By Murray Sherriffs
Stanley Cup Game 3 : Habs vs Tampa 7 p.m.
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Premier Fréchette has told Montreal reporters that American alcohol will not be returning to SAQ shelves—that Canada must not make concessions before trade talks begin with the United States.
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The Premier says that her government will not proceed with Santé Québec’s pilot projects for digital health records, unless guarantees are in place to safeguard patient data against potential breaches by U.S. authorities.
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Quebec medical specialists have approved an agreement in principle reached with the provincial government this week: 85% voted in favour last night .
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Montreal Public Health says that more teenage girls are vaping, citing its tracking of high-schoolers from 2016-2023 and also noting that alcohol, drug and tobacco use all declined.
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Quebec’s Court of Appeal has ruled that it is unconstitutional for the province to ban theatre actors from smoking during performances—that when an actor smokes a cigarette as part of a theatrical performance, it is a form of expression and that any harm caused by second hand smoke is “…negligible.”
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The scrap metal and batteries that burned at the American Iron and Metal recycling plant in Montreal’s East End yesterday for several hours, resulted in thick smoke draping parts of the city, a health warning from Santé Montréal and an investigation by Quebec’s Environment Ministry. The City of Montreal is suspending the company’s operating permit.
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A plan to install 447 parking meters in Notre Dame de Grâce, on Sherbrooke between Grand and the border with Westmount and on intersecting streets, has been stopped cold by a group of residents and merchants, who gathered enough signatures on a petition that told officialdom that its plan was ill-conceived.
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Quebec’s consumer protection office is warning travellers to keep a head up for websites that sell plane tickets at prices that seem too good to be true, noting that there has been an increase in complaints from people who booked cheap airline tickets, only to find out that their reservations weren’t retained.
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The Montreal police, Sûreté du Québec and Canada Border Services Agency have carried out raids that ended a ring which imported contraband tobacco worth nearly $10 million dollars.
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The Sûreté du Québec is eliminating the *4141 telephone number that motorists use to report problems big and small on Quebec highways, as it moves to modernize the 911 system.
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