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Gazette Midday: PCO sends “deleted” emails to cops, feds fast-track bridge
Hello and welcome to montrealgazette.com and welcome to Midday. Here’s the rundown on some of the stories we’re following for you today. The federal government says it is handing over to police a...
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No sign world cares about Syria
LONDON — It isn’t as if we didn’t know what the Assad regime was capable of. Even before it turned to chemical weapons, the violence its army used was extreme, public and shameless. This did nothing...
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Opinion: Canada has regained middle-power respect with Ukraine
MONTREAL — Why does the Canadian public express such incomprehension and doubt over Canada’s interest and participation in events around the Ukraine crisis? Because they have lost the idea of Canada...
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Opinion: Gaza’s larger political context
MONTREAL — One way to view the current Gaza conflict, as ceasefire negotiations take place this week, is in a regional context, as a proxy war between Islamist powers such as Turkey, Qatar and Iran,...
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Letter: Conservatives have failed to make the case for continued mission in...
The Conservative government is asking Canadians to support its plan to extend and deepen an unfocused, unending combat mission in Iraq and expand it to Syria. But it has failed to make the case. The...
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Accused should be treated as child soldier, not terrorist, teen's defense...
Lawyers defending a 16-year-old accused of terrorism-related offences say there’s no proof he robbed a dépanneur for ISIL or any other terrorist group, or was trying to get to their so-called caliphate...
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Syrians in Montreal protest against Russian bombings
After Berlin, London and Toronto, it was the turn of Syrians in Montreal on Saturday afternoon to denounce the bombings by Russia in Syria. Members of the Syrian community in Montreal, which are...
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Provisional agreement reached on Syrian ceasefire, car bombs kill 46 in city...
AMMAN, Jordan — Secretary of State John Kerry said Sunday that a “provisional agreement” has been reached on a Syrian ceasefire that could begin in the next few days, but he acknowledged that it’s not...
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Syrian conflict: Hundreds gather in Montreal to commemorate lost lives
Yaman Alqadri says she was one of the lucky ones. She was scooped up by the Syrian government and thrown in prison at the beginning of the revolution more than five years ago. Alqadri’s crime? She was...
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Editorial: At the United Nations, Canada steps up for Syrians
When Prime Minister Justin Trudeau gave his maiden address to the United Nations General Assembly last month, he told the world Canada was not finished helping Syrians. Trudeau was applauded for...
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