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10 hrs ago | CJAD

R.I.P. lower main

A group of community artist is organizing a symbolic funeral to protest against the Tremblay administration's decision to demolish the Lower Main - an area in downtown Montreal registered as a National Historic Site.

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Thu May 24, 2012

Montreal Gazette

180,000 people join class-action suit related to 2004 toxic gas release

At about 9:30 p.m. on August 9, 2004, a piece of equipment at the Zinc electrolytique du Canada Ltee plant broke, and a 5.95-tonne cloud of sulphur trioxide gas was released from a 180-foot high chimney.

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Mon May 21, 2012

Examiner.com

Montenegros: The Best of Dive Bars

We all have that one go-to dive bar, that wonderfully cheap hole-in-the-wall with the great vibe that we inevitably end up at at the end ofA every long night.

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Sun May 20, 2012

The McGill Daily

Seven-hour march debuts resistance to "special law"

In the face of a series of government legislation cracking down on protest rights and threatening their 14-week student strike, several thousand demonstrators marched through downtown Montreal for almost seven hours Friday night.

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Sat May 19, 2012

Globe and Mail

Forget tuition fees: If anything calls for a riot, it's Harper's stealth governace

Want to hear a pitch for a movie? It's sort of a 3-D sequel to Terry Gilliam's Brazil , except twice as weird and four times as depressing.

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Fri May 18, 2012

CBC News

Montreal protest declared illegal after Molotov cocktails

As many as 10,000 people showed up for Friday's nightly protest, which took an abrupt turn after Molotov cocktails were thrown.

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Metro Moncton News

Montreal protest declared illegal after Molotov cocktail

Authorities cracked down on thousands of protesters flooding downtown Montreal near the Berri-UQAM metro station after Molotov cocktails were thrown.

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Canada NewsWire

Technoparc Montr al officially launches the future

This 20 acre campus, whose scale is unprecedented in An estimated 70,000 m2 of office and workshop space will be built in six to eight buildings.

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Fri May 11, 2012

Montreal Gazette

Smoke-bomb suspects turn themselves in

It was business as usual Friday at the city's metro stations a day after smoke bombs in at least three stations caused morning rush-hour chaos.

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Furniture Today

Ikea building its largest North American store in Montreal

Ikea Canada has begun the expansion of one of its two stores here in North America's largest French-speaking city, which when completed in summer 2013 will be the company's largest outlet in North America with 469,694 square feet of retail space.

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Wed May 09, 2012

The Montreal Gazette

Police remind cyclists, drivers: Follow the rules

As the warm weather draws more pedestrians and cyclists outside, Montreal police are reminding them and drivers about basic rules, like stopping at a red light.

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Tue May 08, 2012

CJAD

Montreal invests $10 million in bicycle paths

During summer festivals around the Quartier des Spectacles, the bike path on de Maisonneuve West will be temporarily diverted from St.

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Montreal Gazette

City trucks retrofitted to protect pedestrians

Ville St. Laurent mayor Alan DeSouza and Jessica Holman-Price stand beside a city truck Tuesday that has been retrofitted to prevent pedestrians from slipping underneath.

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CJAD

St. Laurent installs sideguards on heavy trucks

A Montreal borough is improving the safety of its heavy trucks in the wake of a tragedy that occurred in 2005.

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Mon May 07, 2012

CJAD

Student displeasure with government offers

Several schools have rejected the government's offer on the weekend that was supposed to have been the beginning of the end of the student strike and protests.

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Sat May 05, 2012

The Raw Story

106 arrested in violent protest outside Quebec's liberal party HQ

The government of the French-speakingA province of QuebecA andstudent groupsA clinched a roadmap agreement Saturday to put an end to 12 weeks of oftenA violent protestsA over tuition hikes, officials said.

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Vancouver Sun

Victoriaville riots: Quebec protester in hospital with 'life-threatening' injuries

An SQ riot riot police officer throws a gas grenade during demonstrations outside the convention of the Quebec Liberal Party in Victoriaville May 4. VICTORIAVILLE, Que.

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Thu May 03, 2012

Montreal Gazette

Protesters thumb their noses at injunctions

Teachers and students at CEGEP St. Laurent read a declaration during an anti-tuition hike protest at the school in Montreal, Monday April 30, 2012.

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Examiner.com

Montreal Taxi Drivers React After Arrest of Colleague

In the early morning hours of Sunday April 29th 2012, a 49 year old Hatian born Montreal cabbie by the name of Guercy Edmond was officially charged with one count of "hit-and-run causing injury", one count of "dangerous driving", one count of "aggravated assault" and one count of "assault with a weapon", - the weapon being his vehicule / taxi.A The ... (more)

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Wed May 02, 2012

Examiner.com

Cabbie in alleged hit-and-run gets bail

A judge has granted bail to a Montreal taxi driver facing several charges afterA a confrontation and alleged hit-and-runA in the Plateau Mont Royal boroughA on the weekend caught on cellphone video and seen by thousands of people on YouTube and in the media.

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