By Murray Sherriffs
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Time-out boxes used by some teachers at the St. Regis Mohawk School in Akwesasne (kindergarten to Grade 5), straddling the borders of Quebec, Ontario and New York state, are being investigated by the school district and shaken residents want answers.
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L’Anonyme, a community organization that focuses of harm reduction, has partnered with the city of Montreal to install two construction trailers near homeless tent-cities on Notre Dame, to allow people to warm up on the tough Winter days.
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Montreal police arson detectives are investigating the fire-bombing of seven vehicles in two separate incidents at Gaston Maillet avenue and Henri-Bourassa.
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Two brothers have died in a fire in their apartment on Carbo street in St. Eustache.
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The Quebec Association of Pharmacists has reached a deal with the Quebec government, settling a dispute over working conditions of pharmacists in hospitals and CHSLDs.
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The Quebec Independent Investigation Bureau is looking at a police intervention in Inukjuak that has seen two people badly hurt. This is the second time this year that such an inquiry has been ordered.
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Several members of a Canadian delegation denied entry to the West Bank, last Tuesday, are back in Canada, complaining of their treatment by Israeli border officials.
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It’s Christmas and scammers are working overtime to get your money, banking on you to be in a hurry, distracted and vulnerable. Cybersecurity expert Terry Cutler says that fraudsters target shoppers when their guard is down, because you want to get shopping done—get out of my way. You end up clicking on stuff you don’t really want. Fraudsters use fake websites to lure bargain hunters. They also mess with gift cards, putting a sticker barcode on top of the original, which links to a master gift card the scammers paid for, so activate it, the monies go directly to the scammers’ card. Data breaches are a gift for criminals, giving them access to names, addresses and passwords. Cutler says never to trust call display. Banks will never ask for passwords or one-time codes over the phone and, if someone is demanding urgent action, it’s likely someone phishing. If someone asks for payment in gift cards—red flag! Social media is another place where scams abound. At this time of the year, some people are looking for someone to love them and the scammers exploit that by love bombing the vulnerable. Bottom line: Be aware—if it’s too good to be true, it is.
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Canadiens 3 Pittsburg 4
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Light snow / -5º today
Snow / -2º tomorrow
