Montreal Gazette
CAQ PLAN WAS `ASSIMILATIONIST'
Five United Nations human rights experts say the Coalition Avenir Québec's now-shelved proposed constitution could have violated international law on minority, Indigenous and religious rights, describing part of the plan as “assimilationist.” Though...
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ALS TACKLING THE WEAK SPOTS
There's perception and then there's reality, according to Alouettes defensive coordinator Noel Thorpe. “We won two games and we've come up with timely stops,” Thorpe said after practice this week at Stade Hébert. “We created two big turnovers against...
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CLEAN BILLS OF HEALTH
Despite a push to conserve water across the Montreal area, the City of Westmount has begun refilling the pond at one of its major parks after concerns were raised about ducklings living there. The city announced Tuesday it was temporarily restoring...
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BRIGHT DAYS AHEAD
Sun Youth's new St-laurent Blvd. facility is inaugurated yesterday by executive director Marina Boulos-winton, from left, fundraising campaign co-chairs Claude Mongeau and Lucy Riddell, former executive director Johanne Saltarelli, philanthropists...
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NOSHING TOGETHER
Yans Deli owner Benji Greenberg shows solidarity with Arthurs Nosh Bar, which received a letter from the OQLF last week regarding the Yiddish word in its name. Other restaurants have rallied around Arthurs by writing `nosh' on their storefronts,
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Lax border policies fostered one of Canada's most dangerous gangs
At the immigration hearing for an accused Indian gangster earlier this month, an Edmonton police officer attempted to illustrate the scale of the criminal operation that law enforcement was now dealing with. The hearing concerned Jashandeep Singh, an...
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STOPPING MEN FROM BEHAVING LIKE MONSTERS
The clients of À Coeur d'homme, a network of nearly three-dozen Quebec community organizations that help men to address violent, controlling or threatening behaviour in their intimate relationships, must be made to understand that “violence does not...
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CONSTITUTION PLAN DROPPED
Human rights organizations, unions, minority groups and opposition politicians cheered the news on Thursday that the Coalition Avenir Québec government is abandoning its attempt to create a Quebec constitution. “Victory,” Québec solidaire MNA Haroun...
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TOGETHER IN SORROW
Hundreds of mourners gathered Tuesday evening in Lasalle to remember Ava Ciampini, the three-year-old girl who tragically died after a bouncy castle was swept into the air by strong winds. The memorial for Ava was held at 7 p.m. at Ouellette Park, but...
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A RECURRING THEME
Songwriter and children's book author Judith Henderson scored an unlikely hit 30 years ago with the theme to the PBS kids' show Arthur, sung by Ziggy Marley, and it continues to resonate with all age groups. `In a way, this is my legacy,' the Westmount...
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HOUSING PRICES WOULD BE 10% LOWER IF CANADA HAD KEPT PACE WITH U.S.: CMHC
Canada's housing stock would be about 30 per cent larger and prices 10 per cent lower if this country's building industry had been as responsive to demand as its American counterpart over the last couple of decades, says a new report from the federal...
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A NEW WAVE OF CANADIENS FANS
Something special happened this spring in Montreal, and it wasn't just the Canadiens' magical ride to the Eastern Conference final. Just as notable was what was going on in the streets of the city. There were some new kids on the block, a new wave of...
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NEW HOME FOR LE NADIA
The women's sports bar had to leave its original location last month. Now it's been resurrected as an outdoor site while a permanent indoor home is sought. Co-owner Catherine D. Lapointe tells Abby Mclaughlin how old and new success stories influenced...
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IN MEMORY OF AVA
A memorial grows near the site where Ava Ciampini, 3, was injured in Lasalle's Ouellette Park during a windstorm on Sunday. Her death was confirmed on Tuesday. A fundraiser to help her family (gofundme.com/f/ciampini-family) had surpassed $380,000 as...
