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VIA Rail announced Friday that its Ocean line between Montreal and Halifax would relaunch in August following a more than year-long suspension due to the pandemic.

The last VIA Rail Ocean line train left Halifax on March 13, 2020.

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The Royal Thai Government, along with the Ministry of Commerce and Toronto's Thai Trade Centre, announced a new certification system for restaurants with "authentic Thai cuisine" in Canada.

Eight Montreal Thai restaurants made the cut with two achieving the highest level of recognition.

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There are plans to build a new Canadian high-frequency rail service for the Toronto-Montreal-Quebec City corridor. 

"The Government of Canada is taking the first steps in preparing for the procurement process to build a new train service in the Toronto to Quebec City Corridor," Transport Canada announced in a press release on Tuesday.

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If you're stuck in a fender bender or your car is stalled on Montreal roads, you'll now have to call the police for help instead of the towing company. Montreal's new vehicle towing bylaw came into effect on July 1.

Drivers involved in an accident or with a stalled car that blocks traffic should dial 9-1-1 to reach Montreal police if no officer is already on the scene.

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Now that the province is slowly going back to normal, many people are looking for work. Although job searching might seem scary in a post-COVID-19 world, don't be discouraged: prospects are actually brighter than they seem.

A lot of companies are hiring despite the pandemic, and National Bank of Canada is one of them. The financial institution is looking for part-time and full-time customer service representatives to work at its Montreal and Sherbrooke offices.

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In a Facebook post, Longueuil police (SPAL) announced they had shut down a "secret" gym allegedly operating on boulevard Kimber in Saint-Hubert and arrested the owner, a 49-year-old man, after breaking up a large gathering on Monday.

The SPAL said it had previously barricaded the gym, but alleged the owner "decided to remove the barricade and enter."

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After a service outage disrupted their customers' day on April 19, Rogers and Fido, its subsidiary, are offering a credit to those affected.

The company first indicated a deduction "[equivalent] to the wireless service charges" for the day would be applied to the next bill and then clarified how the credit would be calculated.

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If you got funding from one of Canada's COVID-19 benefits, including CERB, and later found out you were ineligible, you may have to pay back the government. But how?

We asked Josée Cabral, a Quebec-based tax expert at H&R Block, to explain everything you need to know about repaying CERB.

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The pandemic has brought many issues in the city and the province to light, including the issues of homelessness and lack of resources for shelters everywhere, including Chez Doris.

This has been particularly true since the curfew was implemented in January and the homeless population was originally not exempt from the rule.

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51-year-old David Everett Alexson has escaped from a minimum-security facility in Quebec's Lanaudière region, a statement by the Correctional Service of Canada confirmed.

The CSC said correctional staff at the Waseskun Healing Centre observed Alexson leaving at approximately 6 p.m. on February 10.

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When Takuya Matsuda was an up-and-coming sushi chef living in California, he said he spent a lot of time in Las Vegas. It was there, at a Cirque du Soleil show, that he came up with the concept for his new Montreal restaurant, Okeya Kyujiro, which opened downtown for take-out on Friday, January 8, 2021.

Part sushi spot and part theatre, Okeya Kyujiro promises to be an experience unlike anything the city's ever seen — or tasted — before. 

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Looking for a last-minute gift for your fashionista friend's birthday? Need a new shirt to match some old pants? Not to worry! A new partnership between Groupe Dynamite Inc. and Uber will give you same-day delivery in Montreal.

According to the release, this is the "first national retailer in Canada to offer this service."

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