Montreal News And Weather -- December 17, 2009

Montreal News And Weather

Montreal to unwrap budget Jan. 13 -- Montreal Gazette

Specialists want higher breast-cancer standards -- CTV

Minimum wage going up 50 cents -- Montreal Gazette

Provinces could ignore weak climate deal: Charest -- CTV

Coach Trestman returning to Alouettes -- CBC
Als coach Marc Trestman signs contract extension -- CTV
Source: Montreal Alouettes sign head coach Trestman to contract extension -- Canadian Press

Pilot praised after Montreal helicopter crash -- CBC

33 months for Montreal teen in fatal mugging -- CBC

Sex workers march for decriminalization -- Montreal Gazette

Violent mental patient escapes from Pinel Institute -- CTV

Montreal News And Weather -- December 16, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

H1N1 vaccination sites to close Friday -- CTV

39 Quebecers with breast cancer wrongly treated -- CBC
Health minister backs breast-cancer tests -- CTV
Breast cancer patients relieved, doctors still concerned -- CTV

Overcrowding slows ambulance staff: union -- CBC

Chopper crash leaves news team in shock -- CTV

CUPE not impressed with Montreal's whistleblower hotline -- Montreal Gazette

West Island snow removers renege on refund -- CTV

Man shot on street in Laval des Rapides -- Montreal Gazette
Man shot in Laval - suspect at large -- CTV

Montreal, police reach deal on 120 cops -- Montreal Gazette

Record marijuana seizure in Plateau -- CTV

Montreal News And Weather -- December 15, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

CLSCs will offer flu shots over holidays -- Montreal Gazette

Power back on in Montreal -- CBC
Massive province wide power failure -- CTV

Quebec minimum wage raised to $9.50 -- CBC
Quebec minimum wage to increase to $9.50 next May -- CTV

Laval sees fast growth -- Montreal Gazette

Calvillos give $10K to hospital -- CBC
Calvillo's gift to the MUHC -- CTV

Centraide surpasses fundraising goal -- Montreal Gazette

Judge makes rare offer to convicted murderer -- CTV
Judge offers immunity in return for body -- CBC

Accused in family killings appear at inquiry -- Montreal Gazette

Two Shafias to go straight to murder trial -- CTV

Neilson family marks 1 year since disappearance -- CBC

Suspect charged in connection with armed robberies -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- November 14, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Just four days left to get flu shot -- Montreal Gazette

Quebec snow tire deadline approaches -- CBC
Winter-tire deadline looms in Quebec -- Montreal Gazette

Improvements made at Côte-des-Neiges slum -- CBC
Cleanup begins at run-down building -- CTV

Quebec tops up food bank funding -- CBC

PQ member Bouchard quits -- CBC
PQ MNA Camil Bouchard resigns -- Montreal Gazette

Unconditional discharge for Quebec hockey player over cross-check -- CBC
Hockey player won't get jail time for assault -- CTV

Missing woman found dead at race track -- CBC
Missing Parc Ex woman died of exposure -- Montreal Gazette
Body found at Hippodrome was Alzheimer's sufferer -- CTV

Guilty verdict in murder of Mtl. teen -- Montreal Gazette

Man complains about noise, gets beaten, left in snow -- CTV
6 arrested in NDG swarming -- CBC
N.D.G. man in 60s severely beaten by 6 people: police -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- December 10, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

H1N1 vaccination centres to close Dec. 18 -- CTV

Ville Marie borough council adopts $79.6-million budget for 2010 -- Montreal Gazette

Snow crews cleaning up from city's first storm -- CTV
It'll take four days to dig out, city says -- Montreal Gazette
West Island residents upset with snow removal no-show -- CTV

Quebec media food drive gears up -- CBC

Transit hike coming to Laval -- Montreal Gazette

Jean Charest believes NHL will return to Quebec City -- CTV
Quebec premier, NHL head discuss possible team -- CBC

Pilots killed in Saguenay plane crash -- CBC
Two die in plane crash in Saguenay -- Montreal Gazette

Fire near Quebec City kills two children -- CTV
Quebec house fire kills 2 girls -- CBC

Former basketball coach to serve jail time -- CTV

Man charged in Montreal firebombing -- Montreal Gazette
Firebombing suspect arrested Comments -- CBC
Teenager charged with firebombing cafes -- CTV

Police set roadblocks to catch drunk drivers -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- December 9, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Snowstorm affects planes, trains and automobiles -- Montreal Gazette
Quebec hit by first winter storm of the season -- CTV
Snowstorm closes in on Montreal -- CBC
Montreal snow-removal equipment aging -- CBC

