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Video shared by United States Customs and Border Protection agency (USCBP) Chief Patrol Agent Robert Garcia shows a car driving into the United States from Quebec by taking an illegal shortcut across a library lawn that straddles the international boundary.

The Haskell Free Library, which famously sits between Derby Line, Vermont and Stanstead, Quebec, has become a symbol of the divided border community.

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A video taken on June 10 appears to show a Montreal police officer kneeling on the neck and back of a Black teenager while conducting an arrest. 

The SPVM told MTL Blog that officers were responding to a 911 call at the George-Vanier High School, in Montreal's Villeray neighbourhood, "because a fight was in progress involving about fifteen individuals."

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If you're tired of swiping aimlessly on Tinder for hours, mark June 17 on your calendar. This is when the new dating app Teleport will be launching in Montreal.

Teleport is ready to revolutionize the way you online date and build connections by setting you up with five-minute video chats with people that share similar interests as you.

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A viral video taken at Montreal's Notre-Dame-des-Neiges Cemetery and posted to Facebook on Monday shows long, uncut grass, weeds, and most disturbingly of all, disinterred human remains. 

In the video, since deleted on Facebook but shared elsewhere on social media, Montrealer Pierre Mainville Proïetti says he was visiting his grandfather's grave when he found that a groundhog had burrowed into the neighbouring gravesite and dug up several bones, including parts of a skull.

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A viral video depicting Quebec's very own 'Billy Karaoke' interrupting Premier François Legault's press conference has made waves on social media — but as it turns out, it's not real. At least, according to the government, it's not.

The video, published on Billy's Instagram on May 12, has garnered over 28,000 views. It shows him replacing the Quebec Sign Language (QSL) interpreter and singing karaoke — albeit muted — while someone tries to forcibly remove him. 

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A viral video posted to multiple social media platforms appears to show an unconscious person on a Montreal metro train floor with a rodent near their face.

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If you're a big fan of videogame soundtracks, you're going to love OPENWORLD: Video Game Music Live in Concert, a performance coming to Montreal and Laval this month.

The concert "features exciting arrangements of video game music for a chamber ensemble of 10 world-class musicians, performing music from series and titles such as Halo, Super Mario 64, The Legend of Zelda, Sonic, Assassin's Creed, and many others."

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The federal government tabled its 2021 budget on April 19. As Canada reckons with the financial costs of the pandemic, the presentation included several new tax measures that would give the government a fiscal boost. 

But more taxes — whether paid by businesses or consumers — mean certain things are probably going to get more expensive for Canadians very soon. 

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Montreal is known for many things such as poutine, potholes, and problematic politicians but did you know it's also one of the video game capitals of the world? Some of the best minds in the industry live here, and you can join them with these amazing jobs in Montreal's video game industry

If you already spend all your time playing video games, why not incorporate them into your day job?

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In an update posted online Tuesday and on social media Wednesday afternoon, the STM said that according to "the preliminary findings of [an] internal investigation," its officers "followed the rules for the use of force taught at the École nationale de police du Québec" during a violent incident at Jean-Talon metro station on April 17.

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On April 17, a video was posted to Twitter showing two STM officers wrestling with and striking a person who allegedly didn't pay their fare.

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After a video of a forceful arrest of an individual at Montreal's Parc Jeanne-Mance went viral and lead to a widespread outcry, many were left questioning the officers' actions, which included punching the individual in the head.

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