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F1 set to return to Montreal next year

Formula One is set to return to Montreal next year.

Montreal mayor: F1 to return to city next year

Montreal's mayor says a tentative deal has been reached to return Formula One racing to the city in 2010.

Clijsters gets wild card for Rogers Cup

Former world No. 1 player Kim Clijsters was one of three players awarded wild cards Wednesday into the main draw of the Rogers Cup women's tennis tournament.

Murray defeats Del Potro to win Rogers Cup

Andy Murray took the court to face Juan Martin Del Potro knowing no matter what the result of the Rogers Cup final, he would be soon be ranked No. 2 in the world.

Phelps sweeps his 2 Montreal races

Michael Phelps swept both events he entered at the Canada Cup, though he gave himself a split decision on his performance in his last two races leading up to next month's U.S. nationals.

Canadiens players linked to organized crime?

The NHL reportedly will send security officials to Montreal on Friday to meet with local police following reports linking a number of Canadiens players with an organized crime investigation.

Sister of teen shot by Montreal police urges calm

The sister of a Honduran teenager killed by Montreal police said Friday that her family has been "destroyed," but she urged people to remain calm in the neighborhood struck by rioting after the shooting.

Harvick Wins Busch Series Race in Canada

Kevin Harvick held off hometown star Patrick Carpentier to win the inaugural Busch Series race in Canada on Saturday, but Robby Gordon defiantly tried to claim the victory in a controversial finish that thrilled the crowd and infuriated NASCAR.

Montreal Jazz Festival Unveils Lineup

Paul Simon, B.B King, Tony Bennett, Elvis Costello and Etta James are among the stars slated to perform at the 27th Annual Festival International de Jazz de Montreal.

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Hébert: New citizenship guide: Good, bad and ugly - thestar.com
Source: Toronto Star

MONTREAL Reading the 1995 edition of the federal Citizenship guide, an immigrant to Canada might have been forgiven for thinking he or she was signing up to join the Boy Scouts or the Girl Guides.

Flying eggs, riot police, pro-Quebec slogans - Separatists disrupt British Royaltys' tour of Canada
Source: The Times

Two articles: Quebec nationalists disrupt Charles tour of Canada Demonstrators in Canada hurled eggs and chanted “Majesty Go Home” as the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall ventured into the French-speaking province of Quebec.

Weekly column introduces you to a Different neighbouring tree
Source: The Montreal Gazette

Montreal Gazette Introduces a new weekly Column, garnering support for the urban forests in North America. This will engage the public and help to educate in an interesting and novel way.

Tarek Fatah: Montreal welcomes an Islamist extremist in sheep's clothing
Source: National Post

Tomorrow evening the citizens of Montreal will be treated to a spectacle of Islamist double-talk that will leave them dazzled. Tariq Ramadan will be speaking to a gathering at the University of Montreal.

Montrealers Deliver a Fiery Message to Bush: You Are Persona Non Grata
Source: globalresearch.ca

They threw shoes – so many shoes that hotel staff had to roll out a laundry bin onto the street to pick them all up, and even then, the bin could barely contain them all.

Hebert: Hillier book ensures mission's end - thestar.com
Source: Toronto Star

MONTREAL—In what may be a case of unintended consequences, Rick Hillier, who once was the most effective promoter of Canada's military mission in Kandahar, has likely hammered the last nail in its political coffin.

Montrealers have no problem walking the walk
Source: Global Post

MONTREAL, Canada — At various intersections along Sainte Catherine Street, which courses through the heart of downtown Montreal, jaywalking crowds are sometimes so thick they immobilize cars.

Montreal teacher gets 14 years in U.S. prison for sex crimes
Source: CBC

A former teacher at an elite Montreal prep school was sentenced in Stafford, Va., Monday to 14 years in a U.S. prison for sex crimes involving children.

Student fined $628 for sitting in a park
Source: spacingmontreal.ca

Watch out, Montrealers: if you sit anywhere in a park other than on a park bench, you could be risking a $628 fine.

Montreal cyclists bare it all to raise awareness on green issues
Source: Google

Sporting only helmets, shoes and a blatant disregard for full body sunburns, some 25 nude cyclists took to the streets of Montreal to raise awareness of global environmental issues. The Saturday bike ride celebrating cycling and the human body is part of a series of internationa …

Patrick Roy
Source: Rotoworld.com

Hopefully, we'll get to see if he can do what Tony and Wayne could not do... coach a 'winning' team. I believe Patrick will coach a gritty team, teach toughness, and stress victories, unlike Tony's soft and underperforming teams during both weak stints as the Avs HC.

Major Bicycle Initiative in Montreal Mimics Paris Eyed in New York
Source: Green Works Links

While North Americans are in the midst of Bike to Work Week its important to note that most of the world bikes to work as a matter of course. It seems that North Americans are the last to jump on any bandwagon that improves our health or saves the environment.

Montreal's Festival of Multilingual Distinction
Source: The Globe and Mail

Only in Montreal - Canada's only truly bilingual city - could such a festival be held. It is run in both French and English, with a number of activities held in other languages.

Montreal Free Bicycle Service Launched by Community Group
Source: Montreal Gazette

"By putting 22 beaten-up but perfectly serviceable old bicycles back on the road, they've cleanly beaten Montreal's new BIXI bike-share project out of the starting gate. But an upstart Point St. Charles collective of activists wasn't gloating about it yesterday.

Back-door non sequitur
Source: The Globe and Mail

That was an unexpected April Fool's joke that the Greater Toronto Airport Authority played on Thursday, coming as it did on April 2.

Montreal Strip club pitch: the good, the fat and the ugly
Source: CANOE -- CNEWS

A strip club in a Montreal suburb is attracting attention to itself with a sign that says it has 10 beautiful dancers, a fat one, and an ugly one.

Internet Hero: Student in Montreal thwarts plan to burn down UK high-school with 1,000 students inside
Source: Google

A Montreal university student credited with foiling a potential firebomb attack at a British high school says he tried to stall the suspect while he tipped off local police.

The Mug is a book by lovers for lovers of books
Source: The Times

Sarah Lucas and Olivier Garbay have produced a provocative illuminated manuscript for the postmodern pilgrim.

Ex-pastor jailed for sex with 10-year-old 'wife'
Source: msnbc.com

A Canadian man who described himself as a pastor was sentenced Monday to five years in prison for sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl he claims was his wife.

Godless ad in Toronto likely
Source: Google

A highly popular London bus ad that questions the existence of God will now come to Toronto. The Freethought Assopciation of Canada wants to buy the ad.

Lake forms in downtown Montreal after 118-year-old pipe bursts
Source: CBC

City officials are asking Montrealers to avoid several blocks around Peel Street in the south end of downtown Montreal as crews repair a massive water main break and try to stop the water from spreading.

Provigil - For Vigilant Professionals
Source: The Huffington Post

When the American journalist David Plotz took Provigil, he said it should be given a slogan. Just as valium was marketed as "the housewife's little helper," he said this should be sold as "the boss' little helper." It makes you work better and harder than before. More Articles

Winter Cycling Cool in Montréal
Source: Google

Avoiding packed public transit and rush hour gridlock, more and more people in this Canadian city, with one of the world's heaviest winter snowfalls, are braving extreme cold to commute by bicycle.

Illegal Canada-bound tobacco 'not even an issue' for U.S. N.Y. attorney
Source: CBC

Contraband cigarette production and smuggling at the Canada-U.S. border that costs Canada an estimated $2 billion a year in lost revenues is not a priority for U.S. law enforcement, says the district attorney for a New York border county.

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