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'I owe him my life': Father hit by bullets in shootout while protecting kids in Montreal's West Island; Houssam Abdallah, right, with his wife, Sirin El Jundi, daughter Jana, second from left, and son Abdel-Rahman, left\.

'I owe him my life': Father hit by bullets in shootout while protecting kids in Montreal's West Island

August 7 , 2024 at 01:08:33 p.m. EDT • :

When the bullets started flying on a residential street near the corner of de Salaberry Boulevard and Davignon Street in Montreal's West Island just after 8 p.m., Houssam Abdallah, 52, positioned himself in front of the rounds.
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Olympic newsletter: Alysha Newman saves the day, plus De Grasse's last chance;

Olympic newsletter: Alysha Newman saves the day, plus De Grasse's last chance

August 7 , 2024 at 08:39:42 p.m. EDT • :

Alysha Newman turned around Canada's fortunes with a delightful pole-vault bronze on Day 12. Coming up, it's Andre De Grasse's final shot at a medal.
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Man, 31, dies following daylight shooting in Montreal's Verdun borough; A 31-year-old man has died after a daylight shooting in Montreal's Verdun borough on July 30, 2024\.

Man, 31, dies following daylight shooting in Montreal's Verdun borough

August 7 , 2024 at 08:06:53 p.m. EDT • :

The man succumbed to his injuries in hospital after he was shot on July 30 following an argument with another driver, according to witnesses.
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Buckle up, stargazers: the Perseid meteor shower promises a celestial extravaganza; This is a panorama of the ground and sky framing the badlands of Dinosaur Provincial Park, in the Red Deer River valley in Alberta, with the summer sky above filled with three dozen meteors from the annual Perseid meteor shower, of August 12, 2023\. The meteors all appear to be streaking away from the radiant point in Perseus at far left\. The location is the upper viewpoint near the Park Entrance, and looking northeast to southeast\. The lights in the valley below are from the campground and service centre\. The one glaring sodium vapour light should be removed or at least shielded\. The brightest horizon glow at right is from Medicine Hat\. Some bands of green and red airglow tint the sky naturally\. The meteor trails nicely demonstrate the green to red transition in their colours as they descend into the atmosphere and burn up\. Tech Data — This is a blend of two panoramas: a panorama of two untracked segments for the ground taken in blue hour before the sky got dark, blended with a base panorama of two segments for the sky taken later with the sky darker, and with the sky segments and meteors taken with the cameras tracking the sky\.\. Onto the base sky panorama I layered some 32 images containing most of the meteors\. The sky segments and meteors were taken with two cameras operating simultaneously, each Canon EOS R cameras, and each with 15mm lenses: the Canon RF 15-35mm and the Venus Optics Laowa 15mm, both at f/2\.8 and for 1-minute exposures at ISO 1600, all tracked, one on the Star Adventurer 2i and one on the Star Adventurer Mini trackers\. Differences in optical quality between the lenses does spoil the panorama blend — this was an experiment! It sort of worked! Lens distortions required cutting off more of the image at left and right than I had anticipated\. And placing the meteors took a lot more manual alignment than planned, despite all being taken on trackers, so the location of the meteors can only be taken as "representative," not accurate! I have exerc

Buckle up, stargazers: the Perseid meteor shower promises a celestial extravaganza

August 7 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

The Perseid meteor showerpeaks on the weekend, but be sure to keep an eye on the sky in the days leading up to it.
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Man drowns in Olympic Basin after leaving Montreal's Osheaga music festival; SPVM Montreal police cars \(continued\)\. See cu of vehicle showing logo\.

Man drowns in Olympic Basin after leaving Montreal's Osheaga music festival

August 5 , 2024 at 02:34:56 p.m. EDT • :

Osheaga festival organizer Evenko confirmed in a statement that the victim attended the music festival and died after leaving the site.
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Ultrafine particles in the air linked to 1,000 deaths a year in Montreal, Toronto, says new study; Vehicle emissions are a major source of ultrafine particles  

August 6 , 2024 at 10:46:26 a.m. EDT • :

Ultrafine particles in the air linked to 1,000 deaths a year in Montreal, Toronto, says new study

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Gatineau residents raise stink over robotic garbage collection rollout; A garbage truck with a robotic arm lifts a can off the curb\.  

August 6 , 2024 at 04:00:00 a.m. EDT • :

Gatineau residents raise stink over robotic garbage collection rollout

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Study suggests ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Montreal and Toronto; Montreal Mayor Valérie Plante came to power last fall on a promise to improve public transit and get the traffic-clogged city moving again, but the leaders of the provincial parties are offering up vastly different plans that are, at times, at odds with her administration's priorities\.  

August 7 , 2024 at 06:49:39 p.m. EDT • :

Study suggests ultrafine particles linked to 1,100 deaths per year in Montreal and Toronto

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Owner of small Quebec hotel fined $3K for not taking down 3-star sign by deadline; Bobby Cotton is the owner of Chalets du bout du monde\.  

August 5 , 2024 at 12:40:51 p.m. EDT • :

Owner of small Quebec hotel fined $3K for not taking down 3-star sign by deadline

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Dozens of shots fired, 3 injured in shootout with police in Montreal's West Island; Police investigators remained on the scene where three people were hit by gunfire in the West Island on Sunday evening\.  

August 5 , 2024 at 09:29:02 a.m. EDT • :

Dozens of shots fired, 3 injured in shootout with police in Montreal's West Island

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