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No 'magic solution' to Montreal homeless cohabitation issues, consultation hears

No 'magic solution' to Montreal homeless cohabitation issues, consultation hears

MONTREAL — There is no magic solution to homelessness, Montreal's public consultation office heard Monday as it began a series of hearings on how the city can more successfully integrate services for vulnerable people into neighbourhoods.
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Man dead after he is found in snow-covered car with engine running in Montreal

Man dead after he is found in snow-covered car with engine running in Montreal

MONTREAL — A Quebec coroner will investigate the death of a 57-year-old man found inside a snow-covered vehicle with its engine running, after two major snowstorms hit the city over four days. Montreal police Const.
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Antonine Maillet, author and proud raconteur of the Acadian people, dead at 95

Antonine Maillet, author and proud raconteur of the Acadian people, dead at 95

MONTREAL — Antonine Maillet — novelist, playwright, and proud Acadian — has died at the age of 95. Her publisher, Leméac, announced the news Monday on social media, saying the author had died overnight at her home in Montreal.
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Alexandre Da Rocha, Canada's newly appointed women's futsal coach, looking for talent

Alexandre Da Rocha, Canada's newly appointed women's futsal coach, looking for talent

Alexandre Da Rocha has a busy schedule ahead. As the newly named, first-ever Canadian women’s futsal coach, Da Rocha has to hold ID camps and choose a roster ahead of the inaugural CONCACAF Women’s Futsal Championship in late April in Guatemala.
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Central Arkansas visits Queens after Colimerio's 20-point showing

Central Arkansas Bears (7-20, 3-11 ASUN) at Queens Royals (16-11, 9-5 ASUN) Charlotte, North Carolina; Tuesday, 7 p.m. EST BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Royals -14.5; over/under is 145.
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Canadian national anthem booed, but only lightly, at 4 Nations hockey tournament

Canadian national anthem booed, but only lightly, at 4 Nations hockey tournament

BOSTON (AP) — The Canadian national anthem was booed, though somewhat tepidly, by the fans at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Monday — apparent payback for the jeering of “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the opening rounds in Montreal last week.
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Quebec's St-Georges upsets Manitoba's Einarson in Scotties Tournament of Hearts

Quebec's St-Georges upsets Manitoba's Einarson in Scotties Tournament of Hearts

THUNDER BAY, Ont. — Quebec's Laurie St-Georges contributed to gridlock at the Scotties Tournament of Hearts by handing four-time Canadian champion Kerri Einarson a first loss Monday.
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'Holy snow, Batman!': Ontario, Quebec residents dig out after major weekend snowfall

'Holy snow, Batman!': Ontario, Quebec residents dig out after major weekend snowfall

A winter storm that blanketed much of Ontario and Quebec this weekend has tapered off, but the cleanup will take more than one week in Montreal and up to three weeks in Toronto, officials in both cities said Monday.
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Take precautions for your heart while snow shoveling, cardiovascular experts say

Take precautions for your heart while snow shoveling, cardiovascular experts say

TORONTO — Bev Gilbert was thinking about his heart as he and his wife dug their daughter's car out of its snow prison on a Toronto side street.
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Canadian national anthem booed, but only lightly, at 4 Nations hockey tournament

BOSTON (AP) — The Canadian national anthem was booed, though somewhat tepidly, by the fans at the 4 Nations Face-Off on Monday — apparent payback for the jeering of “The Star-Spangled Banner” during the opening rounds in Montreal last week.
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