CBC News Online - Montreal Digest - 2015-03-11

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Crown seeking to skip preliminary hearing for Lac-Mégantic train driver: lawyer Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:12:48 EDT Crown seeking to skip preliminary hearing for Lac-Mégantic train driver: lawyer Wed, 11 Mar 2015 19:12:48 EDT The lawyer for the train driver charged in the deadly Lac-Mégantic disaster says prosecutors are seeking to prevent his client from having a preliminary inquiry, which he argues will keep the defence in the dark on the Crown's evidence. Read More Montreal halts electrical pipe-thawing due to fire worries Wed, 11 Mar 2015 18:44:13 EDT The city of Montreal has put a temporary ban on using electricity to thaw frozen pipes. The method is thought to be responsible for a fire at a gown store in St-Hubert Plaza last week. Read More St-Jacques Street near Turcot in NDG to close until 2017 Wed, 11 Mar 2015 17:16:08 EDT Quebec's transport ministry is closing St-Jacques street between Girouard Avenue and Décarie Boulevard until 2017, so it can be dismantled and rebuilt as part of the reconstruction of the Turcot interchange. Read More Former Team Canada Junior ski coach faces sex abuse charges Wed, 11 Mar 2015 13:23:35 EDT Bertrand Charest, a former coach with Canada's national junior ski team, is facing 47 charges in connection to allegations of sexually assaulting eight athletes between 1991 and 1998. Read More Quebec measles outbreak grows to 119 confirmed cases Wed, 11 Mar 2015 09:52:32 EDT The number of measles cases in Quebec's Lanaudière region has jumped to 119 and includes a student who attends the St-Pierre elementary school. Read More More Headlines Andie's All Star: Fabrice Vil Jean Vanier, Canadian advocate for mentally disabled people, wins $1.7M Templeton Prize Bellandy Latouche, Canada Post armed robbery suspect charged Hockey Quebec explains body checking ban Selfie sticks banned by some Montreal museums Exploramer marine museum in Gaspé damaged by fire Revenue Quebec employees accused of giving tech companies insider info Harper says 'overwhelming majority' agrees with Tories on niqabs Fairview STM bus terminal to move in 2016? Dorion Street apartment fire causes $100K damage