H1N1 vaccination centres to close early during storm -- Montreal Gazette
Swine-flu vaccination centres close early -- CTV

Almost-Olympian, 91, carries torch -- Montreal Gazette
Quebecers welcome Olympic torch -- CBC

AMT to hike fares in New Year -- CTV

Superhospital's cost might double -- Montreal Gazette

Quebec union proposes income-tax hikes -- CTV

Longueuil’s finances a mess; taxes to go up -- Montreal Gazette

St. Laurent cell-phone fight -- CTV

Officer who shot Villanueva feared for life -- CBC

Montreal police officers cleared by ethics committee -- Montreal Gazette

No safety harness during washer's fatal plunge : CSST -- CTV

Fraud ring busted -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- December 8, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Hundreds cheer gold medallist who takes Olympic torch through Mohawk reserve -- CTV
Debra Arbec carries the torch -- CTV
Torch arrives in Longueuil; deal reached in Kahnawake -- CTV
Olympic torch cheered in Mohawk community -- CBC

Sept Îles doctors get severe reprimand -- Montreal Gazette

Quebec baby boom continues, but slows -- CTV

Unions launching campaign to stop sale of NB Power -- CTV

Quebec minister says aerospace layoffs only temporary -- CTV

Montreal residents fight prostitution online -- CBC

Man killed by exploding tire -- CBC
Tire explodes, kills young mechanic -- CTV

Ballistics expert testifies at Fredy Villanueva inquest -- Montreal Gazette
Rescue workers, police to testify at Villanueva inquiry -- CBC

Quebec to form squad to fight financial exploitation of seniors -- Montreal Gazette
16 arrest warrants for alleged RRSP fraud ring -- CTV
RCMP investigates 'pump and dump' fraud ring -- CBC

Montreal News And Weather -- December 7, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Nigel John arraigned in Nehar-Belaid's murder -- Montreal Gazette
Man charged in taxi driver's death -- CBC
Man charged in death of Montreal taxi driver -- CTV

Deal to allow Mohawk peacekeepers to escort Olympic torch through Kahnawake still not approved -- Montreal Gazette
Torch relay controversy at Kahnawake -- CTV
Olympic torch RCMP escort not welcome: Mohawks -- CBC

Baby boy born during rush hour on Jacques Cartier -- Montreal Gazette
Baby born on Jacques-Cartier Bridge -- CBC

Jacques-Cartier bike path to close for winter -- Montreal Gazette

Flu shot will save lives: Charest Comments -- CBC

2,000 attend funeral for filmmaker Gilles Carle -- CBC

Villanueva cop to testify at inquest -- Montreal Gazette
Ex-Montreal police chief criticizes SQ probe of Villanueva shooting -- CTV

Montreal News And Weather -- December 2, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Als parade their Cup for Montreal fans -- Montreal Gazette
Grey Cup celebration in the streets -- CTV
Alouettes feted for Grey Cup victory -- CBC

Montrealers track flu evolution online -- Montreal Gazette

Monique Lépine marks Montreal Massacre anniversary -- CBC
Opposition critics boycott Tory government's Polytechnique ceremony -- CTV

Charest rejects calls for construction inquiry -- CBC

New drunk-driving measures 'inefficient,' Educ'Alcool says -- Montreal Gazette

Class action approved in gas price fixing scheme -- CTV

Hearings on Kazemi lawsuit begin -- CTV
Canadian man sues Iran for mother's prison death -- CBC
Iran seeks to quash Quebec court case -- Montreal Gazette

Man arrested after standoff in Dorval -- CTV
Armed man surrenders in Dorval -- Montreal Gazette
Man surrenders after 5-hour Dorval standoff -- CBC

Police find body in LaSalle -- Montreal Gazette
Man's body found in Lasalle -- CBC

Montreal News And Weather -- December 1, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Montreal yanks water meter contract -- Montreal Gazette

Sale of Habs to Molson brothers approved -- CTV

Opposition critics boycott Tory government's Polytechnique ceremony -- CTV
Critics boycott Tories' Polytechnique ceremony -- CBC

Water contract watchdog kept quiet -- Montreal Gazette

Helping youths find apartments -- CTV

Pregnant women urged to get H1N1 shot -- CBC
Only half of pregnant women vaccinated against H1N1 -- Montreal Gazette

Quebec offers workers far less than what they want -- CTV

Quebec reaches deal on Voyageur terminal: report -- Montreal Gazette

La Presse reaches final deal -- CBC

Class action approved in gas price fixing scheme -- CTV

Man acquitted in Longueuil cold case -- CBC

Montreal News And Weather -- November 27, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Return of Canadian Grand Prix to be confirmed Friday -- CTV

