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10 Best Canadian Cities To Live In - A Piece of Travel
From the Atlantic provinces to Central Canada and the Rocky Mountains, you can enjoy many different experiences in these Canadian cities.
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Best restaurant in Montreal according to Tripadvisor does not exist
Le Nouveau Duluth enjoyed an incredible reputation on Tripadvisor – raising questions over online reviews
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Striped bass were once extinct in the St. Lawrence. Now they're back
With federally backed efforts to restore the St. Lawrence River taking effect, stripers — a popular trophy fish — are making a resurgence. Now Quebec and a provincial fishing organization are asking Ottawa to reassess the fish's endangered status.
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'Respect the penny': Montrealer scours city to find lost coins
If you lost a coin in Montreal's west end, there's a good chance it was picked up by Young S. New. But he didn't slip that coin in his pocket with the intent of spending it on himself — he picked it up so he could give it away. "It's not my money. I just found it on the street," said New, while expressing frustration with those who neglect coins.
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Montrealer finds forgotten lottery ticket worth $1.75 million in an old jacket
A Montreal man was cleaning out his wardrobe and readying some clothes for donation when he found a forgotten lottery ticket hidden in an old jacket — a ticket worth $1.75 million. Gregorio De Santis hadn't planned on cleaning out the wardrobe, but said his sister encouraged him to get the job done.
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Canadian heat wave claims a total of 12 lives in Montreal
Six more people have died in Montreal due to a heat wave, bringing to 12 the city’s total death toll from the extreme weather conditions that have gripped central and eastern Canada, health officials said on Wednesday. Montreal previously raised the city’s response level to “intervention” from “alert” after a spike in heat-related calls to the government’s health information line and for ambulances.
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No more religious exemptions: Montreal is taxing churches
Churches in Montreal are becoming concerned about hosting community groups after being hit with bills for municipal taxes. Joel Coppetiers, the Minister at the Cote des Neiges Presbyterian church, was shocked when his institution first received a municipal tax bill in early 2015. It was "the first indication that something had changed," said Coppetiers.
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Small Quebec village, sued for trying to protect its drinking water, wins legal battle
A small Quebec town that was facing a $1-million lawsuit from an oil-and-gas exploration company for trying to protect its own water has won its court battle and could see half of its legal fees reimbursed by the Montreal-based company. The municipality of Ristigouche-Sud-Est has been waiting on this decision from Quebec's Superior Court since August 2013, when Gastem sued the municipality of 157 people.
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No more religious exemptions: Montreal is taxing churches
Churches in Montreal are becoming concerned about hosting community groups after being hit with bills for municipal taxes. Joel Coppetiers, the Minister at the Cote des Neiges Presbyterian church, was shocked when his institution first received a municipal tax bill in early 2015. It was "the first indication that something had changed," said Coppetiers.
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Knitting group is a warm way to connect with Montreal's homeless
Gilles Chiasson knows all too well what it’s like to live on the streets of Montreal, fighting off frigid temperatures and feelings of social disconnection as people bustle about their busy lives around him, hardly sparing a glance. While it has been many years since he last slept on a sidewalk, Chiasson hasn’t forgotten the icy loneliness. Now he is looking to reach out to the homeless people of Montreal, offering warmth for both the body and the heart.
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Jehovah's Witness, 14, ordered to receive blood transfusion despite beliefs
The McGill University Health Centre has been authorized to perform blood transfusions to treat a 14-year-old girl with cancer, despite her refusal because it goes against her beliefs as a Jehovah's Witness. In a ruling issued earlier this month, Superior Court Justice Lukasz Granosik concluded that it is lawful to protect a child, sometimes even against their own wishes, when their decision can be fatal or irreversibly alter their lives.
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Montreal amusement park yanks carousel horse with Indigenous man's severed head
Montreal's La Ronde amusement park says it has removed a carousel horse depicting an Indigenous man's severed head in a bag. The move comes after several complaints, including one by a resident of the Kahnawake Mohawk reserve near Montreal who shared a photo of it online this week. Jessica Hernandez said she'd heard about its existence and saw it during a visit to the popular park Wednesday.
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Montreal turns stadium into welcome centre for asylum seekers from US
A recent surge in asylum seekers arriving from the United States has prompted Canadian authorities to open a temporary welcome centre in one of Montreal’s best-known landmarks. Since the start of the year, the numbers of asylum seekers entering Canada from the US has soared. More than 4,000 of them – many of them driven by fears of Donald Trump’s crackdown on immigrants – have entered Canada at remote, unguarded locations along the border.
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'Amazing change' for Montreal homeless men taking part in urban beekeeping program
Accueil Bonneau, a local group that offers a drop-in day centre and variety of services for homeless men, partnered with Montreal urban beekeeping company Alvéole four years ago.
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No more religious exemptions: Montreal is taxing churches
Churches in Montreal are becoming concerned about hosting community groups after being hit with bills for municipal taxes. Joel Coppetiers, the Minister at the Cote des Neiges Presbyterian church, was shocked when his institution first received a municipal tax bill in early 2015. It was "the first indication that something had changed," said Coppetiers.
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1 dead, 3 injured after planes collide above shopping centre on Montreal's South Shore
One person is dead and three others are injured after two small Cessna 152 planes collided in mid-air in Saint-Bruno on Montreal's South Shore, according to Quebec Public Security Minister Martin Coiteux. The crash occurred above the Promenades Saint-Bruno shopping centre shortly before 1 p.m. Friday. Police said one of the planes landed in the shopping centre's parking lot, the other on the roof. Police said they do not yet know the cause of the crash, adding that weather conditions were clear.
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This Massive Slow Motion Pile Up in Montreal Is Mesmerizing
Busses, cars, police, plows. Nothing can tame this quebecois slope!
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De plus en plus d'enfants aveugles?
Alors que les enfants ont des problèmes de vision de plus en plus tôt, ils risquent d'être atteints de myopie très grave avant même l'âge adulte. D'ailleurs, l'Organisation mondiale de la santé (OMS) reconnaît maintenant que la myopie peut entraîner la cécité. Si la génétique est en cause, la surutilisation des écrans et le peu de temps passé à jouer dehors sont de nouveaux facteurs en jeu. Comment freiner cette progression ?
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Un Montréalais à la rescousse des esclaves sexuelles de l'EI
Steve Maman, un homme d'affaires montréalais, a lancé une campagne de financement pour libérer des esclaves sexuelles des griffes du groupe armé État islamique (EI). Ce vendeur de voitures a été inspiré par Oskar Schindler, qui avait sauvé 1200 juifs pendant la Deuxième Guerre mondiale, et dit avoir déjà réussi à libérer 128 enfants en huit mois.
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Les partis d'opposition ont pris position sur le bâillon des scientifiques | Élections fédérales
Même s'il n'est pas directement débattu au cours de la campagne électorale, le bâillonnement des scientifiques du gouvernement fédéral a fait l'objet de promesses de la part des trois partis d'opposition.
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