Tornado touches down in Quebec's Montérégie region, damaging homes | After 60 years of giving back, this legend isn't slowing down | University presidents defend efforts to combat antisemitism on campus
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Good evening, these are your top stories for Monday, May 27, 2024.
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Tornado touches down in Quebec's Montérégie region, damaging homes; A tornado is seen sweeping through Rigaud, Que\., near the Ontario border in southwestern Quebec\.

Tornado touches down in Quebec's Montérégie region, damaging homes

May 27 , 2024 at 07:25:01 p.m. EDT • :

Maxime Desharnais, a meteorologist with Environment Canada, said the tornado touched down at around 5:30 p.m. in Rigaud, Que.

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After 60 years of giving back, this legend isn't slowing down;

After 60 years of giving back, this legend isn't slowing down

May 27 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Whether it was raising money for young people to go to school, showcasing the best of Black culture, or even challenging eurocentric standards of beauty, Gemma Raeburn-Baynes seemingly always had a plan to empower Black people.

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University presidents defend efforts to combat antisemitism on campus; A woman walks between the tents in the pro-Palestinian encampment set up at the University of Toronto campus, in Toronto, Sunday, May 26, 2024\.

University presidents defend efforts to combat antisemitism on campus

May 27 , 2024 at 05:53:56 p.m. EDT • :

The presidents of four Canadian universities defended their institutions' efforts to combat antisemitism on their campuses Monday after months of claims that Jewish students have suffered from threats and discrimination.

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Randy Tshilumba's 2nd murder trial begins for clerk's killing inside Montreal grocery store; Randy Tshilumba, 19 at the time of his arrest, hid in a Tim Hortons women's bathroom for several hours after the killing\.

Randy Tshilumba's 2nd murder trial begins for clerk's killing inside Montreal grocery store

May 27 , 2024 at 03:34:31 p.m. EDT • :

Tshilumba was found guilty in 2017 of first-degree murder in the death of Clémence Beaulieu-Patry. The victim's best friend was the first to testify in court at his second trial on Monday.

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Man dies in car crash in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough; Montreal police received a 911 call about the collision at about 4:30 a\.m\.

Man dies in car crash in Montreal's Plateau-Mont-Royal borough

May 26 , 2024 at 07:50:14 a.m. EDT • :

Montreal police said the victim was driving southbound on Parc Avenue near Duluth Avenue when his car hit the one in front of him.

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Want to keep your brain sharp? Here are 5 things you can do; The N\.W\.T\. Literacy Council and Intercultural Centre NWT have been holding fitness classes since February\.  

May 27 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Want to keep your brain sharp? Here are 5 things you can do

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Facebook account takeovers are targeting people you know, turning friendship into fraud; Lesa Lowery's Facebook account was hijacked by a fraudster and was then used to scam her friends out of thousands of dollars\.  

May 27 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Facebook account takeovers are targeting people you know, turning friendship into fraud

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1 dead, 4 seriously injured in single-vehicle crash on Highway 50; First responders found the body of a woman in her 30s and a young child who suffered no injuries\.  

May 25 , 2024 at 10:09:44 a.m. EDT • :

1 dead, 4 seriously injured in single-vehicle crash on Highway 50

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Tornado warnings, watches end in most parts of eastern Ontario and Gatineau; A thunderstorm warning was in effect Monday afternoon in Ottawa as dark clouds rolled in\.  

May 27 , 2024 at 11:38:33 a.m. EDT • :

Tornado warnings, watches end in most parts of eastern Ontario and Gatineau

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How this Montreal-based Cree singer-songwriter is using their voice to create change; Cree singer-songwriter Siibii poses for a portrait photo  

May 26 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

How this Montreal-based Cree singer-songwriter is using their voice to create change

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