Petitions demand inquiry into construction industry -- Montreal Gazette

Kahnawake radio host dies after contracting swine flu -- CTV
Kahnawake mourns DJ -- CBC

Inoculations protect public: MDs -- Montreal Gazette

Wal-Mart allowed to close unionized Saguenay store: SCOC -- CTV
Wal-Mart wins at Supreme Court -- CBC
Court backs Wal-Mart shutting union shop -- Montreal Gazette

Two AMT lines to shut down if there's a CN strike -- CTV

Bombardier Aerospace to lay off 715 workers in Montreal area -- CTV

La Presse workers agree to concessions -- Montreal Gazette

Delta-KLM to close Montreal call centre -- CTV

Men who beat victim to death apologize to his family -- Montreal Gazette
Guilty plea expected Friday in teen's beating death -- CTV

Police seek 2 suspects in café firebomb -- CBC
Cops search for 2 suspects in firebombing -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- November 20, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Quebec seniors can get H1N1 vaccine -- Montreal Gazette
Cavendish Mall runs out of flu vaccine -- CBC
Seniors in some regions can get vaccinated -- CTV
Quebec starts vaccinating seniors against H1N1 -- CBC

PQ wants to restrict access to English daycares -- CTV
PQ wants language law applied in daycares -- CBC

Soldiers set up mobile signals system in Montreal area -- Montreal Gazette

La Presse strikes deal with unions -- CBC
La Presse reaches agreement in principle -- CTV

'Vine lady' to get a refund and an apology from Beaconsfield -- Montreal Gazette

Rosemont apartment block goes up in flames -- CBC
Five-alarm fire in Rosemont -- CTV

Cops not asked to probe attempts to rig bids -- Montreal Gazette

Man shot dead in Little Burgundy -- CBC
Montreal's 28th homicide -- CTV
Man shot dead in Little Burgundy -- Montreal Gazette

1991 cold case reopened -- CTV

Montreal News And Weather -- November 19, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Busing of Montreal students for vaccine starts Monday -- CBC
Swine flu vaccinations continue as experts warn of third wave -- CTV
Quebec seniors to be vaccinated earlier -- CBC
Ontario opens vaccination program to all, Montreal focuses on students -- CTV

Hospitals now allow 2 delivery room companions -- CBC

City budget delayed until January -- Montreal Gazette
Montreal budget to be delayed until January -- CTV

Impact Captain Biello retires as player -- Montreal Gazette

Algerian Montrealers celebrate World Cup berth -- CTV
Algerian Montrealers awash in soccer triumph -- Montreal Gazette

Café targeted by Molotov cocktail -- CBC
Fifth Italian cafe firebombed -- CTV

Men arrested in West Island violence tied to gangs, police say -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- November 18, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Get ready for third wave of H1N1 -- Montreal Gazette
Flu scare restricts companions in delivery rooms -- CBC
Ontario opens vaccination program to all, Montreal focuses on students -- CTV
Busing of Montreal students for vaccine starts Monday -- CBC

AMT pledges better service this winter -- CTV

Hydro deal raises questions for Magdalen Islands -- CBC

Neglected sled dogs need new homes -- CTV

6 people injured in 2 accidents on Quebec roads -- Montreal Gazette

One man dead, another injured in suspicious N.D.G. fire -- CTV

Suspected Hells Angels arrested in Quebec drug probe -- CBC
14 arrest warrants in suspected biker drug ring -- CTV
SQ busts 14 with ties to Hells Angels -- Montreal Gazette

Crown seeks 12 years for police shooter -- CBC

Montreal News And Weather -- November 17, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Two opposition councillors on executive commitee -- CTV
Bergeron named to Mayor Tremblay's cabinet -- Montreal Gazette
Montreal executive council includes opposition -- CBC

Caisse to unveil plan to improve returns -- CTV
Sabia vows Caisse will do better -- CBC

No guarantee everyone vaccinated by Christmas: Poirier -- CBC

Hydro-Quebec to spark major debate in N.B. legislature -- CTV

Windsor Station plan full of 'hot air' -- Montreal Gazette

STM bus strikes teen in Old Montreal -- Montreal Gazette

Half of Quebec's drug users not aware what they're taking -- CTV

Laval kidnappers arrested after hostage escapes -- Montreal Gazette

Overnight stabbings in Montreal North, Laval -- CTV

Montreal News And Weather -- November 16, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Quebec nurses bring H1N1 vaccine home -- Montreal Gazette
No guarantee everyone vaccinated by Christmas: Poirier -- CBC
Mass H1N1 centre opens at Palais des congrès -- Montreal Gazette
200,000 new swine flu doses this week -- CTV
Mega-vaccine clinic now open in Montreal -- CBC
Record lineups for H1N1 shots -- Montreal Gazette

