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3 weeks ago | 
nytimes.com | Jenna Fisher |Emily Cochrane |Amy Graff |Corinne Boyer
Tornadoes whipping through Missouri and Kentucky on Friday killed at least 16 people and injured dozens of others, local authorities said. At least nine people were killed late Friday after a tornado hit Laurel County, Ky., about 150 miles southeast of Louisville, the county sheriff's office said, adding that other people had suffered severe injuries. Emergency and rescue workers were searching the damaged area for survivors, the office said.
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Jan 17, 2025 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
A McGill-led study that began back in 2011, which observed more than 1,100 adults presenting with anaphylaxis - an acute life threatening allergy - across eight emergency departments, revealed interesting new data that shows a close link between alcohol and more severe reactions in nut allergies.
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Dec 6, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
Fifteen beams of light lit up the Montreal sky from Mount Royal Friday night in memory of the 14 women murdered at Polytechnique on Dec. 6th 1989 and for all the women killed in femicides.
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Dec 3, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
For this year's 35 th anniversary of the Polytechnique shooting, Monkland Community Centre is bringing back Adam Kelly's monologue called The Anorak, based on the life and death of Marc Lépine, who was responsible for the death of 14 women in 1989. But this year, for the first time in two decades, the infamous role is being played by a woman, Lisa McCormack. "I came into the audition with a lot of questions," said Lisa McCormak.
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Nov 28, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
Montreal's community organizations working to fight against growing food insecurity say they are tired of being ignored and are demanding an immediate funding increase from Premier François Legault's government. "We are unable to meet the spiking, skyrocketing demand," said Tasha Lackman, executive director at the Depot Community Food Centre during a press conference Thursday.
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Nov 16, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
A new study by SOM-La Press reveals that Montreal's downtown area isn't seeing as many locals on its streets compared to pre-pandemic levels. According to the survey, four out of 10 Montrealers are going downtown less often, with many of those polled saying they visit the city centre less than once a week. "It's a concern, we would like to have more fluidity," says Michel Leblanc, president and CEO of the Chamber of Commerce of Metropolitan Montreal.
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Nov 1, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
The Old Brewery Mission is celebrating its 135th anniversary with the inauguration of their new living spaces for Montreal men in need. No more dormitories, they now have semi-private rooms. The completed renovations includes all five floors of the Webster Pavillion with a 185-person capacity for emergency shelter, which comes just as the weather gets colder. "The vision to be able to see more people than we ever were all for albeit having slightly less spaces than we have.
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Oct 31, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
A new Montreal clinic is officially open in a more unusual setting - a high school. The Rossy Foundation's second pediatric clinic is now in operation at Lakeside Academy in Montreal's Lachine borough. Called the Heart and Hands clinic, children from lower socioeconomic backgrounds will be able to make their way to the high school, where they will have access to medical services at least once a week. "There is immense excitement on all fronts for these clinics.
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Oct 25, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer
Road safety around school zones in Quebec remains a major concern for parents, which is why Quebec's Deputy Premier and Transport Minister Geneviève Guilbault was out bright and early on Friday morning helping students of Marguerite Bourgeois Elementary School - near downtown Montreal - cross the street before class. It's all part of a new awareness campaign. "Everyone [...] has to take responsibility," said Guilbault.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
montreal.citynews.ca | Corinne Boyer |Pamela Pagano
Hundreds of Quebecers were up bright and early Tuesday morning as they arrived at Air Canada's hangar to catch their plane for the ultimate destination to Disney World, Florida. All thanks to the Dreams Take Flight nonprofit organization, the magical adventure uplifts children with serious illness or social adversities. Today, 160 kids are taking this trip of a lifetime. Since 1989, the organization has created unforgettable memories like these for more than 35,000 children.
