Two policemen were suspended without pay for 30 and 42 days respectively for what has been described as an unjustified arrest and assault of a Montrealer of African origin in 2007.
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The fourth Millennium Summit will be hearing from Al Gore and from the Duchess of York at the Palais de congrès.
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New guidelines for handing out city contracts are meant to avoid the kind of mess the city created with the water meter debacle last year.
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There will be one parade, at least, along the “usual route” this spring: this Friday lunchtime will see a celebratory march by Quebec’s Winter Olympics competitors. It will be followed by a gala at the Bell Centre that evening.
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The city will not commit to preserving the old Meadowbrook golf course, which lies between Lachine and Cote St. Luc, as a green space. On the other hand, it did suspend the sale of a community garden but only for a year, and seemingly with a view towards developing it as social housing rather than as posh condos – either way, residents will likely not be gardening there next year.
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The new circus festival, July 8-25, will take place in venues all over town and present both local and visiting circus troupes.
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McGill increased its MBA fees to a whopping $30,000 a year, and Quebec is planning to penalize the university by cutting back its payments accordingly. Why do I get the feeling that this is not so much a punishment as a way for the school to get around normal tuition limits?