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Quebec RCMP seize 63 kilograms of cocaine stashed inside grand piano, arrest four

Quebec RCMP seize 63 kilograms of cocaine stashed inside grand piano, arrest four

MONTREAL — Quebec RCMP say they seized 62.7 kilograms of cocaine hidden in the walls of a grand piano during searches in the Lanaudière region and the Sherbrooke, Que., area.
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Canadian Coast Guard investigating source of motor oil spill in Montreal river

Canadian Coast Guard investigating source of motor oil spill in Montreal river

MONTREAL — The Canadian Coast Guard says it's still investigating the source of a motor oil spill the length of several city blocks in the St. Lawrence River near the Montreal east-end neighbourhood of Pointe-aux-Trembles.
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Newfoundland wildfires force temporary shutdown of iron ore mines

Newfoundland wildfires force temporary shutdown of iron ore mines

MONTREAL — Wildfires burning near Labrador City, N.L. have prompted mining companies in the area to temporarily halt operations. Over the weekend, Montreal-based Champion Iron Ltd. and Toronto-based Iron Ore Co.
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Auger-Aliassime leads Canada's Davis Cup team into Manchester

Auger-Aliassime leads Canada's Davis Cup team into Manchester

MONTREAL — Montreal's Félix Auger-Aliassime will lead Canada into the Davis Cup Finals this September, Tennis Canada announced on Monday. Auger-Aliassime, ranked 18th in the world, will be joined by Denis Shapovalov of Richmond Hill, Ont.
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Montreal shelter event seeks homes for pets abandoned on Quebec's annual moving day

Montreal shelter event seeks homes for pets abandoned on Quebec's annual moving day

MONTREAL — Locals flocked to a Montreal animal shelter on Sunday to offer a forever home to dozens of animals who were abandoned during the province's annual July 1 moving day.
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Pre-alert lifted for northern Quebec town near Labrador forest fire

Pre-alert lifted for northern Quebec town near Labrador forest fire

FERMONT, QUE. — Authorities in the northern Quebec town of Fermont have lifted an evacuation pre-alert as the risk from a forest fire on the other side of the provincial boundary with Newfoundland and Labrador has subsided.
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Ruan scores header as CF Montreal defeats Atlanta United 1-0

Ruan scores header as CF Montreal defeats Atlanta United 1-0

MONTREAL — CF Montreal head coach Laurent Courtois wasn’t pleased despite coming away with three crucial points Saturday night. Brazilian wingback Ruan scored in the 51st minute as Montreal edged Atlanta United FC 1-0 in Major League Soccer play.
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Toronto FC ends six-game losing streak with 2-1 comeback win over Philadelphia

Toronto FC ends six-game losing streak with 2-1 comeback win over Philadelphia

TORONTO — Toronto FC celebrated a much-needed 2-1 win over the Philadelphia Union in style Saturday night, banging a drum in front of the diehard fans in the south stand of BMO Field. "We won a match and we're banging the drum.
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Ruan scores lone goal to lead Montreal to 1-0 victory over Atlanta United

MONTREAL (AP) — Defender Ruan Gregorio Gregorio Teixeira scored a second-half goal and goalkeeper Jonathan Sirois did not have to make a save on the way to his fifth clean sheet of the season as CF Montreal defeated Atlanta United 1-0 on Saturday nig
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Northern Quebec town preparing for possible evacuation as Labrador fire rages

Northern Quebec town preparing for possible evacuation as Labrador fire rages

FERMONT, QUEBEC — A northern Quebec town is facing a possible evacuation order as a forest fire rages nearby on the other side of the provincial boundary with Newfoundland and Labrador. The municipality of Fermont, Que.
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