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HIS CUP RUNNETH OVER
Victoire captain Marie-philip Poulin presents Prime Minister Mark Carney with a team jersey at his office in Ottawa yesterday, marking Montreal's milestone as the first Canadian franchise to win the Walter Cup in the Professional Women's Hockey...
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EMOTIONAL FAREWELL
As the Canadiens cleaned out their lockers yesterday, veteran Brendan Gallagher reflected on his 14 years in Montreal and how he knows he has probably played his last game for the team. Herb Zurkowsky, Jack Todd and Stu Cowan report on the playoff run...
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FEDERAL MINISTER POURS MORE COLD WATER ON N.B.'S LNG IDEA
Canada has reached a landmark deal to export liquefied natural gas to Germany — but it's from the Pacific coast. And federal Energy Minister Tim Hodgson has poured more cold water on the possibility of an East Coast export terminal, even as New...
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MOTHER & CHILD FIND A SAFE SPACE TO REBUILD THEIR LIVES
As Yeiby Cardona tells it, theirs started as a love story. She was an economist in her native Colombia, with a good job, a respectable salary and a partner who was proud of her. She chose to give up her job after their daughter was born. When the baby...
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`IT'S NOT GOING TO GO AWAY'
There are now 95 tents and 150 people at the encampment along Notre-dame St. E. `I think we need to accept it,' a man living there tells Jesse Feith as the city struggles to find alternatives.
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HOW THE LIGHT GETS IN
Mosaic artist Laurence Petit has been brightening the days of Montrealers for years by beautifying sidewalks, patching cracks with her colourful creations. `I never expected it would have this kind of impact, to make me and others feel good,' she tells...
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ON THE WINNING TEAM
Laval Mayor Stéphane Boyer and Montreal Mayor Soraya Martinez Ferrada dressed for the occasion yesterday, flanking captain Marie-philip Poulin as the Victoire visited Montreal City Hall to sign the Golden Book and hoist the Walter Cup.
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IS IT LOVE OR CONTROL?
Auberge Shalom pour femmes outreach and prevention co-ordinator Eva Gourdji, left, and social worker Rebecca Caplin break down healthy and unhealthy relationships with Grade 7 students in a workshop at The Study, a girls' private school. `These...
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POLITICIANS SEEK TO EASE FOOD COSTS, BUT ARE BATTLING MARKET FORCES
Call it the coriander conundrum. Like with parsley, carrots, dill and most other members of the apiaceae family of edible plants, the retail price of coriander has been growing like a weed. While the prices of many items on grocery store shelves have...
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PLAYOFF RUN HAS MAGIC AURA
A great basketball team stands on a shared feeling more than strategy or scouting. The team lives as long as the feeling lives and when it's gone, not only is it impossible to recapture, it's hard to even remember. – Wright Thompson, ESPN A short...
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VICTOIRE CELEBRATES HOCKEY SUPREMACY
Montreal players are ecstatic after capturing the PWHL'S Walter Cup Wednesday night, defeating the Charge 4-0 at the Canadian Tire Centre in Ottawa in Game 4 of the teams' best-of-five series. Kalina Laframboise was there and has all the details.
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THE FLOWER GIRL
Summer job postings are stabilizing after a three-year decline, says a new report from Indeed Hiring Lab, but young Canadians are once again being sprung from school into another “soft” labour market. National summer job postings were up four per cent...
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Average rent jumped 70% in the last decade
Montreal rent prices have surged in recent decades, but the past 10 years have seen the fastest-growing rents to date. In 2006, the average cost of rent for a Montrealer was $617 per month, according to data from the Canada Mortgage and Housing...
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ELEVATED EXPERIENCE
A REM train departs Kirkland station yesterday as the network's Anse-à-l'orme branch officially opens. Jason Magder looks at what the long-awaited development means for travel in the West Island, including the reconfiguration of the Fairview bus loop.
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WHO WILL SAVE MILTON PARK?
