospital. We'll have a LIVE tour at 5:55. http://t.co/PDZm5ZAJ5K
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There's a secret chamber off the cave in Saint-Leonard that is thousands of years old. But the chamber was only discovered in October. Our @jbernstien got a tour today.
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Montreal roads were so icy today that one man managed to skate home. Video shot in Villeray by Zachary Trépanier:
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A massive anti-racism march is moving through downtown Montreal's major streets, first along Ste-Catherine Street, then north on St-Laurent Boulevard, then west again on Sherbrooke Street.
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Superbowl champ @LaurentDTardif gave a heartfelt speech today at @McGillu thanking the university for helping him find a way to complete his studies while playing in the NFL. He said he's living proof that academics and athletics can be done together "at the highest level."
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Young Montreal Canadiens fan Anderson Whitehead was reduced to tears when he was reunited with Habs goalie Carey Price onstage during the NHL awards gala. Read more:
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Governor General Julie Payette speaks about how she was studying to become an engineer when 14 other women were killed in Montreal for doing the same thing on Dec. 6, 1989. "I chose to become an engineer … like my sisters who died in Polytechnique 30 years ago. #dec6
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Adam Sandler makes surprise cameo in Montreal couple's wedding photos
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'A huge class': McGill graduates 40 students from Indigenous language and literacy program
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Greta Thunberg says young people must act today because of the failure of previous generations. She's capping off a day where hundreds of thousands of people marched through Montreal to demand action on climate change. #climatestrike #climatestrikecanada #MarchePourLeClimat
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McGill student athlete Tomas Jirousek says he is feeling "elation" and "relief" after the university decided to change the name of the Redmen. Jirousek, who is from the Kainai First Nation in southern Alberta, has been campaigning for over a year for the school to #changethename
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Montreal Canadiens request increased capacity for home playoff games
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Happy birthday Montreal. You look pretty good for 377.
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CBC/Radio-Canada's drone team captured some incredible footage of the humpback whale hanging out in the St. Lawrence River in front of Montreal's Old Port. As always, the team acquired all necessary permissions to film and followed all safety protocols when operating the drone.
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Montreal unveils new flag recognizing Indigenous peoples
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Watch footage captured by the CBC/Radio-Canada drone team of protesters approaching Dorchester Square in Montreal.
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Hudson's Bay pulling Ivanka Trump clothing line due to lack of sales
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The playoffs only start Wednesday but #Habs goalie Carey Price already has his defences up, turning away all question the media threw at him
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Saint Louis du Ha!Ha! gets Guinness World Record nod for its exclamation marks
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The YUL Pet Squad is helping travellers relax at Montreal's Trudeau International Airport.
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'If we do not protect Mother Earth, Mother Earth will not protect us' Indigenous youth leader Cédric Gray-Lehoux says elders and knowledge keepers have been sounding the alarm about the environment for a long time. #climatestrike #climatestrikecanada #MarchePourLeClimat
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Former #Habs defenceman P.K. #Subban make a few jokes about the trade that sent him to Nashville tonight at #JFL
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As she turns 100, 'there's no stopping' trailblazing Montreal neuroscientist Brenda Milner
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Montrealers call for Lionel-Groulx metro station to be renamed after Oscar Peterson
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"My jersey might change, but what I support will always stay the same." P.K. Subban at the @mtlchildrens
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Mixed doubles with @serenawilliams or @Venuseswilliams ? Play #JohnMcEnroe or argue w/him? @DGelevan plays "Would you rather" w/ @denis_shapo :
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"Our life on the road is like a reality show no one is filming" - @JohnMayer We'd watch that. #JFLMTL #comedy #dynamicduo
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"I think I won my battle" @didierdrogba reflects on his time in the @MLS & says his goodbyes to Montreal & Impact fans #IMFC
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A man has been arrested and Father Claude Grou, rector of the oratory, was taken away by ambulance, according to Céline Barbeau, director of communications for the oratory. Urgences-Santé says he was conscious when he was transported by ambulance. More:
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Ultimate hockey dad Karl Subban is cheering on two sons on two teams in the Stanley Cup Playoffs
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Quebec to ban sale of new gas-powered vehicles as of 2035
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Proud father and former Bloc Québécois leader Gilles Duceppe congratulates his son Alexis Brunelle-Duceppe on his win in Lac-Saint-Jean. #elxn43 #cdnpoli
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A special ceremony was held at Notre-Dame Basilica in Montreal, where people gathered to pray for the Parisians whose cathedral was ravaged by fire yesterday.