ADQ youth wing wants leader gone faster than planned -- CTV

Parizeau keeps sovereignty flame burning -- CBC
Jacques Parizeau pushes for more Quebec sovereignty talk in his new book -- CTV
Parizeau sees no promising politicians -- Montreal Gazette

Low water pressure hampered saving church: firefighter -- CBC

Ship runs aground in St. Lawrence -- CBC

Suspect in crash that killed toddler ordered to stand trial -- CTV
Pardi to stand trial -- CBC

Body pulled from river -- CTV

Montreal News And Weather -- November 15, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Second wave of H1N1 hitting Montreal -- Montreal Gazette
Families line up for H1N1 shots -- CTV
Montreal flu shots hit record -- Montreal Gazette
H1N1 vaccine running short in Quebec City -- CBC

Fifteen reported cases of mumps virus in last two months -- CTV

City may appeal Montreal West's barrier victory -- Montreal Gazette
Lachine upset as Montreal West barrier upheld -- CBC

Harel to push for provincial inquiry -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal students in N.Y. bus accident -- CBC

N.D.G. beating was in area where students are feared -- Montreal Gazette
More arrests expected after swarming attack -- CTV

Second major pot bust in a week -- Montreal Gazette

Teen shot in Cote des Neiges -- CTV

Saguenay mother appeals murder conviction -- CBC

Crown wants life for Quebecer with al-Qaida ties -- Montreal Gazette

Two firebombs in Mile End -- CTV

Montreal News And Weather -- November 12, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Laval man dies of swine flu -- CTV
Children to be bused to vaccination centres -- CBC

Deltell poised to seek ADQ leadership -- Montreal Gazette

Tremblay ready for tougher rules -- Montreal Gazette
New Quebec rules ahead for city public works -- CBC
Bachand tries fix financial services legislation -- Montreal Gazette

Turcot changes will swell costs -- Montreal Gazette

Bill 104 opponent may keep son in French school -- CBC

Montrealer killed in El Salvador flooding -- CBC

Car crash injures three in the Plateau -- CTV

Cops dispute report on homeless: 'Sometimes, we have to act' -- Montreal Gazette

Man shot near Rockland Centre -- CTV
Man shot in Park Ex. -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- November 11, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Vaccine campaign rolling in Mohawk community -- CBC
Public health officials urge Quebecers to get vaccinated -- CTV
Quebec case of Tamiflu-resistant H1N1 worrying: expert -- CBC
Second West Island swine flu centre opens Wednesday -- CTV
Kids will be bused to H1N1 centres -- Montreal Gazette

Caisse denies it missed market rebound -- CBC

Turcot plans should be reconsidered, agency says -- CTV
Turcot foes heartened by report -- Montreal Gazette

Gérard Deltell weighs bid for ADQ leadership -- Montreal Gazette
ADQ leader blames Tories for his undoing -- CBC

Only Quebecers want gun registry saved: poll -- CTV
Gun registry favoured only by Quebecers: poll -- CBC

Celine Dion loses baby following fertility treatment -- CTV
Céline Dion still trying for 2nd child -- CBC

Police chase stops car on Highway 640 -- Montreal Gazette

Man in critical condition after east-end stabbing -- CTV
Man stabbed in Hochelaga-Maisonneuve -- Montreal Gazette

Montreal News And Weather -- November 10, 2009

MONTREAL NEWS AND WEATHER

Arrests made as Prince Charles visits Montreal -- Montreal Gazette
Prince Charles' arrival at Mtl regiment delayed because of egg-flying protest -- CTV
Protesters greet royal couple in Montreal -- CBC
Jam-packed day for royal couple -- CTV

Swine-flu discrimination claims -- CTV
Flu-like symptons keep Quebec students home -- CBC
Health officials accelerate flu vaccination campaign -- CTV

Liberal MNA to sit as independent -- CBC
Jean D'Amour leaves Liberal caucus -- Montreal Gazette

Lemieux named Tremblay's new chief of staff -- CTV

Rethink Turcot: advisory body -- Montreal Gazette
Turcot exchange plan faces major opposition -- CBC
Turcot plans should be reconsidered, agency says -- CTV

Jones' employees unquestioning -- Montreal Gazette

Missing Quebec hunter found dead in woods -- CBC

Van crashes into Laval condo; one dead -- CTV