Residents and merchants told the police last summer that `something was happening' in their community. They were seeing new faces, more drug-dealing, growing desperation. Linda Gyulai reports on a public health crisis that has spread beyond the visible...
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A ONE-DRESS EXHIBIT
The one-of-a-kind Dior gown Céline Dion wore during the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics is on display at the Mccord Stewart Museum until Sept. 7. It took more than 1,000 hours to make by hand, the exhibit's curator tells Brendan Kelly.
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A FACE ON EACH NUMBER
Julie Labelle-patenaude stood before Montreal city council this week and, in a sober but firm tone, read the names — or any known identifying details — of 11 cyclists and pedestrians killed on Parc Ave. since 2013. The list did not include 19 others...
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HABS FEVER GRIPS CITY
Jessica, from left, Charles and Émile Demers celebrate a goal Sunday night as they watch a screen outside the Bell Centre during Game 3 between Montreal and Buffalo. The Habs need two more wins to knock out the Sabres, but they have already captured...
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SUPREME COURT SET TO WEIGH IN ON HUGE INDIGENOUS TITLE CLAIM
The clock began ticking April 7 on what could be one of the most important Supreme Court of Canada cases in New Brunswick's history. That's the date the country's top court told several law firms involved in the Wolastoqey Nation's landmark title...
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`EVERYONE LOVES' MATRIARCH OF MILE END
Owner Tamey Lau has uprooted Dragon Flowers from the Bernard St. block where she doled out bouquets and good cheer for decades, all while raising 14 children as a single mother. T'cha Dunlevy drops by her new locale, where loyal customers have...
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SHAIKA CAFÉ REBORN
The N.D.G. community hub reopened yesterday after sitting empty for five years. Regulars will notice changes — from the facade's makeover to the Portuguese flavour added by the new owner — but the spirit remains. Katelyn Thomas reports.
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MICHELIN STARS ARE FEW AND FAR BETWEEN
Montreal fares better than last year in the Michelin Guide Quebec 2026, but still not good enough compared to Toronto and Vancouver. On the bright side, two superb Montreal restaurants — the long-standing Hoogan et Beaufort and the upstart Sushi...
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Fréchette moves early on Bill 96 shield
Premier Christine Fréchette has justified her decision to renew the notwithstanding clause shielding Bill 96 from court challenges a year early by saying it is essential to protect the Quebec nation. In a speech opening the third session of the 43rd...
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BRING ON THE SABRES!
Zayan Vil was one of more than 20,000 fans at the Bell Centre Sunday night who enjoyed the Canadiens' Game 7 win over the Lightning. Herb Zurkowsky and Stu Cowan look back and look ahead to what should be another great playoff series for the Habs.
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WHY IS WASHINGTON STILL SO ANGRY OVER BANS ON U.S. ALCOHOL?
It has been more than a year since most provinces banned U.S. alcohol from liquor store shelves, but the United States government is still feeling the hangover. Late last month, the issue of U.S. alcohol bans by every province except Alberta and...
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OUR VERY OWN RAPHAEL GETS HIS DUE
William Raphael's forgotten paintings captured life in 19th-century Montreal and rural Quebec. Now he is being hailed as Canada's first Jewish professional artist, thanks to the perseverance of his great-great-grandson, Bill Brownstein reports.
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ALL RISE FOR THE HABS
Canadiens fan Hugo Sigouin-plasse, right, and some friends at Champs bar celebrate the team's Game 5 victory over the Lightning Wednesday night. Montreal comes alive in a special, inclusive way when the Habs are in the playoffs, Toula Drimonis writes.
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FALLEN, NOT FORGOTTEN
Montreal police held a ceremony in Senneville yesterday to mark the 30th anniversary of the unsolved killing of Const. André Lalonde, who was two months from retirement when he was shot during a traffic stop. Lalonde's family attended the commemoration.
