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The chief of cardiac surgery at the Jewish General Hospital has tendered his resignation and plans to move to Atlanta in September, citing rising antisemitism in Montreal and worsening problems with the province’s health-care system, The Gazette can reveal. Dr. Emmanuel Moss, who has worked at the Jewish General for the past 10 years, has already informed his patients and his synagogue of his imminent move to the United States. Moss’s departure makes him the second high-profile Montreal Jew — after Concordia University professor Gad Saad — to decide this spring to quit the city amid a sharp increase in...

To take a block of ice and sculpt it into art, you need a few things. A chain saw, some customized tools and a Zen master's grasp of impermanence. In a nippy parking lot off of Delmar Boulevard in the Loop on Saturday, Sean Leahy wielded a Stihl MSE 180 C and deftly buzzed through a 300-pound block. He wore heavy ski pants to seal off the cold, but only thin cotton gloves to give him a better grip on the ice. He heaved the pieces around or pushed them along the ground with his hiking boots, then sliced some...

A moderate earthquake occurred at 06:17:49 (UTC) on Sunday, March 6th, 2005. The magnitude 5.4 event has been located in GASPE PENINSULA, CANADA. (This event has been reviewed by a seismologist.) Magnitude 5.4 Date-Time Sunday, March 6th, 2005 at 06:17:49 (UTC) = Coordinated Universal Time Sunday, March 6th, 2005 at 1:17:49 AM = local time at epicenter Time of Earthquake in other Time Zones Location 47.750°N, 69.730°W Depth 18 km (11.2 miles) set by location program Region GASPE PENINSULA, CANADA Distances 102 km (63 miles) WNW (303°) from Fort Kent, ME 106 km (66 miles) SE (126°) from La...