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Watch this timelapse to see the Jacques Cartier Bridge light up with a rainbow.
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Update: The viral pony images were part of a hoax by a local television program.
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That is Toronto. 🤔
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Trudeau formally announces he'll run again in next year's election
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Quebec wants to ban face coverings for duration of any public service, including bus rides
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People's Party Leader Maxime Bernier has lost his seat in Beauce #elx43
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Emergency responders are working to get people out of their cars after a multi-vehicle pileup in La Prairie, Que. Provincial police say as many as 60 people have been injured. More:
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Mayor of Boston loses bet, Habs flag to fly in front of Boston City Hall http://t.co/in3z1w3Jw4 http://t.co/EPCOPkWgmP
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Oprah popped by a school in Montreal's Pierrefonds neighbourhood on Monday to surprise a teacher who promotes Oprah's words of wisdom in her class. Read more:
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NHL announces Wideman is suspended indefinitely Wideman says he saw linesman at last second & couldn't avoid him
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Just For Laughs founder Gilbert Rozon charged with sex-related crimes
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Mohamed Labidi once presided over the Quebec mosque where 6 men were killed last night: 'We were taken by surprise':
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200 attend Montreal solidarity rally against white nationalists in Charlottesville
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50,000 people march in Montreal to demand more climate action
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Quebecer Taran Singh says the government's secularism bill targets members of religious minorities who want to integrate, such as those who plan to work in the public sector. "It hurts," he says. "The first thing that it does is it hurts." #polqc #cdnpoli
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Canada's first face transplant: After a 2011 hunting accident, this Quebec man thought he'd live forever with half a face. Then a confident young surgeon made him an extraordinary offer.
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It's official. The top female chef in Italy is from Montreal's West Island
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Dominique Alain wants the owner of dogs that left her with serious injuries held criminally responsible for the attack. Twelve surgeries later, she is missing her tricep, her legs are still wrapped in bandages and she is going to physical therapy three times a week.
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Batman spotted helping Montrealers dig cars out of snow
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Oprah Winfrey visited a school in Montreal's Pierrefonds neighbourhood today. Find out why:
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"I'm one of the best defencemen in the league. I don't need anyone to tell me that. I know that" - P.K. Subban #Habs
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"He does not have a clue what the reality of an immigrant family is," says Liberal finance critic Carlos Leitão about Immigration Minister Simon Jolin-Barrette's plans to limit English services for newcomers. More: #polqc
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Canadian government considering gender-neutral ID
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"We're abandoned right now." Jin Xing, a 36-year-old drafting student, says that students who came to Quebec to build a life here are having their lives upended as the province plans to reform the Quebec experience program. More: #polqc
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Montreal's Amherst Street has been renamed Atateken Street, which denotes the idea equality among people in Kanien'kéha, the Mohawk language. Here's how to pronounce it.
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Paramedic who was first responder at mosque shooting dies by suicide
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Missed the historic climate march today? Check out this timelapse of the protest as seen from above. Read more:
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A record number of migrating songbirds were recorded at the Tadoussac bird observatory in Eastern Quebec this week. Here, they even make their mark on a fishing boat!
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Polar bear surprises Quebec zoo workers by giving birth in captivity
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Violent arrest of young black man by Laval police leads to yet more calls for police reform
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Two plainclothes officers handcuffed a Black man at a Montreal shopping district Thursday while they investigated him for car theft, but once they determined he was in fact the car's owner, they couldn't release him because they had no keys for the cuffs.
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