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STRIKE UP THE CELEBRATION
Bob Parsons never misses a Monday with his league at N.D.G.'S Rose Bowl. As he prepares to mark his 100th birthday today, he tells René Bruemmer his secret: `Only the good die young.'
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ROLLER-COASTER RIDE
Playoff hockey. There's nothing like it. No wonder the players are battered and bruised by the end of this four-round odyssey. Further proof that the Stanley Cup is the most difficult trophy to win in professional sports. The Canadiens and Tampa Bay...
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MILITARY RECRUITMENT SOARS AFTER PAY RAISES, SOVEREIGNTY THREATS
The Canadian Armed Forces has recorded its highest recruitment levels in over three decades, enrolling 7,310 personnel in the last fiscal year. That's up 600 new members year-over-year. Officials said the new numbers show strong or stable recruitment...
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DEBUT GRAPHIC NOVEL DRAWS FROM FATHER'S OVERDOSE
Montreal author and illustrator Arizona O'neill's father had struggled with addiction for her whole life — and much of his — before a fentanyl overdose took him at 41. She was 21. She received a call from a hospital one day in the summer of 2015 to...
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Duhaime changes pledge on Bill 96
The leader of the Quebec Conservatives is walking back a promise to repeal the Bill 96 language law and now says he will just amend it if his party takes power in the October election. And to shield the amended law from court challenges, Éric Duhaime...
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RALLYING FOR ISRAEL
An Israel Independence Day rally drew thousands at Place du Canada in Montreal to commemorate the country's national holiday. Children from Jewish day schools danced alongside municipal politicians, hoisting Israeli flags as a DJ blared loud Israeli...
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COMING BACK TO EARTH ON THE CLIMATE CRISIS
Flying around the far side of the moon earlier this month, astronauts with the Artemis II space mission observed Earthset, a phenomenon only a handful of humans have witnessed before. They beamed back photos of this beautiful, blue planet disappearing...
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HABS MANIA ERUPTS
Lori Manon-og, in Habs jersey, and Lee-anna Holder cheer at Maison Publique Mclean's after the Canadiens won in overtime against the Tampa Bay Lightning Sunday night in Game 1 of their playoff series. Brendan Kelly was there to capture fans' euphoria.
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`SCENARIOS ARE ALL EITHER BAD OR VERY, VERY BAD'
Grocery prices are elevated, gas prices are high, job markets are cooling, and U.S. President Donald Trump is sticking to his tariff plans while the world eyes a shaky ceasefire with Iran. The truce between the U.S. and Iran has raised hopes and...
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CAPTURING A CITY'S SOUL
When Gabor Szilasi came to Quebec as a refugee in 1957, after fleeing the Soviet crackdown of the Hungarian Uprising, he was arriving in what he would later describe as “a mythical place for a Central European.” When he died at 98 on April 10, the...
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THE RUSH-HOUR BLUES
Blue-collar workers blocked a busy east-end road yesterday morning, setting up a picket line at Sherbrooke St. and PIE-IX Blvd. Their three-day strike is set to finish at 6 a.m. tomorrow. Salary is a main point of dispute in negotiations with the city.
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PASSING THE TORCH
Coalition Avenir Québec Leader Christine Fréchette is congratulated by predecessor François Legault after being officially sworn in as premier yesterday at the National Assembly in Quebec City.
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Liberals win Terrebonne, get majority
Federal Liberal candidate Tatiana Auguste clinched victory in Terrebonne Monday night, winning back the traditional Bloc Québécois stronghold two months to the day after the Supreme Court cancelled her one-vote victory in last year's general...
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Fréchette reaches CAQ'S top post quickly and quietly
In the days before Premier François Legault's announcement in January that he would be leaving politics, Christine Fréchette's name was not usually featured on the short list of people who could potentially fill his shoes. More experienced politicians...
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FEWER CANADIANS CROSSING BORDER — AND DUTY-FREE SHOPS ARE PAYING
Canadians still have their elbows up when it comes to travelling south of the border, and those fewer trips are having a disastrous effect on a key business: duty-free shopping. Tariff spats, Donald Trump's “51st state” rhetoric and encouragement by...
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SHOWDOWN IN TERREBONNE
The Liberals took the traditional Bloc Québécois stronghold by a single vote in last year's federal election. Now, with that razor-thin victory annulled by the Supreme Court of Canada, the same candidates are set for a rematch in Monday's byelection....
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CONVENTION SEES RED
With the federal Liberals and Prime Minister Mark Carney enjoying a wave of support, the party started welcoming around 4,500 members to the Palais des congrès yesterday for three days of policy discussions and other meetings.
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TAKEOFF IS ON TRACK
It seems hard to believe, but the Réseau express métropolitain's Trudeau airport station is nearly completed and will be ready to see its first trains starting next year. The airport authority gave reporters a sneak preview of the station on...
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Pediatrician on a mission to match kids with doctors
“Everybody deserves care.” A simple concept is what prompted Dr. Matthew Donlan, pediatrician at the Montreal Children's Hospital, to launch an initiative connecting children to doctors in their communities in Quebec. Donlan had been struggling with...
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A KISS FOR FAMILY
Alexandra Galy has been stuck living in the same one-bedroom apartment in St-henri for 4½ years. She's single, but doesn't live alone: her 25-kilogram golden retriever Chab and four-year-old cat Miche-miche are part of her family, she says. But if...
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THE MICROBIOLOGIST WITH A MILLION INSTAGRAM FOLLOWERS
What do tears, semen, menstrual blood, breast milk and animal feces have in common? They've all been under Montreal microbiologist Chloé Savard's microscope at some point, the kaleidoscopic images shared on Instagram for her one million followers to...
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HABS RISE, LEAFS FLAIL
We hope MLSE president Keith Pelley isn't in the habit of taking walks near the downtown arena where the Leafs (one of the seven teams he governs) play something resembling hockey. With Pelley's awareness of what's going on around him, he's a lock to...
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SYMPHONIC SATISFACTION
Rafael Payare is starting to feel like a Montrealer. The maestro embarks on his fifth season at the head of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal this fall. “Me and my family, we feel very welcome here,” Payare said. “We do not feel like we are living...
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DOBES EARNS LAURELS
Canadiens goaltender Jakub Dobes was named the NHL'S first star of the week after notching a 3-0 record, with a sparkling 0.962 save percentage. Herb Zurkowsky has observations from Dobes's second win over the Hurricanes in a span of six days.
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Air Canada CEO faces calls to resign
Despite criticisms from Prime Minister Mark Carney and demands from Premier François Legault and other Quebec politicians that he resign, Air Canada says CEO Michael Rousseau will remain in office as it continues to deal with the aftermath of a plane...
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Two pilots killed in crash at Laguardia Airport in N.Y.
Two pilots are dead after an Air Canada Express flight from Montreal collided with a fire truck while landing at New York City's Laguardia Airport late Sunday night. There were 76 people, including 72 passengers, aboard the Bombardier-built regional...
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SASKATCHEWAN LEADERS, EXPERTS BRACE FOR 2026 WILDFIRE SEASON
Kari Lentowicz was afraid of fire for the first time in her life as she drove away from her community of Denare Beach, Sask., the Wolf fire rapidly approaching from the northwest. “I said, `Well, I can always slam it into reverse.' So I drove into...
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THE HISTORY OF HEALING
Brenda Dunn-lardeau gazes at three copies of Pliny's Encyclopedia on the natural world in a glass case in the entryway of Mcgill University's Osler Library of the History of Medicine. The influential Historia naturalis was written by the ancient Roman...
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BEARLY AWAKE
Black bear Genie grabs a box of fruits and vegetables after coming out of hibernation at the Ecomuseum in Ste-anne-de-bellevue yesterday. `We consider this to be the start of springtime,' the zoo's director of education tells
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